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Collegiate Baseball The Voice Of Amateur Baseball Started In 1958 At The Request Of Our Nation’s Baseball Coaches Vol. 61, No. 12 Friday, July 13, 2018 $4.00 Photo by Lou Pavlovich, Jr. Inside Collegiate Baseball Web Site: www.baseballnews.com How Oregon St. Won CWS Title Four Powerful Photo Pages Pat Casey Coach Of The Year Beavers overcame huge hurdles All the action, drama, jubilation Oregon St. skipper presses all as they navigated 6 elimination devastation captured at College the right buttons as Beavers win games at championship/Page 4 World Series/Pages 9-12 third NCAA Div. I title/Page 3 Page Collegiate Baseball Friday, July 13, 018 California’s Vaughn Captures Golden Spikes Award LOS ANGELES — After one eighth Pac-12 player to receive 44 times and struck out only 18 winners that include Brendan of the most prolific seasons in the award following Bob Horner times. McKay (2017), Kyle Lewis (2016), Cal baseball history, 1B Andrew (1978), Terry Francona (1980), Vaughn also was one of the Andrew Benintendi (2015), A.J. Vaughn was named the Golden Oddibe McDowell (1984), Mike conference’s best defenders at Reed (2014), Kris Bryant (2013), Spikes Award winner by USA Kelly (1991), Mark Prior (2001), his position, compiling a fielding Mike Zunino (2012), Trevor Bauer Baseball and the Rod Dedeaux Tim Lincecum (2006) and Trevor percentage of .992 and earning a (2011), Bryce Harper (2010), Foundation. Bauer (2011). spot on the Pac-12 All Defensive Stephen Strasburg (2009), Buster The award, which has been given The sophomore first baseman team. Posey (2008), and David Price since 1978, is considered one of the started all 54 games and hit .402, Vaughn played for the Wareham (2007). highest honors a college baseball which ranks third in Cal single- Gatemen in the Cape Cod League Historically, Golden Spikes player can earn. season history. at the beginning of the summer and Award winners have later gone The other finalists were Texas He belted 23 home runs which will wrap up the summer playing on to have tremendous success at infielder Kody Clemens, Auburn tied the single-season record set for the USA Baseball Collegiate the professional level. Of the 40 pitcher Casey Mize and Florida by Xavier Nady in 1999 and his National Team. Team USA is previous winners, five have earned pitcher Brady Singer. slugging percentage of .819 is the scheduled to play Chinese Taipei, Rookie of the Year honors and two Vaughn is the first Cal baseball best in school history. Japan and Cuba. have won the Cy Young award. player to win the honor and the He drove in 63 runs, walked ANDREW VAUGHN Vaughn joins a group of past ABCA Hosts 20 Clinics Across USA G R E E N S B O R O , N . C . — The American Baseball Coaches Association is hosting 20 Barnstormers Clinics in 16 different states across the country. The clinics will run from September through December, leading up to the 2019 ABCA Convention in Dallas, Tex. The one-day events will focus on fundamentals and various topics, including hitting, pitching arm care, catching, practice efficiency and planning, base running and defensive play. Coaches in each location will present the clinics, and they are open to baseball coaches of all levels and the public. The cost is $40 for non- members or $25 for coaches who are current ABCA members. The clinics typically run from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. The ABCA Barnstormer Clinics are sponsored by Blast Motion which also will give a demonstration at each clinic. To register for a Barnstormer Clinic, please visit www.abca. org Here is the schedule: September 22 — St. John’s Big League Chew was invented by Rob Nelson, a former Cornell University, Queens, NY September 22 — University of University lefthander who was pitching in Oregon in 1977 for the San Francisco, CA fabled Portland Mavericks when he came up with the idea for a new September 23 — Harvard University, Boston, MA type of bubble gum. September 23 — UCLA, Los Angeles, CA October 6 — Metro State University, Denver, CO Rob was literally sitting in the Portland bullpen, watching his team- October 7 — University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM mates chewing other less salubrious stuff, when he thought that O c t o b e r 1 3 — Tu l a n e University, New Orleans, LA shredded bubble gum would be a much more fun option. October 14 — University of Houston, TX October 20 — University of Maryland, College Park, MD Rob shared the idea with Mav teammate Jim Bouton who liked the October 20 — UNC Charlotte, Charlotte, NC concept so much he spent the next two years searching for a gum October 21 — Old Dominion, Norfolk, VA company to manufacture and distribute Big League Chew. He October 21 — University of succeeded, and BLC quickly became the must-have bubble gum for Georgia, Athens, GA November 17 — Lipscomb ballplayers in the littlest leagues to the Big Leagues. University, Nashville, TN November 17 — Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX Today, over 40 years later, Big League Chew is the #1-selling November 18 — Oklahoma City University, Oklahoma City, shredded bubble gum in the world — with over 800 million pouches OK November 18 — University sold. It is manufactured in the USA by Ford Gum of Akron, New York. of Arkansas-Little Rock, Little Rock, AR December 8 — Grand Canyon ™ University, Phoenix, AZ ® December 8 — Jacksonville BIG LEAGUE CHEW AMERICA’S BUBBLE GUM University, Jacksonville, FL December 9 — San Diego Coaches Discount now available at bigleaguechew.com State, San Diego, CA December 9 — University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL Friday, July 13, 018 Collegiate Baseball Page 3 Collegiate Baseball Oregon State’s Casey Named The Voice Of Amateur Baseball CB’s National Coach Of Year TUCSON, Ariz. — Oregon State Head Coach Pat Casey is Collegiate Baseball’s 2018 National Coach of Collegiate Baseball (ISSN 0530-9751) is published twice a month January-May and once in June, July, September and October The Year. (14 total issues) by Collegiate Baseball Newspaper, Inc., 515 Casey led the Beavers to OSU’s N. Stone Ave., Tucson, AZ 85705. Periodicals postage paid at third national championship in Tucson, AZ. baseball last week with a 5-0 win over Arkansas and in the process th Postmaster: Send address changes to: celebrated his 900 win at Oregon Collegiate Baseball State in 24 seasons. P.O. Box 50566 It is Casey’s third such honor Tucson, AZ 85703 from Collegiate Baseball having earned National Coach of The Year Overnight Mail: 2515 N. Stone Ave., Tucson, AZ 85705 in 2006 and 2007 when the Beavers also won national titles. Past Publishers: Abe Chanin, Lou Pavlovich, Sr. Oregon State was faced with Single 1-Year Subscription Rate: $8 for 14 issues. six elimination games at the 2018 Single 1-Year First Class U.S. Subscription: $45 College World Series. Single 1-Year Foreign Air Mail Subscription: $50 Special Team Subscriptions: 11 papers each issue sent to one The Beavers lost their opener address — $110 (save $198 off the single subscription price), and of the CWS but won four straight 1 papers each issue sent to one address — $189 (save $399). elimination games to win their Other Multiple Subscription Offers: Please inquire with sub- bracket. scription department at (50) 63-4530. Then in the first game of the Championship Finals, OSU lost its first game to Arkansas. But the Directory Beavers roared back to win its next two and claim the 2018 national AMAZING COACHING JOB — Pat Casey (far left) led Oregon Area Code (520) title. State to the 018 Collge World Series title as the Beavers had to Publisher: Lou Pavlovich, Jr. (Call 63-4530) Casey is the only baseball coach navigate 6 eliminate games. He has now led OSU to 3 titles. Editor: Lou Pavlovich, Jr. (Call 63-4530 to report stories) in college baseball history to lead Advertising Director: Diane Pavlovich (Call 63-4530) Casey has guided Oregon State played on the Major League level Subscription Department: (Call 63-4530) a team to national championships to the College World Series six entering the 2018 season. Fax Machine: (Call 64-5501) in this grueling fashion (2006 times (2005, 2006, 2007, 2013, Another noteworthy achievement E-Mail: [email protected] and 2018) as the Beavers won six 2017 and 2018). is that Oregon State adds to Web Site: www.baseballnews.com elimination games each year. Oregon State players have been the legacy of national baseball Under his guidance, Oregon selected in the MLB Draft a total of championships within the Pac-12 State finished with a 55-12-1 record 116 times as 51 have been chosen as teams have won 29 titles in the 2018 Publication Schedule this season and was ranked No. 1 in in the top nine rounds. Twenty have sport of baseball. nine Collegiate Baseball polls. January 5 March 9 May 4 September 1 In 2017, the Beavers finished January 6 March 3 May 18 October 5 February 9 April 6 June 15 56-6 and were ranked No. 1 in February 3 April 0 July 13 the Collegiate Baseball poll for Former CB Coaches Of The Year 14 consecutive weeks, an all-time • 2017: Kevin O’Sullivan, Florida Northridge high. • 2016: Gary Gilmore, Coastal • 1997: Skip Bertman, Louisiana St. Oregon State has posted a 111- Carolina • 1996: Skip Bertman, Louisiana St., Moving? 18-1 record over the past two • 2015: Brian O’Connor, Virginia Andy Lopez, Florida Make Sure CB Moves Along With You! seasons and has been ranked No. 1 • 2014: Tim Corbin, Vanderbilt • 1995: Augie Garrido, Cal.