Breaking down the College World Series field
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The Sporting News - A capsule look at teams in the College World Series, which begins Friday in Omaha, Neb. Check out the tournament bracket on NCAAsports.com.
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And now the World Series shifts to St. Louis and Busch Stadium. The Red Sox will find it an odd site for baseball in that no one will be yelling &quot;You Suck!
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Critics of college rankings say universities aren't like their sports teams: you cannot settle who is best with head-to-head competition on the playing field. But in a new paper, a group of economists and statisticians begs to differ.
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By Jon Paul Morosi, Detroit Free Press  Feb. 17--LAKELAND, Fla. -- They gathered beside Joker Marchant Stadium in the Friday morning chill, a great circle of pitchers and catchers, coaches and management. A gray-haired man stood in the middle.
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For a league that prides itself on academic excellence, the ACC seems a bit geographically challenged. How else to explain Monday&#39;s twin releases of next season&#39;s ACC logo and the names for the league&#39;s football divisions?
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It might not attract much attention east of the Rockies, particularly with the curtain lifting on baseball&#39;s Fall Classic. But Fresno State&#39;s trip to No.
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It's been likened to a pasture and a parking lot. The outfield surface at Wrigley Field has been taking hits from opposing players because of its rough patches, small holes, and uneven terrain.
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Dusty Baker is gone. Frank Robinson is finished. Cito Gaston won two World Series for the Toronto Blue Jays but hasn't seen the inside of a dugout in years. And Don Baylor suffered the same fate a few years ago that befalls losing managers everywhere &#151; he was fired.
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Gary Walters understands the difficulty in filling those final spots for the NCAA field. This year, however, his selection committee faces a new twist &#151; picking the top seeds. With Florida's late-season struggles, Wisconsin's injuries and Kansas' power ranking, Walters acknowledged Wednesday that putting together the 65-team field this weekend will be far from clear-cut.
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Chris Dominguez hit two of Louisville's four home runs, Justin Marks allowed two singles before taking a hard shot to his left leg in the sixth inning, and the Cardinals eliminated Mississippi State from the College World Series with a 12-4 victory Sunday.
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College baseball teams would have to conform to specific dates for starting practice and games under an NCAA proposal that also would push the College World Series into July some years.
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Oregon State&#039;s Pat Casey and North Carolina&#039;s Mike Fox were all smiles as they posed for photos and held the College World Series championship trophy. Both coaches know only one of them will bring it back to campus for the first time in their school&#039;s history.
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So you&#39;re a casual baseball viewer who watches the game only when the playoffs roll around. Now, with the World Series about to begin Saturday, you realize you have no idea who&#39;s playing, how they got there and how they play this game.
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Fenway Park goes dark now. For a while. No &quot;Sweet Caroline.&quot; No &quot;Dirty Water.&quot; No &quot;Tessie&quot; sweeping up on the big board while the Dropkick Murphys send everybody home with a smile. The only activity at the yard in the next 11 days will be the Sox grounds crew pondering where to put the World Series logo in the grass ...
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Five outs -- five measly outs. That&#39;s how close the Boston Red Sox came to going to the World Series last year and perhaps ending an 85-year championship drought.
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The Florida racinos need a level playing field to have a chance.
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In most sports, there are athletes built for the long haul, and those who dazzle in quick, mercurial bursts. Track and field has distance specialists and sprinters. Baseball has starting pitchers, setup men, and closers. Based on anecdotal evidence collected from 40-odd years immersed in sports literature, I suspect sportswriters fall into roughly the same categories. Like the starting pitcher who is awkwardly relegated to the bullpen, some writers aren't a great fit for every project. Lars Anderson, author of "Carlisle vs. Army," is a case in point.