Exclusive! MCM: Darrell Miller

Photo: Daily Bruin

It’s Monday! Who’s excited?! If these phrases together seem confusing to you then you obviously have not been keeping up with TCD MCM’s! It’s Man Crush Monday peeps!

So without further a due, we are pleased to introduce you to this week’s MCM: Darrell Miller Jr.!

Miller Jr. is a catcher for the UCLA baseball team. But let’s just say this guy has quite the family background in sports. Miller Jr. is son to former big leaguer Darrell Miller who played for the Angels in the ’80s, and his uncle Reggie Miller and aunt Cheryl Miller are both in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.

For those of you who are clearly still going through puberty and don’t know who Reggie Miller is, this is the guy who straight embarrassed the Knicks in the 1995 East Semis by scoring eight points in nine seconds for the Pacers to win the game. But back to Darrell! At 6’2, 220lbs, besides being a total BABE, Miller Jr. is also a total bad ass on the field.  Just some of his highlights from the past season include appearing in 55 games, making 53 starts (52 at catcher, one at designated hitter), hitting .257 with 19 runs and 27 RBI. He also has a slugging percentage of .351 and an on-base percentage of .324. Ugh, if you’re baseball girls like us, these numbers (as a redshirt sophomore) just make you swoon! He has even been described by on air announcers as the best batter west of the Mississippi.

Aye, AYE! We’ll be rooting for that cute face next season Mr. Miller Jr.! And somehow I think after this post, we won’t be the only ones! Ladies, meet this week’s TCD MCM…

Darrell Miller Jr.!

Thanks for chatting with us Darrell! You know us TCD gals will be rooting for you in your upcoming seasons and we can’t wait to see you kill it in the bigs! 😉

Until Next Time,

Exclusive! MCM: Matt Gandy

Even when he’s yelling- Total. Babe. Status.

When it comes to TCD, we say Monday’s can’t come soon enough!

Feastyour eyes on this week’s MCM, Matt Gandy! Gandy is a college hunk of a baseballer that’s most definitely easy on the eyes! 😉

Gandy currently plays on Creighton as the team’s catcher and he also has seen the field as a DH, as seen in his photo where he brought in some runs! Prior to Creighton in 2014, Gandy was the starting catcher at Chapman where he batted an impressive .333 average with 35 hits and 31 RBI.

Can you say D-D-D-DAMN?! Gandy was clearly a force to be reckoned with when it came to the plate, closing the season with a (wait for it…) .667 slugging percentage. (JAWDROP)

Did we mention this was all as a sophomore? Plus the guy made the 2015 first team All Big East Tournament team to top it off.

OKAY. WE SEE YOU GANDY! Want to take on any of us TCD girls at the plate? We’d love to hit a homer with you 😉

As always, we give you the fun deets you want to know about these guys aka the questions no other sites ever bother to ask… So let’s give it a go!

Ladies & gentlemen, meet…

MCM: Matt Gandy!

Thanks for chatting with TCD Gandy and stealing our hearts! If you’re ever in town with any of us gals, we’d be glad to endure in your guilty pleasure all day! 😉

Until Next Time,

 

Why We Wish UCLA Was Going to Omaha

Take me out to Omaha, take me out to the field. Let’s go watch some college baseball; their tight pants draw in my appeal! Sorry, was that too forward? Whatever, half the fun of baseball games is seeing hot guys in tight pants (#amiright?!) But the other half is catching a walk-off homer or a perfectly pitched game.

As usual, this year’s NCAA College World series will be held at Rosenblatt Stadium in Omaha, Nebraska, from June 13th-23rd/24th. Get your tickets here. Be prepared for 10 days of baseball, baseball and more baseball!

Being a West Coast (best coast) girl, I was stoked that UCLA had a top billing going into the College World Series. If you live on the West Coast and know anything about baseball, you know that UCLA’s coach, John Savage was named Coach of the Year and is a well-respected coach that recruits very well (as he should, considering he has been coaching at UCLA for 11 years this season.) So it was a real bummer when UCLA lost to Maryland by strike out. Questionable call. Not still bitter or anything.

If you take a peek online at the boys’ stats and faces (we have to see if there are any up and coming cuties, DUH), you will see that this season the boys put up some pretty great numbers. For example, pitcher David Berg was named Pitcher of the Year, and they also have multiple guys on All-Conference teams.

Then there’s Darrell Miller Jr. Boy does this guy have some family background in sports. The UCLA  catcher is son to former big leaguer Darrell Miller who played for the Angels in the ’80s, and his uncle Reggie Miller and aunt Cheryl Miller are both in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. If you’re old enough, you might remember Reggie Miller as the player who destroyed the Knicks in the 1995 East Semis by scoring eight points in nine seconds for the Pacers to win the game. Bad. Ass. Regardless, Darrell Miller Jr. looks like he’s on the same streak to glory. He has even been described by on air announcers as the best batter west of the Mississippi. And don’t worry Darrell, we still think that ump was blind in that Maryland call to end the game.

Like I said, not still bitter or anything.

Ultimately, UCLA has a talented team to work with and should continue to be successful next year. So you better watch out Maryland! No freebies next time.

We also cannot go without mentioning James Kaprielian, who is ranked number 28 in the 2015 Draft, according to MLBpipeline.com. Plus, Kaprielian has a story to tell. When he was just four years old, his mother, Barbara Kaprielian was diagnosed with breast cancer. In June 2014, she lost her 14-year battle to cancer. Now Kaprielian pitches in his mother’s memory, with a stadium seat even engraved in honor of her.

So if you’re wondering if we thought UCLA was going to make it to Omaha. Well, yeah. But hey, there’s always next season! In the mean time, be sure to check out the Omaha schedule.

For those of you who are going to be there, have a BLAST! And have a beer for us girls on the West Coast!

 

Who knows, maybe if there’s some serious babes, cold booze and good ball games, we might just have to pop on a flight!

– Alexa