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Danny Hall looks to lead GT back to the postseason (Courtesy of GT Media Relations)

ATLANTA - Beginning with a season-opening series against Lipscomb, Georgia Tech’s baseball team will face six 2008 NCAA Tournament participants as part of the 2009 schedule announced Thursday by head coach Danny Hall.

Georgia Tech kicks off the 2009 campaign with a three-game series against Lipscomb, a team the Yellow Jackets met - and defeated - in the second round of the 2008 NCAA Athens Regional, February 20-22, at Russ Chandler Stadium. Read the rest of this entry »

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Kyle Seager led the Blue team with four hits

CARY, N.C. - Kyle Seager and Greg Holt combined for seven hits, and Colin Bates and Bryant Gaines teamed up for eight shutout innings to lead the White squad to an 8-3 win and a series title in the finale of North Carolina’s Fall World Series Wednesday at Cary’s USA Baseball National Training Complex. After weather canceled Tuesday’s game, the White team captured what evolved into a best-of-five series, 3-2. Read the rest of this entry »

Eric Erickson (Courtesy of Miami (FL) Media Relations)

The CBB continues our countdown to the 2009 College Baseball season with our Top 50 players to watch. We will be providing one player each day until we reach number 1.

We continue the list today with Eric Erickson of Miami, FL checking in at the 47th spot in our countdown. He is a 6′0 190 pound left-handed pitcher out of Sarasota High School in Sarasota, Florida where he had an outstanding career under Clyde Metcalf. Read the rest of this entry »

Tony Sanchez hopes to lead BC to an ACC title in 2009 (Courtesy of BC Athletics)

The CBB continues our countdown to the 2009 College Baseball season with our Top 50 players to watch. We will be providing one player each day until we reach number 1.

We continue the list today with Tony Sanchez Jr. out of Boston College checking in at the 48th spot in our countdown. He is entering his junior season behind the plate for the Boston College Eagles after two successful seasons in a tough ACC. He is from Miami Killian High School in Miami Florida. Read the rest of this entry »

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Stephen Cardullo (Courtesy of FSU Media Relations)

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - The fall baseball season came to a close on Friday evening as Garnet bounced back following Thursday night’s loss to claim a 7-4 victory over Gold on Mike Martin Field inside Dick Howser Stadium. Junior Stephen Cardullo paced the Garnet offense going 2-for-3 with a triple, two runs scored and three RBI. The Miami, Fla., native also stole a pair of bases in the win.

Freshman Spencer Dickinson led the Gold squad on Friday evening with a solo home run and finished the fall scrimmage with a pair of hits, two runs scored and two RBI. Read the rest of this entry »

Brett Thomas had two hits Monday. (Courtesy of UNC Media Relations)

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CARY, N.C. - Two runs scored on a Brett Thomas walk-off base hit to lift Blue past White, 4-3, Monday in North Carolina’s annual Fall World Series at Cary’s USA Baseball National Training Complex. The victory gives the Blue squad a 1-0 lead in the second best-of-three series after White took the first series, 2-1. Read the rest of this entry »

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CARY, N.C. - Freshman Jeff May went 2-for-3 with a solo homer to spark the Blue team to a 2-0 win over the White squad in game three of North Carolina’s Fall World Series Friday at Cary’s USA Baseball Complex. Despite Friday’s Blue victory, White captured the first best-of-three series, 2-1. Read the rest of this entry »

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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - In the first of two scrimmages of the fall season, the Gold team defeated the Garnet team 11-6 Thursday afternoon on Mike Martin Field inside Dick Howser Stadium. Senior Ruairi O’Connor led all players as he paced the Gold team going 3-for-5 with two runs scored. Bo O’Dell recorded the win on the hill firing three solid innings allowing two runs on three hits. Read the rest of this entry »

CARY, N.C. - Right-hander Colin Bates tossed 5 2/3 shutout innings, and Greg Holt belted a two-run home run to lead the White team to a 3-0 win over the Blue squad in the second game of North Carolina’s Fall World Series Wednesday at Cary’s USA Baseball National Training Complex. With the win, the White team grabs a 2-0 lead in the first of two best-of-three series. Read the rest of this entry »

Sean McNally (Courtesy of Duke Media Relations)

I started this site a few years ago and one of the programs that I wanted to follow the rise to the top of the ACC and up the national level was the Duke Blue Devils. They had a new head coach who was taking over a Blue Devils program which was coming off a steroid scandal and a five unsuccessful seasons under Bill Hillier. McNally has been able to turn the attitude around in Durham as he led the Blue Devils to a 37-18-1 record in 2008 but struggled in the ACC with a 10-18-1 record. He hopes to improve the ACC record this season with a strong recruiting class and behind ace pitcher Andrew Wolcott and center fielder/closer Alexander Hassan. Read the rest of this entry »

(Courtesy of UNC Media Relations)

Matt Clements of Inside Carolina has a great article about Game 1 of the UNC Fall World Series. The game featured two of the top pitchers in the country facing off with Alex White taking the ball for the White team and Matt Harvey taking the ball for the Blue team. Both pitchers were outstanding with Alex White going 5.2 innings while allowing two hits and two walks while striking out seven batters to pick up the win. Matt Harvey lasted 4.1 allowing the only run of the game on four hits and two walks while striking out seven batters but picked up the loss. Read the rest of this entry »

Diego Seastrunk looking to make an impact

The Rice Owls are experimenting during Fall ball with Diego Seastrunk behind the plate, where he is projected to play at the next level. Why are teams putting players entering their junior season behind the plate without any experience at the position? Read the rest of this entry »

David Price from Vanderbilt celebrates ALCS victory

Most of my readers know that I am a diehard Red Sox fan but we have to congratulate to the Philadelphia Phillies and the Tampa Bay Rays after they both advance to the 2008 World Series. The Rays ended up making the series on the arm of David Price who was the number 1 pick in the 2007 MLB draft after a standout career with the Vanderbilt Commodores. He ended up getting the final four outs in Game 7 of the ALCS protecting a two run lead. They also featured 2006 number 3 overall pick, 2005 Cape Cod League MVP, and 2006 Big West Player of the Year Evan Longoria from Long Beach State. He has played in all eleven games of the playoffs with a .262 average, six homers, and eleven RBI. Read the rest of this entry »

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Laird powers USA Baseball past Northwest Florida State 16-2

MOBILE, Ala. – Sean Laird homered twice and drove in five runs as South Alabama cruised to a 16-2 victory over Northwest Florida State Sunday afternoon at Stanky Field.

Northwest Florida State took an early lead a pair of runs off Jags’ starter Miles Ethridge, but USA answered with three runs in the bottom of the second to take a 3-2 lead. Ryan Bohanan got the Jags started with a triple, and Derek O’Reilly brought him in with a sacrifice fly. Laird put two more runs on the board with a homer to left field. That proved to be all the insurance USA’s pitching would need. Read the rest of this entry »

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35 Home Games highlight Clemson's 2009 Schedule

Clemson, SC - Thirty-five home games, 30 games against 2008 NCAA Tournament teams, and two games at Fluor Field in Greenville, SC highlight Clemson’s 56-game, 2009 regular-season baseball schedule, released Thursday. A change from previous season’s schedules is a 6:30 PM start time for all but one of Clemson’s 20 home night games. Read the rest of this entry »