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Saturday Game Thread vs. Arizona
6pm CT on A Single Use Streamer You Likely Didn’t Buy. The Diamond Dores’ bullpen imploded, as neither England Bryan nor The Faulknerian Idiot Manchild could find the plate, and we lost the opener to UC Irvine 9-4. Luckily, we get the 1-8 (holy shit!) Arizona Wildcats. Time to get back on the winning side […]
Game 29: Vanderbilt Commodores at Kentucky Wildcats
Vanderbilt heads to Kentucky, a team they blew out at Memorial Gym earlier and recently had a three-game losing streak (snapped by beating South Carolina) but is still Kentucky and this is still Rupp Arena. So, I don’t know, let’s go win.
Friday Game Thread vs. The UC Irvine Anteaters
4pm CT on D1Baseball (and they’re trying to get $30 for it) After a 6 game stretch of beating up on EMU, Marist, and Evansville, the Diamond Dores travel to the I Like Ike Live Like Lou Las Vegas College Classic (I have no idea what this refers to and I refuse to look it […]
Nobody is serious about “fixing” college sports
So there’s a working group coming to tackle the “issues” in college sports, and you can tell how serious this is just by looking who is and isn’t invited. Invited: All four power conference commissioners plus the commissioners of the American and Mountain West, Nick Saban, Urban Meyer, Mack Brown, Tiger Woods, Tim Tebow, Charlie […]
WBB Game 29: Alabama at Vanderbilt
21-7 (7-7) AP/Coaches: 24/23 Creme: 6-seed NET:26
Game 28: Georgia Bulldogs at Vanderbilt Commodores
Tonight is Senior Night, and if it feels like it’s a little early for Senior Night, well, that’s because it is. Remember, Vanderbilt was supposed to have one more home game against Ole Miss next week, but the Commodores and the Rebels swapped home and road games because of that snowstorm a month ago. Somehow, […]
Tuesday Game Thread vs. Evansville
4:30pm CT SECN+. After a three game sweep over Niles Crane’s ex-wife, Marist, the Dores welcome The Purple Aces for some mid-week action. On the Mound Tuesday @ 4:30pm SECN+ Vanderbilt #46 Fr. RHP Tyler “The Minstrel” Baird (0-1; 5.79 ERA) vs. Evansville #29 Jr. RHP Kellen “The Monroe-vian” Roberts (0-0; 0.00 ERA) The Lineup […]
WBB Game 28: Kentucky at Vanderbilt
20-7 (7-6) AP/Coaches: 16/18 Creme: 4-seed NET:16
Sunday Game Thread vs. Niles Crane’s Ex-Wife, Marist
1pm CT SECN+. After a 12-1 run rule win in the 7th, the Diamond Dores are riding a 4 game winning streak… all by the run rule. Let’s keep this red-hot Esposito-run high-powered offense rolling for the series sweep and 5th run rule win in a row (please and thank you). Then we can tell […]
Saturday Game Thread vs. Niles Crane’s Ex-Wife, Marist
After some suboptimal opening frames, the Diamond Dores Esposito-style power-offense kicked in, and we run-ruled Niles Crane’s ex-wife 16-5 in 8 innings. Aside from all the Frasier puns and farcical nonsense, I’d be remiss if I didn’t point out how Marist’s Athletics Website has gone fill “Wet Het” and no one’s talking about it. Whereas […]
Game 27: Vanderbilt Commodores vs. THEM
1pm CT; ESPN. The Shooty Dores look to rebound from a loss that we will be deep in the cold, cold ground before we recognize (spits), and may well be getting some reinforcements: Nothing sucks like a big orange, except perhaps the Franzia-funnels attached to their butts. And Benedict Carey. See you in the comments.
Friday Game Thread vs. Niles Crane’s Ex-Wife, Marist
After a two game mid-week sweep over the EMUs, the Diamond Dores welcome Niles Crane’s oft-alluded to, but never seen ex-wife Marist for three games of sport. Much like the mid-week match-up, if we hear the blues a-calling, it would be perfectly reasonable to paint the entire walls of your house with tossed salad and […]
Game 26: Vanderbilt Commodores at Missourah Tigers
Remember when we were freaking out about a three-game losing streak in January? Well, Vanderbilt’s won five of six since then, with the one loss being a weird one against Oklahoma. Anyway, the SEC office says tonight’s visit to Missourah (spits) is an SEC game, so we’ll roll with it I guess. Haha, just kidding, […]
Wednesday Game Thread vs. Eastern Michigan
The Diamond Dores run-ruled the EMUs 13-2 last night in 7 innings, powered by two Brode Bombs, one Hulk Smash, and a Goodin… umm… Plenty… to bring the Dores to 2-2 on the year. Johnston, in particular, stood out, as the game ending CF shot still hasn’t landed, and after going 3-5 with 2 HR […]
Tuesday Game Thread vs. Eastern Michigan
As we bid adieu to the Shriners and a pretty rough 1-2 opening weekend record, we return home to Nashville for a two game mid-week set against the touring cast of Escanaba in da Moonlight The Eastern Michigan Fightin’ Insurance Emus Eagles. If we lose either of today or tomorrow’s games, Lucy’s going to have […]
WBB Game 27: Vanderbilt at Georgia
24-2 (10-2) AP/Coaches: 5/5 Creme: 1-seed NET: 7 February 15, 2026 11:00AM CT at Stegeman Coliseum SEC Network | Radio Call | Live Stats 19-6 (5-6) AP/Coaches: ORV/ORV Creme: 7-seed NET:35
Shriner’s Children’s College Showdown Game 3 vs. Oklahoma State: Game Thread
After dropping a heartbreaker due to a throwing error against TCU, The Diamond Dores exploded for an 8th run 4th en route to run-ruling Texas Tech 13-3 in the 8th. Today, we face the rubber match against The Okie Pokes. Three Stars from Saturday’s Win #1. Brodie “The Brode Man” Johnston (3-5 with 2 HR, […]
Game 25: Texas A&M Aggies at Vanderbilt Commodores
I suppose some of you are watching baseball lol no none of you possibly paid for FloSports. Anyway, Vanderbilt, now 20-4 on the season, hosts Texas A&M at noon CT on the SEC Network. Texas A&M was in first place in the SEC a couple of weeks ago. A three-game losing streak has them tied […]
Shriner’s Children’s College Showdown Game 2 vs. Texas Tech: Game Thread
Despite damn near 1500 feet of dongers by Colin Barczi, the Diamond Dores dropped game 1 against TCU 5-4 and will need to beat Texas Tech to set up a rubber match against the Okie Pokes tomorrow. While the offense made a lot of hard contact, all 4 runs came via solo shots… which points […]
AI will never replace us
So let’s veer off topic for a minute, because this week suddenly the artificial intelligence companies need a new round of funding and now we’re subjected to a bunch of pants-shitting takes (or gleeful, depending on your point of view) that AI is going to put us all out of a job within the next […]
Shriner’s Children’s College Showdown Game 1 vs. TCU: Game Thread
3pm FloSports. The 2026 Diamond Dores Season begins… now. See my Season Preview for more on this team. On the Mound Friday @ 3:00pm FloSports #39 Vanderbilt Jr. RHP Connor “The Spice” Fennell (6-0; 2.53 ERA*) vs. #49 TCU Jr. RHP Tommy “The Pour” LaPour (8-3; 3.09 ERA*) *Record and ERA from 2025. The Lineup […]
2026 Vanderbilt Baseball Season Preview
Though there are still land-based ice bergs everywhere I look, it is somehow baseball season this Friday. The Diamond Dores, as seemingly happens every year, open with a three game mini-tournament of sorts in Arlington, Tejas called “The Shriner’s Children’s College Showdown.” I’d say be on the lookout for fez-clad Boomers driving mini cars and/or […]
WBB Game 26: Texas at Vanderbilt
23-2 (8-2) AP/Coaches: 4/4 Creme: 1-seed NET: 4 February 12, 2026 6:30PM CT at Memorial Gymnasium SECN+ | Radio Call | Live Stats 23-2 (9-2) AP/Coaches: 5/5 Creme: 2-seed NET: 7 Wow-ee, another big conference game come and gone and we end up on the winning side once again. This one wasn’t even particularly close. […]
Game 24: Vanderbilt at Auburn
Vanderbilt is trying to shake off a 1-point loss at home to the worst team in the SEC, Oklahoma. Granted, getting it to one included Vanderbilt stageing a 19-point comeback in the last 3:24 of the game. Tonight, the Dores are at Auburn, who blew a game against Alabama and their now-ineligible Center Charles Bediako. […]
WBB Game 25: Oklahoma at Vanderbilt
17-5 (5-4) AP/Coaches: 11/11 Creme: 4-seed NET: 12 February 9, 2026 8:00PM CT at Memorial Gymnasium ESPN2 | Radio Call | Live Stats 22-2 (8-2) AP/Coaches: 7/8 Creme: 2-seed NET: 8 Alright. Back to our normally scheduled programming. Vanderbilt has only dropped 2 ranked games, back-to-back, against South Carolina and Ole Miss, but we rebounded […]
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