What’s In This Issue?
• Complications From Heatstroke Deadly: Slater Springman spends 3 1/2 months in hospitals, forced into induced coma, as bills mount over $2 million.
• Dark Side Of Coaching Can Be Torture Test: Arizona State’s Tracy Smith finds out how vicious fans, media can be when losses pile up.
• Vital Importance Of Sleep: Dr. James Maas explains in detail what type of bed and pillow works well for long, healthy rest.
• Ripon’s Swick Lucky To Be Alive: Sick and lacking sleep, he is forced to work for 8 hours and then falls asleep at the wheel of his car with head-on collision taking place
• 6 Feet Of Water Covers Field: Levees break next to rivers as Midland College suffers major flood damage at park.
• Demie Mainieri Dies At Age 90: Hall of Fame skipper at Miami-Dade North Community College was the first JC coach to win 1,000 games.
• NCAA Div. I Notes: Coastal Carolina hits for home run cycle, Minnesota hits 11 doubles, Appalachian State freshman Luke Drumheller ties NCAA single-game record with 5 doubles, plus much more.
• Collegiate Baseball’s NCAA Div. I Top 30 Poll Presented By Big League Chew: Rundown of the top 30 teams in the nation are listed along with interesting notes.
• National Players Of The Week Powered By Diamond: Incredible numbers put up in recent action, including 5 home runs by 1B Tristan Peterson of New Mexico St., 13 strikeouts by Navy’s Noah Song, plus much more.
• Collegiate Baseball’s National High School Top 30 Presented By Diamond Pro: Lake Travis H.S. (Austin, Tex.) No. 1 after rolling to 17-0 record under Coach Mike Rogers. Plus, 29 other amazing high school teams are listed across the USA along with extensive notes on all teams.
• High School Notes: Boiling Springs beats AC Florida for International Paper Classic title, plus much more.
• NCAA Div. 2 Notes: Tusculum pitcher Charles Hall strikes out 22 batters against Queens to set NCAA Division II single-game record, plus much more.
• NCAA Div. 3 Notes: Hope College starts 2019 season with two no-hitters during first week of action, plus much more.
• NAIA Notes: RHP Alec Myers of William Penn (IA) pitches perfect game, plus much more.
• Charlie Greene Column: Should third baseman hold runner on bag as tactic?
• Ruleball With Rich Marazzi: Deflections that go into dead ball area discussed.
• Junior College Notes: RHP Jake Dykhoff of Minnesota State Community & Technical College fires perfect game with 14 strikeouts, plus much more.
