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Column: MLB All-Star selection process is not right for the league
If Major League Baseball is to continue adding meaning to the All-Star game, the selection process needs to be changed. In less than a week, the MLB will play its annual All-Star game, which takes place on the second Tuesday of each July.
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UCLA baseball ends its best season with optimism
OMAHA, Neb. – In 2011, the College World Series will move to a brand-new, state-of-the-art venue in downtown Omaha that promises a modern environment and will “usher in a new era of sports, entertainment and community development,” according to the official website for the project.
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Column: Decision to move CWS from Rosenblatt Stadium a foolish one
It is a sad day when you lose something that has been woven into a city’s identity. No, I am not talking about the possibility of LeBron James walking away from the Cleveland Cavaliers. // This is about something even more ingrained into the prototypical idea of American sports.
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UCLA loses national championship, 2-1, to the South Carolina Gamecocks in the College World Series
Dan Klein took one look at Whit Merrifield's line drive into right field, then removed his glove and walked slowly off the mound. Typically, it's an inning-ending routine for the UCLA closer, but this time it was on the wrong end of a season-ending loss.
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Gamecock baseball takes first National Championship
After what seemed like an eternity, the U. South Carolina Gamecocks are champs. Whit Merrifield delivered an RBI single in the bottom of the 11th inning to score Scott Wingo to win the game 2-1.
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Holaday recieves Johnny Bench Award
TCU catcher Bryan Holaday was named the 2010 Coleman Company-Johnny Bench Award recipient, an award presented to the top catcher in collegiate baseball. Holaday is the 11th player to win the award since its inception in 2000.
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Two-sport star Zach Lee considering future with LSU
LSU football coach Les Miles and baseball coach Paul Mainieri are no strangers to recruiting the best talent in the country to suit up for the Tigers. Miles is regarded as one of the top recruiters in the nation, landing the likes of Russell Shepard, Patrick Peterson and Chad Jones.
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College World Series finale at Rosenblatt Stadium heralds the end of a baseball dream
“They’ll walk out to the bleachers; sit in shirtsleeves on a perfect afternoon. They’ll find they have reserved seats somewhere along one of the baselines, where they sat when they were children and cheered their heroes.
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UCLA baseball drops first game of College World Series final 7-1 against ace Gamecock pitching
The jerseys said "Bruins" across the front, the hats were blue with a gold B, and the blue stirrup socks were all showing. But nothing else the team did Monday night indicated that they were the UCLA Bruins.