The College World Series returns to TD Ameritrade Park on June 15. Each week until then, The World-Herald will take a look at eight teams that have a chance to end their seasons in Omaha.
South Carolina (38-13): The Gamecocks head into the final week of Southeastern Conference play trailing Kentucky by a half game with Louisiana State on deck. South Carolina split a pair of games with Georgia, winning the first when Michael Roth threw seven shutout innings to improve to 5-0. Roth is limiting opposing hitters to a .194 batting average. The Bulldogs came back to win the second game 6-5 in 10 innings to hand South Carolina just its second loss in its last 16 league games. Junior first baseman Christian Walker …
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The College World Series returns to TD Ameritrade Park on June 15. Each week until then, The World-Herald will take a look at eight teams capable of finishing their seasons in Omaha.
Florida State (40-7): The Seminoles had a 10-game winning streak snapped with an 8-5 loss to Maryland on Monday night but they continue to hold a commanding lead in the race for the Atlantic Coast Conference championship. Florida State’s magic number is two with weeks left in the regular season. The Seminoles won the opening games of the Maryland series to push their record to 12-0 in weekend series. What was impressive about their 10-3 and 9-2 wins was that they came against Maryland pitchers Jimmy Reed (1.83 ERA) and Michael Boyden (2.09 …
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The College World Series returns to TD Ameritrade Park on June 15. Each week until then, The World-Herald will take a look at eight schools that have a chance to end their seasons in Omaha.
>> Florida State (36-7): The Seminoles began the season with modest expectations — they weren’t picked to win their division in the Atlantic Coast Conference and none of their players were considered All-America timbre, but Florida State heads into May ranked No. 1 in three of the four national polls, and is just one of two teams that has not lost a weekend series. The Seminoles swept a nonconference series from Rhode Island last week. First baseman Jayce Boyd, who ranks 12th nationally with a .407 average, and center fielder James …
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This blog was originally posted on Omaha.com’s Viewfinder blog. It offers a look at the early years of the eventual home of the College World Series, Omaha’s Municipal Stadium (which opened in 1948). It was renamed Rosenblatt Stadium in 1964. See a complete history of the College World Series tournament here, and check out Omaha.com’s CWS page here.
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I had planned to do a blog on Rosenblatt Stadium and was so excited about all the images we have on hand that I could only narrow down my choices to a mere 101 photos!
That would have been interesting but a tad too long, so instead I decided on blogs based on different themes. Among them: Municipal Stadium’s early years, …
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College World Series doubleheaders will start at 4 p.m. this year (instead of 1 p.m.). That’s the news in today’s World-Herald, reported by Steve Pivovar.
What threw a wrench in the CWS schedule? ESPN’s coverage of European soccer, of course.
The second game of CWS doubleheaders is scheduled to start at 8 p.m. (instead of 6 p.m.). Well, that’s not so bad, right? A lot of sporting events start at 8 p.m.
But we know how this works. Postseason baseball often goes 3 1/2 hours, which means we’re really looking at start times closer to 8:30 — and games ending around midnight.
You tell me, how many fans (kids especially) are going to be in their seats on a Monday night at 11:55 p.m.?…
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The College World Series returns to TD Ameritrade Park on June 15. Each week until then, The World-Herald will take a look at eight teams that have a chance to end their seasons in Omaha.
Florida State (33-7): The Seminoles continue to run away with the Atlantic Coast Conference race, with a weekend sweep of Miami improving them to 19-2 in league play. Florida State’s sweep of Miami was its first since 2002. The Seminoles have their best record in league play since 1999, when they also started 19-2. After winning the first two games against Miami by 11-2 and 6-1 scores, Florida State claimed its sweep on Sheman Johnson’s 10th-ining, walk-off single that produced an 8-7 win. The single capped a …
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Former Omaha Royals pitcher Phil Humber tossed the 21st perfect game in major league history on Saturday. He also pitched a gem for Rice in the 2003 College World Series finale, but that wasn’t the only news tidbit of local interest on Saturday:
>> Omaha’s Jeffress recalled: The Kansas City Royals recalled right-handed reliever Jeremy Jeffress from the Omaha Storm Chasers, where he was 2-0 with a 1.50 ERA. He had allowed four hits in 12 innings, while striking out eight and walking six. Royals reliever Greg Holland was put on the 15-day disabled list with a left rib stress reaction.
>> Former Husker called up: Former Husker pitcher Thad Weber was called up by the Detroit Tigers on Saturday afternoon. The right-hander completed his …
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The College World Series will return to Omaha’s TD Ameritrade Park on June 15. Each week until then, The World-Herald will take a look at eight teams that have a chance to finish their seasons in Omaha.
Florida State (29-7): The Seminoles are ranked No. 1 by Baseball America but two other polls have intrastate rival Florida in the top spot, for good reason. The Gators are 3-0 against Florida State, having posted a 6-3 win last week. The Seminoles bounced back to win two of three against Boston College, increasing their lead in the Atlantic Coast Conference’s Atlantic Division to five games over second-place North Carolina State. Florida State, 16-2 in conference play, also owns a four-game lead on North Carolina and Miami for …
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Is the College World Series better than Duke-North Carolina?
Higher than historic Lambeau Field?
More notable than the Old Course?
Well, yes. According to Sports Illustrated.
The magazine named the CWS the No. 3 sports fan experience in its “Oh, The Places You Can Go” article.
The CWS trailed the Wrigley Field bleachers and baseball’s Caribbean Series, respectively. It came out ahead of Duke-North Carolina, Lambeau, the British Open, the Indy 500, Notre Dame football and the NBA finals Game 7, among others.
The description, written by Albert Chen, reads: “The College World Series is an ode to the purity of baseball. For a taste of the untainted game, go to Omaha in June, when organ music, like a gentle breeze, fills an intimate 24,000-seat …
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The College World Series returns to Omaha’s TD Ameritrade Park on June 15. Each week until then, The World-Herald will take a look at eight teams that have a chance of finishing their season in Omaha.
Florida State (27-5): The Seminoles are playing some beautiful baseball in taking command of the Atlantic Coast Conference Atlantic Division. Florida State swept Georgia Tech to improve to 14-1 in league play and present coach Mike Miller with his 1,700th career victory. “These numbers are just that, numbers,’’ Martin said after becoming just the third Division I coach to reach 1,700 wins. “But I am proud of the weekend we just had. That was a great accomplishment on their part.’’ The Seminoles got strong starts from freshman …
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