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    By on April 28, 2010 at 12:06 am • 0 Comments •
    SWINGING FOR THE FENCES By Matt Watson First things first, thank you for reading. Whether you’re delving into the Traveler sports section for the first time today or you’ve been reading Swinging for the Fences for the last four years, I appreciate ...
    By on April 21, 2010 at 12:04 am • 0 Comments •
    SWINGING FOR THE FENCES By Matt Watson You know it’s NFL Draft season when you see ESPN’s Mel Kiper and Todd McShay yelling at the top of their lungs at each other, hurling their conflicting opinions at national television audiences like flaming ...
    By on April 14, 2010 at 12:06 am • 0 Comments •
    SWINGING FOR THE FENCES By Matt Watson On the 10th day of baseball, the sports gods gave to me, a great start to the MLB season…scandal-free. A week and a half into the 2010 baseball season, the Major Leagues are running smoother than ...
    By on April 7, 2010 at 12:05 am • 0 Comments •
    SWINGING FOR THE FENCES By Matt Watson Razorback first baseman Andy Wilkins has smashed 37 home runs in two and a half years at Arkansas, the fifth-highest total for any Hog slugger ever. Wilkins could easily pass North Little Rock native Brian Kirby ...
    By on April 2, 2010 at 10:59 pm • 0 Comments •
    SWINGING FOR THE FENCES By Matt Watson March Madness is down to its final four teams, college football spring practice began yesterday and the No. 10 Diamond Hogs just finished a sweep of a top 25 SEC team. It’s a good time ...
    By on March 10, 2010 at 12:04 am • 1 Comment •
    SWINGING FOR THE FENCES By Matt Watson Every year about this time, baseball purists always talk about the high hopes every team has during Major League Spring Training. Every club’s official record is unblemished. Every roster is full of (mostly) healthy players. Every organization gauges ...
    By on March 3, 2010 at 12:04 am • 0 Comments •
    SWINGING FOR THE FENCES By Matt Watson In case you have been hiding out on Planet Dagobah for the past couple weeks, the University of Mississippi is officially doing away with its controversial “Rebels” moniker for its athletic teams and made the ...
    By on March 3, 2010 at 12:03 am • 0 Comments •
    Arkansas senior Scott MacPherson helped lead the Razorbacks to their 17th SEC Indoor Track championship (Photo by Larry Ash) By Matt Watson You are a double major in communications and journalism as well as an athlete. Which side of ...
    By on February 17, 2010 at 12:07 am • 0 Comments •
    Sophomore Zach Cox (above) and junior Andy Wilkins give the Razorbacks power in the middle of the lineup (Photo by Zac Lehr) By Matt Watson A season batting line of 32 home runs, .295 average, 97 RBIs and 104 ...
    By on February 17, 2010 at 12:05 am • 0 Comments •
    SWINGING FOR THE FENCES By Matt Watson “We’re playing baseball. Put your pants on.” I can’t say I had ever heard that exact phrase until baseball media day two days ago. It wasn’t a joke either – the players were in the clubhouse ...
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