Fox 10 Phoenix recently sat down with former Arizona State baseball coach Pat Murphy to discuss his sudden departure from Tempe. Murphy spent the previous 15 seasons with the Sun Devils before abruptly resigning in November. You can check out the two part interview below.
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CHICAGO – The Big Ten Network has nearly doubled its coverage plans for the Big Ten’s baseball and softball seasons. The network will produce at least 102 baseball and softball games for the Big Ten Network or www.BigTenNetwork.com this spring.
The network will nationally televise up to 33 Big Ten baseball games, including the entire Big Ten Baseball Tournament, and stream an additional 20 games for www.BigTenNetwork.com. Twenty Two Big Ten softball games will be televised this spring, plus an additional 29 games for the internet. A selected number of streamed games will be televised on delay through the network’s Student U initiative.
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Texas has been named the preseason favorite to win the 2010 Big 12 regular-season crown in a vote of the league’s head coaches. The Longhorns are ranked No. 1 in all four of the major preseason polls (Baseball America, Collegiate Baseball, ESPN/USA Today Coaches’ and National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association) to start the year.
WREK-Atlanta sports director Kyle Tait recently talked with Georgia Tech head coach Danny Hall who is entering his 23rd collegiate season and 17th in charge of the Yellow Jackets program. He discusses some of his thoughts about his 2010 squad where they are a consensus Top 15 team in the country.
The College Baseball Blog continues our series of interviews today with Kent State head coach Scott Stricklin. He is entering his sixth season in charge of the Kent State program with a career record of 183-110. He led the Golden Flashes to the NCAA Regional in Tempe, Arizona where they had a record of 1-2 with a victory over nationally ranked Cal-Poly.
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Coming off the most successful season in school history, TCU has once again been picked to win the regular season Mountain West Conference. Kyle Winkler and Taylor Featherston were selected to the preseason all-conference team.
Air Force first baseman/DH Matt Alexander has had an unbelievable rise up the collegiate rankings into him being put on many preseason watch lists for the 2010 season. Last season, he hit .383 while hitting 15 homers and driving in 65 runs.
Michigan head coach Rich Maloney recently talked with MGoBlog.com to discuss the 2010 Wolverine baseball team. One of the biggest stories in the audio interview is the fact that the Wolverines will have the Texas Tech Red Raiders visit Ann Arbor during the 2011 season. They also have a freshman in Derek Dennis who will start at shortstop as a true freshman after being selected in the sixth round of the 2009 MLB Draft by the Tampa Bay Rays.
Ira Schoffel of the Tallahassee Democrat recently sat down with FSU head coach Mike Martin Sr. who is entering his 31st season in charge of the baseball program. He talks about the high expectations on the Seminoles this season and some of the challenges he faces.
The College Baseball Blog will be hosting another Preseason Preview chat on Feb. 14th at 8pm Eastern time. We will continue our discussion about the upcoming 2010 season.
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Forgive Justin Brown if his loyalties to a sports team run a little deeper than your average seven-year old. While many children his age might be quick to become attached to a professional or college team, for Justin it’s actually the Diamond Dukes of James Madison who have become quite attached to him.
“Justin has shown us that we can get through anything,” commented sophomore catcher Jake Lowery. “Getting through a tough workout is nothing compared to him fighting for his life. We are so fortunate to have the presence of Justin in our lives.”
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)
