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Baseball America recently put out their Top 25 College Baseball and High School Prospects for the 2010 MLB Draft. The college rankings are led by Bryce Harper who has received national attention for skipping his final two years of high school to play college baseball with Community College of Southern Nevada. The rest of the top five is Anthony Ranaudo from LSU, Deck McGuire from Ga Tech, Levon Washington from Chipola JC, and Chris Sale from Florida Gulf Coast. The rest of the top 25 is available below.

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Tags: 2010 Top Players, ACC, Arkansas, Atlantic Sun, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Big West, Cal State Fullerton, CC of Southern Nevada, Chipola (Fla), Conference USA, Florida Gulf Coast, Georgia, Georgia Tech, Jacksonville State, Kentucky, LSU, Middle Tennessee, MLB Draft, NJCAA, Ohio State, Ohio Valley Conference, Ole Miss, Rice, SEC, South Carolina, Sun Belt, Tennessee, Texas, Texas Tech, UC-Riverside, University of San Diego, Virginia, Virginia Tech, West Coast Conference, West Virginia

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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

YARMOUTH, Mass.– Red Sox hurler Chris Sale (Florida Gulf Coast) sailed to the top of the list of pitchers this season earning him the BFC Outstanding Pitcher Award for the 2009 Cape Cod Baseball League Season. Sale was received the award after the first game in Round 2 of the playoffs at Red Wilson Field.

“It’s exciting,” said Sale. “I never really checked my stats during the year. I didn’t really know how I was holding up to the rest of the pack as far ERA, strikeouts, and what not but it was very surprising and very gratifying.”    

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Tags: Atlantic Sun, Cape Cod League, Florida Gulf Coast

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Here is your recap of action in the Cape Cod Baseball League for July 9th.

Chatham defeated Brewster 5-3 behind five one-hit innings from Logan Varrett (Baylor). Box Score

Yarmouth-Dennis knocked off Cotuit 9-1. Josh Rutledge (Alabama) led the offense by going 3-4 with an RBI and Chris Sale (Florida Gulf Coast) picked up the win by going six scoreless innings. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Alabama, Atlantic Sun, Baylor, Big 12, Big Ten, Cape Cod League, Florida Gulf Coast, Minnesota, Missouri Valley, SEC, Wichita State

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Chris Sale of Florida Gulf Coast has impressed during his first two starts for Yarmouth-Dennis this summer. Sale served mostly as a reliever this past season as 20 out of his 21 appearances came out of the pen. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Atlantic Sun, Cape Cod League, Florida Gulf Coast

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Here is your ACC Recap for April 22nd.

#24 East Carolina 4 #1 UNC 0

GREENVILLE, N.C. – Freshman Kevin Brandt fanned a career-high 10 batters and extended his current scoreless streak to 20 2/3 innings as No. 24 East Carolina (30-12) picked up a 4-0 win over No. 1 North Carolina (32-11) Wednesday night at Lewis Field inside Clark-LeClair Stadium. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: ACC, ACC Recap, Atlantic Sun, Big East, Big South, Boston College, CAA, Clemson, Conference USA, Duke, East Carolina, Elon, Florida Gulf Coast, Florida State, George Mason, Georgetown, Georgia Tech, Harvard, Ivy League, Liberty, Maryland, Miami (FL), SEC, South Carolina, Southern Conference, UNC, UNC-Asheville, Virginia, Virginia Tech, Western Carolina

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Here is your ACC Recap for March 25th

#2 Miami (FL) 13 Florida Atlantic 6

BOCA RATON, Fla. – Four Hurricanes drove in multiple runs – including three RBI from both Vickash Ramjit and Jason Hagerty – and Jason Santana improved to 4-0 on the season as the second-ranked University of Miami baseball team picked up a convincing 13-6 win over FAU Wednesday night at FAU Stadium. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: ACC, ACC Recap, America East, Atlantic 10, Atlantic Sun, Big South, Boston College, CAA, Charlotte, FAU, Florida Gulf Coast, Florida State, Georgia, Georgia Tech, Holy Cross, Liberty, Maryland, Miami (FL), NC State, Patriot League, SEC, Sun Belt, Towson, UMBC, UNC, VCU, Virginia, Virginia Tech, Wake Forest, Winthrop

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Here is your ACC Recap for March 24th.

Ohio State 7 #2 Miami (FL) 1

CORAL GABLES, Fla. – A trio of Ohio State pitchers, led by starter and winner Alex Wimmers (now 5-0), one-hit the No. 2 Miami Hurricanes and the Buckeye bats did more than enough to secure a 7-1 victory Tuesday before 1,755 fans at Alex Rodriguez Park. Ohio State, ranked 16th in the Collegiate Baseball poll, improves to 18-3 with the win while Miami, No. 2 in the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association poll, falls to 18-5. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: ACC, ACC Recap, Alabama AM, America East, Atlantic Sun, Boston College, CAA, Clemson, Davidson, Elon, Florida Gulf Coast, Florida State, George Mason, Georgia State, Georgia Tech, Hartford, Maryland, Miami (FL), NC State, Ohio State, Southern Conference, SWAC, Towson, UNC, UNC-Greensboro, UNC-Wilmington, USC-Upstate, Virginia, Virginia Tech, Wake Forest

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Here is your ACC Recap for March 4th

North Carolina 10 Gardner-Webb 3

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – Mark Fleury connected on a grand slam and drove in a career-best five runs, and right-hander Bryant Gaines earned his first career win in No. 2 North Carolina’s 10-3 victory over Gardner-Webb Wednesday at Boshamer Stadium. The Tar Heels improved to 8-1 with their fifth straight win, while the Bulldogs dropped to 3-4. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: ACC, ACC Recap, Akron, Atlantic 10, Atlantic Sun, Big East, Big South, Boston College, CAA, Clemson, Duke, Florida Gulf Coast, Florida State, Gardner-Webb, George Washington, MAC, NC State, North Florida, Southern Conference, UNC, UNC-Asheville, UNC-Greensboro, UNC-Wilmington, Villanova, Virginia, Wake Forest

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The ACC had a tough day on March 3rd with only one victory with Boston College edging Florida Gulf Coast. The rest of the conference struggled highlighted by Miami (FL) being shutout 3-0 by Rhode Island and Jacksonville knocking off Florida State 9-4. The rest of the games on March 3rd were canceled due to the large snowstorm which still is wrecking havoc with many college baseball fields in the southern part of this country. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: ACC, ACC Recap, Atlantic 10, Atlantic Sun, Boston College, Clemson, Florida Gulf Coast, Florida State, Furman, Jacksonville, Miami (FL), Rhode Island, Southern Conference

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FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE
MACON, Ga. – In each of its first three years in the Atlantic Sun, Kennesaw State has improved its standing and on the heels of its runner-up finish in 2008, the A-Sun coaches have installed the Owls as the preseason favorite, the conference office announced on Thursday.

Led by the Preseason Pitcher of the Year, Kyle Heckathorn, the Owls received six of the 11 first-place votes outdistancing themselves from a bunched pack of Lipscomb, the 2008 conference champion, FGCU, the 2008 regular-season champion and Stetson. Lipscomb earned three first-place votes, FGCU and Jacksonville, slotted fifth, split the remaining two votes. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2009 Preseason Conference Poll, Atlantic Sun, Belmont, Campbell, East Tennessee State, Florida Gulf Coast, Jacksonville, Kennesaw State, Lipscomb, Mercer, North Florida, Stetson, USC-Upstate

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I will check in throughout the year with some thoughts on issues or stories that have caught my attention over the last few days. We check in today on a Midnight Baseball game at Florida Gulf Coast, the best conference in the nation, and the facilities of FSU and Florida. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: ACC, Atlantic Sun, CBB Column, Florida, Florida Gulf Coast, Florida State, Pac 10, Rivals, SEC