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Any News On Baseball Recruits?

Postby Dirtywater on Fri Sep 24, 2010 6:54 am

With the new coach - I was wondering whether he was able to recruit any decent freshmen for this year's class. There is not any information out there. Does anybody have anything? Tks.
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Re: Any News On Baseball Recruits?

Postby Dirtywater75 on Wed Jan 19, 2011 10:26 am

Based on the lack of excitement in this CBD forecast it seems doubtful that we had a spectacular recruiting class (i.e., by BC standards). But with the field still unresolved and the level of commitment - its not surprising.

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The Boston College Eagles were up and down throughout the 2010 season as they were not able to get back to the NCAA Tournament after qualifying in 2009. They finished the season with a 30-28 overall record with a 14-16 mark in ACC play. After the season was over, head coach Mik Aoki decided to pack his bags and head to South Bend, Indiana to take over the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. He was replaced by former Virginia Tech assistant coach and Boston College graduate Mike Gambino.

The Eagles hitters finished last season with a .293 batting average which was ninth best in the conference while hitting 70 homers. They return seven out of their top ten hitters from last year’s squad. The losses of leadoff hitter Robbie Anston (.324 BA) while number 3 hitter John Spatola (.316 BA, 17 HR, 61 RBI) and cleanup hitter Mickey Wiswall (.301 BA, 19 HR, 61 RBI) leave the program after graduating or being drafted in the 2010 MLB Draft. Each of these players were main cogs in the everyday lineup for the Eagles and will certainly be missed.

The top returning hitter is junior third baseman Anthony Melchionda who finished last season with a .358 batting average with seven homers and 41 RBI. This past summer, he was a member of the North Shore Navigators where he hit .248 with two homers and 19 RBI helping to lead them to the NECBL Championship. The other top returnee is everyday junior shortstop Brad Zapensas. He had a .318 batting average with five homers and 35 RBI while being sure handed at shortstop making only six errors on the year. He played the summer of 2010 in the Northwoods League with the Green Bay Bullfrogs where he appeared in 61 games. He had a .285 batting average while driving in 28 runs. He continued his strong defense as he made seven errors for a .973 fielding percentage. Sophomore Matt Watson had a good freshman season as he hit .259 with seven homers while driving in 34 runs. His season started to tail off the second half of the season as he seemed to tire in his first collegiate season. He played in the Cape Cod Baseball League this summer with the Yarmouth-Dennis Red Sox where he was named the Top New England Prospect after hitting .239 with four homers and 21 RBI.

The Boston College pitching rotation returns two of the three weekend starter from last season in senior RHP John Leonard and junior RHP Mike Dennhardt. The key loss in the rotation will be Pat Dean who served as the number 1 starter as he went 5-2 with a 4.75 ERA in 77.2 innings as he was able to defeat both Miami and Florida State while giving the Eagles a chance to win in nearly all his starts.

Leonard started the 2010 season dealing with an injury which kept him out for about half the season. He finished the season with a 2-2 record and a 7.53 ERA in eight starts in 34.2 innings of work. He played the summer of 2010 in the Cape Cod Baseball League with the Yarmouth-Dennis Red Sox where he went 3-3 with a 1.96 ERA in 36.2 innings. It was his second straight strong summer in the Cape and could be an excellent number two guy in the Eagles rotation. Junior RHP Mike Dennhardt is expected to be the ace of the staff as he has the most electric stuff on the team. He had some outstanding starts in 2010 but also was bombed in some of them as he went 4-7 with a 7.22 ERA. He struggled with his control as he walked 39 batters while striking out 40 in 72.1 innings.

The back of the BC bullpen is back in junior RHP Matt Brazis. He finished the 2010 season with a 1-0 record with a 4.73 ERA in 29 appearances as he accumulated a team high nine saves. Setup man Nate Bayuk was out for most of the 2010 season as he made only seven appearances without recording a decision and accumulating a 3.86 ERA. In 2009, Bayuk also didn’t record a decision but had a 3.14 ERA in 32 appearances totaling 14.1 innings as he was used as a lefty specialist.

It is expected that freshmen Eric Stevens and Tommy Bourdon to contribute to the Eagles this season. Stevens is listed as a 6’5 215 pound righthanded pitcher out of Don Bosco Prep in New Jersey while Bourdon is a 5-11 175 pound outfielder from Northwest Catholic High School and Simsbury CT. He was selected by the Boston Red Sox in the 38th round but decided to head to Chestnut Hill instead."
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Re: Any News On Baseball Recruits?

Postby BCEagle74 on Wed Jan 19, 2011 11:09 am

Collegiate Baseball Newspaper’s
NCAA Div. I Pre-Season Poll
(As of Dec. 20, 2010)
Rank School (’10 Final Record) Points

1. Texas Christian (54-14) 495

2. Florida (47-17) 494
3. UCLA (51-17) 493
4. Clemson (45-25) 489
5. Vanderbilt (46-20) 486

6. Oklahoma (50-18) 483
7. Texas (50-13) 481
8. Texas A&M (43-21-1) 480
9. Oregon (40-24) 479
10. Stanford (31-25) 474
11. Arizona St. (52-10) 473
12. Cal. St. Fullerton (46-18) 470
13. Florida St. (48-20) 469
14. South Carolina (54-16) 467
15. Louisiana St. (41-22) 465
16. Connecticut (48-16) 462
17. Virginia (51-14) 457
18. Miami, Fla. (43-20) 455
19. Georgia Tech. (47-15) 454

20. Louisville (50-14) 451
21. Rice (40-23) 450
22. Arizona (34-24) 445
23. Wichita St. (41-19) 443
24. Coastal Carolina (55-10) 440
25. Auburn (43-21) 437

Team highlighted are private schools and ACC.

Baseball, Football ---Two great sports and the greatest University in the galaxy and the best gigantic piece of land in the world outside of a great city in Boston and our Athletics except for Hockey and a revitalized basketball program is

:clownshoes

What is the excuse this time?

Not enough money? $1.45 billion?

Weather? Humidity?

Try timidity.... B C is for :clownshoes
FALL 2011 WILL BE THE BEST EVER FOR BC SPORTS AT THE HEIGHTS!

Rettigun leading our Football team to 14-0 and a Title!

The Hoops Freshman starting a new Legacy!
The Icemen returneth for another shot at Title 5!

GO EAGLES!
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Re: Any News On Baseball Recruits?

Postby DavidGordonsFoot on Wed Jan 19, 2011 11:27 am

BCEagle74 {l Wrote}:
What is the excuse this time?

Not enough money? $1.45 billion?

Weather? Humidity?

Try timidity.... B C is for :clownshoes


No, it's pollution from fieldturf runoff poisoning Michael Pahre's drinking water.
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Re: Any News On Baseball Recruits?

Postby BCEagle74 on Wed Jan 19, 2011 11:35 am

TCU is expanding the cool new baseball stadium with a few thousand seats.

The new Football Stadium is the same people who did Jerry World in Arlington.

We have the best piece of land on earth, tons of capital, political clout, access to Fed and state funds, the T run there for a new station infrastructure, an a bunch of NO VISION LOSER JESUIT HUMPS and trustee twats who do not realize the immense, overwhelming pride and value of a new football multi-use stadium --even a half retractable dome seating 55K/68K expandable--and an open end for baseball unique design--- and building a mini 2050 futuristic city of dorms around the stadium, luxury Dome box high tech classrooms, plaza food court and new school buildings and student centers...host to tons of past listed events.

We are Boston College.....and we are who we are..... and we are utter fucking :clownshoes

Did anyone ever see the chart of donations after Flutie's sophomore year and when he won the Heisman?

Did anyone ever see my last semester GPA and the 3 A's I got and the money it brought BC?

Do not feel bad Harvard has over $30+ Billion and they write white papers on how to rebuilt Boston since 1957 -- by building one Habitat for Humanity house per year.

BC's Endowment and usage: WASTE!
FALL 2011 WILL BE THE BEST EVER FOR BC SPORTS AT THE HEIGHTS!

Rettigun leading our Football team to 14-0 and a Title!

The Hoops Freshman starting a new Legacy!
The Icemen returneth for another shot at Title 5!

GO EAGLES!
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Re: Any News On Baseball Recruits?

Postby bignick33 on Wed Jan 19, 2011 12:16 pm

It's times like this that you guys should be thanking me for begging for the baseball board.
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Re: Any News On Baseball Recruits?

Postby bluefishskip on Fri Jan 28, 2011 8:19 pm

Is this the "baseball" board, or is there a chance for a separate board?

know that the 2011-2012 freshmen class is pretty good, highlighted by locals Chin and Perry........
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Re: Any News On Baseball Recruits?

Postby shockdoct on Tue Apr 12, 2011 6:14 pm

Lots of a talent on this list....only a few headed to the heights.

http://espn.go.com/blog/boston/high-sch ... s-to-watch
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Re: Any News On Baseball Recruits?

Postby Dirtywater75 on Tue Apr 26, 2011 10:38 am

shockdoct {l Wrote}:Lots of a talent on this list....only a few headed to the heights.

http://espn.go.com/blog/boston/high-sch ... s-to-watch


We apparently need a lot of help. This season has been a mini disaster notwithstanding a handful of decent players. We dropped another close one to St. Johns yesterday. We either get blown out or lose by a run. Our record in close games is pitiful. And we have Virginia coming into town for a three game series - they are the number 1 ranked team in the country. Would anyone who has seen a lot of their games this year care to comment on what they see as the major issues?
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