FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE

Trey Hillman highlights 2009 Convention

UNCASVILLE, CT – Kansas City Royals Manager Trey Hillman, Boston Red Sox Pitching Coach John Farrell and Trinity College National Champion Collegiate Coach Bill Decker are three of the nearly 30 featured presenters at the 2009 Mohegan Sun World Baseball & Softball Coaches’ Convention. Read the rest of this entry »

NCAA

Then the Contact Period starts back up again and runs from the September 12th all the way through November 9th. Starting on November 10 is the Dead Period(not permissible to make in-person recruiting contacts or evaluations on- or off-campus or permit official or unofficial visits.) This coincide with The Early Signing Period for College Baseball. The early signing period will be from the 12th of November to the 19th of November.

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The Peninsula Clarion has a great feature on Dennis Machado who serves as the Peninsula Oilers pitching coach. Click here for the article.

The New Haven Register has an article about the decline of American Legion baseball over the last 20 years. Click here for the article. Read the rest of this entry »

I was shocked to find out that Deadspin.com had linked to some college baseball articles on Monday. The first one revolves around Buzz Bissinger who went to the CWS in Omaha a few weeks ago. He was having a pleasant experience before having a run in with security which left him bloodied and in a heated argument. Read the rest of this entry »

The Daily Herald out of Everett Washington has put out a very good article about college players adjusting to the wood bats in the lower levels of the minor leagues. They talk with Aaron Cunningham who played for Everett Community College and has become one of the top prospects for the Oakland A’s. The Everett Community College baseball program plays in the Northwest Athletic Association of Community Colleges which is a all-wood bat conference. Read the rest of this entry »

FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE

The NCAA baseball committee sat down and discuss some changes to some rules to help speed up the game and for safety purposes.

• enforcing time limits (a pitch must be delivered within 20 seconds with no runners on base)

• the batter’s box rule (the batter must generally keep one foot in the box during an at-bat)
• handling of conferences (defensive and offensive)

• speeding the time between innings and during pitching changes were areas the committee identified as areas of possible improvement

• This season, all base coaches are required to wear a helmet when coaching the bases.

• The committee also believes that, in some cases, fields are not being lined properly before play begins.

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FROM PRESS RELEASE
HILLSBORO, OR—May 22, 2008— Building off of a 2007 season that saw DeMarini and Wilson sponsored teams winning the Division I, II and III championships, the “Uprising” is again poised for a trifecta. Five out of the eight Division II teams and one of the eight Division III teams remaining are equipped with DeMarini and Wilson products. Read the rest of this entry »

One of our loyal readers sent us this great video from the 2008 Division 3 South Regional Game between Lynchburg College and Christopher Newport University.

ORLANDO, FL – APRIL 18TH, 2008 – The University of Central Florida (UCF) Knights are going after the top team in their conference, and one of the top teams in the nation. They’ll have three chances to knock the Rice Owls off their perch atop the Conference USA standings and they’ll be swinging DeMarini bats to do so. Read the rest of this entry »