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The CBB continues our countdown for the 2010 College Baseball season by checking in on the Top 100 Players in the country. We will be providing one player per day until we reach number 1.

We continue the list today with number 93 in our countdown with Missouri State junior LHP Aaron Meade. He is a 6’2 175 pound left-handed pitcher out of Rockhurst High School and Kansas City, Missouri. His senior season saw him go 4-2 with a 2.25 ERA and win Rockhurst High School’s Pitcher of the Year award.

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Tags: 2010 Top Players, Cape Cod League, CBB 2010 Top 100 Players, CBB Column, MINK League, Missouri State, Missouri Valley

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FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE

The 2010 Missouri State baseball schedule has been completed and includes a total of 55 games as the Bears move into their seventh season at Hammons Field. The schedule features 25 home dates and 30 road games, 22 games against teams that qualified for the 2009 NCAA Tournament and four versus 2009 College World Series participants.

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Tags: 2010 Schedules, Missouri State, Missouri Valley

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The Cape Cod Baseball League has put out their 2009 All-Cape League team. It is led by CCBL MVP Kyle Roller from East Carolina and CCBL Top Pitcher Chris Sale from Florida Gulf Coast. The infield features first baseman Mickey Wiswall (Boston College), second baseman Pierre LePage (Uconn), shortstop B.A. Vollmuth (Southern Miss) and third baseman Jedd Gyorko (West Virginia). The two ultility infielders are Zach Cox (Arkansas) and Nick Crawford (UAB). The outfield is led by Todd Cunningham (Jacksonville State). The other four members of the All-League outfield are Gary Brown (CS-Fullerton), Austin Wates (Virginia Tech), Brian Fletcher (Auburn), and George Springer (UConn). The catchers are Mike Murray (Wake Forest) and Cody Stanley (UNC-Wilmington). Ryan Cuneo (Delaware) joins Roller as the All-League Designated Hitters.

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Tags: 2009 Top Players, 2010 Top Players, ACC, Arkansas, Atlantic Sun, Auburn, Big East, Big Ten, Big West, Boston College, CAA, Cal State Fullerton, Cape Cod League, Conference USA, Delaware, Duke, East Carolina, Florida Gulf Coast, Jacksonville State, Michigan, Missouri State, Missouri Valley, NC State, Ohio Valley Conference, Pac 10, SEC, Southern Miss, Tulane, UAB, UCLA, UConn, UNC-Wilmington, University of San Diego, Vanderbilt, Virginia, Virginia Tech, Wake Forest, Walter State, West Coast Conference, West Virginia

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FROM CCBL NEWS SOURCE

COCA COLA PITCHER OF THE WEEK 

Aaron Meade, Harwich LHP

The final Coca-Cola Pitcher of the Week of the 2009 Cape Cod Baseball League regular season is Harwich starter Aaron Meade (Missouri State). Meade won his only start of the week, a seven-inning gem against Chatham. Meade did not allow a run and struck out five over the course of the performance, while scattering only four hits.    

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Tags: Cape Cod League, LSU, Missouri State, Missouri Valley, SEC

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The Okotoks Dawgs swept their series against the Moose Jaw Miller Express, 2-1, 10-5, and 5-4. Jeff Duda (Campbellsville) pitched a four-hit complete game in the first game, struck out 11. The Dawgs trailed 1-0 going into the seventh inning, but they tied it in the seventh on a sacrifice fly by Mac Sullivan (USC), and won it on the eighth on an RBI double by Jeremy Shelby (Grambling State). In the third game, Manny Kumar (Grambling State) scored the winning run on a passed ball. The Dawgs will play the Medicine Hat Mavericks in the semifinal playoff round; the series starts Thursday, August 6 at Okotoks.

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Tags: British Columbia, Cal State Stanislaus, Cal-State Northridge, Campbellsville, Grambling State, Houston-Victoria, Missouri State, Oregon, USC, Wayne State

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Here is your Cape Cod Baseball League Recap for June 30th. I will try to get this up every morning but recently I have not seen the box scores until it was too late. I will try my best the rest of the season as some of the bigger names have started to show up. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: ACC, Arizona State, Big West, Cal State Fullerton, Cape Cod League, Long Beach State, Missouri State, Missouri Valley, New Orleans, Oregon State, Pac 10, Sun Belt, UC-Santa Barbara, UNC

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FROM ABCA RELEASE
OMAHA, Neb. – The American Baseball Coaches Association announced the ABCA/Rawlings Sporting Goods All-American teams on Wednesday, June 17.

Among the First Team honorees are six players participating in this year’s College World Series including Arizona State starting pitcher Mike Leake, LSU starting pitcher Louis Coleman, Arizona State catcher Carlos Ramirez, UNC first baseman Dustin Ackley, ASU outfielder Jason Kipnis and Virginia utility player Danny Hultzen. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2009 All-Americans, ABCA, Alabama, Arizona State, Army, Ball State, Boston College, Cal State Fullerton, College of Charleston, Dallas Baptist University, East Carolina, Elon, Florida International, Florida State, Fresno St., George Mason, Georgia, Georgia Tech, Indiana, Kansas, Kansas State, Louisville, Loyola-Marymount, LSU, Manhattan, Miami (FL), Middle Tennessee, Minnesota, Missouri, Missouri State, New Mexico, New Mexico St., Ohio, Ohio State, Oklahoma, Pittsburgh, Sacramento St., San Diego State, Stetson, Texas, Texas State, Towson, UC-Irvine, UNC, Virginia, Western Kentucky

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The College Baseball Blog would like to announce that Brayden Drake of Missouri State as our Player of the Week while Stephen Strasburg of San Diego State as our Pitcher of the Week. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: CBB Column, CBB Players of the Week, Missouri State, Missouri Valley, Mountain West, San Diego State

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FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE
State Farm Missouri Valley Conference Player of the Week:
Brayden Drake, Missouri State, 3B, Sr., Webb City, Mo. (Webb City)

Senior Brayden Drake extended his school record hitting streak to 29 games after hitting .611 with three home runs and 14 RBIs in five Missouri State victories. Drake added two doubles for a 1.222 slugging percentage, reached base two-thirds of the time and scored seven runs. He had multiple RBIs in all five games and at least two hits in four contests. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Missouri State, Missouri Valley, Missouri Valley Players of the Week, Wichita State

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Houston 3 vs #3 Texas A&M 5

Missouri 5 at #6 Arizona State 2

Missouri concluded its nine-game road trip to open the 2009 season by picking up a 5-2 win over Arizona State on Sunday in Tempe, Ariz. The win snaps a seven-game losing streak for the Tigers.

The game was called after eight innings due to travel arrangements. A three-hour time limit was placed on the game prior to first pitch.
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Tags: Arizona State, Baylor, Big 12, Big West, Cal-State Northridge, Conference USA, Houston, Kansas State, Missouri, Missouri State, Missouri Valley, Moutain West, Nebraska, Pac 10, Rice, San Diego State, Texas AM, Texas Tech

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#3 Texas A&M 9 vs #14 UC Irvine 2
Luke Anders homered and drove in four runs and Brooks Raley tossed a strong six innings to lead No. 1 Texas A&M to a 9-2 win over No. 5 UC Irvine Friday afternoon in the first game of the Houston College Classic at Minute Maid Park.
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Tags: Baylor, Big 12, Big Ten, Big West, Cal-State Northridge, College of Charleston, Conference USA, East Carolina, Houston, Kansas State, Missouri, Missouri State, Missouri Valley, Nebraska, Nevada, Oklahoma State, Oregon, Pac 10, Penn State, Southern Conference, Texas, Texas AM, UC-Irvine, WAC

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FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE
ST. LOUIS – Missouri State, which returns a dominating veteran pitching staff and solid depth from last year’s Missouri Valley Conference runner-up squad, has been tabbed as the league favorite in the annual coaches’ preseason poll, receiving eight of nine first place votes.

The Bears tallied 80 points and were a sound favorite over second-place pick Creighton (66 points). 2008 champion Wichita State, who secured the remaining first-place vote and 63 points overall, was picked to finish in the third position. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2009 Preseason Conference Poll, Bradley, Creighton, Evansville, Illinois State, Indiana State, Missouri State, Missouri Valley, Northern Iowa, Southern Illinois, Wichita State