FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE
BATON ROUGE — Shortstop Austin Nola’s two doubles and a solid outing by left-hander Chris Matulis clinched the LSU Baseball Purple-Gold World Series title for the Gold team, as it posted a 5-3 win over the Purple Thursday at Alex Box Stadium.
The Purple-Gold World Series is a three-game intrasquad series that concludes LSU’s five-week fall practice session.
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 61 in our countdown with West Virginia junior shortstop Jedd Gyorko. He is a 5-10 185 pound shortstop from Morgantown West Virginia where he played at University High School. He was a four-time all-conference and three-time all-state player while being the 2007 Conference Hitter of the Year.
Here is your Early Signing Classes releases for November 19th.
Rutgers Baseball Announces 2010-2011 Recruiting Class
PISCATAWAY, N.J. (November 19, 2009) – Rutgers head baseball coach Fred Hill has announced the signing of seven scholastic standouts to National Letters of Intent.
The group includes infielder Nick Favatella (Washington Township, N.J.), outfielders Joseph D’Annunzio (Scotch Plains, N.J.) and Brian O’Grady (Warminster, Pa.), catcher Michael Zavala (Randolph, N.J.) and pitchers Charlie Lasky (Freehold, N.J.), Slater McCue (Radnor, Pa.) and Andrew Sullivan (Monroe, N.J.).
FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE
COLLEGE PARK, Md. – Bob "Turtle" Smith ’63, former University of Maryland baseball player, and his wife, Carol B. Smith have stepped up to the plate and hit a grand slam by making a major seven-figure commitment to Maryland Athletics. In honor of their gift, Maryland’s baseball stadium has been renamed Shipley Field at Bob "Turtle" Smith Stadium.
Bob and Carol have pledged their gift in support of the Greatness Campaign, which provides funds to those areas in athletics with the greatest need, as well as to the "Home Run Club," the support group for the Maryland baseball team.
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 62 in our countdown with Dallas Baptist senior outfielder Ryan Enos. He is a 5’10 181 pound lefthanded hitter from Highland Village Texas and decided to attend Dallas Baptist where he has an outstanding career. His freshman season saw him appear in 30 games with 12 starts. He finished the season with an average of .194 while hitting a homer and grabbing seven RBI. Enos had his breakout season in 2008 when he finished second on the team with a .360 average with three homers and 33 RBI. He was very solid on the basepaths as he ended up stealing 16 bases in 18 attempts.
Here is your Fall Ball Recap for November 18th. Click on the respective link for the full article.
Here are your Early Signing Classes releases for November 18th.
Georgia Tech signs 18 for 2010-2011 season
ATLANTA - – Eighteen of the nation’s top high school baseball standouts, including three prep All-Americans, have signed National Letters of Intent to play baseball at Georgia Tech beginning next fall, head coach Danny Hall announced Wednesday.
FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE
LOS ANGELES — The USC baseball team wraps up its fall practice schedule with the Cardinal/Gold World Series, Thursday-Saturday (November 19-21), at Dedeaux Field. Thursday’s game will start at 2:45 p.m. with a 1:45 p.m. start on Friday. Saturday’s start will be determined later.
USC returns 24 letterwinners from last year’s squad, including infielder/pitcher Ricky Oropesa (.314, 13 HR, 48 RBI in 2009) and right-handed pitcher Andrew Triggs (5-3, 3.96 ERA, 75.0 IP, 50 SO).
Justin Milo has made an interesting journey in going from playing hockey and baseball as a high school senior in Minnesota to becoming a minor league player for the Yankees and a forward for the University of Vermont hockey team.
FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE
SAN DIEGO – The San Diego State baseball program will hold its first-ever Red-Black World Series this week as it concludes its 2009 fall practice season. The series will consist of a trio of nine-inning contests over three days and is open to the public free of charge.
The three-game series will commence on Thursday, Nov. 19, at 2:00 p.m. at Tony Gwynn Stadium. Subsequent contests are schedule for Friday (Nov. 20) at 6:00 p.m. and Saturday (Nov. 21) at 1:00 p.m. The team will have full batting practice and infield before each of the first two games with no batting practice prior to Saturday’s contest.
The Cal-State Bakersfield Roadrunners baseball program has recently put out their 2010 baseball schedule. They will open the season on Feb. 19th as they host a four game set in three days against the Air Force Academy. The following weekend sees them hosting a three game round-robin tournament with St. Mary’s, Central Michigan, and Cal coming to Hardt Field. The first road game comes on March 3rd when they travel to 2008 NCAA champion Fresno State. A couple of other highlights on the schedule are trips to Arizona, TCU, and Cal Poly while Pacific and UC-Davis headline the home schedule.
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 63 in our countdown with New Mexico junior catcher Rafael Neda. He is from Obregon, Sonora, Mexico and attended Amphitheater (Ariz.) High School. He has an outstanding high school career winning several awards including being named Kino Conference Player of the Year, All-American and All-State honors in 2007.
2012 CBD All-American Teams Announced
Top 100 Countdown: 1. Mark Appel (Stanford)
Top 100 Countdown: 2. Mike Zunino (Florida)
Top 100 Countdown: 3. Deven Marrero (Arizona State)
Top 100 Countdown: 4. Michael Roth (South Carolina)
