State scoreboard, Wednesday, Jan. 31

Briefly: Columbia International's JV team started its season before the varsity, but lost a pair to East Georgia State as the host Bobcats came from behind in their final at-bats for walk-off wins in both games. 

East Georgia 6, Columbia International JV 5, Game 1 -

East Georgia 11, Columbia International JV 10, Game 2
(2/4)

News digest, Jan. 29

State players named preseason all-Americans

Three players from South Carolina schools have been selected to D1Baseball.com's first-team preseason all-American squad.,

Catcher Cole Messina and outfielder Ethan Petry of South Carolina and Clemson outfielder Cam Cannarella were deemed first team by the website.

In addition, catcher Caden Bodine of Coastal Carolina, and utility player Cole Mathis of College of Charleston were third-team selections.

Third baseman Billy Amick, who transferred from Clemson to Tennessee after last season, was a second-team choice.

D1Baseball A-A

Benedict's Williams cited

Shane Williams of Benedict is on Black College Nines'  list of incoming freshmen of impact at Historically Black College and University baseball teams for the 2024 season. He is a pitcher-infielder from Serrano High School in California. Coach Selwyn Young's Tigers open their season with a Feb. 17 home doubleheader against Lane.

HBCU

Preseason rankings

Baseball America: 1. Wake Forest. 9. Clemson. 12. South Carolina. 19. Coastal Carolina.
BA DI

NCAA Division II: 1. Angelo State. 3. North Greenville.
NCAA DII

PerfectGame.org JUCO: 1. Weatherford. 22. Florence-Darlington Tech.
JUCO

State schedule, Jan. 29-Feb. 4

The pace picks up for South Carolina baseball this weekend with 20 teams playing their first game of the season.

There are four matchups of in-state teams: Anderson-USC Beaufort, Erskine-Lander, Morris-Claflin and Newberry-Francis Marion.

Spartanburg Methodist opens what is expected to be its final season as a junior college program with a home series against Paul D. Camp.

Florence-Darlington Tech and North Greenville face challenging schedules in a Florida swing.

Depending on postponements, Benedict and Bob Jones should be the only state teams below the NCAA Division I level to have not played a game by Sunday. DI teams can begin their season Feb. 16.

Monday, Jan. 29

No games scheduled

Tuesday, Jan. 30

No games scheduled

Wednesday, January 31

Columbia International JV at East Georgia, DH, noon

Thursday, Feb. 1

Lander at Erskine, 2 p.m.

Friday, Feb. 2

Roane State at USC Union, DH, noon

Pikeville at Voorhees, 1 p.m.

Southern Wesleyan at Lee, 3 p.m.

Anderson at USC Beaufort, 4 p.m.

Belmont Abbey at Coker, 4 p.m.

Erskine at Lander, 4 p.m.

Newberry at Francis Marion, 4 p.m.

Point at Columbia International, 4 p.m.

UNC Pembroke at USC Aiken, 4 p.m.

North Greenville at Barry, 6 p.m.

Panama City Beach (Fla.) JUCO Classic
Publix Sportsplex
Pearl River vs. Gulf Coast State, 11 a.m.
Dyersburg vs. St. John’s River, 11:30 a.m.
Wabash Valley vs. Andrew, noon
Florida Southwest vs. Northwest Florida, 12:30 p.m.
State College of Florida vs. McLennan, 1:30 p.m.
Wallace vs. Meridian 2 p.m.
Florence-Darlington Tech vs. Chattahoochee Valley, 2:30 pm.
Chipola vs. Miami Dade, 4 p.m.

Saturday, Feb. 3

Limestone at Chowan, DH, 11 a.m.

Coker at Belmont Abbey, DH, noon

Pikeville at Voorhees, DH, noon

Point at Columbia International, DH, noon

Roane State at USC Union, DH, noon

USC Sumter at East Georgia, DH, noon

Anderson at USC Beaufort, DH, 1 p.m.

Paul D. Camp at Spartanburg Methodist, DH, 1 p.m.

Roane State at USC Union, DH, noon

Southern Wesleyan at Lee, DH, 1 p.m.

USC Lancaster at Catawba Valley, DH, 1 p.m.

Newberry at Francis Marion, 1 p.m.

UNC Pembroke at USC Aiken 2 p.m.

Erskine at Lander, 3 p.m.

North Greenville at Palm Beach Atlantic, 3 p.m.

Panama City Beach (Fla.) JUCO Classic
Publix Sportsplex

Florence-Darlington Tech plays twice vs. TBA

Sunday, Feb. 4

Limestone at Chowan, DH, 11 a.m.

North Greenville at Lynn, 11 a.m.

East Georgia at USC Sumter, DH, noon

UNC Pembroke at USC Aiken, noon

Morris at Claflin, DH, 1 p.m.

Catawba Valley at USC Lancaster, 1 p.m.

Paul D. Camp at Spartanburg Methodist, 1 p.m.

Francis Marion at Newberry, 2 p.m.

Panama City Beach (Fla.) JUCO Classic
Publix Sportsplex
TBA vs. Florence-Darlington Tech

State scoreboard, Sunday, Jan. 28

Calin Brunson homered in Game 1 and
 drove in three runs on USC Salkehatchie's
 opening day. (USC Salkehatchie photo)

Player of the day: Calin Brunson, USC Salkehatchie, HR, 3 RBI

Briefly: Brantley Bamberg hit a first-inning grand slam and drove in six runs in Game 1 and Kurtis Reid doubled, homered twice and drove in six runs in the nightcap as NJCAA No. 5 Walters State rolled past USC Salkehatchie in the first college baseball of the season in South Carolina.

Walters State 22, USC Salkehatchie 5, Game 1 - Sal: Calin Brunson HR, 2 RBI

Walters State 13, USC Salkehatchie 6, 5 innings, Game 2 - Sal: Mason Hutto 1B, BB, R

Canceled
Bryant & Stratton at Florence-Darlington Tech.

(2/2)

News digest, Jan. 26

Erskine adjusts staff

Erskine coach Mark Crocco has announced a couple of adjustments to his coaching staff. Jimmy Prince has been promoted to assistant head coach and Ben Johnston has been hired as recruiting coordinator for the Flying Fleet. Johnston comes to Due West from Rollins College.

Prince will remain coach of Erskine's development (JV) program. Will Kaufman's departure to become an assistant coach at Bryant created a vacancy on the staff.

Erskine

Crusaders picked to win Conference Carolinas

Conference Carolinas coaches have voted North Greenville as favorite to win the league's regular-season title for a third straight season.

Coach Landon Powell's club got 10 of 12 first-place votes. Francis Marion was picked seventh, Erskine eighth and Southern Wesleyan 11th.

Conference Carolinas preseason coaches poll
1. North Greenville. 2 (tie) UNC Pembroke, Mount Olive. 4. Belmont Abbey. 5. Young Harris. 6. Barton. 7. Francis Marion. 8. Erskine. 9. Emmanuel. 10. King. 11. Southern Wesleyan. 12. Chowan.

Conf. Carolinas

Canes tabbed to win Peach Belt

Georgia Southwestern received eight of 10 first-place votes to earn the coaches' designation as preseason favorite to win the Peach Belt Conference. 

USC Aiken was picked to finish third, Lander ended in a fourth-place tie with North Georgia, USC Beaufort was tabbed for ninth and Claflin for 10th.

Peach Belt Conference preseason coaches poll

1. Georgia Southwestern. 2. Columbus State. 3. USC Aiken. 4. (tie) Lander, North Georgia. 6. Georgia College. 7. Augusta. 8 Flagler. 9., USC Beaufort. 10. Claflin.

Preseason all-conference
1B: Joseph Mozingo, USC Aiken. 2B: Koby Ayala, Augusta. 3B: Jace Bowen, North Georgia. SS: Miles Hartsfield, Georgia Southwestern. C: Will McClellan, Lander. DH: Connor Droze, Lander. OF: Jake Blinstrub, Georgia Southwestern; Andrews Opata, North Georgia; Derek Wylie, Columbus State. P: Nick McCollum, Georgia Southwestern. RP: Peyton Burton, Columbus State.
PBC

NCBWA DII preseason all-Americans

Second team: Util: David Lewis, North Greenville.

Third team: 1B: Dale Francis, Erskine. OF: Pat Monteith, North Greenville.
Honorable mention: RP: Nate Roof, North Greenville.

Writers

News digest, Jan. 25

Spartans favored in Big South

USC Upstate has been picked to win the Big South Conference championship in a preseason vote of league coaches.

The Spartans of coach Mike McGuire received seven of nine first-place votes in voting by league coaches. Winthrop finished in a tie for fourth with UNC Asheville, while Presbyterian was sixth and Charleston Southern seventh.

Big South Conference
Preseason coaches poll

1. USC Upstate. 2. Gardner-Webb. 3 High Point. 4. (tie), Winthrop, UNC Asheville. 6. Presbyterian. 7. Charleston Southern. 8. Longwood. 9. Radford.

Preseason all-conference
OF: Robbie Burnett, UNC Asheville; Bret Ahalt, High Point; Daniel Gernon, USC Upstate; Dylan Bacot, UNC Asheville.

IF: Grant Sherrod, USC Upstate; Brody Fahr, Presbyterian; Cael Chatham, High Point; Alec Burns, Gardner-Webb; Adam Stuart, High Point.
C: Nicholas Badillo, Winthrop.
DH: Jace Rinehart, USC Upstate.
Util: Noah Sullivan, USC Upstate.
SP: Gus Hughes, High Point; Henry Proger, USC Upstate; Mathieu Curtis, USC Upstate; Ethan Walker, Longwood.

RP: Jake Cubbler, USC Upstate; Tanner Smith, Presbyterian; Justin Honeycutt, UNC Asheville.
Player of the year: Robbie Burnett, UNC Asheville.
Pitcher of the year: Gus Hughes, High Point
Big South 

Four schools host multiple-team events

Coastal Carolina, Presbyterian, USC Upstate and Wofford all will play host to multiple teams over the course of a weekend in February.

* Coastal once again is the site of the Baseball at the Beach Tournament, which has been played in Conway in February for several seasons. This year there are two weekends. Duke, George Mason and Indiana will join the Chanticleers from Feb. 16-18 in a round-robin type setup. A week later, Ball State, Cincinnati and Illinois are the other competitors.

 

* Wofford will play host to Towson and Bucknell on Feb. 16-18 for a total of five games at Russell C. King Field.

* A week later, USC Upstate will play host to the One Spartanburg Inc. Classic at Harley Stadium Feb. 23-25 with Quinnipiac, Canisius and St. Joseph's the competition.

* While I don't know if the games will be promoted as part of the One Spartanburg Classic, Presbyterian will play host to those same three teams in a rotation along with Gardner-Webb just across the border in Boiling Springs, N.C.

Baseball at the Beach

Springs Brooks Stadium, Conway

Feb. 16

Duke vs. Indiana, 11 a.m.

George Mason at Coastal Carolina, 4 p.m.

Feb. 17

George Mason vs. Duke, 11 a.m.

Indiana at Coastal Carolina, 3 p.m.

Feb. 18

Indiana vs. George Mason, 11 a.m.

Duke at Coastal Carolina, 3 p.m.

Feb. 23

Ball State vs. Cincinnati, 11 a.m.

Illinois at Coastal Carolina, 3 p.m.

Illinois vs. Ball State, 7 p.m.

Feb. 24

Cincinnati vs. Illinois, noon

Ball State at Coastal Carolina, 4 p.m.

Feb. 25

Cincinnati at Coastal Carolina, 1 p.m.

Russell C. King Field, Spartanburg

Feb. 16

Towson at Wofford, 5:30 p.m.

Feb. 17

Towson vs. Bucknell, noon

Bucknell at Wofford, 4 p.m.

Feb. 18

Towson vs. Bucknell, 10 a.m.

Towson at Wofford, 2 p.m.

One Spartanburg Classic

Feb. 23

Quinnipiac at USC Upstate, 3 p.m.

Canisius at Presbyterian, 4 p.m.

St. Joseph’s at Gardner-Webb, 4 p.m.

Feb. 24

Canisius at USC Upstate, 2 p.m.

Quinnipiac at Gardner-Webb, 2 p.m.

St. Joseph’s at Presbyterian, 2 p.m.

Feb. 25

Canisius at Gardner-Webb, 1 p.m.

Quinnipiac at Presbyterian, 1 p.m.

St. Joseph’s at USC Upstate, 1 p.m.

Neutral sites busy

Greenville's Fluor Field, SRP Park in North Augusta and Lexington County Baseball Stadium all will host multiple neutral-site games this season.

* Michigan State is back at its seasonal home away from home in Greenville for games the first two weekends of March. Florida State is among the competitors March 1-3, with Western Carolina on the docket March 8-10.

Later in the season, Clemson plays USC Upstate and South Carolina faces both USC Upstate and Presbyterian in downtown Greenville.

* SRP Park in North Augusta has at least five games, including two involving Palmetto State schools. USC faces Georgia State March 12 and USC Aiken plays neighboring rival Augusta March 26.

* Lexington County Baseball Stadium has a busy stretch in March as several snowbird teams play multiple teams over an eight-day span. In addition, Florence-Darlington Tech, USC Salkehatchie and USC Sumter will play games there to get familiar with the facility, which serves as site of the NJCAA Region 10 Tournament May. The Lexington stadium also is home field for P27 Academy, a high school/postgraduate program.

* The only college game I can find for Segra Park in Columbia is the March 2 Clemson-South Carolina game.

* I have been unable to find a schedule for college games at The Ripken Experience in Myrtle Beach.

* Two games involving state teams are set for Truist Field in Uptown Charlotte. South Carolina meets North Carolina April 9 and Clemson faces Charlotte May 7.  The view of Charlotte's skyscrapers makes for a beautiful background setting.

All games and sites are subject to changes. For instance, a few games were added to the Fluor Field schedule during the season in 2023.

Fluor Field, Greenville

First Pitch Invitational
March 1

Illinois vs. Florida State, 2 p.m.

Western Michigan vs. Michigan State, 6 p.m.

March 2

Western Michigan vs. Illinois, 2 p.m.

Florida State vs. Michigan State, 6 p.m.

March 3

Illinois vs. Michigan State, 10 a.m.

Western Michigan vs. Florida State, 2 p.m.

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March 8

VCU vs. Michigan State, 2 p.m.

Western Michigan vs. Western Carolina, 5 p.m.

March 9

Western Carolina vs. Michigan State, DH, 10 a.m.

Western Michigan vs. VCU, 6 p.m.

March 10

Western Michigan vs. Michigan State, 10 a.m.

VCU vs. Western Carolina, 2 p.m.

March 19

South Carolina vs. USC Upstate, 6 p.m.

March 20

Clemson vs. Presbyterian, 6 p.m.

April 2

Clemson vs. USC Upstate, 6 p.m.

SRP Park, North Augusta

March 2

Lincoln vs. Paine, DH, 4 p.m.

March 5

Georgia Southern vs. Georgia, 6:35 p.m.

March 12

South Carolina vs. Georgia State, 7 p.m.

March 26

USC Aiken vs. Augusta, 6:35 p.m.

Segra Park, Columbia

March 2

Clemson vs. South Carolina, 4 p.m.

Truist Field, Charlotte

April 9

South Carolina vs. North Carolina, 7 p.m.

May 7

Clemson vs. Charlotte, 6 p.m.

Lexington County Baseball Stadium, Lexington

Feb. 12
Columbia International JV at P27 Academy

Feb. 28

Georgia College vs. Mount Olive, 3 p.m.

March 4

USC Sumter at P27 Academy, 3 p.m.

March 9

Trinity vs. Oswego

Swarthmore vs. Arcadia

Swarthmore vs. Case

March 10

Trinity vs. Ithaca

Case vs Oswego

Oswego vs. Arcadia

March 11

Trinity vs. Swarthmore

Swarthmore vs. Oswego

Case vs. Ithaca

March 12

Swarthmore vs. Arcadia

Ithaca vs. Arcadia

Trinity vs. Case

March 13

Oswego vs. Arcadia

Swarthmore vs. Ithaca

March 14

Case vs Swarthmore

Ithaca vs. Oswego

March 15

Case vs. Ithaca

Case vs. Oswego

March 16

Oswego vs. Ithaca

April 3

Caldwell Tech vs. Florence-Darlington Tech, 3 p.m.
April 23
Columbia International at P27 Academy

April 24

Erskine JV at P27 Academy, DH, 3 p.m.

April 27

USC Salkehatchie vs. Florence-Darlington Tech, 1 p.m.

News digest, Jan. 24, part 2

Indians' opening series adjusted

USC Salkehatchie's scheduled three-game home series with Walters State this Friday and Saturday has been revised to a 1 p.m. doubleheader on Sunday. My guess is potential weather issues.

Swig & Swine field set

Frequent Palmetto State visitor Michigan State is among six snowbird teams competing in the Swig & Swine Classic tournament Feb. 16-18 in Mount Pleasant. Ball State, Iowa, Lehigh, Merrimack and Seton Hall also are in the event, which has a predetermined schedule.

Swig & Swine Classic

Shipyard Park, Mount Pleasant

Feb. 16

Detyens Field

Michigan State vs. Merrimack, noon

Iowa vs. Seton Hall, 5 p.m.

Wando River Field

Ball State vs. Lehigh, 1 p.m.

Feb. 17

Detyens Field

Iowa State vs. Ball State, noon

Merrimack vs. Ball State, 4 p.m.

Wando River Field

Seton Hall vs. Michigan State, noon

Lehigh vs. Michigan State, 4 p.m.

Feb. 18

Detyens Field

Michigan State vs. Ball State, noon

Seton Hall vs. Merrimack, 1 p.m.

Wando River Field

Lehigh vs. Iowa, 9 a.m.

Rankings

D2BaseballInsider preseason: 1.  Angelo State. 3. North Greenville. 17. Newberry.
D2BB Insider

TheJBB NJCAA preseason: 1. Blinn. 25. Florence-Darlington Tech.
JBB

Stingers, Pioneers play in February tournaments

Florence-Darlington Tech and Spartanburg Methodist regularly travel south early each season to play in challenging tournaments as preparation for NJCAA Region 10, and that's the case again this season.

FD Tech will be in Florida the first two weekends in February, competing with 15 other teams in the Panama City Beach JUCO Classic at the Publix Sportsplex. The Stingers will play four games in the bracketed tournament from. Feb. 2-4.

The following week, the Stingers play four more times in the John Tindall Classic in Palatka, beginning Feb. 9. The schedule is predetermined and not based on game results.

Spartanburg Methodist has been a regular in the Southern Union State Invitational Tournament in Wadley, Ala. The year's event is Feb. 16-18 and, like the John  Tindall Class, has a predetermined schedule.

Panama City Beach (Fla.) JUCO Classic
Publix Sportsplex
Feb. 2
Peach River vs. Gulf Coast State, 10 a.m.
Dyersburg vs. St. John’s River, 11:30 a.m.
Wabash Valley vs. Andrew, noon
Florida Southwest vs. Northwest Florida, 12:30 p.m.
State College of Florida vs. McLennan, 12:30 p.m.
Chipola vs. Miami Dade, 1 p.m.
Wallace vs. Meridian 2 p.m.
Florence-Darlington Tech vs. Chattahoochee Valley, 2:30 pm.
Eight second-round games follow later in the day

Feb. 3-4
TBA

John A. Tindall Classic
Palatka, Fla.
Feb. 9
Florence-Darlington Tech vs. St. John’s River, noon
East Georgia vs. Florence-Darlington Tech, 3 p.m.
East Georgia vs. Miami Dade, 6 p.m.

Feb. 10
Florence-Darlington Tech vs. Miami Dade, 10 p.m.
Miami Dade vs. St. John’s River, 1 p.m.
Hillsborough vs. St. John’s River, 4 p.m.
Hillsborough vs. East Georgia, 7 p.m.

Feb. 11
Florence-Darlington Tech vs. Miami Dade, 10 a.m.
East Georgia vs. St. John’s River, 1 p.m.

Southern Union State Invitational
Wadley, Ala.
Feb. 16
Spartanburg Methodist vs. Central Alabama, noon
John A. Logan at Southern Union, 3:30 p.m.

Feb. 17
Central Alabama vs. John A. Logan, noon
Spartanburg Methodist at Southern Union, 3:30 p.m.

Feb. 18
Spartanburg Methodist vs. John A. Logan, noon
Central Alabama at Southern Union, 3:30 p.m.

News digest, Jan. 24

Stingers' opening series canceled

Florence-Darlington Tech's scheduled season-opening home series with Bryant & Stratton has been canceled because of prospects of bad weather in the area over the weekend. The teams had been scheduled to play a doubleheader Saturday and a single game on Sunday. Tech's season is now scheduled to begin with a Feb. 2 game against Chattahoochee Valley in the Panama City Beach (Fla.) JuCo Classic.

The Stingers will play several home games at Carolina Bank Field this season, including the home opener with Harford Feb. 16. The first on-campus action is a Feb. 17 doubleheader with CCBC Dundalk.

The FD Tech cancellations leave USC Salkehatchie's Sunday home doubleheader with Walters State as the only games on this weekend's Palmetto State schedule.  That was originally to be a three-game Friday-Saturday series.

Rankings

NCBWA Division II preseason: 1. Angelo State. 2. North Greenville. 12. Newberry.
D II

SAC coaches  preseason: 1. Newberry. 7. Anderson. 9. Coker. 10. Limestone
SAC preseason all-conference
First team

Newberry: Donovan Ford, OF; Jonathan Velez, 3B; Rhett Jolly, C; Tyler Chinpire, SP; Bennett Roemer, SP.

Second team
Anderson: Luke Poole, OF; Carlos Hernandez, C.

Coker: Kody Hanna, DH.
Limestone: Marty Neal, Limestone, SP.
Newberry: Jomar Lugo, 2B

Third team
Limestone: Peter Adams, SS; Jake Contino, RP.
Newberry: Kade Faircloth, OF; Jacob Lebron, OF;
SAC

PrepBaseballReport junior college: 1. Central Florida. 22. Florence-Darlington Tech.

PBR JC

News digest, Jan. 22

Want to buy Collegiate Baseball Newspaper?

In my first Podcast of the year on Sunday I mentioned it looked like Collegiate Baseball Newspaper would be ceasing operation after 65+ years. Posts on the baseballnews.com website indicated the website and newspaper were for sale. On Monday, I got an e-mail reply from publisher/owner Lou Pavlovich confirming that he is retiring after 52 years of running the publication.

In his e-mail, he stated that he had been in negotiations to sell the enterprise about three years ago, but one of the potential investors changed his mind. Pavlovich said he told his wife at the time that if they did not sell the paper in the next two years that they would retire in October, 2023.

That is what they have done. They are preparing their office to be put up for sale.

Collegiate Baseball Newspaper, started by Pavlovich's father in 1958, was the leading source of national news about college baseball for many years and had the oldest national rankings.

He told me that the newspaper and Website are still for sale. If interested, contact him at cbn@baseball.news.com. I'll be glad to accept a finder's fee if you make a deal.

Banquets set

Here is some information on preseason banquets involving state teams. I do not know if there are any tickets remaining, but offer this for information only.

* Clemson:  Feb. 10,  6 p.m., Burton Gallery at Littlejohn Coliseum

* Coastal Carolina: Feb. 1, 6 p.m., Chesapeake House at Myrtle Beach

* South Carolina: Feb. 3, 6 p.m., Seawell's, Columbia

Season tickets on sale

Many of the state's programs have season tickets on sale. Some of the smaller schools offer a season ticket at a price far less expensive than the cost of buying a ticket to each game individually.

In addition to season tickets and single game tickets, schools like Clemson and South Carolina offer a "flex" schedule where you can buy a group of tickets for a discount price, then apply as many as you want to a particular game or series of games, depending on ticket availability and some  restrictions imposed by individual schools.

Many schools have ticket information links at the baseball pages on their athletics website. Links to baseball pages are at the right of this page.

I have used the "flex" option a couple of seasons and have found it to fit my needs.

Updating some signees

As I mentioned in Sunday's Podcast, I am quite often slack when it comes to reporting offseason news. Below are some recruiting/transfers classes I had not reported.

* Charleston Southern

* Clemson

* College of Charleston

* Presbyterian

* Winthrop

* Wofford

Rankings

* NCBWA Division II Southeast Region preseason poll: 1. North Greenville. 2. Newberry.
Region 

* NJCAA Division I preseason poll: 1. College of Central Florida. 14. Florence-Darlington Tech.

Juco

The first Palmetto State Baseball Podcast of the 2024 season

Here's the first Palmetto State Baseball Podcast of 2024. I hope you enjoy it.

Palmetto State Baseball Podcast, Jan., 21, 2024

State schedule, Jan. 26-28

Friday, Jan. 26

Walters State at USC Salkehatchie, ccd.

Saturday, Jan. 27

Bryant & Stratton at Florence-Darlington Tech, DH, ccd.

Walters State at USC Salkehatchie, DH, ppd. to Jan. 28

Sunday, Jan. 28

Bryant & Stratton at Florence-Darlington Tech, ccd.

Walters State at USC Salkehatchie, DH, 1 p.m.

Don't give up on me .... yet

I'm really struggling to get motivated for the 2024 college baseball season. I have most of the state schedules downloaded and imported so I can format them, but it's frustrating that some schools don't have schedules posted yet and others have game times as to be announced less than a month from when they're to be played. I know one option is to give up compiling a daily schedule/scoreboard and just concentrate on writing or my podcast, but I don't want to make that move.

-- Rudy

If I'd known I was going to live
this long I'd have taken better
care of myself.