Toronto rookie right-hander Trey Yesavage will throw the first pitch of the 2025 World Series on Friday night in a game scheduled for 8 p.m. on FOX. Yesavage is just a season removed from an All-American junior year at East Carolina. He was a first round draft pick by the Blue Jays in 2024. He is a source of pride for Pirate Nation, but he didn't initially commit to … [Read more...]
VIEW FROM THE EASTHoops just around the corner
East Carolina was picked 10th among 13 teams in the American Conference preseason coaches' poll. It's not where you start, of course, but where you finish up and there is reason to believe the Pirates could finish higher. ECU was 10-8 in league play in 2024-25 and tied for fifth in the standings with Florida Atlantic. The primary losses are R.J. Felton and C.J. Hunter, who … [Read more...]
Inside Game DayPirates sail through Golden Hurricane
GREENVILLE — There were few bones to pick with East Carolina's performance on Night of the Boneyard at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium on Thursday night. ECU secured another midweek American Conference triumph on ESPN with another fast start. Using a method of operation that resulted in a 28-6 victory over Army on Sept. 25, the Pirates subdued Tulsa, 41-27, to improve to 4-3 on the … [Read more...]
VIEW FROM THE EASTHarrell imparts some wisdom on state of game
Sometimes Blake Harrell departs from the Xs and Os and Jimmys and Joes at his weekly news conference. The East Carolina coach might inject some humor or share his thoughts on the business that college football has become. The bottom line is he cares about his players. As former ECU coach Ruffin McNeill used to say, "It doesn't matter how much you know, until your players … [Read more...]
Inside Game DayPirates edged, 26-19, by Tulane on late drive
NEW ORLEANS — Tulane scored on a 4-yard pass from Jake Retzlaff to Javin Gordon with 35 seconds left to take a 26-19 American Conference win over East Carolina on Thursday night. The score completed a 75-yard drive that took 5:13 off the clock after the Pirates had tied the score at 19 on a 26-yard field goal by Nick Mazzie with 5:48 left. ECU moved from its 18 to the … [Read more...]