2010 College Reporting thread

Congrats, CaBB, on your son's success this weekend! How wonderful!

I guess we must be close in age, because I certainly remember Beau! I remember drooling over him as a teenage girl when I saw him star in "The Other Side of the Mountain."

Remember I said something about the highs and the lows.....well after such a great week-end on the road the team was hit hard by probable food poisoning. Throwing up on the plane, 4 of the boys (and the trainer) had to be hospitalized in Salt Lake City. About 15 of the players have it now. For some reason my son did not get sick. Hopefully they all recover quickly. Kind of feel sorry for the other passengers on the flight!

Infield- now that you mention it I do remember Beau Bridges in that movie. (Are we old??)

I remember Lloyd Bridges - Sea Hunt.

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Remember I said something about the highs and the lows.....well after such a great week-end on the road the team was hit hard by probable food poisoning. Throwing up on the plane, 4 of the boys (and the trainer) had to be hospitalized in Salt Lake City.

Wow that's too bad.I hope they are all ok.

CaBB - sorry to hear that! Thoughts and prayers going their way!

I loved Sea Hunt when I was a kid! Lloyd Bridges was a fine actor!

If you like the Bridges' boys, then the Fabulous Baker Boys is a must see. My favorite Jeff Bridges movie is the Last Picture Show in which he was also nominated for an Academy Award.

Lloyd Bridges birthday today! Died @ 85 many years ago. Loved that program. I think it helped me learn to love the ocean even from a young age (old surfer here).

Boys are all getting better from the food poisoning. Apparently it was a short, violent bout.

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Boys are all getting better from the food poisoning. Apparently it was a short, violent bout.

That's good to here.Make sure where ever you ate is notified.

Hey folks, Pop up's BA is down to .111 and dropping. I wish I had better news to share.

PUHD, .111 who cares.... it is early season. the only time to worry about the batting avg is at the end of the season.

your player is evaluated each and every time he plays. i guarantee you that if your son goes 4-4 tomorrow with a hr and a double no one will discount him because he is currently batting .111

please tell your son to forget about the avg, clear his mind and battle each and every at bat ... worryfree...

pm me, i have a cd you should get for your son.

Don't fret folks, Pop up isn't worried, says his hitting coach is working on this. Tomorrow his team takes on the great Bryce Harper and his boys.

CaBB. Terrible news about the food poisoning. Nothing worse than being sick on an airplane a long way from home. Hope everyone is feeling better now.

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Congrats and kudos to Floridafan's son tonite!

Big game on the mound against a Conference foe!

Polk State 14, South Florida 6 - WP-Grabe, 7 IP, 9 K;

For the first time in a couple of years our son has actually got to play the game he loves. This spring so far he has put up staggering numbers in JUCO baseball hit .514 with 16 HR's and 47 RBI's through 21 games. I am very proud as a parent to see him perform at this level but more proud of the work he has had to put in Academically to get this opportunity. After transferring from a D1 school and having to sit out at another D1 due to transfer rules he became academically ineligible to play at that school. He has worked hard on grades just to get chance to further his baseball dreams and for that I am a very proud.

Those are astounding numbers! Congratulations!!!

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Congrats and kudos to Floridafan's son tonite!

Big game on the mound against a Conference foe!

Polk State 14, South Florida 6 - WP-Grabe, 7 IP, 9 K;

I guess that pitching thing is working out okay. Congrats on a great outing.

Good stuff Floridafan!

Thank you guys! I appreciate it!

My team has only completed 7 games so far due to some inclement weather. We have 4 games coming up this weekend and another 5 over the course of the next week so we will certainly be getting moving so far.

We are currently 7 and 0, and have outscored our opponents 65-27 over our first 7 games. Our team batting average is .363, team ERA is 3.20 (versus .210/8.84 for opponents). Our ace was the only pitcher to have 2 starts thus far, and is 2-0 with a 0.69 ERA, 13 IP, 26 K/2 BB/6 hits.

I have thrown 5 1/3 IP and have given up 1 ER, 5 H, 2 BB and 5 K.

We are very excited for this coming weekend as team and hopefully we can keep up the solid play.

Anyone else with any other updates?

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2/4, with a walk, and 4 RBI's is a very good day...

...but when one of those hit is a first inning Granny?

...Priceless!

Congrats CaBB...and son...

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Very Nice '44!

Love to see those Grannys!

We have not seen one of those this year but my guy has settled in to be at around .425 for the past 10 games or so. He has 9 2B, 5 3B, and 5 HR so far. Hopefully he can build from here. Hard to believe that there are only 17 games left to our regular season...

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Very Nice '44!

Love to see those Grannys!

We have not seen one of those this year but my guy has settled in to be at around .425 for the past 10 games or so. He has 9 2B, 5 3B, and 5 HR so far. Hopefully he can build from here. Hard to believe that there are only 17 games left to our regular season...

Ummm....You can add 2 more HR to Floridafan's sons total for the year. He hit 2 more today as they demolished another conference foe - 17-2. Surely Top schools or the MLB scouts have to be watering at the mouth over this kid!

Looks like Younggunson gets his first start of the season this Saturday against Chattanooga State. He's missed the first 4 starts of the season nursing some shoulder soreness. I could hear a little giddy-up in his voice today....finally!

Thank you YoungGunDad!

Boy, you are quick, I don't know how you heard so soon, we barely left the field!

It was a fun day, his mom even got to see the game.

Great to hear YoungGunSon will be on the hill next week. Best of luck and can't wait to hear your report!

Son had a great week and weekend. Pitched 3 games in relief for a total of 9 innings giving up 2 hits, 0 runs, with 11 strikeouts and no walks. I know it will probably be tough for him to repeat such a performance but it nice to be able to string together a few good games.

Best part after all of those games was that he was named the Atlantic Sun Pitcher of the Week!!

http://www.atlanticsun.org/baseball/news/106/4289/

Super kudo to to CPLZ son Kirk who threw a complete game for Army as they beat Cornell 4-2. Besides being one of our "boys" General Porter had 11K and 0BB 1ER in the 9 inning CG.

Awesome Outing! Congratulations!

I am happy to report that our Tigers Won their First Series against Rice this weekend!

Plus Tigers earned recognition as both Conference USA Hitter of the Week and Pitcher of the Week 3/22 and Pitcher of the Week 3/29.

Good things are happening here!!

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I am happy to report that our Tigers Won their First Series against Rice this weekend!

Plus Tigers earned recognition as both Conference USA Hitter of the Week and Pitcher of the Week 3/22 and Pitcher of the Week 3/29.

Good things are happening here!!

Still Learning that is awesome! I have followed Jonathan all these years and he is having the time of his life! Good things happen to good people!

Thanks ClevelandDad. I enjoy following Tyler and many other HSBW folks too I especially appreciated the article regarding his work ethic!

17's team is doing extremely well. They are ranked 4th DII. Record is 32-5, 13-0 in conference play and have won 20 in a row.

17 took a foul tip shot off the face mask 2 weeks ago, after an earlier bell ringer 2 weeks before that. He was diagnosed with a minor concussion the second time as he got a little nauseous after running the bases the inning after the foul tip. He has been rehabbing and will be cleared Monday to return to full play. The trainers took him through stages on his way back, hitting one day, throwing next, catching bullpens next, and full practice. Each stage they monitor how he is feeling the day after.

He is also switching catching helmets. He was using a 4 yr old Allstar hockey mask he had used all through high school. Now he is going to use the college provided skull cap and mask combination, and is required to wear a mouthguard while catching. His high school district required mouthguards all 4 years of his varsity play and he never complained once about being hit in the mask. And yes he caught 3-4 90 plus pitchers all through highschool.

I am really pleased with the caution the training staff has taken on his return. Baseball is a marathon and not a sprint and rushing back with a concussion makes no sense at this stage as a freshman. Too much baseball left in the future.

I have enjoyed reading all your updates and continue to enjoy the message board.

Hey Backstop,

Sounds like your son is at U. Tampa. Glad to hear that your son is going to be fine. That is tough to take a shot like that. It is amazing the guts that it takes to be a catcher. Looks like Tampa is having an awesome season!

My guy pitched 6 innings today giving up 1 unearned run and hitting a grand slam. He even got the win!

Great day in sunny Florida!

Congrats to a HUGE day for Floridafan's son! Wow! Talk about having a day....

After over a month of physical therapy and finally getting back on the bump youngson got to toe the rubber in relief in the 2nd game of a DH. Came in with bases loaded in the 3rd for the starter. Struck out 2, had 1 hit. He said his arm/shoulder had never felt stronger which was what I wanted to hear.

For some reason the coach only let him pitch 1 inning. I'm sure he had his reasons, afterall, he is the coach. Youngson was just happy to get back in the action even though they got swept.

Awesome to hear YoungGunSon finally got into a game! And...great news that his arm felt strong and good to go!

Looking for more good news next week!

Congrats to both YGD and Floridafan. Great news regarding both of your sons!!

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Right on cue...

Infield O8 JR gets a start and makes the most of it...

3 AB
2 Runs
2 Hits (1 HR)
5 RBI's
3 sacrifice Fly's

Talk about productive, Individually and as a team guy!

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Always good to hear "our kids" are doing well. Congrats Infield 08! Great job and keep it up.

Wow Floridafan! That's Awesome! Congrats YGD what a relief it is to see him return to the mound, 08jr great outing, and all the rest of the HSBW folks .

Like CaBB said "Always good to hear "our kids" are doing well."

Tigers won their second consecutive Conference USA series, on the road this weekend. First time winning a conference series on the road since 2007 and first time winning two in a row since 2007. Also tied some team records for home runs and consective hits in a game. Things are continuing to look up!

My guy had a pretty decent weekend; 6-10, with 2HR's a 2b and 8 rbi's.

However, I am looking forward to his next game. His next hit will be his 200th collegiate hit; which I think is really something to be proud of.

Awesome outing!

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My guy had a pretty decent weekend; 6-10, with 2HR's a 2b and 8 rbi's.

However, I am looking forward to his next game. His next hit will be his 200th collegiate hit; which I think is really something to be proud of.

I'd say he had a Pretty Decent weekend! And indeed, 200 hits is something to be very proud of...Congratulations!

Congrats to all these hardworking players. Shows what hard work and dedication can do(with lots of parental support).