Here is your August 1st Cape Cod Baseball League Recap.
Wareham Gatemen 6 Bourne Braves 3
Georgia Tech’s Daniel Palka went 4-4 with two RBI as Wareham picked up a 6-3 victory over the Bourne Braves. Read the rest of this entry »
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MONROE, La. – ULM baseball head coach Jeff Schexnaider announced Monday the hiring of Justin Hill and Jim Rushworth as assistant coaches on the Warhawks staff. Hill will assume the role of pitching coach while Rushworth will be ULM’s volunteer assistant coach. Both hires are pending final approval by the University of Louisiana System Board of Supervisors. Read the rest of this entry »
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COCA COLA PITCHER OF THE WEEK
Corey Roberts, Hyannis RHP
Hyannis has captured consecutive Coca Cola Pitcher of the Week awards, with Corey Roberts (UNC Charlotte) earning the distinction this week. Roberts threw six shutout innings in a 2-1 win over Wareham, in which he allowed only one hit and struck out three. Read the rest of this entry »
The biggest news last week was that the NCAA Baseball Committee has recommended changing the way the RPI is calculated for the 2013 season. The revised RPI formula will value each road victory as 1.3 instead of 1.0. Each home win will be valued at 0.7 instead of 1.0. Conversely, each home loss will count 1.3 against at team’s RPI and each road loss will count 0.7 against a team. This is similar to the changes made in Division I men’s and women’s basketball where road wins are weighted as 1.4 and home victories are weighted at 0.6. That was based on statistical data that consistently showed home teams in Division I basketball winning about two-thirds of the time.
College Baseball Daily was able to catch up to coaches from around the country to get their thoughts on the new rules and what changes they might have for their 2013 schedules if they are adopted by NCAA Playing Rules Oversight Panel meeting on August 11th. You can check out the coaches comments below and the NCAA did a study on what the changes would have done for the 2011 season if they were in effect which can be checked out by clicking here. 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)
