Mizzou Season Begins; Aaron Crow Ks 7
While the northeast is recovering from a winter storm this weekend, the college baseball summer season is in full bloom. Missouri (#6) opened up its season in Florida with a 7-1 win over UConn. Aaron Crow (Falmouth ’07, CCBL Top Pro Prospect ’07) was true to form as he fanned seven in five innings, and allowed just one run to earn the win (game story). Crow was recently mentioned in a Baseball America article which is currently being featured on ESPN.com. The article tells the story how he exceeded all expectations when he registered 98mph on the radar gun this past summer on the...
Read MoreCodBall Conversation: Judy Scarafile, Cape League President (interview from WCAI)
On Monday morning, WCAI aired a short interview with Judy Scarafile, Cape League President. The interview focused on the previous weekend’s events at the Cape Cod Baseball Expo in Chatham. The interview was conducted by Dan Tritle of WCAI, as part of a continued partnership with CodBall to provide Cape League coverage throughout the year. It is the 2nd of our two interviews with Judy. Enjoy! Download from CodBall.com
Read MoreCodBall Conversation: Judy Scarafile, Cape League President
In this CodBall Conversation, we chat with Cape Cod Baseball League President Judy Scarafile about last season and the season ahead. The President of the league led a delegation of Cape Cod Baseball League officials to Philadelphia recently where they attended the annual convention of the American Baseball Coaches Association. As Major League baseball continues to respond to the Mitchell Report on steroids, amateur baseball prepares for the start of the college season in a few weeks. So while it is cold here on the Cape, and summer baseball seems a distant dream, the annual ritual of elite amateur baseball is waking from its winter slumbers. Download from...
Read MoreLights At Doran Park
Our friend CapeMan has brought to our attention that there is a plan to have lights at Doran Park for this coming season. This was mentioned in another post, but I thought it worthy of its own posting at CodBall. Thank-you for the heads-up, CapeMan. This came as a surprise to me. I had heard about the plan to install lights at Doran Park, but I never thought that would happen this year. I think the playing surface at Doran is one of best around. To see that field at night, well… it should look fantastic. The Bourne Braves website quotes General Manager Mike Carrier as saying “Imagine the stream of traffic coming over the bridge on a Friday night seeing lights at a ball field off in the distance and stopping to take in a game and learn more...
Read MoreMidwinter (Random) Musings on Baseball
Super Bowl Sunday is a day of absolute joy for me. Sure, I am mildly interested in the outcome of the NFL’s championship (Giants over Pats), but I am wildly enthusiastic about the end of football season and the start of baseball. Pre-season trades continue, pitchers and catchers will soon report to MLB’s training camps and major college baseball games will start at the end of this month. Even my son’s travel team has started to train. Baseball America’s pre-season rankings has four Pac-10 teams in the top-10. I will get to see several of these teams by just driving across the bridge to the University of Washington. Speaking of West Coast college baseball, Hall of Famer George Brett and his brothers purchased the Bellingham...
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