Game 1 of the Men’s College World Series was HISTORIC! Here’s the highlight that I created for
@SportsCenter
! 📺
#5
LSU 🐅 vs
#2
Florida 🐊
Narrated by Stan Verrett.
@espn
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#CWS
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#Omaha
A special moment as the fan who got Jac Caglianone’s program record-breaking 75th career home run gives it back to Jac.
Fan: “I know it means a lot more to you than it does to me.” 👏🏼👏🏼
Jac signed his game batting glove & took a picture with him.
@GatorsBB
@SECUnfiltered
#MCWS
Jace LaViolette dropped a 🔥 hype video cementing his commitment to staying at Texas A&M.
#Aggies
“Aggieland…The past two years have been undoubtedly the best two years of my life.”
📹:
@JaceLaViolette2
Half a decade ago today
@STR0
fully tore his ACL. Went back to Duke University and finished his degree while rehabbing intensely. Made it back to the big leagues in 5 months.
Persevere. Against all odds. 🙏🏼☝🏼
I’m hearing that Dallas Baptist University head coach, Dan Heefner, is the front runner for the Texas A&M (
@AggieBaseball
) head coaching job.
Heefer would be a great hire for the
#Aggies
and is a very successful head coach. A thread 🧵
DOWN TO THEIR LAST OUT AND MISSISSIPPI STATE WALKS OFF RIVAL OLE MISS ON A 2 RUN HOME RUN FROM CONNOR HUJSAK TO ELIMINATE THE REBELS! 💣
College Baseball is Incredible!
@HailStateBB
@SECNetwork
#SECTournament
“It means everything to the university. It’s one of the most proud universities if not the most. One of the most loyal fan bases. And they’re hungry! You gotta feed them every now and then.”
Coach Tony Vitello after winning Tennessee’s first baseball national championship.
#Vols
Georgia head coach Wes Johnson arguably deserves the coach of the year award.
What he just did in his first season as the head coach of the Bulldogs is unbelievably impressive.
2023: 29-27, 11-19 SEC
2034: 43-17, 17-13 SEC,
#7
national seed, host a regional & super regional.
Still cannot believe Clemson’s Jack Crighton was ejected for THIS??? Ridiculous.
This CAN’T happen…this isn’t the ump show. This is postseason baseball. 🤦🏻♂️
In what seems to be his last collegiate game,
#Gators
WORKHORSE Brandon Neely walks off the mound one last time & it’s here at the College World Series.
The Junior RHP has been the backbone of the Florida bullpen in his career, especially this season to help get them here. 👏🏼👏🏼
The freshman continues to play like a 4th year starter. Gavin Grahovac is THAT DUDE. Pregame fit to laser RBI ground-rule double. Yep. 🤝🏼
@AggieBaseball
@GavinGrahovac
#Aggies
One of the most bizarre plays you’ll see.
South Carolina tried to STEAL HOME in the 10th (WHY?) & got thrown out... Umpires determined the catcher left the “catchers box” and the run counts. Apparently not reviewable…
LSU’s Jay Johnson then gets tossed.
Chuck Box is officially a part of the Texas Longhorn baseball staff as the Director of Program Development.
The same role that he excelled in at Texas A&M. Big addition for the
#Longhorns
.
Paul Skenes is maybe having the most HISTORIC 386-day stretch in sports history.
• Won College World Series, CWS MVP
• Drafted 1st overall by
@Pirates
• Called up to MLB after 10 months
• MLB best 1.90ERA since debut
• Name an All-Star after 11 starts
• NL All-Star starter
Tennessee is now 3-11 when tied/trailing after 7 innings, and 1-11 when tied/trailing after 8 innings.
#Vols
Texas A&M is now 39-1 this year when leading after 7 innings, and 39-0 when leading after 8 innings.
#Aggies
@SECUnfiltered
@TexAgs
@billyliucci
Curious how long a marathon visually is?
Heres a look at the New York City Marathon route. Appreciate how incredibly difficult 26.2 miles is and how only 0.17% of the world will run one in their lifetime.
#NYCMarathon
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#Marathon
Congratulations to
@VandyBoys
Parker Noland on being my selection for our
@SportsCenter
Rewarding Performance on Saturday!
𝟐 𝐆𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐒𝐋𝐀𝐌𝐒 (𝐓-𝐒𝐄𝐂 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝)
𝟓-𝟔 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝟏𝟏 𝐑𝐁𝐈𝐬 (𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝)
in Vanderbilt’s 26-3 win (7inn)
West Virginia’s Blaine Traxel has thrown FIVE COMPLETE GAMES this season.
vs Arizona, VCU, UNCG, Xavier, Baylor.
He’s gone 7+ innings in 7/12 starts.
#CollegeBaseball
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@WVUBaseball
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@moneytraxel12
Ahead of the College World Series, I asked Coach Schlossnagle "What has been special about this group of guys and the staff around it this season as a whole and just the position you're in right now being two wins away from Texas A&M's first national championship in baseball?
The 1st order under the Earley Era at Texas A&M: Hires Washington HC, Jason Kelly, as the
#Aggies
pitching coach.
Kelly’s Resume:
13-19: Washington pitching coach
20-21: Arizona St (on staff w/ Earley)
21-22: LSU pitching coach
22-24: Washington HC
@SECUnfiltered
has learned.
From down 8-0 to WALK IT OFF IN EXTRA INNINGS to go to the SEC Championship! 🤯
USA Baseball alum, Steven “Monster” Milam, packs a knockout blow blasts an elevated heater for a HR to send LSU to the title game!💣
@LSUbaseball
@Monster_Milam99
#SECTourney
“I’m just blessed with the opportunity to play at a great school & just blessed to play in Omaha. A lot of kids don’t. A lot of kids dream of going to Omaha…but not a lot pitch in Omaha. And I’m just blessed with everything the Lord has given me.”
Thank you, Zander Sechrist. 🤝🏼
Few things in the crazy, behind the scenes aspect of college baseball are better than knowing about, respecting, and waiting for a player to announce their commitment/decision before posting/leaking it. 👍🏼
Respect & appreciation.
#GigEm
Christian Moore: "I think from the fall, from the jump, you could tell we bonded really good. Doing everything together...We kind of knew we had something special, & we knew all we had to do was put it on the field & work hard to be in this situation."
@Vol_Baseball
@Moore10Chris
OPPO TACO GRAND SLAM TOMMY TANKS. 🌮💣
Tommy White moves into a tie for 10th place in college baseball history in career home runs with 73. Wow!
@LSUbaseball
@tommywhite44
Can’t help but absolutely feel for Mike Norvell and the Florida State Seminoles.
No matter if you think they should be in or not…to lose your Heisman level QB in game 11, still go 13-0, win a Power-5 ACC Championship, and NOT be in the CFP kills.
@GetUpESPN
@danorlovsky7
Dan Orlovsky on
@GetUpESPN
“Michigan really beat Alabama the way that Alabama has beaten everybody. We’re going to take away what you wanna do, we’re gonna attack your weaknesses, and we’ll see if you can and will adjust…and they never did.”
#RoseBowl
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#CFP
Down to their final out and Georgia Tech simply does not care! Michael Becchetti gives the Jackets the lead in the 9th, 13-12!
The Cardiac Jackets score 11 RUNS in the last 3 innings to take the lead! 🤯
@GTBaseball
@ACCBaseball
@BecchettiMike
The single best performance in HISTORY!
University of Indianapolis’ Brady Ware:
Hit for the CYCLE ✅
Threw a NO-HITTER ✅
IN THE SAME GAME!!! 🤯
7 IP, 0 H, 11 Ks.
4-4, 2 R, 5 RBIs.
Heefner is in his 17th season as the skipper at DBU.
The Patriots are also 1 of just 5 teams in college baseball to reach the NCAA Regionals 9 straight seasons.
Heefner owns a career record of 652-326-1 (.667 win %) at DBU, ranking 7th best in the nation of active D1 coaches.
“The doors may be closing but the final chapter has not been written! Birmingham Southern will play in the D3 College World Series!”
Legendary call. 👏🏼👏🏼
@NCAABaseball
@BSCsports
BIRMINGHAM SOUTHERN ADVANCES TO THE D3 WORLD SERIES!
Birmingham Southern College is closing down May 31st after 168 years of existence. They will representing a school that no longer exists as they play for a national title in Eastlake, OH.
@BSCsports
The most walk off wins on a single day and the exciting opening day of the NCAA Baseball Regionals since the tournament expansion in 1999.
A record 6 walk offs already with more games still in play. College baseball is beautiful.
Kirby Yates arsenal:
52.1% Fastball, 46.7% Split, 1.3% Slider.
11th pitch: throws a Slider to get the strikeout and pick up the save. 💪🏼
@Braves
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@BravesOnBally
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#ForTheA
🚨 THIS JUST IN: Michael Earley is set & expected to be hired as the next head coach of Texas A&M, per
@TexAgs
.
Earley was previously an assistant coach on the
#Aggies
staff under Jim Schlossnagle. List of players have been very vocal that Earley should be the next skipper.
Cole “Moose” Messina with a MAMMOTH GRAND SLAM for the
#Gamecocks
on the first pitch from the new LSU pitcher! 💣
7-9, 4HR, 12RBI 🔥
Messina is on a TEAR here in Hoover so far this week at the SEC Tournament!
#SECTourney
#SECBSB
Harrison Fant JUCO LHP (UNCOMMITTED) 6ft 3in 190lb Sophmore at Central Alabama CC. 3.8GPA 26ACT
@FlatgroundApp
@PitchingNinja
Full video below. Thanks in advance!
To score 7 runs on no outs and still have the bases loaded…
1B, 1B, RBI 1B, 1B, 3RBI 2B, 2RBI HR, 1B, 1B, FC (E3), RBI 1B. Wow.
NC State finished the inning with 11 runs, two shy of the most in a single Super Regional inning. 👀
@NCStateBaseball
Yet myself, a former JUCO LHP (3.7GPA): [151.1IP 3.21ERA 117H 126K 69BB sitting upper 80s with 3 off-speed pitches for strikes] has been completely refused any chance by the
@GamecockBasebll
staff to try out at all & walk-on the past 2 YEARS now is beyond me....
Baseball is incredible. Alec Mills wasn’t recruited to the University of Tennessee at Martin. He walked by practice one day and told the coach he was good enough to pitch on the team. A tryout followed. 22nd round pick. Today, he threw a no-hitter for the
@Cubs
.
@MLBNetwork
@MLB
🚨 It's official! Paul Mainieri is the new South Carolina head baseball coach with a 5-year, $1.3M a year deal.
⚾️Monte Lee stays on + new deal
3-year, $550,000/yr
⚾️Terry Rooney is coming from LSU
3-year, $425,000/yr
⚾️John Hendry joins (UVA's Director of Player Development)
In what looks to be his final collegiate at bat, college baseball legend Jac Caglianone sends one back up the middle for a base hit off of the Stopper of the Year, Evan Aschenbeck. A mature, professional hitter.
Such a pleasure to watch him hit AND pitch in person this year. 🧢
Host and
#16
national seed East Carolina vs 2-seed Wake Forest in an elimination game.
Trey Yesavage vs Chase Burns with the season on the line. SIGN ME UP.
Florida Gators legend Matt LaPorta ('04-'07) with a tip of the cap to Jac Caglianone after passing his record and becoming the NEW
@GatorsBB
home run king with his 75th career homer in 164 career games. 🧢🐊💣👑
@CWSOmaha
@NCAABaseball
@GatorsBB
@SECUnfiltered
Georgia Tech freshman, Drew Burress, continues his incredible season & extends his freshman HR record!
A 95 MPH heater turned around for a 3 run blast! So explosive & mature in the box. His 20 HR of the season! 💣
@GTBaseball
@ACCBaseball
@drew_burress08
Gavin Grahovac just hit his SECOND homer off of Chris Stamos on an 0-2 count this season (May 23) and the first lead off home run in the College World Series Finals since 2003!
#MCWS
#GigEm
#Aggies
@AggieBaseball
@GavinGrahovac
Every school needs to host a student home run derby. Make this a year thing! Growing the college game and fandom.
Shoutout
@HailStateBB
and what venue for students
@DudyNobleField
!
Kaeden Kent is making the absolute MOST of his opportunity for the
#Aggies
in the NCAA Tournament!
Postseason: .417BA, .663SLG, 1.065OPS, 10RBI, 1HR, 3XBH in 25 plate appearance entering the CWS finals. 🧢
@AggieBaseball
@SECUnfiltered
@TexAgs
Birmingham-Southern advances to the D3 Supers despite the college PERMANENTLY SHUTTING DOWN May 31st!
Formerly NAIA until ‘02, D1 from ‘02-‘06 (played in ‘04 Athens regional), and D3 since ‘07, would basically be independent if they make the World Series.
BIRMINGHAM SOUTHERN ADVANCES TO THE D3 WORLD SERIES!
Birmingham Southern College is closing down May 31st after 168 years of existence. They will representing a school that no longer exists as they play for a national title in Eastlake, OH.
@BSCsports
Heefner has been a great player developer also.
At DBU, Heefner has produced 24 All-Americans, the 8th-highest total since 2009 and 16 Freshman All-Americans since 2008.
73 players drafted with 10 reaching MLB level. Since 2015, 49 draft picks ranks 9th most by any program.
Charlie Condon MASHES his 32nd home run of the season with this laser off the bat! 6 STRAIGHT GAMES with a HR.
373ft, 19° launch angle, 105mph exit velo on this 💣.
#Bulldogs
are HOT and go up 11-4.
Paul Skenes or Hagen Smith?
Crunching the numbers between 2023 Paul Skenes at LSU and 2024 Hagen Smith at Arkansas.
A H2H comparison through their first 11 starts.
I've been talking all year about how
#Aggies
RHP Chris Cortez has arguably the filthiest arsenal in college baseball.
99-101mph sinkers with over 2100rpms, 19" of horizontal break, 4" of induced vertical break.
89-90mph sliders with 2700rpms, 16" horizontal break. FILTH.
🚨 BIG Transfer Portal News:
As expected, Texas A&M stars are exploring the waters and more.
OF Jace LaViolette (2x All-American, Golden Spikes Semi-Finalists)
3B Gavin Grahovac (SEC Fr of the YEAR)
INF Kaeden Kent
INF Jack Bell
C Max Kaufer
@SECUnfiltered
has learned.
Former JUCO LHP + 2 years eligibility left. 6’3” 185lbs
FB sitting upper 80s + more ceiling
CH 74-76
CU 81-83
SL 75-77 all for strikes in any count.
High pitch ability/intelligence. 3.6GPA Sport MGMT Major.
Stats/Video below
HarrisonFant9
@gmail
.com
@FlatgroundApp
@PG_Uncommitted
Vladimir Guerrero once got scolded by a coach for throwing and running too hard in spring training. Vladdy stood up and said in Spanish “my family used to drink out of puddles. Don’t ever tell me how to play.”
We’re raised to play the game hard not matter what & be the best.
DOWN TO THEIR LAST OUT AND MISSISSIPPI STATE WALKS OFF RIVAL OLE MISS ON A 2 RUN HOME RUN FROM CONNOR HUJSAK TO ELIMINATE THE REBELS! 💣
College Baseball is Incredible!
@HailStateBB
@SECNetwork
#SECTournament
Grant Knipp has so much bat speed and explosive power. This ball went 469 FEET and tied the national lead with his 13th home run.
Nuke. 💣
@GoCamelsBSB
@grantknipp
#Razorbacks
Brady Tygart look every bit of a day one arm in the 2024 MLB Draft.
Fastball 93-95, curveball 74-77 mph spinning into the 2800rpms.
6IP, 3H, 0R, 6K, 2BB
@RazorbackBSB
What happens in the press box at the College World Series when there’s a long rain delay you ask?
Some balled-up paper at bats:
@MikeMonaco_
vs
@Jake_Mintz
/
@CespedesBBQ
with
@Mike_Rooney
as crew chief umpire.
Vibes are high, camaraderie is elite, memories made. 🤝🏼
An unbelievable season by the Kentucky Wildcats. Absolutely incredible what this team and Head Coach Nick Mingione did.
46-16, 22-8 SEC and the program’s first College World Series appearance. 👏🏼🧢
Such a close & successful squad.
@CWSOmaha
@UKBaseball
@SECUnfiltered
🚨 BREAKING: Superstar OF Jace LaViolette is staying in Aggieland!
“No place I’d rather be.”
The 1st Team All-American returns to Texas A&M with new head coach Michael Earley at the helm. Another huge core piece of the
#Aggies
.
@AggieBaseball
@JaceLaViolette2
@SECUnfiltered
A Beautiful back pick down to first from Vahn Lackey to pick off the runner. 🚀
Vahn showing off the arm strength and catcher IQ as a FRESHMAN! 👏🏼👏🏼
@GTBaseball
@LackeyVahn
@SBNation
This is absolutely embarrassing. These Philly fans should be ashamed. Yes the Eagles entered losing 5 of last 6 games after starting 10-1. They’re in the playoffs and were the NFC Champions last year.
Philly fans like this are horrible fans.