Team USA Top 10 Prospects Aug. 24, 2007 USA Baseball's college national team regularly is the best collection of college baseball talent in the country. What scouts and crosscheckers saw in 2007, however, was largely uninspiring, by their accounts. The '07 installment was much thinner in draft-eligible talent than in years past. [...] Continue Reading »
USA Baseball Gets Its Field Of Dreams Jul. 11, 2007 A shared vision of USA Baseball, Major League Baseball and the town of Cary is now a reality. The ceremonial ribbon cutting by USA Baseball President Mike Gaski and Cary mayor Ernie McAlister marked the opening of the $11 million USA Baseball National Training Complex, which includes three training field and a main stadium with a full press box and separate suites for scoring, radio and other press members. [...] Continue Reading »
Team USA Slims Down To Traveling Roster Jun. 29, 2007 After a six-game swing through the New England Collegiate Baseball League with a 29-man roster, USA Baseball's college national team is leaner and ready to dig into the meat of its schedule. [...] Continue Reading »
Summer Amateur Notebook: Team USA Wins Gold Aug. 16, 2006 Rounding up the action in summer amateur ball, including the FISU World University Championships, the Pan Am Championships, the Cape Cod League, the NBC World Series and the Texas Collegiate League. [...] Continue Reading »
Team USA Invites 20 May. 16, 2006 Sophomores J.P. Arencibia, Sean Doolittle, David Price and Joe Savery lead a list of 20 players who have accepted invitations to USA Baseball's national team trials this summer. All four played on the 2005 roster following their freshman seasons. [...] Continue Reading »
Team USA Sweeps Italy Jul. 29, 2005 Team USA might have played five games in three cities over six days against Italy, but that itinerary seemed preferable to the one the Americans followed on their Far East trip, when they lost four of the 10 games to rain. [...] Continue Reading »
Team USA Looks For Consistency In Return Home Jul. 22, 2005 Temperatures will climb into the mid-90s at Durham Bulls Athletic Park this weekend, but don't expect Team USA's players to complain. In fact, most probably will take the field with smiles on their faces this weekend against Italy. [...] Continue Reading »
USA Baseball Gets Off To Quick Start Jul. 6, 2005 USA Baseball's college national team opened its summer tour by sweeping three games from New England Collegiate League teams before heading to the Far East for five-game series in Japan and Taiwan. [...] Continue Reading »
Team USA Expands Invitee List To 25 May. 26, 2005 Southern California sophomore righthander Ian Kennedy, who led Team USA with 40 strikeouts in 2004, headlines the second group of players invited to the national team trials. The latest group of 12 players brings the total number of invitees to 25, and USA Baseball will extend offers to 11 more players before picking the 20-man roster from a pool of 36 following the June 27-30 trials at North Carolina State's Doak Field in Raleigh. [...] Continue Reading »
Team USA Announces First Summer Team Invites May. 4, 2005 Team USA announced the first 13 players invited to this summer's college national team trials. The list includes Texas sophomore outfielder Drew Stubbs, who played on last summer's World University Championship gold medal team. [...] Continue Reading »