Kyle Long will not be suiting up for FSU in 09
Freshman left handed pitcher Kyle Long (son of NFL Hall of Famer Howie Long and brother of NFL player Chris Long) has withdrawn from Florida State University after falling behind academically. Long was also a highly touted offensive lineman out of high school but decided to stick to baseball only with his imposing 6’7 and 280 pound frame. He had a .500 batting average with two homers and 24 stolen bases while posting an ERA of 1.91 with 95 strikeouts in 50 innings at St. Anne’s Belfield High School. He was named the 2008 All-Central Virginia Player of the Year. This is a huge loss for the Seminoles as Long was expected to make an immediate impact as on the mound for the Noles. We should see how this impacts the race for the ACC Title in 2009. Read the rest of this entry »
POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. – The Marist Department of Athletics released the baseball team’s 2009 schedule on Wednesday. The Red Foxes have 54 regular-season games scheduled this season, including 17 home contests at McCann Baseball Field. Marist opens its season with a three-game series at Charleston Southern, with its first game set for Feb. 20. 
I recently received an email updating me on the Andrew Oliver case that is taking place in Ohio right now. Oliver is challenging the NCAA to give back his eligible for the 2009 season due to the fact that he talked with an agent after being drafted in 2006. 
Celebrating 50 years of Sun Devil Baseball, Arizona State University will once again face one of the toughest schedules in the nation during the 2009 season. Announced today by 15th-year head coach Pat Murphy, the 2009 schedule features 27 games against teams that were ranked in 2008, 23 games against teams that advanced to the 2008 NCAA Tournament and 10 games against teams that advanced to the NCAA Super Regionals. 
West Virginia’s Greg Van Zant recently made a proposal to the NCAA about changing the RPI to make it more reasonable for Northern schools. The main point in his proposal was that 60 percent of games are won by the home team. This gives the Northern schools who have to start the first three weeks of the season on the road a disadvantage in the RPI. It is the primary factor in figuring out who is going to be the at-large selections for the NCAA Tournament. 
Since we are awaiting the start of the 2009 College Baseball season, I thought I would start a weekly segment with users sending us questions about interesting topics. I will select about five questions every week to be posted with answers on Tuesday morning. You can send us your questions for next week by clicking 
