Archive for August, 2009

Cape Cod Baseball League Players of the Month (July)

– August 5, 2009Posted in: Cape Cod League, Ohio Valley Conference, West Coast Conference

FROM CAPE COD BASEBALL LEAGUE

COCA-COLA PITCHER OF THE MONTH

Kyle Blair, Brewster RHP

The Coca-Cola Pitcher of the Month for July has been awarded to Kyle Blair (Sand Diego) of Brewster. Blair’s record remains flawless on the season, winning three and losing none. Over the past month, the 6-3 righty has appeared in four games, all of them starts, and recorded 27 innings pitched. Over those 27 innings, Blair has surrendered only 12 hits and three earned runs, good for a 1.00 ERA. He also sports a 1.40 strikeouts-per-innings-pitched ratio, with 38 strikeouts this month.

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Tags: Cape Cod League, Jacksonville State, Ohio Valley Conference, University of San Diego, West Coast Conference

College Baseball News and Notes 08-04-09

Donald J. Boyles

– August 4, 2009Posted in: Big Ten, Conference USA, Northwoods League, Pac 12, WAC

Oregon Summer League Report

Oregon baseball players are finishing up summer ball as the final week of regular season is in swing for some teams, while playoffs have already started in other leagues.

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Tags: Big Ten Conference, Conference USA, Nevada, Ohio State, Oregon, Pac 12, UAB, WAC

Texas Collegiate League Players of the Week-Week 8

Donald J. Boyles

– August 4, 2009Posted in: Big 12, Players of the Week, Texas Collegiate League

Hinojosa, Juengel and Varner Earn Week 8 Honors

Joaquin Hinojosa, Brazos Valley Bombers
Hinojosa used the week to demonstrate his prowess both at the plate and on the mound. He batted .333 with two home runs, vaulting himself into a tie for the league lead in homers. The two-way star also picked up a pair of saves as the Bombers’ closer, grabbing a share of the TCL lead in that category as well. The sophomore starred at Texarkana College last spring and will be headed to Texas A&M in the fall.

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Tags: Big 12, Brazos Valley Bombers, Coppell Copperheads, East Texas Pump Jacks, Texas AM, Texas Collegiate League Players of the Week

Chris Ramirez Promoted to Top Assistant on Texas A&M-CC Staff

Donald J. Boyles

– August 4, 2009Posted in: New Coach, Southland Conference

RAMIREZ PROMOTED TO TOP ASSISTANT ON BASEBALL STAFF

Texas A&M Corpus Christi University head baseball coach Scott Malone has named Chris Ramirez as his top assistant.

“Chris has done an excellent job since he arrived here,” said Malone. “He has worked to gather a large pool of talent. I am extremely pleased with the work he has done to bring in local players. It was our goal when we came here to keep the top local talent in the Coastal Bend and he has been able to get players from Calallen, Carroll and Moody to join our club.”

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Tags: Coaching Changes, Southland Conference, Texas AM CC

Cancer can’t slow down Matt Shapiro (Holy Cross)

Brian Foley

– August 4, 2009Posted in: Patriot League

I recently came across this fantastic article from The Enterprise News which looks at Holy Cross LHP Matt Shapiro who was named the 2008 Patriot League Pitcher of the year. He had a very interesting 2008-2009 school year which featured him being diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma after having a sore throat and doctors discovered a tumor in his chest. He would start treatments at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in November and they would last for six months through the college baseball season. This did not slow down Shapiro at all as he made 10 starts while having a 3-4 record with an ERA of 6.40. He ended up facing several challenges including being hospitalized on the team’s West Coast trip and getting his chemotherapy in his pitching arm which led to him struggling that week against Army. This article is a must read for anyone that is interested in a great sports story.

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Tags: Holy Cross, Patriot League

Bret Lachemann comes back from Alaska

Brian Foley

– August 4, 2009Posted in: Alaskan Summer League

Bret Lachemann the head coach at Del Oro High School in California spent the summer with the Fairbanks Goldpanners of the Alaskan Baseball League. He talks about his experience with the team in an article written by Eric Gourley in the Auburn Journal.

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Tags: Alaskan Summer League

Cape Cod Baseball League Players of the Week

Brian Foley

– August 4, 2009Posted in: Cape Cod League, Conference USA, SEC

FROM CCBL RELEASE

COCA COLA PITCHER OF THE WEEK

Justin Grimm, Cotuit RHP

The Coca-Cola Pitcher of the Week for July 26 through August 1st is Cotuit’s Justin Grimm(Georgia). On August 1st, Grimm was able to stymie a high-powered Bourne offense, surrendering only one earned run in a 6-2 win. Over his seven and a third innings of work, the 6-4 flamethrower scattered six hits while striking out 10. Grimm’s command was excellent: he did not walk a batter all night.

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Tags: Cape Cod League, Conference USA, East Carolina, Georgia, SEC

Dave Nakama Named Assistant Baseball Coach at Washington

Brian Foley

– August 4, 2009Posted in: New Coach, Pac 12

FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE

SEATTLE – New University of Washington baseball coach Linsday Meggs announced his first hiring today as Dave Nakama has been named his top assistant coach.

Nakama, who comes to Seattle from Pac-10 rival Stanford, will coordinate all the hitting, assist with team defense and oversee outfielders. He’ll begin working immediately. He and Coach Meggs crossed paths in the Northern California Division II ranks when they coached at San Francisco State and Chico State, respectively.

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Tags: Coaching Changes, Pac 12, Stanford, Washington

Dominguez and Gloor doing well in pro ball

Brian Foley

– August 3, 2009Posted in: Big East, NEC

The San Mateo Daily Journal recently checked in on Salem-Keizer who is the Low-A affiliate of the San Francisco Giants. One of the players profiled is Chris Dominguez from Louisville. He has continued his power hitting in pro baseball as he has already hit nine homers in his first 102 at bats. I had questions on Dominguez’s defense during his college days and there is still a little debate according to his manager Tom Treblehorn. One of the other players profiled is former Quinnipiac lefty Chris Gloor who picked up four wins last week in his first four appearances.

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Tags: Big East, Louisville, Northeast Conference, Quinnipiac

Coogan added to Princeton staff

Brian Foley

– August 3, 2009Posted in: Atlantic 10, Ivy League, New Coach

FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE

Hank Coogan, a standout catcher/outfielder at Richmond, has joined the Princeton baseball staff as an assistant coach. Coogan was named to the Atlantic 10 All-Conference Second Team as a senior in 2008 when he led the team with a .364 batting average.

“We are thrilled to add Hank to our staff,” said Scott Bradley, the Robert H.B. Baldwin ’42 Head Coach of Baseball at Princeton. “Hank was one of those players we would face that I would always check up on during the season to see how they were doing. He had a great college career and we are looking forward to have him work with our players beginning this fall.”

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Tags: Atlantic 10, Coaching Changes, Ivy League, Princeton, Richmond

Troy releases 2010 Schedule

Brian Foley

– August 3, 2009Posted in: 2010 Schedules, Sun Belt

FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE

The Troy University Trojans baseball team will be spending much of the spring at the friendly confines of Riddle-Pace Field.

The Trojans are scheduled to play 31 games at their home park in 2010 and will not go more than a week at any point during the season without a home game.

That schedule should prove beneficial to a squad that returns 19 players from a 2009 team that finished with a 33-23 record.

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Tags: 2010 Schedules, Sun Belt, Troy

Texas Collegiate League recap 08-02-09

Donald J. Boyles

– August 3, 2009Posted in: Texas Collegiate League

Brazos Valley Bombers 3 Victoria Generals 0

Bryan-College Station, TX (August 2, 2009) –

Joaquin Hinojosa homered and then came into pitch the ninth inning as the Brazos Valley Bombers shut out the Victoria Generals 3-0 tonight at Brazos Valley Bank Ballpark. Hinojosa tied the Bombers’ all-time home run record with his fourth home run of the season.

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Tags: Brazos Valley Bombers, Coppell Copperheads, Mckinney Marshals, Texas Collegiate League, Victoria Generals