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FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE

LAWRENCE, Kan. – Kansas baseball head coach Ritch Price released the team’s 2010 schedule Thursday. The Jayhawks’ 56-game ledger includes 25 games at Hoglund Ballpark as well as 30 contests against teams which qualified for the NCAA Tournament last season.

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Tags: 2010 Schedule, Big 12, Kansas

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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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The College Baseball Blog staff recently got together to start discussing the 2010 season. We have each put out our 2010 picks for the College World Series. The most popular selection is Texas showing up on all six ballots with LSU, Cal-State Fullerton, and Virginia showing up on five of them. There are seven different conferences represented and 17 different schools listed. You can check out each writer’s prediction below.

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Tags: 2010 CWS, 2010 Season Preview, ACC, Arizona State, Arkansas, Big 12, Big Ten, Big West, Cal State Fullerton, CBB Column, Clemson, Conference USA, Florida, Florida State, Georgia, Georgia Tech, Kansas, Minnesota, Ole Miss, Pac 10, Rice, SEC, Texas, UC-Irvine, UCLA, UNC, Virginia

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Kendall Rogers continues his series of conference reports heading into Fall Practice with the Big 12. He states that the Big 12 on paper is slightly down from where they have been in the past couple of years but as I always say when the pedal gets to the metal in February we will see how strong the Big 12 actually is.

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Tags: Baylor, Big 12, Fall Ball, Kansas, Kansas State, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Rivals, Texas, Texas AM, Texas Tech

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Jeremy Talbot Steps Down as Assistant Coach

COLLEGE STATION, Texas – Texas A&M assistant baseball coach Jeremy Talbot has left the program to pursue opportunities closer to home, head coach Rob Childress announced Monday.

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Tags: ACC, Arkansas State, Big 12, Bradley, Florida State, Kansas, Mississippi State, Missouri Valley, SEC, Sun Belt, Texas AM

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Here is your News and Notes for College Baseball News from July 23rd.

UCF Leads All Conference USA Baseball Programs in Team GPA

ORLANDO, Fla. (UCFAthletics.com) – Already having set two program academic records in 2008-09, UCF baseball learned that its efforts in the classroom are standing out in Conference USA as well. The Knights ranked first of all C-USA baseball teams with an annual grade-point average of 3.174 to receive the league’s Sports Academic Award.

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Tags: Big 12, Big East, Conference USA, Kansas, Marshall University, Notre Dame, Southern Conference, UAB, UCF, Western Carolina

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FROM USA BASEBALL

(PRINCE GEORGE, British Columbia) – Team USA pitchers surrendered three home runs and German pitcher Tim Henkenjohann pitched 8.2 innings as Team Germany beat the U.S., 6-3, at the 2009 Enbridge Northern Pipeline World Baseball Challenge at Prince George Citizen Field.

USA starter T.J. Walz (Kansas) surrendered a solo home run to Jendrick Speer and a two-run shot to Simon Guerhing in the bottom of the fourth inning as Germany (2-1) went up 3-0 on the U.S.

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Tags: 2009 Team USA, ACC, Arizona State, Big 12, Big East, Kansas, Louisville, Miami (FL), Middle Tennessee, Pac 10, Sun Belt, UCLA

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FROM USA BASEBALL

(TOKYO) – Matt Newman (Arizona State) went 3-5 with four RBI for Team USA, but Japan rode a six-run third inning on its way to a 7-5 victory over the U.S., Monday, in the second game of the 37th Annual USA vs. Japan Collegiate Championship in the Tokyo Dome.

Team USA scored two runs in the first inning on Japanese starting pitcher Yuki Saito. Matt Newman (Arizona State) hit an RBI single to centerfield to score Christian Colon (Cal State Fullerton) from second base and Andy Wilkins singled through the right side to bring in Newman for the early 2-0 lead. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2009 Team USA, ACC, Arizona State, Arkansas, Big 12, Big West, Cal State Fullerton, Conference USA, Japan, Kansas, Miami (FL), Middle Tennessee, Ole Miss, Pac 10, SEC, Southland Conference, Sun Belt, Tulane, UT-Arlington

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I attended this game and Live Blogged about it. You can check out my Chat Recap by clicking here. I will also be writing a large article profiling the USA team in the coming days.

FROM USA BASEBALL
(HOLYOKE, MASS.) – Bryce Brentz’s two RBI hits pushed Team USA (11-0) passed the Holyoke Blue Sox, 5-2, Monday evening at MacKenzie Stadium in front of a lively, record-breaking, pro-Holyoke crowd of 4,811. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2009 Team USA, ACC, Big 12, Big West, Cal State Fullerton, Clemson, Conference USA, Florida State, Horizon League, Kansas, Middle Tennessee, NECBL, SEC, Sun Belt, Tennessee, Texas Tech, Tulane, Wright State

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Tim Dwyer of The University Daily Kansan has a great article on Kansas pitcher T.J. Walz who made the 2009 USA National Team on one of the final days of tryouts. He ended up pitching four innings allowing only a run on two hits during his trial appearance. He has also made an appearance against Canada where he went 4.1 innings while striking out nine batters and allowing only one hit and walk. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2009 Team USA, Big 12, Kansas

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After an impressive 39-win season and a trip to the NCAA Tournament, several current members of the Kansas baseball team continue to open eyes this for various summer leagues and teams across the country.
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Tags: Big 12, California Collegiate league, Kansas, NECBL

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FROM TEAM USA RELEASE

(KANNAPOLIS, N.C.) – Drew Pomeranz (Ole Miss) broke the USA Baseball National Team (Collegiate) record for strikeouts in a game with 17 and pitched six solid innings to lead the National Team to a 15-1 victory at Fieldcrest Cannon Stadium in the opening game of a four-game friendship series against Guatemala. The U.S. improved to 6-0 on its 2009 summer tour with the win. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2009 Team USA, ACC, Arizona State, Arkansas, Big 12, Big East, Big West, Cal State Fullerton, Conference USA, Florida State, Kansas, Louisville, Miami (FL), Ole Miss, Pac 10, Rice, SEC, Tennessee