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After all the dust settled on the 2009 College Baseball season, we only have two teams standing with the LSU Tigers taking on the Texas Longhorns in the College World Series Championship Series. The LSU Tigers enter with a record of 54-16 while being on a 13 game postseason winning streak dating back to the SEC Tourney. Texas enters with a 49-14-1 record while being 8-1 in NCAA Tourney play with the only loss coming to TCU in the Super Regionals. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2009 CWS, 2009 NCAA Tourney, Big 12, CBB Column, LSU, SEC, Texas

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FROM PRESS RELEASE
New York, NY (June 2, 2009) – The award-winning filmmaker, Richard Linklater, made his documentary debut last year with the heartwarming biographical pic of the winningest coach in NCAA Division I history, “Inning By Inning: A Portrait of A Coach.” An exclusive red-carpet screening of the film was held in Austin, Texas followed by a television debut on ESPN. Now fans of the film and Augie Garrido can own a copy on DVD, as Virgil Films & Entertainment releases “Inning By Inning: A Portrait of a Coach” on June 2nd, 2009. This collectible DVD will also include a 90- minute full length feature on the 2006 season titled, “A Game of Adversity” and an additional 60-minute feature on Augie’s coaching philosophy titled, “Extra Innings with Augie.” Read the rest of this entry »

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FROM NCAA RELEASE
OMAHA, Neb. – Catcher Cameron Rupp and center fielder Connor Rowe hit solo home runs in the bottom of the ninth to give Texas a 4-3, walk-off win over Arizona State before a crowd of 23,257 Friday night at Rosenblatt Stadium.

The Longhorns, making their 32nd College World Series appearance in school history, improve to 8-1 in the NCAA Tournament and 49-14-1 on the season. Top-seeded Texas will now face third-seeded LSU in the best two-of-three Championship Finals, which begin Monday at 6 p.m. CT. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2009 CWS, 2009 NCAA Tourney, Arizona State, Big 12, Pac 10, Texas

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The Arkansas and LSU game is supposed to start at 4:38 pm eastern time. There was a long rain delay so they should start around that time. Full stats are available by clicking here.

The Texas and Arizona State game will take place after the Arkansas-LSU game tonight hopefully. The second game is scheduled right now to begin at 8:30 pm. If the game starts then Live Stats is available by clicking here.

Tags: 2009 CWS, 2009 NCAA Tourney, Arizona State, Arkansas, Big 12, LSU, Pac 10, SEC, Texas

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As most of my readers know, I just got back from the College World Series and one of the biggest stories in Omaha is how Texas is winning all their games. The Longhorns throughout the NCAA Tournament have been winning games in many different ways from grabbing a 25 inning win, winning on a walk-off walk against Southern Miss, and coming back from a 6-0 deficit against Arizona State. We all know that teams have good luck and it can carry them to the Championship and I think that could be happening right now to the Longhorns. Read the rest of this entry »

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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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Here are some of my random thoughts from the fourth day of action at the College World Series. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2009 CWS, 2009 NCAA Tourney, ACC, Arizona State, Big 12, CBB Column, Conference USA, Pac 10, Southern Miss, Texas, UNC

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The Texas Longhorns and Arizona State Sun Devils faced off in the nightcap on Day 4 of the College World Series. The Longhorns entered with a 47-14-1 record while the Sun Devils have a 50-12 record. Both teams entered the game with 1-0 records in the College World Series with Texas picking up a 7-6 win over Southern Miss while Arizona State defeated North Carolina 5-2 in ten innings. Each squad would send their ace to the hill with Texas throwing Chance Ruffin who is 10-2 with a 3.02 ERA in 22 appearance (16 starts) while Arizona State put Mike Leake to the hill with a 16-1 record and an ERA of 1.36 in 17 appearances (16 starts). Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2009 CWS, 2009 NCAA Tourney, Arizona State, Big 12, CBB Column, CBB Visit, Pac 10, Texas

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The Texas Longhorns and Southern Miss Golden Eagles faced off in the nightcap on Sunday evening. Texas entered the game with a 46-14-1 record while Southern Miss entered with a 40-24 mark. The Longhorns sent Sophomore RHP Cole Green to the hill with his 5-3 record in 18 appearances (17 starts) while compiling an ERA of 3.02. Southern Miss started Todd McInnis who won the 2009 C-USA Pitcher of the Year award. He is 9-4 with a 3.61 ERA in 18 appearances (17 starts). Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2009 CWS, 2009 NCAA Tourney, Big 12, CBB Column, CBB Visit, Conference USA, Southern Miss, Texas

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The College Baseball Blog breaks down the top players in the College World Series who need to be watched on each squad. Here is your preview for Bracket 2 of the College World Series which features Arizona State, UNC, Southern Miss, and Texas. If these players have a big week, then their respective teams will be in excellent shape to walk away with a National Championship. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2009 CWS, 2009 NCAA Tourney, ACC, Arizona State, Big 12, CBB Column, Conference USA, Pac 10, Southern Miss, Texas, UNC

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Here are some of the best links from Around the Nation over the last few days.

The first article comes from the Fort Worth Star Telegram which has an excellent feature on TCU signee and Texas Rangers draft pick Matthew Purke. The next article comes from the Austin-American Statesman which has a feature on Everett Williams who has signed with Texas but was selected by the San Diego Padres. The next article comes from Ted Miller of ESPN.com who talks about the 1-2 combination for the Arizona State Sun Devils rotation. The next article comes from NBC29.com which says the Virginia Cavaliers are in the finals to win it. They also have some audio from Coach O’Connor. The Hattiesburg American talks about Southern Miss taking the step to become a better program by making it to the CWS. Arkansas360.com has a great article on Arkansas’ Ben Tschepikow’s return to college baseball. Heather Dinich of ESPN.com has a good article on LSU RHP Louis Coleman’s return to the program after turning down pro offers. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: ACC, Arizona State, Arkansas, Big 12, Conference USA, Links, LSU, Mountain West, Pac 10, SEC, Southern Miss, TCU, Texas, Virginia

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Here is your CWS Preview for Bracket 2. The second bracket of the College World Series features Arizona State, North Carolina, Texas, and Southern Miss. They will open up play on Sunday at 2pm eastern time when Arizona State and North Carolina square off while Texas and Southern Miss face off at 7pm eastern time in the final game of the opening round. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2009 CWS, 2009 NCAA Tourney, ACC, Arizona State, Big 12, CBB Column, Conference USA, Pac 10, Southern Miss, Texas, UNC