Archive for January, 2011

CBD Interview with Mark Marquess (Stanford)

– January 25, 2011Posted in: CBD Column, CBD Interview, Pac 12

Last week, I was able to speak with Stanford Head Coach Mark Marquess, heading into his 35th year leading the Cardinal. We talked about everything from his returning senior catchers, to Austin Wilson, AJ Vanegas and Brian Ragira coming in, as well as his stellar returning sophomore class. The Cardinal are looking to reach Omaha for the first time since 2008. You can check out the full audio interview below.

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Tags: CBD Column, CBD Interview, Interviews with Coaches, Mark Marquess, Pac 12, Stanford

12 Baseball Teams that Could Decide Men’s Capital One Cup Title

Mark Rafferty

– January 25, 2011Posted in: ACC, Big 12, Big East, Mountain West, Pac 12, SEC

The fall season is now over with the Auburn Tigers defeating the Oregon Ducks in the BCS Championship game a couple of weeks ago. The first day of spring practice is right around the corner at the end of the week. Here are the top baseball contenders for the Capital One Cup which will be decided in Omaha this year with many teams high up in the standings. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: ACC, Arizona, Auburn, Big 12, Big East, Louisville, Mountain West, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pac 12, SEC, Stanford, TCU, Texas, Texas AM, UCLA, UConn, Virginia

Top 100 Countdown: 4. Gerrit Cole (UCLA)

Brian Foley

– January 25, 2011Posted in: 2011 CBD Top 100 Players, 2011 Top Players, Pac 12, Team USA

College Baseball Daily continues our countdown for the 2010 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 4 in our countdown with junior RHP Gerrit Cole from UCLA. He is from Santa Ana, California as he attended Orange Lutheran High School where he was a three year letterwinner playing under Mike Grahovac. He had an outstanding senior season where he went 8-2 with a 0.46 ERA while totaling 121 strikeouts and walking 18 batters in 75.2 innings. Heading into the 2008 MLB Draft, Perfect Game Crosschecker rated him the best high school player in the country while Baseball America had him fourth. Cole was selected by the New York Yankees with the 28th overall selection as he slid as he told many teams he wanted to attend college. Cole lived up to his side of the bargain as he refused a multi-million dollar contract to attend UCLA. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2009 Team USA, 2010 Team USA, 2011 Top Players, CBD 2011 Top 100 Players, Gerrit Cole, Pac 12, UCLA

Dillon Hazlett transfers to Emporia State

Brian Foley

– January 25, 2011Posted in: ACC, Transfers

UPDATED AT JAN. 25th at 12:00PM
UNC infielder Dillon Hazlett has transferred to Emporia (KS) State as he is now listed on the roster of the Hornets for the upcoming season. Hazlett started the 2010 season as the starting first baseman but ended up losing his starting job around the midseason. In sixty games last season, he had a .324 batting average (third best on the team) while hitting four homers and driving in 54 runs. (second highest total on team). Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: ACC, Dillon Hazlett, Transfers, UNC

Michael Clevinger off The Citadel’s Baseball Team

Brian Foley

– January 24, 2011Posted in: Southern Conference

The Citadel’s sophomore RHP Michael Clevinger has been removed from the team’s roster after being listed early this weekend. According to sources, Clevinger has left the school. The sophomore righty was expected to be a key part of the Bulldogs pitching rotation as he made 16 appearances (15 starts) while going 5-3 with an ERA of 5.15 in 92.2 innings pitched. He was even better in Southern Conference play as he went a perfect 4-0 with an ERA of 5.08 in 10 Southern Conference games. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Dismissed from Team, Michael Clevinger, Southern Conference, The Citadel

SIU Closer Lee Weld out for the Season

Brian Foley

– January 24, 2011Posted in: Missouri Valley

FROM CBD NEWS SOURCE
CARBONDALE, Ill. – Southern Illinois sophomore right-handed pitcher Lee Weld is going to miss the 2011 season with a shoulder injury, interim head coach Ken Henderson announced Monday.

Weld had surgery on Jan. 6 to repair a partially torn labrum in his throwing shoulder. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Injury, Lee Weld, Missouri Valley Conference, Southern Illinois

2011 CBD Season Preview: Southern Conference

Brian Foley

– January 24, 2011Posted in: 2011 Season Preview, CBD Column, Southern Conference

By: Aaron Kirby

The 2010 season was a historic season for the Southern Conference. After getting 2 teams in Regionals in 5 of 6 previous years, along with the SOCON tourney champion and regular season champion(The Citadel) 2 teams, College of Charleston and Elon earned an at-large bid putting 3 SOCON teams in NCAA postseason for the first time in history of the league. In 2010 the SOCON finished the season with 7 teams with RPI in the top 75. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Appalachian State, CBD 2011 Season Preview, CBD Column, College of Charleston, Davidson, Elon, Furman, Georgia Southern, Samford, Southern Conference, The Citadel, UNC-Greensboro, Western Carolina, Wofford

CBD Interview with Joe Jordano (Pittsburgh)

Brian Foley

– January 24, 2011Posted in: Big East, CBD Column, CBD Interview

College Baseball Daily continues our series of interviews with coaches from across the country today with Pittsburgh head coach Joe Jordano who is entering his 14th season in charge of the Pittsburgh program where he has a 366-310-2 record. Last season, the Panthers went 38-18 while going 18-8 in the Big East conference. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Big East, CBD Column, CBD Interview, Interviews with Coaches, Joe Jordano, Pittsburgh

Top 100 Countdown: 5. Jackie Bradley Jr. (South Carolina)

Brian Foley

– January 24, 2011Posted in: 2011 CBD Top 100 Players, 2011 Top Players, Cape Cod League, SEC, Team USA

We continue the list today with number 5 in our countdown with South Carolina junior outfielder Jackie Bradley Jr. The Prince George, Virginia, native attended Prince George High School where he had an outstanding career. He was named a 2008 Virginia AAA All-State team member while being the 40th best athlete for the 2008 MLB in the state of Virginia according to Baseball America. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2010 Team USA, 2011 Top Players, Cape Cod League, CBD 2011 Top 100 Players, Jackie Bradley Jr., SEC, South Carolina

CBD Articles of the Week

Brian Foley

– January 23, 2011Posted in: Articles of the Week

Here are the Top 5 Articles of the Past Week on College Baseball Daily.

1. Serrano Preaches Role Acceptance in Titans 2011 Omaha Bid

2. CBD Season Preview: ACC Atlantic Division

3. CBD Interview with Tony Skole (ETSU)

4. 2011 Cape Cod Baseball League Rosters

5. CBD Interview with Sean McNally (Duke)

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Tags: CBD Articles of the Week

Kansas State announces Staff Changes

Brian Foley

– January 22, 2011Posted in: Big 12

MANHATTAN, Kan. – Kansas State head baseball coach Brad Hill announced today a restructuring of his coaching staff with the hiring of two new assistant coaches and the transitioning of long-time assistant coach Sean McCann.

Former Kansas hitting coach John Szefc (pronounced CHEF) has been named Associate Head Coach and will serve as the team’s hitting coach. Also, former Wildcat assistant Josh Reynolds has been hired as the pitching coach. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Big 12, Kansas State

Nebraska Visits Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital

Brian Foley

– January 22, 2011Posted in: Big 12, Community Service

FROM CBD NEWS SOURCE
Lincoln – With the official start of practice just over a week away, the Nebraska baseball team took time to visit Lincoln’s Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital on Wednesday afternoon. Read the rest of this entry »