Men’s Baseball to Play Inter-Squad at AT&T Park

All Saint Mary’s baseball fans are being invited to a special treat, as this Wednesday, October 15, the Gaels baseball team will hold an inter-squad scrimmage at AT&T Park home of the San Francisco Giants.
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Tags: ACC, Atlantic Sun, Big 12, Big East, Big West, Cal-State Northridge, Clemson, Middle Tennessee, Nebraska, Norte Dame, Oklahoma, Saint Mary's, Samford, Southern Conference, Sun Belt, UConn, USC-Upstate, Virginia Tech, West Coast Conference

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

FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE

Brandon Anderson Named Assistant Baseball Coach At Temple

PHILADELPHIA - Brandon Anderson, an All-American and professional baseball player who played two seasons at Gloucester County College under current Temple head coach Rob Valli, has been named an assistant baseball coach for the Owls. Anderson is currently in his second season playing professional baseball for the Kalamazoo Kings of the Frontier League.

“Brandon has always been an extremely talented and highly motivated student of the game, so his transition from player to coach should be easy,” Valli said. “He will be an excellent coach and role model for our team.”

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Tags: ACC, Atlantic 10, Atlantic Sun, Big 12, CAA, Campbell, Clemson, Coaching Changes, George Mason, Kansas, Temple

FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE
Led by Most Valuable Player A.J. Pollock of the Falmouth Commodores and the trio of hard-hitting catcher Tommy Medica, infielder Joseph Sanders and pitcher Chris Manno of the league champion Harwich Mariners, the 2008 All-League Team has been announced by Cape Cod Baseball League Commissioner Paul Galop. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2009 Top Players, ACC, Atlantic Sun, Auburn, Baylor, Big 12, Big East, Big South, Boston College, Cape Cod League, Clemson, Coastal Carolina, Conference USA, Duke, East Carolina, Houston, Jacksonville State, Louisville, MAC, Notre Dame, Ohio, Ole Miss, Pac 10, Santa Clara, SEC, Stanford, Tennessee, UC-Irvine, University of San Diego, USC, Vanderbilt, Virginia, West Coast Conference

Due to a mixup by the Boston Red Sox, the ACC Baseball tourney has been removed from Fenway Park after a scheduling mixup between the Boston Red Sox and the Fenway Sports Group. The reason behind this is the fact that the Boston Red Sox gave the wrong dates to Major League Baseball and have scheduled games for that weekend. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: ACC, ACC Tournament, Boston College, Clemson, Duke, FSU, GT, Maryland, Miami (FL), NC State, UNC, Virginia, Virginia Tech, Wake Forest

Baseball Program Holds 11th Annual Bullpen Golf Outing. Event raised nearly $40,000 for the baseball program.

QUEENS, N.Y. - The St. John’s baseball program hosted its 11th annual Bullpen Golf Outing at Pelham Country Club in Pelham Manor, N.Y., on July 28. The event, with title sponsor Chartwells, raised over $40,000 to benefit the Red Storm baseball program.

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Tags: Big West, Clemson, Illinois-Chicago, Nicholls State, St. John's, UC-Santa Barbara, Washington

I was recently emailed by the staff of The Wizard of Odds about Clemson’s head coach Jack Leggett’s home being involved in a fire over the weekend. According to Clemson beat writer Paul Strelow, 50 percent of the home was destroyed in the fire and is currently being investigated by the State Law Enforcement Division. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: ACC, Clemson

FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE

ACC Baseball Scholar-Athlete of the Year Buster Posey of Florida State leads the 2008 All-Atlantic Coast Conference Academic Team.

GREENSBORO, N.C. –ACC Baseball Scholar-Athlete of the Year Buster Posey of Florida State leads the 2008 All-Atlantic Coast Conference Academic Team as announced today by Commissioner John D. Swofford.

Posey, a junior Business Finance major, is a three-time ACC All-Academic team selection and the recipient of the 2008 Academic All-American of the Year, presented by CoSIDA in conjunction with ESPN the Magazine. Posey is a member of the ACC Academic Honor Roll, a five-time Dean’s List Student and was named to the Florida State President’s List during the spring of his sophomore year.

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Tags: ACC, Clemson, Duke, FLorida State, Maryland, Virginia, Wake Forest

FROM CBB NEWS SOURCES

Clemson 10 Ga Tech 4

Clemson hit three home runs, including a seventh-inning grand slam by Ben Paulsen, to defeat #24 Georgia Tech 10-4 on Saturday in the ACC Tournament at The Baseball Grounds of Jacksonville. The Tigers, who were 1-2 in the ACC Tournament, improved to 31-27-1, while the Yellow Jackets, who were also 1-2 in the ACC Tourney, fell to 39-19. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: ACC, ACC Recap, ACC Tournament, Clemson, GT, Miami (FL), NC State, Virginia, Wake Forest

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Miami (FL) 15 Georgia Tech 12

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) - The second of Dave DiNatale’s two homers lifted top-seeded Miami to a 15-12 victory over Georgia Tech on Thursday night in the 2008 Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Championship at the Baseball Grounds of Jacksonville.

DiNatale’s ninth homer of the year, with two runners on, erased a 12-11 lead Georgia Tech had taken into the top of the ninth. Jemile Weeks added an insurance run with an RBI single later in the inning. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: ACC, ACC Recap, ACC Tournament, Clemson, GT, Miami (FL), NC State

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Georgia Tech 10 NC State 9

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Georgia Tech scored eight runs over the last three innings, including two runs without the benefit of a base hit in the top of the ninth, for a wild and entertaining 10-9 win over NC State in the opening game of the 2008 ACC Baseball Tournament at the Baseball Grounds of Jacksonville. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: ACC, ACC Recap, ACC Tournament, Clemson, FSU, GT, Miami (FL), NC State, UNC, UVA, Wake Forest

The ACC Tourney starts up tomorrow with the league split into two pools with four teams in each one. Pool A has Miami (FL), Clemson, NC State, and Ga Tech in it while Pool B has FSU, Wake Forest, UNC, and Virginia. I believe that Miami (FL) will meet UNC in the Finals. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: ACC, ACC Tournament, Clemson, FSU, GT, Miami (FL), NC State, UNC, UVA, Wake Forest

FROM CBB NEWS SOURCES
GREENSBORO, N.C. - Miami, the top seed in this week’s Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Championship, led all schools with eight selections on the 2008 All-ACC Baseball Team and also claimed a pair of individual superlatives, as announced today by Commissioner John Swofford. The honors are selected by a vote of the league’s 12 head coaches. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2008 Top Players, ACC, ACC Player of the Year, All-Conference teams, Clemson, Duke, FSU, GT, Miami (FL), NC State, UNC, UVA

FROM CBB NEWS SOURCES
GREENSBORO, N.C. - A pair of league schools from the Sunshine State highlight the 2008 Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Championship field, as No. 1 seed Miami and No. 2 seed Florida State prepare to battle with six other schools for the coveted championship crown at the Baseball Grounds of Jacksonville in Jacksonville, Fla., this week.

The complete pairings and game times for the eight teams competing in the round-robin format tournament are as follows: Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: ACC, ACC Tournament, Clemson, FSU, GT, Miami (FL), NC State, UNC, UVA, Wake Forest

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UNC 12 Miami (FL) 11

CORAL GABLES, Fla. - Tim Federowicz went 2-for-5 with three RBI and then recorded the game-ending strikeout with the tying run on third base to lift No. 2 North Carolina to a 12-11 win over No. 1 Miami and a series victory Saturday at Mark Light Field. Behind a home run and five RBI from Tim Fedroff and four hits and two RBI from Kyle Shelton, the Tar Heels (45-10, 22-7 ACC) built an eight-run lead through five innings and held off a late rally by the Hurricanes (43-8, 23-5) to win their third straight series against UM. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: ACC, ACC Recap, Boston College, Clemson, Duke, FSU, GT, NC State, UCF, UVA, Virginia Tech, Wake Forest