Coach Ed Flaherty has become a regional legend and an NACB Hall of Famer in his 22 years as Head Coach of Southern Maine.  With a career record of 689 and 301 (.695 winning percentage), Coach Flaherty figures to cross into rarefied air with the potential to win his 700th game for the Huskies in 2009.  The Huskies will also be going for their third national DIII title in 2009 after falling short in the Northeast Regional against the Trinity (CT) juggernaut this past spring.  Coach Flaherty graduated from Maine, where he played baseball.  He was inducted into the University of Maine Hall of Fame in 1992, the State of Maine Baseball Hall of Fame in 1993 and the National Association of Baseball Coaches Hall of Fame in 2005.

We at TCBB would like to thank Coach Flaherty for taking the time to talk with us and wish him the best of luck in the upcoming season.
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Tags: CBB Column, Coaching Clinics, Division 3, Interviews with Coaches, Maine, SEC, Southern Maine, Trinity College, Vanderbilt

The grievance filed by the MLBPA on behalf of Pedro Alvarez will have their case heard today. The case revolves around the validity of his contract which Alvarez’s camp says came after the midnight deadline on August 15th and the Pirates say is a valid contract. Jeff Passan of Yahoo Sports says: Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2008 Top Players, MLB, MLB Draft, SEC, Vanderbilt

FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE

Bowling Green opens Fall Practice

Though February and the start of the college baseball season is still months away, the Bowling Green State University baseball team and head coach Danny Schmitz began the preparations for defending the Mid-American Conference Regular-Season title on Monday when they opened up fall workouts. Coach Schmitz, now entering his 19th season at the helm of the Brown and Orange, welcomed 33 players to camp, including 23 players that saw playing time in 2008, two redshirts, two walk-ons and six newcomers.
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Tags: Arkansas, Big 12, Big East, Bowling Green, MAC, New Facility, Norte Dame, Oklahoma, SEC

FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE

Former University of Memphis pitcher Brandon Rowan has joined the Pitt baseball coaching staff announced head coach Joe Jordano. Rowan, who most recently held the head coaching position at Crichton College in Memphis, Tenn., joins the Panthers’ staff as a volunteer assistant coach.

“I am very pleased to have a coach of Brandon Rowan’s character and experience join our staff,” said head coach Jordano.

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Tags: Auburn, Big East, Big West, Coaching Changes, Holy Cross, Long Beach State, Ohio Valley Conference, Pac 10, Patriot League, Pittsburgh, Samford, SEC, UC-Davis, Washington

The University of Oklahoma baseball team reported for the first team practice of the fall semester on Thursday, Sept. 4.

The Sooners return seven position starters and 18 letterwinners overall from the 2008 team that advanced to the Tempe Regional Finals before falling to then-No. 4 Arizona State. Among those starters are Aaron Baker, Matt Harughty, Bryant Hernandez, Casey Johnson, Jamie Johnson, Tyson Seng and J.T. Wise.
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Tags: Auburn, Big 12, Jackson State, Oklahoma, Pac 10, SEC, Stanford, SWAC

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Columbia, S.C. - The South Carolina baseball team had its first look from the field at the new baseball stadium that will debut for the 2009 season. The team held skill work out at the new site on Tuesday afternoon (September 2).

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Tags: New Facility, SEC, South Carolina

The Pittsburgh Post Gazette checks in with an article about Pedro Alvarez and his options for the next season if his contract is voided. Dejean Kovacevic was able to talk with Vanderbilt head coach Tim Corbin to discuss the possibility that Pedro would return to campus. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2008 Top Players, Big 12, Missouri, MLB Draft, SEC, Vanderbilt

FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE

16 Baseball Newcomers Complete First Week

The Tennessee baseball team welcomed 16 newcomers to campus recently, and that talented crop of new Volunteers just completed its first week of classes at UT. Included among the fresh faces are five junior-college transfers and 11 true freshmen.

The group is composed of five infielders, eight pitchers, one outfielder and a pair of two-way players. Seven hail from the state of Tennessee (with three from Knoxville), three are from Georgia and there is one each from Florida, Kentucky, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina and Ohio.

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Tags: Big West, SEC, Tennessee, UC-Santa Barbara

Assistant Editor Mark Rafferty sent me a link to a Fanhouse post about the Pedro Alvarez situation. Alvarez is currently refusing to take a physical or take part in a press conference under the advice of his agent Scott Boras.

Boras is stating that the contract signed by Pedro is void because it came after the midnight deadline on August 15th. Boras did not raise any issues when he negotiated the contract, but since has gotten the MLBPA on his side. They have filed a grievance on behalf of Mr. Alvarez claiming that the contract was signed after the deadline thus making it illegal. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2008 Top Players, CBB Column, MLB, MLB Draft, SEC, Vanderbilt

We have come across nine schedules for Wednesday from across the Internet. The full list is available after the jump. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2009 Schedules, Atlantic Sun, Brown, Butler, Central Arkansas, Horizon League, Ivy League, MAC, Miami (OH), Pac 10, SEC, South Dakota State, Southland Conference, Stetson, Summit League, Sun Belt, Tennessee, Troy, USC

As a part of the US$2.5 Billion, 15-year all-sports television package announced today, ESPN and the Southeastern Conference announced that college baseball will become a regular feature on the world’s largest and most influential sports network.  The official press release gave some pause, as only the SEC tournament appears to be guaranteed air time.  Additionally, at least 3 softball or baseball games will air on the main channels (ESPN and ESPN2); however, Kendall Rogers of Rivals.com has revealed that it is intended that ESPNU will air several regular season games.  All SEC tournament games will appear on the network. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: ESPN, Rivals, SEC, SEC Tourney, Vanderbilt

The CBB has come across the 2009 College Baseball season for the University Of Arkansas on Hognation.net. The Hogs will kick off the 2009 campaign with a home series against the Washington State Huskies on February the 20th. The Hogs will follow that up with a mid week contest against the Kansas Jayhawks on Tuesday the 24th and Wednesday the 25th with both of those games in the afternoon. Arkansas closes out its weekend non conference series with a series against California on the March 6th-8th.

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Tags: 2009 Schedules, Arkansas, SEC

FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE
John Pawlowski’s first schedule at Auburn will have many recognizable names on it and will provide a challenge for his first team at Auburn, beginning with a three-game set against Elon to start the season on Friday, Feb. 20 at Plainsman Park.

“We open up with Elon, a team that I am very familiar with and then we’ve got a home-and-home with Florida State in the first two weekends of play,” Pawlowski said. “The schedule is a tough. If you compare all conferences, the SEC is as tough as it’s going to get. We need to be playing our best baseball at the right time, and that is towards the end of the year. Our team has to get better from Day One all the way through the season and this schedule provides us that opportunity.” Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2009 Schedules, Auburn, SEC

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Fighting Illini Wrap Up Successful Summer

A number of Fighting Illini finished their summer seasons with great success in recent weeks, as Casey McMurray’s Santa Barbara Foresters won the National Baseball Congress World Series, Joe Bonadonna and Brandon Wikoff finished second in the Northwoods League playoffs with the Madison Mallards and Nick Stockwell led the Lombard Orioles to a second-place finish at the Stan Musial World Series. FULL STORY

Fecteau Comes To Upstate As Volunteer Assistant Baseball Coach

USC Upstate head baseball coach Matt Fincher has announced the hiring of Ryan Fecteau, a former pitching coach at Southern Utah and a head coach in the summer collegiate Valley League, as a volunteer assistant coach. FULL STORY

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Tags: 2010 Recruits, Big East, Big Ten, Coaching Changes, Illinois, LSU, Rutgers, SEC, USC-Upstate

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Led by Most Valuable Player A.J. Pollock of the Falmouth Commodores and the trio of hard-hitting catcher Tommy Medica, infielder Joseph Sanders and pitcher Chris Manno of the league champion Harwich Mariners, the 2008 All-League Team has been announced by Cape Cod Baseball League Commissioner Paul Galop. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2009 Top Players, ACC, Atlantic Sun, Auburn, Baylor, Big 12, Big East, Big South, Boston College, Cape Cod League, Clemson, Coastal Carolina, Conference USA, Duke, East Carolina, Houston, Jacksonville State, Louisville, MAC, Notre Dame, Ohio, Ole Miss, Pac 10, Santa Clara, SEC, Stanford, Tennessee, UC-Irvine, University of San Diego, USC, Vanderbilt, Virginia, West Coast Conference