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Princeton releases 2010 Schedule

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Brian Foley
– September 22, 2009Posted in: 2010 Schedules, Ivy League

FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE

DavidPalmsPrinceton PRINCETON (9/22/09) – The Princeton baseball team’s first trip to California in nearly 20 years and seven home dates highlight the 2010 Princeton baseball schedule.

The season kicks off with the weekend of March 5-7 when Princeton visits Elon for four games. The Tigers will open the weekend on Friday with a game against Bucknell, then will meet Elon for two games on Saturday and will complete the trip with a game on Sunday afternoon against Radford. Princeton’s game with Bucknell will be its first against the Bison since the 1991 season and the Tigers will face Radford for the first time ever. Princeton last met Elon three seasons ago.

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Strasburg Effect for SDSU?

By
Brian Foley
– September 22, 2009Posted in: Mountain West, Rivals

StrasburgSDSU Kendall Rogers of Rivals had an interesting article a few weeks ago on how San Diego State will handle the press that Strasburg gave the Aztec program. I agree that any press for college baseball is great but I think the biggest improvement in the SDSU program will come from Eric Valenzuela taking over the recruiting/pitching coach duties this season. (FULL STORY). He has handled the great pitching staffs of the San Diego Toreros including Brian Matusz and Josh Romanski so he should be able to bring in some great talent into the Aztec program both on the mound and at the plate.

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Jungmann looking to add weight

By
Brian Foley
– September 22, 2009Posted in: Big 12

TaylorJungmannCBTPHOTO There was an interesting article recently on the official Texas Longhorns website about Taylor Jungmann’s struggle to add weight to his delicate frame. The reasoning for him to add weight is that his motion last season put stress on his shoulder. If he was able to add weight then his shoulder would be healthier later in the year. He was able to add 15 pounds by having a diet of 5,000 calories a day and they couldn’t come from any breaded or battered food. As anyone knows, that is a tough thing to do but he was able to succeed in doing it.

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Jackie Bradley Jr. the next thing at South Carolina?

By
Brian Foley
– September 22, 2009Posted in: 2010 Top Players, SEC

JackieBradleyJR The State has an excellent spotlight article on South Carolina sophomore outfielder Jackie Bradley Jr. who they say is the next superstar for the Gamecock baseball program this year. He has an outstanding freshman season where he batted .349 with 11 homers and 46 RBI while scoring a team high 69 runs. He spent this past summer in the Cape Cod Baseball League where he played for the Hyannis Mets. He ended up playing 44 games with the squad accumulating a .275 average while driving in 14 runs and stealing 10 bases. Baseball America named him the 19th best prospect in the CCBL after this summer.

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Marist adds John McGorty to Coaching Staff

By
Brian Foley
– September 22, 2009Posted in: MAAC, New Coach

FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE

JohnMcGorty POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. – Marist head baseball coach Chris Tracz has announced the hiring of John McGorty as assistant baseball coach. McGorty played with the Red Foxes from 2002-03, and still holds the program’s career record for putouts and total chances while ranking second in fielding percentage.

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Pat and Susan Casey selected for John Wooden Coaching Award

By
Brian Foley
– September 21, 2009Posted in: National Awards, Pac 12

FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE

PatCaseyOregonState CORVALLIS, Ore. – Oregon State head baseball coach Pat Casey and his wife, Susan, have been selected to receive the 2009 Nell and John Wooden Coaching Achievement Award from the World Sport Humanitarian Hall Of Fame.

The annual award honors a coach and spouse who have made exceptional contributions to their players’ lives and in the community. The award announcement came on Monday; it will be presented to Susan and Pat in a ceremony on Thursday, Sept. 24 at the Qwest Center in Boise, Idaho. The two will be given the award in a ceremony that will also include the induction of the NBA’s Adonal Foyle, MLS great Diego Gutierrez and world-class hurdler Tracy Mattes into the World Sports Humanitarian Hall of Fame.

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Top 40 Recruiting Classes for 2009-2010

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Brian Foley
– September 21, 2009Posted in: 2010 Recruits

FloridaScoreboard Collegiate Baseball released their Top 40 Recruiting Classes for the incoming freshman class in the 2009-2010 season. Florida comes in at the top of the list with Arizona State, LSU, Central Florida and Cal-State Fullerton rounding out the Top Five. You can check out the rest of the list which is available below.

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UNLV starts Fall Practice on Tuesday

By
Brian Foley
– September 21, 2009Posted in: Fall Ball, Mountain West

FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE

UNLVFallBall LAS VEGAS – The UNLV baseball team begins Fall Camp on Tuesday, with the Rebels returning to Earl E. Wilson Stadium for practices, as well as intrasquad scrimmages.

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NCAA looking into cracking down on “Advisors”

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Brian Foley
– September 21, 2009Posted in: Big 12, MLB Draft, NCAA Violations

AndrewOliver The NCAA is currently looking into cracking down on the Advisers/Agents in the MLB Draft negotiations. The reason for this comes from the Andrew Oliver case where he was deemed ineligible because he had an advisor (agent) representing him out of high school during his negotiations. MLB is also not happy with the current situation with how drafted players are receiving outrageous money from some of the large market clubs.

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Jim Morris given contract extension through 2015

By
Brian Foley
– September 21, 2009Posted in: ACC

JimMorrisMiami The Miami Athletic Department announced today that long-time Hurricane baseball coach Jim Morris has been given a contract extension through the 2015 season. He will be entering his 17th season with the Canes baseball program in the upcoming spring where he has led them to 11 appearances in the College World Series including national championships in 1999 and 2001. This was not an unexpected move as Morris has always had competitive teams in Coral Gables and nothing should change in the upcoming season. You can check out the full press release below.

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Texas A&M opens Fall Workouts

By
Donald J. Boyles
– September 20, 2009Posted in: Big 12, Fall Ball

childress-rob-mug FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE

COLLEGE STATION, Texas – The Texas A&M baseball team begins preparations for the 2010 season on Monday when the Aggies open fall workouts at Olsen Field.

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Top Five Articles of the Week (September 20th)

By
Brian Foley
– September 20, 2009Posted in: General CBB News

Here are the Top Five Articles of the Week for September 20th.

  1. Former NCAA President Myles Brand passes away
  2. Former Florida coach Dave Fuller passes away
  3. 2010 Big East/Big Ten Challenge schedule released
  4. Erik Bakich taking Aggressive Approach
  5. San Diego announces staff changes

As always, you can check out our listings of 2010 schedules by clicking here.

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