Posted by Sam

No real surprise, but Clemson will be hosting an NCAA Regional this weekend.  The other teams coming to town this weekend include 2 Seed Connecticut, 3 Seed Coastal Carolina, and 4 Seed Sacred Heart.  None of these teams should truly scare Clemson and there is some other good news as well – if both Clemson and Sakerlina go on to the Super Regional, then they would play each other for a bid to the College World Series.  Why is that good news?  Well, because we all know Clemson can’t seem to be the Gamecocks in the College World Series, but that fluke of nature doesn’t apply to Super Regionals.  Anyways, game times have not been announced, but if you want to see the entire bracket, click here.

Posted by Sam

The Clemson baseball regular season ended this past weekend and the post-season gets underway on Wednesday, starting with the ACC Tournament in Durham, NC.  Here is Block-C’s wrap-up of the regular season:

Final Team Record

39-17 (17-13)

-The Tigers finished the season on a 25-5 run which included series wins against Top 15 Opponents Georgia Tech and Florida State.

Final Rankings

• Baseball America – 14th
• Collegiate Baseball Newspaper – 18th
• NCBWA – 10th
• USA Today – 14th
• NCAA Baseball RPI – 9th

-As a team, Clemson had a .320 Batting Average, which was tied for 4th Nationally and 1st in the ACC.  The team ERA was 3.12, which ranked 23rd Nationally and 3rd in the ACC.

-Shortstop Brad Miller was the ACC Player of the Year, Clemson’s first winner since Khalil Greene.  Miller had a .431 Batting Average (T-6th Nationally, 1st in the ACC), a .536 On Base Percentage (3rd Nationally, 1st in the ACC and the guy in 2nd finished 70 points behind him), 46 Runs, 4 HR’s, 44 RBI’s, and 21 Stolen Bases.

-Along with Brad Miller, 1st Baseman Ricky Shaffer earned 1st Team All-ACC honors.  Outfielders Jeff Schaus and Will Lamb, and DH Phil Pohl earned 2nd Team All-ACC honors.

ACC Tournament

-Clemson is the 6th Seed and will play in Pool B.  On Wednesday they play Georgia Tech (11am), Thursday against Florida State (3pm), and Saturday against NC State (11am).  With a good showing, Clemson should earn an NCAA Regional, which always bodes well in post-season play.

“Your ACC Player of the Year”

Posted by Willy Mac

Clemson had three players named as being among the Top-100 prospects for this years MLB draft. Others on this list?

Texas (5), Vandy (5), Cal State Fullerton (4), TCU (4) Arizona State (3), California (3), UConn (3), Florida (3), UGA (3), Southern Cal (3), and UVa (3).

All programs that are usual suspects for season end tournament play. This is where I don’t get when people point fingers at Jack Leggett’s development of ball players or our staffs recruiting abilities. Year in and year out, we often find ourselves in lofty positions in the warmest months.

The three prospects are Tiger juniors Brad Miller at short stop, John Hinson at third base, and then we have Will Lamb taking double duty as a left handed pitcher and an outfielder. All three had significant input leading up to and during the College World Series.

Now if only we can find a second baseman…

Posted by Willy Mac

Former Tiger baseballer, current Cubbie Tyler Colvin got his shit impaled by a bat in a MLB game yesterday. Enjoy shakey, homemade tivo video because youtube and MLB are some greedy fucks.

Video has been fixed and updated. Thanks to CUvinny.

Posted by Chili

PICK SOME GAMES Y’ALL

We’re going to start up the Block-C Yahoo! Pick Em league this year, but I wanted to ask you guys how you wanted it set up. Comment on this post letting me know yea/nay for confidence points and for whether we’re picking straight up or against the spread.

AND SO IT BEGINS

Today marked the first day of practice for both Clemson and Sakerlina. Clemson comes into practice looking to replace three huge offensive weapons in CJ Spiller, Jacoby Ford, and Michael Palmer. The wide receiver position is basically a gaping hole at this point, with Xavier Dye being the most experienced returning receiver with all of 14 catches under his belt. As the article says, the defense will be the strong point this year. I really like what Coach Steele is doing with that squad. Speaking of D…

TIME TO STEP IT UP

Da’Quan Bowers is a beast, no doubt, but a beast who has yet to produce results near worthy of the hype with which he entered Clemson two years ago. Travis Sawchik at the Post & Courier has penned an article on the subject of Bowers and the expectations thrust upon him. Sawchik writes that “In 955 career snaps at Clemson, Bowers has four sacks.” The article goes on to compare Bowers to everyone from Julius Peppers to Courtney Brown. Bowers vows this year to stop taking shortcuts, and quotes from coaches go on to support this newfound focus on excellence and his fight against the vile temptation of hot McDonalds on those long Clemson nights. I think I remember hearing a similar story last year… Right now Da’Quan is Garrett Morris, and we need him to be Eddie Murphy.

MCDANIEL ON THORPE AWARD LIST

DeAndre McDaniel is on the Thorpe Award watch list which is a prestigious award for the nation’s top defensive back and homemaker. I’m sure it’s one of those two things.

ANOTHER YEAR, ANOTHER ONE GONE

Clemson hitting coach Tom Riginos is leaving the Tigers to take the head coaching job at Winthrop. Pitching coach Kyle Bunn bolted for Bama last year.