2009 CRIMSON TIDE BASEBALL 5 College World Series 7 SEC Tournament Titles 19 NCAA Regionals 25 Conference Championhips 61 Major Leaguers ALABAMA Alabama Crimson Tide at 2009 Whataburger Classic GAME INFORMATION vs. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (Thursday, March 5 - 6 p.m.) vs. Texas Pan American (Friday, March 6 - 6 p.m) Alabama at Whataburger Classic vs. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (Saturday, March 7 - 5 p.m.) Whataburger Field (7,050) - Corpus Christi, Texas Site: Whataburger Field (7,050) Corpus Christi, Texas First Meeting with both schools FIRST PITCH: Alabama heads to the Lone Star state this weekend to play in the fourth Series: annual Whataburger College Classic at Whataburger Field in Corpus, Christi, Texas. The Crimson Tide will be joined in the fi eld by Texas A&M-Corpus Christi and Texas Tickets: $8 (Adults) and $4 (Youth) per day Pan American. Alabama will open the tournament on Thursday, March 5, at 6 p.m. $18 (Adults) and $9 (Youth) for against the Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Islanders. The Crimson Tide will then face tournament book the Texas Pan American Broncs on Friday, March 6, at 6 p.m., before wrapping up the even with with Texas A&M-Corpus Christi on Saturday, March 7, at 5 p.m. The Is- Radio: Crimson Tide Sports Network landers and Broncs will also meet on Saturday, March 7, at 1 p.m. and Sunday, March WTSK-AM (790) (Tuscaloosa) 8, at 1 p.m. Chris Stewart www.RollTide.com RECORDS: Alabama brings a 5-3 record into the 2009 Whataburger College Classic, fol- Internet: lowing its 6-2 loss at Troy on Tuesday night. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (3-7) ended a seven-game losing streak on Tuesday with a double-header sweep of Texas Pan Alabama Starting Pitchers: American in Edinburg. Texas Pan American (0-9) seeks its fi rst win of the season at 1 - RHP Austin Hyatt (2 GS, 2-0, 2.08 ERA) this weekend’s tournament. 2 - LHP Adam Morgan (2 GS, 1-0, 3.09 ERA) 3 - TBA RANKINGS: Alabama enters the week ranked 23rd in the Rivals.com Top 25 poll. TAMUCC Starting Pitchers: 1 - RHP Brett Carnline (3 G, 0-3, 13.85 ERA) HEAD COACH JIM WELLS: Coach Jim Wells begins his 15th season at Alabama and his 20th overall as a Division-I head coach. He has compiled a 593-303 (.662) record in 896 2 - RHP Justin Grota (2 G, 0-0, 18.00 ERA) games since being named UA’s 29th head coach on June 4, 1995. A 2009 Alabama Base- 3 - LHP Roy Ferdin (3 GS, 1-1, 4.15 ERA) ball Coaches Association (AlaBCA) Hall of Fame inductee, Wells is the winningest 4 - RHP Justin Orr (3 G, 1-1, 2.92 ERA) coach in Crimson Tide baseball lore. He is sixth on the SEC’s all-time win list and needs just seven wins to become the sixth league coach to win 600 games. He is also Texas Pan American Pitchers: fi ft h on the SEC’s all-time list in terms of winning percentage. Overall, Wells has com- 1 - TBA piled a 785-392 (.667) record in 1,177 games over 20 seasons at the Division-I level. 2 - TBA Prior to Alabama, he spent fi ve years at Northwestern (La.) State, where he compiled 3 - TBA a 192-89 (.683) record and led the Demons to three Southland Conference champion- 4 - TBA ships and two NCAA Regional appearances. Next Game: 2009 MAX Capital City Classic MATTHES HONORED: Alabama senior right fi elder Kent Matt hes has picked up some hardware this week aft er one of the most impressive weeks in Crimson Tide baseball Alabama vs. Auburn lore. Matt hes was named the Louisville Slugger National Player of the Week (Col- Riverwalk Stadium - Montgomery, Ala. legiate Baseball newspaper), ProLine Hitt er of the Week (National Collegiate Baseball 6:30 p.m. (CST) Writers Association) and College Baseball Foundation “All-Star” Lineup for his four- game performance last week. He hit .563 (9-for-16) with four home runs and 13 RBI and compiled a 1.563 slugging mark. He was also tabbed the SEC Player of the Week for his eff orts. ‘s WWW.ROLLTIDE.COM CRIMSON TIDE BASEBALL MEDIA SCHEDULE MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY March 2 March 3 March 4 March 5 March 6 March 7 March 8 Practice at Troy Depart for at Texas A&M- vs. Texas at Texas A&M- OFF DAY 2 p.m. L, 6-2 Wahtaburger Corpus Christi Pan American Corpus Christi Classic 6 p.m. 6 p.m. 5 p.m. ALABAMA MEDIA SERVICES: The Alabama Media Relations staff welcomes your coverage of Crimson Tide ALABAMA MEDIA RELATIONS DIRECTORY baseball. Should you have any questions or concerns during the 2009 college baseball season, please contact Barry Allen, Assistant Director of Media Realtions. Media Relations Phone: 205.348.6084 205.348.8840/8841 MEDIA CREDENTIALS: All requests for media credentials must be made in writing through Barry Allen (bal- Media Relations FAX: [email protected]). Credentials will not be mailed and may be picked up at Media Will Call (located down the right fi eld line of Sewell-Thomas Stadium) 90 minutes prior to game time. Mailing Address: Box 870391 Tuscaloosa, AL 35487 COVERING PRACTICE: The Crimson Tide will practice at 2 p.m. each day. All practices are open to the media. Please contact the UA Athletic Media Realtions Offi ce if you plan to att end practice. Media members are not allowed on the fi eld, unless accompained by a member of the UA Media Relations staff . Gener- Overnight Address: 1201 Coilseum Drive ally, the team is off on Monday and there is no media availablity. Special consideration will be given to Coleman Coliseum, Room 170 specifi c Monday requests. Tuscaloosa, AL 35487 Please direct all interview requests through Barry Allen. Head Coach Jim Wells and INTERVIEW REQUESTS: www.RollTide.com Crimson Tide players are available before each practice and aft er each game. Player interviews will be Internet Addresses: granted on game days at a mutually agreed upon time by the student-athlete and media representative. www.crimsontradition.com The starting pitcher is not available prior to the game on game day. In addition, Coach Wells will conduct a weekly teleconference each Thursday, beginning March 12. The call will begin at 9:30 a.m. (CT). Please Associate Director of Athletics for Media Relations: contact the UA Media Relations Offi ce for phone number. Doug Walker Work: 205.348-7245 Cell: 205.310-8682 CRIMSON TIDE SPORTS NETWORK: The multi-media rights holder for University of Alabama Athletics is Crim- son Tide Sports Marketing. CTSM is a joint venture of Learfi eld Communications in Jeff erson City, Mo., e-mail: [email protected] and International Sports Properties, based in Winston-Salem, N.C. Jim Carabin serves as the general manager of the network. Tom Roberts is the director of broadcasting. All Crimson Tide baseball games Assistant Director of Media Relations: are aired statewide and on the internet. Veteran play-by-play announcers Chris Stewart and Mick Gil- (Baseball Contact) lispie will call all the action this season for CTSN. Stewart begins his 10th season with the Crimson Tide Barry Allen Work: 205.348-8836 baseball team and second as the lead announcer for CTSM. Stewart also serves as the play-by-play voice for the Alabama men’s basketball team and is the host of the “Crimson Tide This Week”, a weekly, 30- Cell: 205.394-2153 minute television show on UA athletics. Gillispie is in his second season with the network and his fi rst e-mail: [email protected] with the Tide baseball team. He also serves as the play-by-play voice of the Alabama women’s basketball team. In addition, Gillispie is the play-by-play voice of the Tennessee Smokies (Southern League), the Athletic Photographer: Class AA affi liate of the Chicago Cubs. The games can be heard in Tuscaloosa on WENN-FM (93.5) and Kent Gidley Work: 205.348.2301 in Birmingham on WAPI-AM (1070). e-mail: [email protected] “HEY, COACH!”: Coach Jim Wells discusses Crimson Tide baseball each Monday night from 6-7:30 p.m. “Hey, Coach!” airs live from Buff alo Wild Wings in Tuscaloosa. Roberts serves as the program’s host. Administrative Assistant: Brenda Burnette Work: 205.348-6084 CTSM provides weekly and post-game satellite feeds for Crimson Tide baseball. SATELLITE FEEDS: e-mail: [email protected] SEC MEDIA RELATIONS: The Southeastern Conference will provide comprehensive coverage of baseball throughout the 2009 season. The SEC offi ce provides weekly notes, plus daily stats and standings each Secretary: day. The 2009 SEC Baseball Tournament will be played May 20-24 at Regions Park in Hoover, Ala. The Karen Deaver Work: 205.348-6084 SEC website is www.SECSports.com. Chuck Dunlap ([email protected]) is the media coordinator for SEC e-mail: [email protected] Baseball. He may be reached at 205.458-3010. NCBWA: The National Collegiate Baseball Writer’s Association handles all media needs on the national lev- el. The NCBWA publishes a pre- and post-season All-American Team and coordinates weekly rankings and national balloting for the Dick Howser Trophy and NCBWA Stopper of the Year. Bo Carter (bcarter@ footballfoundation.com) serves as the executive director. The website is www.ncbwa.com. This is Alabama Baseball WWW.ROLLTIDE.COM 2009 ALABAMA QUICK FACTS WHO TO WATCH: Senior right fi elder Kent Matt hes has set the Alabama record with a home Location Tuscaloosa, Alabama run in six straight games.