Jacksonville Trip (Opening Weekend)

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No. 14 Buckeyes Open 2010 Campaign This Weekend in Jacksonville - The Ohio State Buckeyes Official Athletics Site - OhioStateBuckeyes.com

This Week in Ohio State Baseball​

No. 14 Ohio State (0-0; 42-19 2009)​

Game 1: at North Florida
(0-0 2010; 23-31 in 2009)
Friday, Feb. 19 - 7 p.m.
Harmon Stadium, Jacksonville, Fla.​

Game 2: vs. Florida A&M
(0-0 2010; 24-30 in 2009)
Saturday, Feb. 20 - 5 p.m.
Harmon Stadium, Jacksonville, Fla.​

Game 3: vs. Richmond
(0-0 2010; 22-25 in 2009)
Sunday, Feb. 21 - 11 a.m.
Harmon Stadium, Jacksonville, Fla.​

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Ohio State opens its 127th season of baseball when it takes on North Florida Friday at 7 p.m. The game will mark the first of 21 consecutive road games to start the 2010 season.

The Buckeyes will also face Florida A&M at 5 p.m. Saturday and Richmond at 11 a.m. Sunday. All three games will be at Harmon Stadium on the campus of UNF. Visit unfospreys.com for stadium location and everything Osprey.

SCOUTING THE OSPREYS
North Florida, coached by Dusty Rhodes, finished 2009 with a 23-31 overall record, 15-15 in the Atlantic Sun Conference. Senior outfielder Preston Hale returns after leading the team in virtually every offensive category last season including average (.371), runs scored (46), doubles (17) and home runs (10).

SCOUTING THE RATTLERS
Senior outfielder Darryl Evans led the Rattlers with five long balls and 10 doubles last season and posted a .317 batting average.

SCOUTING THE SPIDERS
Led by third-year head coach Mark McQueen, Richmond enters 2010 after posting a 22-25 record in 2009. Sophomore infielder Adam McConnell led the Spiders last season with a .355 batting average and stealing 31 bases in 46 games played.

Probable starting position players & key pitchers
Pos. No. Player................. Notes
C 15 Dan Burkhart...... 2009 Big Ten Player of the Year; 105 career starts
1B 23 Ryan Dew........... 4th in Big Ten with .388 avg. in '09; 1st team All-Big Ten
2B 17 Cory Kovanda..... '10 co-captain; leads team with 160 career starts
3B 10 Cory Rupert........ Started 112 career games; 11 multi-hit games in '09
or 21 Brad Hallberg...... 4-for-10 in 2009 before shoulder injury
SS 1 Tyler Engle.......... Batted .318 after recovering from hamstring injury in '09
LF 16 Zach Hurley......... '10 co-captain; batted .346 in '09; drafted by Fla. Marlins
CF 24 Michael Stephens 2nd team All-Big Ten in '09; led team with 14 home runs
RF 29 Brian DeLucia...... 2 home runs before breaking finger three games into '09
DH 20 Matt Streng........ Started 50 games in '09; batted .308 with 8 HR's

Pitchers
RHP 14 *Alex Wimmers.. '10 Preseason All-America; '09 Big Ten co-Pitcher of Year
RHP 42 *Dean Wolosianski 2nd team All-Big Ten in '09; third in Big Ten with 11 wins
LHP 48 *Eric Best............ 66 career appearances; 14-7 career record
RHP 36 *Ross Oltorik...... 11 appearances, six starts in '09
RHP 12 Drew Rucinski..... 5th nationally with 12 wins in '09; 51 career appearances
RHP 50 Jared Strayer...... T-3rd on team with 20 appearances in '09
LHP 43 Theron Minium... 24 career appearances, Academic All-Big Ten in '09

 

[TheStoicPaisano]

Good to see The American Dream take up managing in another sport.

 

[coastalbuck]

Good to see The American Dream take up managing in another sport.

Arn and Ole are the assistants.

But seriously... Link

1- THE RETIRING COACHES.
Sacramento State’s John Smith and North Florida’s Dusty Rhodes Both of these living legends have announced that this will be their final year of coaching. Smith began his tenure in November of 1978, bringing the Hornets to a pair of Division II College World Series, before ushering them into the Division I era. Rhodes began his Hall of Fame career in the dugout in 1988. He is the only coach that UNF has ever known and has led them to 16 post-season appearances. Like Smith, Rhodes has brought his program from small beginnings into the Division I era.
Interestingly, both have the now-popular coaches-in-waiting ready to take over. Sac State will fall into the capable hands of Reggie Christianson, who worked wonders in his four seasons at South Dakota State, where almost no one wins. UNF will fall into the tried-and-true hands of former LSU head honcho Smoke Laval - who spent some time in Omaha as the Tigers’ head coach.