Posts Tagged ‘ Omaha ’

A Letter Of Thanks To Johnny Rosenblatt

September 2, 2010
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A Letter Of Thanks To Johnny Rosenblatt

Venerable Stadium Hosts Last Baseball Game Thursday…  September 2, 2010  Dear Mr. Rosenblatt:  I am writing to thank you for the vision you had in the 1940s to build a baseball park on the southern edge of Omaha. At the time, our country was still feeling the impact of the Great Depression and was...

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How to Win Omaha’s Fan Support

June 26, 2010
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How to Win Omaha’s Fan Support

Tips for college baseball teams, their fans and athletic directors. By CB360′s Omaha native Paul Fiarkoski It seems like every year, Omaha identifies a new team at the College World Series to put their fan support behind. In 2010 that team was newcomer TCU. I asked a few people around Omaha what it takes...

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Sunday Super Regional Notebook

June 14, 2010
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Sunday Super Regional Notebook

Some Thoughts/Notes After A Super Day 3… Five Alive: Five More teams clinched spots in the College World Series by clinching Super Regional series on Sunday.  Florida State beat Vanderbilt, UCLA downed Cal State Fullerton, TCU toppled Texas, South Carolina erased Coastal Carolina, and #1 national seed Arizona State outlasted Arkansas to join Florida...

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The Lowdown On The NCAA Baseball Tournament

May 18, 2010
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A Look At The Selection Process & Tournament Format We’re almost there.  I know it sounds cliche, but where has the college baseball season gone?  It seems like I was just bouncing around from Mississippi to Florida and Texas over the opening weeks of 2010, and now here we are.  The last week of...

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Big Ten Preview: Indiana vs. Ohio State

April 9, 2010
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Big Ten Preview: Indiana vs. Ohio State

Clash Of Last Year’s Champs On Tap Ohio State was last year’s regular season Big Ten champion, while Indiana won the conference’s postseason tournament.  Chris Webb from Buckeyestatebaseball.com has provided us with an extensive preview of this weekend’s series in Columbus, OH as well as a Q & A with Indiana head coach Tracy...

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Texas Tops Baseball/Football School List In 2009

January 8, 2010
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Both Longhorn Teams Are National Runners-Up Technically we’re cheating a little bit, but what the heck.  The seemingly forever lead-up to the January 7 BCS National Championship game between Alabama and Texas I started thinking about schools that have been exceptional this year in both baseball and football. Texas finished second at the College...

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Top College Baseball Moments Of 2009 #3

December 29, 2009
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Top College Baseball Moments Of 2009  #3

Longhorn Longball In Omaha The Texas Longhorns played 61 games in 2009 before their trip to the College World Series.  In those games they hit a total of 39 home runs, but Omaha was much more agreeable to Augie Garrido’s squad. After averaging just .63 home runs a game in those 61 contents the...

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Top College Baseball Moments Of 2009 #16

December 17, 2009
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#1 Arkansas Beats #1 Arizona State (With the end of the year fast approaching, we’re counting down some of the top moments from the 2009 college baseball season.  We’ll have one a day through New Year’s Eve.) It was unique enough just to have Arizona State (22-5) playing at Arkansas (22-6) in a pair...

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NCBWA Preseason All-American Team

December 16, 2009
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The National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association  has announced its 2010 Preseason All-America Team.  The first team looks like this: C  Matt Rice, Western Kentucky 1B  Preston Tucker, Florida 2B  Mike Sodders, New Mexico State 3B  Anthony Rendon, Rice SS  Christian Colon, Cal State Fullerton OF  Devon Dageford, Louisiana Tech OF  Jarrett Parker, Virginia OF ...

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Oklahoma State 2010 Baseball Schedule

December 16, 2009
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Oklahoma State 2010 Baseball Schedule

Stillwater, OK Twelve NCAA Tournament teams from 2009 highlight Oklahoma State’s 2010 baseball schedule, which was released today. “It’s a challenging schedule, and we’re going to face some great competition that will really test us,” said OSU head coach Frank Anderson, who is entering his seventh season with the Cowboys. “We continue to upgrade...

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