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Baseball America has put out their incoming 2010 Recruiting Class Rankings which are led by the University of Florida. Stanford comes in at the runner up spot with Arizona State, TCU, and Cal-State Fullerton completing the Top 5.

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Tags: 2010 Recruits, ACC, Arizona State, Baseball America, Big 12, Big Ten, Big West, Cal State Fullerton, Central Florida, Clemson, Conference USA, Florida, Kentucky, Louisville, Miami (FL), Michigan, Mississippi State, Missouri, Mountain West, NC State, Oklahoma, Ole Miss, Oregon, Oregon State, Pac 10, Rice, SEC, Stanford, TCU, Tennessee, Texas, UCLA, UNC, Vanderbilt, Virginia

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FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE

CORAL GABLES, Fla. - Head coach Jim Morris and associate head coach and recruiting coordinator J.D. Arteaga have officially announced the 2009 signing class for the University of Miami baseball team. Ranked as the No. 9 class nationally by Collegiate Baseball Newspaper, the 13-member class features six players who were taken in the 2009 Major League Baseball Draft and a total of 12 players that hail from the state of Florida.

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Tags: 2010 Recruits, ACC, Miami (FL)

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Kendall Rogers of Rivals.com recently put out an article about each ACC program and what to watch for during fall workouts. Some of the stories are Mickey Wiswall having to step up at Boston College, Duke looking to replace Nate Frieman and Alex Hassan, and many others.

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Tags: ACC, Boston College, Clemson, Duke, Fall Ball, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Maryland, Miami (FL), NC State, UNC, Virginia, Virginia Tech, Wake Forest

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The Miami Athletic Department announced today that long-time Hurricane baseball coach Jim Morris has been given a contract extension through the 2015 season. He will be entering his 17th season with the Canes baseball program in the upcoming spring where he has led them to 11 appearances in the College World Series including national championships in 1999 and 2001. This was not an unexpected move as Morris has always had competitive teams in Coral Gables and nothing should change in the upcoming season. You can check out the full press release below.

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Tags: ACC, Miami (FL), New Contract

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FROM USA BASEBALL RELEASE

PRINCE GEORGE, British Columbia — USA starter Drew Pomeranz (Ole Miss) took a no-hitter into the seventh inning and Team USA beat Germany, 8-1, in the championship game at the 2009 Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline World Baseball Challenge at Prince George Citizen Field.

Germany got on the board in the first inning on no hits. Pomeranz (Ole Miss) put two runners on board with a hit batsman and a walk before a sacrifice bunt moved them to second and third. Ludwig Glaser followed with an RBI groundout to second base for the 1-0 lead.

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Tags: 2009 Team USA, ACC, Big 12, Clemson, Conference USA, Florida State, Hawaii, Miami (FL), Middle Tennessee, Ole Miss, Pac 10, Rice, SEC, Sun Belt, Tennessee, Texas Tech, Tulane, UCLA, WAC

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(PRINCE GEORGE, British Columbia) – Andy Wilkins hit an RBI triple in second inning and Gerrit Cole (UCLA) pitched a complete game two-hitter as Team USA beat Canada, 1-0, at the 2009 Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline World Baseball Challenge at Prince George Citizen Field.

Yasmani Grandal (Miami) hit a single to right field with two outs and Wilkins followed with an RBI triple off of the scoreboard in left center to put the U.S. (18-5; 5-1) up 1-0 in the bottom of the second inning.

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Tags: 2009 Team USA, ACC, Big West, Cal State Fullerton, Miami (FL), Pac 10, Team Canada, UCLA

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(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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(PRINCE GEORGE, British Columbia) – Christian Colon (Cal State Fullerton) and Yasmani Grandal (Miami) hit a home run each and Team USA opened the 2009 Enbridge Northern Pipeline World Baseball Challenge with a 5-2 victory over Canada at Citizen Stadium.

Christian Colon (Cal State Fullerton) hit a solo home run over the wall in left field in the first inning to put the U.S. up front early, 1-0.
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Tags: 2009 Team USA, ACC, Big South, Big West, Cal State Fullerton, Coastal Carolina, Conference USA, Hawaii, Horizon League, Miami (FL), Ole Miss, SEC, Team Canada, Tennessee, Tulane, WAC, Wright State

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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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FROM USA BASEBALL

(SENDAI, Japan) – Sonny Gray (Vanderbilt) pitched five and a third innings of scoreless relief and Christian Colon (Cal State Fullerton) hit a three-run home run in the fourth to lead Team USA to an 8-4 victory over Japan in game three of the 37th Annual USA vs. Japan Collegiate Championships.

Team Japan scored three runs in the top of the first inning on USA starter Cody Wheeler (Coastal Carolina). Takahiro Araki hit an RBI triple to score the first run of the game and Masayoshi Kato followed with a two-RBI triple to put Team Japan up 3-0 after the first inning. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2009 Team USA, ACC, Big South, Big West, Cal State Fullerton, Clemson, Coastal Carolina, Florida State, Japan, Miami (FL), SEC, Tennessee, Vanderbilt

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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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(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