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Collegiate Baseball The Voice Of Amateur Baseball Started In 1958 At The Request Of Our Nation’s Baseball Coaches Vol. 63, No. 1 Friday, Jan. 3, 2020 $4.00 Wild And Crazy Life Of Coach Tom Walter Superman of college school again until mid-October. Walter evacuated his 38 players, as well baseball coaches relocated as coaches and families, prior to the storm team from New Orleans to hitting. New Mexico when Hurricane This remarkable person is the same man who donated his kidney to a freshman baseball player Katrina destroyed the city, on his team at Wake Forest. plus other incredible stories. Earlier in his career as the head baseball coach at George Washington University, he led this program to great success despite not having a By LOU PAVLOVICH, JR. home field. Imagine having all 56 games each And JOHN PINKMAN spring on the road. Special Collegiate Baseball Report During his time there, a plane operated by al-Qaeda terrorists crashed into the Pentagon on INSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Wake Sept. 11, 2001—not far from his school. Forest Head Coach Tom Walter is one It was part of four coordinated terrorist plane Wof the most amazing stories in college attacks made by 19 militants. baseball history. Two airliners hit the twin towers of the World This is a man who previously was the Trade Center in New York City while another skipper at the University of New Orleans when plane crashed in a field in Shanksville, PA. Hurricane Katrina hit in late August of 2005. The attacks resulted in 2,977 fatalities, over According to National Geographic, the 25,000 injuries and caused at least $10 billion hurricane caused 1,200 deaths as a direct result in property damage. of the storm and resulted in an estimated $108 If that wasn’t enough, the D.C. Sniper billion in property damage, the costliest storm Attacks took place a year later in October of on record 2002 in Maryland, Virginia and the District of Fifty levies in New Orleans failed which Columbia. flooded low-lying areas of the city and ultimately Ten people were killed and three others caused 80 percent of the city to be under critically wounded in the Baltimore-Washington water. metropolitan area and along Interstate 95 in The University of New Orleans was shut Tom Walter gave a kidney to freshman Kevin Jordan. down for over two months and couldn’t start See HURRICANE KATRINA, Page 4 Collegiate Baseball’s National Pitching Coach Of The Year UCLA’s John Savage Explains His Pitching System Bruin skipper has a vast array in 2013, as UCLA won its first-ever NCAA baseball title. of important areas he utilizes to Under his guidance, UCLA has advanced to the make every pitcher better in his postseason in 11 of the last 15 seasons, hosting an NCAA Regional in six of the last 10, including four time-honored program. straight from 2010-2013. By LOU PAVLOVICH, JR. At UCLA, Savage has produced some of the nation’s Editor/Collegiate Baseball top pitchers, including Gerrit Cole (first overall pick in 2011 Draft by the Pirates), Trevor Bauer (third overall OS ANGELES — UCLA Head Baseball Coach pick in 2011 Draft by the Diamondbacks), Adam Plutko John Savage is Collegiate Baseball’s national (Cleveland Indians), Griffin Canning (Los Angeles Pitching Coach of The Year for 2019. Angels) and Ryan Garcia (2019 Pac-12 Pitcher of The L Year), just to name a few. He is the 17th winner of this prestigious award chosen by a committee of previous winners chaired In this exclusive interview with Collegiate Baseball, by Seton Hall pitching coach Pat Pinkman. Savage discusses all aspects of pitching within his Savage has been a pitching coach in college base- time-honored system. ball for the past 27 years with stops at Nevada, U.C. “We have several principles that we want in Irvine, Southern California and UCLA the past 15 pitchers,” said Savage. seasons. “No. 1 is pitchability. He must be able to speed up Last season, UCLA’s pitching staff was remarkable and slow down the swings of hitters. He must have and highly ranked in the final NCAA stats: speed differentials on pitches and must be able to locate • No. 1 ERA: 2.60 with small misses. • No. 1 Hits allowed per 9 innings: 6.18 “No. 2 is having a repeatable delivery with the • No. 1 WHIP: 1.05 different pitches that person has. He must have rhythm • No. 4 Strikeout to walk ratio: 3.13 (647 strikeouts, to be on time to create tunnels and similarity.” 207 walks) Savage said it is important to find out precisely how • No. 7 Strikeouts per 9 innings: 10.2 pitches are coming off the fingers for each pitch of Through his years at UCLA, Savage has established every pitcher and in what arm slot. The goal is to have the Bruins as a consistent national championship the same tunnel for each pitch so they look identical contender. He guided the Bruins to college baseball’s pinnacle See 11-STEP SYSTEM HELPS, Page 3 UCLA Head Coach John Savage Inside Collegiate Baseball Web Site: www.baseballnews.com 2020 College Preview Section Potential High 2020 Draft Picks The Amazing Dr. Bill Harrison All the top players, teams on every CB takes a look at the elite players Baseball vision expert left special level of college baseball examined in college baseball who have a shot mark on sport that will always be in our 36-page pullout/Pages 17-52 as first round selections/Page 31 felt because of his work/Page 11 Page Collegiate Baseball Friday, Jan. 3, 00 Instructional Clinics Planned Collegiate Baseball TUCSON, Ariz. — Many great Tanner Swanson (Minnesota clinics and conventions have been Twins catching coordinator); Joel The Voice Of scheduled over the next month Mangrum (Cleveland Indians Amateur Baseball covering all topics concerning pitching coach); Jake McKinley baseball. 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