College Baseball 360 » Jim Hendry http://collegebaseball360.com baseball news, college baseball stats, sean stires, pete lafleur, college world series video, college baseball podcast, Fri, 14 Feb 2025 21:33:52 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.38 College World Series Day Two Blog http://collegebaseball360.com/college-world-series-day-two-blog/ http://collegebaseball360.com/college-world-series-day-two-blog/#comments Sun, 20 Jun 2010 18:23:34 +0000 http://collegebaseball360.com/?p=11569

Note & Thoughts On Sunday’s Action In Omaha

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Sunday’s Games

Game 3 – South Carolina 4-8-0, Oklahoma 3-9-0

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Game 4 – Arizona State vs. Clemson-The game has been moved to a 10:08 am start time Monday morning.

Day One CWS Blog

  • The start of the Oklahoma vs. South Carolina game was delayed 4 hours and 15 minutes by rain.
  • The game was halted in the middle of the 6th inning with Oklahoma leading 3-2.  The game resumed at 9 pm CT after a 2:01 rain/lightning delay.
  • Gamecock starter Blake Cooper did not return to the mound after the delay.  Michael Roth went to the mound instead for his 34th appearance of the season. Cooper gave-up three earned runs on six hits in 5 IP with five strikeouts and one walk.  He threw 67 pitches with 48 of them strikes.
  • Oklahoma starter Michael Rocha did not return after the delay either.  He was relieved by Jeremy Erben.  Rocha gave-up two runs on solo home runs in 6 IP.  He had two strikeouts with three walks and threw 86 pitches, including 47 strikes.
  • A lot of strategy was going on in the bottom of the 7th inning.  Sunny Golloway sent pinch-hitter Ricky Eisenberg to the plate for Eric Ross.  As soon as John Taylor got Eisenberg to line to second base the Gamecocks called-on Steven Neff to face fellow lefty Chris Ellison, who filed to centerfield.  That prompted Ray Tanner to call upon Jose Mata go get Max White to line to second base.  So to that point after the delay South Carolina had used four relievers to get six outs.
  • You think maybe all this rain and lightning is Johnny Rosenblatt getting his revenge for moving the event he brought to Omaha out of the stadium that bears his name?
  • Oklahoma and South Carolina played for just the second time ever today.  The first and only time they played previously was in 2007.  South Carolina won 13-2.
  • The Sooners have won 14 of their last 16 games coming into Sunday’s game.  They were 3-0 when they hosted the Norman Regional with a win over Oral Roberts and two wins vs. North Carolina.   OU lost its Super Regional opener at Virginia only to win games two and three by a combined 21-7 score.
  • The last time UNC was eliminated from the NCAA Tournament during Regional play was in 2005 in Gainesville.  The Tar Heels had been to Omaha four straight times prior to being eliminated by the Sooners.  Florida also advanced to the CWS from its Regional in ’05
  • Since losing four of its last five games prior to the NCAA Tournament South Carolina is a perfect 5-0 so far this year in NCAA play.  The Gamecocks swept through Bucknell, The Citadel and Virginia Tech in Regional play and then beat Coastal Carolina in two one-run games at the Myrtle Beach Super Regional.
  • Reese’s and Hy-Vee Supermarkets are donating $200 to Boys Town in Omaha for every home run hit during the College World Series.  TCU’s Bryan Holaday and Florida’s Josh Adams each homered on day one of the CWS.  South Carolina’s Christian Walker & Jackie Bradley, Jr. and OU’s Caleb Bushyhead & Garret Buechele have also gone deep today.
  • Buechele’s HR to lead-off the bottom of the 8th was a MOON SHOT.  It was the thunder to the lightning that was flashing around Rosenblatt all night.  The blast nearly left the stadium, but landed in front of the giant scoreboard in left field.  They should donate $600 to Boys Town for Buechele’s blast.
  • Oklahoma football coach Bob Stoops is in the house today to see OU’s first CWS game since 1995.

    Jim Monaghan (right) and his brother Terry. (Photo Paul Fiarkoski)

  • Paul Fiarkoski, who is helping us with our coverage of the CWS, met an interesting person outside in the stadium today.  Jim Monaghan told Paul that he played in the very first game ever played at Rosenblatt Stadium.  It was a youth game played in 1948…two years before the CWS moved to Omaha from Kalamazoo, MI.
  • Jim also told Paul that he paid $550 for his pair of tickets for this year’s College World Series.  How much has he paid for his tickets for next year’s CWS at the new downtown stadium?  $3,300…can you say STICKER SHOCK!?!
  • Just realize I haven’t mentioned it yet, so Happy Father’s Day! Starting with my day Jim, who was here with my family and I last year.  My son’s Scrappers baseball team was playing in the Omaha Slumpbuster Tournament here last year and we all had a blast.  They were supposed to come back this year, but didn’t get to due to some logistical issues. So happy Father’s Day as well to the Scrapper dads who didn’t get to make the return visit to Omaha this year:  Tom Lane, Don Milliser, Hal Farmwald, and Rob Coffel!
  • ESPN’s Erin Andrews and Robin Ventura were seen out in the Old Market area in Omaha Saturday night with a couple of body guards as well.  No…they were not dancing.
  • Chicago Cubs General Manager Jim Hendry was in the Rosenblatt press box tonight.
  • The announced attendance of Sunday’s game was 22,800.  The total attendance through three games is 69,755 for a three game average of 23,252.  It’s about 3,000 behind last year’s average for the first three games.

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National Search To Begin Immediately

NOTRE DAME, Ind. – Dave Schrage will not be retained as head baseball coach at the University of Notre Dame after four seasons in that position.

Dave Schrage was 119-104-1 in four years at ND. (Notre Dame photo)

Schrage compiled a record of 119-104-1 (.533) with the Irish, including a 22-32 mark in 2010. He has a career record of 595-657-1 in 23 seasons, which includes a 535-591-1 mark in 20 years at the Division I level, including stints at Northern Iowa (1991-99), Northern Illinois (2000-02) and Evansville (2003-06).

“I appreciate all the contributions Dave has made over the past four seasons to Notre Dame baseball,” said Notre Dame athletics director Jack Swarbrick.

“Like Dave and his staff and his players, we all would have liked to have enjoyed more success, but it certainly wasn’t for lack of effort or commitment.

“I will begin today to work with (senior assistant athletics director and baseball administrator) Josh Berlo to conduct a national search for our next baseball coach.”

After an inexperienced squad finished 28-28 in 2007, Notre Dame improved its victory total each of the next two years (33-21-1 in 2008 and 36-23 in 2009) and earned top-25 rankings in consecutive years for the first time since 2005-06. Then in 2010, the Irish failed to qualify for the eight-team BIG EAST Conference Championship for the first time in 15 years following a 22-32 season.

In BIG EAST play under Schrage, the Irish finished 11-17 in 2007 for seventh place (0-2 at BIG EAST Championship), 16-10 for third place in 2008 (0-2 at BIG EAST Championship), 15-12 for fifth place in 2009 (3-2 at BIG EAST Championship) and 10-17 for an eighth-place tie in 2010.

Schrage was introduced July 18, 2006, as the 19th head coach in the history of the Notre Dame baseball program. Prior to accepting the position at Notre Dame, Schrage completed his fourth year at Evansville in 2006 while guiding the Aces to the Missouri Valley Conference regular-season and tournament titles, reaching the NCAA regional championship round and finishing 19th in the national polls. MVC coach of the year in 2006, Schrage guided the Aces in building the program victory total each season: 24-31 in 2003, 28-32 in ’04, 35-23 in ’05 and a 43-22 mark in 2006 that represents the second-most wins in Evansville history.

Schrage came to Evansville after a three-year stint at Northern Illinois. Collegiate Baseball magazine recognized Schrage as runner-up for its 2000 national coach-of-the-year award. Prior to his three years at Northern Illinois, Schrage spent nine seasons as head coach at Northern Iowa where he was MVC coach of the year in 1995 and ’97.

Schrage’s standout playing career at Creighton included all-MVC honors in 1982, after leading the conference with a .400 batting average. He raised that mark to .433 as a senior and received 1983 CoSIDA Academic All-America honors.

Former Notre Dame head coach Paul Mainieri gave Schrage his first job in coaching when he hired him to his staff at St. Thomas University (located in Miami and also known as Biscayne College). Schrage spent the 1983-84 season as a graduate assistant at Biscayne/St. Thomas before returning to Creighton to work two seasons with current Chicago Cubs general manager Jim Hendry.

Schrage coached overseas in 1987-88 with the Mt. Gravatt Eagles Club in Brisbane, Australia, and returned to direct the baseball team at Waldorf Junior College (now a four-year college in Forest City, Iowa) for three seasons (1988-90) before taking over at Northern Iowa.

A two-sport standout in baseball and basketball at Chicago’s Fenwick High School, Schrage received his bachelor of science degree in business administration from Creighton in 1983 and a master’s in sports administration from Biscayne/St. Thomas in 1987. The Chicago native was born April 29, 1961.

(Courtesy Notre Dame Sports Information)

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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 in the NCAA Tournament coming into today’s action. Virginia’s game one Super Regional loss to Ole Miss was the lone blemish.
  • As I speak, LSU head coach Paul Mainieri is getting post-game hugs on the field from his daughters Sam and Alex.
  • The result of Arkansas’ win over Fullerton isn’t necessarily shocking, but the way they did it is. The Razorbacks put ten runs on the board against a Titans team that had given-up a total of just 11 runs in their five previous NCAA Tourney games this year.
  • Arkansas head coach Dave Van Horn finally has his first CWS win. He was 0-4 in 2001-02 trips with Nebraska, and 0-2 in 2004 with the Razorbacks.
  • LSU’s win gives the Tigers their first victory in a CWS opener since 2000.
  • LSU used all three weekend starters in tonight’s game.  Anthony Ranaudo pitched just 3.1 innings in his 17th start of the year, Austin Ross had 2 IP in relief, and SEC pitcher of the Year Louis Coleman pitched the 8th inning.
  • Coleman pitched in relief on Friday in SEC play vs. Georgia and Kentucky during the regular season and then made Sunday starts to end those series.
  • Virginia plays Cal State Fullerton Monday at 1pm Central.   The Cavs are the home team.
  • LSU plays Arkansas Monday at 6pm Central.  The Razorbacks will be the home team.
  • Virginia freshman Steven Proscia hit his 10th HR of the year.  It’s the most for a Cavs freshman since 2005 when Sean Doolittle hit 15.
  • Chicago Cubs GM Jim Hendry was in the press box and in the stands for a while tonight. Hendry was head coach of the 1991 Creighton CWS team. He also gave Paul Mainieri his first coaching job at Miami’s Christopher Columbus High School.
  • I sat in the press box between two really nice guys tonight.  Marc Davis, the Sports Director at WCDV Channel 19 from Charlottesville, VA and Jason Cole from Burntorangebeat.com. Had a lot of good baseball conversation.
  • I know it’s been overstated all week, but Mainieri and O’Connor are two of the best class acts in the game.  They are both great guys, and their staffs and teams embody how the game should be:  play hard with no excuses.
  • My dad, son, daughter, and wife were all in the stands tonight.  My son was with a few of his Scrappers baseball teammates.  It was their first CWS experience.  I hope they had a good time.
  • Sat for part of the game with my great friend, Randy Rosetta, from the Baton Rouge Advocate….he’s still Randy.

We’ll have more tomorrow.

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