The Nick Adenhart crash took center stage back in April when a suspected drunk driver got into a car accident killing the three people and severely injuring former Cal-State Fullerton baseball player Jon Wilhite. FoxSports recently sat down with Wilhite to discuss his recovery and other issues he is facing. Read the rest of this entry »
Rob Gariano of Fairfield (Photo Courtesy of CCBL)
Pitcher of the Week: Rob Gariano (Fairfield)
The second Coca Cola Pitcher of the Week for the 2009 season is Harwich right-handed pitcher Rob Gariano (Fairfield). In a shortened game on the 26th, Gariano pitched a scoreless 5.1 innings and led the Mariners to a 3-0 victory over Hyannis. The Fairfield product fanned 11 of the 20 batters he faced, while surrendering only four hits. Gariano sports a 1-0 record and a strong 0.73 earned-run average, after giving up only one run in seven strong innings versus Orleans. Read the rest of this entry »
FROM USA BASEBALL
(CARY, N.C.) – Michael Choice (UT Arlington) went 2-4 with three RBI and Team USA completed a sweep of Team Canada with a 9-3 win, Monday, at newly dedicated Coleman Field at the USA Baseball National Training Complex in Cary, N.C. Read the rest of this entry »
FROM NCAA RELEASE
ESPN’s 30th consecutive NCAA Men’s College World Series was the most-viewed and highest-rated in ESPN and ESPN2 history — including the best-of-three Championship Series won by LSU over Texas — while posting significant audience increases over last year.
John Winkin with Gary Thorne (Bangor Daily News Photo by Michael York)
The Bangor Daily News has an excellent article on former Maine coach John Winkin who took the Black Bears to the College World Series six times with the most recent appearance in 1986. He also coached at Colby College of Waterville ME and Husson College of Bangor ME during his 53 year career from 1954-2007. He was able to accumlate over 1,000 victories combined with the three schools. He finished his coaching career in 2007 when he suffered a stroke on his daily walk in Bangor. Read the rest of this entry »
(Photo Courtesy of Christine Muschi/Reuters)
Darren Dreifort who is known for his MLB career with the Dodgers is currently looking forward to making the trek to Lubbock TX for his induction to the College Baseball Hall of Fame on July 3rd. Dreifort played three seasons at Wichita State where he had his most success in 1993 when he received the Golden Spikes Award. He went 11-1 with a 2.48 ERA while also serving as a DH where he had a .327 average with 22 homers and 66 RBI. Read the rest of this entry »
FROM TEAM USA RELEASE
Cody Wheeler (Courtesy of Coastal Carolina Media Relations)
(DURHAM, N.C.) – Eleven different players registered a hit for Team USA on Sunday and the USA Baseball National Team (Collegiate) beat Team Canada 20-3 at the Durham Bulls Athletic Park for its fourth consecutive win of the summer. Read the rest of this entry »
According to a report by Baseball American writer Aaron Fitt, Eric Bakich will be named the new head coach of the Maryland Terrapins on Monday. Bakich comes over from Vanderbilt where he has brought in the 2005 top recruiting class and the number 2 ranked class in 2008. Read the rest of this entry »
FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE
(DURHAM, N.C.) – Former World Series-Winning Manager Jack McKeon saw Tyler Holt (Florida State) reach base safely six times, hit two doubles and lead the USA Baseball National Team (Collegiate) to a 14-5 come from behind win over Team Canada at the Durham Bulls Athletic Park, Saturday. Read the rest of this entry »
GoldenEaglePride.com has an excellent article about the impact of Southern Miss run in the College World Series will affect the athletic department in the coming years. They look at the impact of George Mason’s run to the Final Four in the 2006 season and how merchandise sales and interest in the program skyrocketed. Read the rest of this entry »
Paul Mainieri (Courtesy of Patrick Dennis/The Advocate)
I personally have been a huge fan of Mainieri since 1998 when I attended the Big East conference tournament in Norwich Connecticut. You could always tell that Mainieri was destined to become a coach at one of the major powers in the coming years and finally got the chance at LSU. Yes, he made the College World Series at Notre Dame but to be the coach at such a baseball powerhouse like LSU was too good to pass up. Read the rest of this entry »
FROM USA BASEBALL
(DURHAM, N.C.) – Rick Hague (Rice) went 3-5 with two doubles and three RBI and Gerrit Cole (UCLA) pitched lights out for six and two-thirds innings to lead the USA Baseball National Team (Collegiate) to an 8-1 win over Team Canada at the Durham Bulls Athletic Park Friday night.
Tyler Holt (Florida State) led the game off with a stand up double and stole third base on Canadian starting pitcher and sixth round draft pick of the Philadelphia Phillies, Steven Inch. Hague would knock in one of the two runs scored on Inch on the night as he outran a single to the shortstop to score Holt. 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)
