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Here is your Fall Ball Recap for October 19th. Click on the respective link for the full article.

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Tags: ACC, Big East, Fall Ball, Georgia Tech, Illinois State, Kent State, MAC, Missouri Valley, Mountain West, SEC, St. John's, UNLV, Vanderbilt, West Virginia

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Here is your Fall Ball Recap for October 15th. Click on the respective link for the full story.

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Tags: ACC, Big East, Fall Ball, SEC, South Alabama, Sun Belt, UNC, Vanderbilt, West Virginia

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Kendall Rogers of Rivals continues his series of conference previews heading into fall ball today with the Big East Conference. He believes that the conference needs to take a massive step forward after the top three teams in St. John’s, Louisville, and Notre Dame in competing for a CWS title. Of course, the Big East has a major disadvantage as many of the schools in the conference have substandard facilities and poor weather which affects early season workouts.

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Tags: Big East, Cincinnati, Fall Ball, Georgetown, Louisville, Notre Dame, Pittsburgh, Rutgers, Seton Hall, South Florida, St. John's, UConn, Villanova, West Virginia

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Baseball America recently put out their Top 25 College Baseball and High School Prospects for the 2010 MLB Draft. The college rankings are led by Bryce Harper who has received national attention for skipping his final two years of high school to play college baseball with Community College of Southern Nevada. The rest of the top five is Anthony Ranaudo from LSU, Deck McGuire from Ga Tech, Levon Washington from Chipola JC, and Chris Sale from Florida Gulf Coast. The rest of the top 25 is available below.

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Tags: 2010 Top Players, ACC, Arkansas, Atlantic Sun, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Big West, Cal State Fullerton, CC of Southern Nevada, Chipola (Fla), Conference USA, Florida Gulf Coast, Georgia, Georgia Tech, Jacksonville State, Kentucky, LSU, Middle Tennessee, MLB Draft, NJCAA, Ohio State, Ohio Valley Conference, Ole Miss, Rice, SEC, South Carolina, Sun Belt, Tennessee, Texas, Texas Tech, UC-Riverside, University of San Diego, Virginia, Virginia Tech, West Coast Conference, West Virginia

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FROM PRESS RELEASE

ST. PETERSBURG, FL – The schedule has been finalized and two state‐of‐the‐art major league venues have been added to the 2010 Big Ten/BIG EAST Baseball Challenge, hosted by the St. Petersburg/Clearwater Sports Commission, event manager API Sports announced today. Doubleheaders at Dunedin Stadium and Bright House Field highlight a slate that features 30 games over three days, Feb. 26‐28, 2010, at current and former big league facilities in the St. Petersburg and Clearwater, Fla., area.

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Tags: 2010 Schedules, Big East, Big Ten, Cincinnati, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Louisville, Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, Northwestern, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Penn State, Purdue, Rutgers, Seton Hall, South Florida, St. John's, UConn, Villanova, West Virginia

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FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – West Virginia University baseball coach Greg Van Zant has announced that 10 players have signed to play for the WVU baseball team in the 2010 season.

Four pitchers in Jared Hill (Harrisburg, Ohio/Grove City HS), Eric Hinkle (Ocean Township, N.J./Potomac State JC), Marshall Thompson (Denton, Md./North Caroline HS) and Michael Twigg (Berkeley Springs, W.Va./Berkeley Springs HS) highlight a group of new Mountaineers looking to compete in the upcoming year.

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Tags: 2010 Recruits, Big East, West Virginia

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Jedd Gyorko is profiled in a West Virginia MetroNews which talks about his summer in the Cape Cod Baseball League. Gyorko ended up with the Brewster Whitecaps where he hit a respectable .323 in 34 games while hitting five homers and driving in 18 runs.

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Tags: Big East, Cape Cod League, West Virginia

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I reported on January 6th that West Virginia head coach Greg Van Zant made a proposal for a change to the RPI. (FULL STORY) It was discussed at the ABCA convention and recently was sent off to the NCAA Division 1 Baseball Committee where it will be reviewed again. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Big East, LSU, NCAA, NCAA BASEBALL COMMITTEE, Rule Changes, SEC, West Virginia

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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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I took the day off from work to take in the Cape Cod Baseball League All-Star Game on Thursday night. The game was played at Fenway Park for the first time since the late 1980’s as the players got their chance to play at one of the better MLB parks in the country.

The game started early as the weather forecast called for heavy rains later in the night.

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Tags: Arkansas, Big 12, Big East, Big West, CAA, Cal State Fullerton, CBB Column, CBB Visit, Conference USA, Jacksonville State, Ohio Valley Conference, Pac 10, SEC, Southern Miss, Texas, UCLA, UNC-Wilmington, West Virginia

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Here is your CCBL Recap for July 15th.

Hyannis defeated Bourne 6-0 behind Dustin Harrington (East Carolina) who went 3-5 with an RBI and two runs scored. Box Score

Jedd Gyorko (West Virginia) went 3-6 with two runs scored as Brewster and Orlenas tied at 3 after 11 innings. The game was called due to darkness. Box Score Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Arkansas, Big 12, Big East, Big South, Cape Cod League, Coastal Carolina, Conference USA, East Carolina, Oklahoma State, SEC, Texas, West Virginia

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FROM USA BASEBALL RELEASE
(CARY, N.C.) – Rob Segedin (Tulane) went 2-3 with two doubles and three RBI and the Blue Team defeated the Red Team for the seventh consecutive time by a score of 5-1 in the final intrasquad game at the USA Baseball National Team (Collegiate) Trials. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2009 Team USA, ACC, Alabama, Arizona State, Baylor, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Big West, Cal State Fullerton, Clemson, Conference USA, Florida State, Gonzaga, Kansas, Ohio State, Pac 10, SEC, Southland Conference, Tulane, UT-Arlington, West Coast Conference, West Virginia