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 Flames in NAIA final four after defeating Berry 5-3 | Chattanooga Times Free Press | Find Articles at BNET
LEWISTON, Idaho -- The ninth-seeded Lee University baseball team beat No. 4 SSAC colleague Berry College authentic Tim McCarver jersey White 5-3 authentic Lou Brock jersey Cream in an NAIA World Series elimination game Tuesday, leaving the Flames as one of four teams left after they finished second last year. Junior Rodriguez was 2-for-4 with a fourth-inning two-run home run that was Lee's first hit, and Brian Bistagne Matt Holliday official jersey and Chris Dubon also had RBIs in the win. Trey Burstrom was 2-for-3 and scored a run. Brandon authentic Tim McCarver jersey Cream Cunniff authentic Lou Brock jersey Blue improved his season Vince Coleman official jersey record to 4-1 with 51/3 innings of two-hit, two-run pitching, and Josh Rose finished up with four strikeouts and only hit and one run allowed. The Flames (53-13) made it easier for him to record his first save by scoring two unearned runs for a 5-2 lead in the eighth inning. Andrew Starr homered in the second inning and wound up 4-for-9 in the tournament for Berry, ending its season at 46-16. Lee is 3-1 in the tournament and has a rematch today against the team that administered its loss, top-ranked Lubbock Christian. No. 5 Southern Polytechnic, which with Lee and Berry comprised the most teams ever in the Series from authentic Matt Holliday jersey White one league, lost 8-4 to No. 2 Oklahoma City University later Tuesday.

        * McCallie School pitcher Ethan Speicher will be playing baseball for Berry next year, after receiving the Berry College Academic Scholarship and the Berry College Competitive Award. He went 6-2 during the 2009 regular Tim McCarver official jersey season with a 3.40 earned run average and 29 strikeouts in 37 innings. "Ethan has done a very good job for us this year, and I am happy that he has an opportunity to pitch at a strong program like Berry," McCallie coach Chris Richardson said in a posting on the local school's Web site. "It's been a joy to watching him grow and develop into the player he is." Said Speicher: "I am authentic Stan Musial jersey Cream thankful for the opportunity to continue my baseball career at the next level and continue my education at such a strong academic school. God has blessed me with supportive parents, family and friends, and I'm grateful for their support." He also expressed appreciation for the guidance he has received from Richardson and the Chattanooga Cyclones' George Koontz.
     * The Cyclones 18-under baseball team won its age group in the seventh annual Southern Wood Bat Invitational held at Lee University and Cleveland State. The Cyclones 18s started with a 1-0 win over the Cyclones 16s with Alec Rose getting the pitching win, Ryan Johnson a save and Ryan Casteel the deciding RBI double. Zane Leffew pitched a complete game in an 8-1 defeat of the Tennessee Copperheads, when Derek Shugart had three hits, two runs and an RBI and Casteel, Adam Hindman and Will Stansell each had two hits, an RBI and a run. Hindman had three hits and scored twice and Nolan Woody had two hits, an RBI and a run in an 11-4 win over The Buzz, when Brandon Radar was the winning pitcher. The Cyclones edged the East Cobb Indians 5-4 for the championship, with Cameron Brewster collecting three hits and scoring a run and Hindman and Jamie Harper each adding two hits and an RBI. Cole Brand pitched six scoreless innings, but Dakota Price was the second reliever in the seventh and got the win after the Indians' four-run uprising. In the tournament's 16-under division, the Tennessee Copperheads edged the Macon Tigers 2-0 for the championship.
BASKETBALL
* The Chattanooga Steam won the Southeastern 16-under basketball tournament in Birmingham this past weekend and qualified for both the AAU and YBOA nationals in July. The Steam's Nick Ross was named MVP after scoring 32 points in the 75-72 championship win over the Birmingham Storm. Travis Core added 14 points and Mason Harris had 12 rebounds. Randy Boyd scored 15 points as the Steam beat the Alabama Hawks, and Ross and Kelvin Clay scored 32 each in a defeat of the Georgia Jaguars and 15 apiece in an earlier win over the Storm. Core, Ross and Clay scored 17, 16 and 15 in a victory over the North Carolina Rattlers, and Boyd and Core scored 15 and 14 to pace a win over Alabama Unity.
* The Steam's 13-under team finished second in the Smoky Mountain Shootout in Asheville, N.C., falling 79-72 to Salisbury, N.C. Justus McMillan scored 23 points in that game for the Steam, and Jeremiah Nason and Jordan Wallace added 15 and 13. McMillan scored 20 and Nason 12 in a win over South Carolina Upstate, and Wallace and McMillan scored 14 and 13 in a win over the Spartans. Hall Allen had 23 points, including seven 3-pointers, and McMillan added 18 in a tournament-opening win over the Cougars.
HORSESHOES
* Bobby Fields from Pikeville won four awards from the National Horseshoe Pitchers' Association for his 2008 success in the elders category -- men pitching from 30 feet. He had the best ringers average in the nation, 78.28 percent, and was second in high point game average (123.33 out of a possible 150) and in high game percentage (.925, 37 ringers out of 40 shoes). He had a third place for high game (136).
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* The Stan Musial official jersey Chattanooga Lookouts' home game Sunday at 5:15 p.m. against Mobile will serve as a backdrop for a championship cookout honoring the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga's championship head coaches and new head coaches and their families, and anyone can enjoy the food and the game for $18. Gates for the picnic will open at 3:30, and dinner will be served until gametime. Anyone wanting to take part should call Buddy Sundstrom at 842-9288 by Thursday night.
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 Late rally sinks Hanover Legion team | Patriot Ledger, The; Quincy, Mass. Newspaper | Find Articles at BNET
NEW BEDFORD - The stress of undertaking nine-inning games in the playoffs took its toll on the Hanover Post 149 baseball team in Sunday night's American Legion South Sectional at New Bedford High School, as Foxboro Post 93 utilized a less-than-thrilling seven-run rally in the bottom of the ninth to win, 12-11.

         Hanover meets New Bedford at 4 p.m. today at New Bedford High, as the double-elimination, round robin tourney continues.
Hanover not only wasted an 11-5 lead Vince Coleman official jersey with which they began the final inning, it did so with a five-walk, three-hits-and-a- fielder's-choice nightmare of an inning.

 Pinch-hitter Danny Gad is the toast of Foxboro today, for it was his sinking liner to left field that eluded the desperation dive of Hanover left fielder Mike Granahan, allowing the winning run to score.
The ninth inning obscured a terrific Hanover offensive show, wherein Granahan and Zach Ricciardi blasted towering home runs, and Ricciardi, Mitch McClune, Cory Himberg and Kevin McDougall all collected three hits.
The loss also meant a fine pitching performance by Hanover starter David Gibson was wasted. Gibson had hurled a authentic Lou Brock jersey Cream solid eight innings, only running into problems in the fourth. Foxboro did connect for three rockets to right-center field in the fourth, but a walk and four wild pitches also contributed to their five-run rally. Aside from that, Gibson held the Foxboro hitters scoreless on three hits over the other seven innings.
Gibson went to right field for the ninth, with Ty Calder in to finish it off. Calder couldn't find the plate, and after four walks and a fielder's choice, Gibson was re-inserted. He recorded only one out as Foxboro authentic Matt Holliday jersey White eked out another walk and three singles.
"There's not much good I can say after that," Hanover coach Steve Kirby said. "David Gibson pitched a heckuva game, absolutely above and beyond. But you've got to play all nine innings, and we didn't do that. We are missing three starters, and a lot of our kids stepped up, so it is very disappointing to come up a little short."

  When the year began Nate Bump had a goal.... [Derived headline] | Daily Review, The; Towanda, Pa. | Find Articles at BNET
When the year began Nate Bump had a goal.

         Bump wanted a chance to pitch in Triple-A.
He wanted to be given authentic Stan Musial jersey Cream the opportunity to prove he was healthy.
He wanted the chance to prove he could still get hitters out.
He wanted to prove he could still contribute for a Major League baseball team.
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"You start to doubt yourself a little bit," Bump said of playing in the independent leagues. "It had been a longtime since I played in Triple-A. I was starting to get a little down. You start to doubt whether you'll ever make it back."

 The doubts were compounded early in the year as the scouts didn't exactly turn out in droves when Bump pitched, but somewhere Stan Musial official jersey along the line, whether it was in a regular season start for the Riversharks where he went 8-2 or starting the Atlantic League all- star game, someone noticed.
"I'm not sure when they saw me," Bump said. "When you are having a good year, they know about you and I'm not sure when, but sometime they saw me."
Sometime during his season with Camden the Detroit Tigers took notice and now Bump is back in Triple-A, playing for the Toledo Mud Hens.
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Toledo couldn't have asked for much more from Bump, who allowed one run in seven innings in his first start and followed that up with 7 1/3 shutout innings as he has started 2-0 with a .63 ERA.
"It's been good, the last game the sinker came on a little later then I wanted, but overall it's been good," Bump said.
The one question early in the year for Bump was the velocity, but since he got to Toledo he hasn't really noticed what the speeds have been, but rather what the results are.
       "I'm not even sure where it is right now," he said. "I think maybe it's up a couple of miles. Maybe it's 86, 87, 88, maybe touching 90 at times. Here you authentic Lou Brock jersey Blue are able to showcase yourself a little bit better, it's a good situation."
Two years ago Bump never thought he would be back at Triple-A. After arm problems forced him to miss nearly the entire 2007 season the Towanda graduate thought his baseball career was over.
"I never thought I would be here, I was completely done at that point," he said. "I thought I was done playing for good."
Now that he's back Bump is just looking to finish the year strong and not worry about what comes next.
"I just want to go out and keep doing what I'm doing," he said. "I don't want to look farther ahead then that. I just want to have a good year."
So far what Bump is doing is settling in nicely with a new team and trying to help the Mud Hens win.
"It takes a little time to get used to all the players and the team," Bump said. "The guys want to see what you have and it helped to start right away. I just takes time to feel everybody out."
While he continues to get to know his new teammates and new city, Bump is still finding things in his game he wants to improve.
"Everything has been pretty good, I do need to work on my change a Matt Holliday official jersey little bit," he said.
For now Bump is happy helping the Mud Hens win and isn't focused on what's next, but there is still that bigger goal of getting back to the big leagues.
"That's the only reason I'm still playing," he said. "I'm here just to get back to the big leagues. That's the reason I keep going, that's what I'm trying to do."
 

 MARLINS' RADIO VOICE ...STILL DIALED IN | Palm Beach Post | Find Articles at BNET
Dave Van Horne got into radio on a dare. A lifetime later, tuning out has yet to cross his mind.

         The voice of the Florida Marlins echoes what you hear from broadcast booths all around the majors. Those fortunate enough to achieve any kind of longevity doing baseball play-by-play feel truly blessed, so few are the opportunities, and truly honored, so focused and familial is the nightly conversation.
"That's particularly true for broadcasters who have stayed with the same team for several generations," said Van Horne, who offers as an example Marty Brennaman, who has been calling Cincinnati games since the days of the Big Red Machine.

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Van Horne, 69,  hasn't reached that iconic status in South Florida for the simple reason that he's been working Marlins games only since 2001, but his 32 prior seasons as the main TV and radio voice of the Montreal Expos demonstrate more than staying power.
Van Horne, a Palm Beach County resident since 1982, works a game the traditional way, minus the shtick, and trusts listeners to ride along with the particular rhythms of baseball itself, whether it be dropping in for an inning or two or signing on for the full ride. It's how this game always has worked, and how it always has sounded in the familiar cadences of the most reliable broadcasters.
The death of Philadelphia authentic Lou Brock jersey Blue broadcast legend Harry Kalas in April surely struck millions of people as the loss of a friend.
       How many little kids listened to Harry past lights-out, hiding a radio under the covers with a whispering speaker pressed to their ear as some extra-inning classic played out in their imaginations?
Kalas was the Phillies' voice for 39 years, knitting together generations of fans just as Vin Scully has with Dodgers fans in Brooklyn and Los Angeles and the way that Jack Brickhouse did in Chicago.
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Once I thought of becoming a major-league broadcaster, until the audio of my amateur attempts at play-by-play in college came braying out of a home tape recorder. A little like Gomer Pyle, that annoying voice, but with far less natural enthusiasm and considerably less clarity at all the important moments, like whenever a ball was hit somewhere and someone instantly did something with it.
Try it some time. Turn down the sound and see if Matt Holliday official jersey you can do a passable job for one half-inning, much less 41 seasons in the big leagues.
Van Horne has been at it that long, from his foundational days doing English-language broadcasts with the expansion Expos of 1969 to today's carpool commutes from Palm Beach Gardens to Land Shark Stadium for Marlins games. He shares the ride with Tommy Hutton, the Marlins' TV analyst, and what do they faithfully listen to on those late-night trips back up the turnpike? A sampling of other major- league games on XM authentic Tim McCarver jersey White Radio, of course.
Somewhere further down the road may be a spot for Van Horne in the broadcasting wing of baseball's Hall of Fame. He's one of 10 finalists for the 2009 Ford C. Frick Award, awarded previously to press box giants such as Mel Allen, Red Barber, Curt Gowdy, Jack Buck and, in 2001, Felo Ramirez, the voice of the Marlins' Spanish- language radio broadcast.
"It's just a matter of time until Dave gets that award," said P.J. Loyello, the Marlins' vice president of communications and broadcasting, who grew up listening to Van Horne in Montreal. "Already he's a member of the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame."
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Later, as a college student in Virginia, he went with a group of friends, just for kicks, to audition for a Top-40 disc jockey job at the local radio station. That went surprisingly well, and, after a short period of broadcasting high school sports in the Richmond area and a little Virginia Tech basketball and the experiment of calling Triple-A baseball, there came another audition and an even greater shock.
John McHale, the Expos' first president, chose Van Horne from a few hundred applicants to bring the Vince Coleman official jersey inaugural Major League Baseball season to Canada on radio and television, and to connect with fans from Newfoundland to British Columbia in the process.
"It was an adventure," Van Horne said. "John McHale told me, 'I'm not going to put anything in writing. I'm going to give you a one- year authentic Lou Brock jersey Cream verbal agreement because I don't know where any of Stan Musial official jersey us is going to be a year from now. We don't know whether this is going to work or not.'"
The Expos eventually faded away, relocating to Washington in 2005, but Van Horne is still at the microphone.
I dare you now to find somebody who's better suited for that seat, not for a night, but for as long as baseball sounds right to him.
~dave_george@pbpost.com
 

 Beavers make plays to get by Augusta | Morning Sentinel; Waterville, Me. authentic Tim McCarver jersey Cream | Find Articles at BNET
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       AUGUSTA -- They started with a pitcher who had thrown authentic Stan Musial jersey Cream five innings two days earlier and finished with one who threw 78 pitches in three innings. Somehow, Waterville was able to make it work.
With everyone strapped for pitching on the fourth day of the American Legion baseball Zone 2 tournament, Waterville's trio of pitchers gave up nine runs, and it turned out to be good enough.
 The Beavers stayed alive with an 11-9 victory over Augusta in Monday's second game at Morton Field.
"It comes down to little things," Waterville coach Dick Whitten said. "It was just staying in the game. When they did things, we came back and made something happen."

 No. 1 Augusta (16-3), which had defeated Monmouth 19-5 earlier in the day, was eliminated from the tournament. Waterville (12-7), the No. 4 seed, will play at Gardiner at 1 p.m., today.
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Bishop was hit by a pitch to force in the go-ahead run, and Josh Gaudette singled in another run. J.T. Whitten then made it 11-7 with a two-run double.
"You didn't think those two runs were going to mean that much," Coach Whitten said, "but obviously, they did."
 Augusta kept at it in the bottom of the ninth, getting within two runs on a two-run homer by Lachance.
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"I really didn't want to use Josh, because he's so valuable at shortstop, but he came in there and battled," Coach Whitten said.
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Augusta can be comforted by the knowledge that every player is eligible to return, but the hosts had higher hopes than third place after the same group of players won the Eastern A title in the high school season.
"The kids gutted it out; they did a great job," said Bob Lippert, who was coaching Augusta because Ray Vallee had a previous family commitment. "We faced their three best pitchers, and hit them hard, I thought.
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 Baseball legend Brock keynotes Gibson Tim McCarver official jersey Awards banquet | New Pittsburgh Courier; authentic Tim McCarver jersey Cream City Edition | Find Articles at BNET
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         The "Remembering the History" G.I.B.S.O.N. Awards banquet was held this year at the Senator John Heinz History Center's Western Pennsylvania Sports Museum on July 18. Vince Coleman official jersey The keynote speaker was former St. Louis Cardinals' great Lou Brock, a member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame since his induction in 1985.
Brock helped the Cardinals to National League pennants in 1964, 1967 and 1968 and to World Series championships in 1964 and 1967, defeating the New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox, respectively, both times in seven games.

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He had a .300 batting average in seven different seasons. He is a six-time All Star and still holds the highest ever batting average in 21 or more World Series appearances.
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This was all accomplished back in baseball's "golden era." Especially in the 1960s when there were great ball players of color such as Willie Mays, Maury Wills, Hank Aaron, Frank Robinson and. Roberto Clemente. The game has changed immensely since that time where the percentage of African-Americans in the majors is only at 8 percent.
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