Exams are finished, papers have been printed, and the Paladins are on their way home for Thanksgiving break. It is a much needed break. Nothing will fuel me up for the Semester’s home stretch better than grandma’s fabulous cooking, and some quality time with family and friends. It’s going to be a treat. Read the rest of this entry »
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NACOGDOCHES, Texas – Coming off a program-best 37 victories, finishing second in the Southland Conference regular season and the program’s first ever SLC tournament final appearance, Stephen F. Austin head baseball coach Johnny Cardenas has released the schedule for the upcoming 2012 season. Read the rest of this entry »
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CHICAGO, Ill. – The UIC baseball team released its 2012 schedule Tuesday, as the Flames look to be challenged early by tough non-conference opponents. UIC will play 10 different schools from eight separate leagues throughout its non-conference slate. Read the rest of this entry »
College Baseball Daily continues our countdown to the start of the 2012 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 countdown today at number 60 with UConn junior LJ Mazzilli. He won three letters in high school between Greenwich (CT) High School and Iona Prep while graduating from IMG Pendelton School in Florida. Read the rest of this entry »
Major League Baseball announced changes to the Draft Rules effective for the 2012 MLB Draft. The major difference is a very strict slotting system that recommends teams to spend a certain amount of money on their draft picks. Teams will be heavily penalized with loss of future draft picks if they don’t follow the rules. Read the rest of this entry »
Seton Hall eighth year head coach Rob Sheppard recently sat down with the school’s media relations department to discuss how fall practice went after the Pirates won the 2011 Big East Tournament and made their first appearance in the NCAA Tournament since the 2001 season. The Pirates will be looking to make it back to back NCAA Tournament appearances in 2012 and go to the College World Series for the first time since the 1975 season. Read the rest of this entry »
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Columbia, S.C. – South Carolina associate head baseball coach Chad Holbrook has been named the 2011 American Baseball Coaches Association/Baseball America Assistant Coach of the Year. Now in his fourth season as associate head coach and recruiting coordinator for the baseball program, Holbrook serves as hitting instructor, oversees the Gamecock offense, including base running and the short game, and is the third base coach. He also works with the outfielders. Read the rest of this entry »
It is rare that I break the constant college baseball updates but Texas SID Thomas Dick is raising money for Prostate Cancer Foundation and LiveStrong by growing a mustache for the month of November. He is joined by many professional athletes including Boston Bruins goalie Tim Thomas ridiculous mustache and many others with the movement. As of right now, he has only raised $365 as his goal is $1,000. You can donate by clicking here.
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OLD WESTBURY, N.Y. (Nov. 21, 2011) – After 30 plus years of coaching the New York Institute of Technology baseball team, Bob Hirschfield announced his retirement in late September. Plans are being sought out to keep Hirschfield on staff in an advisory position. Current assistant coach Michael “Butch” Caulfield will serve as interim head coach for the upcoming 2012 season. Read the rest of this entry »
Hello everyone! It’s been a while. I’m back blogging for my second year. I guess people were shocked that I could put together a coherent sentence, so here I am back at it. For those of you who did not read my blog last season (I’m sure that’s the majority of people) let me introduce myself. My name is Ray Ricker and this is my 5th season as the Associate Head Baseball Coach at DII Post University in Connecticut, which plays in an ALL wood bat conference (C.A.C.C.) I have managed for the past three summers in the N.E.C.B.L. I coach the hitters, catchers, and handle the recruiting at Post University. I love coaching college baseball, and am very fortunate I get to do a job that I love and couldn’t think about doing anything else. Read the rest of this entry »
College Baseball Daily continues our countdown to the start of the 2012 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 countdown today at number 61 with Cal State Fullerton outfielder Michael Lorenzen. The Anaheim, California native attended Fullerton High School where he was a four time letterwinner under Head Coaches Joe Secoda and Marc Price. As a senior in 2010, he hit .455 with 8 home runs and 35 RBI. He was honored as an all-county and all-state team selection in addition to being named the Freeway League MVP. Read the rest of this entry »
Houston Baptist will join the Southland Conference according to a press release from the conference office. As we were the first to report on October 12th, we stated that the conference was in heavy negotiations with Houston Baptist and Abilene Christian. Right now, there has been no news on Abilene Christian possibly making the move to Division 1. The full press release from the conference is below.
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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)
