Posts Tagged ‘ Omaha ’

CWS Wrap-Up…After LSU’s Championship Win

September 28, 2009
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We took a little time off after the end of the College World Series, but Collegebaseball360.com Editor Sean Stires is back with a few final thoughts on the 2009 event. To start with, we have complete statistics from both the College World Series as well as the NCAA Tournament.  Kudos to our resident stat...

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Friday College World Series Thoughts And Notes

September 28, 2009
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Friday College World Series Thoughts And Notes

Collegebaseball360.com Editor Sean Stires shares some thoughts from another day at the College World Series… Does Arizona State’s Kole Calhoun remind anyone else of the character ‘Ham” Porter from the movie Sandlot?   Calhoun (pictured right) and his teammate, Carlos Ramirez, are built more like beer league softball players than college baseball players, but...

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Tuesday College World Series Thoughts

September 28, 2009
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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...

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Sunday College World Series Thoughts

September 28, 2009
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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 –...

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Texas Longhorn CWS Factoids

September 28, 2009
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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...

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Wrapping-Up Super Regionals-More CWS Thoughts

September 28, 2009
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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...

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Factoids On College World Series Qualifiers

September 28, 2009
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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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