Wednesday, July 7, 2010

Alabama - Crimson Tide Pride

By Freddie Brister

The Crimson Tide baseball team has been playing now for quite some time for the NCCA Division I College baseball league, representing the University of Alabama.

Progressing quite significantly in baseball, Crimson tide has also participated in the southeastern conference as well as the Western Division while all games they take part in are said to be hosted at their home ground which is the Sewell-Thomas Stadium.

The stadium is known to be able to hold a capacity of about 6571 spectators and fans in total. Alabama has always had a record of winning continuously for the past couple of years. At the current moment in time, their record stands at just over 2000 wins. The head coach at the current moment in time is Mitch Gaspard.

The coach who helped Alabama to win all their matches earlier was Jim Wells and he was replaced by Mitch Gaspard, the present coach. Many players from the Alabama University after graduating went on to play major league.

Some of the players included John Baumgarner, Jack Bolling, Ike Boone, Andy Cohen, Lance Cromier and may more. We are going to take a closer look at some of the stats of a few selected well known players that made it to major league.

Taylor Mark Tankersely, who was born on 7th March 1983 and commenced his baseball career with Florida Marlins and plays as a relief pitcher, is one of the most popular players and is a left batsman as well as a left thrower. His two years at the pros has earned him an impressive win loss ratio of 8:3 with 108 strike outs and an average run rate of 4.25.

Tommy Hunter, another popular player was born on 3rd July 1986 and is a starting pitcher wearing the number 35 for the Texas Rangers. Having made his debut with the Rangers on 1st August 2008, he continues to play for them and has an impressive earned run average of 5.20 with 73 strike outs and a win loss ratio of 9:8

One of the most recent players to join major league from the Alabama University is David Robertson who made his debut with the New York Yankees on 29th June 2008. Born on 9th April 1985, David is another famous player that has come through the University of Alabama.

A relief pitcher for the Yankees, David wears the number 30 for them and has incredible stats of a win loss ratio of 6:1. His success continues with an earned run rate of 4:14 and 99 strike outs. Being young and successful, he managed to take part in the 2009 World Series Championship. A lot is expected of this young hopeful in the future.

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