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May 2, 2012 · 8:18 pm

POSTSEASON COLLEGE BASEBALL CONTINUES

 In NAIA baseball’s ongoing conference tournaments the Blue Mountain College Toppers (logo at left) are the biggest story so far. They came into the TranSouth Athletic Conference tournament seeded 6th, but on Day 1 of the tourney they upset the number 1 seeds, the Freed Hardeman Lions, then yesterday on Day 2 the Toppers defeated the 4th- seeded Bethel (TN) Wildcats. Today they try to keep their upset mojo going when they take on the 2 seeds, the Union Bulldogs.

Meanwhile a few conference champions have already been crowned. The Lee Flames have won the Southern States Athletic Conference, the LSU- Shreveport Pilots (as in riverboat pilots ) took the Red River Athletic Conference title and the Continue reading →

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May 1, 2012 · 3:44 pm

NCCAA AND USCAA COLLEGE WORLD SERIES SEEDINGS ANNOUNCED

 The Dallas Christian College Crusaders (logo at left) won the Southwest Region on Saturday, filling the final automatic berth in the NCCAA2 World Series. Here’s a look at the seedings for all 8 teams in the event. Meanwhile, the USCAA’s 10 team field for their World Series has also been finalized. Balladeer’s Blog’s coverage of the action will begin May 7th. 

NCCAA2 SEEDING – 1. Toccoa Falls College Eagles ( Defending champs and winners of the South Region Tournament ) *** 2. Florida Christian College Suns ( Runners- up in the South Region) *** 3. Arlington Baptist College Patriots ( Runners- up in the Southwest Region Tournament) *** 4. North Central University Rams ( Winners of the Midwest Region Tournament) *** 5. Dallas Christian College Crusaders (Winners of the Southwest Region ) *** 6. Ohio Christian University Trailblazers Continue reading →

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April 29, 2012 · 8:57 pm

EVALUATING ESPN’S ON-AIR PERSONALITIES

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ESPN may not stand for Exclusively Sports Publicist’s Network but the mammoth outfit certainly acts like it. Their soft, “People magazine for athletes” approach to sports coverage makes them fun to watch and listen to in the same way watching bad movies like Plan 9 From Outer Space is fun. If you want actual sports journalism go to Sports Illustrated (SI.com) or Yahoosports, never ESPN.

It’s no coincidence that those other outfits are the ones who have broken every major sports scandal in recent years. ESPN is too thoroughly in bed with the executives in college and professional sports to want to damage their “product” by doing REAL investigative reporting. Here’s Balladeer’s Blog’s evaluation of the sports publicists who do on-air work at “the worldwide leader in suckup”. 

Not pictured: Colin Cowherd

1. COLIN COWHERD – With the departure of Jim Rome to the cable outfit called CBS College Sports Cowherd gets the top spot by default. Colin towers over all the other on- air staff at ESPN by virtue of the fact that he has a life outside of sports and therefore doesn’t feel that winning games excuses criminal behavior like his colleagues do.

Cowherd also rejects the journalistic pretensions of the other ESPN sports publicists and repeatedly states that he considers his employer to be in the entertainment business, not the news business. Like all Continue reading →

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April 28, 2012 · 7:50 pm

DAY 5 OF NCCAA COLLEGE BASEBALL’S POSTSEASON

 Yesterday the Ohio Christian University Trailblazers (logo at left) won the Mid East Region Championship by defeating the Johnson University Preachers. OCU joins the LBC Chargers and the NCU Rams in clinching berths in the upcoming NCCAA2 World Series. Balladeer’s Blog will have updated scores from the other regional tournaments today as soon as they become available.

SOUTH REGION – The Continue reading →

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April 27, 2012 · 10:22 pm

DAY 4 OF NCCAA COLLEGE BASEBALL’S POSTSEASON

 The Toccoa Falls College Eagles (logo at left), the defending champions of NCCAA2 baseball, took the field today after a bye in the first round of the South Region Tournament. As dominant as ever, they finished off yesterday’s winners, the Florida Christian College Suns by a score of 7-3.

Meanwhile the Johnson University Preachers play the OCU Trailblazers for the Mid East Region championsip. Balladeer’s Blog will have updated scores from other Continue reading →

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April 25, 2012 · 9:05 pm

NCCAA COLLEGE BASEBALL POSTSEASON CONTINUES

 After 2 days of rainouts the PHILADELPHIA BIBLICAL UNIVERSITY CRIMSON EAGLES (logo at left) finally got to play their East Regional game with the BAPTIST BIBLE COLLEGE DEFENDERS today at Noon ET. This matchup was worth the wait, as this Instant Classic saw the Crimson Eagles emerge with a very tight 5-4 victory. Send the tape of this game to Cooperstown as a prime example of the intensity of postseason baseball in the NCCAA. 

lancaster bible college chargersMeanwhile, in the 2nd East Region game of the day the top-seeded LANCASTER BIBLE COLLEGE CHARGERS defeated the Continue reading →

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April 24, 2012 · 10:33 pm

COLLEGE BASEBALL POST-SEASON IS UNDERWAY IN THE NCCAA

 Even as we speak, the Regional Tournaments in the NCCAA are underway! The Lincoln Christian University Red Lions (logo at left) and the Maranatha College Crusaders are squaring off in the opening game of the Midwest Regional. Balladeer’s Blog will have updated scores as soon as they become available.

The East Region game between the Philadelphia Biblical University Crimson Eagles and the Baptist Bible College Defenders, which was Continue reading →

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April 22, 2012 · 1:05 am

BALLADEER’S BLOG’S COLLEGE BASEBALL RANKINGS: NCCAA2

 Balladeer’s Blog presents its final regular season rankings for NCCAA Division 2 college baseball. The postseason will be starting up this week with regional tournaments getting underway.

The Ozark Christian College Ambassadors (logo at left) snuck into this last poll while the BBC Defenders and the Johnson University Preachers moved up a notch. Toccoa Falls retained their stranglehold on the top spot.

1. TOCCOA FALLS COLLEGE EAGLES (defending champs) *** 2. FLORIDA CHRISTIAN COLLEGE SUNS *** 3. MANHATTAN (KS) CRUSADERS *** 4. Continue reading →

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April 17, 2012 · 8:53 pm

BALLADEER’S BLOG’S COLLEGE BASEBALL TOP 20: USCAA

 Balladeer’s Blog will henceforth be doing its own Top 20 for the divisions of college sports covered here. My inaugural list addresses the USCAA, the United States Collegiate Athletic Association. The Newport News Apprentice School Builders (logo at right) occupy the number one spot. The Williamson Mechanics and the SUNY- Canton Kangaroos sneak in lower in the rankings.  

For the full Top 20 read on: 1. NNAS Builders *** 2. Rochester College Warriors *** 3. Spalding Golden Eagles *** 4. Selma University Bulldogs *** 5. Greater Allegheny Lions *** 6. Belleville Lynx *** 7. Dallas Crusaders *** 8. Penn Tech Wildcats *** 9. Ave Maria University Gyrenes *** 10. Continue reading →

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April 15, 2012 · 1:33 pm

NOTEWORTHY COLLEGE BASEBALL RESULTS FROM APRIL 14TH

 The GALVESTON COLLEGE WHITECAPS (logo at left) took on the ANGELINA COLLEGE ROADRUNNERS (not the Joelies) and  crushed them in an 8-2 affair that saw the Whitecaps machine firing on all pistons. Galveston’s Kyle Giusti was among the offensive leaders in the rout.  

DIAMOND DAN-O-URA – In a college baseball equivalent of the Battle of Dan-O- Ura (I love pompous and thoroughly inappropriate sports analogies) the NAIA’s top-ranked LSU- SHREVEPORT PILOTS (as in riverboat pilots) clashed with fellow baseball power the UT-BROWNSVILLE SCORPIONS. The Pilots emerged with a 10-9 road victory in one of the weekend’s best games.

NUMBER TWO TAKES A FALL – TWICE – At number 2, the LEE UNIVERSITY FLAMES were upset on Friday the 13th by the BRYAN LIONS in a 9-8 Instant Classic. The score was 9-5 going into the 9th inning when the Flames bats got hot (sorry) but wound up one run short of sending the game into extra innings. Yesterday the Flames fell at home to the 16th- ranked AUBURN- MONTGOMERY SENATORS by a score of 8-7. Those one- run losses can really sting!  

EAGLES OUTRUN THE HORNETS – The (4) FAULKNER EAGLES came out two runs better than the homestanding SOUTHERN POLYTECHNIC RUNNING HORNETS in a 3-1 game that Continue reading →

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