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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Rivals has released their positional rankings for the 2008 season. The top ranked catcher in the country is Buster Posey of Florida State. They ranked Jacob Thompson as the top pitcher in the country and will get no argument from me as I had the chance to see him in 2007 dominate Boston College. The full rankings are available by clicking here.

Vanderbilt left-handed pitcher and MLB #1 overall draft pick David Price was named the winner of the 2007 Roger Clemens Award, beating out UVA’s Jacob Thompson and Charlotte’s Adam Mills.

Press release: http://www.rogerclemensaward.com/07winner.html

Baseball America published an interesting op-ed piece today, forecasting their predicted field for the 2008 College World Series. Obviously it’s too soon to tell who will be a legitimate contender, with almost 2 months remaining before the August 15 deadline for MLB organizations to sign would-be college prospects, and injuries, weather and dozens of other factors looming on the horizon. But all the same, it’s interesting to start thinking about it already as we watch the summer leagues take shape, and Aaron Fitt provides some interesting food for thought in the off-season. And no, as you near the end of the list, you’ll discover that I am not unbiased in my evaluation of this article…

The lucky 8:

Arizona State
Miami

Baylor

Michigan

Missouri

UCLA

Vanderbilt

Virginia

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Baseball America had a chat today about the upcoming season. They address many different topics including the ACC with some discussion about Andrew Brackman and Virginia’s pitching among other topics. It is a pretty lengthy chat with Aaron Fitt and can be read here.