The 2011 season was a rollercoaster ride of highs, lows and wild turns around dead man’s curve. Dare I say, it had more wild variations than any other season in recent memory. New bats, new rules, new styles of play, new stadiums, new everything. So I figured it would interesting to get the thoughts of the national baseball media members from around the country and what they felt about this season. Giving the limited number of outlets there are for our sport, I’m proud to say that nearly every one of the writers I approached happily filled this out for our reading enjoyment. (Big time thanks to the dudes who responded. Really cool of you.) So let’s check out what they had to say.

In no particular order…

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– Mark Etheridge, SEBaseball.com

1- BEST MOMENT OF THE SEASON:

Johnathan Taylor’s appearance at the SEC Tournament. They rolled him out and the place was electric.

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2- WORST MOMENT OF THE SEASON:

Johnathan Taylor and Zach Cone collide in the outfield in Georgia’s game at Florida State.

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3- BIGGEST SURPRISE OF THE SEASON:

No one saw Michael Roth pitching the way he did this year. He led them back to dogpile land.

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4- BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT OF THE SEASON:

When I saw LSU vs Florida in March, I seriously thought about reserving a hotel room for when the Tigers host a Regional. In the end, they did not even make a Regional.

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5- SURPRISE TO NOT SEE IN THE CWS:

UCLA – They had elite arms and experience and were playing well down the stretch. Just could not patch together enough offense.

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6- FEELINGS ON THE NEW BATS:

It did get better as the year progressed. I think the players will adjust as will the bat manufacturers. I still like watching the ball fly out of the park so it wouldn’t hurt my feelings to meet somewhere between last year’s rules and this year’s.

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7- COACH WHO DESERVES A RAISE:

Every volunteer assistant in baseball. How do we cultivate the next Augie when these coaches have to take a vow of poverty for their early career?

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8- ONE RULE CHANGE YOU’D LIKE TO SEE:

The obvious pick is to find a way to increase 11.7 scholarships.

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9- DO SOUTH CAROLINA & FLORIDA REPEAT IN 2012 TITLE ROUND?

I’d say odds are we see someone else, but both teams look like Omaha clubs.

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– Brian Foley, College Baseball Daily

1- BEST MOMENT OF THE SEASON:

Hearing Brian O’Connor try to call me out on Charlottesville radio saying I didn’t know what I was talking about as I stated the SEC schools (Vanderbilt, Florida, and South Carolina) were the real class of the nation and that UVA was overrated as the number 1 ranked team in the nation.

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2- WORST MOMENT OF THE SEASON:

Checking the seating arrangement at the CWS and seeing I was two seats down from Eric Sorenson. Seriously, the worst moments of the year was having to report on Corey Hahn and Jonathan Taylor’s injuries. Sad situation for both of these young men.

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3- BIGGEST SURPRISE OF THE SEASON:

Colin Moran from UNC came out of nowhere to become one of the top hitters in the ACC and who had heard of Victor Roache before the season? The kid is still hitting bombs in the Cape League.

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4- BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT OF THE SEASON:

Oregon. Many people (myself included) thought that Coach Horton’s guys would be on the verge of making a run to Omaha this season.

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5- SURPRISE TO NOT SEE IN THE CWS:

Oklahoma. They started the season 16-0, then went 25-19.

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6- FEELINGS ON THE NEW BATS:

Not really worth commenting on as the NCAA will do what they please. I do like how there are more lower scoring games but there is less major swings in games too.

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7- COACH WHO DESERVES A RAISE:

URI’s Jim Foster deserves a raise for what he does with an underfunded program and his all around strong work in the community.

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8- ONE RULE CHANGE YOU’D LIKE TO SEE:

Get the CWS out of Omaha, Nebraska and see how it does in a MLB ballpark. It has worked with the Lacrosse Championships which routinely draw over 40k+ in NFL stadiums.

(Editor’s note: Blasphemy!)

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9- DO SOUTH CAROLINA & FLORIDA REPEAT IN 2012 TITLE ROUND?

Nope…..Stanford and Florida are going to matchup next year.

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– Walter Villa, ESPN.com

1- BEST MOMENT OF THE SEASON:

Off the field: Tom Walter donating one of his kidneys to one of his players. On the field: When South Carolina made three do-or-die defensive plays in the late innings to save the national championship.

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2- WORST MOMENT OF THE SEASON:

FIU’s Garrett Wittels. Instead of talking about his hitting streak, all the questions were about him being accused of rape in the Bahamas. (Charges have since been dropped.) Then his hitting streak was snapped in the opener.

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3- BIGGEST SURPRISE OF THE SEASON:

Cal making the CWS was a big surprise. Dallas Baptist winning the Fort Worth regional was another big surprise.

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4- BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT OF THE SEASON:

LSU, with all its tradition, failed to even make the NCAA Tournament, a huge disappointment for the best fans in college baseball.

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5- SURPRISE TO NOT SEE IN THE CWS:

Florida State. Then again, ACC teams were an overall disappointment.

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6- FEELINGS ON THE NEW BATS:

I like the new bats. Games are faster, singles hitters are no longer hitting 20 homers a year and pitchers are not afraid to pitch inside.

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7- COACH WHO DESERVES A RAISE:

Ray Tanner at South Carolina is the obvious choice, but Vandy coach Tim Corbin deserves credit for taking his team to the CWS for the first time in school history.

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8- ONE RULE CHANGE YOU’D LIKE TO SEE:

I’d make more scholarships available. It’s sad that 35 players have to split 11.7 scholarships.

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9- DO SOUTH CAROLINA & FLORIDA REPEAT IN 2012 TITLE ROUND?

No.

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– Boyd Nation, Boydsworld.com

1- BEST MOMENT OF THE SEASON:

The double play to end the ninth in game 1 of the championship series — forget rooting interests, likelihood, or repeatability, that’s the sort of moment every athlete searches for his entire career.

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2- WORST MOMENT OF THE SEASON:

The same as always; selection day. Not because of the quality of the committee’s work, but because there’s no baseball that day, and you know it won’t be long until there’s no more at all.

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3- BIGGEST SURPRISE OF THE SEASON:

The absolute dominance nationally over the course of the season for the top three from the SEC and ACC.

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4- BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT OF THE SEASON:

Sorry, I don’t play in this particular category.

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5- SURPRISE TO NOT SEE IN THE CWS.

Arizona State.  I’ve been so used to Pat Murphy sticking a thumb in the eye of all those who are embarassed when they succeed that I was expecting that legacy to continue.

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6- FEELINGS ON THE NEW BATS:

The bats are fine, but the balls now need to be adjusted to match.

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7- COACH WHO DESERVES A RAISE:

Dave Esquer, obviously

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8- ONE RULE CHANGE YOU’D LIKE TO SEE:

Establish a separate summer season running April through August (teams can choose whether to play the spring season or the summer one).  It’ll be a de facto Division I-AA for a few years, but in the long run it would give the cold-weather conferences a chance to catch up.

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9- DO SOUTH CAROLINA & FLORIDA REPEAT IN 2012 TITLE ROUND?

Of course not, it just doesn’t work that way for a lot of reasons.  The pendelum will start to swing away from the Southeast next year, and this year was unusual in that it’s rare for that many of the best teams to last as long as they did in the postseason.  Next year’s final is TCU-Florida State.

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– Kyle Peterson, ESPN

1- BEST MOMENT OF THE SEASON:

Cal winning the Super at Santa Clara.

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2- WORST MOMENT OF THE SEASON:

The day Esquer had to tell his program that they were no longer

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3- BIGGEST SURPRISE OF THE SEASON:

See above, with Dallas Baptist coming out of the Regional a close second.

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4- BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT OF THE SEASON:

No third game in the CWS Finals.

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5- SURPRISE TO NOT SEE IN THE CWS:

UCLA

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6- FEELINGS ON THE NEW BATS:

I like the concept, but might have gone a little too far.  A mid point between these bats and last year’s bats would be absolutely perfect.

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7- COACH WHO DESERVES A RAISE:

Esquer

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8- ONE RULE CHANGE YOU’D LIKE TO SEE:

Institute a hard pitch count.

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9- DO SOUTH CAROLINA & FLORIDA REPEAT IN 2012 TITLE ROUND?

I’ll take Florida and Stanford in the Finals.

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– Ruffin Bell, Black College Baseball

1- BEST MOMENT OF THE SEASON:

I have to use something personal for this one. Black College Baseball has had a great year.  A Ripken Foundation grant to help underresourced kids get exposed to college coaches with free clinics, a renewed ICS contract, Excitement with the Division I and II/ NAIA Poll, the BCB Radio Show with host Donal Ware, and because of the exposure of players by the site, several scouts inquired about players with one being drafted.

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2- WORST MOMENT OF THE SEASON:

I’m no Dr. Richard Lapchick, but the latest NCAA diversity report for African American is disheartening. Only 3 African American head coaches in Division I outside of the HBCUs,  that’s out of 275 programs. And the numbers are worse for assistant coaches.  26 out of 2,248 NCAA assistant baseball coaching positions (at non-HBCUs) are held by African Americans.

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3- BIGGEST SURPRISE OF THE SEASON:

Since I focus on the HBCU’s, I have to say Winston Salem winning the CIAA Tournament.  They last fielded a team almost 40 years ago and in their first year back on the field, they win the conferece tournament and participate in the NCAA Regionals.

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4- BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT OF THE SEASON:

Can we get more games on TV? Geez!

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5- SURPRISE TO NOT SEE IN THE CWS:

I did think this was Bethune Cookman’s chance to make some noise in the Regionals, maybe next year.

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6- FEELINGS ON THE NEW BATS:

It was great story to follow.

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7- COACH WHO DESERVES A RAISE:

I would say Mervyl Melendez formerly of Bethune Cookman, but I hear he definitly got that when he switched to Alabama State. Runner up, Barret Rey at Alcorn State.  Jay Alexander at Eastern Michigan gets some love too.

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8- ONE RULE CHANGE YOU’D LIKE TO SEE:

Increased scholarship limits will always be #1 on the list. I would also change the transfer rule back its previous version.  I think it hurts a kid whose’s just stuck in a situation that didn’t workout for whatever reason.

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9- DO SOUTH CAROLINA & FLORIDA REPEAT IN 2012 TITLE ROUND?

I see South Carolina having best shot of getting back.  Everything seems to be clicking on all cylinders,

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– Mike Rooney, ESPN studio

1- BEST MOMENT OF THE SEASON:

ESPN back doing Game of Week and a weekly show was huge. We needed that bad, now time to expand it.

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2- WORST MOMENT OF THE SEASON:

Cory Hahn of ASU and JT of Georgia with paralysis injuries. Heartbreaking for those kids.

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3- BIGGEST SURPRISE OF THE SEASON:

Cal even making tournament let alone Omaha. Awesome surprise.

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4- BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT OF THE SEASON:

NCAA suspending Logan Ehlers for 60% of season. It’s a horrible rule and puts the kids in an absolute no-win situation. I can’t believe the NCAA’s stance here b/c what’s going on in baseball is so legitimate compared to football and hoops. And the agent questionnaire the kids have to fill out is flat out unconstitutional (sorry about the rant!). Fast forward and a great man like Mike Anderson loses his job and Ehlers being out certainly didn’t help.

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5- SURPRISE TO NOT SEE IN THE CWS:

UCLA. Has a college team ever had 1st and 3rd overall picks on same team, let alone they were arms?

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6- FEELINGS ON THE NEW BATS:

They went too far but it really helped our game, so overall it’s a win.

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7- COACH WHO DESERVES A RAISE:

David Esquer

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8- ONE RULE CHANGE YOU’D LIKE TO SEE:

#1: Give teams 4 fall games that don’t count against spring schedule

#2: Change tourney to the all 3-gm series format

#3: At least seed tourney 1 thru 16 if not 1 thru 32. College baseball has earned the right to have a big boy tournament.

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9- DO SOUTH CAROLINA & FLORIDA REPEAT IN 2012 TITLE ROUND?

Florida, yes. South Carolina, no

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– Ryan McGee, ESPN the Magazine

1- BEST MOMENT OF THE SEASON:

The final 3 innings of CWS championship Game One. If you didn’t like that, I’ve got nothing for you, go watch soccer. Runner-up: Tom Walters donating his kidney to Kevin Jordan.

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2- WORST MOMENT OF THE SEASON:

The Garrett Wittels mess.

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3- BIGGEST SURPRISE OF THE SEASON:

Dallas Baptist

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4- BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT OF THE SEASON:

LSU. We need them to be relevant.

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5- SURPRISE TO NOT SEE IN THE CWS:

Rice.

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6- FEELINGS ON THE NEW BATS:

Like ‘em. Feels like real baseball. Leave them alone. Lack of CWS homers had as much to do with the new park as the bats. With the exception of the people at Reese’s who were donating cash per homer to Boys Town, did anyone really miss them?

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7- COACH WHO DESERVES A RAISE:

Dan Heefner.

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8- ONE RULE CHANGE YOU’D LIKE TO SEE:

I muzzle all coaches and commissioners who continue to whine about the warm weather advantage. Do like Nebraska, UConn, and Oregon State and get to work.

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9- DO SOUTH CAROLINA & FLORIDA REPEAT IN 2012 TITLE ROUND?

No. But they will both be in Omaha.

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– Sean Ryan, College Baseball Insider

1- BEST MOMENT OF THE SEASON:

One from the start – Tom Walter donating his kidney; one from the end – the entire first game of South Carolina/Florida.

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2- WORST MOMENT OF THE SEASON:

Cal’s handling of the baseball situation.

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3- BIGGEST SURPRISE OF THE SEASON:

Cal for playing through the situation it did.

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4- BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT OF THE SEASON:

Georgia Tech and Oklahoma

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5- SURPRISE TO NOT SEE IN THE CWS:

Georgia Tech

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6- FEELINGS ON THE NEW BATS:

The bats have changed the game, not just in terms of home runs, but also on ground balls, popups, etc. They impacted defense as much as offense.

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7- COACH WHO DESERVES A RAISE:

Dave Esquer, Ed Blankmeyer, Brian O’Connor, Ray Tanner, Kevin O’Sullivan.

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8- ONE RULE CHANGE YOU’D LIKE TO SEE:

Put a little more juice back in the bats.

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9- DO SOUTH CAROLINA & FLORIDA REPEAT IN 2012 TITLE ROUND?

No.

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– Sean Stires, College Baseball 360

1- BEST MOMENT OF THE SEASON:

Gotta go with Cal making it the College World Series. Just a fitting acknowledgement of what they went through and overcame this year.

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2- WORST MOMENT OF THE SEASON:

The injuries to Johnathon Taylor of Georgia and Arizona State’s Cory Hahn. Rare enough that it happens once in a season, let alone twice.

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3- BIGGEST SURPRISE OF THE SEASON:

This has to go to Dallas Baptist making a Super Regional.

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4- BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT OF THE SEASON:

UCLA. They had so much back from last year, including Bauer and Cole, but they couldn’t even get out of their own Regional.

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5- SURPRISE TO NOT SEE IN THE CWS:

Oregon State. I wasn’t surprised that they didn’t beat Vanderbilt in the Super Regional, but they just really fell hard the last few weeks of the season to cost themselves a national seed.

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6- FEELINGS ON THE NEW BATS:

I think something needed to be done, but I think the restrictions went too far. It seems that the BBCOR bats play even worse than wood.

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7- COACH WHO DESERVES A RAISE:

Maybe the obvious, but David Esquer. Give him more cash and give his field lights.

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8- ONE RULE CHANGE YOU’D LIKE TO SEE:

Get southern/warm weather teams off their campuses in May and get them playing on the campuses northern teams that make the treks down south in February and early March. If Ohio State or Michigan goes south in 2011 to play a Florida or Texas, then those schools could make a return trip in 2012 or ‘13. It would be great “northern exposure” for college baseball.

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9- DO SOUTH CAROLINA & FLORIDA REPEAT IN 2012 TITLE ROUND?

They both have so much it’s hard to say no, but I think Florida has the best chance with all the young pitching. I wouldn’t be surprised to see North Carolina give it a run next year.

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– Kendall Rogers, Perfect Game

1- BEST MOMENT OF THE SEASON:

Watching Georgia clinch a spot (well, basically) in the NCAA postseason with a win in the SEC tournament and watching Johnathan Taylor being carried to the field from the dugout while in his wheelchair by his teammates.

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2- WORST MOMENT OF THE SEASON:

Just seeing two horrible injuries to Cory Hahn (Arizona State) and Johnathan Taylor (Georgia)

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3- BIGGEST SURPRISE OF THE SEASON:

Dallas Baptist. Period. Name anyone that had the Patriots reaching an NCAA Super Regional this season.

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4- BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT OF THE SEASON:

Oregon. The Ducks were expected to take a huge step forward this season. Instead, they finished the season without accomplishing anything noteworthy.

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5- SURPRISE TO NOT SEE IN THE CWS:

UCLA. The Bruins had some serious offensive issues this season, especially with loss of Tyler Rahmatulla to academic casualty.

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6- FEELINGS ON THE NEW BATS:

Great for the game. It’s telling us who the true hitters are, and it’s separating the men from the boys.

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7- COACH WHO DESERVES A RAISE:

‘m going Captain Obvious here: California coach Dave Esquer.

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8- ONE RULE CHANGE YOU’D LIKE TO SEE:

Make college baseball a full scholarship sport. In addition to attracting more of the “elite” prospect types, it would also open the door to more minority involvement in the sport, something that seriously is lacking, somewhat in part of because of the scholarship situation.

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9- DO SOUTH CAROLINA & FLORIDA REPEAT IN 2012 TITLE ROUND?

I’ll go ahead and say Florida yes, South Carolina no.

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– John Manuel, Baseball America

1- BEST MOMENT OF THE SEASON:

I’ll say Georgia coming back from all its adversity and winning 3 games in SEC tourney to make NCAA tournament. After the on-field failures and off-field injuries and trauma, Georgia deserved good news.

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2- WORST MOMENT OF THE SEASON:

he injuries to Cory Hahn of ASU and Jonathan Taylor of Georgia

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3- BIGGEST SURPRISE OF THE SEASON:

I’ll say Victor Roache hitting 30 homers. I think he’s the first 30-homer guy since 2002, and it came in a year when NO ONE hit for power.

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4- BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT OF THE SEASON:

Lack of surprises. It was a pretty predictable year, no real Cinderella stories

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5- SURPRISE TO NOT SEE IN THE CWS:

Cal State Fullerton

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6- FEELINGS ON THE NEW BATS:

Right idea, poorly executed; bats are too dead when wood bats are more offensive than metal bats.

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7- COACH WHO DESERVES A RAISE:

Bobby Pierce at Troy. Consistent winner, had one of their best years.

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8- ONE RULE CHANGE YOU’D LIKE TO SEE:

My short answer would be shorter schedule in CWS, fewer off-days for teams, force teams to use more pitchers instead of wearing out their main guys.

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9- DO SOUTH CAROLINA & FLORIDA REPEAT IN 2012 TITLE ROUND?

No, but Florida will be back in championship series. South Carolina may have lost too much experience.

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– Phil Stanton, College Baseball Insider

1- BEST MOMENT OF THE SEASON:

WFU coach Tom Walter donating kidney to freshman Kevin Jordan.

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2- WORST MOMENT OF THE SEASON:

Injuries to Cory Hahn of Arizona State and Johnathan Taylor of Georgia.

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3- BIGGEST SURPRISE OF THE SEASON:

North Carolina’s return to national prominence

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4- BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT OF THE SEASON:

UCLA

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5- SURPRISE TO NOT SEE IN THE CWS:

UCLA

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6- FEELINGS ON THE NEW BATS:

I liked the emphasis on pitching, defense, bunting and steals.

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7- COACH WHO DESERVES A RAISE:

David Esquer, California.

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8- ONE RULE CHANGE YOU’D LIKE TO SEE:

Increase scholarship limit to 15.

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9- DO SOUTH CAROLINA & FLORIDA REPEAT IN 2012 TITLE ROUND?

No, but probably at least one from the SEC, such as Arkansas.

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– Jeremy Mills, ESPN.com and D1Baseball.com

1- BEST MOMENT OF THE SEASON:

Jonathan Taylor joining the Bulldogs on the field at the SEC Tournament.

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2- WORST MOMENT OF THE SEASON:

Cleveland State dropping baseball – would be nice to make it through a year with every team intact.

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3- BIGGEST SURPRISE OF THE SEASON:

California’s run to the CWS after staving off the elimination of the program.

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4- BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT OF THE SEASON:

Oklahoma – lots of stars returning from last year’s CWS team, but no results on the field.

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5- SURPRISE TO NOT SEE IN THE CWS:

TCU

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6- FEELINGS ON THE NEW BATS:

Best thing since wood bats.

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7- COACH WHO DESERVES A RAISE:

Tim Esmay – Sun Devils keep winning despite all the distractions.

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8- ONE RULE CHANGE YOU’D LIKE TO SEE:

All-expense-paid domed stadiums for all northern schools to even the playing field and keep schools from dropping baseball without moving the CWS into July.

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9- DO SOUTH CAROLINA & FLORIDA REPEAT IN 2012 TITLE ROUND?

Yes for Florida, maybe for South Carolina (if they can get Roth and either Price or Bradley to return).

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– Will Kimmey, ESPN

1- BEST MOMENT OF THE SEASON:

Cal winning its super regional to reach Omaha in a year where it looked like the program might get eliminated.

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2- WORST MOMENT OF THE SEASON:

The season-ending and life-altering injuries to Georgia’s Jonathan Taylor and Arizona State’s Cory Hahn just break your heart.

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3- BIGGEST SURPRISE OF THE SEASON:

Oregon State really came out of nowhere to command the Pac-10 for most of the year, but I’d give South Carolina’s repeat title performance the edge.

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4- BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT OF THE SEASON:

UCLA opened the year as a great pick to win the title, but just never got things going offensively. Gerrit Cole and Trevor Bauer could plug into big league rotations today.

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5- SURPRISE TO NOT SEE IN THE CWS.

Cal State Fullerton. I really thought the pitching stacked up well for the Titans to reach Omaha.

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6- FEELINGS ON THE NEW BATS:

I like how they changed the game. Made true hitters stand out and shoved others back to the pack. Helped pitchers re-take the inside part of the plate and stop being afraid to attack with strikes.

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7- COACH WHO DESERVES A RAISE:

How about Dave Esquer for helping Cal to Omaha amidst all the turmoil? I also loved how Mitch Gaspard helped his Alabama club stick together following the tornado devastation in Tuscaloosa.

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8- ONE RULE CHANGE YOU’D LIKE TO SEE:

I want 25 full scholarships and the season to run from April 1 through July. These things cost money, but potentially will help generate it as well. Full scholarships will help guide players into college and away from the pros and will help steer athletes to baseball rather than football or basketball. The later season gives all the schools from the cold weather parts of the country a true opportunity to play home games and draw crowds, and getting places like Michigan and Ohio State to become factors in college baseball only increases national interest in the game, raising revenues and the sport’s profile. The later start also gets the game away from being covered up by the

postseason tournaments in college and pro basketball and leaves it only competing with the majors for media coverage during the summer.

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9- DO SOUTH CAROLINA & FLORIDA REPEAT IN 2012 TITLE ROUND?

Florida sure looks stacked to make yet another run. South Carolina handled roster attrition as well as anyone in 2011. Doing that again isn’t likely, but can we really count out Ray Tanner’s club in the postseason?

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– Doug Kroll, NCAA.com

1- BEST MOMENT OF THE SEASON:

Cal’s comeback win to beat Baylor in the Regional Final.

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2- WORST MOMENT OF THE SEASON:

Georgia’s Jonathan Taylor paralyzed.

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3- BIGGEST SURPRISE OF THE SEASON:

Dallas Baptist

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4- BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT OF THE SEASON:

LSU.

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5- SURPRISE TO NOT SEE IN THE CWS:

Florida State.

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6- FEELINGS ON THE NEW BATS:

Makes for a better game. Can’t wait around for a 3-run homer anymore.

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7- COACH WHO DESERVES A RAISE:

Mike Fox, North Carolina.

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8- ONE RULE CHANGE YOU’D LIKE TO SEE:

Change the format to 32 first round sites, eight Super Regional sites.

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9- DO SOUTH CAROLINA & FLORIDA REPEAT IN 2012 TITLE ROUND?

No.