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Originally posted by Bear:
Interesting yet Arguable Subject Area.
Might help to define / agree criteria / business rules!
Just HS? College? Pro? After playing?
Go back 80+ years and would anyone say Walter Johnson? (I would)
Babe Ruth? (I would)
(And cr^pola the Baltimore Archdiocese is closing Cardinal Gibbons, where he played!)
The hottest and most interesting current topic
is the 16 NCAA Regional host sites to be announced this afternoon.
Of course the field of 64 for the NCAA tournament will be announced Monday afternoon
Amazingly, the UVA AD is selling tickets for potential NCAA Regional and Super Regional tournaments.
So you don't believe the NCAA looks at revenue generating opportunities?
Not cheap either. Regional all-session ticket books will be sold for $60. Reserved seating and $45 for General Admission seating.
Super Regional all-session ticket books may be purchased for $36 for Reserved seating and $24 for General Admission seating.
3,000+ tickets have been sold for the potential regional and the potential super regional. Amazing, yet not surprising.
Univ of Maryland hosted a Regional Tournament last week at Taylor Field and did not get close to that revenue. Imagine that.
OBTW: "hard-luck losing" effort vs Wright State?
.....Is there a hard-luck winning effort (vs Miami at the ACC Tournament)?
"Although he was a low round draft choice (last year), his decision to experience college hopefully will be an example to others ---"
Decision to Experience College? This is arguable.
A better example to others is Bryce Harper who could receive $5M to sign. Since $12M will make grandchildren financially secure, maybe $5M secures a Mom, two wives and four children!
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Danny Hultzen continues to represent the best that the State of Maryland has to offer ---
2010 All-ACC Team
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. - A school-record seven Virginia baseball players have been named to the 2010 All-Atlantic Coast Conference Team by voting of the league's coaches. Virginia also captured two of the major awards, as Danny Hultzen (So., Bethesda, Md.) earned Pitcher of the Year honors, while Brian O'Connor was named Coach of the Year.
Hultzen joins teammates Phil Gosselin (Jr., West Chester, Pa.) and Kevin Arico (Jr., Flemington, N.J.) on the All-ACC First Team. Gosselin earned a spot on the First Team in the outfield, while Arico was the conference's lone First Team representative at relief pitcher.
Hultzen is the first Cavalier to earn ACC Pitcher of the Year honors. He was a first-team honoree at utility last season as a freshman. In 2010, he leads the ACC with a 2.08 earned run average as well as 106 strikeouts. He boasts an 8-1 record this season, including a 6-0 mark in ACC games. Hultzen is among the contenders for several national awards, including the Dick Howser Trophy.
O'Connor was voted ACC Coach of the Year for the second time. He also earned the award in his first season at Virginia (2004). He led the top-ranked Cavaliers to a 45-10 overall regular-season record, a Coastal Division title (with a 23-7 ACC mark) and the top seeding for the ACC Championship. Virginia's 45 wins tie for third-best in school history and stand just four victories shy of the record 49 posted by last season's College World Series team.
FIRST TEAM
Name, Class, Position, School
Yasmani Grandal, Jr., Catcher, Miami **
Mickey Wiswall, Jr., First Base, Boston College **
Tony Plagman, Sr., First Base, Georgia Tech **
Dallas Poulk, Sr., Second Base, NC State
Matt Skole, So., Third Base, Georgia Tech
Derek Dietrich, Jr., Shortstop, Georgia Tech ***
Kyle Parker, Jr., Outfield, Clemson **
Tyler Holt, Jr., Outfield, Florida State **
Phil Gosselin, Jr., Outfield, Virginia **
Austin Wates, Jr., Outfield, Virginia Tech
Deck McGuire, Jr., Starting Pitcher, Georgia Tech **
Chris Hernandez, Jr., Starting Pitcher, Miami ***
Matt Harvey, Jr., Starting Pitcher, North Carolina
Danny Hultzen, So., Starting Pitcher, Virginia **
Kevin Arico, Jr., Relief Pitcher, Virginia
Mike McGee, Jr., Utility/DH, Florida State **
SECOND TEAM
Name, Class, Position, School
Steve Domecus, Sr., Catcher, Virginia Tech **
Scott Lawson, Sr., First Base, Miami **
Mike Freeman, Sr., Second Base, Clemson
Keith Werman, So., Second Base, Virginia
Harold Martinez, So., Third Base, Miami
Tyler Cannon, Sr., Shortstop, Virginia **
Jeff Schaus, Jr., Outfield, Clemson **
Drew Poulk, Sr., Outfield, NC State
Kyle Wilson, Sr., Outfield, NC State
Jarrett Parker, Jr., Outfield, Virginia **
Jed Bradley, So., Starting Pitcher, Georgia Tech
Robert Morey, Jr., Starting Pitcher, Virginia
Justin Wright, Jr., Starting Pitcher, Virginia Tech
Daniel Miranda, So., Relief Pitcher, Miami
Ben Rowen, Sr., Relief Pitcher, Virginia Tech
Thomas Nichols, Jr., Utility/DH, Georgia Tech
Player of the Year - Yasmani Grandal, Miami
Pitcher of the Year - Danny Hultzen, Virginia
Freshman of the Year - Marcus Stroman, Duke
Coach of the Year - Brian O'Connor, Virginia
** - Two-time first- or second-team selection
*** - Three time first- or second-team selection
