In an era when everyone has a theme song, the baseball world is no different. Nowadays, not matter what kind of game you attend – from MLB to college and even some high schools – use walk-up songs for each hitter and intro songs for their pitchers. Leave a comment here and let us know what the best walk-up song you’ve heard at a game.
Not to be confused with geriatric women in poodle skirts, the list of candidates for the Lowe’s Senior Class Award has been released. An acronym for Celebrating Loyalty and Achievement for Staying in School™, the Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award focuses on the total student-athlete and encourages students to use their platform in athletics to make a positive impact as leaders in their communities.
Most baseball publications have Texas as the team to beat in 2010, but LSU has the best prospect in college baseball not named Bryce Harper – 6’7″ RHP Anthony Ranaudo. He was 12-3 with 159 Ks in 124.1 IP last spring and will only get better in 2010.
In case you’ve been living in a hole the past couple of years, the projected #1 pick in the 2010 draft is a catcher named Bryce Harper, a freshman at Southern Nevada Junior College.
Harper has been considered a top prospects for a long time, but made waves last year when he earned his GED as a sophomore in high school in order to enter junior college in what would be his junior year. This maneuver helps him enter the MLB draft a year early and not delay his multi-million dollar payday any second longer than it needed to be.
So far so good for Harper, who through today is hitting .349 (15-43) with six doubles, a triple, three home runs, and 15 RBI in just 11 games. He also boasts a .420 OBP, .744 SLG and three stolen bases. The only place he has struggled so far is controlling the running game, only catching one of the first eight runners attempting to steal off of him.
Oral Roberts has won the Summit League in baseball every single year since they joined in 1998. Will their unprecedented 12-year dominance come to an end in 2010? We think so.
Player of the Year: Jesse Sawyer, JR 3B, South Dakota State
Pitcher of the Year: Boone Whiting, JR RHP, Centenary
Conference Champion: Centenary
You could say that practice has been made perfect with the addition of the new indoor practice facility at Wichita State University. Normally this time of year the baseball team would be fighting the frigid Kansas winters in order to get some practice time in. However, times have changed and practice has warmed up.
The Horizon League’s tournament champion in 2009 was Wright State, and the Raiders are favored for the regular season title in 2010 by the annual coaches poll. However, they are going to have to fend off a solid Illinois – Chicago team and the Penguins of Youngstown State, who have some of the top prospects in the conference.
Player of the Year: Quentin Cate, SR 3B, Wright State
Pitcher of the Year: Alex Kaminsky, SR RHP, Wright State
Conference Champion: Wright State
The Southland Conference has 12-teams and a reputation for developing Major League caliber talent. A total of 21 conference players were selected in the 2009 MLB draft, who are the top prospects in the conference for 2010?
Player of the Year: Michael Choice, JR OF, UTA
Pitcher of the Year: Eric Harrington, SO RHP, Lamar
Conference Champion: Texas State
The Patriot League was dominated by Army in 2009, and unfortunately for the competition, they have most of their talent coming back and should be even better in 2010. Continue reading for a team by team preview, top 10 MLB draft prospects, and more.
Player of the Year: Clint Moore, JR SS, Army
Pitcher of the Year: Ben Koenigsfeld, JR P, Army
Conference Champion: Army
The 2009 Big Ten Championship was won by Ohio State, which broke a streak of three straight Michigan regular season championships. Will the 2010 season see the Maize and Blue back in contention? Will the Buckeyes repeat? Does Minnesota, Illinois or Indiana have what it takes to jump to the top? Continue reading for our take on the projected finish and initial list of the conference’s top 10 prospects.
Player of the Year: Ryan LaMarre, JR OF, Michigan
Pitcher of the Year: Alex Wimmers, JR SP, Ohio State
Conference Champion: Ohio State