NYCBL Archive

Top 100 Countdown: 100. Joe Sclafani (Dartmouth)

– October 3, 2011Posted in: 2012 CBD Top 100 Players, 2012 Top Players, Coastal Plain League, Ivy League, NYCBL

College Baseball Daily kicks off 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 start off the countdown today at number 100 with Dartmouth senior shortstop Joe Sclafani from Palm City, Florida and attended Jensen Beach High School. He was a four year letter winner in baseball for Coach Todd Belowich. He helped lead the team as the starting shortstop to a 41-14 record as a junior and senior winning the District 14 title and the Regional runnerup in his final two seasons. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2012 Top Players, CBD 2012 Top 100 Players, Coastal Plain League, Dartmouth, Ivy League, Joe Sclafani, NYCBL

2011 Baseball America Top Prospects for Summer Leagues and Team USA

Brian Foley

– September 10, 2011Posted in: 2012 Top Players, Alaskan Summer League, Atlantic Collegiate, Baseball America, Cal Ripken Sr. Collegiate League, California Collegiate, Cape Cod Baseball League, Coastal Plain League, Florida Collegiate League, Futures League, Great Lakes Summer Collegiate League, Hawaii Collegiate League, Jayhawk, MINK League, NECBL, Northwoods League, NYCBL, Prospect League, Team USA, Texas Collegiate League, Valley League, West Coast League

FROM BASEBALL AMERICA PRESS RELEASE
DURHAM, N.C.–The Southeastern Conference, which has produced college baseball’s last three national champions, dominated Baseball America’s top prospects lists for 20 college summer leagues and Team USA, which have been released at BaseballAmerica.com. The SEC leads all conferences with 24 players on the lists, followed by the Pacific-12 (22 players), the Big 12 (18 players) and the Atlantic Coast (17). The ACC leads all conferences with four players ranking as the No. 1 prospects in their respective leagues. Read the rest of this entry »

2010 Baseball America Top Prospects for Summer Leagues and Team USA

Brian Foley

– September 15, 2010Posted in: 2011 Top Players, Alaskan Summer League, Atlantic Collegiate, Baseball America, Cal Ripken Sr. Collegiate League, California Collegiate, Cape Cod Baseball League, Coastal Plain League, Florida Collegiate League, Great Lakes Summer Collegiate League, Hawaii Collegiate League, Jayhawk, MINK League, NECBL, Northwoods League, NYCBL, Prospect League, Team USA, Texas Collegiate League, Valley League, West Coast League

FROM BASEBALL AMERICA RELEASE

DURHAM, N.C.–The Pacific-10 Conference dominated Baseball America’s top prospects lists for 18 summer college leagues and Team USA, which have been posted at BaseballAmerica.com. The Pac-10 leads all conferences with 30 players on the lists and six players ranking as the No. 1 prospects in their respective leagues.

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High Point adds Joe Mercurio to Coaching Staff

Brian Foley

– September 7, 2010Posted in: America East, Big South, New Coach, NYCBL

FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE

The High Point University baseball team has added Joe Mercurio as a volunteer assistant coach, head coach Craig Cozart announced Monday. Mercurio was an All-Conference catcher at the University of Maine and spent last summer coaching the Glens Fall Golden Eagles in the New York Collegiate Baseball League.

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Tags: America East, Big South, High Point, Joe Mercurio, Maine, New Coach, NYCBL

Baseball America releases Top Prospects Lists for Summer Leagues and Team USA

Brian Foley

– September 2, 2009Posted in: 2010 Top Players, 2011 Top Players, Alaskan Summer League, Atlantic Collegiate, Baseball America, Cal Ripken Sr. Collegiate League, Cape Cod Baseball League, Clark Griffith League, Coastal Plain League, Florida Collegiate League, Great Lakes Summer Collegiate League, Jayhawk, MINK League, NECBL, Northwoods League, NYCBL, Prospect League, Team USA, Texas Collegiate League, Valley League, West Coast League

FROM BASEBALL AMERICA PRESS RELEASE

DURHAM, N.C.–Mississippi and Washington State lead all schools by placing five players apiece on Baseball America’s top prospects lists for 18 different summer college leagues and Team USA. Last summer, Louisiana State and Texas each led the nation with five players apiece on BA’s summer league lists, and those two teams wound up facing off for the national championship at the College World Series.

BA ranked the top 30 prospects for the talent-rich Cape Cod League, and the top 10 prospects in 17 other summer college leagues. In addition, the top 20 Team USA prospects were ranked.

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NYCBL End of Season Links

Brian Foley

– August 12, 2008Posted in: MAAC, NYCBL

The NYCBL season is ended on Saturday when the Brockport Riverbats edged the Glen Falls Golden Eagles 3-2 in the deciding game of the NYCBL Championship series. John McGraw of the NYCBL has been nice enough to send us links to the End of the Season Awards. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Canisius, MAAC, Manhattan, NYCBL

Riverbats win NYCBL Championship in 10 Innings

Brian Foley

– August 9, 2008Posted in: America East, Atlantic 10, Big East, MAAC, NYCBL, SEC, West Coast Conference

GLENS FALLS, N.Y. – Championship Series’ Most Valuable Player Ryan Nokelby (Texas Lutheran) plated Jeff Abrams (Binghamton) with a 10th-inning sacrifice fly as the Brockport Riverbats edged the Glens Falls Golden Eagles, 3-2, in 10 innings to win the 2008 New York Collegiate Baseball League championship. The Riverbats won the best-of-three series, two games to one. The title is the first in the five-year history of the franchise. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: America East, Atlantic 10, Big East, Binghamton, Division 2, MAAC, Merrimack, NYCBL, SEC, Siena, South Florida, St. Bonaventure, University of San Diego, Vanderbilt, West Coast Conference

NYCBL Players of the Week ending on July 6th

Brian Foley

– July 9, 2008Posted in: CAA, Independents, MAAC, NYCBL

FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE
EASTERN DIVISION PLAYER/PITCHER OF THE WEEK

Week ending July 6, 2008

Player of the Week: Nick Campbell (Bryant), Little Falls

Nick Campbell batted .375 (9-for-24) and compiled a .531 on-base percentage in eight games for the Miners last week. Campbell scored a team-high seven runs, drove in five runs, drew eight walks and tallied three extra-base hits. He reached base via hit or walk in seven of eight contests and he had three multi-hit and two multi-walk games. The Raynham, Mass., native had his best game against Amsterdam on July 5. He was 2-for-4 with three RBI, two walks, two stolen bases, one double, one triple and one run scored as Little Falls won, 11-5. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Bryant, CAA, Hofstra, Independents, MAAC, Marist, NJIT, NYCBL

NYCBL Players of the Week for June 29th

Brian Foley

– June 30, 2008Posted in: NYCBL, Players of the Week

FROM NYCBL RELEASE
EASTERN DIVISION PLAYER/PITCHER OF THE WEEK

Player of the Week: Mike Spina (Cincinnati), Amsterdam
Mike Spina batted .500 (8-for-16) as the Mohawks took over first place in the Eastern Division. Spina bashed three home runs, drove in seven runs, recorded three doubles, walked four times and posted a 1.250 slugging percentage. The 2008 Minnesota Twins draft pick (Round 45) had at least one hit and one RBI in all five of Amsterdam’s games. He homered in his first three games of the week. Through nine contests
with the Mohawks, Spina is batting a team-high .480.

Pitcher of the Week: Sean Lucas (Virginia), Saratoga
Sean Lucas is the second-straight reliever to win the Eastern Division Pitcher of the Week award. He went 2-0 with a 0.00 ERA in two appearances for Saratoga. Lucas allowed two hits in three and two-thirds innings pitched, walked one and struck out five. He threw two scoreless frames against Little Falls on June 25 and struck out four. The Fishkill, N.Y., native held Bennington scoreless in one and two-thirds
innings of relief on June 27. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: NYCBL, Players of the Week

NYCBL Players of the Week for June 22nd

Brian Foley

– June 23, 2008Posted in: Division 2, Ivy League, MAAC, NJCAA, NYCBL, Players of the Week

FROM NYCBL RELEASE
NYCBL East Division Player of the Week: Mark Onorati (Manhattan), Amsterdam
Mark Onorati batted .500 (8-for-16) and drove in a league-high 11 runs in four games for the Mohawks. He smashed two home runs, scored five runs, stole two bases, collected 15 total bases and recorded a .939 slugging percentage. Onorati had three multi-hit and four multi-RBI games. He tallied at least one hit in all four games and homered in back-to-back contests against Glens Falls and Bennington. Onorati currently leads the league with 16 runs scored and 15 RBI. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Columbia, Division 2, MAAC, Manhattan, NJCAA, NYCBL, Pima CC, Players of the Week, West Chester

News and Notes from Around the Country

Brian Foley

– August 8, 2007Posted in: 2008 Schedules, ACC

The Pacific University Tigers coaching staff will be making an appearance on the Discovery channel show Mythbusters which is set to air on Wednesday August 8th at 9:00 pm (PST). Tiger Head Coach Ed Sprague and Undergraduate assistant coach John Devaney were invited to be involved in the shooting at Klein Family Field. The full release is available here

The Miami (FL) Media Relations Department has released a feature on Kyle Bellamy who played this summer in the NYCBL with the Geneva Red Wings. He recorded 16 saves in 26 innings while recording a perfect ERA of 0.00. The full article is available here with updates on other Hurricanes players progress throughout the summer.

The Daily Utah Chronicle checks in with an article previewing the Utah Utes 2008 team. The article discusses some of the disappointments of the 2007 season and the future of the program. The full article is available here.

The UCLA Bruins have released their 2008 schedule which includes a game in Compton CA against USC. They also have a visits from the Oklahoma Sooners and UC-Riverside as the highlights of their OOC schedule. The full schedule is available here.

Stay tuned to The College Baseball Blog for the most up to date news from around the country. If anyone has any comments or ideas feel free to e-mail me by clicking here.

Tags: Big West, Mountain West, NYCBL, Pac 12, Pacific, UCLA, Utah

Wahoos in Summer Ball

Brian Foley

– June 29, 2007Posted in:

Following a season that saw the University of Virginia Cavaliers host an NCAA Regional in Charlottesville, VA and finish 45-16, and saw a school-record six Wahoos drafted in the Major League Baseball First Year Player Draft, a number of Hoos are currently playing in summer collegiate wood bat leagues around the country.

Cape Cod League
David Adams (Falmouth Commodores)
Jeremy Farrell (Falmouth Commodores)
Jeff Lorick (Chatham A’s)

Pat McAnaney (Orleans Cardinals)

Michael Schwimer (Orleans Cardinals)

New England Collegiate Baseball League

Tyler Cannon (Keene Swampbats)

Andrew Carraway (Newport Gulls)

Valley Baseball League

Patrick Wingfield (Winchester Royals)

New York Collegiate Baseball League

Brad Grove (Saratoga Phillies)

Corey Hunt (Saratoga Phillies)

Mark Riffee (Saratoga Phillies)