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Started In 1958 At The Request Of Our Nation’s Baseball Coaches Vol. 63, No. 11 Friday, June 12, 2020 $4.00 50 Amazing ’Series Memories Drama, wild moments highlight the history of the College for the past 73 years.

By LOU PAVLOVICH, JR. Editor/Collegiate Baseball

MAHA, Neb. — Since there is no this Oyear because of the coronavirus pandemic, Collegiate Baseball thought it would be a good idea to remind people what a remarkable event this is. So we present the 50 greatest memories He had not a home all season in CWS history. long. 1. Most Dramatic Moment To End With one runner on, he hit the only Game: With two outs in the bottom of the walk-off homer to win a College World ninth in the 1996 College World Series Series in history as it barely cleared the championship game, Miami (Fla.) was on right field wall as LSU pulled off a 9-8 the cusp of winning the national title over win in the national title game. Louisiana St. with 1-run lead. 2. Greatest Championship Game: With one runner on, LSU’s Warren Southern California and Florida State Morris stepped to the plate. played the greatest College World Series He did not play for 39 games due to a championship game in history. WILD CELEBRATIONS — The College World Series in Omaha has featured fractured hamate bone in his right wrist The Trojans beat the Seminoles, 2-1 remarkable moments over the past 73 years, including plenty of dog piles to and only came back to the starting lineup celebrate national championships. Above, UCLA wins the 2013 CWS. in the South II Regional. See ’S, Page 6

Nick Gonzales Collegiate Baseball’s 2020 National Player Of The Year Amazing Athlete Puts Up Incredible Numbers New Mexico St. One year ago, he hit .432 with 16 homers, 19 doubles and 80 RBI. hits .448 with 12 homers, 36 But this season, he has been off-the-charts RBI in 16 games, finishes in great. top 5 in USA in 10 categories. While it took him 220 at-bats to hit 16 homers during the 2019 season, he belted 12 homers in By LOU PAVLOVICH, JR. only 48 at-bats this season over 13 games. Editor/Collegiate Baseball He was on pace to hit 50 home runs this season in 56 games which would have broken the NCAA AS CRUCES, N.M. — Collegiate Baseball’s Division I record of 48 set by Oklahoma State’s 2020 National Player of The Year is SS during the 1985 season over 75 LNick Gonzales of New Mexico St. games. He hit .448 with 12 homers, 3 doubles, 36 RBI Over 13 games, he also drove in 36 runs. He and walked 21 times (10 intentional) in 16 games was on a pace to collect 155 RBI which would before the coronavirus pandemic abruptly halted also set a new NCAA Division I record. the season. The current record was set by Oklahoma State’s Gonzales finished in the top five nationally Pete Incaviglia during the 1985 season with 143 in 10 categories: home runs (1st), home runs per RBI over 75 games. game (3rd), runs (1st), runs batted in (1st), runs First year New Mexico State Head Mike batted in per game (1st), total bases (1st), slugging Kirby has been involved with percentage (2nd), on-base percentage (3rd), walks for many years as a coach at Cal. St. Fullerton, (4th) and walks per game (5th). , and UNLV. Gonzales hit five home runs in a single day He has seen 104 players selected in the MLB against Purdue Fort Wayne on Feb. 29 as he hit Draft during his coaching career, including 27 two in game one of a before belting who have played in the Leagues, and he has three more in the nightcap, including an inside- never seen any hitter perform at the level Gonzales the-park . He compiled 10 RBI over has this season. the two games. “Nick was incredible,” said Kirby. When the season was suspended, he had a “He is really advanced for a college level player national best on-base streak of 82 consecutive games which dated back to the 2018 season. See GONZALES HAS, Page 3 Shortstop of New Mexico St. Inside Collegiate Baseball Web Site: www.baseballnews.com Collegiate Baseball A-A Teams National Coach Of The Year 31st Annual All-Pavlovich Team Elite NCAA Division I Players, leads Ole Miss to Amazing people make up this freshmen honored from schools 16-1 record before season shut prestigious group who are what across the USA/Pages 10, 15 down due to coronavirus/Page 14 the game is all about/Page 16 Page  Collegiate Baseball Friday, June 12, 2020 NCAA Transfer Rule Decision Collegiate Baseball The Voice Of Put On Hold Until Next Fall Amateur Baseball INDIANAPOLIS — The NCAA dates, accountability measures Division I Council approved a for schools that accept transfer resolution that outlined its students, and additional education Collegiate Baseball (ISSN 0530-9751) is published twice a month intention to adopt by January a on the transfer rules and process. 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Directory Fresno State’s Dies Area Code (520) FRESNO, Calif. — Bob Bennett, while head coach Pete Beiden went Publisher: Lou Pavlovich, Jr. (Call 623-4530) one of the greatest baseball coaches on sabbatical. Editor: Lou Pavlovich, Jr. (Call 623-4530 to report stories) in college baseball history at Fresno That season, the Bulldogs Advertising Director: Diane Pavlovich (Call 623-4530) State, passed away on May 31 at finished 38-10, won a CCAA title Subscription Department: (Call 623-4530) the age of 86. and earned a berth in the NCAA Fax Machine: (Call 624-5501) E-Mail: [email protected] Bennett finished his 34-year playoffs. Web Site: www.baseballnews.com coaching career at Fresno State with Bennett returned to Bullard a 1,302-759-4 record in 2002. following the 1967 campaign but In his final season, he became the was called back to Fresno State on a 2020 Publication Schedule seventh coach in NCAA history to permanent basis in 1970 following reach 1,300 wins. Beiden’s retirement. January 3 March 6 May 1 September 4 With a 32-27 record in his final Considered a leader on the January 24 March 20 May 15 October 2 February 7 April 3 June 12 season, Bennett closed his collegiate baseball front, Bennett February 21 April 17 July 10 career with 26 consecutive winning is a former president of the ABCA seasons. (1987). In 2001, Bennett was named Bennett has also been heavily Western Athletic Conference Coach involved in baseball at the Moving? of the Year for the third time while international level, serving as head Make Sure CB Moves Along With You! making his 21st NCAA regional coach of the U.S. National Team in To change your address, please write us 30 days in advance if appearance. 1983 and ‘86 and as a member of you can. Mail to: Collegiate Baseball Newspaper Prior to the season finale, Bennett the national team’s coaching staff Dept. Address Change became the first coach in Fresno BOB BENNETT in 1977 and ‘79. P.O. Box 50566 State history — and first person He moved directly into coaching Bennett is a member of the Tucson, Ariz. 85703 affiliated with the baseball program following his graduation from American Baseball Coaches Assn. 1. Please print OLD address here. — to have his No. 26 retired. Fresno State in 1956, taking over Hall of Fame, Fresno State Hall of His teams averaged nearly 40 as head baseball coach at Kingburg Fame, the College Baseball Hall NAME wins per season. (Calif.) High School. of Fame and the Roosevelt High STREET APT. # In his career, Bennett led In two seasons, his teams School Hall of Fame. CITY STATE ZIP the Bulldogs to 17 conference compiled a 41-19 record. In 1958, “Our prayers go out to the championships, 21 NCAA he moved on to Fresno’s Bullard Bennett family,” current head coach DATE OF Tournament berths and two College High School, where the Knights said. MOVE: World Series appearances. posted over 200 victories in his 11 “Rest in peace to the greatest He also coached 32 All- seasons. coach our Valley will ever see.” 2. Please print NEW address here. Americans and nine first-round His coaching career at Bullard Bennett’s 1988 club won a NAME draft picks. was interrupted in 1967 when school-record 56 games and went STREET APT. # Bennett helped Fresno State he was asked to take over the on a program-best 32-game winning CITY STATE ZIP build Beiden Field into a first-class coaching duties at Fresno State streak. facility and was largely responsible for the Bulldogs becoming a model in the area of facilities, ticket sales, fan support and community pride. Powerful Past In 2016, the baseball facility at Fresno State was renamed College World Pete Beiden Field at Bob Bennett Stadium. Bennett earned conference Series Photos Coach of the Year honors 14 times in addition to being named the 1988 NCAA Coach of the Year by The . He also earned the prestigious Lefty Gomez Award in 2000, which is presented to the coach who has distinguished himself among his peers locally, nationally and internationally. Bennett saw more than 100 of his players taken in the regular phase of the annual June amateur draft. JUNE Of the 35 players that have played in the Major Leagues, 19 were . Bennett, a 1951 graduate of Fresno’s Roosevelt High School, graduated from Fresno State in 13-24 1956 with a degree in physical education. Two years later he earned his master’s degree in P.E. from Fresno State. Friday, June 12, 2020 Collegiate Baseball Page  Gonzales Has Remarkable Season For Aggies Continued From Page 1 lefthanded as well. “I saw Nick take some swings both on the field and off. He has an lefthanded, and I was blown away. advanced approach at the plate. He I asked him if he has ever hit has tons of discipline. If you aren’t lefthanded before, and he said scared to walk or strike out, that’s yes. He said that as a righthanded One of most important changes was a tough combination. hitter when he was young, pitchers getting my back elbow slotted in my side “The one player I might compare wouldn’t pitch to him. But they “ Nick to is who played at would when he hit lefthanded. during the swing. It might seem like a Cal. St. Fullerton and was the No. “I honestly believe Nick could 1 overall pick in the 1992 MLB be a .300-plus hitter from the left small adjustment, but it added significant Draft. side which would allow him to be power. Then it was all about putting in “Phil had the same quick bat a switch hitter. I saw him hit a home speed that Nick has which is really run from the left side. I’m glad he’s the repetitions swing after swing to refine special. on my team.” “Watching Nick hit this year is this movement, get stronger and put more Improves Quickness almost like watching someone play The skilled New Mexico State muscle on. a baseball video game. His home hitter was asked how he hit 12 and RBI numbers were off the runs in only 13 games this season. — Nick Gonzales, Shortstop charts. The amazing thing about “Last year, I wanted to get as New Mexico St. University Nick is that it’s not as though he strong as possible. Through trial can only hit one pitch in one area and , I felt that moving a of the strike zone. It is line to line good amount of weight fast during with him. weight training would help my “Four of his home runs this fast twitch muscles be quicker and “But I had to make sure food was and 36 RBI. Green talked about a key moment season have been hit to left field, ultimately allow me to have faster four others to centerfield and the in my system at all times. Those are superb numbers for a he had with Gonzales during the fall bat speed. “I would routinely drink protein freshman. of his freshman season. other four to rightfield. That’s why “Several of the weight training ” I said he is advanced. shakes in the morning and at night. But he wasn’t satisfied as he “During that fall in 2017, he exercises I typically do are the I also ate a lot of oatmeal, a lot of kept working hard at every aspect could hit the ball the other way. But “Those aren’t lucky home runs bench press, squat, dead lift, trap to rightfield. Realize he is focused carbs and protein as well. of his game. he kind of pushed the ball. He had bar dead lift and power cleans as “At the end of my freshman fall “My dad always taught me to no pull power and no backspin to on driving the ball that way when well. pitches are on the outside of the season, I now weighed 175 pounds keep things simple in hitting,” said the pull side whatsoever. “With the bench press, I can as I put on 15 pounds of muscle in Gonzales. “I had him do a high tee drill plate. usually do 185 pounds for speed “In practice, he has the a few months. “When I got to New Mexico one day during the fall as we were and do four reps of four. With “The whole winter break, I was State, Coach changed a messing around in the batting cage capability of hitting a home run squats, I can do 10 sets of two at virtually every swing. in the weight room every day for 1 few mechanical things that allowed and asked him to really exaggerate 275-315 pounds. 1/2 hours. me to improve dramatically and get the use of his top hand. “But the discipline and maturity “Instead of pushing weights level he has is special as he focuses “It was tough on my body which to the next level.” “He took one particular swing at maximum weight, I focused was constantly sore. But it needed Greene is now the head coach at and just pounded the ball very on hitting balls the other way and on weight training with speed. I hitting line drives. One of the things to be done. If I didn’t do this, I knew Washington State. differently than he had been. We worked with our strength coaches I wouldn’t be a starter my freshman “One of most important changes looked at each other, and I asked he does is utilize a batting tee that to refine my weight training in this is below his knees, and he smashes season in 2018. was getting my back elbow slotted him if he felt that movement. fashion. My overall strength is “I had to come back in January in my side during the swing. It “A couple of weeks went by as balls. about the same. But I am able to “He is really hard to pitch to showing the coaches I was serious might seem like a small adjustment, he worked on this new movement, move faster when I hit and be more about getting bigger and stronger but it added significant power. and I told Nick that he might have and can hit many different types of explosive.” pitches in different locations. and better. I really wanted to play. “Then it was all about putting in some real power. “He has a routine he likes and Fascinating Study “My coaches wanted me to do the repetitions swing after swing to “That certainly has taken place has had great success.” Gonzales arrived at New Mexico different drills during the Christmas refine this movement, get stronger as his bat speed has exploded the State as a 5-foot-10, 160 pound break. I did them constantly during and put more muscle on.” last two years. You don’t see a lot Amazing Shortstop freshman walk-on in the fall of that time, and it ended up working Highly Disciplined Hitter of players do that. Kirby said one part of Gonzales’ 2017 with little fanfare. out very well. “The reason goes back to his game that typically goes unnoticed Green has been a college coach It wasn’t until he was a “Then I added another 15 pounds for 17 years with stops at UCLA, habits, discipline, nutrition, what is his defense. sophomore that he actually received over the span of a year and now he works on and his commitment “A lot of people don’t realize he Kentucky, New Mexico State and a scholarship with the Aggies. weigh 190 pounds.” now Washington State. to strength. played shortstop for the first time in At Cienega High School in “During batting practice, he his college career at New Mexico Changes Eating Tactics He has seen some remarkable Tucson, Ariz., he hit .543 his senior Once he hit 190 pounds, hitters over the years with none constantly works on how late can he St. this season. season with 9 doubles, 3 triples and hit the ball and still drive it. It is a lot “Previously he played second Gonzales changed tactics and is not better than A.J. Reed at Kentucky 4 home runs. eating nearly what he once did as a who became the National Player of of right center and line drives. base. A week before the 2020 Gonzales transformed his body “We put a cone between home season, he moved to shortstop. freshman at New Mexico State. The Year in 2014. by adding 30 pounds of muscle. His “Now I try to maintain my “He has legitimate professional plate and the and asked Nick “The Baseball gods were all weight shot up to 190 pounds in a not to swing until the pitched ball over Nick when he became a weight and eat food that is good bat speed,” said Green. little over a year. for my body as I work with a “His plate discipline is superb. traveled over the cone. shortstop. “It was obvious to me that “It redefines how late a batter “They made him make every nutritionist. I have a good, healthy He doesn’t chase after pitches just I needed to get stronger,” said meal plan in place starting with off the plate. can start his swing. The next thing single difficult play possible by a Gonzales. you know, a hitter gets shorter with shortstop. He threw out a 4.1 runner breakfast. “If you watch him take batting “College athletes are bigger, “It is a meal that gives me energy practice, rarely will you ever see his stroke.” in the 6-hole deep. He went up the faster and stronger especially on middle and had to do a 360 to throw through the day. I am also careful him hit one out. the NCAA Division I level. To get what I fuel my body with for lunch “A righthanded hitter, he hits a out a runner. stronger, I had to eat a lot to put “Nick had to come in on the and dinner.” lot of balls to right center in BP and weight on. His strength, discipline and work a lot of line drives and ground balls fastest runner the other team had “My brother was a middle with the bases loaded and a chopper ethic also played big roles in his as he constantly works at backing linebacker on the football team dramatic improvement from his the ball up and putting great swings over the mound to get the runner at at Navy. He helped me with off- first. I was shocked. freshman to sophomore years with on the ball.” season workouts when I went back the Aggies. “He has the feel for time and home to Tucson. space that kids on this level don’t As a freshman, he was the “He helped me tremendously Western Athletic Conference CheapBats.com have defensively. with the food I was eating which “In my eyes, he definitely is one Freshman of The Year. 1-800-589-HITS was nutritious and put on muscle. In 57 games, he led the team of the top in the country, My brother is much bigger than me. Order today if not the best.” with a .347 batting average while He is about 4-5 inches taller and 60 compiling 17 doubles, 9 home runs have it tomorrow In 16 games, Gonzales only pounds heavier. committed two errors in 71 “The goal was to eat 4,000 chances. calories a day, and that meant eating Kirby said the righthanded hitting 4-5 meals a day. They didn’t have Gonzales also has the ability to hit to be huge meals.

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Collegiate Baseball Volcano Eruption Couldn’t Stop Gonzaga The Voice Of Amateur Baseball SPOKANE, Wash. — It is provision in the association baseball doubtful if any team in the history rules about natural disasters of college baseball ended a baseball Around The Horn affecting travel. season with more drama than So the former Iowa farm boy Gonzaga University in 1980. With went to work. Four days before the Bulldogs Two days before Gonzaga was OPINION were scheduled to fly to the West scheduled to arrive in Tucson, NCAA Regional in Tucson, Ariz. Lawler phoned a Washington state Publisher: Lou Pavlovich, Jr. 40 years ago, 9,677-foot Mount Lou Pavlovich senator for emergency permission Editor: Lou Pavlovich, Jr. St. Helens erupted 230 miles to drive on the highway in an effort from Spokane, home of Gonzaga to reach which had the University. nearest open airport. The Topic: That volcanic explosion was as Seattle is about 300 miles from powerful as the largest hydrogen Spokane. Change Could Help Game bomb ever tested. from entering their lungs. When the state senator gave her Each issue, Collegiate Baseball explores a major Mount St. Helens previously It was just an entirely unlikely approval, Lawler quickly arranged development in the world of baseball. This issue’s erupted 123 years prior to that. situation for a playoff-bound team for two vans and a station wagon to editorial discusses a possible change to move the The 1980 blast marked the first and a sudden nightmare. make the trip. NCAA Division I season into warmer weather. of its kind in the contiguous United Gonzaga that year had a superb All three vehicles were packed States in more than 60 years. ball club that posted a 23-4 record with equipment and human The ash from the eruption blew in the Northern Pacific Conference. beings. Is Time Right To Move 10 miles straight up, and winds It still is the best conference record “All the highways were closed,” blew it as far east as Montana. by a Bulldog baseball team in said Lawler. Season Later In Year? In the state of Washington, history. “Even the state vehicles were For 161 years, college baseball has been played. more than 6,000 miles of roads What was Head Coach Jim not allowed on the streets because And for the past 73 years, a national has been crowned and highways were buried with a Lawler to do? they would stop operating because on the NCAA Division I level. deluge of ash. The second-year head coach of ash-clogged engines. Universities in the frigid northern areas of the USA have always Spokane was virtually shut made several frantic calls to NCAA “After I made arrangements been at a huge disadvantage. It isn’t any coincidence that 49 out down. headquarters in an effort to move to drive to Seattle, we decided to of the last 53 years a warm weather school has won the national No one could drive on the local the tournament back because embark on the risky drive. We took championship. The only exceptions have been Oregon St. winning streets without ash clogging the travel conditions were almost off at about 2 p.m. on a Tuesday in three national titles along with Wichita St. once. engines, causing vehicles to chug impossible. Spokane. Bone-chilling weather typically forces many northern teams to to a halt. Unfortunately, the NCAA “In each vehicle, we had three practice indoors for months prior to the season starting. Busses stopped operating. State couldn’t do anything for Gonzaga spare air and oil filters just in case It isn’t unusual to see the first 20 games of the year being played vehicles were locked up. to help with their unique travel the ones in use clogged with ash. on the road for these schools at great expense as they play teams If one ventured outside, that problem. “Normally the trip to Seattle that have practiced outdoors for months. Some Big Ten schools person had to wear a surgical mask, The College World Series was dole out over $200,000 in travel expenses the first four weeks of gas mask or coffee filter to keep ash a week later, and there was no See DANGEROUS, Page 5 the season. Universities with smaller budgets force baseball teams to travel by bus which brings the issue of safety into the mix as they often travel on dangerous, icy roads early in the year. Weather has always been a problem early in the season because of cold or rainy weather even when games are played in warmer Letters To The Editor locations. Elbow Surgery Epidemic John Smith U.S. Collegiate Baseball reported that after the first three weeks of I thoroughly enjoyed reading your special 17 Mockingbird Lane Mail Pullman, WA 99164 the season several years ago, 285 NCAA Division I games were report on the elbow surgery epidemic (May 15, either cancelled or postponed because of the weather. 2020 edition). At least a half dozen proposals over the years have been The statistics vividly show what a major Collegiate Baseball presented to the coaching fraternity to change the spring season problem elbow injuries have been to pitchers the P.O. Box 50566 later in the year with the hope it would ultimately be voted in by past 14 years on all levels of the game. Tucson, AZ 85703 administrators at NCAA Conventions. While the easy answer is pitchers throwing too None of them have ever been approved because university much and being abused, your story delved into the administrators have not wanted any sport to go beyond the subject much deeper. traditional spring semester, among other reasons. In all honesty, I was fascinated that the highest amount You can also FAX letters to many of the warm weather schools didn’t want to change the of over the past 50 years of NCAA season either because they had an edge early in the year and could the editor or Division I baseball took place during the 2019 E-Mail them: rack up wins. season as a record 8.08 batters were fanned per The frustrating part is that everyone acknowledges the nine for each team. FAX: E-Mail: (520) 624-5501 [email protected] competitive disadvantage for northern schools the first month It was the first time in history the average has of the season. Yet administrators at the majority of Division I eclipsed 8.00. Collegiate Baseball welcomes letters from universities refuse to act. Then Butch Thompson of Auburn explained readers. Letters must include the writer’s With the coronavirus pandemic shutting down the 2020 season that pitching velocity has played a big role in the name, address and telephone number. We and cancellation of the College World Series, a group of Power historic numbers. reserve the right to condense or reject any Five NCAA Division I coaches realized the timing was perfect for He said when you look at Major League letter and to limit frequent writers. another crack at moving the season later in the year. Baseball pitchers, the velocity has gone up almost Headed by University of Head Coach , a half mile per hour each of the past 10 years. The My mom was an alcoholic which I endured the proposed season would begin the third weekend of March, the average MLB is now 93.1 mph. every day of my life as a child. NCAA 64-team baseball tournament in early July and the College He added that college baseball seems to be She would get off work and start drinking like World Series in mid-July. mirroring this velocity increase with pitchers clockwork every afternoon about 5:30 p.m. When Essentially you would move the entire season forward a month. throwing harder and harder over the past 10 years she had digested enough bourbon as she escaped It is the hope of these coaches that the change can happen as soon and pointed out that half of the pitching staffs in life, she would begin slurring her words and could as the 2022 season. the Pac-12, ACC and SEC are throwing barely walk. It was amazing she didn’t break any According to Bakich, this is not a competitive equity proposal over 90 mph or above which was unheard of a bones by falling. that has been presented in previous years by northern coaches. decade ago. How got himself out of a crisis This proposal is about the sustainability and growth of college Adding more fuel to the story, it was interesting situation should be required reading for everyone baseball for the future as athletic departments across the USA face a to read former LSU assistant coach John in this country now that we are going through a financial crisis of historic levels with the coronavirus pandemic. Mugarian’s thoughts about weight training being coronavirus pandemic. I’m sure there are more With the cash cow of the NCAA Division I basketball tournament a major cause of elbow and shoulder injuries to than a few people drinking heavily. cancelled this year and not knowing what type of football season pitchers the past three decades. Michael Seward there will be this fall which typically brings in the lion’s share of While this was all informative, I really New Orleans, La. revenue for schools, it is forward thinking to consider moving the found it interesting reading the thoughts of season later in the year by a month.For the vast majority of NCAA veteran pitching coaches Don Rowe (Milwaukee Division I baseball teams, they operate at a significant financial loss Power Of The Brain Brewers), Tom Dunton (Stanford) as well as Leo I was fascinated reading all about the power of which could ultimate cripple the sport if action is not taken. Mazzone () on why they rarely had the brain by Gary Ward in your latest issue (May Having better weather for a month for all schools is the answer pitchers come down with injuries. 15, 2020). to drawing more people to college baseball games. It is time researchers looked at pitching Coach Ward then gave a remarkable explanation coaches across baseball who rarely have elbow of how the neurons that fire together wire together, or shoulder injuries. They are doing something creating a process of improving the original right that might pave the way for fewer Tommy pathway into a super highway. UOTE John surgeries. Unquote” While the brain is only 2 percent of the total “Q Thomas Brown body mass, it used 20 percent of your available “Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.” Mankato, Minn. energy supply. — General George Patton Since training is about deliberate thinking, Alcoholism Destroys Lives analysis and body awareness, this is vital “Adversity cause some men to break…others to break Thank you for running the story about Matt information to have. records.” Deggs (May 15, 2020 issue). Joe Sanders — William Ward It really hit home with me. Long Beach, Calif.

Friday, June 12, 2020 Collegiate Baseball Page  Dangerous Trip Through Volcanic Ash Successful Continued From Page 4 what we would have done. We crucial in those two victories gave up two earned runs in six might have had to walk miles and In the opening game of the innings before he tired and was takes about five hours. But with the miles for help. West Regional against Fullerton, taken out against the Wildcats, the blizzard of falling ash, which made “But we just had to take the he limited the hard-hitting Titans eventual national champs that year. driving treacherous, the journey chance. Our kids worked too hard to just two runs as Gonzaga won, held on to beat Gonzaga, became a 9-hour marathon. to get where they were.” 3-2. 8-5. “All around us, ash kept falling. When the 9-hour trip from hell The game was tied 2-2 heading In all, Gorman pitched 18 innings It looked similar to a dust storm. finally ended at Seattle’s airport, into the bottom of the ninth. Mac in 2 1/2 days while allowing 4 “As the ash came through the air a thoroughly relieved bunch of Gebbers stepped to the plate and earned runs. ducts of the vans and station wagon, players and coaches emerged from delivered a walk-off home run to Gonzaga finished with a 39-15 all of the players and coaches could the vehicles. left centerfield. He was mobbed overall record and was ranked 10th feel the ash particles going into their Their flight out of Seattle was the by teammates as he crossed home in the final Collegiate Baseball eyes and causing them to burn. next day. So the entire team relaxed plate. final poll of 1980. “The ash also got into everyone’s for the first time in five days. After days without practice and Lawler went on to be the head lungs and caused a similar burning Now that the business of travel a 9-hour trip to Seattle, it was clear coach of Texas-El Paso. Then he sensation. had been taken care of, the Gonzaga Gonzaga was ready to play. was the Associate Head Coach at “After hours of exposure to the players had one pressing problem. In three innings of relief against Texas A&M, the head coach at ash, you could even smell it. They had not practiced outside Fullerton in the second meeting, Arkansas-Little Rock and recently “Thank goodness we only had for five days. Gorman tossed goose-eggs as served as the pitching coach at to stop once. That was to check all Incredibly, the Bulldogs beat Gonzaga beat the Titans in the semi- Pepperdine. vehicles and change the air filters. defending NCAA champion Cal. St. final game, 10-8 in 11 innings. “If one of the vans or station Fullerton not once but twice Then against the Arizona in the wagon had stalled, I don’t know JIM LAWLER Pitching ace Tom Gorman was West Regional title game, Gorman Retires At UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – A 39- Latest Update On College Summer Leagues year coaching veteran and a member TUCSON, Ariz. — Many of concerns but will return in 2021 to So a temporary substitute league- of the 1,000 win club, Alabama- the summer collegiate baseball celebrate its 75th anniversary. operated team has been added to Birmingham head coach Brian leagues have decided to cancel their Some summer leagues are play this summer. Shoop announced his retirement. seasons because of the coronavirus expanding operations to include The new team will take the Shoop retires after nearly four pandemic. players who have been displaced place of the Bloomington Bobcats decades of coaching, including Only a few are continuing on from the leagues that cancelled and will allow the league to have spending the last 14 years at time or with limited or reduced summer baseball. six teams giving opportunities to UAB. schedules. The East Coast Sox Baseball college players in the Chicagoland Overall, he was a head coach The latest to announce Organization started the Honor and Northwest Indiana area. for 31 years and compiled 1,061 cancellation of the season are the the Game League, a wood bat Their season is scheduled to career victories, including the 2001 , Atlantic, league for college players hosted begin July 1. NAIA National Championship at Cal Ripken, Great Lakes, MINK, in Meridian, MS. 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Everyone sensed Stephenson Then the infielders would What made the achievement even would try to steal second base. regain their feet quickly and throw more amazing is that USC pitcher He took a large lead off first, and imaginary balls to the worked 16 innings over a quick throw by Hurricane pitcher who would make spectacular fake those three days for the Trojans. Mike Kasprzak just missed picking catches. 3. Greatest Program In CWS him off. Sometimes the first baseman History: Southern California has Then a special play was flashed to stretched as far as he could to catch won the most national baseball the Miami players by the coaching an imaginary ball or scoop it out of titles of any NCAA Division I staff. the dirt. program with 12. Kasprzak, standing behind the The would No other program has won more pitching rubber, made a quick not only turn plays but than six national titles, and only two motion to first base as if he had would re-enact the scene in reverse have done it in LSU and Texas. thrown the ball. But the ball was which appeared to be a rewind on At one point, the Trojans won still in his glove. a video. five consecutive championships Again, Stephenson dove At one point in the performance, from 1970-74. back to first. But this time, first players would slow down the Legendary Coach Rod Dedeaux baseman Steve Lusby dove over phantom infield drill to a slow- was at the helm of USC for 11 of Stephenson’s outstretched legs in motion crawl as if they were all in those championships while Mike a remarkable acting job as he went a time warp. Gillespie led the Trojans to their after the “errant throw.” It would eventually speed up to final title in 1998. At that precise instant, the Miami the point that it was performed in It is highly unlikely any other , located down the first supersonic speed. program will ever win 12 national base line, scattered. The Hurricane To wind up the festivities, an titles. dugout yelled, “Go! Go! Go!” imaginary ball would be hit with 4. Amazing Comeback: The Naturally, Stephenson took the a fungo bat high in the air to the greatest ninth comeback in bait and ran to second base as any by assistant coach Larry College World Series history took normal person would. Farris near home plate. place in 1973. USC’s Rod Dedeaux led Trojans to 11 NCAA titles. As he raced toward second, But when you use an imaginary held a 7-0 lead been stopped. mistake, but the told him it Kasprzak took the ball from his ball, strange things happen. heading into the bottom of the ninth “It was the worst rain storm in was too late to change. glove and tossed it to shortstop The Diablo catcher searched against Southern California. the history of the College World “They never should have, but Billy Wrona who tagged the the skies for the imaginary ball 15 was pitching for Series in Omaha,” said Dedeaux. they called me in. And I said it was flabbergasted Stephenson. excruciating seconds, moving to his the Golden Gophers on this day “There was never a game played okay to change it. In the spirit of Pandemonium reigned as Wichita left, right, back and forward until he and held the Trojans to only a weak in worse conditions than that. The fair play, I thought it was okay to St. coaches and players protested to finally threw up his hands in disgust infield single heading into the final game turned into a travesty, and the allow the change. no avail. and walked off the field. frame. weather was absolutely horrible. “Would you believe they hit out It was a sting job without parallel The loose Califonians did not It should be noted Winfield “Very few people were in the of order from that lineup? We were and awfully hard to swallow if you stop there. struck out 15 USC batters heading stands, and the home plate umpire holding the lineup card and could were a member of the Shocker Second baseman Drew Macauley into the ninth. who was from the call any batter out because they faithful. set All-American second baseman According to USC’s Dedeaux, didn’t know he had the authority to were batting out of turn. Even in the The play received huge national Darrel Brown’s shoelaces on fire in the turning point actually came call the game at that time. rally they had, we let it go. coverage. All three major networks the dugout at Rosenblatt Stadium. with Minnesota batting in the top “Our team had not made an error “That night, I took requested footage of the play. The Two hours before the scheduled of the ninth. in seven games prior to that contest. aside and showed him that one of wire services carried stories about Southern Illinois-Cal. St. Los “It is a cardinal rule in baseball In that slush, we were charged with his batters batted out of turn. He the amazing play. Angeles game, a Diablo was seen when you are beating somebody five errors inside of three innings said, ‘Oh, my God.’ Miami later met Wichita St. shopping in a badly that you never try to embarrass (seventh through the ninth).” “I always felt sportsmanship for the title and won, 9-3 for department store. Strangely, he was or show them up,” said Dedeaux. Minnesota pushed across three cost us the national championship the Hurricanes’ first national completely attired in his playing “But with a 7-0 lead in the top runs in the bottom of the seventh, that year. There was no question championship. uniform and spikes. of the ninth, a Minnesota player five more in the eighth and one in in my mind that we should have 7. Zany Diablos: The wildest The Diablos’ first-round attempted a drag which was thew ninth to tie the game up at won the College World Series that team in College World Series opponent was Minnesota. a base hit. This aroused the Trojan 11-11. season.” history was Cal. St. Los Angeles Gopher Coach Siebert was bench to erupt with full fury. Then The Gophers added one more Minnesota wound up winning the during the 1977 championship. quoted in the Omaha World-Herald the second hitter tried a drag bunt in the bottom of the 10th to win, 1960 national title with a thrilling The Diablos introduced CWS as saying he would just as soon play also. 12-11. 2-1, 10-inning championship game fans to the phantom infield drill as Southern California instead of Cal. “Our bench became very upset “The tying and winning runs victory over USC. they held pre-game infield practice St. Los Angeles because of all the over these actions. So we got them scored on pop flies with two outs,” 6. Greatest Trick Play: The without the use of a ball. hard fought games played between out and came to bat in the bottom said Dedeaux. most memorable trick play in Instead of taking infield practice of the ninth.” “The rain was coming down so College World Series history took before games in the normal fashion See GREATEST, Page 7 USC started the ninth with a hard one of our players couldn’t see single. It was followed with a it, and he dropped the ball at third ground out to the shortstop who base. It was one of the real dark forced the runner at second as the spots in history. batter barely beat the relay throw “, one of the best to first base. infielders we ever had, picked up a Minnesota Coach Dick Siebert ground ball, and it just fell out of his was furious over the call and was hand because of the wet conditions. ejected with his team still leading, A swinging bunt was hit. Our third 7-0. baseman, pitcher and first baseman With Siebert gone, both benches ran in for the ball, and all three fell verbally tore each other apart with flat on their faces. It was absolutely bench jockeying. slush.” At the time, there was no rule It should be noted Trojan pitcher against bench jockeying. Bruce Gardner, the winningest After two more singles, Winfield collegiate pitcher in the nation was replaced on the mound. with a 17-1 record that season, The Trojans eventually scored threatened to take off his shoes eight runs in the inning to pull off and pitch bare footed because the the most remarkable comeback in mound was so soggy. CWS history, 8-7. Dedeaux talked about another 5. Another Wild Comeback: interesting twist to this game. Another sensational comeback took “Minnesota turned in the lineup place in 1960 involving Southern card to start the game. Then we were California and Minnesota once ready to play. But Dick (Siebert, again. Golden Gopher coach) walks over USC raced to an 11-2 lead to the home plate umpire and tells heading into the bottom of the him he made a mistake in the lineup seventh inning when a driving and would like to change his card. rainstorm hit Rosenblatt Stadium. “The umpire had already yelled GRAND ILLUSION — The greatest trick play in College World Series took place in 1982 between According to Trojan skipper play ball, and we were playing. Miami (Fla.) and Wichita St. (see explanation above). It worked perfectly for Miami, but turned out Dedeaux, the game should have Dick told the umpire he made a poorly for Wichita St. runner Phil Stephenson (No. 3 above) who was called out at second. Friday, June 12, 2020 Collegiate Baseball Page  Greatest Pitching Feat Was 20 Strikeouts By Arlin Continued From Page 6 run numbers, they are even more Arizona St. for many years, died of the CWS against Miami, Fla. amazing. two days after the 1994 College He could barely finish sentences the schools over the years. • LSU hit 17 homers by 10 World Series concluded. without a persistent coughing The Diablos were an upstart different players. He had waged a year-long battle spasm interrupting discussions. which had knocked off the mighty • Southern California hit 17 with liver and colon cancer. Brock missed only one game Trojans in the West Regional that homers by seven players. When he arrived at the pre- in 59 contests heading into the year. • Arizona St. belted 9 homers by College World Series press College World Series during the Realizing this was the wish seven different players. conference, his mind was as sharp 1994 season — amazing when you of Siebert, the Diablos sang, in In all, 62 homers were hit by as ever, but his body was all but consider that cancer had made him horrible, off-key unison, the Trojan 42 different players which was an devastated by cancer. so weak that he slept nearly 80 fight song prior to the game in the all-time high. His face was pale and drawn, percent of the time during the last dugout for one and all to hear. During the championship game, and his body was so weak that he few weeks of his life. The singing must have unnerved nine home runs were hit by eight couldn’t even walk 100 feet from Brock missed Arizona St.’s final the Gophers because Cal. St. Los different players as Southern the parking lot to the press room. two games at the CWS as he was Angeles won in a huge upset, 7-4. California beat Arizona St., 21-14. Security personnel escorted medevaced to Desert Samaritan 8. Greatest Individual Pitching 13. Courageous Coach: The Brock to the press conference via a Achievement: During the 1965 late , head coach at ASU’S JIM BROCK cart as well as to the first game See USC PULLS, Page 8 College World Series, Ohio State’s shut out Washington St. for 15 innings and won, 1-0, setting CWS records for innings and strikeouts (20) in a game. 9. Greatest Cinderella Team: Unquestionably the greatest rags to riches story centers around The Swing Path Trainer Citadel, a small military school with an enrollment of 1,870 located in Charleston, S.C. BENEFITS FEATURES Of the 48 teams involved in • Hit More Line Drives • Durable the Division I championship, had the smallest enrollment • Train Muscle • Portable (11 Pounds) of any school by far. Memory The Citadel had a superb season • Dry Swing Tee Topper in 1990 and rattled off a 26-game • Stay In The Hitting winning streak. • High/Low Tee But few realized what a fine Zone Longer (30 Inch Range) ball club they had despite those • Be On Plane impressive numbers. • Adjustable The remarkable season went into With The Ball Guide Bar overdrive when the Bulldogs posted a regional final win over powerful • Reduce Swing • Adjustable Miami (Fla.) on the Hurricanes’ And Miss Guide Board home field and qualified for the College World Series. • Self-Coaching • Forces Correct At Omaha, The Citadel lost its opener, 8-2 to Louisiana St. but • All Ages Swings rebounded with a stunning, 8-7 win over 2-time CWS champion Cal. St. Fullerton in 12 innings. LSU ended The Citadel’s amazing run with a 6-1 victory. “Once a year, Abner Doubleday himself touches a baseball team,” said LSU Coach . “This year’s team was The Citadel,” he said shortly after the Tigers eliminated the Bulldogs. 10. Clutch Defense: One of the greatest defensive plays in College World Series history took place in 1948 during the championship game as Southern California won its first national title against Yale. At the time, only two teams were involved in the CWS, and the two ball clubs played a best two of three series. In game one, Yale was down 3-1 in the ninth inning as the Bulldogs quickly loaded the bases with no outs. Yale Coach Ethan Allen went to his bench for a pinch-hitter who promptly hit into a play to end the game. 11. Tons Of Strikeouts: Arizona Travel Mode High Tee Mode Low Tee Mode St. pitcher posted a 17 strikeout, 1-0 victory over Oklahoma during the 1972 College World Series in a 9-inning affair. It still stands today as the most strikeouts ever for a regulation 9-inning tilt and second all-time, including extra-inning games, to Steve Arlin of Ohio St. who fanned 20 batters in 15 innings during the 1965 CWS in a 1-0 win over Wshington St. 12. Remarkable Power Display: [email protected] The 1998 College World Series Phone: (703) 429-9795 experienced an unprecedented Endorsed By: deluge of home runs with 62 in 14 Texas H.S. Baseball Coaches Assn. games. Ball Tee Topper Ohio H.S. Baseball Coaches Assn. Dry Swing Tee Topper LSU and Southern California Fellowship of Christian Athletes each hit 17 homers to set a new record. The two teams combined @PERFECTSWINGSUSA @PSwingsUSA for 34 home runs which would ELEVATE PLAYER PERFORMANCE rank as the third highest total of any College World Series ever played. If you look inside the home www.PerfectSwingsUSA.com Page  Collegiate Baseball Friday, June 12, 2020 USC Pulls Off Steal Of Home With Title Game On Line Continued From Page 7

Hospital in Mesa, Ariz. on June 7. Five days later, he died. 14. Boldest Coaching Move: Southern California Head Coach Mike Gillespie called a triple steal against Arizona St. in the championship game of the 1998 College World Series with the Trojans clinging to an 11-8 lead in the top of the seventh inning. With the bases loaded and two outs, College World Series MVP stepped up to the plate for the Trojans. He was 4-for-4 heading into this at-bat with 5 RBI. On the first pitch from ASU righthander Chad Pennington, who was in the full windup position, of the Trojans sprinted from the third base bag halfway down the line in an attempt to get the pitcher to balk. WILDEST PLAY IN CWS HISTORY — Southern California Head Coach Mike Gillespie called a steal of home But Pennington wouldn’t bite against Arizona St. in the championship game of the 1998 College World Series with the Trojans clinging to as the pitch was delivered to an 11-8 lead in the top of the seventh inning. Morgan Ensberg of the Trojans (No. 14) was barely safe. Rachels. Two more pitches were recorded deep into rightfield to knock in the high number was 36 But that wasn’t all. Now ASU had defeated Arizona with Ensberg sprinting halfway tying and winning runs. in 16 games at the 2003 College In a game against No. 1 ranked seven consecutive times. down the third base line each Said OSU Coach Gary Ward: World Series. Texas, Stanford pushed across 6 The two schools met once more time. “You get 18 base hits and no-hit The 2007 total represents 17 runs only 5 hits while Texas had 1 in a semi-final contest with the With a 1-2 count and Pennington the other team from the third inning more hit batters in one less game measly run on 12 hits. winner playing Eastern Michigan not paying much attention to on and look up in the bottom of the than any CWS in history. How could Stanford win and by for the national championship. Ensberg because of the prior three 10th only to see that you still have More than half of those hit 5 runs? This time the Wildcats beat bluffs and the unlikely chance of a chance to lose. That’s tough on batters purposely stuck a part of The Cardinal swiped five bases the Sun Devils, 5-1 and went on him actually stealing home, the a coach.” their body in front of pitches as they in the game on daring base running to knock off Eastern Michigan, USC runner began an all-out sprint 16. Second Place Superstition: maneuvered their shoulders, hips or and clutch pitching with loads of 7-1 for the Wildcats’ first national to the plate. During the 1989 College World knees into inside pitches. Quite a Texas runners on base. championship. The ball was thrown with Ensberg Series, Wichita St. players had few batters stood close to the plate. More of the same took place 23. Playing With Heavy Heart: nearly 3/4s down the line. the bizarre superstition of reading Many never moved a muscle in an when Texas met Stanford in the Cal. St. Fullerton pitcher Ed Delzer, Sun Devil catcher Greg their fortunes on the wrappers of attempt to purposely get hit. semi-final game. 5-foot-8, 150 pounds, pitched the Halvorson caught the ball and Bazooka bubble gum. 18. Huge Comeback: During Stanford pushed across 9 runs game of his life as the Titans won dove forward in an attempt to tag Heading into the semi-final the 1986 College World Series, on 9 hits while Texas could only the 1984 national championship out the runner who slid feet first game, Wichita St. found itself Arizona found itself down 7-0 to muster 3 runs on 13 hits. over Texas, 3-1. across home. against undefeated pitcher Clyde Maine heading into the bottom of This time the Cardinal did not Delzer, who was pitching on Ensberg barely beat the tag by Keller of Florida St., 13-0 on the the seventh. have a but turned four one day’s rest after a 3 1/3 inning inches in one of the most daring base season. Arizona scored once in that double plays. stint, 2-hit the hard-hitting Texans running moves in CWS history. The Seminoles raced to a 4-1 frame and four more runs in the 21. Houdini Act: Harry Messick, through seven innings until a On the next pitch, Rachels lined lead heading into the bottom of eighth to make the score, 7-5. infielder for the University of leg cramp sidelined him during a base hit to left, scoring two more the fourth. In the bottom of the ninth, the Arizona, was involved in an unusual warmup pitches before the start of runs as USC went on to win its With two outs and two runners on, Wildcats pushed across one more situation at the 1956 CWS. the eighth inning. 12th national title in baseball, 21-14 light hitting DH Mike Wentworth run. With the score 0-0 late in the Delzer struck out seven over ASU. belted a 3-run homer to tie the With one runner on, two outs contest against New Hampshire, Longhorns and limited Texas to 15. Value Of Holy Water: game. and a 3-2 count on Wildcat pinch he apparently was grazed by a two feeble infield singles, one of The most unique and unexplained Wichita St., invigorated by the hitter Dave Shermet, he cracked a pitched ball. them questionable at that. incident in CWS history occurred homer, went on to eliminate Florida dramatic 2-run homer over the left Holding his arm in pain, Messick Both infield singles came in the in 1984. St., 12-9. field wall to win the game, 8-7. was awarded first base by Major first inning. Through nine straight games, The spooky thing about what Incredibly, this would turn out League umpire Shag Crawford. After the final of the teams using the first base dugout happened is that prior to the game, to be his only at bat of the entire He moved to third base and game, Delzer broke down and had not won a single game. That Wentworth read his fortune on the 1986 CWS. scored on a suicide squeeze bunt sobbed. The tears were not of joy, particular dugout went to the Bazooka bubble gum wrapped. Not many people realized it, but as Arizona won, 1-0. but of sadness. visitors for each CWS game. it said: “Something magical will Shermet hit the home run with a After the contest, Lou Pavlovich, Delzer’s father Edwin was Game 10 would involve happen today.” severely bruised right thumb. Sr., then assistant sports editor murdered in his home two years Oklahoma St. and New Orleans The amazing part of the home Two days before the game of The Arizona Daily Star who prior in Los Angeles. And the with the Privateers receiving the run scenario was that Wentworth against Maine, he could not even ultimately became editor and cold thought of not having his “death sentence” of playing in the only hit one home run all season pick up a bat. publisher of Collegiate Baseball, father with him during this special first base dugout. long prior to the dramatic round The injury occurred in practice was suspicious. moment caused his emotions to One New Orleans’ fan, Al tripper. when he reached for a long drive He asked Messick if the ball turn 180 degrees after the national Latour, became extremely upset at That home run was on his with his bare hand. hit him. championship win. the prospect of his team playing in mother’s birthday. 19. Refreshing Sight: Black Messick said the pitch in question Delzer pitched in four of the this cursed dugout. The home run at the CWS landed players in college baseball are never touched him. six games Fullerton played in the Before the game, he went to on another important date — his rare. After the story was printed, calls CWS. a local chapel and brought back father’s birthday. That is why watching the flooded the Tucson newspaper’s 24. Strangest ’Series: From the some holy water to sprinkle on Prior to the national championship at the switch board protesting against this very start of the 1960 College World the first base dugout just prior to game against Texas, Shocker 1985 College World Series was so act of cheating. Series, strange things happened. the game. pitcher Pat Cedeño unwrapped a special. The fans failed to realize that this • The opening game between For 9 1/2 innings, the holy water piece of bubble gum with another The Hogs featured five black was an inherent part of baseball. Arizona and Oklahoma St. was seemed to work. mystifying fortune on the wrapped: starters, including OF Mike In Omaha, Wildcat head coach delayed two hours by a power How else could anyone explain “A cloud with a silver lining hangs Loggins, OF Norm Roberts, SS was noticeably upset failure at Rosenblatt Stadium. the unbelievable scenario which over your head.” Derrick Richardson, OF Mark because he apparently had received • The tournament was plagued unfolded? It was an incredible coincidence Jackson and 2B Ellis Roby. comments from the university by four days of rain that made the New Orleans was leading 7-6 that ran had hit Rosenblatt Stadium Never in College World Series president and other top UA 1960 CWS the longest in history up heading into the bottom of the 10th all morning prior to the title game history have so many blacks been officials. to that time. inning. and stopped only one hour before on one team at that point. 22. Tough Pill To Swallow: Prior • North Carolina Coach Walter The incredible part was that New the scheduled start. Possibly even more amazing was to the 1976 College World Series, Rabb became the first casualty of Orleans only collected three hits A blanket of clouds hung over that four of the five players had Arizona St. had defeated arch rival the tourney when his team was all day but hadn’t even dribbled the stadium all day. no previous high school baseball Arizona six consecutive times in taking an indoor workout at Boy’s out a scratch single since the third Indeed, there was a silver experience. sweeping the season series. Town while the rain delayed the inning. lining in those clouds for Wichita 20. Team Of Destiny: During Both teams qualified for the tournament. Rabb, while running, On the other side, Oklahoma St. St. as the Shockers won their the 1987 College World Series, CWS that year ranked No. 1 and tripped and broke his left wrist pounded out 15 hits heading into first championship, 5-3 over the Stanford played Louisiana St. in a 2 in the nation and faced off once and pulled the hamstring in his the bottom of the 10th. Longhorns. game which went . again in an opening round contest. thigh. Still, he guided his team With runners on first and third 17. Record Hit By Pitches: In the top half of the 10th, the Arizona led 5-2 heading into the in the ’Series, although he went and two outs, OSU All-American Never in the 73-year history of the Tigers pushed across three runs to top of the ninth and looked like it to the field in an ambulance and Pete Incaviglia stepped to the plate. College World Series were more take a 5-2 lead. would finally beat the Sun Devils. directed the team while lying on a The count quickly went 1-2. batters hit than in 2007 as 53 batters Stanford responded by loading But ASU scored three runs to stretcher. Unfortunately for New Orleans, were drilled in 15 games. the bases. Then College World send the game into extra innings. 25. Clutch Triple: The 1968 the holy water lost its effectiveness To keep this epidemic of plunked Series MVP cracked a ASU would eventually win, 7-6 in as the burly Cowboy cracked a ball batters in perspective, the previous grand slam to win the game, 6-5. 10 innings. See WICHITA, Page 13 Friday, June 12, 2020 Collegiate Baseball Page 

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LHP RHP Landon Knack LHP RHP Zach Pettway RHP LHP Connor Prielipp Relief Jeff Hakenson Louisville Univ. East Tennessee St. Texas A&M Univ. UCLA Duke University Univ. of Alabama Central Florida • 3-0 record • 4-0 record • 3-0 record • 3-0 record • 0.67 ERA • 3-0 record • 6 saves • 1.23 ERA, 48 K • 1.08 ERA, 51 K • 0.75 ERA, 46 K • 1.05 ERA, 29 K • 40 K, 2 Walks • 0.00 ERA, 35 K • 0.00 ERA, 20 K

FIRST TEAM (Final 2020 Statistics For Each Player) Pitchers Pos Player School W L ERA G GS CG SV IP H BB SO LHP Reid Detmers Louisville 3 0 1.23 4 4 0 0 22.0 16 6 48 RHP Landon Knack East Tennessee St. 4 0 1.08 4 4 0 0 25.0 12 1 51 LHP Asa Lacy Texas A&M 3 0 0.75 4 4 0 0 24.0 9 8 46 RHP Zach Pettway UCLA 3 0 1.05 4 4 0 0 25.6 13 1 29 RHP Bryce Jarvis Duke 3 1 0.67 4 4 1 0 27.0 11 2 40 LHP Connor Prielipp Alabama 3 0 0.00 4 4 0 0 21.0 5 6 35 Relief Jeff Hakanson Central Florida 0 0 0.00 7 0 0 6 8.3 1 1 20 C - A.J. Lewis 1B - Position Players Eastern Kentucky Arizona St. Univ. Pos Player School AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB • .451 batting avg. • .340 batting avg. • 7 2B, 3 HR, 21 RBI • 6 HR, 4 2B, 31 BB C A.J. Lewis Eastern Kentucky .451 51 15 23 7 2 3 21 9 6 3 1B Spencer Torkelson Arizona St. .340 50 24 17 4 0 6 11 31 15 2 2B Brooks Carlson Samford .500 50 18 25 4 0 3 19 20 4 0 3B Tyler Keenan Mississippi .403 67 18 27 5 0 7 33 9 14 1 SS •• Nick Gonzales New Mexico St. .448 58 28 26 3 1 12 36 21 10 4 OF Arkansas .448 67 19 30 5 0 6 20 7 9 1 OF Vanderbilt .377 53 15 20 6 0 3 11 10 2 3 Collegiate OF Zach DeLoach Texas A&M .421 57 25 24 3 0 6 17 14 3 6 DH Kenyon Yovan Oregon .429 56 22 24 2 1 4 9 15 9 0 UT Alec Burleson East Carolina Hitting: (.375, 3 HR, 2 2B, 12 RBI) Pitching: (2-1, 4.24 ERA, 22 K, 4 BB) Baseball’s SECOND TEAM •• National Player Of The Year NCAA Division I Pitchers Pos Player School W L ERA G GS CG SV IP H BB SO All-Americans RHP Minnesota 3 1 1.95 4 4 1 0 27.6 15 8 46 LHP Nick Swiney N.C. State 4 0 1.29 4 4 0 0 28.0 13 6 42 RHP Mason Hickman Vanderbilt 2 0 0.48 3 3 0 0 18.6 8 3 26 Powered By RHP Cole Wilcox Georgia 3 0 1.57 4 4 0 0 23.0 18 2 32 RHP Braden Olthoff Tulane 4 0 0.32 4 4 1 0 28.0 12 3 47 RHP Brian Van Velle Miami (Fla.) 2 0 0.68 4 4 0 0 26.3 16 4 38 RHP Bryce Elder Texas 3 1 2.08 4 4 0 0 26.0 18 7 32 RHP Chris McMahon Miami (Fla.) 3 0 1.05 4 4 0 0 25.6 19 5 38 RHP Logan Hofmann Northwestern St. 4 0 0.00 4 4 0 0 28.0 14 5 38 RHP Kenny Serwa Southern Ill.-Edwardsville 4 0 1.33 4 4 0 0 27.0 20 4 42 RHP Levi Thomas Troy 2 1 0.39 4 4 0 0 23.0 9 6 42 R HP Mason Erla Michigan St. 2 0 1.04 4 4 0 0 26.0 20 6 42 www.diamond-sports.com RHP Parker Brahms Sacramento St. 2 1 1.14 4 4 0 0 23.6 18 0 32 LHP Adam Seminaris Long Beach St. 1 0 1.23 4 3 0 0 22.0 9 3 36 Relief Holden Powell UCLA 0 0 0.00 8 0 0 3 9.3 3 2 20 Relief Micah Dallas Texas Tech. 1 0 0.57 5 0 0 3 15.6 7 1 23 Relief Haylen Green Texas Christian 1 0 0.00 8 0 0 1 17.6 7 5 19 Position Players Pos Player School AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB C Hunter Goodman Memphis .357 70 14 25 3 0 8 31 5 16 2 C Arizona .375 56 12 21 6 0 2 14 17 14 1 C Brett Auerbach Alabama .388 67 22 26 8 0 3 14 17 8 12 1B North Carolina .292 65 20 19 6 0 7 18 22 16 0 1B Brandt Belk Missouri .457 46 7 21 3 0 2 9 9 13 4 2B - Brooks Carlson 3B - Tyler Keenan 2B Austin Shultz Kentucky .393 61 20 24 5 1 5 20 8 12 5 Samford University Univ. of Mississippi 2B Brian Klein Texas Tech. .391 69 20 27 10 0 1 13 15 9 0 • .500 batting avg. • .403 batting avg. • 4 2B, 3 HR, 19 RBI • 7 HR, 5 2B, 33 RBI 2B Zack Raabe Minnesota .463 67 16 31 7 0 1 10 7 7 0 3B Cody Morissette Boston College .448 58 14 26 6 0 2 11 9 6 3 3B Zack Gelof Virginia .349 63 24 22 6 2 5 18 13 18 4 SS Anthony Servideo Mississippi .390 59 24 23 3 0 5 17 24 16 9 SS Matt McLain UCLA .397 58 15 23 4 0 3 19 4 13 1 OF Brendyn Stillman St. Bonaventure .519 27 11 14 2 0 6 13 5 4 0 OF Chris Newell Virginia .407 59 21 24 5 1 4 20 13 21 8 OF Jacob Young Florida .450 60 12 27 4 0 0 9 7 9 6 UT Ben Wanger Southern California Hitting: (.410, 4 2B, 1 3B, 8 RBI) Pitching: (0-0, 0.00 ERA, 3 SV, 8 K, 1 BB) THIRD TEAM Pitchers Pos Player School W L ERA G GS CG SV IP H BB SO SS - Nick Gonzales OF- Heston Kjerstad LHP Ian Seymour Virginia Tech. 3 0 2.21 4 4 0 0 20.3 13 5 40 New Mexico St. Univ. Univ. of Arkansas LHP Sam Weatherly Clemson 2 0 0.79 4 4 0 0 22.6 7 14 43 • .448 batting avg. • .448 batting avg. • 12 HR, 3 2B, 36 RBI • 6 HR, 5 2B, 20 RBI RHP Stevie Emanuels Washington 3 1 0.79 4 4 0 0 22.6 17 9 38 LHP Christian Chamberlain Oregon St. 2 1 0.82 4 4 0 0 22.0 6 11 34 RHP Christian MacLeod Mississippi St. 4 0 0.86 4 4 0 0 21.0 9 6 35 LHP Zachary Torra U.C. Santa Barbara 3 0 0.36 4 4 0 0 25.3 11 9 39 RHP Tanner Burns Auburn 3 1 2.42 4 4 0 0 22.3 15 7 32 LHP Doug Nikhazy Mississippi 3 1 2.35 4 4 0 0 23.0 9 9 31 Relief Jaden Hill Louisiana St. 0 0 0.00 4 0 0 2 11.6 1 5 17 Relief Ben Specht Florida 2 0 0.75 9 0 0 3 12.0 6 4 16 Relief Hunter Stanley Southern Mississippi 2 0 1.42 8 0 0 3 12.6 8 1 22 Relief Devin Fontenot Louisiana St. 1 0 0.90 7 0 0 4 10.0 5 4 17 Position Players Pos Player School AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB OF - Austin Martin OF - Zach DeLoach C Dillon Dingler Ohio St. .340 50 12 17 4 1 5 14 4 7 1 Vanderbilt Univ. Texas A&M Univ. C Caleb Bartolero Troy .394 71 14 28 9 1 2 18 2 14 1 • .377 batting avg. • .421 batting avg. C Carson Taylor Virginia Tech. .431 58 19 25 7 1 2 20 12 5 2 • 6 2B, 3 HR, 11 RBI • 6 HR, 3 2B, 17 RBI 1B Maxwell Costes Maryland .432 44 14 19 2 0 4 15 16 7 3 1B Wes Clarke South Carolina .286 56 14 16 0 0 8 22 8 15 0 1B Kyle Manzardo Washington St. .435 62 21 27 7 0 3 14 6 12 0 2B Daniel Harris Eastern Kentucky .460 50 16 23 3 1 2 16 6 6 5 2B Jordan Cozart Murray St. .417 60 18 25 5 0 5 19 9 8 0 3B Rankin Wooley Auburn .412 68 13 28 8 0 2 22 8 14 0 3B Kaden Polcovich Oklahoma St. .344 64 20 22 5 2 2 21 19 10 8 3B Aaron Zavala Oregon .418 55 7 23 1 0 1 22 8 3 2 SS Kole Kaler Hawaii .407 59 12 24 9 3 0 17 10 13 4 SS Ryan Bliss Auburn .377 77 21 29 7 2 2 17 5 5 5 SS Cal Conley Texas Tech. .371 70 15 26 8 1 3 24 8 11 5 OF Parker Bates Louisiana Tech. .422 64 20 27 4 1 8 28 11 9 2 DH - Kenyon Yovan UT - Alec Burleson OF Justin Dirden S.E. Missouri St. .414 70 20 29 3 5 9 26 8 11 9 Univ. of Oregon East Carolina Univ. OF John Rhodes Kentucky .426 61 11 26 10 1 1 19 2 5 1 • .429 batting avg. • .375, 3 HR, 12 RBI OF Grant Richardson Indiana .424 59 21 25 3 2 5 17 4 16 1 • 4 HR, 2 2B, 9 RBI • 2-1, 22 K, 4 BB UT Casey Schmitt San Diego St. Hitting: (.323, 4 2B, 2 3B, 9 RBI) Pitching: (6 SV, 3.75 ERA, 10 K, 5 BB, 8 AP) Friday, June 12, 2020 Collegiate Baseball Page 11

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Southern Illinois was leading He struck out 16 batters and Southern California, 3-2 heading limited the Shockers to only three into the bottom of the ninth in the hits as the Tigers won, 8-0. national championship game. Every Wichita St. batter in the With two outs and runners on lineup struck out at least once. Ten first and third, up stepped pinch batters went down swinging and six hitter Pat Kuehner who hadn’t were caught looking. produced a hit in the CWS. 36. Gutty Pitcher: During He promptly tripled to drive in the 1993 College World Series, two runs as the Trojans won, 4-3. Collegiate Baseball National Pitcher 26. Most Frightening Moment: of The Year of During the 1983 CWS, Texas Texas threw 172 pitches to defeat pitcher hit Wichita Oklahoma St. in first round action, St. batter Kevin Penner with a 90 6-5. mph fastball just below his left 37. Come-From-Behind Series: eye. The 1993 College World Series The blow shattered his featured a slew of comeback wins. cheekbone, and a piece of bone Amazingly, 10 of 14 games were lodged against his eye. come-from-behind victories. In A bone from Penner’s skull addition, six games were determined would later be used to rebuild the by one run. floor of his eye socket. • Texas A&M held a 7-2 lead After a summer of rest, Penner’s over LSU. But the Tigers pushed vision cleared in time for Wichita across four runs in the fifth, one St.’s fall practices. SCARY SITUATION — During the 1983 College World Series, Texas pitcher Calvin Schiraldi hit in the seventh and six runs in the He came back to hit .433 in 59 Wichita St. batter Kevin Penner (in stretcher) with a 90 mph fastball just below his left eye. The eighth to eventually win, 13-8. games and belted nine homers, 56 blow shattered his cheekbone as a piece of bone lodged against his eye. • Texas led Wichita St., 6-1 RBI with 84 hits. He also stole 28 heading into the bottom of the of 35 bases. set during the 1962 CWS. as pitcher Russ McQueen replaced boy for Cal. St. Fullerton during sixth. But the Shockers came back 27. Tough Outings For Great 31. Good Eyes: Southern starter Mark Sogge. the 1994 College World Series, to win, 7-6. Pitcher: Ben McDonald of California batters walked a CWS McQueen worked his way out of correctly predicted a number of • Texas raced to a 5-0 lead Louisiana St. was the top pitcher record 55 times over six games in the jam in five pitches and shut the things which came true for the against Oklahoma St. heading into in college baseball during his time 1960. door the remainder of the way with Titans. the sixth inning. But the Cowboys with the Tigers in the late 1980s That came out to more than pinpoint control. First, he predicted roared back to take a 7-6 win. and was the first overall pick by the nine walks per game which were ASU in the entire tournament would hit a home run against • Long Beach St. pushed across Orioles in the 1989 Draft. awarded to USC batters. gave up only four earned runs in Florida St. Kotsay delivered a two runs in the top of the ninth to But he was roughed up big time Despite the incredible figure, 53 innings for a 0.68 ERA. grand slam. take a 5-3 lead against LSU. But the during the 1987 and 1989 College which is nine more than any other 33. Most Unlikely Group Of Then he predicted Dante Powell, Tigers stormed back with three runs World Series. team in CWS history, the Trojans Champs: Cal. St. Fullerton won the who was mired in an 0-for-22 slump, in the bottom of the ninth to pull off He allowed 11 earned runs finished second behind Minnesota 1995 national championship. would finally get a hit against the a miraculous 6-5 win. against Texas in a game during the in a 10-inning championship game But after the 1994 season, when Seminoles. 38. Most Unlikely Clutch 1989 CWS and 15 in that entire loss, 2-1. the Titans were only two games That came true as well. Homer: What are the odds of a event. 32. Strong Pitching: Arizona away from playing for the national Even more amazing was Marco player coming into the national McDonald recorded more losses St. set a CWS record in 1972 title, Fullerton lost six starting predicted the Titans would score 20 championship game with no home (4) than any other pitcher in College when its pitching staff recorded 31 position players from a 47-16 team runs prior to a game against LSU. runs all year and hitting the game World Series history. consecutive scoreless innings. and took an even greater hit with This couldn’t possibly happen winner? Sometimes life can be incredibly In the championship game the loss of eight pitchers with a with the pitching staffs the Tigers Light hitting Pepperdine SS cruel. against USC, the Trojans won, combined record of 43-10. always have. Eric Ekdahl performed this miracle 28. Greatest Semi-Final Game: 1-0 as its only run, ironically, was Naturally, the Titans rolled to a Incredibly, Fullerton beat the during the 1992 CWS. He was During the 1967 College World scored in the third inning off a 57-9 overall record and finished defending national champions, hitting .240 heading into the event Series, Arizona St. beat Stanford, by Sun Devil hurler Jim with the best 20-6. with no home runs and only five 4-3 in 14 innings. Crawford. in school history. During the regional final against doubles in 47 games. The winning run scored for The baseball gods were with They finished with 18 straight Oklahoma St., Marco asked Powell Prior to this memorable at bat, the Sun Devils when Stanford USC that day. wins to close the year. who would play if he hurt his leg. he was a dismal 1-for-12 during centerfielder Jeff Rohlfing mis- Arizona St. loaded the bases 34. Marco The Magnificent: Powell pulled his hamstring. judged a ball that rolled to the wall, with none out in the fifth inning Marco Martelli, 7-year-old bat 35. Dominating Pitching: See TEXAS, Page 14 allowing ASU pitcher Gary Gentry to score from first base. Gentry pitched all 14 innings for the Sun Devils as did Stanford’s Rod Poteete. 29. Remarkable Athlete: Mark Kotsay of Cal. St. Fullerton did it all for the Titans at the 1994 and 1995 College World Series as he was named to the All-tournament team both years and MVP in 1995. In 1994 at the CWS, he hit .462 with a grand slam. The following year in 1995, he hit .563 in four games with 3 homers (including a grand slam and a 3-run shot). Plus he knocked in 10 runs and collected 20 total bases with a of 1.250. He made a spectacular catch in right centerfield during the championship game. As a pitcher, he went 3 1/3 innings without giving up a run as he fanned four batters. He also showed he was a superb team player with his five CWS sacrifice bunts which ranks third in ’Series history. 30. Iron Man: Pitcher of Santa Clara was an iron man during the 1962 College World Series. He holds the CWS record for most innings during one ’Series pitched at 27 2/3 over five games. Garibaldi holds several other CWS records, including most strikeouts (38) and most wild pitches (6). Both records were also Page 14 Collegiate Baseball Friday, June 12, 2020 Mike Bianco CB’s National Coach Of The Year TUCSON, Ariz. — University 19 seasons, including eight 40- • 2005: , Texas of Mississippi Head Coach Mike win campaigns, and were well on • 2004: , Cal. St. Bianco has been named Collegiate their way to a 20th straight 30-win Fullerton Baseball’s National Coach of The season in 2020 before games were • 2003: , Rice Year. halted. • 2002: Augie Garrido, Texas He led the Rebels to a 16-1 Under Bianco, the Rebels have • 2001: Jim Morris, Miami record before the season was halted won four SEC Western Division (Fla.) due to the coronavirus pandemic. titles, two SEC Tournament titles • 2000: Skip Bertman, LSU Mississippi started the season and one SEC regular-season • 1999: Jim Morris, Miami against pre-season No. 1 ranked championship. (Fla.) Louisville. Prior to this season, Ole miss has • 1998: Mike Gillespie, After losing the first game, the seen 114 Southern California Rebels won the next two and never draft picks over the span of 19 Mike Batesole, Cal. St. stopped winning as they rolled off years, including a combined 15 in Northridge 16 straight wins before the season 2018-19. • 1997: Skip Bertman, LSU stopped. Bianco has also tutored 18 • 1996: Skip Bertman, LSU, It was the longest winning streak who have gone on to sign , Florida at the time of the stoppage. professional contracts. • 1995: Augie Garrido, Cal. St. The Rebels were one win shy of In 2018 and 2019, three Rebels Fullerton tying the program record for wins in were drafted as catchers in the top • 1994: , a row and finished third in the final six rounds of the draft. Oklahoma Collegiate Baseball national poll Previous Collegiate Baseball • 1993: Skip Bertman, LSU presented by Big League Chew. National Coaches of The Year • 1992: Andy Lopez, It marks the 14th time that a include: Pepperdine • 2019: Tim Corbin, Vanderbilt • 1991: Skip Bertman, LSU coach has INCREDIBLE SEASON — The University of Mississippi lost been named National Coach of The its first game of the season against pre-season No. 1 Louisville • 2018: , Oregon St. • 1990: , Georgia Year by Collegiate Baseball dating and then didn’t lose another game as the Rebels rolled to a 16-1 • 2017: Kevin O’Sullivan, • 1989: , Long back to the 1980 season. record. Head Coach Mike Bianco (above right) and his staff did Florida Beach State Ole Miss led the nation with 37 an incredible job. Ole Miss had the longest winning streak in the • 2016: Gary Gilmore, Coastal • 1988: Larry Cochell, Cal. St. home runs in 17 games and was nation at 16 games when the season was stopped. Carolina Fullerton third in scoring (9.5 runs per game), • 2015: Brian O’Connor, • 1987: , and third in slugging percentage in the pre-season poll. They were ened season, Bianco has delivered Virginia Stanford (.549). much better than that. 16 post-season appearances in 19 • 2014: Tim Corbin, Vanderbilt • 1986: , Arizona The pitching staff was exceptional In 20 years with Ole Miss, he years, including six Super Regional • 2013: , UCLA • 1985: , Miami with a 2.92 ERA that fanned 179 has guided the Rebels to a 767- berths and a trip to the College • 2012: Andy Lopez, Arizona (Fla.) batters and walked 51. 440 record and is the winningest World Series in 2014. • 2011: , S. Carolina • 1984: Augie Garrido, Cal. St. Another reason Bianco was coach in program history and one He is the longest active coach • 2010: Ray Tanner, S. Carolina Fullerton chosen National Coach of The of the top coaches in the SEC while in the SEC among the three major • 2009: , LSU • 1983: , Texas Year is that fellow coaches in the establishing Ole Miss as one of men’s sports of baseball, basketball • 2008: Mike Batesole, Fresno • 1982: Ron Fraser, Miami Southeastern Conference picked Ole the premier programs in college and football. St. (Fla.) Miss to finish sixth in the Western baseball. The Rebels have reached the • 2007: Pat Casey, Oregon St. • 1981: Jim Brock, Arizona St. Division of the SEC (second to last) Prior to this coronavirus short- 30-win plateau in Bianco’s first • 2006: Pat Casey, Oregon St. • 1980: Jerry Kindall, Arizona Texas Rallies For Greatest Single-Inning Comeback Continued From Page 13 packing. 49. Most Bizarre Sights: The the CWS. 1969 College World Series saw In the fifth inning of the title some startling events. game, he hit the first pitch over the Joe Lutz, head coach at Southern left field wall for a home run. Illinois, had his players wear It allowed Pepperdine to beat psychedelic batting helmets. Cal. St. Fullerton, 3-2 for the The maroon colored helmets national title. were dotted with circles of white. 39. Another Great Comeback: In their second game of the The greatest single-inning College World Series, the Salukis comeback in CWS history occurred had the crowd all gasping when in the 1972 College World Series as they came on the field in white Texas came back from an 8-0 deficit Bermuda shorts. against Mississippi heading into the Then the crowd was startled top of the seventh inning. further when instead of bat boys, Texas pushed across nine runs in bat girls came out on the field with the seventh to take a 9-8 lead. the micro-miniest of shorts. Neither club scored the rest of One year earlier during the 1968 the game as the Longhorns went College World Series, Southern on to win, 9-8. Illinois donned kangaroo leather 40. Still Another Comeback: white shoes to the consternation of Another game which featured a many baseball traditionalists. miraculous comeback took place The skipper of Southern Illinois in 1970. also had his players wear matching Southern California fell behind MAKING HISTORY — These five starters for the University of Arkansas made history at the 1985 white batting helmets. Texas, 7-1 heading into the top of College World Series. It marked the first time that five black starters from one team played in a 50. Charred Hog Head: Prior to the seventh. The Trojans scored six College World Series contest. The players are, from left to right, Mike Loggins, Norm Roberts, a 1985 College World Series’ semi- times to tie up the game. Derrick Richardson, and Ellis Roby. Arkansas finished third at the College World final game involving Arkansas and USC pitcher Jim Barr shut out Series that year. It was ranked 19th in our College World Series’ Greatest 50 Memories. Texas, the Longhorns’ notorious Texas for eight innings as the “Wild Bunch” decided to hold a pig Trojans won, 8-7 by scoring one run impressive was that the Bulldogs World Series. That included a arrived late. roast in the parking lot at Rosenblatt in the top of the 14th inning. lost their final five games of the championship game victory over 48. Strange Play: During the Stadium just before the game. 41. Double Plays Crucial: regular season, including three at Wichita St., 9-3. 1969 CWS, Texas was eliminated After a delicious barbecue dinner Stanford won the 1987 College LSU and their first two at the SEC 46. Hitting Machines: Dave by New York University with one of pork, about 30 of these extreme World Series with an airtight tournament. Magadan of Alabama in 1983 and of the strangest plays in event Longhorns fans decided to show defense which turned a College The Bulldogs then caught fire as of Arizona St. in 1984 history. their Texas spirit by cutting the World Series record-tying 12 they roared through the Northeast each collected eight consecutive In what became the final play charred pig’s head off the body and double plays. Regional to qualify for the College hits to set the College World Series of the game, Bobcat first baseman mount it on a 4-foot stick. In the 42. Double Threat: Jerry World Series and then played standard. Joe Szewczyk fielded a ground pig’s mouth was a green . Kindall is the only man to play for inspired baseball to win the 1990 47. Glove Throwing: In the ball. To beat the runner, Szewczyk Once done, a member of the an NCAA championship baseball CWS. 1969 College World Series, a made a head-first dive into first Wild Bunch proudly hoisted up team and coach a national champ. 44. Short On Players: Holy memorable incident occurred when base to nip Jack Miller of the the charred pig’s head on the After playing shortstop for the Cross won the 1952 national title Arizona St. played Tulsa. Longhorns, touching the bag with stick as 30-plus members of the 1956 Minnesota Golden Gopher by using only 11 players during the Sun Devil pitcher Ken Hansen his outstretched arm. Longhorn group marched in back title club, he coached the Arizona entire College World Series. fielded a sharply hit ground ball. The umpire called the runner out, of him on their way to the entrance Wildcats to their first national They utilized eight position But the ball became lodged in the wheeled around, and sprinted to the of Rosenblatt Stadium yelling championship in 1976. Four years players and three pitchers who webbing of his glove. He couldn’t dressing room because it was the comments such as: “Eat more later in 1980, Kindall’s Wildcats combined for seven complete dig it out. final out of the game. pork!” added a second title and in 1986 games. The quick-thinking ASU pitcher Unfortunately, he missed the ball Hoping to get a rise out of number three. 45. What A Relief: tossed the glove and ball to first pop loose from the collision as it Arkansas fans, this group of Texans 43. Back From Slump: Georgia Danny Smith of Miami (Fla.) base where Jeff Osborn caught the trickled down the rightfield line. then walked into the stadium and won the 1990 College World Series. finished all five games for the unusual package. Unfortunately, Texas protested long and loud, near the Arkansas fan base as a riot What made the title even more Hurricanes during the 1982 College the umpire ruled that the package but the Longhorns were still sent nearly broke out. Friday, June 12, 2020 Collegiate Baseball Page 15 CB’s Freshmen All-Americans Amazing Athletes Put Up Big Numbers During 2020 Baseball Season TUCSON, Ariz. — The 2020 Collegiate Baseball Freshmen Freshmen Co-National Players Of The Year All-American team, powered by Diamond Sports, features a wealth of baseball talent. The squad is headed by Collegiate Baseball’s National Co-Freshmen Players of The Year LHP Connor Prielipp (Alabama), RHP Christian MacLeod (Mississippi St.), OF Chris Newell (Virginia) and OF John Rhodes (Kentucky). Starting Pitchers LHP Connor Prielipp (Alabama): One of four Collegiate Baseball Freshmen Players of The Year, he put up amazing numbers as he was 3-0 with a 0.00 ERA and struck out 35 with only 6 walks. In 21 innings, the ace of the Crimson Tide staff only allowed 5 hits. He tied for third in the SEC in strikeouts. He was the only freshman to make the Collegiate Baseball All-American first team which is rare. RHP Christian MacLeod (Mississippi St.): Another Collegiate Baseball Freshman LHP CONNOR PRIELIPP RHP CHRISTIAN MACLEOD OF CHRIS NEWELL OF JOHN RHODES Player of The Year, MacLeod was 4-0 with a …University of Alabama …Mississippi St. University …University of Virginia …University of Kentucky 0.86 ERA and struck out 35 batters with only 6 walks. He struck out the most batters in a 16 batters with only 1 walk. he appeared in all 17 games. .310 with 5 doubles and 13 RBI in 58 at-bats. 22 RBI in 17 games. He was the team leader collegiate debut at Mississippi St. since at Conner Thurman (San Diego): Nathan Hickey (Florida): Hickey hit He also drew 16 walks and reached base at in RBI and posted 7 multi-RBI games to pace least 1985 with 11 against Wright St. He also Thurman posted a 4-0 record with 2 saves .311 with 4 homers, 2 doubles and 7 RBI. a .481 clip. the Crimson Tide. He led SEC freshmen in tied for the most strikeouts among Power 5 and a 2.70 ERA as he struck out 17 batters He hit home runs in 4 consecutive games (4 Chris Dengler (Old Dominion): RBI and slugging percentage while tying for Conference freshmen on the season (35). and walked 8 over 13 1/3 innings. He of the last 5 of the season). Dengler hit .340 with 3 doubles, 1 triple the lead in home runs and walks (13). MacLeod was a Collegiate Baseball third appeared in 8 games. Nick Hassan (Kennesaw St.): Hassan and 8 RBI as he started all 15 games. He Roderick Coffee (Texas Southern): team All-American. Mason Ornelas (Texas A&M): Ornelas hit .431 with 4 doubles, 1 triple and 10 RBI recorded 5 multi-hit games and committed Coffee hit .383 with 7 homers and 15 RHP Sean Burke (Maryland): Burke made 7 appearances and posted a 1-0 record over 51 at-bats. just two errors. He tied for the most stolen RBI. He also scored 13 runs and swiped was 2-0 with a 1.99 ERA and struck out 35 and 1.08 ERA with 13 strikeouts and only Alex Smith (Navy): Smith hit .368 with bases on the squad with 3. 2 bases. 1 walk. He surrendered only 3 hits in 8 1/3 4 doubles and 9 RBI in 38 at-bats. Dominic Pilolli (Charlotte): Pilolli hit batters with 11 walks. His 35 strikeouts were Shortstops innings. .403 with 2 homers, 3 doubles, 1 triple and the fourth highest in the Big Ten. First Basemen Cal Conley (Texas Tech.): Conley hit RHP Carter Rustad (San Diego): Wesley Harper (Boise St.): Harper Reggie Crawford (): .371 with 3 homers, 8 doubles and 24 RBI 14 RBI. He also swiped 2 bases. His 27 hits Rustad was 4-0 with a 0.84 ERA and struck posted 2 saves, a 1.76 ERA and struck out Crawford hit .365 with 7 doubles, 1 homer for the Red Raiders. He also swiped 5 bases tied for first in Conference USA and was out 24 batters with 8 walks. He ranked 14 batters over 15 1/3 innings. and 16 RBI for the Huskies. and started 18 of 19 games. He was eighth second nationwide among all freshmen. second in NCAA Division I with 4 victories Tyler Nesbitt (Florida): Nesbitt didn’t Matt McCormick (West Virginia): nationally in RBI and second in the Big 12. Couper Cornblum (Wichita St.): and second in hits allowed per nine innings allow a run in 11 2/3 innings with 17 McCormick hit .364 with 3 homers, 4 Conley was a third team Collegiate Baseball Cornblum hit .354 with 4 doubles, 3 triples, 1 (2.11). strikeouts and only 3 walks as he made 5 doubles and 11 RBI. All-American. homer and 12 RBI as he swiped 7 bases. RHP Nick Durgin (Stetson): Durgin appearances. William Sullivan (Troy): Sullivan hit Jake Lazzaro (St. John’s): Lazzaro hit Evan Martin (Southern Illinois): was 2-0 with a 1.63 ERA and fanned 27 Will Bednar (Mississippi St.): Bednar .396 with 6 doubles, 1 triple and 12 RBI. .327 with 4 doubles and swiped 3 bases in Martin hit .429 with 1 homer, 1 double and 4 batters with only one walk. appeared in 4 games and posted 1 save with Peyton Williams (Iowa): Williams hit 3 attempts as he played in all 14 games and RBI. He also stole 4 bases. His last 4 games LHP Jake Bennett (Oklahoma): a 1.76 ERA. He struck out 23 batters with 6 .298 with 2 homers, 4 doubles, 1 triple and made 13 starts for the Red Storm. of the season, he was 8-for-13 and reached Bennett was 3-0 with a 0.75 ERA and walks over 15 1/3 innings. 16 RBI. Jose Torres (N.C. State): Torres hit .333 in 12 of 17 plate appearances. struck out 19 batters with only 3 walks. He Will Childers (Georgia): Childers was Dylan Simmons (Florida St.): Simmons with 3 homers, 3 doubles and collected 13 Gavin Cross (Virginia Tech.): Cross hit surrendered only 6 hits in 12 innings. 1-0 with a 0.79 ERA and struck out 13 batters hit .378 with 4 doubles and 7 RBI as he RBI with 2 stolen bases. He started all 17 .369 with 1 double, 8 RBI and was 7-for-7 LHP Antoine Jean (Alabama): Jean with 6 walks over 11 1/3 innings. started 11 games. games at shortstop for the Wolfpack. in stolen bases. He was one of four players posted a 3-0 record, 3.18 ERA and struck out Sonny Fauci (St. John’s): Fauci didn’t Drew Compton (Georgia Tech.): Will Mize (Georgia St.): Mize hit .373 who started all 16 games. 17 batters with 3 walks over 17 innings. allow a run in 12 2/3 innings as he posted Compton hit .321 with 3 homers, 4 doubles with 5 doubles, 1 homer and 17 RBI. He led Aidan Riley (Delaware): Riley hit .389 RHP Johnathan Harmon a 1-0 record and struck out 9 batters with and 12 RBI. He also had a .991 fielding all freshmen in the league in RBI and ranked with 3 doubles and 12 RBI in 13 games. He (Northwestern St.): Harmon was 3-0 with 3 walks. percentage at first base. second in batting average. also stole 2 bases. a 2.16 ERA and struck out 14 batters in 25 O’Kelly McWilliams (Wofford): Brandon Hylton (Stetson): Hylton Brett Roberts (Tennessee Tech.): Jared McKenzie (Baylor): McKenzie innings. McWilliams was 1-0 with a 1.80 ERA. He hit .357 with 5 doubles and 8 RBI over 42 Roberts hit .290 with 4 homers, 2 doubles hit .406 with 3 doubles, 5 RBI and 4 stolen RHP Luis Ramirez (Long Beach St.): struck out 18 batters with 4 walks in 10 at-bats. and 13 RBI. He also swiped 3 bases. bases. His .406 batting average was third Ramirez was 2-0 with a 2.73 ERA and innings of work. He led Wofford in strikeouts Wil LaFollette (Tennessee-Martin): David McCabe (Charlotte): McCabe best in the Big 12. He tied for the Big 12 fanned 27 batters with 8 walks over 26 1/3 and was second in . LaFollette hit .283 with 3 homers, 2 doubles, hit 5 doubles and recorded 9 RBI in 63 at- lead with 28 hits. innings. Noah Hall (Appalachian St.): Hall 1 triple and 13 RBI over 60 at-bats. bats. He also drew 16 walks. Johnny Piacentino (Penn State): RHP Jack Leiter (Vanderbilt): Leiter was 2-0 with 1 save and a 1.80 ERA. He Piacentino hit .400 as he collected 2 homers, was 2-0 with a 1.72 ERA as he struck out struck out 21 batters with 10 walks over Second Basemen 4 doubles and 11 RBI with 4 stolen bases as 22 batters with 8 walks over 15 2/3 innings. 20 innings. Max Cotier (Virginia): Cotier hit .338 Chris Newell (Virginia): Newell hit the leadoff hitter. He held opponents to a .098 batting average Jacob Ciccone (Lafayette): Ciccone with 4 triples, 3 doubles, 1 home run and 15 .407 with 4 homers, 2 doubles and 20 RBI. Mac Bingham (Arizona): Bingham and did not allow a run in his first three posted 2 saves with a 2.25 ERA and struck RBI. His 4 triples were tied for the most in He also swiped 8 bases as he started all 18 played in all 15 Wildcat games as he hit appearances. out 18 batters with 6 walks over 12 innings. NCAA Division I and were the most in the games in centerfield. .361 with 2 doubles, 1 homer and 7 RBI. RHP Ben Ethridge (Southern Miss.): He recorded a career-high 9 strikeouts at ACC. He tied a school record by scoring He ranked in the top 10 in the ACC in He posted a .478 on-base percentage and Ethridge was 3-0 with a 2.29 ERA and Towson in 4 innings of relief. 5 times against UMass Lowell. Cotier RBI (T-2), on-base percentage (2), slugging registered 4 multi-hit games. struck out 26 batters with 5 walks over Pete Hansen (Texas): Hansen didn’t completed the 2020 season by reaching base percentage (3), runs (T-3), total bases (T-4), in 13 straight games and was on a 10-game stolen bases (T-5) and batting average (9). Designated Hitters 19 2/3 innings. His 26 strikeouts were a allow a run in 17 innings of work as he Nate Rombach (Texas Tech.): Rombach team high. struck out 18 batters with only 2 walks. He hitting streak. Newell was one of four Collegiate Peyton Chatagnier (Mississippi): Baseball Freshmen Players of The Year hit .308 with 6 homers, 4 doubles and 27 RBI RHP Connor McCullough ( was 2-0 with 1 save. over 19 games. He led the Big 12 and ranked St.): McCullough led Kansas St. in strikeouts Joseph King (California): King was 2-0 Chatagnier hit .311 with 4 homers, 4 doubles and a second team Collegiate Baseball and 13 RBI. He was ninth in the nation (4th All-American. sixth nationally in RBI. Rombach belted 3 with 29 over 24 innings as he posted a 2-1 with 1 save and a 1.59 ERA. He fanned 17 home runs in a game against Baptist record and 2.25 ERA. He allowed 0 or 1 run batters with 4 walks over 11 1/3 innings. in the SEC) in runs scored with 23. John Rhodes (Kentucky): Rhodes, Ben Dellacono (Holy Cross): Dellacono one of four Collegiate Baseball Freshmen — the only freshman to hit 3 homers in a in each of his first 3 collegiate starts while Jesse Barron (San Francisco): Barron game this season. throwing at least 6 innings with a minimum posted 2 saves with a 0.96 ERA and struck hit .305 with 8 doubles, 1 homer and 10 RBI. Players of The Year, hit .426 with 10 He led the Patriot League and ranked 15th doubles, 1 homer, 3 triples and 19 RBI. He Brayden Jobert (Nicholls St.): Jobert of 6 strikeouts. out 14 batters with 2 walks over 9 1/3 hit .365 with 3 homers, 3 doubles and 33 RHP Drew Thorpe (Cal Poly): Thorpe innings. in Division I with 8 doubles. led the SEC and ranked second nationally Robert Moore (Arkansas): Moore in doubles (10). Rhodes had twice as many RBI as he appeared in all 18 games. posted a 1-1 record, 3.21 ERA and struck Chad Treadway (Georgia St.): Lucas Latrenta (Villanova): Latrenta out 31 batters with only 7 walks over 28 Treadway struck out 23 batters with 4 walks hit .317 with 2 doubles, 2 homers and doubles than any other freshman in the SEC. 17 RBI and started all 16 games for the Rhodes was a third team Collegiate Baseball hit .333 with 3 homers, 1 triple and 10 innings. over 16 1/3 innings as he posted a 2.20 ERA RBI. LHP Hunter Barco (Florida): Barco in 5 appearances. Razorbacks. All-American as well. Jeffrey David (Dallas Baptist): David Caeden Trenkle (Oklahoma St.): Leighton Banjoff (Nebraska): Banjoff was 2-0 with a 1.40 ERA and fanned 26 C.J. Mayhue (East Carolina): Mayhue hit .341 with 3 homers, 4 doubles and 13 batters with 6 walks over 19 1/3 innings. was 1-0 with a 0.56 ERA and struck out 19 hit .351 with 4 doubles, 2 homers and 15 Trenkle hit .333 with 3 homers, 4 triples, RBI. He had 20 hits in 57 at-bats and swiped 3 doubles and 16 RBI. He was tied for the RBI. RHP Chandler Murphy (Arizona): batters with 6 walks over 16 innings in 8 Christian Hall (Tennessee-Martin): Murphy had a 2-0 record, 2.70 ERA and appearances. 2 bases. lead in NCAA Division I with 4 triples and Michael Curialle (UCLA): Curialle hit ranked third with 5 sacrifice bunts. Hall hit .368 with 2 homers, 2 doubles and struck out 19 batters with 7 walks over 16 Dalton Smith (Georgia Tech.): Smith 9 RBI as he started all 15 games. He led all 2/3 innings. He limited opponents to a .203 was 3-0 with a 1.46 ERA. He fanned 14 .325 with 2 homers, 2 doubles and 9 RBI in Chase DeLauter (James Madison): 40 at-bats. He also swiped 2 bases. DeLauter hit .382 with 7 doubles, 1 homer, freshmen with a batting average. batters and walked 6 over 12 1/3 innings. .368 batting average. LHP Parker Messick (Florida St.): Geoffrey Gilbert (Clemson): Gilbert Tim Borden II (Louisville): Borden hit 1 triple, 14 RBI and also swiped 7 bases in .444 with 1 homer, 2 doubles and 9 RBI. He 16 games in the leadoff spot. Stephen Reid (Georgia Tech.): Reid Messick posted 1 save with a 1-1 record and was 1-0 with a 0.71 ERA and 14 strikeouts hit .273 with 5 homers, 1 double and 10 0.77 ERA. He fanned 19 batters and walked over 12 2/3 innings over 8 appearances. collected one hit in 7 of 8 starts. David Glancy (St. John’s): Glancy Landon Hahn (S.E. Missouri): Hahn hit hit .423 with 3 homers, 3 doubles and 12 RBI in just 44 at-bats. He had a slugging only 2 over 11 2/3 innings. Bryce Greenly (Delaware): Greenly percentage of .636. LHP Jake Carr (West Virginia): Carr posted a 1-0 record, 0.96 ERA and struck out .361 with 2 doubles, 1 triple and 8 RBI. RBI. He played in nine games and reached base at a .448 clip and posted a slugging was 2-1 with a 1.52 ERA and struck out 12 15 batters with 7 walks over 9 1/3 innings. Third Basemen Multiple Position Athletes batters with 3 walks in 23 2/3 innings. Cameron Bush (Texas St.): Bush was Cooper Weiss (Coastal Carolina): percentage of .885. He led St. John’s in RBIs Jacob Pennington (Murray St.): LHP Cole Kirschsieper (Illinois): 2-0 with a 0.77 ERA and struck out 12 with Weiss hit .372 with 5 doubles, 2 homers and and home runs. Pennington hit .667 with 1 double and 4 runs Kirschsieper was 3-0 with a 1.35 ERA and 3 walks over 11 2/3 innings. 14 RBI. He also swiped 5 bases. He ranked Jake Holcroft (Portland): Holcroft hit scored at the plate. As a pitcher, he was 1-0 struck out 12 batters with 5 walks over 20 Ethan Hoopingarner (Southern in the top 10 in the Sun Belt in slugging .484 with 7 doubles, 2 homers, 2 triples and with a 0.69 ERA and struck out 12 batters innings. California): Hoopingarner was 1-0 with a percentage (8), batting average (10) and 11 RBI. He also swiped 4 bases. with 6 walks over 13 innings. 0.79 ERA and struck out 16 batters with 4 RBI (10). Pres Cavenaugh (N.C. Greensboro): Jack Brannigan (Notre Dame): Relief Pitchers/Closers Cavenaugh hit .452 with 2 doubles, 1 triple, Brannigan hit .255 with 3 doubles, 1 homer, walks over 11 1/3 innings. He only allowed Jace Jung (Texas Tech.): Jung belted 4 Cannon (Georgia): Cannon 3 hits in 9 appearances. 7 RBI and swiped 7 of 7 bases. His batting 1 triple and 11 RBI with 3 stolen bases. As a was 3-0 with a 0.00 ERA in 5 appearances. homers, 4 doubles and collected 23 RBI in Jack Lynch (Xavier): Lynch posted a 19 games for the Red Raiders. He was in the average was the 13th highest in Division I pitcher, he was 1-0 with a 1.93 ERA. He fanned 12 batters and only walked 2 in 1-0 record and 1.69 ERA in 5 appearances and started his career with a 7-game Justin Campbell (Oklahoma St.): 11 1/3 innings. Opponents only had a .111 top 10 nationally and second in the Big 12 in over 10 2/3 innings. He struck out 11 and walks with 18. He also was 11th in the USA hitting streak. Campbell hit .414 with 1 homer, 2 doubles batting average against him. walked only 2. Colby Thomas (Mercer): Thomas hit and 7 RBI at the plate. As a pitcher, he was Bennett Flynn (Davidson): Flynn and third in the Big 12 with 23 RBI. Peyton Graham (Oklahoma): Graham .333 with 5 homers, 9 doubles and 18 RBI. 1-2 with 22 strikeouts and 6 walks over 20 posted 4 saves with a 0.90 ERA. In 10 Catchers He also swiped 6 bases. He led the Bears in 1/3 innings. In his last start of the season, innings, he struck out 13 batters and only Hayden Dunhurst (Mississippi): hit .358 with 3 homers, 8 doubles and collected 10 RBI. He also swiped 8 bases doubles, home runs, RBI and stolen bases. he pitched 8 shutout innings and allowed allowed 3 walks and 4 hits. Dunhurst belted 5 home runs and 15 RBI in Owen Diodati (Alabama): Diodati hit only 3 hits while striking out 9 to get a win Luke Jannetta (Tulane): Jannetta was 52 at-bats. He only allowed 4 stolen bases over 18 games. .309 with 5 homers, 3 doubles, 1 triple and against BYU. 3-0 with 1 save and a 1.37 ERA. He fanned all season and threw out 5 base runners as Tyler Martin (Florida St.): Martin hit Page 16 Collegiate Baseball Friday, June 12, 2020 2020 All-Pavlovich Team Honorees Exemplify What Game Of Baseball Should Be About By LOU PAVLOVICH, JR. my 2020 team. Estes Park, Colo. Editor/Collegiate Baseball Co-Head Coach Of The Year Completely alone, he was Rob Klein, USC unconscious for about six hours. TUCSON, Ariz. — Introducing Rob is one of the greatest coaches Once he woke up, he had to walk my 31st annual All-Pavlovich team, in college baseball history. down the mountain about a mile a remarkable collection of unique He was an assistant for 22 years which was astonishing since he people and animals in the game. with Coach Mike Gillespie (three could barely walk. Incredibly, Engel recovered Co-Head Coach Of The Year years at College of The Canyons over time after surgical procedures Tom Walter, Wake Forest and 19 more at the University of Tom Walter is simply one of the Southern California). and played during the 2019 season most amazing coaches the game He also served as a detective for at Drury as he hit .337 with 21 has ever seen. the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s doubles, 12 homers, 5 triples, 61 In my book, he is better than Department for 32 years. RBI and stole 12 of 13 bases in 54 Superman because of everything he For 19 years, he drove 55 miles games. has endured in his life and what he to USC from his home in Acton, He played in 20 games during the has meant to his players and fellow Calif. and back again after practices 2020 season before the season was coaches. or games — a round trip of 110 stopped because of the coronavirus This is a man who previously miles. pandemic. was the skipper at the University His skills at picking pitches There is no question Clayton is of New Orleans when Hurricane were legendary as he coached first one of my All-Pavlovich outfielders Katrina hit in late August of base. because of everything he went 2005. Nobody in college or pro baseball through. He is tough as nails. The University of New Orleans has ever been as good at it. OF Josh Elvir was shut down for over two months Klein coached over 1,200 games Angelo State and couldn’t start again until mid- in his career, and he estimated Elvir is one of those amazing October. that he was able to pick 50-60 stories you never forget. Walter evacuated his 38 players percent of opposing pitchers in his The rightfielder for Angelo as well as coaches and families coaching career which gave his State was cut at the University of prior to the storm hitting. hitters thousands of pitches to hit Houston as the Cougars were about His entire team ultimately made that they knew were coming. to begin the 2018 season. it to New Mexico St in Las Cruces, He did it all legally with his eyes Given a second chance at Angelo N.M. to spend the semester before as he broke down every movement State in 2019, he was the NCAA coming back to New Orleans. of pitchers. He also watched to see Div. II National Player of The Year This remarkable person is the if catchers were showing signs or as he hit .458 in 55 games with same man who donated his kidney if infielders were shading batters 20 homers, 17 doubles, 81 RBI to a freshman baseball player on his on certain pitches or giving signs Tom Walter gave a kidney to freshman Kevin Jordan. and stole 11 of 12 bases as he was team at Wake Forest. to outfielders on what pitches were walked 50 times and had an on-base Earlier in his career as the coming. He hit.448 with 12 HR, 3 items. The neighbors had Boss percentage of .584. head baseball coach at George Klein gave an in-depth look at 2B, 36 RBI and 21 walks (10 thrown in the dog pound as John He started out on fire in 2020. Washington University, he led his everything he did to pick signs in intentional). Madden received a police citation. Over 22 games, he hit .438 with program to great success despite a special story in the Feb. 7, 2020 Defensively, he is undoubtedly “That wasn’t the only citation,” 11 homers, 10 doubles, 30 RBI not having a home field. Imagine edition. the top shortstop in the nation. said Madden. and swiped 15 of 17 bases with In 16 games, Gonzales only “Some people put pictures of having all 56 games each spring National Player Of Year 27 walks. on the road. committed two errors in 71 chances their kids on the refrigerator. We SS Nick Gonzales and made every play you can put Boss’ citations up there.” Ultimate Clutch Hitters His amazing life was chronicled New Mexico St. U.S. Naval Academy in the Jan. 3, 2020 edition of imagine. One time Boss attacked a power Nick Gonzales of New Mexico Plus, I guarantee you that you edger that trimmed the edge of Every team needs to manufacture Collegiate Baseball, and I am proud St. is Collegiate Baseball’s National runs when it seems impossible to do to make him the co-head coach of won’t find a better human being than the grass next to the sidewalk. He Player of The Year. Nick on any level of baseball. chewed the edger to a stop. it against great pitching. Nick finished the season ranked “His mouth was all blood, but I’m going with Navy to help me in the top five in the nation in 10 he didn’t care. He had stopped that out with this problem. categories: home runs (1st), home edger,” said Madden. Three Penn State pitchers runs per game (3rd), runs (1st), Another time when Madden’s combined to no-hit Navy. runs batted in (1st), runs batted in wife Virginia took Boss for a walk But the Midshipmen made the per game (1st), total bases (1st), in Central Park near their New York most of their base runners and slugging percentage (2nd), on-base apartment, Boss noticed a street managed to defeat Penn State, 2-1 percentage (3rd), walks (4th) and person on one of the benches and in the bottom of the 11th. walks per game (5th). pulled Virginia that way. RHP Bailey Dees, LHP Tyler At one point, he hit 12 home runs She thought Boss wanted to Shingledecker and RHP Mason in only 48 at-bats over 13 games be petted. Unfortunately the dog Mellot combined on the 10th no- and was on pace to hit 50 homers. walked over to him and lifted his hitter in Penn State history. leg. However, Navy drew five walks, Team Mascot moved base runners and took Bulldog OF Clay Engel advantage of late errors to scratch I will never forget John Scolinos, Drury University across two runs while scattering Hall of Fame coach at Cal Poly In the summer of 2017, Engel eight Penn State hits. Pomona, telling me years ago that nearly died. In the 11th inning, Navy had its the world is filled with different He suffered a skull fracture, leadoff batter reach on an error. types of players. fractured vertebra and leg injuries He moved to second on a “There are a lot of puppy dogs which required skin grafts after he sacrifice bunt and scored on another and hot dogs with a few bulldogs had a serious hiking accident as he throwing error for the unusual scattered among the group,” said fell off a bluff on a mountain near walk-off victory. Scolinos “We want the bulldogs.” I have another important reason to pick bulldogs as my team mascot. John Madden was without a doubt the best NFL color man in the history of television years ago when he worked on CBS. I have always been a big fan of his and purchased his book One Size Doesn’t Fit All back in 1988. There is a chapter that talks about how fond he was of English bulldogs that he owned. There was one that stood out above the rest called Boss, a 60- pound giant. At times he was hell on wheels as Boss would chew up whatever was in the backyard — hoses, a chunk of the board, a slab of fence. The book pointed out that one time he even chewed through the fence and went into the neighbor’s Rob Klein is the best pitch picker in baseball history. backyard and chewed up a few No team mascot can match the beauty of the bulldog. Friday, June 12, 2020 Collegiate Baseball Page 17 Coaching Resources

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Differential training is crucial to To make the changes needed, the success of athletes. to capture a skill set needed and to It involves changing the activity set the goals with plans of action repeatedly and without informing to meet the requirements of a the hitter. successful journey are the early The skilled batter must learn steps of change. distances, angles, release points, It activates the intent and speeds of reads, speeds of reaction, desire to find whatever genius and unpredictability, change of plane, greatness that might be present in balance, reverse engineering, holds by pitchers, game speed, live bat, stride box, hitting patterns and New Rules In situation variables. Place For World It is important to utilize positive verbal primers to encourage and Baseball Events support my students. LAUSANNE, Switzerland Understand your feelings. It is — The World Baseball Softball OK to have them. Confederation published a set You want hitters to be good of health and operational and continue to advance as they recommendations for the safe return continue their training. Gary Ward has a passion for teaching as this photo vividly shows. of baseball and softball activity. It must be clear to your athletes I want hitters to own everything birth of new ideas. have an answer. Recommendations, specific to that you believe in them and see a they do in training. It is their Be consistent but don’t be stuck baseball and softball games, to bright future for them. Crisis Management program. in a rut. Being reliable and available mitigate the risk of COVID-19 You also must acknowledge Routines, rituals and any process I ask that every time a player will open doors. infections include: regression and frustration because should be developed and used as speaks about a teammate, he speaks Communicate the help that you • Avoid sharing of competition it isn’t bad. It is perfectly normal a method of positive distraction. as if that player is standing next need with urgency. Needs are must equipment. Each player should and a natural requirement for To know how to detach in crisis to him. haves. Wants are goals for the have his/her own bat, helmet, glove, progression. and exercise a dissociative process It is important to get the right future. batting gloves, rosin bags, etc. Hitters must clearly see the is to maintain flow and focus in things done the first time. Do As your students grow, you • Batters shall retrieve their anxiety and fear as they attempt the moment. These are situations not over promise and under must grow with them, although it own bat when possible. to leave their comfort zone and where anxiety and stress need to deliver. Absolutely no excuses are might require you to change your • No chewing tobacco, seeds embrace the need for change. be managed. allowed. methods. or spitting at any time. Respect the need to be concerned Lectures in square classrooms Require that you accept feedback Accept the occasional below • Players (in particular pitchers), about change. You want to accept severely limit the learning regarding the need for continual average performance without blame shall not lick their fingers. a growth mindset where hitters can environment. They should have improvement. Today’s skills will shame or judgment. Forgiveness is • Umpires shall wear masks learn and change. been eliminated decades ago. not meet tomorrow’s needs. powerful for yourself and toward and gloves. I make it perfectly clear to hitters There is a 100 millisecond delay As the coach, I will be discrete others. • If possible, avoid line-up that I am their guide but not their between the time your eyes see an with any personal information that When unfair criticism is pointed exchange at home plate. guru. I have walked the path they object and your brain registers it. a player shares with me. All things toward you by those outside the • Avoid physical contact, such are going many times. It will end in Practice empathy but never personal and painful will remain team, step to the front and take the as shaking hands, high fives, fist a beautiful place for them. sympathy. ours. I can be trusted. bullet. bumps, hugging, etc. The hitter must see beyond the Dare to love and express it Every player must have a smarter Stay in the now and live the • Ball prep (mud rubbing) to be ceiling that he sees for himself. If without the fear of it being mocked goals program written by them. The moment. When high skill level is done by one appointed person with he can’t, the path to improvement or rejected. Loving something or coach does not need to read them. required, thoughts of the past and protective rubber gloves. is blocked. somebody is your choice. However, the coach would like to the future can destroy our efforts • Different set of official balls Trust your commitment to your Identify the social masks and see the goals in action. in the present. for home and visiting teams while smarter training program. body armor you wear to impress As the coach, I will ask you if Today’s students have attention on defense. Acknowledge fear of failure and the outside world. Give up phony you have ownership of your goals spans of about 8-10 seconds. You • Coaches may always approach doubt. Talk to me as the coach and for real. and training programs. If you are teaching monkeys in trees, and umpire keeping a minimum distance let me hear your voice. Learn how to breathe and relax answer yes, you are accountable they are only a vine away from of two meters. Know that a new path is your mind and body. and responsible from that point escaping. • Home Plate umpire shall intimidating. Smarter goals will be Purchase a good “crap detector” forward for you are now and who Emotional crisis brings the avoid coming in contact with the map to clear obstructions. and use it to learn the power of no you shall become in the future. pressure of anxiety and fear of catcher. It is important hitters begin to and thanks. I always hope that my players failure to the player resulting in • Minimum physical distance see what I see with the possibility Humans have a few needs such have the ability to take on adult upper thoracic pressure and rectal of 1 metre shall always be kept in of greatness. as air, water, housing, food and behavior, although they have tension. They get on edge. dugout. One of the greatest gifts I can safety. Everything else is a want probably been treated like a child Notice the butterfly, and the • Bases shall be cleaned every give an athlete is the freedom to that gets in the way of your goals until now. hummingbird will leave you for a half inning. choose and experiment with trials and your training. My job as a leader is creating a while. But do not chase. Be calm • No bat boys/girls shall be and feedback. If you had yourself scouted as a culture where you can fulfill your and quiet, and it will come back to allowed. I will never blame, shame or player and a person, how would that total potential as an athlete and a the nectar. report read? Try it. judge you. person. Coach, when you think your job Have faith that you can reprogram Do not try harder. It is a cry for Babcock Dies I want my players to listen of holding the players’ attention is the approval of the A.P.E.S. This is yourself as an athlete and get intently before they speak. Make it difficult, volunteer to teach a third inspired by what you can become. the adult, powerful perfectionist, At Age Of 81 a lifelong habit. grade class for a day. who rules with ego and experience HARRISONBURG, Va. — Know that the difference between Neither the player nor the coach When you give the player all the those who can change their behavior systematically until there is no self James Madison Hall of Fame has all the answers. I certainly don’t answers, you block their progress except in their prescribed societal baseball coach Brad Babcock, who and those who cannot is their sense know all the questions. But I will by eliminating their aah moments of purpose. prisons based on their need to amassed a program-record 558 wins remain a student of my players. But of self- that allow them control the masses. in 19 seasons and guided the Dukes As a coach, I cannot afford to let rarely will the athlete know that I to claim ownership. you fail. I have too much of myself So say no to the A.P.E.S. to the 1983 College World Series, think unless he asks me. The preparation for and Do not require that others passed away at the age of 81. invested to allow that to happen. I will always deliver on what I participation in highly skilled How do you feel about that? validate or approve you. A lone Babcock led JMU baseball say I will. I will address the most and competitive sports requires a wolf is always more impressive beginning in its second season I want you to have an adult difficult task on my to do list first. variety of mental-emotional states relationship with the truth. If you than the sheep in the herd. in 1971 through 1989, a run that I want my players to learn to say no of being. Develop each state for Accept where you are on the path included JMU’s transition from lie to me, I know that you will often to those things and people who are the specific needs of that moment lie to yourself. of life now. Your GPS is written in NCAA Division II to Division I in standing in the way of their smarter within the competition. your goals and training journal. 1977 and five NCAA Championship Do not get upset when you lie to goals and training. A pre-pitch ritual within each me. But consider that it destroys our Work harder on yourself than appearances, highlighted by the The culture is in place for the at-bat as a hitter or defender is you work on anything else. Create 1983 CWS run. relationship when I no longer can development of individual skills at important. believe you. personal value and skill sets, and Babcock was inducted into the the championship level and for the The individual must understand the world will race to find you. JMU Athletics Hall of Fame in 1998 No Lies, No Spin formulation of a cohesive team unit the correct idling speed of their Failure, mistakes and adversity after a 558-249-4 career record, I want my hitters to talk straight that will rise collectively to fulfill personal engine that results in the are the greatest teachers you will and the 1983 squad became the to me with no spin. Tell me exactly the mission. best performance. encounter in your journey through second team inducted in department what you want from me. After the mission, it is important It is inefficient to try to be on life. They are not fatal or final but history in 2016. Six of his former I want to know how much you to debrief but do not hold court. or up all the time. In fact, it is fertilizer for finding the correct players are also JMU Hall of Fame care about training. Do you see it Keep in mind there is a danger impossible and a waste or energy. path. members and 30 went on to play as a good investment? of publicity and the media. You With knowledge of self, the player Today’s coach must guide and professionally. I want you to get real and should always have anticipatory can tailor his states of “me” to be in lead every player who enters into Babcock took the Dukes from genuine, open and authentic. Take readiness. context with the game situation. the instructional sphere of influence a fledgling second-year program off the mask and let me see who you Bring Joy To Work It is a good coaching habit to say, by helping him fulfill his individual to being one of the more highly- are if you know that answer. Some labor pains go with the “I do not know” when you don’t potential. respected programs in the East. Friday, June 12, 2020 Collegiate Baseball Page 19 When Balks Take Place, Be Aware Of Unique Rules ANSONIA, Conn. — Under inning-ending out. But first base Wong facing Junior Guerra. Since both Oakland runners stumbled forward, halted his motion NFHS rules, there can be no play umpire D.J. Reyburn called a The Brewers’ pitcher did not come advanced one base, the balk was and released the ball, apparently following a balk. balk on pitcher Drew set before delivering the nullified and the play superseded trying not to balk. The ball is dead, and all runners Pomeranz for not coming pitch. Plate umpire Gerry the balk. The ball bounced to the plate. advance one base. to a stop in his set position Ruleball Davis barked, “That’s a If any runner attempts to advance Plate umpire Alfonso Marquez Such is not the case in Pro and prior to his delivery. balk.” beyond the one base award, he called a balk but wisely did not call NCAA rules. Hampson was allowed Wong swung at the would do so at his own risk and “Time” and kill the play. The penalty for a balk is covered to score because of the pitch and homered. can be put out. If Berkman had swung at the in Pro rule 6.02 (a). It reads, “The balk and Story remained Because both Peralta and If, in the above play, Phillips pitch, there could have been further ball is dead, and each runner shall at bat. Wong advanced at least attempted to advance home and was action. advance one base without liability The run gave the one base on the play, the called out, the putout would stand, If Berkman and Pence both to be put out, unless the batter Rockies a 1-0 lead in a balk was negated. and the balk would be erased since advanced one base on the play, the reaches first on a hit, an error, a base game they would lose You can view the play both runners each advanced one balk would have been nullified. on balls, a hit batter, or otherwise, 3-2 in 18 innings. If Belt by going to You Tube: base following the balk. If either one did not advance and all other runners advance at never made the catch, “Wong Homers After Free Swing one base after Berkman hit the least one base, in which case the the balk would have Balk Call” When a pitch follows a balk ball, the balk rule would have been enforced. play proceeds without reference been nullified because Balk Nullified II call, the batter actually has a “free to the balk.” (See also NCAA 9-3 Hampson and Story each With Rich Marazzi The Oakland A’s and swing.” If he is retired, he simply Pence would be awarded third Rules Consultant Pen) would have advanced one played remains in the box and assumes base and Berkman would remain at Blue Jays, Brewers, bat. Berkman had nothing to lose by When Jimmy “The Toy Cannon” base on the play. Cardinals, D’backs, on April 12, 1988. the count prior to the balk because Wynn passed on March 26, it You can view the play Dodgers, Mariners, The A’s had Tony he did not meet the one base swinging at the rolling ball. triggered a memory I had of a by going to You Tube: Orioles, Phillies, Phillips on second requirement. Ball Charged To Pitcher strange play that he was involved “Hampson Scores on Pirates, Rangers, Rays, Red Sox, base with one out in once failed A “Ball” should be charged to a in almost 43 years ago that related Balk” Royals, Tigers, the first inning when to take the opportunity of a “free pitcher only if a pitch is made after to the above rule. Balk Nullified I Twins, Yankees, the tapped a swing.” the balk and the pitch is called “Ball On April 19, 1977, the New Fox Regional Sports dribbler to The Astros hosted the Nationals Four” and all runners, including the The St. Louis Cardinals Networks, ESPN and York Yankees hosted the Toronto hosted the Milwaukee Jim Presley immediately on Aug. 23, 2007. batter-runner, advance one base. Blue Jays. the White Sox TV Brewers on Sept. 8, announcers. following a balk call In the bottom of the ninth, the You should look at “Ball Four” In the bottom of the fourth on Mariners’ southpaw Astros had Hunter Pence on second following a balk the same as a 2016. Readers can submit inning, the Yanks had Wynn on In the bottom of the Steve Trout. Phillips base and one out trailing 7-4. hit or any other reason why the third with two outs when third base questions to Rich at: fourth, the Cards had [email protected] made it to third and With Berkman at bat, Nationals’ batter would reach the one base umpire Dave Phillips called a balk Jhonny Peralta on first Canseco arrived at first pitcher Chad Cordero got one of requirement and force a runner/s on Blue Jays pitcher Jerry Garvin base and two outs with Kolten base safely with an infield hit. his cleats caught on the mound. He to advance one base. for not coming to a stop in his set position. While Phillips was calling the balk, Garvin delivered the pitch to Lou Piniella, who hit a long drive to center that bounced off outfielder Gary Woods’ glove for a double. But for some reason Wynn, apparently thinking that the ball was dead when he heard Phillips make the balk call, stayed on third and did not advance. Because Wynn did not advance one base on the play, the umpires had to invoke the balk penalty and nullify the play which meant Wynn would score and Piniella would lose his double and RBI because he had to continue his at bat which he did and proceeded to strike out. If Wynn and the Yankees third base coach had done their jobs, Piniella would have been credited with an RBI double. Many players “freeze” or “stop” when they hear the call of a balk because they think the ball is dead. If the base coach is unaware of the rule, he will not move the runner along which exacerbates the problem. If there is action following the pitch, the ball is not dead. When a balk is called, the umpires should only call “Time” if the pitcher balks and does not throw the ball. If a pitcher makes a pickoff throw, the umpire should not call “Time” until the ball is caught by the fielder. If a balk is followed by a wild throw, the ball should be kept alive and the runner may advance beyond the base to which he is entitled at his own risk. If the balk is followed by a wild pitch, a runner may advance beyond the base to which he is entitled at his own risk. In such plays “Time” should not be called until all play has ceased, and it is apparent that all runners, including the batter-runner, will not advance one base. Balk Penalty On Fly Ball The hosted the on April 12, 2019. The Rockies were batting in the fourth inning with Garrett Hampson on third base and two outs when lifted a fly ball into short right field. 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