Duke University’s Mark Lumpa has had an interesting journey to Durham as he is from Saudi Arabia where his father was involved in the oil industry. He played high school baseball in Florida where Duke discovered him. You can check out the full video report from WRAL in Raleigh below. Read the rest of this entry »
Here are some of the top performances and highlights on the day. We will be providing daily articles as often as possible this season. If you know of an outstanding performance we might miss, feel free to send us an email by clicking here.
February 15th this year marked the start of the Division 1 College Baseball season. Here are some of the top performances and highlights on the day. We will be providing daily articles as often as possible this season. If you know of an outstanding performance ever that we might miss feel free to send us an email by clicking here. Read the rest of this entry »
I am absolutely tired of writing about these “Steroid” or “Performance-Enhancement” Drugs in College Baseball or any baseball. This has absolutely killed my interest in pro baseball and it is starting to filter into the college game. When I started writing on College Baseball many years ago, I was one of the few that actually covered the Steroid scandal with the Duke baseball team under former head coach Bill Hillier. The Blue Devils coaching staff “encouraged” steroid use by the players and the school continued to renew Hillier’s contract year after year. Read the rest of this entry »
FROM CBD NEWS SOURCE
GREENSBORO, N.C. – NC State has been selected as the 2013 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball preseason favorite in a vote of the league’s 12 head coaches.
The Wolfpack was named by six coaches as this year’s ACC team to beat, while North Carolina received four votes, and Florida State and Virginia one each. Read the rest of this entry »
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DURHAM, N.C. – The Duke University baseball program and first-year head coach Chris Pollard announced the 2013 schedule Monday. The Blue Devils’ 56-game schedule features 31 games in Durham, including 18 contests at the Durham Bulls Athletic Park, home of the Tampa Bay Rays Triple-A affiliate. Read the rest of this entry »
College Baseball Daily continues our countdown to the start of the 2013 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.
The second player on our Top 100 countdown is Duke’s Andrew Istler. While a strong enough player to see time in both the outfield and on the mound, the Wellington, Florida native’s spark lies in his pitching. Read the rest of this entry »
DURHAM, N.C. – Mark Hayes is set to join to the Duke baseball staff, serving as a volunteer assistant coach, as announced by head coach Chris Pollard. Hayes’ responsibilities will include serving as the hitting coach for the Blue Devils as well as working with the outfielders, coaching third base during games and managing the program’s camps. Read the rest of this entry »
FROM CBD NEWS SOURCE
DURHAM, N.C. – Duke head baseball coach Chris Pollard has announced the addition of Andrew See to the Blue Devil staff. See will serve as an assistant coach working primarily with the Blue Devil pitching staff.
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FROM CBD NEWS SOURCE
DURHAM, N.C. – Duke head baseball coach Chris Pollard has announced the addition of Josh Jordan to the Blue Devil coaching staff. Jordan will serve as an assistant coach, working with the team’s catchers and outfielders while serving as the program’s recruiting coordinator. Jordan will also be involved in teaching both hitting and baserunning. Read the rest of this entry »
Chris Pollard will be named the new head coach at Duke University according to CBD sources and later confirmed by Aaron Fitt of Baseball America. Pollard was formerly the head coach at Appalachian State where he led the Mountaineers to a 41-18 record and a 21-9 Southern Conference record. Read the rest of this entry »
CBD sources have stated that Duke head coach Sean McNally has resigned effective immediately. Full story to be added later when details emerge. Read the rest of this entry »
CBD Scouting Spotlight: Mark Appel (Stanford)
CBD Scouting Spotlight: Adam Plutko (UCLA)
CBD Scouting Report: Kevin Ziomek (Vanderbilt)
CBD Interview with Notre Dame’s Mik Aoki and Dan Slania
CBD Scouting Video: Colton Plaia (Loyola Marymount)
