Archive for December, 2009

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Top 100 Countdown: Number 45 Matty Ott (LSU)

MattyOtt 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 45 in our countdown with LSU sophomore RHP Matty Ott. He is from Chalette Louisiana and went to Holy Cross High School. He had an outstanding 2008 senior season as he had a 9-2 record with a 1.97 ERA while striking out 87 batters in 67.2 innings of work. As a junior, he had a 0.81 ERA in 78 innings while only walking 12 batters and striking out 101 batters.

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Top 100 Countdown: Number 46 Aaron Westlake (Vanderbilt)

AaronWestlakeHeadshot 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 46 in our countdown with Vanderbilt redshirt sophomore first baseman/catcher Aaron Westlake. He is from Redding California and attended Shasta High School where he earned four varsity letters in baseball while picking up one in basketball. Heading into the 2007 MLB Draft, Westlake was rated the 55th best prospect in California.

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Early Signing Classes for December 4th

MarkMachtolfGonzaga Here are your Early Signing Day releases for December 4th.

Gonzaga signs three for 2010-2011 Season

SPOKANE, Wash. - Gonzaga University head baseball coach Mark Machtolf has announced that three players have signed National Letters of Intent to join the Bulldogs for the 2010-11 school year.

Following a record setting 2009 season that produced the program’s inaugural West Coast Conference Regular and Championship Series titles along with a trip to the NCAA Tournament, the Bulldogs are set to welcome infielder Ryan Brett from Burien, Wash., left-handed pitcher/first baseman Marco Gonzales from Fort Collins, Colo. and outfielder Josh Sale out of Seattle, Wash to Gonzaga next season.

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Kentucky’s James Paxton Case Update for December 4th

UPDATED ON DECEMBER 5th AT 2:15AM

As I reported on early Thursday morning about senior Kentucky pitcher James Paxton and his lawsuit against the University of Kentucky. Here is a brief run down of the events in this case from the court documents which are linked below. I highly recommend reading the response from Kentucky which gives a much more in depth breakdown of the events.

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Florida State Fall Focus: Stephen McGee

StephenMcGeeFSU Florida State Media Relations Student Assistant Ultima Rogers wrote an excellent article on freshman catcher Stephen McGee. He is the younger brother of current Florida State junior outfielder/pitcher Mike McGee. Stephen states that one of the reasons he decided to head to Florida State was the chance to play with his brother which he did for two seasons of high school ball.

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St. Mary’s releases 2010 Schedule

FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE

St.Mary'sBaseball Moraga, CA – The Saint Mary’s College baseball team and head coach Jedd Soto have announced the schedule for the 2010 season. Highlighting the season are a total of nine games against teams that made the NCAA Tournament last year, three series against conference champions, one series against a 2009 College World Series participant, and a total of 33 games against teams who finished .500 or better.

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Texas State releases 2010 Schedule

FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE

TexasStateSchedulePhoto SAN MARCOS – Texas State head coach Ty Harrington released the 2010 Bobcat baseball schedule Thursday afternoon and the loaded slate includes 26 home games at Bobcat Field and meetings with four teams that competed in the 2009 NCAA Championship Tournament.

"Our fans have grown accustomed to seeing the Texas State baseball program compete in an exciting schedule against challenging teams," said Harrington. "I know that this season will rank very close to one of the top schedules with the level of competition we have set for 2010."

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South Florida set for New Stadium

The University of South Florida Board of Trustees approved construction and financing of a $30 million athletics project. The plan includes new football practice fields, the redesign of the baseball stadium, a new softball stadium, and a new practice gym for the basketball team. The construction of the football, baseball, and softball facilities are expected to begin around the beginning of the year. This will affect the baseball program which is currently looking at alternate facilities to play their 2010 slate. A couple of sites that have been mentioned are the Yankees Complex in Tampa and Al Lang Stadium in St. Petersburg. You can check out the full press release on the new facilities below.

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Top 100 Countdown: Number 47 Joey Bergman (College of Charleston)

JoeyBergmanCoC 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 47 in our countdown with College of Charleston senior infielder Joey Bergman. He is from Jacksonville Florida and attended Bishop Kenney High School. During his senior season, Bergman had a .516 average with two homers and 33 RBI. After the season was over, Bergman decided to continue his baseball career at the College of Charleston.

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Early Signing Day Releases for December 3rd

MattSenkStonyBrook Here are your Early Signing Day Releases for December 3rd.

Stony Brook signs five for 2010-2011 Season

Stony Brook, N.Y. – Stony Brook University head baseball coach Matt Senk announced today that five student-athletes have signed National Letters of Intent to play baseball for Stony Brook beginning in 2011. The five player class is made up of Bryan Tatleman (South Windsor, Conn.), Kevin Courtney (Lindenhurst, N.Y.), Frankie Vanderka (Levittown, N.Y.) , Josh Mason (Woodland Hills, Calif.) and Mike Hubbard (Northridge, Calif.).

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Arizona State names Tim Esmay Interim Head Coach

TimEsmay Arizona State announced today that Tim Esmay will serve as the Sun Devils baseball coach for the 2010 season. Esmay had spent the last five seasons as an assistant coach in Tempe including the last three seasons as the Assistant Head Coach. He was let go after last season’s trip to the College World Series as Murphy decided to bring in some new blood to the coaching staff. Esmay has experience as a head coach directing the Utah program from 1997-2004. He accumulated a 213-235-1 record including a WAC title in the 1997 season. This move is a little bit of a surprise as I expected former Washington coach Ken Knutson to get the job for this season. You can check out the full press release from Arizona State Media Relations below.

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Fresno State releases 2010 Schedule

FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE

CoachBatesole FRESNO, Calif. – Fresno State baseball head coach Mike Batesole announced the 2010 schedule Wednesday afternoon. The Bulldogs have 35 home games at Pete Beiden Field and hit the road for 20 games. The `Dogs host various schools from conferences like the Big 12, Big West and Pac-10.

"Our non-conference schedule is outstanding with 21 games against Big 12, Big West and Pac-10 opponents leading into league games," said Batesole. "If we play well, it gives us the opportunity to be in a solid position to have a great RPI headed into WAC play. This schedule is difficult enough to give us the ability to do something we haven’t done at Beiden Field in 15 years – host an NCAA Regional."

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