DALLAS – The National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association continues its tradition of NCAA Division I polls for the 14th year with its 2011 weekly surveys. Polls will be circulated from Feb. 21-June 28 following the 65th annual NCAA World Series in Omaha, Neb., at the new TD Ameritade Stadium.
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By: Aaron Kirby
Fresno St(11-2) and TCU(10-5) continue to flip flop #1 and #2. Week 4 Fresno St jumps back to #1 after a 3-1 week where they beat #20 Cal St Bakersfield mid week before taking 2 of 3 at Nebraska. TCU drops back to #2 after also going 3-1, picking up a mid week win vs UTA and taking 2 of 3 from Houston Baptist. One of the more shocking results of the week, and there were no shortage of them, was previously winless Houston Baptist(0-13) beating TCU and Matt Purke 7-4 on Saturday. Read the rest of this entry »
We will be holding a Live Chat tonight at 8pm to discuss the weekend of action in college baseball. Mark Rafferty, William Knox, Kat Cornetta, and myself will take your questions and comments on the season after four weeks of play. Read the rest of this entry »
UPDATE #1 at 3AM Eastern on March 15th.
According to The Star, The Newspaper of Cleveland County, a parent from Gardner-Webb and St. John’s got into an argument which forced a police officer to respond to the scene. When he arrived, both parents had left the area and could not be found. You can check out the full article by clicking here. Read the rest of this entry »
Here are some of my thoughts on games from March 12. If I missed something or you want to discuss it, leave a comment at the bottom of the article. Read the rest of this entry »
Here is your ACC Recap for March 12th.
#5 Florida State 15 Boston College 6
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Through 15 games the fifth-ranked Florida State baseball team has established a stubborn streak at the plate, which continues to serve the Seminoles well.
The Seminoles scored 11 runs with two outs Saturday night, continuing a season-long trend, in their 15-6 victory over Boston College.
Sherman Johnson, Rafael Lopez and Taiwan Easterling each knocked out three hits as the Seminoles battered an overly-generous BC pitching staff for 15 hits on top of 13 walks. FSU’s first nine runs came across with two outs in the book, including all six in a second inning that shaped the longest game of the season.
We are getting into the conference portions of the schedule with a couple of them opening up play. The biggest conference that opened up play this weekend is the ACC. Here are some of my thoughts on the biggest matchups on Friday night from around the country. Read the rest of this entry »
If the Missouri Tigers leave the field with both their bodies and their opponents’ bodies fully intact, then they have not executed their gameplan.
However, there is a clear discrepancy between plan and execution. With a 4-9 record, Missouri has deviated from its small ball philosophy all too often to play winning baseball in the Big 12. On Friday, those inconsistencies were on full display. Read the rest of this entry »
Here is your ACC Recap for March 11th.
#5 Florida State 3 Boston College 1
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – It was another Friday Night Light’s Out for Sean Gilmartin and the fifth-ranked Florida State baseball team.
Gilmartin struck out 11 for the second consecutive game and limited Boston College to a run on two hits through seven innings as the Seminoles opened their Atlantic Coast Conference season with a 3-1 victory. Read the rest of this entry »
Here are some of our top series for this weekend.
Dodgertown Classic
#11 UCLA has dropped consecutive weekend series’ to San Jose State and Nebraska, and hopes to turn it around this weekend. St. Mary’s (CA) and Georgia travel to Los Angeles to participate in the series. It would have been great to see UCLA and St. Mary’s face off on Friday, as we would have seen Gerrit Cole go head to head with Mark Anderson, who has had consecutive stellar outings against Oregon and UC-Irvine, throwing a complete game shutout against the previously unbeaten Anteaters. Read the rest of this entry »
The ACC opens the conference portion of the schedule with a couple of ranked teams facing off with #6 Virginia visiting # 8 Clemson. The other conference matchups are Boston College at Florida State, North Carolina at Wake Forest, Maryland at Georgia Tech, NC State at Duke, and Virginia Tech visiting Miami. Read the rest of this entry »
Top 100 Countdown: 4. Michael Roth (South Carolina)
Top 100 Countdown: 5. Victor Roache (Georgia Southern)
Top 100 Countdown: 6. Marcus Stroman (Duke)
Top 100 Countdown: 7. Stephen Piscotty (Stanford)
Top 100 Countdown: 8. Peter O’Brien (Miami, FL)
