I will be running a Live Blog from Manchester New Hampshire on Sunday July 5th at 2:45 pm Eastern time. The USA National (Collegiate) Team will take on an all-star squad from the NECBL. The chat will discuss the game and we will take questions about both teams. You can sign up for a reminder below. If this works out well, I will also run a Live Chat on Monday as I will also be in attendance when Team USA takes on the Holyoke Blue Sox. Read the rest of this entry »

SPECIAL TO TCBB
Written by Zach Thiel
Time is running out for men’s college baseball at University of Wisconsin La Crosse. Due to budget cuts the administration as of June 10th has decided to end their division three baseball program immediately unless $50,000 can be raised by September 1st. The first hurdle will allow play for the upcoming season; however an additional $375,000 will need to be raised by May 2010 to keep baseball at the school over the next 5 years. La Crosse has developed a long list of notable athletes over the years, to name a few: Brewers pitcher Jerry Augustine, Brewers/Huntsville Stars/Team Italy’s catcher Vinny Rottino, first baseman Craig Kusick, NFL lineman Tom Newberry and NFL WR Bill Schroeder. Read the rest of this entry »

Yes, you read that correctly that Richard Justice of the Houston Chronicle believes that Augie Garrido needs to let go by the University of Texas. His reasoning behind this ludicrous statement is the fact that Texas has not won a national championship since 2005. Justice also states that Augie can’t handle a pitching staff if he was given a compass and a map. I guess Justice needs to do his research a little bit before making this statement as Texas finished the season with the second best ERA in the nation. Nice job, Richard in doing your research. By the way, I was in the press box for the first four days of the College World Series and failed to see Justice covering the event. Read the rest of this entry »

After all the dust settled on the 2009 College Baseball season, we only have two teams standing with the LSU Tigers taking on the Texas Longhorns in the College World Series Championship Series. The LSU Tigers enter with a record of 54-16 while being on a 13 game postseason winning streak dating back to the SEC Tourney. Texas enters with a 49-14-1 record while being 8-1 in NCAA Tourney play with the only loss coming to TCU in the Super Regionals. Read the rest of this entry »

(Courtesy of UVA Media Relations)

The Virginia Cavaliers and Arkansas Razorbacks will face off tonight at 7pm Eastern time in an elimination game. The winner of the game will face off against the LSU Tigers on Friday at 1pm. The Cavaliers enter with a 49-14-1 record and a 1-1 mark in the College World Series. Virginia lost game 1 of the CWS to LSU by a score of 9-5. (FULL RECAP) then the Cavaliers eliminated Cal-State Fullerton by a score of 7-5. (FULL RECAP). Arkansas enters with a 40-23 record and also 1-1 in the College World Series. Arkansas won game 1 of the CWS by defeating Cal-State Fullerton 10-6. (FULL RECAP). The Razorbacks would lose their next game of the CWS to SEC rival LSU by a score of 9-1. (FULL RECAP) Read the rest of this entry »

With the 2009 College World Series still in progress, the Southern Illinois Salukis have turned their attention toward the 2010 baseball season.  The Salukis finished the 2009 campaign with a disappointing 24-28 overall record and fifth place finish in the Missouri Valley Conference with an 11-9 conference record.

The Salukis will begin the 2010 season with a three game series on the road at Arkansas State on February 19-21.  Read the rest of this entry »

The final day of my trip to Omaha is coming to a close. We went out to the local stores to get some souvenirs for the trip and I ended up getting a UC-Irvine hat which will go next to my Vanderbilt hat. They had an excellent selection from team’s across the country with even a Lehigh baseball hat available. Who would really buy a Lehigh hat? The blog went to both games of the doubleheader today with UNC and Texas both winning. Read the rest of this entry »

Here are some of my random thoughts from the fourth day of action at the College World Series. Read the rest of this entry »

Courtesy of Texas Media Relations

The Texas Longhorns and Arizona State Sun Devils faced off in the nightcap on Day 4 of the College World Series. The Longhorns entered with a 47-14-1 record while the Sun Devils have a 50-12 record. Both teams entered the game with 1-0 records in the College World Series with Texas picking up a 7-6 win over Southern Miss while Arizona State defeated North Carolina 5-2 in ten innings. Each squad would send their ace to the hill with Texas throwing Chance Ruffin who is 10-2 with a 3.02 ERA in 22 appearance (16 starts) while Arizona State put Mike Leake to the hill with a 16-1 record and an ERA of 1.36 in 17 appearances (16 starts). Read the rest of this entry »

Dustin Ackley (Courtesy of UNC Media Relations)

The opening game of Day 4 of the College World Series featured the North Carolina Tar Heels playing against the Southern Miss Golden Eagles. The Tar Heels entered the game with a 47-17 record while Southern Miss was 40-25. Both teams entered the game with a record of 0-1 with North Carolina losing to Arizona State 5-2 while Southern Miss lost to Texas 7-6. The Golden Eagles sent JR Ballinger to the hill who was 6-3 on the year with a 3.89 ERA in 17 appearances (15 starts). UNC countered with senior RHP Adam Warren who entered the game with a record of 9-2 with an ERA of 3.23. Read the rest of this entry »

Here are my thoughts on Day 3 of the College World Series that didn’t fit into a recap today. Read the rest of this entry »

Mikie Mahtook (Courtesy of LSU Media Relations)

The final game of day 3 in the College World Series sees SEC rivals Arkansas and LSU facing off. Arkansas had a 40-22 record while LSU had a 52-16 record. The Razorbacks sent Brett Eibner to the hill as he is 5-4 with a 4.61 ERA while LSU countered with Louis Coleman who is 13-2 with a 2.74 ERA in 22 appearances (14 starts). Both teams won their opening games of the College World Series with Arkansas beating Cal-State Fullerton 10-6 while LSU beat Virginia 9-5. Read the rest of this entry »