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

The CBB has come across a few more College baseball schedules for the 2009 season from across the Internet.

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Tags: Big South, Centenary College, Dartmouth, Ivy League, Mid-Contient Conference, UNC-Asheville

FROM CBB NEWS SOURCES
HANOVER, N.H. - The Lions won the Ivy League Baseball Championship after defeating the Big Green 7-5 in the deciding game of the best-of-three series at Red Rolfe Field.

In 1977, Columbia was co-Ivy League champion with Cornell. This will mark Columbia’s first NCAA appearance since 1976.

“Being able to fight back and tie yesterday’s second game and coming back again today is a credit to our guys being confident and not afraid to lose,” head coach Brett Boretti said after the game. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2008 NCAA Tourney, Columbia, Dartmouth, Ivy League

FROM CBB NEWS SOURCES

HANOVER, N.H. ­ After dropping the first game to Columbia, the Dartmouth baseball team bounced back to force a deciding third game in the Ivy League Championship with a 16-15 win in the nightcap.

Dartmouth moves to 25-16 on the season, while Columbia is now 21-25 this year. The two teams combined to score 49 runs on 70 hits in both games. Columbia scored in double-digits in each game, winning game one 11-7 and putting 15 runs on the board in the second game. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Columbia, Dartmouth, Ivy League

HANOVER, N.H. – The three-game Ivy League Championship series between Dartmouth and Columbia has been postponed both Saturday and Sunday.

The new dates for the series will be this coming Tuesday with a 12 p.m. first pitch of a doubleheader, followed by a third game if necessary on Wednesday at 1 p.m.

Tags: Columbia, Dartmouth, Ivy League

FROM CBB NEWS SOURCES

Harvard 7 Northeastern 6

Brookline, Mass. - Matt Rogers’ decisive eighth inning home run powered Harvard to a 7-6 victory over Northeastern in the Crimson’s regular season finale Wednesday afternoon at Friedman Diamond.

With the score tied at six and one out in the top of the eighth, Rogers connected on the first pitch the saw from reliever Dan Zehr (1-4) for a no doubter, high over the scoreboard in left-center for his third long ball of the season. The solo shot would hold up on the strength of outstanding relief pitching as three Crimson relievers limited Northeastern to one hit through the last 5.2 innings. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: ACC, Big South, Boston College, Brown, Bryant, CAA, Dartmouth, Division 2, George Mason, Harvard, Ivy League, Liberty, Northeast-10

The College Baseball Blog made the trip on Saturday to Cambridge to see the Harvard Crimson take on the Dartmouth Big Green in the final Ivy League home games for the Crimson on the year. The Big Green entered the weekend with a magic number of three to clinch the Red Rolfe Division with the Yale Bulldogs in second place. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: CBB Visit, Dartmouth, Harvard, Ivy League

FROM CBB NEWS SOURCES

Game 1: Brown 2 Penn 1
Game 2: Penn 6 Brown 4

Philadelphia, PA - Senior pitcher Alex Silverman (Wilmington, NC) out-pitched Penn ace Todd Roth, with a little help from his closer, to help the Brown baseball team (7-11, 1-3 Ivy League) pick up its first Ivy League win in a split with Penn (7-9-1, 1-2-1 Ivy League) on Sunday at Meiklejohn Stadium. Silverman went 6.1 innings before giving way to senior closer Rob Hallberg (River Edge, NJ) for the final two outs in the Bears’ 2-1 game one win, before Penn’s five-run rally in the fifth inning of game two led to a 6-4 Quaker win for the split. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, Ivy League, Ivy League Recap, Penn, Princeton, Yale

The CBB will be providing conference previews throughout the preseason. We start this week with the Ivy League. I know you would rather see us preview the ACC or SEC but I have a guilty pleasure for the Ivy League. It is very competitive baseball that is a must-see for a baseball junkie like myself. The Brown Bears won the Ivy League title with a two game sweep over the Penn Quakers. Brown ended up winning the Red Rolfe Division over Harvard by two games while Penn ended up winning the Lou Gehrig Division by only a single game over Princeton. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2008 Conference Preview, Brown, CBB Column, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, Ivy League, Penn, Princeton, Yale

Here is your update on Fall Baseball Scrimmage Action for October 16th. Click on the links below for more information.

Notre Dame (Video also available at the site)
Illinois State
Tulane
Georgia Tech
Memphis
Dartmouth vs Umass

Tags: Dartmouth, Illinois State, Memphis, Notre Dame, Tulane, UMass

Boston College 12 Dartmouth 6

Boston College continued their recent winning ways with a 12-6 victory over regional rival Dartmouth. BC was led by Ryan Hutchinson and Eric Campbell who each went 3-5. Kurt Hayer picked up his first career victory by pitching the first 2.2 innings while giving up five runs. Dartmouth starter Chase Carpenter picked up the loss by giving up seven runs in 1.1 innings of work.

BC Recap
Dartmouth Recap
Maryland 7 UMES 2

Brett Jones pitched two perfect innings in relief to pick up a 7-2 victory over local rival UMES. Maryland was led on offense by Dan Melvin and Joe Palumbo who each went 2-4 at the plate. Maryland Eastern Shore starter Tyler Winch got the loss by going seven innings while giving up four runs.

Maryland Recap
UMES Recap

Wake Forest 6 UNC-Greensboro 5

Wake Forest held off a late comeback attempt by UNC-Greensboro to pick up a 6-5 victory. Brett Linenkohl led off the game with a homer and finished the game 2-5 with an RBI and two runs scored. Wake Forest starter Kirby Wedekind picked up the win by working four innings while only giving up a run. Josh Ellis got his seventh save by pitching a perfect bottom of the ninth. Alex Shelton got the loss for UNC-Greensboro by giving up two runs in two innings.

Wake Forest Recap
UNC-Greensboro Recap

Tags: ACC, Boston College, Dartmouth, Maryland, UMES, UNC-Greensboro, Wake Forest