I regained power at my home this evening around 11:30pm. The full power of this website will return tomorrow morning as I will continue the Top 50 countdown tomorrow morning. I hope noone missed me too much the last few days because I missed talking about College Baseball.

After spending over 72 hours at my place without heat, we decided to ditch the place and go to a family’s place. I currently have some WiFi access where I am at now. I hope to be at my house tomorrow but you never know. I will be posting on occasion until I can get back to my full coverage.

Lost Power

If you have been looking for the CBB Top 50 for today we regret to inform you that our Editor Brian Foley lost power last night due to the major Ice Storm that hit the North East and is still with out power. I am sure it was a cold night for Brian. If you have any questions or concerns you may contact us. Our emails are listed on the right side with our names. Brian, hopes to have his power back sometime this weekend but you never know.
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FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE

Steve Peterson (Courtesy of Middle Tennessee Media Relations)

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. – Middle Tennessee’s head baseball coach Steve Peterson has returned home after open heart surgery last week.

Peterson went home on Saturday and is resting comfortably under his doctor’s care.

“I appreciate all of the thoughts and prayers for me and my family during this time from the Middle Tennessee family and Murfreesboro community,” Peterson said. Read the rest of this entry »

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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The original link is working now.

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.