Collegiate Baseball The Voice Of Amateur Baseball Started In 1958 At The Request Of Our Nation’s Baseball Coaches Vol. 62, No. 13 Friday, Sept. 6, 2019 $4.00 Historic Rule Is Finally Approved 20-Second Action Rule Since NAIA, NJCAA and other junior college schools use NCAA baseball rules, has the potential to cut 20 games on those levels should see this same minutes or more off game time reduction in games which should draw times in college baseball. more fans. A 20-second clock with men on base was By LOU PAVLOVICH, JR. recommended by the NCAA Baseball Rules Editor/Collegiate Baseball Committee last year to prevent delay tactics which were hurting the game with lengthy UCSON, Ariz. — Possibly the most contests, especially in the NCAA Division important NCAA baseball rule change I tournament. Tin history has been approved by the Unfortunately, the Playing Rules Oversight NCAA Playing Rules Oversight Panel after Panel did not allow the rule change for 2019 initially being recommended by the NCAA because of cost considerations with two Baseball Rules Committee. clocks that would have been mandatory at Starting with the 2020 baseball season, a schools. 20-Second Action Rule will be mandatory The change in wording with a 20-Second between pitches. It will include pitches Action Rule and no mandatory clock allowed thrown with nobody on base or runners on it to be passed for 2020. base. A pitcher has five options for the clock There has never been a time clock with to stop within the 20-Second Action Rule runners on base until now in the 110-year in place: history of the NCAA. 1) Must begin his windup motion. This historic rule has the potential of 2) Throw a pickoff to a base which has shaving off 20 minutes or more for all NCAA baseball games. See 20-SECOND ACTION, Page 3 Highest Amount Tabulated In Last 50 Years Quest For RECORD Bullseye STRIKEOUTS Recruiting IN 2019 SEASON Strikeouts per 9 innings for each team was a record 8.08, according to NCAA Division I Baseball Statistics Trends report as numbers skyrocket last 5 years. By LOU PAVLOVICH, JR. Editor/Collegiate Baseball NDIANAPOLIS — The highest amount of strikeouts over the past 50 years of NCAA Division I baseball took place during Look at pitchers in the 2019 season, according to the NCAA Division I Baseball the Pac-12, ACC or StatisticsI Trends report. “ Compiled by Jeff Williams, Associate Director of Media Researchers Can Predict SEC. Half of pitching Coordination and Statistics with the NCAA, the 2019 NCAA staffs in these leagues Division I Strikeouts Per 9 Innings for each team was a record 8.08. Where Recruits Will Go are throwing fastballs It marks the first time in history the average has eclipsed 8.00 By LOU PAVLOVICH, JR. If coaches across the USA utilize 90 mph or above. Each of the last five years have featured strikeout numbers that Editor/Collegiate Baseball this template in the major team have gone over 7.00. sports, it may be a way to save That was unheard of a For the previous 45 years prior to 2015 (1970-2014), only twice OWA CITY, Iowa — University millions of dollars in needless decade ago. have strikeout totals risen over 7.00, and that was in 1998 (7.07) of Iowa researchers are recruiting. Why should recruiters able to predict with a high spend time and energy on recruits — Butch Thompson, and 1999 (7.12). I The strikeouts per 9 innings per game for each team the last probability where football recruits who have their minds set on another Auburn University five years include: will ultimately attend college by school? 2015: 7.02 analyzing Twitter accounts. The Institute for Operations The same formula can be utilized Research and Management Sciences See STRIKEOUTS AT HIGHEST LEVEL, Page 7 in baseball, according to the lead researcher Kristina Bigsby. See TWITTER, Page 9 Inside C”ollegiate Baseball Web Site: www.baseballnews.com Summer League Rundown Miami’s ‘Grand Illusion’ Special USA Baseball Summer Teams CB takes in-depth look at college Lou Pavlovich explains greatest Taking a look at how different summer teams that captured titles sting operation in history of game national baseball teams did over along with top players/Page 10 that happened in 1982/Page 4 the summer of 2019/Page 12 Page 2 Collegiate Baseball Friday, Sept. 6, 2019 Numerous Coaching Changes Collegiate Baseball The Voice Of Take Place During Past Summer Amateur Baseball TUCSON, Ariz. — Throughout the last three years at Long Beach State. He has coached at multiple levels of baseball the summer, more coaching from junior college to several Division 1 changes have been announced by programs and in the minor league system of the universities and colleges around Los Angeles Angels. Collegiate Baseball (ISSN 0530-9751) is published twice a month the country. Former MLB draftee and All American January-May and once in June, July, September and October pitcher with the Miami Hurricanes, Bryan (14 total issues) by Collegiate Baseball Newspaper, Inc., 2515 Head Coaches Radziewski was named the pitching coach at N. Stone Ave., Tucson, AZ 85705. Periodicals postage paid at Fullerton College announced the hiring of LaSalle University. longtime Cal State Fullerton assistant coach Last season he was the pitching coach and Tucson, AZ. Chad Baum as the Hornet’s new head baseball recruiting coordinator at Fairleigh Dickinson. In coach. one season, he helped the Knights increase their Send address changes to: Baum is the 10th head coach in the program’s conference win total by eight games. Previously Postmaster: history dating back to 1937. He replaced Nick he was a stellar pitcher for Miami (FL) and spent Collegiate Baseball Fuscardo who retried in the spring of 2018 after three years in the Houston Astros organization P.O. Box 50566 serving as the head coach since 1986. as a pitcher. Tucson, AZ 85703 Baum spent 13 seasons with Cal State Steve McKee returns to Florida Gulf Coast Fullerton and has the fourth longest tenure as after a 15-year hiatus to be an assistant coach. Overnight Mail: 2515 N. Stone Ave., Tucson, AZ 85705 a Titan behind Augie Garrido, George Horton McKee served as the team’s first-ever and Rick Vanderhook. He finished his 20th pitching coach and recruiting coordinator from season as a Division 1 assistant coach. For the 2002-04, helping the team get off to a good start. 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