Archive for July, 2009

Cape Cod Baseball League Players of the Week (July 20th)

– July 20, 2009Posted in: Big West, Cape Cod League, West Coast Conference

FROM CCBL RELEASE

Kyle Blair (CCBL Photo)

COCA COLA PITCHER OF THE WEEK:

Kyle Blair, Brewster RHP

Brewster’s Kyle Blair (San Diego) has earned this week’s Coca-Cola Pitcher of the Week Award. In his only start of the week, the righty put on a commanding performance in a 10-2 victory over Bourne, giving up only two unearned runs in a nine inning complete game. Blair fanned 12 Braves over the course of the game, while scattering only 4 hits.

Blair is a sophomore at University of San Diego. He led the Toreros in earned run average in 2009, at 3.13, and also led the team with a .225 batting average against. Blair began to turn heads his freshman year, posting an 8-4 record and earning All-West Coast Conference Freshman Team honors. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Big West, Cal State Fullerton, Cape Cod League, University of San Diego, West Coast Conference

CBB Column: Top Prep Players in the State of Texas

Donald J. Boyles

– July 20, 2009Posted in: 2010 Top Players, 2011 Recruits, CBD Column

Here is a small sampling of the best prep school players in the state of Texas. These prep players are in the middle of making a tough decision on where to play baseball for the next 3-4 seasons. The early signing period officially begins on November 11 and ends eight days later on November 19th. Once they have made their commitment to a school then comes along the June draft where the players could sign a professional contract skipping out on playing college baseball. The players are put in alphabetical order to keep it simple as we will continue this series over the next five days until we preview all 70 kids on our list.
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Tags: 2010 Top Players, 2011 Recruits, CBD Column

Texas Collegiate League recap 07-20-09

Donald J. Boyles

– July 20, 2009Posted in: Texas Collegiate League

Victoria Generals 7 Coppell Copperheads 5

(Coppell, Tx) The Victoria Generals needed extra innings Saturday night in Coppell to defeat the Copperheads in Texas Collegiate League Action. The Generals trailed 5-2 going into the top of the ninth. Michael Pair lead off with a walk and Chris Whitehead reaches first on a fielders choice, Joey Kenworthy walked and James Hipp tagged a 3 run home run to send the game into extra innings.
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Tags: Brazos Valley Bombers, Coppell Copperheads, Mckinney Marshals, Texas Collegiate League, Victoria Generals

Women’s College Baseball Coming Soon?

Brian Foley

– July 20, 2009Posted in: General CBB News

(Dave Getzschman / LA Times Photo)

I found an interesting article from the LA Times which talks about the development of Women’s baseball over the last 50 seasons. The article looks former Vassar player Lilly Ring who recorded the first hit in college baseball by a female since the mid-1980′s. She just transferred out of Vassar to head to California where she will look to play for the club team at the school. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Vassar, Women's Baseball

USA defeats Canada 5-2

Brian Foley

– July 20, 2009Posted in: ACC, Big South, Big West, Conference USA, Horizon League, SEC, Team USA, WAC

FROM USA BASEBALL

Christian Colon (Courtesy of USA Baseball)

(PRINCE GEORGE, British Columbia) – Christian Colon (Cal State Fullerton) and Yasmani Grandal (Miami) hit a home run each and Team USA opened the 2009 Enbridge Northern Pipeline World Baseball Challenge with a 5-2 victory over Canada at Citizen Stadium.

Christian Colon (Cal State Fullerton) hit a solo home run over the wall in left field in the first inning to put the U.S. up front early, 1-0.
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Tags: 2009 Team USA, ACC, Big South, Big West, Cal State Fullerton, Coastal Carolina, Conference USA, Hawaii, Horizon League, Miami (FL), Ole Miss, SEC, Team Canada, Tennessee, Tulane, WAC, Wright State

Live Video of World Baseball Challenge: Canada vs Team USA

Brian Foley

– July 19, 2009Posted in: 2010 Top Players, Team USA

Team USA continues their international baseball tour tonight against Team Canada in the World Baseball Challenge in Prince George, British Columbia. Team USA is coming off a five game series where they lost three out of the five games against the Japanese Collegiate Team. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2009 Team USA, 2010 Top Players, Live Video, Team Canada, World Baseball Challenge

CBB Visit: Corvallis Knights at Kitsap Blue Jackets

Bob Broughton

– July 19, 2009Posted in: CBD Visit, West Coast League

Doug Buser

Kitsap Blue Jackets 3, Corvallis Knights 1 (20 innings) (completion of suspended game)
Corvallis Knights 6, Kitsap Blue Jackets 3 (13 innings)

The Kitsap Blue Jackets play their home games at the Kitsap Fairgrounds and Events Center near Bremerton, WA, which is a one-hour ferry ride west of Seattle.

A wild West Coast League evening started with the completion of a game that was suspended after 16 innings on June 17 with the score 1-1, because the lights went out at 11 PM. It took another four innings to settle it. Andy Bethel (Washington) hit a ball into shallow center field with the bases loaded in the bottom of the twentieth inning. The outfielder dropped it to allow the winning run to score. Cody Hevner (hasn’t picked a college yet) got the win, and Steve Kalush (Santa Clara) got the loss. Box score and play-by-play The Knights defeated the Blue Jackets 1-0 the previous night (Liam Baron [Linn-Benton CC] pitched a three-hit shutout), and Blue Jackets owner Rick Smith, a Bremerton attorney, was quick to point out that his team had held the Knights, ranked #3 nationally by Perfect Game Crosschecker, to a total of two runs over 29 innings. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Portland, Saint Martin's, San Diego State, San Francisco, Santa Clara, Seattle U., Southeast Missouri State, Southern Utah, UC-Irvine, UC-Riverside, Washington, Western Oregon

Texas Collegiate League recap 07-18-09

Donald J. Boyles

– July 19, 2009Posted in: Texas Collegiate League

Brian Nephew went 3-4 on the night for the Generals.

Victoria Generals 4 Coppell Copperheads 1

(Coppell, Tx) The first place Victoria Generals of the Texas Collegiate League started their 4 game road trip Saturday evening with a 4-1 win over The Coppell Copperheads.
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Tags: Brazos Valley Bombers, Coppell Coperheads, Mckinney Marshals, Texas Collegiate League, Victoria Generals

Topeka Golden Giants Facility Plans for 2010

Brian Foley

– July 19, 2009Posted in: MINK League, New Facility

The Topeka Capital Journal has a great article on the Topeka Golden Giants plans for the 2010 season with the Lake Shawnee Ballpark which serves as the team’s home. The Golden Giants are members of the MINK League and had early success this season before injuries riddled the squad. The team is also exploring the possibility of leaving the MINK League in favor of going independent and making weekend trips as far away as Mexico and Alaska. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: MINK League, New Facility

2009 NECBL All-Star Game Recap

Brian Foley

– July 18, 2009Posted in: 2010 Top Players, NECBL

FROM NECBL RELEASE
Holyoke, MA (Saturday, July 18, 2009)- The Holyoke Blue Sox were privileged to host the New England Collegiate Baseball League All-Star Game, and the Division that they represent did not disappoint as the Western All-Stars take down the East, 6-5.

But the stories of the day was not just the game itself, the record attendance at MacKenzie Stadium, or the exciting festivities ran all day. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2010 Top Players, NECBL

Texas Collegiate League recap 07-17-09

Donald J. Boyles

– July 18, 2009Posted in: Texas Collegiate League

Brazos Valley Bombers Vs. Victoria Generals- Rained Out

Victoria, TX (July 17, 2009) –

The Brazos Valley Bombers bid to win consecutive games over first-place Victoria was cut short as the game tonight was postponed due to thunderstorms. Victoria was leading 2-0 in the second inning, but lightning and heavy rain in the area caused officials to postpone the game.
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Tags: Brazos Valley Bombers, East Texas Pump Jacks, Mckinney Marshals, Texas Collegiate League, Victoria Generals