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The CBB continues our countdown for the 2010 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 continue the list today with number 10 in our countdown with junior third baseman Tony Thompson from Kansas. He is from Reno, Nevada and attended Galena High School. He picked up four letters playing under Gary McNamara. He had an excellent first three seasons in high school hitting .490 with 23 home runs and 83 RBI while also picking up a 16-7 record with a 3.41 ERA in 27 appearances on the mound.

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Tags: 2010 Top Players, Big 12, CBB 2010 Top 100 Players, CBB Column, Kansas, Northwoods League

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The College Baseball Blog kicks off our 2010 Season Previews with the ACC Coastal Division. The North Carolina Tar Heels won the division title in the 2009 season by going 19-10 while Georgia Tech finished in second place with a 17-10-1 record. Miami (FL) came in third with a 18-12 record while Virginia finished in fourth at 16-11-1. Duke finished in fifth place at 15-15 while Virginia Tech finished in last place with a 12-17 record.

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Tags: 2009 Team USA, 2010 Season Preview, ACC, Cape Cod League, CBB 2010 Season Preview, CBB Column, Duke, Georgia Tech, Miami (FL), Northwoods League, UNC, Virginia, Virginia Tech

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The CBB continues our countdown for the 2010 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 continue the list today with number 40 in our countdown with Arizona State senior outfielder Kole Calhoun. He is from Buckeye Arizona and attended Buckeye High School where he was a four year letter winner while being named All-State twice. He was also named Skyline Region player of the year in 2006 and West Valley player of the year in 2005.

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Tags: Arizona State, CBB 2010 Top 100 Players, CBB Column, NJCAA, Northwoods League, Pac 10, Yavapai College

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The CBB continues our countdown for the 2010 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 continue the list today with number 68 in our countdown with UC-Riverside sophomore catcher Rob Brantly. He is a 6’3 195 pound catcher out of Temecula Valley California where he went to Chapparal High School. He picked up four letters in high school including being named 2007-08 First-Team All-League and 2008 First-Team All-Valley and Second-Team All-County. He was picked in the 2008 MLB Draft by the Washington Nationals with the 1378 overall selection but decided to attend UC-Riverside.

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Tags: 2010 Top Players, 2011 Top Players, Big West, CBB 2010 Top 100 Players, CBB Column, Northwoods League, UC-Riverside

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

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Oregon Summer League Report

Oregon baseball players are finishing up summer ball as the final week of regular season is in swing for some teams, while playoffs have already started in other leagues.

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Tags: Big Ten, Conference USA, Nevada, Ohio State, Oregon, Pac 10, UAB, WAC

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The St. Cloud Times has an excellent article looking at Northwoods League umpires Rick Brennan and Ron Brooks who have spent the summer with the league. They have spent the summer traveling through the league facing multiple hour road trips between cities before heading out to the games.

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THIBODAUX – After nearly doubling both its 2008 overall and Southland Conference win totals in 2009, the Nicholls State University baseball team has continued to build momentum during the summer.
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Tags: California Collegiate league, MINK League, Nicholls State, Northwoods League, Southland Conference

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(ROCHESTER, MN) The Northwoods League announced the rosters for the 2009 All-Star Game that will be played Tuesday, July 21st at 6:05 PM Eastern in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada.
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Tags: Northwood League All-Star, Northwoods League

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The Texas Longhorns will send players this summer to the Cape Cod League, California Collegiate League, M.I.N.K. League and the Northwood League.
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Tags: Big 12, California Collegiate league, Cape Cod League, MINK League, Northwoods League, Texas