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2011 NCBWA Division I Preseason Poll

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Mark Rafferty
– January 31, 2011Posted in: 2011 Polls, ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big South, Big West, Conference USA, Missouri Valley, Mountain West, NCBWA, Pac 12, SEC, Southern Conference, WAC

FROM CBD NEWS SOURCE

DALLAS – TCU is No. 1 nationally for the first time in school history in the 2011 National Collegiate Baseball Writers poll.

Coach Jim Schlossnagle’s squad finished 54-14 a year and third in the university’s inaugural trip to the NCAA World Series after downing preseason No. 1 Texas in the 2010 NCAA Austin Super Regional. The 2010
NCBWA Coach of the Year welcome ’10 NCBWA Freshman of the Year and team ace (16-0 to lead the nation in wins) Matt Purke among a stellar cast of returnees. The Horned Frogs also gained a No. 1 rating in the pre-2011 Collegiate Baseball poll. Read the rest of this entry »

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Nolan Belcher Out for the Season

By
Brian Foley
– January 31, 2011Posted in: SEC

South Carolina junior LHP Nolan Belcher will miss the entire 2011 season as he will soon have surgery on his left arm for a torn Ulnar Collateral Ligament which is commonly referred to as Tommy John surgery. Belcher made eleven appearances (six starts) while going 3-1 with a 2.43 ERA last season for the defending national champions. He had a solid summer with the Orleans Firebirds in the Cape Cod Baseball League in seven appearances (one start) with a 1-0 record and a 1.93 ERA. He was outstanding as he struck out 15 batters in 9.1 innings of work. Read the rest of this entry »

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2011 CBD Season Preview: West Coast Conference

By
Brian Foley
– January 31, 2011Posted in: 2011 Season Preview, CBD Column, West Coast Conference

The West Coast Conference was dominated in 2010 by the San Diego Toreros who has a 19-2 conference record as they got the conference’s automatic bid into the postseason. They ended up getting sent to the Arizona State Regional where they went a disappointing 1-2 with both losses to Hawaii and the victory coming over Milwaukee. Portland came in second place in the conference with a 14-7 record while Pepperdine came in third at 12-9. San Francisco came in fourth at 10-11. There was a three way tie at fifth place at 8-13 with Santa Clara, Saint Mary’s and Gonzaga. Rounding out the conference was Loyola Marymount who went 5-16.

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CBD Interview with Spanky McFarland (James Madison)

By
Brian Foley
– January 31, 2011Posted in: CAA, CBD Column, CBD Interview, Interviews with Coaches

College Baseball Daily continues our series of interviews with coaches from across the country today with Spanky McFarland of James Madison who is entering his 14th season with the Dukes as he has a record of 403-330-2 at the school while having a career record of 579-554-3 which includes a two year stint at Kellogg (Mich.) Community College and seven seasons at Northern Illinois University. Read the rest of this entry »

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CBD Articles of the Week

By
Brian Foley
– January 30, 2011Posted in: Articles of the Week

As we are now under three weeks until the start of the season, there is a ton of information coming out on all the college baseball teams in the country. Here are the best articles of the past week on the site. As always, check the site everyday for the most up to date information on the College Baseball world. Read the rest of this entry »

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Louisville’s Keith Landers out to Midseason

By
Brian Foley
– January 30, 2011Posted in: Big East

Louisville redshirt sophomore LHP Keith Landers will be out until the second half of the season after undergoing his second surgery in the fall of 2010 after feeling discomfort in his throwing arm. He missed the entire 2010 season after undergoing surgery on the pitching arm in the fall of 2009. Read the rest of this entry »

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LBSU’s Blair Field set for Makeover

By
Brian Foley
– January 30, 2011Posted in: Big West, New Facility

Long Beach State is currently looking to renovate Blair Field which has served as the Dirtbags home field since 1958. The stadium received a renovation in 1993 which included new seats, a new roof, new lights for 1.4 million dollars.

The new plans for the stadium is to build a practice infield down the left field line, new modern batting tunnels, and part of the right field wall will be shortened to accommodate a new bullpen. The final piece of the project will be new lights to solve shadows in the gaps and center field during night games. The current estimate on the costs of this project is between 8-12 million. Read the rest of this entry »

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Update on Cal Baseball Heading into Spring Practice (VIDEO)

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Mark Rafferty
– January 30, 2011Posted in: Pac 12

Comcast Sports Bay Area checked in with Cal Head Coach Dave Esquer, as the Golden Bears open Spring practice for what could very well be their final season. After the jump, Esquer updates us how the fundraising has progressed from the announcement on September 28th up to this point.

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Inside Islanders Baseball

By
Brian Foley
– January 30, 2011Posted in: Southland Conference

FROM CBD NEWS SOURCE
Corpus Christi- Head Coach Scott Malone sat down earlier this week with GoIslanders.com for a new feature called “Inside Islanders Baseball.” The video program will bring fans of the Islanders an inside look at some of the things going on with the team, and will allow a more intimate look at the baseball program. Read the rest of this entry »

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Southern Miss Announces Expansion Plans for Pete Taylor Park

By
Brian Foley
– January 30, 2011Posted in: Conference USA, New Facility

FROM CBD NEWS SOURCE

HATTIESBURG, Miss. – The Southern Miss baseball program announced an expansion plan for its playing facility, Pete Taylor Park/Hill Denson Field, at its annual preseason banquet Saturday night at the Thad Cochran Center.

The expansion will add 1,358 new seats, including 220 deluxe chairbacks and 1,138 bench seats, as the length of the grandstand will expand beyond the reaches of each dugout. Read the rest of this entry »

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Texas and Cal-State Fullerton win Alumni Games

By
Brian Foley
– January 29, 2011Posted in: Big 12, Big West

Both Cal-State Fullerton and Texas hosted their annual alumni games on Saturday afternoon with both squads walking away with victories over the alumni.

Texas 6 Texas-Alumni 3

AUSTIN, Texas – The Texas Baseball team unofficially kicked off the 2011 season with a 6-3 win over the UT Alumni at UFCU Disch-Falk Field on Saturday afternoon. Read the rest of this entry »

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Video of the Day: Vanderbilt Dance-Off

By
Brian Foley
– January 29, 2011Posted in: SEC

We start up the Video Challenges of the year today with the Vanderbilt Commodores checking in with a great danceoff between teammates Jack Armstrong, Navery Moore, and Mark Lamm. The full video is below. My favorite locker room dance video is still the Oklahoma State one from this fall. Read the rest of this entry »

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