Jim Powell, one-time baseball announcer and football/basketball analyst for University of South Carolina broadcasts, has been hired for the Atlanta Braves radio network, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. The Braves are also reported to be trying to get Don Sutton back. Powell has been working with Bob Uecker on Milwaukee Brewers broadcasts.
USC baseball sets GPA record
The University of South Carolina set a team record with a composite 3.114 grade-point average in the fall semester, the school announced Thursday.
Smelley can play in 2009Former University of South Carolina quarterback Chris Smelley has received a waiver from the Southeastern Conference allowing him to play baseball for the Crimson Tide this season. Incidentally, USC and Alabama do not play in the regular season.
Smoak ranked No. 15Keith Law of Scouts Inc. ranks former USC first baseman Justin Smoak, now in the Texas Rangers farm system, the 15th-best prospect in the minor leagues, according to ESPN.
He also is rated No. 2 among first basemen. Former USC outfielder Lonnie Chisenhall, who was dismissed from the team during the 2007 season, is ranked the No. 9 third base prospect in the minors. He is with the Cleveland organization.
Matt Wieters, son of a former Citadel player by the same name, is ranked the No. 1 prospect overall and, obviously, the best catcher. He is in the Orioles' system.
Former Furman pitcher and Taylors resident Jay Jackson is listed as the No. 2 prospect in the Chicago Cubs system.
Dalles profiled
The State newspaper recently had a profile of Justin Dalles, one of three players battling to be starting catcher at the University of South Carolina.
Fire Ants drivenThe Sumter Item reports second-year program USC Sumter wants to make noise on the junior college level.
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