What’s In This Issue?
• Vaughan Endures 2 Liver Transplants: His heart stopped for 36 frightening minutes after his first transplanted liver died as he spent 4 months in hospital.
• Now Throws 101 MPH After Being Cut In High School: Mathew Peters of Ivy Tech. C.C. wasn’t allowed to play on Senior Day in high school which stoked an eternal fire to be an elite pitcher.
• 20-Inning Game Lasts 6 Hours: Jacksonville ultimately beats Florida International in contest that utilized 15 hurlers, 550 pitches.
• Achieving Great Baseball Vision: Dr. Bill Harrison, the top authority in training eyes, explains what really works to boost performance.
• Long Distance Running Danger: Eric Cressey doesn’t hold back on his utter contempt for this terrible ritual forced on pitchers.
• Editorial: College coaches have an issue as MLB Draft gets later and later.
• John Herbold: In the blink of an eye, injuries will happen in baseball. Read about the wild situations that have taken place.
• Collegiate Baseball’s NCAA Div. I Top 30 Presented By Big League Chew: Tennessee No. 1 with 15 straight wins, 6-0 record in Southeastern Conference.
• National Players Of The Week Powered By Diamond: 1B Christopher Sargent of Southern Mississippi belts 5 home runs over 4 games with 15 RBI, RHP Drew Thorpe of Cal. Poly fans 15 U.C. San Diego batters over 7 innings, CF Josh Hatcher of Kennesaw St. hits for the cycle twice over 5 games, plus much more.
• NCAA Div. I Notes: Catcher Jake Gehri of Yale hits 4 home runs in one game against Princeton to set new Ivy League record, Tennessee Tech. hits 10 home runs against North Alabama in one contest, trio of Oklahoma St. pitchers strike out 19 BYU hitters, plus much more.
• Collegiate Baseball¹s National H.S. Top 30 Presented by Diamond Pro: St. Mary’s (MI) No. 1 with incredibly powerful team followed by Buford (GA), Tompkins (TX) and Barbe (LA). Read the top 30 high school teams in the nation along with notes of each team.
• High School Notes: Owasso High School’s (OK) Larry Turner celebrates 1,200th victory, plus information about the Boras Classic in Arizona which was won by Reno H.S. (NV), in addition to a perfect game thrown by David Galindo of St. Mary’s (AZ) with 12 strikeouts, plus more.
• NCAA Div. 3 Notes: Stockton University’s Mike Schiattarella fires perfect game with 14 strikeouts, Jorden Jurkiewicz of Montclair St. hits for the cycle, plus much more.
• High-Tech Training: Southeastern Conference utilizes TrackMan technology for conference baseball games during 2022 season to monitor and evaluate ball-strike performance of league umpires.
• $18 Million Complex: Hoy Field, home of Cornell University’s baseball team since 1922, will be moved as a new baseball complex will be built.
• Ruleball With Rich Marazzi: How do you coach two runners occupying the same base?
• NAIA Notes: Leo Aguilar of Tabor College belts 9 home runs with 18 RBI over 8 games, RHP Gyeongju Kim of Dort University strikes out 21 batters during an 11-inning complete game over Hastings, plus much more.
• NCAA Div. 2 Notes: Columbus State’s Greg Appleton celebrates 1,000th win, Point Loma Nazarene is off to its best start in program history with a 20-2 record, Georgia College RHP Davis Swenson fires a 1-hitter over USC Aiken, plus much more.
• Junior College Notes: Compton (CA) Head Coach Shannon Williams shot outside his home in random act of violence, trio of Central Arizona pitchers strike out 19 batters during a 9-inning game against Chandler-Gilbert, Raider Tello of Pasadena City College extends hitting streak to 19 games, plus much more.
