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Baseball among four sports cut at Duquesne

By
Donald J. Boyles
– January 25, 2010Posted in: Atlantic 10

MikeWilsonDUDuquesne University announced today that they will be cutting four men’s varsity sports including the men’s baseball team. This is the third Division 1 baseball team to be cut over the last two seasons joining Vermont and Northern Iowa. I personally find this decision a little shocking as there was no female sports cut at all and Duquesne does not have a scholarship football program. You can check out the full press release below. Read the rest of this entry »

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San Diego picked to win 2010 WCC Title

By
Brian Foley
– January 25, 2010Posted in: 2010 Preseason Conference Poll, West Coast Conference

FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE

JamesMeador San Diego was picked as the favorite to win this year’s WCC regular season title in the 2010 preseason baseball poll, as voted on by the head coaches in the conference. The Toreros received six first place votes for a total of 48 points and are ranked 24th in Collegiate Baseball’s preseason poll. Pepperdine was picked second with 38 points and is also receiving national recognition, ranked 34th in the Collegiate Baseball’s preseason poll. San Francisco totaled 33 points for third, while 2009 WCC Champion Gonzaga got one first place vote for 29 points to finish fourth, just edging out 2009 runner-up Loyola Marymount, which received 28 points for fifth. Rounding out this year’s preseason poll are Santa Clara, which received the last first place vote with 20 points, Saint Mary’s with 17 points, and Portland with 11 points.

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Oregon State’s Josh Osich to miss 2010 Campaign

By
Brian Foley
– January 25, 2010Posted in: Pac 12

JoshOsich Baseball America writer Aaron Fitt is reporting today that Oregon State lefthanded reliever Josh Osich will miss the 2010 season after undergoing Tommy John surgery. Baseball America had rated Osich as a possible first round pick before the injuries as he throws in the upper 90’s but has been inconsistent with his command.

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Wagner set to retire Andrew Bailey’s Number

By
Brian Foley
– January 25, 2010Posted in: NEC

FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE

WagnerBaseball Staten Island, NY - On the heels of 2006 Graduate Andrew Bailey’s Rookie of the Year campaign with the Oakland A’s, Wagner College Athletic Director Walt Hameline and head baseball coach Joe Litterio have announced that the school will retire Bailey’s number. Bailey, who played for the Green & White from 2003-2006, will have his Seahawk number 17 retired at halftime of the men’s basketball game against Quinnipiac on Thursday, January 28 at 7:00 pm.

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UCLA’s John Savage talks about upcoming 2010 Season

By
Brian Foley
– January 25, 2010Posted in: Pac 12

UCLA 3-2 loss to LMU ESPN Los Angeles writer and occasional contributor to TCBB Blair Angulo recently talked with UCLA head coach John Savage about his expectations for his 2010 squad. Coach Savage stated the following in the article:

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Top 5 Articles of the Week

By
Brian Foley
– January 24, 2010Posted in: Articles of the Week

Here are the Top Five Articles of the Past Week. Click on the respective link for the full article.

  1. CBB Interview with Joe Jordano (Pittsburgh)
  2. CBB Interview with Tim Sinicki (Binghamton)
  3. New Orleans making the move to Division 3
  4. Top 100: Number 1 Anthony Ranaudo (LSU)
  5. Miami (OH) names George Stegmiller Honorary Coach

You can also check out our final Top 100 countdown of College Players for the upcoming season by clicking here. We also have listings of many different college baseball schedules from Division 1 down to NAIA that can be checked out by clicking here.

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Georgia Tech Student Athletes help out Special Olympics

By
Brian Foley
– January 24, 2010Posted in: ACC, Community Service

FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE

GTLogo ATLANTA – With more than 23,000 Special Olympians in the state of Georgia alone, and only 23 full-time staff members, over 100 Georgia Tech student athletes played an important role in making the 2010 Games in Atlanta successful.

Representatives from eight different sports worked with the Special Olympians during the opening ceremonies and roll derby competition over the weekend.

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Texas A&M Corpus Christi Baseball Rebuilds Youth Fields

By
Donald J. Boyles
– January 24, 2010Posted in: Community Service

FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE

TAMUCC PAL League The Texas A&M-Corpus Christi baseball program will be teaming up with the Corpus Christi Police Athletic League on the rebuilding and clean up of a youth baseball field located at 4236 Baldwin this Saturday. The field will be named P.A.L. West.

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Georgia Tech gets a new Hitting Machine

By
Brian Foley
– January 23, 2010Posted in: ACC

GeorgiaTechHitting Georgia Tech baseball recently purchased a new hitting Machine which cost over $53,000. The machine projects an image of a pitcher while sending balls down to the batter. According to the report, the machine can throw pitches up to 106 MPH. The full video from MyFox Atlanta is available below.

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South Florida releases 2010 Schedule

By
Brian Foley
– January 23, 2010Posted in: 2010 Schedules, Big East

FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE

SouthFlorida2010Schedule TAMPA – University of South Florida head coach Lelo Prado announced the release of the 2010 USF baseball schedule, a slate that includes five 2009 NCAA Tournament participants (11 games) and seven in-state opponents.

Prado also announced that, the Bulls will play a portion of their home schedule away from Red McEwen Field at George Steinbrenner Field and the University of Tampa Baseball Stadium to accommodate the construction set to begin in early April.

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Legendary Coach Steve Hertz set to Retire

By
Brian Foley
– January 23, 2010Posted in: NJCAA

SteveHertzMDC Steve Hertz who has served as the Miami Dade College Baseball coach for the last 26 seasons is set to retire at the end of the 2010 seasons. Hertz’s teams have been ranked in the top 10 nationally on 10 separate occasions (1986, ’87, ’88, ’92, ’96, ’98, 2001, ’07, ’08, and ’09). He led the Sharks in 2001 to the State and Gulf District Championship while getting a fifth place finish at the JUCO World Series.

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Auburn signs 15 for 2011 Season

By
Brian Foley
– January 23, 2010Posted in: 2011 Recruits, SEC

FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE

AuburnBaseball AUBURN, Ala. – The Auburn baseball team signed 15 players to National Letters of Intent during the fall signing period. The 15 players consist of 10 high school seniors and five junior college players.

"The recruiting class of 2010-2011 will have an immediate impact when they step foot on campus at Auburn next fall," Auburn Head Coach John Pawlowski said. "Recruiting coordinator Scott Foxhall along with assistant coaches Link Jarrett and Ty Megahee did an outstanding job of identifying and evaluating the type of `Championship Player’ we are looking for. It is our goal to not only recruit the best student-athletes in our state of Alabama, but on a national level. These players will help us continue to move forward as a program and represent Auburn University both on and off the field in a first-class manner."

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