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Tim Federowicz won't return as Triple-A Toledo manager
The Detroit Tigers will have a new manager in Triple-A Toledo.
Tim Federowicz, a former UNC and MLB catcher, won't return to the Mud Hens or the Tigers' organization for the 2025 season, per multiple sources with knowledge of the situation. The 37-year-old worked for the Tigers as the MLB catching coach in 2023 and Triple-A manager in 2024. (
Yahoo! Sports)
UNC Baseball Fall Season Takeaways: New Faces, Depth, Pitching Puzzle
UNC Baseball's fall season ended in mid-October with the annual intrasquad Fall World Series in Boshamer Stadium. With two dominant wins over strong junior college programs, the competitive FWS, and 45-days of baseball, head coach
Scott Forbes got an even better idea of his 2025 team. "I feel like our guys are in a good spot," Forbes said. (
Inside Carolina)
Chansky’s Notebook: Long-Distancing
Yes, that was
Erin Matson at Yankee Stadium. Carolina’s Superwoman may not leap tall buildings, but she travels fast. From the practice field at
Karen Shelton Stadium to a box seat at the World Series, where her boyfriend Ben Casparius was pitching for the Dodgers. Flash back five years, Casparius, a UNC pitcher/infielder had just started dating Matson. (
Chapelboro.com)
Video: This Week in UNC Baseball With Scott Forbes - Fall Season Wrap
With the 2024 fall season completed, UNC Baseball coach
Scott Forbes joins Inside Carolina’s Grace Nugent and Tommy Ashley to discuss rebuilding a Tar Heel roster bent on improving on last season’s College World Series trip, returning players, incoming transfers, high school recruits, and more.
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Tue Oct 29, 2024
Schedule Set For UNC Baseball Fall World Series
The North Carolina baseball team is ready to host its annual Blue-Navy Fall World Series this week with the first game coming on Tuesday, Oct. 15 at 2:30 p.m. at Boshamer Stadium. Admission to all games is free and open to the public. The four-game series pits Team Blue, captained by
Jackson Van De Brake, against Team Navy, led by
Alex Madera. (
GoHeels.com)
Some ups and downs in Vance Honeycutt's first professional baseball season
Vance Honeycutt had some adjustments to make to pro baseball and had his struggles in a small 13-game sample, eight with Low-A Delmarva and five in September with High-A Aberdeen. He went 9-for-51, batting .176/.250/.196/.446. He talked about his first few games. "It’s an adjustment for sure," Honeycutt said. "Just the nature of pro ball." (
MASN)
UNC Baseball Scrimmage Takeaways vs. Walters State: Difference Makers Emerge
The North Carolina Tar Heels are churning through the fall baseball season, hosting Walters State on Friday at Boshamer Stadium and winning both of the shortened contests (10-0, 8 inn.; 8-7 7 inn.). The Tar Heels threw nine arms in the 15 innings while numerous position players had at-bats. Here are some of the key takeaways from the evening. (
Inside Carolina)
UNC Baseball To Scrimmage Walters State Friday At Boshamer Stadium
The UNC Baseball team is set to take on its first opponent of the fall when it hosts Walters State on Friday at Boshamer Stadium at 4 p.m. Walters State, from Morristown, Tenn., plays in the National Junior College Athletic Association, and went 44-14 last season. Former Senators include current Tar Heel
Jake Knapp and former DH
Alberto Osuna. (
GoHeels.com)
UNC Baseball Transfer Macaddin Dye Provides Needed Depth at Catcher
Last year, freshman standout
Luke Stevenson started 63 of 64 games for UNC behind the plate without much of a respite. Heading into 2025, coach
Scott Forbes and staff have bolstered the roster with the addition of Macaddin Dye, a switch-hitting transfer catcher from Liberty. "He's a tough kid [and] he's a catcher," Forbes said. "But he can hit, too." (
Inside Carolina)
UNC Baseball Wraps Up Third Week Of Scrimmages
The UNC baseball team wrapped up their third week of intrasquad scrimmages with a seven-inning scrimmage on Friday at Boshamer Stadium as Blue topped Navy 5-1. There were eight total base hits and a combined three errors. Tyson Bass and
Gavin Gallaher had multiple base hits. Bass hit a 400-foot home run to left-centerfield as well as a double. (
GoHeels.com)