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GREENVILLE, N.C. - Thirty-six home games at Lewis Field inside Clark-LeClair Stadium, including the Seventh-Annual Keith LeClair Classic, highlight the 2010 East Carolina baseball schedule announced Wednesday morning by head baseball coach Billy Godwin.

The 2010 slate features 17 games against teams that earned a bid to the 2009 NCAA Regionals; 32 against teams with 30-plus wins; five that topped the 40-plus win plateau; two that made trips to the College World Series and five that finished ranked in the Top 25 polls, including three in the Top 10.

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Tags: 2010 Schedules, Conference USA, East Carolina

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Rivals.com College Baseball editor Kendall Rogers has put out an article detailing five programs that are rising in prestige and five that are starting to fall off the map. The programs that he sees coming on are: TCU, Virginia, East Carolina, Kansas and Ohio State. The five programs that are starting to fall are: Arizona, Baylor, Tulane, Nebraska, and California. He has some interesting commentary on each team as I can see his reasoning on all the programs except for one in Baylor.

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Tags: ACC, Arizona, Baylor, Big 12, Big Ten, Cal, Conference USA, East Carolina, Kansas, Mountain West, Nebraska, Ohio State, Pac 10, Rivals, TCU, Tulane, Virginia

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Here is a list of Fall Games played on October 8th. Click on the respective links for a full recap.

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Tags: ACC, Akron, Big 12, Conference USA, East Carolina, Fall Ball, MAC, Nebraska, Pac 10, Virginia, Washington

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The Virginia Cavaliers baseball team held a scrimmage on Tuesday evening where Robert Morey tossed 4.2 innings scattering four hits and allowing one run. He also had five strikeouts.

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Tags: ACC, Conference USA, East Carolina, Fall Ball, Virginia

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GREENVILLE, N.C. – The East Carolina baseball team will conclude its fall practice this week with their annual Purple-Gold World Series at Lewis Field inside Clark LeClair Stadium starting Tuesday, Oct. 6.

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Tags: Conference USA, East Carolina, Fall Ball

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The Cape Cod Baseball League has put out their 2009 All-Cape League team. It is led by CCBL MVP Kyle Roller from East Carolina and CCBL Top Pitcher Chris Sale from Florida Gulf Coast. The infield features first baseman Mickey Wiswall (Boston College), second baseman Pierre LePage (Uconn), shortstop B.A. Vollmuth (Southern Miss) and third baseman Jedd Gyorko (West Virginia). The two ultility infielders are Zach Cox (Arkansas) and Nick Crawford (UAB). The outfield is led by Todd Cunningham (Jacksonville State). The other four members of the All-League outfield are Gary Brown (CS-Fullerton), Austin Wates (Virginia Tech), Brian Fletcher (Auburn), and George Springer (UConn). The catchers are Mike Murray (Wake Forest) and Cody Stanley (UNC-Wilmington). Ryan Cuneo (Delaware) joins Roller as the All-League Designated Hitters.

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Tags: 2009 Top Players, 2010 Top Players, ACC, Arkansas, Atlantic Sun, Auburn, Big East, Big Ten, Big West, Boston College, CAA, Cal State Fullerton, Cape Cod League, Conference USA, Delaware, Duke, East Carolina, Florida Gulf Coast, Jacksonville State, Michigan, Missouri State, Missouri Valley, NC State, Ohio Valley Conference, Pac 10, SEC, Southern Miss, Tulane, UAB, UCLA, UConn, UNC-Wilmington, University of San Diego, Vanderbilt, Virginia, Virginia Tech, Wake Forest, Walter State, West Coast Conference, West Virginia

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FROM CCBL RELEASE

COCA COLA PITCHER OF THE WEEK

Justin Grimm, Cotuit RHP

The Coca-Cola Pitcher of the Week for July 26 through August 1st is Cotuit’s Justin Grimm(Georgia). On August 1st, Grimm was able to stymie a high-powered Bourne offense, surrendering only one earned run in a 6-2 win. Over his seven and a third innings of work, the 6-4 flamethrower scattered six hits while striking out 10. Grimm’s command was excellent: he did not walk a batter all night.

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Tags: Cape Cod League, Conference USA, East Carolina, Georgia, SEC

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Here is your CCBL Recap for July 15th.

Hyannis defeated Bourne 6-0 behind Dustin Harrington (East Carolina) who went 3-5 with an RBI and two runs scored. Box Score

Jedd Gyorko (West Virginia) went 3-6 with two runs scored as Brewster and Orlenas tied at 3 after 11 innings. The game was called due to darkness. Box Score Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Arkansas, Big 12, Big East, Big South, Cape Cod League, Coastal Carolina, Conference USA, East Carolina, Oklahoma State, SEC, Texas, West Virginia

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Wake Forest new head coach Tom Walter has announced that he has hired Bill Cilento as an assistant coach. He comes over from Brown University where he spent the last three seasons. He brought the Brown Bears to the NCAA Tournament in 2007 where they led the Ivy League in every offensive category including winning the team batting average title by 39 points. Cilento has also had coaching stops at New Orleans under Walter and at his alma mater Siena. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: ACC, Army, Big South, Brown, Coaching Changes, Conference USA, East Carolina, Ivy League, Liberty, MAAC, New Orleans, Patriot League, Siena, Sun Belt, Wake Forest

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The Cape Cod Times does an excellent job covering the Cape Cod Baseball League day in and day out. They have been putting out some outstanding features in the recent days that you should check out.

The first article looks at Brewster public address announcer Jim Nowak who has been around the Cape Cod League for the past 46 seasons starting as a bat boy with Chatham in 1963. He even remembers when former Yankee player Thurman Munson was playing in the league. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: ACC, Auburn, Cape Cod League, Conference USA, East Carolina, Kentucky, Miami (FL), SEC

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We have two major coaching changes in college baseball today. The biggest news is former Arizona State recruiting coordinator Josh Holliday will replace Erik Bakich at Vanderbilt. Bakich left last week for the head coaching job at Maryland. This is huge news as Holliday recruited the number 1 class in the country for this past year’s freshman class and has also been with Georgia Tech where he brought in some excellent players like Matt Wieters. The other big coaching change is East Carolina’s recruiting coordinator Link Jarrett moving over to Auburn to fill that position also. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Arizona State, Auburn, Conference USA, East Carolina, Pac 10, SEC, Vanderbilt

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FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE

COCA-COLA PITCHER OF THE WEEK
Eric Cantrell, Bourne RHP

The first Coca-Cola Pitcher of the Week of 2009 hails from Bourne, with Braves pitcher Eric Cantrell securing that honor. Cantrell put on a masterful performance in the Braves’ first win of the year, a 5-1 victory over Wareham, recording eight shutout innings and improving to 1-0 on the season. The overpowered Gatemen mustered only two hits and no walks, while striking out 12 times vs. the 6′4” righty. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Atlantic 10, Cape Cod League, CCBL Players of the Week, Conference USA, East Carolina, George Washington