A few notes and thoughts from Collegebaseball360.com Editor Sean Stires while waiting for the Virginia-Arkansas game to start… Tonight’s game between Arkansas and Virginia is the first ever on the baseball diamond between the two schools. Last night’s game between Texas and Arizona State marked the 44th time those two teams have played. Texas...
Collegebaseball360.com Editor Sean Stires shares some College World Series thoughts… How important is it to win your first round game in Omaha? Since the CWS began in 1947 just ten teams have lost their first game and gone on to capture the national championship. Since 1980 just Oregon St. in 2006, USC in 1998...
Collegebaseball360.com Editor, Sean Stires, shares some thoughts from a day of baseball at Rosenblatt Stadium… Quite a Sunday afternoon game between North Carolina and Arizona St. UNC’s Alex White: 9 IP-7H-1 ER- 3 BB – 12 K & ASU’s Josh Spence & Mitchell Lambson combine for 10 IP-11H- 2 R – 1 ER –...
Yesterday was a day for mostly “big boys” with LSU, Fullerton, Arkansas, and Virginia all in action. Arkansas and Virginia have just three trips to the CWS between them in the last ten years (and obviously this is UVA’s first trip), but they’re still from power conferences. Three more “big boy” teams are in...
Two well played games on day one of the 2009 College World Series. Arkansas downed Cal State Fullerton 10-6 in the opener, while LSU downed Virginia 9-5. A few thoughts/facts on the action from Rosenblatt Stadium. The four teams that were playing today’s games (Arkansas, Fullerton, LSU, & Virginia) had a combined 20-1 record...
With its Super Regional win over TCU, #1 national seed Texas is the final team to qualify for the 2009 College World Series. It’s not like Augie Garrido and the Longhorns haven’t been to Omaha before. Here are some Texas CWS facts: Texas is making its 33rd overall College World Series appearance. The Longhorns...
The TCU-Texas game is just starting. It’s the only Super Regional game remaining. Who would have thought that just two of the eight series would go the distance? Here are a few random thoughts on some of what we saw this weekend… Maybe Southern Mississippi’s Corky Palmer has the key to career success figured...
Arkansas, LSU and then Cal State Fullerton all locked-up spots in the 2009 College World Series by sweeping Florida State, Rice and Louisville, respectively, Saturday. Here are a few CWS facts about those three teams and their head coaches: Arkansas The Razorbacks are Omaha bound for the first time since 2004. This is their...
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