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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

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Here is your Cape Cod Baseball League Recap for June 20th.

Orleans defeated Brewster 8-2 with the key hit being a Matt Koch (Loyola Marymount) pinch hit sixth inning grand slam. Box Score

Chatham defeated Harwich 4-3 in eleven innings. Mike Murray (Wake Forest) went 3-5 with 2 RBI including the game winning RBI in the bottom of the eleventh to lead the Anglers to the victory. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: ACC, Big 12, Cape Cod League, Conference USA, East Carolina, Loyola-Marymount, Missouri, Wake Forest, West Coast Conference

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FROM ABCA RELEASE
OMAHA, Neb. – The American Baseball Coaches Association announced the ABCA/Rawlings Sporting Goods All-American teams on Wednesday, June 17.

Among the First Team honorees are six players participating in this year’s College World Series including Arizona State starting pitcher Mike Leake, LSU starting pitcher Louis Coleman, Arizona State catcher Carlos Ramirez, UNC first baseman Dustin Ackley, ASU outfielder Jason Kipnis and Virginia utility player Danny Hultzen. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2009 All-Americans, ABCA, Alabama, Arizona State, Army, Ball State, Boston College, Cal State Fullerton, College of Charleston, Dallas Baptist University, East Carolina, Elon, Florida International, Florida State, Fresno St., George Mason, Georgia, Georgia Tech, Indiana, Kansas, Kansas State, Louisville, Loyola-Marymount, LSU, Manhattan, Miami (FL), Middle Tennessee, Minnesota, Missouri, Missouri State, New Mexico, New Mexico St., Ohio, Ohio State, Oklahoma, Pittsburgh, Sacramento St., San Diego State, Stetson, Texas, Texas State, Towson, UC-Irvine, UNC, Virginia, Western Kentucky

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CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – Mike Fox just couldn’t help himself.

Moments after North Carolina defeated East Carolina 9-3 to clinch a fourth straight College World Series trip, the 53-year-old coach ran to his wife’s front-row seat and climbed up the protective net in front of the stands to give her a celebratory kiss.

“I tried to enjoy this win more than I ever have here, just to kind of let loose,” Fox said. “I want to be respectful of the other team and not act like a kid, but I felt like a kid today when it was over. You can’t ever take this for granted.” Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2009 Chapel Hill Regional, 2009 NCAA Tourney, ACC, Conference USA, East Carolina, UNC

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CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – Mike Fox walked to the mound in the ninth inning to pull starter Alex White after a terrific performance from North Carolina’s ace. He just wasn’t quite prepared for White’s reaction.

“Thanks,” White told him. “I really needed this.” Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2009 Chapel Hill Super Regional, 2009 NCAA Tourney, ACC, Conference USA, East Carolina, UNC

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One of the most intriguing Super Regionals takes place between Conference USA member East Carolina and ACC member North Carolina. East Carolina enters with a 46-18 record while North Carolina has a 45-16 record. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2009 Chapel Hill Super Regional, 2009 NCAA Tourney, ACC, CBB Column, Conference USA, East Carolina, UNC

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GREENVILLE, North Carolina- With his team trailing 9-6 in the bottom of the ninth, Devin Harris hit a three-run home run to tie the contest before also delivering the game-winning single in the bottom of the 10th, lifting top-seeded East Carolina to a 10-9 victory over No. 2 seed South Carolina in the Greenville Regional Championship Game Monday evening. A crowd of 5,047 witnessed the contest at Lewis Field inside Clark-LeClair Stadium, representing the fourth-largest single-game attendance in facility and program history. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2009 Greenville Regional, 2009 NCAA Tourney, Conference USA, East Carolina, SEC, South Carolina

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We see six regional finals taking place tonight to decide who makes the trip to the Super Regional round. We have found Free Live Video links to four of the six games with the Clemson and Oklahoma State matchup shown on CSS. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Big 12, Big East, Conference USA, East Carolina, Kansas State, Louisville, Ole Miss, Rice, SEC, South Carolina, Vanderbilt, Webcasts, Western Kentucky

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East Carolina won two games Sunday to force a Monday game in its regional at Clark-LeClair Stadium in Greenville, N.C.

The Pirates dispatched Binghamton, 16-9, in an elimination, game, then withstood a late rally from South Carolina in Sunday’s second game for an 8-6 victory.

The winner-take-all final for the right to play North Carolina in the Super Regionals begins at 6 p.m. Monday. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2009 Greenville Regional, 2009 NCAA Tourney, America East, Binghamton, Conference USA, East Carolina, SEC, South Carolina

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South Carolina moved into the championship round of the Greenville Regional with a 12-2 win over host East Carolina Saturday night at Clark-LeClair Stadium.

The Pirates, who beat Binghamton earlier Saturday, 11-7, in a first-round game postponed from Friday, meet Binghamton again at 2 p.m. Sunday, with the winner advancing to face the Gamecocks at 6 p.m. USC can advance to the Super Regionals with a win either Sunday or Monday night. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2009 NCAA Tourney, America East, Binghamton, CAA, Conference USA, East Carolina, George Mason, SEC, South Carolina