This is now the second time during the last couple of months that I have to make a post about one of our readers passing away. Jeff Taylor Sr. who was a constant reader of this site including sending us multiple links and videos over the last year. Taylor was a professor at Liberty University and would try to make every game of his son Jeff Jr. at nearby Lynchburg College. Read the rest of this entry »
Ben Thielsen (Courtesy of UNCW Media Relations)
The CAA weekend series between Delaware and UNC-Wilmington has been cancelled due to fears of the Swine flu that has been reported on the Delaware campus and baseball program. According to a press release by the CAA, one of the Delaware players has fallen ill with the suspected Swine flu virus that has also cancelled high school games in Texas and Alabama. You can check out the CAA press release below. Read the rest of this entry »
FROM COLLEGE BASEBALL FOUNDATION
LUBBOCK, Texas — With conference play in full swing across the country, the College Baseball Foundation and Mizuno have announced the initial watch list for the 2009 Brooks Wallace Award. For the first time since its creation in 2004, the Wallace Award will honor the country’s finest shortstop. Previously, the Wallace Award was given to the national player of the year. Read the rest of this entry »
We will be providing you with the Top 30 scores everyday throughout the season thanks to D1Baseball.com who has teamed up with us. Here are the scores for April 29th. We will put up a new post every night so you can check out all the scores from around the country at one place. Read the rest of this entry »
For the second week in a row, North Carolina takes the top overall national seed in The College Baseball Blog’s Regional Projections. The Tar Heels are in first place in the ACC, and have the top overall RPI according to Boyd’s World.
Rice stays put with the second overall national seed followed by Arizona State, UC Irvine, Arkansas, Georgia Tech, Georgia, and Texas respectively. Read the rest of this entry »
Here is your ACC Recap for April 29th.
Coastal Carolina 18 Wake Forest 5
CONWAY, S.C. – The 22nd-ranked Coastal Carolina University baseball team (33-13) opened its 10-game homestand with a resounding 18-5 win over Wake Forest (21-24) April 29 in Conway, S.C. The Chanticleers pounded out 20 hits in its final non-conference regular-season game of the season. Read the rest of this entry »
Corey Pappel (Courtesy of Cornell Media Relations)
The Cornell Big Red defeated Princeton 9-0 on Wednesday in an Ivy League Playoff game for the Gehrig Division title. Cornell jumped on Princeton in the first inning as they scored all nine runs of the game in that inning. Cornell now advances to face Dartmouth in the Ivy League Championship series that will take place in Hanover NH this weekend. The full recap of the game is available below. Read the rest of this entry »
CLINTON, MS – The championship round of the 2009 American Southwest Conference Baseball Championship Tournament Series will be held Friday-Sunday (May 1-3) at Frierson Field on the campus of Mississippi College.
Playing for the conference championship and a berth into the NCAA Division III Baseball Championship along with host Mississippi College (28-14) will be nationally-ranked Texas-Tyler (34-9), Texas Lutheran (30-12) and Texas-Dallas (27-16).
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Mike Garnder holds the career-wins record at Concordia Texas with 241.
AUSTIN, Texas — After 10 successful seasons with the Concordia University Texas baseball program, all-time wins leader Mike Gardner will transition from coaching to accept a full-time teaching position with the Kinesiology Department at Concordia. Gardner will begin his new position as an Assistant Professor of Kinesiology on July 1, 2009.
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Blake Ford RHP- Lamar
(Victoria, TX) The upstart Victoria Generals of The Texas Collegiate League have announced that two players from Lamar University have agreed to play for Head Coach Chris Clemons beginning in June.
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Darin Thomas has announced the signings of five incoming recruits
ARLINGTON, Texas – The University of Texas at Arlington head baseball coach Darin Thomas has announced the addition of five incoming student-athletes to his program’s 2009-10 signing class. The Mavericks have received signed National Letters of Intent from Preston Beck (Dallas, Texas), Brody Walker (Robinson, Texas), Sam Hansen (Hewitt, Texas), Logan Bawcom (Granbury, Texas) and Josh Christenson (Humble, Texas).
Here are some of the best links from around the country.
The first article comes from The Clarion Ledger which looks at Mississippi State freshman LHP Nick Routt. The next article comes from Katie Dowd of The Daily Cal who continues her excellent coverage of Cal Baseball with a feature story on Brett Jackson who was the number 13 in our Top 50 countdown. (LINK). The next article talks about Arkansas Brett Eibner’s great night against Oklahoma as the Razorbacks won a hotly contested 8-7 game over the Sooners. The Times-Herald Record has a good article on the Division 3 Mount St. Mary College baseball team which has a big game today. The Northern Iowa baseball team took the final Corridor Classic against Iowa as the Panthers program is being cut due to financial constraints. The next article talks about Baltimore Ravens QB Joe Flacco’s brother Mike Flacco who plays for the Community College of Baltimore County at Catonsville. Mike is getting feelers from MLB scouts as he is dominating that level. Read the rest of this entry »
2012 CBD All-American Teams Announced
Top 100 Countdown: 1. Mark Appel (Stanford)
Top 100 Countdown: 2. Mike Zunino (Florida)
Top 100 Countdown: 3. Deven Marrero (Arizona State)
Top 100 Countdown: 4. Michael Roth (South Carolina)
