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Post by grover on Jun 9, 2008 2:03:37 GMT -5
Wow, what a game between LSU and Irvine!
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Post by $heriff Tom on Jun 9, 2008 9:23:45 GMT -5
Yeah, I had that one on much of the night last night.
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Post by Chris on Jun 9, 2008 10:54:37 GMT -5
MY old man picked up his MBA from Irvine and his teaching credential from Fullerton, but he is much more devoted to the Anteaters.
I'm sure I'll hear about it if Irvine wins tonight and advances.
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Post by $heriff Tom on Jun 11, 2008 17:42:43 GMT -5
College World Series has professional feel 2008 Draft class will be well-represented at Omaha's Rosenblatt Stadium
By Kevin T. Czerwinski / MLB.com
The baseball feast known as the College World Series kicks off Saturday in Omaha, and if you're looking to see what the future of professional baseball could look like, check out the goings-on at Rosenblatt Stadium.
While the CWS is college baseball's crowning achievement, there will be a distinct professional feel about the tournament. There will be 58 players participating in the CWS who were selected in last week's First-Year Player Draft. There were a record-tying 21 college players chosen in the first round this year, and seven of them will be participating at Rosenblatt.
There will be 25 Major League teams with eyes on Omaha as well, with the Dodgers (five players drafted) having the greatest representation. Colorado, San Diego and Cleveland each have four draftees participating.
Of the eight teams playing at Rosenblatt over the next two weeks, sixth-seeded Rice has the greatest representation with 11 players having been drafted. That group includes right-hander Bryan Price, who was selected by the Red Sox in the supplemental first round.
Top-seeded Miami, which is going to Omaha for the 23rd time and first since 2006, had eight players taken with three of them going in the first round. It marked the first time the school had three players chosen in the first round and is one of many facts that would seem to make the Hurricanes the favorite to win title.
The Reds selected first baseman Yonder Alonso with the seventh overall pick -- he had previously been drafted by the Twins in 2005 (15th round) -- before Oakland took second baseman Jemile Weeks, the younger brother of Milwaukee's Rickie Weeks, with the 12th pick. Minnesota closed out the first-round Hurricane trifecta by taking right-hander Carlos Gutierrez with the 27th overall selection.
As for the games themselves, the tournament begins Saturday at 1 p.m. CT, when fourth-seeded Florida State meets Stanford, which is making its 16th CWS appearance. Seminoles catcher Buster Posey was the highest player drafted who will be playing in the CWS. The Giants grabbed him fifth overall, while Cardinal catcher Jason Castro went to the Astros with the 10th pick. The Angels had drafted Posey previously in 2005, taking him in the 50th round, while the Red Sox grabbed Castro in the 43rd round of the same draft.
Miami will face eight-seeded Georgia in the nightcap, which is scheduled to begin at 6 p.m. local time. Georgia had six players chosen in the Draft, with two of them going in the first round. The White Sox grabbed shortstop Gordon Beckham with the eighth pick before right-hander Josh Fields went at No. 20 to Seattle. Beckham hit two homers in the Super Regional clincher against NC State, giving him 51 for his career, which is tied for the top mark in Georgia history.
Fresno State, which had six players drafted, will meet sixth-seeded Rice in Sunday's opening-round game. The Owls didn't have any players chosen in the first round, but most of their pitching staff was selected. Eight Rice hurlers got the call from Major League teams last week, including southpaws Allan St. Clair and Jonathan Runnels, who were chosen by the Dodgers in the ninth and 31st rounds, respectively.
Right-hander Tanner Scheppers (third round, Pittsburgh) was the highest-drafted Bulldog, followed by left-hander Justin Wilson (seventh round), who also went to the Pirates. Scheppers will not pitch in the CWS, however, due to a shoulder injury.
The Phillies took Fresno State outfielder Steve Susdorf in the 21st round. Susdorf, who is the reigning WAC player of the year, was drafted by Detroit in the 27th round last year but opted to return to Fresno State.
Seventh-seeded Louisiana State and No. 2 North Carolina will square off in Sunday's second game. LSU had seven players drafted, the highest of which was left-hander Ryan Verdugo, who went in the 11th round to San Francisco. The Tar Heels, who are making their third consecutive CWS appearance, had six players selected, including a pair of Tims that went in the ninth round. Cleveland took outfielder Tim Fedroff with the next-to-last pick in the ninth round, and Boston followed by taking Tim Federowicz with the last pick of the round.
It all begins Saturday afternoon when part of professional baseball's future collides with amateur baseball's present at Rosenblatt Stadium.
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Post by $heriff Tom on Jun 16, 2008 12:28:06 GMT -5
Any of you yokes see Yankee draftee Jeremy Bleich from Stamford throwing some wonderful ball the last couple of times out during all this? Nice performance against a high-powered offense in Florida State. Kid looks sharp, and crafty.
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