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The Entertainer

2009-11-21T21:25:10Z

Nearly 24 hours after Pat Murphy’s abrupt resignation was announced, we know little about the circumstances that led to it. Murphy has yet to break his silence pubicly, leaving Arizona State athletic director Lisa Love’s cryptic remarks to the Arizona Republic as the only clues to his mysterious departure. Meanwhile, the Republic’s ASU beat writer, Jeff Metcalfe, [...]

Murphy Resigns At ASU

2009-11-21T06:35:15Z

UPDATED: Friday, 10 p.m. ET. Pat Murphy, one of the most colorful, out-spoken and successful figures in college baseball, has resigned as head coach at Arizona State. The Sun Devils released this statement Friday afternoon: Arizona State University baseball coach Pat Murphy announced his resignation today. An interim head coach will assume responsibility for the program until [...]

Summer College Leagues Expanding

2009-11-11T22:14:11Z

Next year, the California Collegiate League will expand from a five-team league to a seven-team league. The league voted to add two new teams—the San Luis Obispo Blues and another team that isn’t even based in California. The second new team will be the Las Vegas Summer Baseball Club, a team that will be composed mostly [...]

Creighton To Play In New Downtown Ballpark

2009-10-28T21:50:25Z

Creighton has reached an agreement with the Omaha Metropolitan Entertainment and Convention Authority (MECA) for the Bluejays to play their home games at TD Ameritrade Park Omaha, the future home of the College World Series starting in 2011. The MECA board approved a 10-year lease agreement with Creighton on Tuesday. Under the lease agreement, Creighton will [...]

Hall of Famer Carter To Lead D-II School

2009-10-13T19:25:29Z

Gary Carter is leaving the Atlantic League for Division II baseball. Carter, the Hall of Fame catcher best known as a player for the Expos and Mets, will become head coach at Division II Palm Beach Atlantic, near his Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., home. Carter managed the Long Island Ducks in 2009 and in the independent Golden League [...]

Oliver Settlement Restores ‘No Agent’ Rule

2009-10-08T22:08:17Z

The New York Times is reporting that the NCAA has agreed to pay former Oklahoma State lefthander Andy Oliver $750,000 to settle the lawsuit between the two sides. Oliver had sued the NCAA after he was ruled ineligible for being represented by a lawyer in negotiations with the Twins after he was drafted in high school. The more [...]

Oliver, NCAA Settle Lawsuit

2009-10-07T15:22:07Z

Former Oklahoma State and current Detroit Tigers lefthander Andy Oliver has settled his lawsuit with the NCAA, just two weeks before a jury trial was scheduled to begin in Ohio. Oliver already won the first phase of the trial when an Ohio judge ordered the reinstatement of his eligibility in February. Oliver also sued the NCAA for breach of [...]

NCAA President Brand Dies Of Cancer

2009-09-16T21:33:20Z

NCAA president Myles Brand died Wednesday after a nine-month battle with pancreatic cancer. Brand, 67, was diagnosed with the disease in January. Though former Mississippi State coach Ron Polk famously crusaded against Brand for years over the NCAA’s relationship with baseball, American Baseball Coaches Association executive director Dave Keilitz has long maintained that Brand is a great [...]

San Diego Fills Out Staff

2009-09-15T16:22:19Z

San Diego announced Monday that it has hired a replacement for pitching coach Eric Valenzuela, who left to take a job at crosstown rival San Diego State last month. USD coach Rich Hill hired Tyler Kincaid from nearby Palomar (Calif.) JC to be the new pitching coach, and he elevated hitting coach Jay Johnson from associate recruiting coordinator to head [...]

Alabama Hires Bunn Away From Clemson

2009-09-10T16:14:57Z

Mitch Gaspard has made an impact hire in his first major move as Alabama’s head coach. Gaspard, who was promoted from assistant coach to head coach when Jim Wells retired last week, hired Kyle Bunn as the Crimson Tide’s new pitching coach Wednesday. Bunn spent the last two years at Clemson, where his pitching staff ranked fifth [...]

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