Baseball Fall Notebook
10/13/2008 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
BASEBALL AMERICA TOUTS WAVES’ RECRUITING CLASS: Baseball America is the second national publication this offseason to recognize Pepperdine’s 2009 recruiting class, ranking it 21st in the country ... Collegiate Baseball Newspaper rated the same class 33rd in last month’s edition ... Baseball America was especially impressed with the addition of freshman outfielder Brian Humphries (Granite Hills HS, El Cajon, Calif.), who was ranked #180 on its Top 200 prospects list for the 2008 draft ... Humphries was drafted in the 19th round by the Boston Red Sox but opted not to sign ... Click here for a look at Baseball America’s top 25 recruiting classes.
CHAD TRACY’S ARIZONA FALL LEAGUE BLOG: Fans of former Pepperdine backstop turned infielder Chad Tracy can follow his Arizona Fall League experiences through his new online blog located here ... Tracy, a 2006 draft pick of the Texas Rangers, will be spending the next few months honing his skills with the Surprise Rafters, a club comprised of prospects from the Rangers, Kansas City Royals, Los Angeles Dodgers, Cleveland Indians and Baltimore Orioles ... 2008 Baseball America Minor League Player of Year and Oriole catcher Matt Wieters is one of Tracy’s teammates.
PINK BREAST CANCER AWARENESS CAPS ON SALE: Pepperdine’s limited edition pink baseball caps, which the team is wearing throughout the month of October in recognition of Breast Cancer Awareness month, are available for purchase ... The hats are priced at $40 with proceeds going to breast cancer awareness ... Contact either Karin Taylor (Karin.Taylor@pepperdine.edu) or head coach Steve Rodriguez (Steve.Rodriguez@pepperdine.edu) for more information.
LET’S PLAY TWO: The Waves and Long Beach State Dirtbags begin their two-game exhibition series at
ALUMNI WEEKEND RIGHT AROUND CORNER: Pepperdine Baseball’s Alumni Weekend is all set for Friday, Nov. 7 and Saturday, Nov. 8 ... The weekend includes a fundraising golf tournament at Moorpark Country Club, alumni game and the fifth-annual John Scolinos Honor Award Dinner ... Complete details regarding times, locations and price options can be found here or by contacting Heather Collart (Heather.Collart@pepperdine.edu).
BLUE AND ORANGE WORLD SERIES: Pepperdine’s three-game intrasquad series known as the Blue and Orange World Series runs from Thursday, Nov. 13 through Saturday, Nov. 15 ... Each game starts at 1 p.m. at Eddy D. Field stadium.
