What’s In This Issue?
• Greatest College World Series Title Game Of All Time: Fifty years ago, USC navigated 29 innings over final 2 games to win 1970 College World Series.
• Collegiate Baseball’s National Player of The Year: Oregon St. catcher Adley Rutschman puts up huge offensive numbers, shuts down running games with his 96 mph arm.
• Collegiate Baseball’s NCAA Div. I All-American Teams: Powered by Diamond, CB picks three amazing teams for 2019.
• Collegiate Baseball’s NCAA Div. I Freshmen All-American Teams: Powered by Diamond, CB honors every top freshman in the USA.
• Collegiate Baseball’s High School All-American Teams: Powered by Diamond, CB honors elite prep players from across the nation as 20 were chosen in first 5 rounds of recent MLB Draft.
• Special Regional, Super Regional Chart: CB looks at how each of the final 8 teams made it to the College World Series in a full page review of all Regional and Super Regional scores complete with notes.
• Will Mike Martin Win That Elusive First National Title?: Everyone will be watching to see if Florida St. skipper Mike Martin can celebrate as he ends a remarkable career as the winning coach in college baseball history.
• Incredible 20-Year Curse For Overall No. 1 Seeds: After Michigan stuns UCLA in the Los Angeles Super Regional, the No. 1 overall seed in the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship has not won a national title in 20 years.
• College World Series Preview: Collegiate Baseball looks at all the key team stats and key players for all 8 teams that make up the 2019 CWS.
• Editorial: When 13 regular-season NCAA Div. I conference champions are not in the NCAA playoffs because of upsets in conference tournaments over a weekend of play, the system is broken. That is why conference tournaments should be scrapped.
• Coaching Changes Take Place Throughout College Baseball: CB gives a complete rundown on all levels of college baseball with coaches who are going and arriving.
• Craziest Regional Drive Ever: After Mount St. Helens erupted with volcanic blast in 1980, Gonzaga faced unique transportation problem.
• Collegiate Baseball’s NCAA Div. 1 Top 30 Presented By Big League Chew: Vanderbilt rolls into College World Series ranked No. 1 with wins in 30 of last 32 games.
• College Notes: Baylor’s Shea Langeliers belts 3 home runs with 11 RBI in one game, Vanderbilt RHP Kumar Rocker fires no-hitter with 19 strikeouts, plus much more.
• Collegiate Baseball’s National High School Top 30 Presented By Diamond Pro: Argyle, Tex rolls to 40-1-1 record and 28-game winning streak as Eagles have only lost once in their last 79 games.
• 2019 All-Pavlovich Team: Special people in baseball honored with 30th annual rundown headed by LHP Randy Labaut of the University of Arizona. He escaped from Cuba and made a 10,000 mile trip over 40 days with his parents to the United States.
• Pitch Recognition Is A Vital Skill That Gives You An Edge: Dr. Peter Fadde explains how his unique program can help hitters become better at their craft.
• NCAA Div. 2 National Championship: Tampa wins 8th national title as Spartans roll through unbeaten.
• NCAA Div. 3 National Championship: Chapman captures 2nd national title.
• NAIA World Series: Tennessee Wesleyan wins championship.
• NJCAA Div. 1 World Series: Central Arizona wins 3rd national title with comeback.
• NJCAA Div. 2 World Series: Northern Oklahoma-Enid victorious.
• NJCAA Div. 3 World Series: Cumberland County wins first title.
• California C.C. Baseball State Championship: Orange Coast captures 7th title.
• Northwest Athletic Conference: Lower Columbia claims its 14th title.
• Baseball Vision Pioneer Dies: Dr. Bill Harrison passes at age 76 after 4-year battle with cancer.
• Advertisers’ Corner: Fascinating products examined that are becoming popular.
