FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE
SPARTANBURG, S.C. – The USC Upstate baseball team will continue its theme of tough schedules as the Spartans will play a total of 11 games against five teams finished in the RPI top-45 a season ago as head coach Matt Fincher has announced today the 2011 baseball schedule.
Upstate will face defending national champion South Carolina, who finished with a RPI of seven, as well as College of Charleston (21), The Citadel (31), Virginia Tech (35) and Florida Gulf Coast (42).
Miami (FL) senior outfielder Chris Pelaez caught up with the Miami (FL) Media Relations department to give a video interview. He discusses his offseason workouts/training and expectations for the upcoming 2011 season. Last season, Pelaez ended the season second on the `Canes squad in batting average (.314) and hits (74), while finishing third in RBI (53). You can check out the full video interview below.
Arizona State lost consecutive games only once all season in 2010, leading to a 52-10 record. Problem is, those losses came in the first two games at Rosenblatt Stadium. Losing their entire starting rotation as well as the Mayor of Omaha Kole Calhoun and spark plug shortstop Drew Maggi to the 2010 MLB draft, Deven Marrero and Mitchell Lambson will help lead ASU into 2011 and hopefully not miss a beat. Friend of the site Nick Kosmider of the State Press chimes in with his impressions on Marrero, who with four hits was the only offensive producer of note in Omaha for Arizona State, as well as probable candidates to fill in the starting rotation.
The CBB continues our countdown to the start of the 2011 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 countdown today at number 73 with Oregon State’s Andrew Susac. He is a 6’1 200 pound sophomore catcher from Roseville California and Jesuit High School. He was a two year letter winner in high school as he was named first-team all-city honors, Delta River League MVP, First-Team All-State, ESPN First-Team All-State, and Rawlings First-Team All-State. He was also named a 2009 Louisville Slugger All-American. After his senior season, Baseball America rated him as the 40th player in the country while Perfect Game had him 28 and Baseball Factory at 32. The Philadelphia Phillies selected him in the 16th round but were not able to come to terms with him.
UPDATED AT 11:00PM on November 3rd
Chris Sheff has been relieved of his duties according to a report tonight by the Las Vegas Review Journal. (Link)
UPDATE #1 at 3:00AM on November 3rd
The school has hired an independent reviewer to look at the situation according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal. (Link)
My full article from this weekend is below.
College of Southern Nevada first year head coach Chris Sheff is facing an in-house investigation regarding allegations that players were charged $125 for a mandatory conditioning program in addition to making players pay for post-practice meals and the coaching staff bringing drugs into the locker room.
According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal report:
Michael Greenlee and Matt Brown of Cal-State Fullerton Media Relations put together an excellent series of videos on remembering Rosenblatt Stadium which held their final College World Series in June. The documentary gets fans and other peoples opinions on the old stadium closing down. I highly recommend checking out the videos below. Read the rest of this entry »
The Columbia Lions finished up fall practice recently and are looking ahead to the 2011 season as they look for their third Gehrig Division title in four years. Columbia Media Relations caught up with head coach Brett Boretti to get his thoughts on fall practice from the battle at catcher to the early season schedule.
FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE
COLLEGE STATION, Texas – Aggie fans will have 35 chances to see the Texas A&M baseball team in action at Olsen Field this spring as Wednesday the team announced its 2011 schedule.
“We are excited about our spring schedule as it is going to be both challenging and entertaining for our team and fans,” head coach Rob Childress said. “In addition to giving us the chance to play 35 games at Olsen Field in front of college baseball’s best fans, it will also help us reach our goals of bringing home another Big 12 title and being the last team standing in Omaha at the end of the season.”
Lindsay Schnell of The Oregonian recently caught up with Oregon State head coach Pat Casey to get his thoughts on fall practice, the World Series, and Cal losing their team.
FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE
The Minnesota baseball team has finalized its 2011 schedule according to an announcement by head coach John Anderson on Tuesday, Nov. 2.
Minnesota will host the Pro & Legends Alumni Game at the Metrodome on Saturday, Feb. 5 at 6:35 p.m. It will be 18th version of this game.
FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE
Renovation of Stony Brook Baseball’s Joe Nathan Field is underway, Director of Athletics Jim Fiore announced yesterday. The first phase of the project is expected to be completed in March 2011.
“The renovation of our baseball facility is another tremendous step for our athletics department,” Fiore said. “The Stony Brook baseball program has consistently been one of the finest in the Northeast region, and it will now have a home that will be reflective of all its success.”
FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE
NORMAL, Ill.-The defending Missouri Valley Conference Champion Illinois State baseball team’s 2011 schedule is highlighted by matchups against seven teams that won 30 or more games last season, two that qualified for the NCAA Division I Tournament and one that finished the season nationally-ranked. The schedule, which was released Tuesday, also features the annual Horenberger-Bass Classic, which pits the Redbirds against the 2010 NCAA Division III National Champion Illinois Wesleyan Titans.
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)
