Long Beach State University Athletics
Baseball Media Day Set for January 17
12/11/2006 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
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Baseball Media Day Hits Fifth Year LONG BEACH, CA-- After beginning with a gathering of print media five years ago, the College Baseball Media Day hits its fifth birthday on January 17 starting at 9:30 a.m., when 13 Southern California-affilated coaches and players gathering at the Walter Pyramid in Long Beach to kick off the collegiate season. For the second-straight year the proceedings will be broadcast live on College Sports Television (Direct TV 610) from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. Pacific time and this year sponsored by the College Baseball Foundation and Hall of Fame. Southern California continues to be the hotbed for college baseball, with programs from San Luis Opispo to San Diego regularly peppering the professional game with former players. Some of those players include Hall of Famers: Jackie Robinson (UCLA), Ozzie Smith (Cal Poly) and Tom Seaver (USC). Two more are on the ballot for the first time this season, USC's Mark McGwire and San Diego State's Tony Gwynn. In all, more than 150 players from Southern California schools can be found on the professional baseball circuit. In the collegiate setting, area teams have made 44 College World Series
apperances (USC-21, Cal State Fullerton-14, Long Beach State-4, Pepperdine-2,
UCLA-2, Loyola Marymount-1) and won 21 national championships (USC-12,
Cal State Fullerton-4, Pepperdine-1, UC Riverside-2 at D-II, CS Northridge-2
at D-II). That question and answer session will be followed by a catered luncheon.
Media are asked to RSVP to Niall Adler at Long Beach State, nadler@csulb.edu
to reserve a spot. |
