The Area Code Games continued on Saturday with three games. The full recap from Andrew Knepper is available here.

Tags: 2009 Top Players, 2010 Top Players, Area Code Baseball Games, Top High School Tournaments

Matt Davidson started off today’s events at the 2008 Aflac All-American High School Baseball Game by winning the Home Run Derby.  Matt is committed to play baseball at USC.  To see Matt Davidison and other future stars, tune into Fox Sports Net to catch all of the action from the game, which starts momentarily.

Tags: 2010 Recruits

ESPN writer Andrew Knepper has a great entry today on the top players in the Area Code games. He puts Ian Krol as one of the top pitching prospects as he throws an 88 MPH fastball and has been outstanding in Long Beach. Chad James is the top left-handed pitcher with his deceptive motion where he reaches 88 MPH with a very good curveball that has a good break ball at 73-76. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2010 Recruits, 2011 Recruits, Area Code Baseball Games, Top High School Tournaments

FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE

Two Area Code Teams Stay Unbeaten

The Brewers Blue team, quite frankly, is expected to do well this week at Blair Field. The Rangers, on the other hand, have been on a roll after a mediocre performance last year. The 20th and final game on Sunday could be a showdown of undefeated clubs, but obviously there is still a lot of baseball to be played before that. Other Thursday highlights include a Washington Nationals outfielder that hit for the cycle in the nightcap.

Milwaukee Brewers Gray 5, Oakland A’s 2

The Milwaukee Brewers Gray club developed a small case of stage fright in their Wednesday evening game and early Thursday morning they attempted to get off the snide against the Oakland A’s, a team comprised of players from Florida and the Southeast. Unfortunately for Milwaukee, the gloves again allowed the opponent a gift run early. It wasn’t until the fifth inning that Milwaukee Gray club (Northern and Southern California players) could overcome its early demons at Area Code to pull out the win. FULL STORY

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Tags: Area Code Baseball Games

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

Area Code Baseball got under way yesterday at Blair Field in Long Beach State. In the morning all the players were put through a Player Evaluation / SPARQ Testing that was wrap up by 3:00.

Rangers 5- White Sox 4

They First game started at 4pm pitting the Texas Rangers Area Code team against the Chicago White Sox Area Code Team. The Rangers defeated the White Sox 5-4 behind some clutch hitting and Josh Turley came into to pitched the final two innings and close the door on the White Sox. Full Story
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Tags: 2009 Top Players, 2010 Top Players, Area Code Baseball Games

The 22nd playing of the Area Code Baseball Games will be held on August 5-10, 2008 at Blair Field in Long Beach, California. This year, teams will compete with players from around the nation with the Chicago White Sox, Texas Rangers, Washington Nationals, Milwaukee Brewers, Cincinnati Reds and New York Yankees bringing teams back in 2008. A new team enters the fold this year, the Oakland Athletics will represent the Southeast. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2009 Top Players, 2010 Top Players, Area Code Baseball Games

The College Baseball Blog took in the Cape Cod All-Star game on Saturday night which was won by the Eastern All-Stars 8-6 in an exciting game. We take a look at the Eastern Division today with some thoughts on the pitchers that saw action in the All-Star game. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2009 Top Players, 2010 Top Players, ACC, Big East, Big West, CBB Column, CBB Visit, Duke, Long Beach State, Loyola-Marymount, Missouri State, Missouri Valley, Notre Dame, Pac 10, University of San Diego, USC, West Coast Conference, West Virginia

FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE

LOS ANGELES, CA July 16, 2008- The inaugural Elite Baseball Series (EBS) presented by Muscle MilkTM highlights the top freshmen (2011′) and sophomore (2010′) high school baseball players in America, competing in two series of games in back to back weeks. All games are hosted at UCLA’s Jackie Robinson Stadium and UC Irvine’s Anteater Ballpark, two of the finest playing fields in the nation.  The EBS provides a first look at future prospects for college and major league scouts. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2010 Top Players, 2011 Top Players

FROM NCBWA RELEASE
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. - A total of 34 standout freshman college baseball players from every part of the country are featured on the inaugural Pro-Line Athletic National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) Freshman All-American Team, the organization announced today.

The 2008 Pro-Line Athletic NCBWA Freshman All-American Team is comprised from 15 conferences and seven conference championship teams. The two All-American squads are also made up of 11 conference “Rookie of the Year” winners. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2010 Top Players, All-American, Freshmen All-American Team, National Awards, NCBWA

FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE

DURHAM, N.C. –- USA Baseball announced on Monday its third round of invitations for the 2008 National Team Trials held June 11-23 throughout the northeast and southeast United States. This eight-member list is composed of five sophomores and three freshmen, joining the 26-member invitee list announced over the past month. At the conclusion of the trials, on June 24, 22 players will be selected for the National Team roster. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2009 Top Players, 2010 Top Players, Team USA

FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE
TUCSON, Ariz. - The 2008 Louisville Slugger Freshmen All-Americans feature a wealth of baseball talent. The team is headed by Collegiate Baseball newspaper’s Freshman Pitcher of The Year LHP Chris Hernandez of the University of Miami (Fla.) and Freshman Player of The Year OF Ryan Lockwood of South Florida. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2010 Top Players, All-American, College Baseball News, Louisville Slugger

By Willie Nicklaus

With the NCAA regionals finished, I thought it was a good time to post my All-Freshman team for 2008. The high school Class of 2007 was a highly touted one, and they did not disappoint as contributors to their respective teams. Here they are with a little information about each. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2010 Top Players, ACC, Alabama, Auburn, Big East, Big South, Big West, Cal, Cal State Fullerton, CBB Column, Coastal Carolina, Conference USA, Florida, GT, Kent State, MAC, Miami (FL), Middle Tennessee, Ole Miss, Rice, Santa Clara, SEC, Tennessee, Texas, UNC, University of San Diego, West Coast Conference, West Virginia

FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE
(DURHAM, N.C.) - USA Baseball announced Tuesday its second round of invitations for the 2008 National Team Trials held June 11-23 throughout the northeast and southeast United States. This 14-member list is comprised of nine sophomores and five freshmen, joining the 12-member initial invitee list announced earlier this month. In all, 32 players will be invited to the National Team Trials with 22 of those players being selected for the National Team roster which will be announced on June 24. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2009 Top Players, 2010 Top Players, Team USA

By Willie Nicklaus

Thought this would be a good time to do a follow up on some of the freshmen who have been contributing to their respective teams, as the regular portion of the season has concluded and conference tourneys are ready to begin.

I like to use OPS percentage as a gauge as the equation includes power factors as well as on-base frequency. I have also included the HR and Extra-base hits frequencies to show a player propensity for delivering a big hit. With the conferences getting ready to do battle this week, we included the overall batting averages and also batting averages in conference play only. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2010 Top Players, ACC, Alabama, Arkansas, Auburn, Big 12, Big East, Big South, Big West, Cal State Fullerton, CBB Column, Coastal Carolina, Conference USA, Florida, GT, Kent State, LSU, MAC, Middle Tennessee, Rice, SEC, Tennessee, Texas, University of San Diego, West Coast Conference, West Virginia