FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE

Teams have been set for South Alabama’s annual Red and Blue World Series, head baseball coach Steve Kittrell announced Friday. Game one is set for 11 a.m. Saturday at Stanky Field.

Seniors Ryan Bohanan, Chris Davis and Greg Johnson headline a Blue team with eight seniors on the 21-player roster. They’re joined by nine freshmen, one sophomore and three juniors.

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Tags: 2008 Fall Games, South Alabama, Sun Belt

Leary announces 2009 baseball schedule

Lehigh baseball coach Sean Leary announced the 2009 schedule on Thursday, which includes trips up and down the east coast and appearances in the Palm Beach Challenge and the Liberty Bell Classic.

Leary’s squad will spend the first month of the season on the road, traveling to the warmer-weather South throughout the latter parts of February and early March. The Mountain Hawks open up with a trip to Hattiesburg, Miss., where they will play a three-game set with Southern Miss from Feb. 20-22. The opening weekend will be a challenge for The Mountain Hawks, as the Goldan Eagles won 41 games last season, including 25 in Hattiesburg.

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Tags: 2009 Schedules, ACC, Conference USA, Lehigh, Middle Tennessee, Patriot League, Rice, Sun Belt, Wake Forest

Rosters Set For Baseball Orange & White Series

Tennessee head baseball coach Todd Raleigh announced the rosters Thursday for the second annual Orange & White World Series, a seven-game fall intrasquad series set to begin Friday at Robert M. Lindsey Field at Lindsey Nelson Stadium. Friday’s game begins at 6 p.m.

The White team, managed by assistant coach Bradley LeCroy and volunteer assistant coach Nate Headley, will send sophomore left-hander Bryan Morgado to the mound Friday. Morgado’s 4.59 ERA from a season ago is the best of any returning starter, and his five wins last year are tied for the most among returners. In 80 1/3 innings as a freshman, the Miami, Fla., native recorded 104 strikeouts while limiting opposing batters to a .239 average.
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Tags: 2008 Fall Games, Alabama Birmingham, Big 12, Big East, Conference USA, Miami (OH), Mid-American, New Orleans, Oklahoma, SEC, Sun Belt, Tennessee, Villanova Auburn

The College Baseball Blog is committed to our readers by evaluating the latest Baseball technology. This continued last week as I was invited by Reebok to head down to their headquarters on Thursday to see the new Vector O-Bat that will be coming out in the beginning of November. This event was by invitation only for certain media across the country and the people at Reebok were nice enough to include us in the event. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: CBB Column, CBB Exclusive, CBB Visit, New Products, Reebok, South Alabama, Sun Belt

Houston Baseball Begins Fall Practice Wednesday

The University of Houston baseball team will look to build off a successful 2008 season when it begins fall practice Wednesday at Cougar Field.

Practices are tentatively set to begin at 2:30 p.m. and will be closed to the public during the week. The weekend practices will be open to all fans, and times will be announced on a week-by-week basis.
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Tags: Colonial Members, Conference USA, Fresno State, Georgia State, Houston, Lamar, Southland Conference, Sun Belt, University of Lousiana at Monroe, WAC

Louisiana Tech Bulldog Baseball Sets Fall Schedule

For the first time in the Wade Simoneaux era at Louisiana Tech, the Bulldog baseball team will play four fall games against outside competition.

Simoneaux announced Monday that Louisiana Tech would play LSU-Shreveport Oct. 3, Panola Junior College Oct. 9, Grambling State Oct. 16 and Bossier Parish Community College Oct. 18.
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Tags: 2008 Fall Games, Atlantic 10, Big 12, Conference USA, Illinois State, Kansas, Lousiana Tech, Missouri Valley, Rice, South Alabama, Southern Miss, St. Louis, Sun Belt, WAC, Wichita State

Golden Eagles Begin Fall Practice

The Oral Roberts University baseball team has begun fall practice in preparation for the 2009 season, where the Golden Eagles look to claim their 12th consecutive conference championship.

ORU’s fall practice runs through mid-October, with intrasquad scrimmages at J.L. Johnson Stadium held every Thursday, Friday and Saturday. The scrimmages are free and open to the public.
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Tags: America East, Atlantic 10, Big Ten, Duquesne, FAU, Illinois, Maine, Mountain West, Oral Roberts, San Diego State, SEC, Summit League, Sun Belt, Tennessee

Thomas Announces Incoming Class & Fall Schedule

FIU baseball head coach Turtle Thomas announced his 2008 incoming class on Wednesday, as well as a schedule of events for the fall.

“Our goal is to improve our program every year and that comes through the recruiting efforts of our staff,” said Thomas.
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Tags: Atlantic Sun, Colonial Members, Conference USA, FIU, Georgia State, Kennesaw State, Marshall, Pac 10, Southern Conference, Sun Belt, UCLA, Western Carolina

Blue Raiders cut ribbon to new stadium

Peterson to donors: Dreams do come true

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. - The Middle Tennessee baseball program and the Blue Raider Athletic Association played host to a donor appreciation dinner and stadium ribbon cutting on Tuesday.

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Tags: Middle Tennessee, New Facility, SEC, South Carolina, Sun Belt

Georgetown Baseball Announces Incoming Recruiting Class

- Head Coach Pete Wilk announced that Georgetown Baseball will be welcoming eight new players to the fold this upcoming season. Billy Cosmopulous, Nick Geary, Will Harris, Alex Johnson, Kevin Johnson, Bobby Kirby, Andy Lentz and Rand Ravnaas comprise the incoming class that will try and help the Hoyas move up in the BIG EAST pecking order.
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Tags: Arkansas Little Rock, Atlantic 10, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Fordham, Georgetown, Iowa, South Florida, Southland Conference, Sun Belt, Texas, UT-Arlington

Fall Baseball Gets Underway Wednesday Afternoon

As Major League Baseball heads for the home stretch in the final weeks of 2008, the college season is just getting underway in Tallahassee. Florida State officially starts its fall baseball season on Wednesday afternoon inside Dick Howser Stadium on Mike Martin Field.
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Tags: ACC, Arkansas State, Big 12, FLorida State, Missouri, Oklahoma, Sun Belt

By Willie Nicklaus

This is a first in a series of reports I will file leading into the 2009 college baseball season. I decided to start with some of the top power producers who had great 2008 seasons that didn’t get much press except from their local media and schools.

My selections for this report, and upcoming reports, include players who are far from one dimensional. These particular bombers all were in the top 20 of their respective conferences in batting average. So let’s get started with Home Run Frequency. For measure, here are a few HR frequencies from 2008 of players everyone who is a fan of college baseball heard of: Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2009 Top Players, 2010 Top Players, ACC, Arizona State, Auburn, Big East, Big South, Big West, CAA, Cal, Cal State Fullerton, CBB Column, Cincinnati, Clemson, Coastal Carolina, Conference USA, Dartmouth, George Mason, Georgia, Georgia Southern, Georgia Tech, Ivy League, Kent State, Louisiana-Monroe, Louisville, Loyola-Marymount, LSU, MAC, Marshall, Middle Tennessee, Missouri State, Missouri Valley, MLB Draft, New Mexico St., Ohio, Pac 10, SEC, Southern Conference, Southland Conference, Sun Belt, Tennessee, Texas State, Washington, West Coast Conference, Winthrop

Siena hires Jimmy Jackson as Assistant Coach

Jimmy Jackson has been hired as assistant baseball coach at Siena effective immediately, as announced today by head coach Tony Rossi. Jackson will work primarily with Siena’s catchers and outfielders.
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Tags: Arkansas State, Big 12, Kansas, Louisiana-Monroe, MAAC, Missouri Valley, Mountain West, Oklahoma State, SEC, Siena, Sun Belt, TCU, Vanderbilt, Wichita State

FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE

MONROE, La.— Featuring 28 home games, including visits from Mississippi State, Southern Mississippi and Louisiana-Lafayette, defending Sun Belt Conference Champion ULM released its schedule for the 2009 baseball season on Tuesday.

“We are excited about this year’s schedule,” head coach Jeff Schexnaider said. “We have quality games throughout the season that will be very challenging and will help our RPI. I also think we have some really good home games for our fans this year.”

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Tags: 2009 Schedules, Sun Belt, University of Lousiana at Monroe

We have come across nine schedules for Wednesday from across the Internet. The full list is available after the jump. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2009 Schedules, Atlantic Sun, Brown, Butler, Central Arkansas, Horizon League, Ivy League, MAC, Miami (OH), Pac 10, SEC, South Dakota State, Southland Conference, Stetson, Summit League, Sun Belt, Tennessee, Troy, USC