The MLB Signing Deadline is fast approaching as all teams have until midnight on August 15th to sign their draft picks or they will head to college for the 2012 season. Here is the latest news and notes from around the country. Read the rest of this entry »
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COCA COLA PITCHER OF THE WEEK: Brent Suter, Wareham LHP
Brent Suter (Harvard) is this week’s Coca Cola Pitcher of the Week after recording what might be the defining clutch pitching performance of this year’s playoffs. In Game 1 of Wareham’s opening round series at Bourne, the southpaw went the distance and surrendered only two runs. Suter struck out eight Braves in the 12-3 win. Read the rest of this entry »
Here is your August 8th Cape Cod Baseball League Recap.
Harwich Mariners 3 Brewster Whitecaps 2
The Harwich Mariners defeated the Brewster Whitecaps 3-2 to move on in the Cape Cod Baseball League Playoffs. Central Florida’s Ronnie Richardson and Elon’s Alex Swim each had two hits in the victory for the Mariners. Read the rest of this entry »
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DAVIS, Calif. – Rex Peters, who spent the past nine seasons as head coach of the UC Davis baseball team, has announced his resignation to pursue another coaching opportunity and associate head coach Matt Vaughn, who has been a part of the program for more than 20 years, has been named head coach, it was announced by interim director of athletics Nona Richardson on Monday.
Peters leaves UC Davis after compiling a record of 234-265-1 in his nine years as head coach which includes two postseason appearances. Vaughn, an Aggie pitcher from 1989-92, enjoys a long affiliation with UC Davis and has spent the last 19 seasons as an assistant under former head coach Phil Swimley and Peters. Read the rest of this entry »
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CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – Matt Kirby has been named the volunteer assistant coach on the Virginia baseball coaching staff, as announced Monday (Aug. 8 ) by UVa head coach Brian O’Connor. A graduate of William and Mary, Kirby spent the last two seasons as a coach at Georgetown.
“I am very excited to have Matt Kirby join our coaching staff at UVa,” O’Connor said. “I have been fortunate to spend time with Matt over the last eight years and I believe he will bring a great knowledge of the game, high energy level and work ethic to our baseball program. Matt will also bring a lot of experience to our program as he has spent the last eight years at a variety of institutions. He is a native of Virginia and I know he is looking forward to the opportunity to get on the field and start working with our players.”
Kirby’s primary duties include assisting with the day-to-day development of position players as well as camps and other administrative duties.
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The MLB Signing Deadline is fast approaching as all teams have until midnight on August 15th to sign their draft picks or they will head to college for the 2012 season. Here is the latest news and notes from around the country. Read the rest of this entry »
Eric Erickson is looking to return to the Miami (FL) pitching staff for the 2012 season according to CBD sources. He had an outstanding freshman season in 2007 going 10-4 with a 2.50 ERA and 63 strikeouts in 90 innings. He picked up several national awards including being named a Freshman All-American by Baseball America and Louisville Slugger. Read the rest of this entry »
The MLB Signing Deadline is fast approaching as all teams have until midnight on August 15th to sign their prospects or they will head to college. Here is the latest news and notes from around the country.
Bubba Starling’s career with the Nebraska Cornhuskers on the football field is on hold right now according to Huskers head football coach Bo Pelini in the Omaha-World Herald. Starling was selected by Kansas City Royals with the fifth overall pick and is being advised by Scott Boras. If he does not sign with the Royals, Starling will get back on the practice field with the Nebraska football program and will not be able to sign with a MLB team until the 2014 MLB Draft. Read the rest of this entry »
Everyone knows the story behind Arizona State’s Cory Hahn or Georgia’s Johnathan Taylor suffering devastating neck injuries this past spring. There was another spinal cord injury that happened just before the 2011 MLB Draft to San Jacinto College’s Buddy Lamothe who suffered an injury which has severely hurt his mobility. The Astros ended up selecting Lamothe in the 40th round in the 2011 MLB Draft. Read the rest of this entry »
Here are the Top 5 Articles of the Week from College Baseball Daily. We had three major features last week including a CBD Roundtable with over 10 head coaches from around the nation on the new RPI that goes into effect in 2013. The other two features are on the pitchers that impressed us at the 2011 Cape Cod Baseball League All-Star Game and our grades of the ACC squads. The other two featured articles are about both Arizona and Arizona State potentially moving off-campus in the near future. Read the rest of this entry »
Here is your August 6th Cape Cod Baseball League Recap.
Yarmouth-Dennis Red Sox 11 Orleans Firebirds 10
Yarmouth-Dennis scored four runs in the bottom of the ninth to turn a 10-7 deficit into an 11-10 victory as the Red Sox won their playoff series against Orleans two games to none. James Ramsey (Florida State) continued his strong hitting with two homers and driving in three runs. Conner Harrell (Vanderbilt) had the winning hit with a double to score Tyler Hanover with the winning run in the bottom of the ninth. Read the rest of this entry »
Arizona Daily Star writer Greg Hansen reports that a few Arizona Wildcats alumni are not happy with the potential move by the baseball team to Hi-Corbett Field which we detailed earlier this week.
Legendary Arizona coach Jerry Kindall met with Arizona AD Greg Byrne
“I told Greg that I think the ballpark belongs on campus, oo me, college baseball is just that: It’s a place on the campus. There’s no rancor here, but of course I’m emotional about it, and Greg understands.” 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)
