Here is your Fall Ball Scrimmages Updates for September 18th.
UNC Fall Ball Intrasquad Scrimmage: Navy 4 Blue 4
Chapel Hill, N.C.- Trailing 4-3 in the bottom of the seventh and final inning, the Navy squad used a pair of bunts to manufacture a run that scored Parks Jordan to tie the scrimmage at 4-4. Read the rest of this entry »
Kirk Bohls and Alan Trubow of The Austin American Statesman are stating that Texas, Texas Tech, Oklahoma, and Oklahoma State are currently in negotiations to join the PAC-12. According to the report, the schools are working out the final details about the deal which would allow the Longhorns to keep the Longhorn Network. Read the rest of this entry »
Here are the Top 5 Articles of the Week on College Baseball Daily.
1. Pittsburgh and Syracuse head to the ACC
2. CBD Exclusive: Dallas Baptist and Cal-State Bakersfield accept invites to the WAC
3. CBD Column: Five Questions in the SEC
4. Logan Ehlers leaves Nebraska’s Baseball Program
5. Nike releases all teams from Bat Contracts
Here is your listing of Fall Ball Scrimmage Recaps for games that took place on September 17th.
USA Under 18 National Team 9 UNC-Wilmington 2
WILMINGTON, North Carolina - Drew Farber homered and knocked in both runs as UNCW fell to visiting Team USA, 9-2, in a fall baseball exhibition game on Saturday at Brooks Field.
Team USA, backed by home runs off the bats of Jesse Winker and Joey Gallo, took advantage of six Seahawk errors in the field by plating five unearned runs. Read the rest of this entry »
Here is your Fall Baseball Scrimmage Recaps for September 16th. Central Michigan took on the Ontario Blue Jays which they defeated 11-1 while North Carolina played an intrasquad scrimmage. Read the rest of this entry »
College Baseball Daily has confirmed that current independents Cal State-Bakersfield and Dallas Baptist have accepted the Western Athletic Conference’s membership invitation as associate members in baseball. The Roadrunners and Patriots will join the league in beginning in the 2012-2013 academic year and will begin play in the league in the 2013 season. The two teams will be affiliate members initially for two seasons during which time they will evaluate long term membership. Read the rest of this entry »
UPDATE #3 at 4:00 PM on September 18th
Both Syracuse and Pittsburgh have officially joined the ACC according to press releases posted on both schools official athletic websites. It is not clear at this time what year they will join though. Read the rest of this entry »
The College Baseball Hall of Fame honored 2011 inductee Terry Francona before their game on Wednesday against the Toronto Blue Jays. Francona wasn’t the only Red Sox staff membered honored as his hitting coach Dave Magadan was also part of the ceremony after being inducted in 2010. Read the rest of this entry »
FROM CBD NEWS SOURCE
LOS ANGELES, Calif. – Danny Ricabal, who has spent the last six years serving as a pitching coach at various levels in the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim organization, has been named pitching coach for the LMU baseball team, it was announced by Head Coach, and Ricabal’s former teammate at Cal State Fullerton in 1994, Jason Gill. Ricabal most recently guided the Inland Empire 66ers to the wild card round of the 2011 Class-A Advanced Southern Division playoffs. Including the 2011 playoff berth, Ricabal went to the postseason in five of the six years coaching in professional baseball. Read the rest of this entry »
FROM CBD NEWS SOURCE
Since 1970, Tony Rossi has called the shots for the Siena baseball team, but this year his staff will have a whole new look. Michael Kellar has been hired as the Saints’ volunteer assistant coach, completing an entirely new group of assistants hired this summer after Siena’s run to the MAAC title game in May. Read the rest of this entry »
FROM CBD NEWS SOURCE
PRINCESS ANNE, Md. – Head coach Will Gardner has announced his additions to the coaching staff for the 2012 season. John O’Neil joins the University of Maryland Eastern Shore as an assistant coach plus Luis Mena returns to serve as a student assistant for the Hawks.
The two new coaches will join Robbie Bailey, who returns for his second year as the UMES pitching coach. Read the rest of this entry »
FROM CBD NEWS SOURCE
COLLEGE PARK, Md. – Home series with 2011 College World Series participants North Carolina and Virginia, a season-opening trip to UCLA and matchups with 12 postseason participants highlight the 2012 University of Maryland baseball schedule announced Thursday by head coach Erik Bakich. 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)
