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TCBB talks with Hall of Fame Coach Ed Flaherty, Part 2

– September 15, 2008Posted in: Division 3, Interviews with Coaches, SEC

Coach Ed Flaherty has become a regional legend and an NACB Hall of Famer in his 22 years as Head Coach of Southern Maine. With a career record of 689 and 301 (.695 winning percentage), Coach Flaherty figures to cross into rarefied air with the potential to win his 700th game for the Huskies in 2009. The Huskies will also be going for their third national DIII title in 2009 after falling short in the Northeast Regional against the Trinity (CT) juggernaut this past spring. Coach Flaherty graduated from Maine, where he played baseball. He was inducted into the University of Maine Hall of Fame in 1992, the State of Maine Baseball Hall of Fame in 1993 and the National Association of Baseball Coaches Hall of Fame in 2005.

Last week we talked Southern Maine with Coach Flaherty. (Part 1 available here.) He’s been kind enough to sit down with us for some more questions.
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Tags: 2008 Top Players, 2010 Recruits, Division 3, Interviews with Coaches, Maine, SEC, Southern Maine, Vanderbilt

TCBB talks with Hall of Fame Coach Ed Flaherty, Part 1

CBB Staff

– September 10, 2008Posted in: CBD Column, Division 3, Interviews with Coaches, SEC

We at TCBB would like to thank Coach Flaherty for taking the time to talk with us and wish him the best of luck in the upcoming season.
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Tags: CBD Column, Coaching Clinics, Division 3, Interviews with Coaches, Maine, SEC, Southern Maine, Trinity College, Vanderbilt

ESPN To Air SEC Baseball in 2010

CBB Staff

– August 25, 2008Posted in: Rivals, SEC

As a part of the US$2.5 Billion, 15-year all-sports television package announced today, ESPN and the Southeastern Conference announced that college baseball will become a regular feature on the world’s largest and most influential sports network. The official press release gave some pause, as only the SEC tournament appears to be guaranteed air time. Additionally, at least 3 softball or baseball games will air on the main channels (ESPN and ESPN2); however, Kendall Rogers of Rivals.com has revealed that it is intended that ESPNU will air several regular season games. All SEC tournament games will appear on the network. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: ESPN, Rivals, SEC, SEC Tourney, Vanderbilt

Vandy, Other SEC Teams Pick up Blue Chippers

CBB Staff

– August 7, 2008Posted in: 2010 Recruits, 2010 Top Players, Perfect Game, SEC

Recruiting coordinator Eric Bakich of Vanderbilt has kicked off recruiting season with a bang. Today, it was reported that stellar defensive shortstop Anthony Gomez of top ranked Don Bosco high school of New Jersey committed to the Commodores. Gomez, a sure handed, line-drive hitting shortstop standing 6′ 180, is the third ’09-’10 recruit known to have committed to Vanderbilt and Tim Corbin. He received a Perfect 10 rating from Perfect Game.

Last week, TCBB scribe Don Boyles tipped off that Connor Harrell, a physical specimen and top outfielder had committed to the Commodores. PG rates Harrell the #65 prospect in the class and awarded him a Perfect 10 rating as well. The Kinkaid School product is a strapping 6’3″ 190lb speed demon, clocking a 6.66 time in the 60 yard run at PG’s National Showcase. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2010 Recruits, Alabama, Auburn, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, LSU, SEC, South Carolina, Vanderbilt

Divvying up the Scholarship Pie

CBB Staff

– July 6, 2008Posted in: General CBB News

The Dallas Morning News takes a look at equivalency sport scholarships with an interesting read:

The Scholarship Game: An examination of how universities divvy up scholarship money and the impact on student athletes.

After years of playing baseball with the elite Dallas Mustangs youth travel team, Tyler Sibley is weighing scholarship offers to play shortstop at a Division I school next fall.

The financial aid Sibley receives in college won’t come close to covering the money his father, Tim, has spent getting him to this point.

The same can be said for countless other athletes across North Texas whose parents often spend well in excess of $25,000 so their kids can compete at the highest levels in youth sports such as baseball, swimming, soccer, tennis and golf. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: NCAA

Vandy’s Chase Reid K’s 19 for NECBL’s Newport Gulls

CBB Staff

– July 6, 2008Posted in: NECBL, SEC

Newport starter Chase Reid dominated in his first start of the season, striking out 19 batters in a 6-1 victory over Torrington in New England Collegiate Baseball League Southern Division action Friday night.

The 19 strikeouts – one shy of the Major League Baseball single-game mark – are an NECBL league record. After allowing a home run to Corey Shimada to lead off the game, Reid allowed just four hits the rest of the way. He struck out the side four times, and had at least two strikeouts in six different innings. He struck out every Torrington starter at least once, and fittingly, Reid ended the game by striking out Josh Chasse. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: NECBL, SEC, Vanderbilt

VU Update: On the Cape and a Surprise Draft Development

CBB Staff

– June 15, 2008Posted in: 2009 Recruits, Cape Cod Baseball League, CBD Column, MLB Draft, SEC, Summer Leagues, Team USA

Other than College Baseball’s top eight teams in Omaha, most of America has turned their full attention to the ever turbulent summer. This means summer leagues, coaching movement and draft watching. Things are no different at Vanderbilt, which for the third straight year failed to escape the Regionals. But that doesn’t mean the summer has not been active already.

On the Cape

Vanderbilt features six roster members on teams in the prestigious Cape Cod League. Friend of the College Baseball Blog Jarred Amato (publisher of SportsVU, a Vanderbilt Sports Blog) traveled to Wareham to spend some time with Vanderbilt sophomore leftfielder Steven Liddle as he started his season with the Gatemen. The article, found here, is a great glimpse into the magic of the league and what it means to the players and the community proper. I have a feeling our publisher, Brian Foley, will enjoy it as a top-notch fan of the league. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2008 Team USA, Cape Cod Baseball League, MLB Draft, Sonny Gray, Summer Leagues, Vanderbilt

Minor, Davis lead Team USA past Keene Swamp Bats

CBB Staff

– June 13, 2008Posted in: 2009 Top Players, NECBL, Summer Leagues, Team USA

KEENE, N.H. — Aaron Senne (Missouri; Rochester, Minn.), Ryan Ortiz (Oregon State; San Diego, Calif.) and Kentrail Davis (Tennessee; Theodore, Ala.) all homered in a five-run third inning as the 2008 USA Baseball National Trials Team defeated the Keene Swamp Bats of the New England Collegiate Baseball League 11-0 Thursday night at Alumni Field. This was the first competition during the trials.

With the U.S. team leading 4-0, Senne ripped a one-out solo home run to right. On the very next pitch, Ortiz laced a solo shot to right-center. An error and a walk set the stage for Davis’ homer, a three-run blast to right-center. It was the first of two home runs on the night for Davis, who followed a Christian Colon (Cal State Fullerton; Corona, Calif.) sixth-inning leadoff home run with a solo round-tripper to right-center.
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Tags: 2008 Team USA, Auburn, Baylor, Big 12, Indiana, Missouri, Oregon State, Tennessee, Texas, University of San Diego, Vanderbilt

College Players Dominate Top of Draft

CBB Staff

– June 5, 2008Posted in: CBD Column, MLB Draft

Although High Schoolers Tim Beckham, Eric Hosmer and Kyle Skipworth were chosen 1st (Tampa), 3rd (Royals) and 6th (Marlins), College platers dominated the top of the draft on Thursday. Leading the way were a crop of powerful position players, including an inordinate number of 1st basemen and a distinct lack of pitchers.

Of the first 27 players taken in the draft, 20 were from the college ranks. Interestingly enough, 15 of the first 18 players selected were position players, a rare split in a first year player draft. But this was a crop of talented bats, with 11 catchers, firstbasemen and third sackers of those first 18 picks. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: MLB Draft

CBB Column: Vanderbilt and the Draft

CBB Staff

– June 5, 2008Posted in: 2009 Recruits, MLB Draft, SEC

In the past 6 season, Vanderbilt University has become one of the thorns in the sides of those trying to recruit high school players committed to Coach Tim Corbin and recruiting coordinator Eric Bakich. A recent NYTimes profile of Pedro Alvarez disclosed at least one of the secret strategies used by Coaches Corbin and Bakich (a tax planner and a thick three ring binder). Commodore recruits are told to weigh the value of a Vanderbilt diploma against any potential signing bonus, which a tax planner brings down to earth with an analysis of taxes against the bonus, living expenses during the life of potential contracts and certain luxury purchases. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: MLB Draft, SEC, Sonny Gray, Vanderbilt

Vanderbilt 1, MLB Draft 0

CBB Staff

– May 28, 2008Posted in: MLB Draft, SEC

Vanderbilt coach Tim Corbin and recruiting coordinator Eric Bakich won round 1 of their battle with the MLB draft this spring when highly sought after Smyrna, TN RHP Sonny Gray officially announced that he has decided to forego the MLB Draft. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: MLB Draft, SEC, Sonny Gray, Vanderbilt

SEC Tournament Recap – Day 1

CBB Staff

– May 21, 2008Posted in: 2008 Conference Tourney, SEC

Game 1: LSU 5, USC 4

LSU rallied for 4 runs in the ninth and Blake Dean hit a walk off shot in the 10th as LSU stunned USC with a major come from behind win in the SEC tournament opener.

Game 2: Vandy 7, UF 3

Vanderbilt avenged a Florida sweep last weekend that knocked VU completely out of the NCAA hosting picture by sending Florida to the loser’s bracket behind 14 singles and steady, if imperfect relief pitching by Drew Hayes, Richie Goodenow and Russell Brewer.

Game 3: Ole Miss 4, UGA 1

Is UGA mailing in the tournament? A presumptive national seed, Georgia fell to Ole Miss 4-1 in their first game in the SEC tourney. But the #1 seed had the unenviable task of facing pre-season all-American Lance Lynn, who struck out 12 of the 27 batters he faced. Fuller Smith and Jordan Henry had 3 hits apiece for the Rebs.

Game 4: Kentucky 9 Alabama 3

Making his first career start senior Aaron Lovett tossed a complete-game and senior outfielder Sawyer Carroll set the school record for RBI in a season, as the No. 19 Kentucky Wildcats pounded No. 29 Alabama 9-3, in front of 11,967 fans during the first round of the 2008 Southeastern Conference Tournament at Regions Park.

Full SEC recaps of the day’s action.