Beavers’ eyes on the prize as baseball season unfurls
It has been 15 years, but Mitchell Dean Canham hasn’t forgotten the thrill of claiming the second of back-to back national championships as catcher and captain of Oregon State’s baseball team in 2007.
Canham: ‘Looking at what we have back and coming in … I’m excited’
It can’t be that time already, can it?
Ah, but it is. Oregon State begins fall baseball practice on Thursday, Sept. 9.
Summer has flown by, and the fall portion of the second full season of the Mitch Canham era in Corvallis is around the corner.
The 2022 campaign will be one of redemption for the Beavers, who fashioned a credible 37-24 record (16-14 in Pac-12 action, tied for fifth) and came within whisker of advancing to a Super Regional in 2021.
On Aldridge’s retirement, the Trail Blazers’ lot in life, Tinkle’s contract, OSU women’s hoops, Transfer portal, Duck and Beaver baseball and other things on my mind …
Some (relatively) quick hitters about subjects on my mind in the sporting world …
• Item: LaMarcus Aldridge retires after 15 NBA seasons after experiencing a heart irregularity.
• Comment: Aldridge had played five games with Brooklyn after a buyout by San Antonio and signing as a free agent with the Nets. He had played well, starting and scoring 22 points in 23 minutes in a blowout win over New Orleans.
But after experiencing an irregular heartbeat during the Nets’ game against the Lakers last Saturday and some complications the following day, Aldridge chose to call it a career.
Going from A to Z with Mitch Canham talking Beaver baseball …
Mitch Canham is upbeat as he prepares for Christmas with his wife, Marlis, and their children, eight-year-old Mack and six-year-old Mya. He’s a little bit healthier, too.
Oregon State’s second-year baseball coach had his left knee scoped two weeks ago.