Archive for January, 2009

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UC Irvine Hosts Annual Alumni Weekend

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Donald J. Boyles
– January 5, 2009Posted in: Big West
Chris Lopez

Chris Lopez

FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE

The UC Irvine Baseball program will host its annual Alumni Weekend Feb. 5-7, 2009.

Kicking off the weekend will be the third annual Grip `Em & Rip `Em Golf Tournament, held at the Coyote Hills Golf Course in Fullerton, Calif. The golf tournament, held Thursday, Feb. 5, is a scramble format with baseball-themed, on-course contests and the first-ever helicopter ball drop. The tournament will begin with a shotgun start at 11:30 am followed by dinner and silent auction at the conclusion of play. The Grip `Em & Rip `Em Golf Tournament is the single largest fundraiser for the UC Irvine Baseball program each year.
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Florida International Baseball Hires Damas as New Assistant Coach

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Donald J. Boyles
– January 5, 2009Posted in: New Coach, Sun Belt
Courtesy: FIUSports.com

Courtesy: FIUSports.com

FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE

Frank Damas joins the FIU baseball coaching staff after a successful stint as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at Miami Dade College. With Damas on their staff from 2003 until 2008, MDC won four Southern Conference championships and posted a combined record of 202-70
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Alabama Birmingham Baseball Ready For Challenging 2009 Schedule

By
Donald J. Boyles
– January 5, 2009Posted in: 2009 Schedules, Conference USA
Mitch Kloskowski and the Blazers open the season Feb. 20 with a home contest against Radford.

Mitch Kloskowski and the Blazers open the season Feb. 20 with a home contest against Radford.

FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — The UAB baseball program has compiled a challenging schedule for the 2009 season, featuring 34 chances for fans to see the Blazers at home.

The 56-game schedule includes a 24-game Conference USA slate. UAB will play 12 league contests at Young Memorial Field in addition to 22 non-conference home games.

The Blazers play three of the first four weekends at home, including a season-opening series with Big South foe Radford (Feb. 20-22). The early-season schedule also features home series against Presbyterian (Feb. 27-March 1), another Big South team, and Ivy League member Harvard (March 13-15).
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Top 15 Valley League Hitters

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Brian Foley
– January 5, 2009Posted in: ACC, Atlantic Sun, Big East, Big South, CAA, MAAC, SEC, Southern Conference, Sun Belt, Valley League, West Coast Conference

All Things Valley League has put together a Top 15 of the best hitters in the league during the 2008 season. The list is led by Florida International’s Tyler Townsend who had an outstanding summer with Winchester. He finished the season with a .387 average with 12 homers and 36 RBI in only 42 games. He also stole 14 bases in 17 attempts. Brandon Sizemore of College of Charleston comes in the runners up spot. He had a .377 average with 10 homers and 34 RBI. The rest of the top 5 is filled out by Marcus Nidfiffer (Kentucky), Drew Johnson (San Francisco), and Mickey Wiswall (Boston College). You can see a breakdown of each player by Read the rest of this entry »

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Slow Week!

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Brian Foley
– January 4, 2009Posted in: Site News

It has been a slow week around here as we go through the yearly lull around the holiday season. Many schools shut down around the new year and don’t put out too much information around the holidays. We should have some great stuff in the coming weeks as I have been gaining information on a bunch of schools/conferences. Read the rest of this entry »

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Top 5 CBB Articles of the Week

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Brian Foley
– January 4, 2009Posted in: Articles of the Week

weeklytopfiveEvery Sunday until the start of the season, The College Baseball Blog will highlight some of the best articles of the past week. The first article is from Project Prospect writer Lincoln Hamilton who used a rubric to come up with the top college players in the country. The next article is from the LA Times looking at UCLA’s Trevor Bauer who will be 17 years old during his first college season in 2009. He actually decided to skip his final half of his senior year of high school to become a part of the Bruins squad. Read the rest of this entry »

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SeBaseball.com starts Countdown

By
Brian Foley
– January 3, 2009Posted in: 2009 Season Preview, ACC, Rivals, SeBaseball

Mark Etheridge of SeBaseball.com has started his 80 team preview of schools in the Southeastern part of the country. His first preview is of the North Carolina Tar Heels which is led by one of the best pitching duos in the country in Alex White (CBB #3 player in 2009) and Matt Harvey (CBB #42 Player in 2009). They also return All-American hitter Dustin Ackley (CBB #8 player in 2009) who is coming back from off season elbow surgery. Read the rest of this entry »

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Upcoming Features

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Brian Foley
– January 3, 2009Posted in: Site News

We will be putting out conference previews for many conferences over the next few weeks. We will try to preview every conference in the nation but we are not going to guarentee that we get to every conference.

We will be taking questions to be answered every Monday about issues in College Baseball or about certain teams that our readers want to know our opinions on. You can send questions to us by clicking here.

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Rogers reports from the ABCA Convention

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Brian Foley
– January 3, 2009Posted in: Big Ten, Rivals, West Coast Conference
Courtesy of Michigan Media Relations

Courtesy of Michigan Media Relations

Our good friend Kendall Rogers of Rivals.com is currently in San Diego at the ABCA Convention. He has a running blog on some of the issues and coaches he is running into at the event. He has already talked with the University of San Diego coaching staff and the Michigan coaches. He will have more reports from the event in the coming days. Read the rest of this entry »

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CBB Top 50 Countdown: Number 1 Stephen Strasburg

By
Brian Foley
– January 2, 2009Posted in: 2009 Top Players, CBD Column, Mountain West

The CBB finishes our countdown today with our number 1 player in the country. After evaluating every player in the country, we decided to select  junior RHP Stephen Strasburg from San Diego State as the best player.

Stephen is a native of San Diego who attended West Hills High School in Santee California. He ended up playing three years of varsity baseball under Scott Hopgood. His senior season saw him have a tremendous ERA of 1.68 in 62.1 innings while striking out 74 batters. Read the rest of this entry »

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New Years Rivals Links

By
Brian Foley
– January 1, 2009Posted in: 2009 Top Players, Rivals
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Courtesy of Texas AM Media Relations

Kendall Rogers continues his great coverage of College Baseball with three new articles. The first article looks at some of the top stories from the 2008 season which is highlighted by the surprising run by Fresno State to win the national championship. Kendall also has his weekly mailbag where he puts together his dream rotation for the 2009 season among other things. The final article is about which teams will be better and worse in the coming season.  Read the rest of this entry »

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Top 12 Arizona State Baseball Moments of 2008

By
Donald J. Boyles
– January 1, 2009Posted in: Pac 12
Head Coach Pat Murphy

Head Coach Pat Murphy

FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE

As we count down the final days of 2008, TheSunDevils.com and Arizona State Baseball countdown the Top 12 Sun Devil Baseball moments of 2008. Arizona State Baseball counted down the Top 12 moments of 2008. Relive them by clicking the links below:

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