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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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Ryan Schulz of The Commodore Nation Magazine has put out an excellent article about sophomore to be Sonny Gray who has overcame the loss of his father when he was a freshman in high school. Gray has been successful as he was the number 51 high school prospect by Baseball America and played for the USA National Team this past summer where he had a 3-1 record with a 0.75 ERA in eight appearance (two starts).

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Tags: 2009 Team USA, SEC, Vanderbilt

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FROM USA BASEBALL

PRINCE GEORGE, British Columbia — Rick Hague (Rice) went 3-4 with one of three U.S. home runs and Team USA defeated the host Prince George Axemen, 10-2, at the 2009 Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline World Baseball Challenge at Prince George Citizen Field.

The Axemen (2-2) got on the board in the bottom of the first inning with a double to right center by Darrin Doucette to take a short-lived one-run lead.

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Tags: 2009 Team USA, Big West, Cal State Fullerton, Conference USA, Hawaii, Middle Tennessee, Rice, SEC, Southland Conference, Sun Belt, UT-Arlington, Vanderbilt, WAC

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FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Vanderbilt baseball head coach Tim Corbin announced the hiring of Josh Holliday as an assistant coach to his staff today.

Holliday spent the last two seasons as the recruiting coordinator at Arizona State and helped bring in the No. 1 recruiting class in the nation last year.

The former Oklahoma State All-American catcher has a wealth of postseason experience, having played in two College World Series (1996, 1999), while also coaching in two more while at Georgia Tech (2006) and at ASU (2009).

“I am very pleased to have someone of Josh’s caliber join our program,” said Vanderbilt head coach Tim Corbin. “I have known Josh dating back to his high school days when I tried to recruit him to come to Clemson. He brings a wealth of knowledge and experience having coached at North Carolina State, Georgia Tech and Arizona State. He has strong baseball lineage with his father, Tom, having been the former head coach at Oklahoma State and now the pitching coach at North Carolina State and his brother Matt currently in the big leagues with Oakland. Pat Murphy (Arizona State head coach) just couldn’t say enough great things about him as a coach and person – it was with Murph’s blessing and support that we were able to bring Josh on board.”

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FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE

NASHVILLE, Tenn. —Vanderbilt baseball coach Tim Corbin announced today that he is promoting Derek Johnson to Associate Head Coach.

Johnson has spent the last eight seasons as the Commodores pitching coach and is regarded as one of the top teachers in collegiate baseball.

“DJ’s is very deserving of the title of Associate Head Coach in so many ways,” said Corbin. “Not only is he in a very small class of great pitching coaches in the country, he serves as an ambassador and role model to the kids and our baseball program here at Vanderbilt.”

Last season the Commodore pitching staff sported a 4.66 earned run average, fourth best in the Southeastern Conference. Vanderbilt finished among the top five in the conference in nine statistical categories, and led the league in shutouts (six) and complete games (six). Junior Mike Minor was drafted by the Atlanta Braves with the seventh overall pick in the draft, marking the fourth Vanderbilt hurler to be selected in the first round during Johnson’s tenure.

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Tags: Coaching Changes, SEC, Vanderbilt

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Here are some CCBL Links from around the Cape Cod Times.

The first article looks at Vanderbilt’s Jack Armstrong who had an outstanding week which brought him honors as the Pitcher of the Week in the League. The full article about the 6′7 pitcher is available by clicking here.

The next article looks at Eric Maust of Notre Dame who is a two-sport athlete with the Fighting Irish. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Big East, Cape Cod League, Notre Dame, SEC, Vanderbilt

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FROM USA BASEBALL
(TOKYO) – Japan took advantage of back-to-back errors in the bottom of the 11th inning to clinch the 37th Annual USA vs. Japan Collegiate Championships with an 8-7 victory at Jingu Stadium.

With the game tied at seven, pitcher Sonny Gray’s (Vanderbilt) errant pickoff attempt moved Shota Kioke to third base with two outs. Christian Colon (Cal State Fullerton) then misplayed a ground ball at shortstop that scored Kioke from third base to seal the game and best-of-five series. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2009 Team USA, ACC, Arkansas, Big 12, Big West, Cal State Fullerton, Clemson, Conference USA, Florida State, Hawaii, Japan, Pac 10, Rice, SEC, Tennessee, Texas Tech, Tulane, UCLA, Vanderbilt, WAC

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COCA COLA PITCHER OF THE WEEK

Jack Armstrong, Wareham RHP

Wareham starter Jack Armstrong (Vanderbilt) has been named this week’s Coca-Cola Pitcher of the Week. The 6-7 righty earned the honor with a complete game shutout over Hyannis on Monday, July 6. Armstrong shut down a high-powered Mets lineup that had scored a total of 15 runs in their previous two games, pitching the Gatemen to a 4-0 win. Armstrong allowed only two hits while striking out six over seven scoreless innings. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Cape Cod League, Jacksonville State, Ohio Valley Conference, SEC, Vanderbilt

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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 CBB NEWS SOURCE

(CHIBA, JAPAN) – Team USA (11-1) committed three errors and left eight runners on base in a 7-1 exhibition loss to Budo University, Friday, in Chiba, Japan. The loss was the first by the U.S. this summer and it snapped a 35-game winning streak for the National Team dating back to last season.

Tyler Holt (Florida State) reached second base on an error by the left fielder to begin the game and later scored Team USA’s lone run on an RBI groundout by Blake Forsythe (Tennessee) in the bottom of the first inning. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2009 Team USA, Arizona State, Big East, Big West, Cal State Fullerton, Conference USA, Louisville, Middle Tennessee, Pac 10, Rice, SEC, Southern Conference, Sun Belt, Tennessee, The Citadel, Vanderbilt

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We have two major coaching changes in college baseball today. The biggest news is former Arizona State recruiting coordinator Josh Holliday will replace Erik Bakich at Vanderbilt. Bakich left last week for the head coaching job at Maryland. This is huge news as Holliday recruited the number 1 class in the country for this past year’s freshman class and has also been with Georgia Tech where he brought in some excellent players like Matt Wieters. The other big coaching change is East Carolina’s recruiting coordinator Link Jarrett moving over to Auburn to fill that position also. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Arizona State, Auburn, Conference USA, East Carolina, Pac 10, SEC, Vanderbilt

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FROM USA BASEBALL
(DURHAM, N.C.) – Andy Wilkins (Arkansas) hit a 435 foot grand slam that left the ball park and Sonny Gray (Vanderbilt) kept Guatemala hitters off-balance to lead the USA Baseball National Team (Collegiate) to an 18-1 series finale victory at the Durham Bulls Athletic Park Saturday, July 4. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2009 Team USA, ACC, Arkansas, Big 12, Big West, Cal State Fullerton, Clemson, Conference USA, Horizon League, Middle Tennessee, Rice, SEC, Sun Belt, Tennessee, Vanderbilt, Wright State