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Duke Controls the Weather to Avoid Baseball Loss
Published 4/21/2008 by Tuffy at SPORTSbyBROOKS
... (Now that’s service: Thor , the god of thunder, is a Dukie.) Case in point: when Clemson went ahead of Duke’s baseball team Sunday on a two-run homer in the top of the 11th, a Duke team official rushed onto the field with a text message claiming lightning nearby . The game was delayed and then suspended when rain eventually fell. Because Duke never batted, the home run came off the board. The game ended in a tie. Oddly, the text message came from Wichita, Kansas. No lightning was ever actually spotted. Also, Duke officials refused to pull the tarp onto the field due to a ...

Another Reason to Hate Duke: Baseball
Published 4/21/2008 by TheBigLead at The Big Lead
... A few folks have emailed us about Duke’s latest athletic imbroglio, and even though we’ve only really heard Clemson’s side of the story, this whole mess is certainly something worth looking into, even if it’s heavily one-sided (theme of the day?). ...