MYRTLE BEACH, S.C.—North Carolina State had one of the nation's most powerful offenses during the regular season, slugging 97 home runs. Then the Wolfpack ran into College of Charleston righthander Kevin Decker, who pitched seven masterful innings before tiring in the eighth in leading the Cougars to a 9-6 win in the opening round of
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Decker Leads Cougars Into Showdown With Coastal
Cue the screams! Justin Bieber just made many, many more fans happy today, announcing the second leg of his tour. Justin Bieber tickets are some of the hottest around and there’s no doubt tickets to the additional 35 cities will sell out like the first leg. With the new concert dates, Justin Bieber’s My World tour
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More Justin Bieber Tickets On Sale
Detroit Tigers pitcher Armando Galarraga dominated the Cleveland Indians Wednesday night. Galarraga threw 88 pitches in a near perfect game. With 26 down, The Indians’ Jason Donald apparently grounded out, the throw to first in plenty of time, but first base umpire Jim Joyce called Donald safe.
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Should Commissioner Selig Declare a Perfect Game?
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C.—Coastal Carolina didn't overwhelm underdog Stony Brook on Friday, but the Chanticleers made big plays when they were needed most and got a complete game from junior lefthander Cody Wheeler to take down the Seawolves 6-0 in the opening game of the Myrtle Beach Regional. Coastal, the No. 4 national seed, has few weaknesses
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Wheeler, Chanticleers Grind Out Opener
All-new half-hour TV special, ” Inside the Marlins: Gameday – The Coaching Staff,” premieres statewide on FOX Sports Florida Tuesday, 6/8 at 10:30pm ET. Episode #3 of the 2010 season takes an in-depth look into the gameday roles of each of the six coaches on manager Fredi Gonzalez’s staff.
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Inside the Marlins: The Coaching Staff
From the “other board”: Quote When the Marlins acquired Jose Ceda for Kevin Gregg two off-seasons ago, Larry Beinfest and company envisioned the hard-throwing Dominican righty to be a key addition to the back end of the Florida Marlins already flame throwing bullpen. Their envisions could still happen, just not as soon as they though. Ceda has yet to throw a pitch for the Marlins organization after undergoing shoulder surgery last season and has been stuck in extended spring training to start off the 2010 campaign
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Ceda to make organizational debut
Saw this earlier on ESPN.com, where MLB executives were polled by Jayson Stark on who they thought would be the best pitchers in baseball over the next 10 years. #2 was Josh Johnson, behind Felix Hernandez and ahead of Ubaldo Jimenez. NOTE: Pitchers on this list had to be 26 or UNDER to qualify.
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Josh Johnson 2nd Best Starter Over the Next Decade
(part of the article) Quote Johnson ranks fifth among all MLB starters with a 2.66 FIP, just six-hundredths of a point behind Jimenez and only about a half run higher than his actual ERA (unlike Ubaldo, who’s FIP is more than one and a half points higher than his ERA). Johnson’s K/9 and K/BB are superior to Ubaldo’s, and Johnson gets to pitch half his games in pitcher-friendly venue, as opposed to Coors Field which, by most measures, is still the friendliest offensive environment in baseball
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Johnson or Jiminez?
Seems like just yesterday that we posted about The Kid retuning to the Ms. Junior was a force of nature in Seattle and should be credited as the player that did the most to establish baseball and the Mariners as a beloved franchise in Seattle. Griffey single-handedly cemented me as a baseball fan in 1995
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Farewell Ken Griffey Jr.: Retired Today with 630 HRs
Alabama junior DH David Kindred has been diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma and will miss the Atlanta Regional, the school announced Wednesday. He missed the final two games of the Southeastern Conference tournament after experiencing shortness of breath and chest pains.
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Alabama’s Kindred Diagnosed With Hodgkin’s Lymphoma
Leo has had over a dozen really Great apperiances, can’t argue he is a legitimate closer but the question I’m posting is this… Is he an All-Star caliber closer (don’t misinterprit this as me believing he will be voted in … That is unreasonable being we get limited to no National coverage) but would he rank right now among the top 5 closers in the NL???
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Leo Nunez – AllStar Closer
Hey Boston, New York, Philly and Chicago, Conan O’Brien still has dates coming up in your towns for his “Legally Prohibited From Being Funny on Television Tour.” Funny stuff. Check here for Conan O’Brien tickets.
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Conan O’Brien, Stephen Colbert & Jon Stewart Dance-Off
Quote Poor pitching has been the primary cause of another three-game losing streak for the Milwaukee Brewers, but Yovani Gallardo certainly hasn’t deserved any blame. The Brewers will have Gallardo on the mound looking to build on his first career shutout as they try to snap their skid Wednesday night against the host Florida Marlins. Milwaukee (21-31), which dropped nine straight May 10-19, hopes it is not headed toward another lengthy slide after giving up 29 runs while losing its last three
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6/2 – Marlins vs Brewers
Arizona State announced late Tuesday night that Tim Esmay has been named head baseball coach, after spending the 2010 season as the interim coach. Esmay led the Sun Devils to a 47-8 record, a Pacific-10 Conference championship and the No. 1 national seed in the NCAA tournament for the first time in school history.
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Esmay Named Full-Time Head Coach At ASU
Horrible news for San Diego as it prepares to head to the Tempe Regional: senior outfielder James Meador, a leading candidate to repeat as the West Coast Conference Player of the Year, fractured his left hand during Tuesday's practice and will miss this weekend's NCAA Regional at Arizona State, frequent BA contributor Kirk Kenney is
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USD’s Meador Breaks Hand
In just four short years, Pete Hughes has managed to resurrect the Virginia Tech baseball program and turn it into a national contender. It’s been a long 10 years since the Hokies last made the NCAA tournament and for those who actively follow the Hokies baseball team, all of that pain and suffering has finally
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Hokies Headed to South Carolina For NCAA Baseball Regionals
New Mexico coach Ray Birmingham felt like a father waiting for his first child to be born. Except the hospital room was jam-packed with other nervous fathers. Birmingham and the Lobos gathered at Coach's, a restaurant in Albuquerque owned by a UNM alumnus to watch the NCAA tournament selection show on Monday.
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Field of 64 Reaction: ‘They Got It Right’
The most surprising team omitted from the NCAA tournament is Kentucky, simply because of the committee's history of rewarding ninth-place Southeastern Conference teams that have strong RPIs. The Wildcats are 33rd, according to Boyd's World, and have 16 wins against the top 50. But their omission is perfectly defensible given the way they finished the
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Who Got Snubbed?
The NCAA has announced the 16 regional hosts, and there are no surprises (we were 16-for-16 in our final projection late last night/early this morning). The hosts: Arizona State Arkansas Auburn Cal State Fullerton UCLA Coastal Carolina Connecticut Florida Georgia Tech Louisville Miami Oklahoma South Carolina Texas Texas Christian Virginia Florida State remains my pick to earn the No. 1 seed in the Norwich Regional, where Connecticut figures to be a No.
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Regional Hosts Announced
We've got more automatic qualifiers to announce: • Surely ESPN is already setting up shop in Coral Gables. Florida International's Garrett Wittels extended his amazing hitting streak to 54 games with a fifth-inning single up the middle against Troy in the Sun Belt championship game, and the Golden Panthers slugged their way to a 14-10 win.
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Punch Those Tickets
The only good thing you can say about yesterday’s Yankees-Indians game is, it’s over. The two teams played an ugly marathon at Yankee Stadium, with the bottom-feeding Indians taking a 13-11 victory in front of 46,599 fans. The 4-hour, 22-minute game made glaciers look fast
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Joba awful in loss to Indians
I'll unveil a final field of 64 projection after the regional hosts are announced Sunday afternoon. With Saturday's action completed, here is my final prediction for national seeds and hosts (note: this is what I think the committee will do, not necessarily what I think it should do). We'll reference WarrenNolan.com's Ratings Percentage Index rankings,
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Final Projection: National Seeds And Hosts
There were some tense moments, but Garrett Wittels extended his hitting streak to 53 games Saturday in Florida International's 11-9 win against Florida Atlantic in the Sun Belt tournament. Wittels flew out to deep center in his first three at-bats, then kept the streak alive in the eighth by lining a comebacker at FAU pitcher
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Roundup: Wittels Extends Streak; More Tickets Punched
So there you have it, Lee DeWyze is in, and Simon Cowell is out. The Season Finale of American Idol this past Tuesday and Wednesday was more of a Simon Cowell Graduation Party, perhaps because everyone knows the show is toast without Simon. Simon calls it as he sees it, and for that he will
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DeWyze Wins the Idol Penant
NFL owners have approved the New Meadowlands Stadium (home stadium to the New York Giants & Jets) to host the 2014 Super Bowl. It will be the first ever “cold weather” stadium (without a dome) to host a Super Bowl game. Up until now, stadiums could not even make a bid to host the Super
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New Meadowlands Stadium to Host 2014 “Cold Weather” Super Bowl
The O’odham Solidarity Across Borders Collective , whose members participated last Friday’s occupation of Arizona Border Patrol Headquarters , have released a video of their action. The O’odham Solidarty Across Borders Collective is made up of “Akimel O’odham and Tohono O’odham youth who are pressing the attack against the ongoing colonization of our traditional lands (i.e.
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First Nations People Saying No To Arizona’s Community Destruction
The Chicago Blackhawks have advanced to the Stanley Cup Finals for the 1st time since 1992 after they swept the #1 Seed San Jose Sharks in 4 straight games in the Western Conference Finals.
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Cup Time — Blackhawks Advance to Stanley Cup Finals with 4-2 Win Over Sharks