Aug
20
2008
CCBL 2008 All-League Team
Posted by: Brian Foley in 2009 Top Players, ACC, Atlantic Sun, Big 12, Big East, Big South, Cape Cod League, Conference USA, MAC, Pac 10, SEC, West Coast ConferenceFROM CBB NEWS SOURCE
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 »
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. 
Andrew Carraway of the Hyannis Mets was well aware of the importance of his start on July 28 against the Wareham Gatemen. The Mets, who once stood alone atop the Cape Cod Baseball League’s West Division standings, had been scuffling and they desperately needed a quality start from Carraway, their 6-2, 200-pound right-hander from the University of Virginia, to remain in contention. Carraway accepted the challenge and pitched eight strong innings to lead the Mets past the Gatemen, 5-1. 
The Cape Cod Times does a great job of covering the Cape Cod League every day. We have a great article today on Andrew Carraway of Virginia who is going to be entering his senior season in 2009. He ended up going undrafted in the 2008 draft after going 4-3 with a 4.06 ERA. The College Baseball Blog’s assistant editor Mark Rafferty saw Carraway in the Fullerton Regional where he dominated Rider in an 8-2 victory. 
Tyler Wilson, a freshman from the University of Virginia, became the second Delaware Cow to be named pitcher of the week in the GLSCL. Tyler started two games this past week, shortened by the all-star break, earning the win in one game. The Midlothian, VA native threw a total of 12 innings in which he gave up no earned runs and struck out 14. Tyler extended his streak of scoreless innings to 18.
Ben posted an impressive 0.545 batting average for the week which included two doubles and a home run. The Columbus outfielder also scored five runs with eight runs batted in. The Kent State Golden Flash finished the week with a 1.000 slugging percentage.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP/theACC.com) - The University of Miami sent 10 batters to the plate during a four-run first inning and went on to defeat Virginia, 8-4, Sunday afternoon to clinch the championship game of the 2008 Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Championship at the Baseball Grounds of Jacksonville.
Clemson hit three home runs, including a seventh-inning grand slam by Ben Paulsen, to defeat #24 Georgia Tech 10-4 on Saturday in the ACC Tournament at The Baseball Grounds of Jacksonville. The Tigers, who were 1-2 in the ACC Tournament, improved to 31-27-1, while the Yellow Jackets, who were also 1-2 in the ACC Tourney, fell to 39-19. 
CORAL GABLES, Fla. - Junior first baseman Yonder Alonso belted a walk-off two-run home run in the bottom of the ninth as No. 2 Miami defeated Clemson, 6-4, Friday night to extend its winning streak to 11 games and take game one of the Atlantic Coast Conference series in front of another capacity crowd of 3,000 at Mark Light Field. The win made it the best start ever by a Miami coached Jim Morris team as UM improved to 24-2 and 10-1 in the ACC. 
Miami (FL) 10 Bethune-Cookman 5
Here is the Weekend Preview for the ACC for the weekend of March 7th through March 9th. This will be the opening weekend in the conference which should be one of the most exciting seasons in recent memory with no standout teams after Miami (FL). The Hurricanes have some question marks on the mound so they are not a fully rounded squad. Some of the other teams in the conference have several question marks with Virginia having to fill in for the loss of Sean Doolittle in the rotation and in their lineup. 
The College Baseball Blog continues our tradition of bringing our readers a daily recap on ACC action. All the schools were in action on Saturday with a total of 19 games taking place. 
Rivals national baseball writer Kendall Rogers has put out his 2008 All-American Team which is led by Pedro Alvarez of Vanderbilt. Buster Posey of FSU is named to the first team catcher’s spot in only his second year behind the plate. Miami slugger Yonder Alonso beat out Justin Smoak for the first base position. Filling out the rest of the infield is 2B Blake Stouffer of Texas A&M, Ryan Flaherty and Pedro Alvarez of Vanderbilt. The outfield is Dominic de la Osa of Vanderbilt, Kyle Russell of Texas, and Tommy Baldridge of Coastal Carolina. Brett Wallace of Arizona State picks up the DH spot while Zach Putnam of Michigan is listed as the Utility player. The starting pitchers are Jacob Thompson of Virginia, Preston Guilmet of Arizona, Brian Matusz of San Diego and Lance Lynn of Ole Miss. The relief pitchers are led by switch-pitcher Pat Venditte of Creighton and Cole St. Clair of Rice. The full team with break downs on each player is available 
As a follow-up to his 
The Miami Hurricanes have announced their 2008 schedule. The Canes will open the season on February 22nd against Big East member Cincinnati for the first game of a three game set. They will then head over to Jupiter FL on February 26th to take on the Florida Marlins in an exhibition game. On February 29th, the Florida Gators will head down to Mark Light Field for a battle of intrastate rival schools. Miami opens the ACC schedule at home against the Boston College Eagles which will be the first matchup of the schools since both schools joined the ACC. The Hurricanes will also host ACC opponents Wake Forest, Clemson, Virginia, and North Carolina. The Canes will head on the road to play conference members NC State, Duke, Georgia Tech, Florida State, and Virginia Tech. The 2008 ACC tournament will take place in Jacksonville from May 21st-25th.
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