Archive for June, 2009

Richard Justice says Garrido needs to go

– June 26, 2009Posted in: Big 12, CBD Column

Yes, you read that correctly that Richard Justice of the Houston Chronicle believes that Augie Garrido needs to let go by the University of Texas. His reasoning behind this ludicrous statement is the fact that Texas has not won a national championship since 2005. Justice also states that Augie can’t handle a pitching staff if he was given a compass and a map. I guess Justice needs to do his research a little bit before making this statement as Texas finished the season with the second best ERA in the nation. Nice job, Richard in doing your research. By the way, I was in the press box for the first four days of the College World Series and failed to see Justice covering the event. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Big 12, CBD Column, Texas

Interesting Game in the NECBL on Friday

Brian Foley

– June 26, 2009Posted in: NECBL

The Vermont Mountaineers and the Pittsfield American Defenders played a very interesting NECBL game on Friday night. The game featured a near protest, a sun delay, and an eventual suspension of the game due to lighting in the area. The reason for the sun delay is the fact that Wahconah Park in Pittsfield MA has the stadium facing towards the west with the sun setting in center field thus getting in the batters eyes. The near protest was over Pittsfield using a player not listed as a substitute on the lineup card at the beginning of the game which Vermont questioned on multiple occasions. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: NECBL, Pittsfield

Georgetown Baseball Announces Incoming 2010 Recruiting Class

Brian Foley

– June 26, 2009Posted in: 2010 Recruits, Big East

FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE

Pete Wik (Courtesy of Georgetown Media Relations)

Washington, D.C. – Georgetown Baseball Head Coach Pete Wilk announced that the Hoyas will be welcoming 10 new players to the fold this upcoming season. Corbin Blakey, Paul Bello, Chris Casale, Neal Dennison, Mike Garza, James Heine, Justin Leeson, Thomas Polus, Danny Poplawski and Charlie Steinman comprise the incoming class for the Blue & Gray. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2010 Recruits, Big East, Georgetown

J.T. Wise wins 2009 Johnny Bench Award

Brian Foley

– June 26, 2009Posted in: 2009 Top Players, ACC, Big 12, CAA, National Awards

FROM PRESS RELEASE

J.T. Wise wins 2009 Johnny Bench Award (Courtesy of Greater Wichita Area Sports Commission)

WICHITA, KANSAS – Another successful Greater Wichita Sports Banquet has come to a close for the Greater Wichita Area Sports Commission. The 12th annual event featured Johnny Bench, former Cincinnati Reds catcher and Hall of Famer, as he presented the Coleman Company-Johnny Bench Award to University of Oklahoma catcher, J.T. Wise. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2009 Top Players, ACC, Big 12, Boston College, CAA, George Mason, Johnny Bench Award, National Awards, Oklahoma

Spring Signees to Join Stetson Baseball in 2010

Brian Foley

– June 26, 2009Posted in: 2010 Recruits, Atlantic Sun

FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE

(Courtesy of Stetson Media Relations)

DeLand, Fla. – Stetson baseball has announced its spring additions to the 2010 roster. All four of the signees, Kyle Campbell, Justin Pickens, James Rasmussen, and Miles Rubinski come to Stetson from Florida high schools. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2010 Recruits, Atlantic Sun, Stetson

Team USA Opens with 12-4 Victory over Team Canada

Brian Foley

– June 25, 2009Posted in: Team USA

FROM USA BASEBALL RELEASE

USA Baseball Logo

(CARY, N.C.) – Christian Colon (Cal State Fullerton) and Andy Wilkins (Arkansas) both hit a two-run home run and Team USA pieced together a 12-4 victory over Team Canada, Thursday, in the first game of the friendship series at the USA Baseball National Training Complex in Cary, N.C. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2009 Team USA

BYU releases 2010 Schedule

Brian Foley

– June 25, 2009Posted in: 2010 Schedules, Mountain West

FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE

Sean McNaughton (Courtesy of BYU Media Relations)

Seven teams who played in the NCAA baseball regional’s are among the schools on BYU’s schedule for 2010.

Texas A & M, Baylor, Gonzaga, Kansas State and Mountain West Conference foes TCU, San Diego State and Utah were in last season’s post-season play. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2010 Schedules, BYU, Mountain West

FGCU’s Chris Sale impresses early in the Cape

Brian Foley

– June 25, 2009Posted in: Atlantic Sun, Cape Cod League

Merrily Lunsford/Cape Cod Times

Chris Sale of Florida Gulf Coast has impressed during his first two starts for Yarmouth-Dennis this summer. Sale served mostly as a reliever this past season as 20 out of his 21 appearances came out of the pen. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Atlantic Sun, Cape Cod League, Florida Gulf Coast

Final 2009 NCBWA NCAA Division I poll

Brian Foley

– June 25, 2009Posted in: 2009 Polls, NCBWA

FROM NCBWA RELEASE
DALLAS, Texas – The National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association continued its tradition of NCAA Division I polls for the 11th year with its 2009 weekly surveys. This season’s polls have been circulated from Feb. 23-June 25 following the NCAA World Series in Omaha, Neb. This is the final poll of the year and ’09 after LSU won its sixth NCAA baseball championship on June 24. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2009 Polls, NCBWA

LSU defeats Texas 11-4 to win NCAA Title

Brian Foley

– June 24, 2009Posted in: 2009 CWS, 2009 NCAA Tourney, Big 12, SEC

FROM NCAA RELEASE
The LSU Tigers scored five runs in the sixth inning to break open a tie game and roll to an 11-4 victory over Texas in Game 3 of the CWS Championship Finals and claim the NCAA Division I Championship.

It’s the sixth national championship for LSU and the first under head coach Paul Mainieri. LSU ties Texas for the second-most national championships for any school, behind only Southern California’s 12 titles. It’s also the first national championship for the Tigers since 2000. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2009 CWS, 2009 NCAA Tourney, Big 12, LSU, SEC, Texas

USA Baseball Announces 2009 National Team Roster

Brian Foley

– June 24, 2009Posted in: ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big South, Big West, Conference USA, General CBB News, Horizon League, Ohio Valley Conference, Pac 12, SEC, Southland Conference

FROM USA BASEBALL RELEASE

Christian Colon (Courtesy of USA Baseball)

(CARY, N.C.) – USA Baseball announced Wednesday night the 22 members of its 2009 National Team (Collegiate). The roster is headlined by shortstop and 2008 National Team member Christian Colon (Cal State Fullerton; Capey, Puerto Rico), and consists of five outfielders, six infielders, 10 pitchers, and one utility player. Two additional players will stay with the team to serve as alternates. Read the rest of this entry »

National Team Trials: Segedin, Blue Team Handle Red Team, 5-1

Brian Foley

– June 24, 2009Posted in: ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Big West, Conference USA, Pac 12, SEC, Southland Conference, Team USA, West Coast Conference

FROM USA BASEBALL RELEASE
(CARY, N.C.) – Rob Segedin (Tulane) went 2-3 with two doubles and three RBI and the Blue Team defeated the Red Team for the seventh consecutive time by a score of 5-1 in the final intrasquad game at the USA Baseball National Team (Collegiate) Trials. Read the rest of this entry »