Archive for October, 2009

Furman 2010 Schedule Released

– October 21, 2009Posted in: 2010 Schedules, Southern Conference

FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE

GREENVILLE, S.C. — Thirty three home games, including five contests at Greenville’s Fluor Field and clashes against Clemson, South Carolina, and Georgia highlight Furman’s 2010 baseball schedule, which was released today by Paladin head coach Ron Smith.

Furman will open the season on Friday, Feb. 19 when it entertains Michigan State at Fluor Field in a 4:00 p.m. game. The next day the Paladins face Miami University, also a Fluor Field, before wrapping up a challenging first weekend at Clemson on Sunday, Feb. 21.

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Tags: 2010 Schedules, Furman, Southern Conference

CBB Top 100 Countdown: Number 91 Leon Landry (LSU)

Brian Foley

– October 20, 2009Posted in: 2010 Top Players, Cal Ripken Sr. Collegiate League, Cape Cod League, CBD Column, SEC

The CBB continues our countdown for the 2010 College Baseball season by checking in on the Top 100 Players in the country. We will be providing one player per day until we reach number 1.

We continue the list today with number 91 in our countdown with LSU junior outfielder Leon Landry. He is 5’11 and 197 pounds out of Baton Rouge, LA and Baker High School. He was a three sport athlete in high school playing basketball, football, and baseball. He excelled in baseball as he was named first team all-district in three consecutive seasons as a pitcher and infielder. Perfect Game rated him as one of the top players in the Southeast region which saw him get selected by the Cincinnati Reds in the 36th round. He declined to sign with the Reds and headed to LSU.

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Tags: 2010 Top Players, Cal Ripken Sr. Collegiate Baseball League, Cape Cod League, CBB 2010 Top 100 Players, CBD Column, LSU, SEC

Fall Ball Recap for October 20th

Brian Foley

– October 20, 2009Posted in: ACC, Atlantic 10, Big East, Missouri Valley, Mountain West, SEC, Sun Belt

Here is your Fall Ball Recap for October 20th. Click on the respective link for the full recap.

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Tags: ACC, Air Force, Atlantic 10, Big East, Charlotte, Fall Ball, Georgia Tech, Louisville, Missouri Valley, Mountain West, SEC, South Alabama, St. John's, Sun Belt, UNC, Vanderbilt, Virginia Tech, Wichita State, Xavier

LA Tech releases 2010 Schedule

Brian Foley

– October 20, 2009Posted in: 2010 Schedules, WAC

FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE

RUSTON– Louisiana Tech’s 2010 baseball schedule has been released and will include match-ups with three of the final eight team’s of the College World Series, a trip to the Metrodome, a number of challenging regional contests and a tough conference schedule.

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Tags: 2010 Schedules, Lousiana Tech, WAC

New Orleans releases 2010 Schedule

Brian Foley

– October 20, 2009Posted in: 2010 Schedules, Sun Belt

FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE

NEW ORLEANS – The University of New Orleans baseball team will play two schools that reached the College World Series last year, highlighting the 2010 schedule released on Tuesday.

The Privateers will play 12 games against schools that reached NCAA postseason play last season, including three games against CWS participants LSU and Southern Mississippi.

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Tags: 2010 Schedules, New Orleans, Sun Belt

2010 Clemson Schedule Released

Brian Foley

– October 20, 2009Posted in: 2010 Schedules, ACC

FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE

Clemson, SC – Thirty-five home games, 27 games against 2009 NCAA Tournament teams, and three games at Fluor Field in Greenville, SC highlight Clemson’s 56-game, 2010 regular-season baseball schedule, released Tuesday. The Tigers, who will play 17 of their first 21 games at home, will also play South Carolina in a three-game series at three different sites over one weekend in early March.

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Tags: 2010 Schedules, ACC, Clemson

Checking in with FSU’s Rafael Lopez

Brian Foley

– October 20, 2009Posted in: ACC, Interviews with Players

Florida State Sports Information Student Assistant Ultima Rogers continues his series of interviews with FSU baseball players today with Rafael Lopez. He is a redshirt-junior who spent his redshirt freshman season with Boston College before transferring to Indian River Community College. He made the transition at FSU to the catching position last season and had his ups and downs.

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Tags: ACC, Florida State, Interviews with Players

KR talks about Rising and Falling Programs

Brian Foley

– October 20, 2009Posted in: ACC, Big 12, Big Ten, Conference USA, Mountain West, Pac 12, Rivals

Rivals.com College Baseball editor Kendall Rogers has put out an article detailing five programs that are rising in prestige and five that are starting to fall off the map. The programs that he sees coming on are: TCU, Virginia, East Carolina, Kansas and Ohio State. The five programs that are starting to fall are: Arizona, Baylor, Tulane, Nebraska, and California. He has some interesting commentary on each team as I can see his reasoning on all the programs except for one in Baylor.

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Tags: ACC, Arizona, Baylor, Big 12, Big Ten Conference, Cal, Conference USA, East Carolina, Kansas, Mountain West, Nebraska, Ohio State, Pac 12, Rivals, TCU, Tulane, Virginia

CBB Top 100 Countdown: Number 92 Will Lamb (Clemson)

Brian Foley

– October 19, 2009Posted in: 2010 Top Players, ACC, CBD Column, Coastal Plain League

The CBB continues our countdown for the 2010 College Baseball season by checking in on the Top 100 Players in the country. We will be providing one player per day until we reach number 1.

We continue the list today with number 92 in our countdown with Clemson sophomore LHP/outfielder Will Lamb who is listed at 6’4 and 170 pounds. He is from Seaford Virginia and attended York High School where he lettered in baseball for all four years and picked up a letter in basketball. He was named All-State in Virginia as a junior and senior. In his junior season, he hit .508 with a 4-2 record and a 1.60 ERA on the mound.

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Tags: 2010 Top Players, ACC, CBB 2010 Top 100 Players, CBD Column, Clemson, Coastal Plain League

Fall Ball Recap for October 19th

Brian Foley

– October 19, 2009Posted in: ACC, Big East, Fall Ball, MAC, Missouri Valley, Mountain West, SEC

Here is your Fall Ball Recap for October 19th. Click on the respective link for the full article.

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Tags: ACC, Big East, Fall Ball, Georgia Tech, Illinois State, Kent State, MAC, Missouri Valley, Mountain West, SEC, St. John's, UNLV, Vanderbilt, West Virginia

San Diego State, Siena Post 2010 Schedules

Colin Weber

– October 19, 2009Posted in: 2010 Schedules, MAAC, Mountain West

Head coach Tony Gwynn has released the 2010 schedule for his San Diego State Aztecs. The Aztecs will enter the 2010 campaign without Stephen Strasburg, the first overall selection in the 2009 MLB Draft. SDSU will begin the season with six straight games at Tony Gwynn Stadium. The Aztecs host Oklahoma and Indiana (Feb. 19-22) opening weekend before a mid-week contest with UC Riverside (Feb. 23) and a split four-game weekend series against cross-town rival San Diego (Feb. 25-28).

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Tags: 2010 Schedules, MAAC, Mountain West, San Diego State, Siena

CBT’s Sorenson talks with LSU’s Mainieri

Brian Foley

– October 19, 2009Posted in: Interviews with Coaches, SEC

CollegeBaseballToday’s Eric Sorenson recently sat down with LSU coach Paul Mainieri to get his thoughts on the 2009 season, looking forward to 2010, and also other random topics. The interview is fantastic like all of Eric’s stuff and gives you some great insight into what Paul Mainieri thinks of things.