Due to a mixup by the Boston Red Sox, the ACC Baseball tourney has been removed from Fenway Park after a scheduling mixup between the Boston Red Sox and the Fenway Sports Group. The reason behind this is the fact that the Boston Red Sox gave the wrong dates to Major League Baseball and have scheduled games for that weekend. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: ACC, ACC Tournament, Boston College, Clemson, Duke, FSU, GT, Maryland, Miami (FL), NC State, UNC, Virginia, Virginia Tech, Wake Forest

By: Tom Popadak Editor of Canespace.com
After a dominating 2008 season that saw the #1 ranked University of Miami baseball team win their first ACC title, the Hurricanes went home disappointed from the College World Series after being eliminated by the Stanford Cardinal. Miami’s bats went cold at the wrong time and their stellar pitching faltered leaving the Canes to trudge home from Omaha a tired and tattered team. Ironically, it was the baseball team and not the more recognized and popular Miami football team that won the Canes first ever ACC title in any sport since joining the conference. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: ACC, Coaching Changes, Miami (FL)

FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE

Veteran assistant will work with outfielders and hitters in addition to coaching first base

University of Miami head baseball coach Jim Morris has announced the addition of Rey Fuentes to the coaching staff for the 2009 season. Fuentes, a former player and assistant coach at Barry University, will work with outfielders and hitters in addition to coaching first base for the Hurricanes.

Fuentes has a long baseball history in South Florida, attending Coral Park High School in Miami before 10 years in the Barry program - four as a player and six as an assistant coach.

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Tags: ACC, Miami (FL)

I was recently asked by Canespace to write a guest post on the University of Miami baseball program. I wrote about how some of the top returning players are fairing in the Cape Cod Baseball League and on Team USA. You can check out the full article by clicking here.

Tags: ACC, Cape Cod League, Miami (FL), Team USA

FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE
LUBBOCK, Texas — From Sun Devils to Longhorns, the greats of college baseball came together Thursday during the third annual induction for the National College Baseball Hall of Fame.

“The College Baseball Foundation is proud to recognize the members of this year’s Hall of Fame class,” said Mike Gustafson, Hall of Fame co-chair and College Baseball Foundation board member. “This is an exceptional class dominated by some of the best pitchers in the history of college baseball.” Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: ACC, Arizona State, Big 12, College Baseball Foundation, College Baseball Hall of Fame, FSU, LSU, Miami (FL), New Mexico St., Oklahoma State, Pac 10, SEC, Texas, WAC

Aaron Fitt of Baseball America has put out his predictions for the 2009 College World Series. He expects two teams from the ACC in Miami (FL) and North Carolina to make it back to Omaha after strong 2008 campaigns. He has three teams from the West Coast to make it to the College World Series in Cal-State Fullerton, Oregon State, and the University of San Diego. Aaron expects Big 12 rivals Texas and Texas A&M to make it back to the big stage after subpar 2008 campaigns. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2009 CWS, 2009 NCAA Tourney, ACC, Auburn, Big 12, Big West, Cal State Fullerton, Conference USA, LSU, Miami (FL), Oregon State, Pac 10, Rice, Texas, Texas AM, UNC, University of San Diego, Vanderbilt, West Coast Conference

FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE
OMAHA, Neb. – After allowing two hits to the first two hitters of the game, Stanford pitchers did not allow another hit until the sixth inning and the Cardinal picked up an 8-3 victory over Miami (Fla.) in an elimination game Tuesday at the Men’s College World Series.

Stanford (41-23-2) advances to play Georgia Friday at 1 p.m. The Miami season ends at 53-11 and marks the ninth-straight year that the top overall national seed will not win the national championship. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2008 College World Series, 2008 NCAA Tourney, ACC, Miami (FL), Pac 10, Stanford

Here is your recap of Day 3 in the College World Series. We saw in the losers bracket where the Miami (FL) Hurricanes beating FSU 7-5 eliminating the Noles from the tournament. In the winner’s bracket matchup, Georgia knocked off Stanford 4-3 behind a two run seventh inning to give the Bulldogs the lead for good. Stanford and Miami will face off on Wednesday at 7 pm EDT.

Miami FL 7 FSU 5 Recap
Georgia 4 Stanford 3 Recap

Tags: 2008 College World Series, 2008 NCAA Tourney, ACC, FSU, Georgia, Miami (FL), Pac 10, SEC, Stanford

The Florida State Seminoles lost today to the University of Miami (FL) 7-5 to end the FSU season without a National Title. Earlier this season, FSU and Miami (FL) had a bench clearing incident at the end of the ACC series. The incident started when the Seminoles showed poor sportsmanship by not coming out at the end of the game which caused a reaction from the UM players to get the FSU players out. (Full Article about incident available here.) Today, both teams came out of the dugout with the FSU players and UM players shaking hands without incident. Miami (FL) head coach Jim Morris and his assistants were standing at home plate waiting for Mike Martin Sr and his staff to come out of the dugout but it never happened. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2008 College World Series, 2008 NCAA Tourney, ACC, CBB Column, FSU, Miami (FL), Mike Martin

FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE
Jemile Weeks hit his second home run of the College World Series, closer Carlos Gutierrez worked out of a bases-loaded situation in the ninth inning and Miami held off Florida State 7-5 in a Bracket 1 elimination game on Monday.

The Seminoles banged out 18 hits - four by national player of the year Buster Posey - but they left 17 runners on base to set a CWS record for a nine-inning game. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2008 College World Series, 2008 NCAA Tourney, ACC, FSU, Miami (FL)

Georgia used a four run ninth inning to rally past the top overall seed in the College World Series 7-4 on Saturday. Miami headed into the top of the ninth with a 4-3 lead over 8-seed Georgia but two errors by Miami closer Carlos Gutierrez allowed the Bulldogs to score the upset over the Hurricanes.

Miami got on the board first in the bottomof the first inning on a solo home run by Jemile Weeks. Georgia tied the game in the top of the third inning on a single by Ryan Peisel but Miami came right back and retook the lead on a two run homer by Ryan Tekotte.

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Tags: 2008 College World Series, 2008 NCAA Tourney, ACC, Georgia, Miami (FL), SEC

The Miami (FL) Hurricanes will be making their 23rd College World Series appearance and 11th under head coach Jim Morris. The Hurricanes enter Omaha with a 52-9 overall record after taking the final two games of the Super Regional against the Arizona Wildcats (6-3 L, 14-10 W, 4-2 W). The Hurricanes swept through the Coral Gables Regional with victories over Bethune Cookman (7-4), Missouri (6-5), and Ole Miss (11-2). Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2008 College World Series, 2008 NCAA Tourney, ACC, Miami (FL)

Lubbock, Texas - As eight teams load up and head to Omaha to continue the quest for the College Baseball National Championship, eight players are named as semi-finalists for the Brooks Wallace National Player of Year Award. College baseball has produced a fine class of young men to represent the “Wallace Watch” from the pre-season release to where it stands today.
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Tags: ACC, Arizona State, Big 12, Brooks Wallace Award, FSU, Georgia, Kentucky, Miami (FL), Missouri, National Awards, National Player of the Year, Pac 10, SEC, UNC, University of San Diego, West Coast Conference

FROM NCBWA RELEASE

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. - Georgia Tech shortstop Derek Dietrich and Miami left-handed starting pitcher Chris Hernandez have been named the inaugural Pro-Line Athletic National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association’s Freshman Hitter and Pitcher of the Year recipients, as announced by the organization today. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: ACC, GT, Miami (FL), National Awards, National Player of the Year, NCBWA

FROM CBB NEWS SOURCES

Miami (FL) 4 Arizona 2

CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) - Yonder Alonso homered and Enrique Garcia pitched six effective innings as Miami defeated Arizona 4-2 and won their Super Regional Series Sunday night.

Miami’s three first inning runs stood as the Hurricanes (52-9) won the series two games to one and advanced to their 23rd College World Series in Omaha, Neb. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2008 Coral Gables Super Regional, 2008 NCAA Tourney, ACC, Arizona, Miami (FL), Pac 10