Lee Ridenhour returned to action and helped Austin Peay win the OVC. Find out why that was good news for bubble teams in our latest postseason analysis.
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North Carolina Outlasts N.C. State in 18
Pitching Dominates First Day Of Division II Tournament
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Big Ten Notebook: Huskers Survive, Hoosiers Advance
These seven teams punched their tickets to regionals by winning their conference tournaments Saturday: Liberty, Austin Peay State, Towson, Saint Louis, Wichita State, Central Arkansas and San Diego. Austin Peay’s [...]
DURHAM, N.C.—North Carolina and rival N.C. State played an epic 12-inning classic in the 2012 Atlantic Coast Conference tournament, with more than 10,000 fans packing Greensboro’s NewBridge Bank Park. North [...]
CARY, N.C.–Minnesota State-Mankato righthander Jason Hoppe admits he gets a little more nervous these days with runners in scoring position. And that’s not just because the Mavericks are in the [...]
Nevada coach Gary Powers announced his retirement after 31 years as the Wolf Pack’s head coach. Powers ranks 21st among active Division I coaches in career wins (937-762-5). He led [...]
The postseason picture is starting to come into focus. We’ll discuss the national seed and host races toward the bottom of this post, but let’s start with the at-large race. [...]
MINNEAPOLIS—Top-seeded Indiana flexed its offensive muscle Friday night, banging out 17 hits in an 11-3 win against Ohio State that propelled the Hoosier’s to Saturday night’s Big Ten tournament title [...]
ARLINGTON—The pledge Martin Perez made to himself after last season was to do everything necessary to not pitch at Triple-A Round Rock in 2013, and the lefthander was on his [...]
This article originally appeared on ESPN Insider. It’s no surprise that the Orioles turned to a former No. 4 overall draft pick to fortify their rotation. But instead of Dylan [...]
Official minor league transactions, conveyed to us by Major League Baseball, for the period May 17-22. Arizona Diamondbacks Signed: OF Dustin Martin (Sugar Land (Atlantic)) Released: RHP Dan Cortes, 1B [...]
SAN FRANCISCO—After five seasons as a dependable starting pitcher, Daryl Maday made the switch to the bullpen last season at Double-A Richmond and proved capable as a long reliever. So [...]
Neither Jonathan Gray (Oklahoma) nor Mark Appel (Stanford) had one of their best outings of the spring over the weekend, but they remain the leading candidates to go to the [...]
North Carolina’s run as college baseball’s No. 1 team ended (at least temporarily) this week. The Tar Heels lost a weekend series at Georgia Tech and have dropped four of [...]
CHICAGO–Until a few minutes before the 2012 draft began, Mark Appel looked certain to go to the Astros as the No. 1 overall pick. Multiple sources say Houston was willing [...]
We’re putting the finishing touches on our first of our two Draft Preview issues, which means that our steady flow of draft information will become an avalanche by week’s end, [...]
CHICAGO–Jurickson Profar-for-Oscar Taveras trade talks are like Jason Voorhees in the “Friday The 13th” movie series. They don’t really exist, yet they refuse to die. The Rangers and Cardinals haven’t [...]
It’s no surprise that the beginning of the minor league season delivered plenty of action. What would be shocking is if it didn’t. No, what was surprising was that the [...]
Welcome to the new BaseballAmerica.com! We like to give the site a fresh look every seven years or so, whether it needs it or not. This redesign has been in [...]
The World Baseball Classic has always been right in Baseball America's wheelhouse. No one covers the game around the globe like we do, and we always viewed a world cup-style tournament for baseball as a great engine for the game's growth.
You know, we will never figure out a perfect way to do the Top 100 Prospects list, because there's no way for us to know with certainty which players are going to fall by the wayside due to poor performance or misfortune. But I like to think we have become significantly better over the years at building our list, which is why it continues to be regarded as the best ranking of its kind in the industry.
It's college baseball season again, which means it's time for the annual wave of college marketers gone wild.
DENVER-—Roberta Mazur always figured she would grow up to be a housewife. “I didn’t really have a plan,” she said. “My mother, though, was into women’s liberation before there was [...]
DENVER–Miguel Cabrera has established himself as one of the premiere players in the game, and he can build on his impressive resume this year. The American League MVP of 2012, [...]
PEORIA, Ariz.—As far back as he can remember, Mike Zunino was hanging around ballparks, tagging along with his father Greg, a scout with the Marlins back then. “He was always [...]
Twenty-four players were picked in the first round of the 2009 draft before the Angels selected Mike Trout. Randal Grichuk was one of the 24. Not only was Grichuk one pick ahead of Trout, but he, like Trout, was selected by the Angels and is also an outfielder. The two became friends as teammates in the Rookie-level Arizona League in 2009.
Tracy Ringolsby checks in after the BBWAA failed to elect a player to the Hall of Fame for just the eighth time ever, the first time since 1996 and second time since 1971. It's a shame, because the ballot was full of qualified candidates this year and will only get more crowded. One of the players whose candidacy will be harmed the most figures to be Jack Morris.
College baseball’s growth has meant new hotbeds for the sport around the country beyond just the old standbys of California, Texas and Florida. Oklahoma, South and North Carolina and Oregon [...]
Dick Cooke had just hired three new assistant coaches for his Davidson program in September. He hadn’t had the chance to go over details of how his first fall practice [...]
Most teams do not want the pressure that can come with ranking No. 1 in Baseball America’s Top 25 college rankings. If it’s feeling any pressure, North Carolina has a [...]
SAN FRANCISCO—The Dominican Republic won the third World Baseball Classic, but there’s more to the WBC than just who was wearing gold medals and plantains when the tournament ended. I [...]
Towson isn’t a big-name baseball program. It plays in the Colonial Athletic Association, the fourth conference it has competed in since Mike Gottlieb became head coach in 1988. Gottlieb, a [...]
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