Archive for January, 2011

Top 100 Countdown: 17. Mike McGee (Florida State)

– January 8, 2011Posted in: 2011 CBD Top 100 Players, 2011 Top Players, ACC

College Baseball Daily 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 list today with number 17 in our countdown with Florida State junior Mike McGee. He is from Port St. Lucie, FL where he attended Port St. Lucie High School. He served as a utility player in high school where he hit over .400 in three straight seasons. He was an All-State Honorable Mention selection as a sophomore and second team All-State as a Junior. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2011 Top Players, ACC, CBD 2011 Top 100 Players, Florida State, Mike McGee

CBD Interview with Wade Simoneaux (Louisiana Tech)

Brian Foley

– January 7, 2011Posted in: CBD Column, CBD Interview, Interviews with Coaches, WAC

College Baseball Daily continues our series of interviews with coaches from across the country today with Louisiana Tech head coach Wade Simoneaux. He is entering his ninth season in charge of the Bulldogs as he has a career record of 202-243-1. Last season saw them go 27-30 and 11-13 in the offensively loaded WAC. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: CBD Column, CBD Interview, Interviews with Coaches, Louisiana Tech, WAC, Wade Simoneaux

Top 100 Countdown: 18. Peter O’Brien (Bethune-Cookman)

Brian Foley

– January 7, 2011Posted in: 2011 CBD Top 100 Players, 2011 Top Players, MEAC, Team USA

Coming in at number 18 on the list is Bethune-Cookman junior catcher Peter O’Brien. He is from Miami Gardens, Florida where he attended Braddock High School. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2010 Team USA, 2011 Top Players, CBD 2011 Top 100 Players, MEAC, Peter O'Brien

Tighe Dickinson added to Arkansas State Coaching Staff

Brian Foley

– January 6, 2011Posted in: New Coach, Sun Belt

FROM CBD NEWS SOURCE
JONESBORO – Arkansas State head baseball coach Tommy Raffo announced Wednesday the hiring of Tighe Dickinson as assistant baseball coach for the Red Wolves program.

Dickinson will fill the opening left vacant by the departure of Justin Meccage, who left the program for a position with the Pittsburg Pirates organization. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Arkansas State, New Coach, Sun Belt

2010 NCAA Baseball Attendance Leaders

Brian Foley

– January 6, 2011Posted in: ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big South, Big Ten, Big West, Conference USA, General CBB News, Missouri Valley, Mountain West, Pac 12, SEC, Southern Conference, Sun Belt, WAC

The NCAA released their 2010 NCAA Baseball Attendance Figures which is led by four SEC schools. The LSU Tigers lead the pack with an average of 10,673 fans in 37 games. Arkansas comes in second with 7,704 fans while Ole Miss comes in third with 6,759 fans edging out fourth place South Carolina by an average of one fan. Texas is the first non-SEC school in fifth place with an average of 6,571 fans. You can check out the rest of the Top 50 below. Read the rest of this entry »

Live Chat on Sunday

Brian Foley

– January 6, 2011Posted in: CBD Event

College Baseball Daily will be running a Live Chat on Sunday evening at 8pm. We will have CBD editor Brian Foley, CBD assistant editor Mark Rafferty and CBD senior writer Kat Cornetta in attendance. We will be taking questions from our readers and if you can’t make it feel free to send us an email by clicking here. You can also set up a reminder below by adding your email address. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: CBD Event, Live Chat

CBD Interview with Dan McDonnell (Louisville)

Brian Foley

– January 6, 2011Posted in: Big East, CBD Column, CBD Interview, Interviews with Coaches

College Baseball Daily continues our series of interviews with coaches from across the country today with Louisville head coach Dan McDonnell. He is entering his fifth season in charge of the Cardinals program. He has led them to the NCAA Tournament in each of his first four seasons accumulating a 185-77 record while bringing them to the College World Series in 2007. Last season, the team went 50-14 while winning the Big East Regular Season title with a 21-6 conference record. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Big East, CBD Column, CBD Interview, Dan McDonnell, Interviews with Coaches, Louisville

Top 100 Countdown: 19. Mitchell Lambson (Arizona State)

Brian Foley

– January 6, 2011Posted in: 2011 CBD Top 100 Players, 2011 Top Players, Cape Cod League, Pac 12

Coming in at number 19 on the list is Arizona State junior LHP Mitchell Lambson. The Tualatin, Oregon native attended Tualatin High School where he was a four year letter winner in baseball. As a senior, he went 8-1 with a 1.40 ERA and 92 strikeouts on his way to setting school records for career strikeouts and career pitching victories. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2011 Top Players, Arizona State, Cape Cod League, CBD 2011 Top 100 Players, Mitchell Lambson, Pac 12

UMES releases 2011 Schedule

Brian Foley

– January 6, 2011Posted in: 2011 Schedules, MEAC

FROM CBD NEWS SOURCE
PRINCESS ANNE, Md. – University of Maryland Eastern Shore head coach Will Gardner announced the 2011 baseball schedule on Wednesday.

The slate features 24 home games and contests against teams from seven conferences. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2011 Schedules, MEAC, UMES

Eric Jaffe ruled Eligible at UCLA

Brian Foley

– January 5, 2011Posted in: Pac 12, Transfers

We reported back in November that Cal freshman Eric Jaffe was looking into transferring to UCLA if he could get a waiver to be eligible for the 2011 season. According to Baseball America’s Aaron Fitt, he has been able to secure that waiver and will join the Bruins this spring. Jaffe decided to look into transferring to the Bruins at semester break after Cal announced it was dropping baseball at the end of the 2011 season.

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Tags: Cal, Eric Jaffe, Pac 12, Transfers, UCLA

Springfield’s Siegal Opening Access to Baseball for All

Kat Hasenauer Cornetta

– January 5, 2011Posted in: CBD Column, CBD Interview, Division 3, Interviews with Coaches

Justine Siegal has made breaking down barriers for women in sports her life’s mission. So first stepping onto the baseball diamond as an assistant coach with Springfield (MA) College men’s baseball three years ago was just another step towards her life’s passion.

Her student-athletes, on the other hand, needed a bit of time to adjust. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: CBD Column, CBD Interview, Division 3, Interviews with Coaches, Justine Siegal, Springfield College

Top 100 Countdown: 20. Brett Mooneyham (Stanford)

Mark Rafferty

– January 5, 2011Posted in: 2011 CBD Top 100 Players, 2011 Top Players, Cape Cod League, Pac 12, Team USA

Coming in at number 20 on our list is junior LHP Brett Mooneyham from Stanford University. The Atwater, California, native earned four varsity letters at Buhach High School while helping his team to four straight league titles. He was named first team All-League in his senior season of 2008, leading the team to a Division I Championship on both the mound and at the plate. He went 9-2 with a 0.97 ERA including 103 strikeouts in 58 innings and holding opponents to a .116 batting average. At the plate, he hit .379 with 5 HR and 35 RBI. Mooneyham’s father was a 4-time first round pick, finally signing with the Angels as the 10th pick in the 1980 June Draft. He played 9 professional seasons, seeing time in the major leagues with the Oakland A’s in 1986. Read the rest of this entry »