http://www.yardbarker.com/content/sport/36 Recent Yardbarker articles: College Baseball en-us on 1/2/08 st helena played baseball for school that in volved 2 japan players and 1 nsw players 1st japan player was lewes thowp and 2end mitchell elles the nsw palyer was luke brazier we had a verry goo team so now we are going to play stat baseball plz wish us luck and good buy thanks for reading luke Thu, 24 Jul 2008 02:05:57 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/294729 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/294729 last week we played baseball for gmbc-green hillmonty we played agoinst watsonia. the hilites of the game was worick and lukebrazier becouse he hit a grande slam wich ment that 4 peple got home the ather stand out player was wariq nealy hiting a home rune but unforchuntly we lost buy 1 . good and a great game to watsonia and good luck in the finals. Thu, 24 Jul 2008 02:00:01 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/294727 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/294727 the yankees played the red sox last week the yankees had 0 home runes hit off them but the red sox hade 5 yhome runes hite off the unforchuntly the red sox lost but i barick fo yankees so i think they are going realy good the final scors were 10-5 10 was yankees red sox were 5 thanks luke Tue, 22 Jul 2008 01:12:52 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/293626 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/293626 the vic toran squd whent to nsw to play baseball there were 2 home runes hit one by hiqaroo yoka and lukebrazier the scors were vic vs timberjacks 21-2 vic vs gold cost 15-6 now they are of to japan. thanks luke Tue, 22 Jul 2008 01:01:43 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/293623 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/293623 Going into the final week of the season, Brad Agustin (Univ of Buffalo) of the Morganton Aggies is shooting for the triple crown in the SCBL. Agustin, who missed all of UB's 2008 season due to injury, has been stellar for the Aggies this summer batting .415 with 5 HR and 33 RBI, all stats in the top 3 for the SCBL. A starter at SS in 2006 for Buffalo, Agustin has played 3B, SS, and even some 1B for the Aggies, making only 1 error in the field in 115 chances. A SCBL All-Star, Agustin also placed 3rd in the league's HR Derby at the All-Star event. Sat, 19 Jul 2008 16:42:17 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/292607 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/292607 Well - it's not just NCAA football and NFL players that are getting in trouble with the law these days. This time - a few Oregon State baseball players were given jail time after pleading guilty to shooting up a neighbor's house. Sat, 19 Jul 2008 09:34:20 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/292513 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/292513 Even though I didn't blog about it, last month the North Carolina baseball team lost one of their assistant coaches, Chad Holbrook, who decided to take a job at South Carolina. Well, a couple of days ago head coach Mike Fox found Holbrook's replacement, by hiring Scott Jackson. Fri, 18 Jul 2008 01:43:16 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/292040 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/292040 Just when you thought that Andy Oliver was suing the world, he adds his future Alma Mater to the fold. As a site that has been dedicated to the coverage of the ongoing Andy Oliver affair, SportsAgentBlog.com had received first word that Oklahoma State University is now one of the Defendants on the second amended Complaint filed by Oliver's attorneys. Let's jump right into the relevant paragraphs of the newly filed Complaint in relation to OSU: 61. Under the Defendant OSU's Student Code of Conduct, the Plaintiff had a right to the following: "Accused students have the right to: 1. a written notice of the alleged violation(s); 2. have no code violation assumed until proven; 3. a timely hearing; 4. be accompanied by an adviser… 5. review the evidence; 6. question his/her accuser, either directly or indirectly, at the discretion of the hearing panel chair; 7. question witnesses…; 8. present material witnesses; 9. waive his/her right to a formal hearing and have the matter resolved informally; 10. a written notification of the outcome of the hearing; 11. an avenue for appeal from a formal hearing." OSU Student Code of Conduct Rule IV(B). 62. …there was not written notice provided of what he was alleged to have done wrong, he was presumed guilty rather than innocent, there was no hearing, no advisor, no opportunity to review evidence… 63. Instead, the Defendant OSU did the following… Basically says that OSU violated the anti-contact rule and illegally used confidential attorney-client privileged information. 64. In Gestapo-like fashion, the Defendants OSU & NCAA interviewed the Plaintiff without an attorney present…which additionally violated the anti-contact rule… A Jewish judge (do they have any in Erie County, Ohio?) would eat that up. Wed, 16 Jul 2008 21:41:06 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/291407 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/291407 On June 2, I wrote a post about a left-handed pitcher named Andy Oliver who had been restricted from helping his Oklahoma State University team advance in the NCAA tournament with the hope of playing in the College World Series. At that point, I was merely pondering about what could have occurred to make the NCAA or at least Andy's team prevent the young gun from providing some needed pitching for the Pokes. I wondered if it was all based on payback from an agent for not receiving money that he thought he deserved based on a history of "advising" Andy up to his current position. On June 1, I received an email from a source who wished to remain anonymous concerning the Andy Oliver affair (previously unpublished): Andy Oliver's family had an agent (Rob Martin-Icon Sports) advising them while Andy was in high school leading up to the point he was drafted. His family recently started getting advice from a different agent (Boras) and it ticked the first group off because it became apparent they would not get his signature on a dotted line after his junior year(next year). The first agent firm decided to get even and billed the Oliver's $90,000 for 300 plus hours of advice. The family told them to shove it because advice is free and that is how all agents get business. In this case the agent firm decided to get real scummy and turned in an allegation to the NCAA in which they alleged Andy accepted small items of value from them. I could not get another couple of sources to back up this information, so I let it go until the night of June 2, when I published the story referenced in the beginning of this post. I was concerned about the accuracy of the names and amounts listed. My anonymous source followed up with me and gave me this information: It looks like the entire story is true except that Rob Martin and his agency was falsely accused of being the agent in question. Looks like Martin had nothing to do with it, but what happened to Oliver in regards to an agent was absolutely true. My telephone conversation with Robert Barrata, former advisor of Andy Oliver, corroborated this information. I was told that Rob Martin and Icon Sports had nothing to do with the situation, so I left it out of my story: Let Andy Play. The only other discrepancy was the $90,000 mentioned by my inside source. It appears that Barrata is trying to recoup $113,000 instead. The latest development in the ongoing saga is that Andy Oliver and his team of attorneys have filed a Complaint against Robert Barrata, his brother, the Barrata Partners company, Rob Martin, Brian Goldberg, Icon Sports, and the NCAA. Quite a list. Since then, many publications have decided to cover the pending lawsuit, including SBJ and Sports Law Blog, while I remained on the outside, taking notes. I believe that is now time to tackle the growth of the Andy Oliver Affair. Here is the juice of Liz Mullen's SBJ article, The lawsuit alleges breach of contract and tortious interference with Oliver's contract with OSU by the NCAA. The lawsuit alleges the NCAA never gave Oliver due process before suspending him; failed to take into account Oliver's defenses to charges never presented to him; failed to complete its investigation before suspending him; and used Oliver's attorney-client privileged information, that was illegally obtained, against him. The lawsuit also alleges breach of contract, constructive fraud, negligence and defamation against Oliver's former advisors – Baratta and his partner and brother Tim Baratta — and their company, Baratta Partners. Interesting that Rob Martin, Brian Goldberg, and Icon Sports continue to go unmentioned by the media in this whole dilemma. Is the lawsuit frivolous? Should we be expecting a counterclaim by the Defendants (at least the Baratta brothers)? Here are the sections of the Complaint that I find to be interesting: 13. Sometime in late January or early Februrary 2006, the Plaintiff [Oliver] terminated Sosnick Cobbe Sports as his sports advisors, and he then retained the Defendants RMB, TB & Icon Sports as his sports advisors and attorneys. It probably won't play in the actual case, but there seems to be a consistency in switching advisors going on in the Oliver household. To go through three different companies before even signing with an MLB organization makes me wonder a little bit about Andy's allegiances. Matt Sosnick seems like a good guy. I wonder why the switch from him to Icon Sports/Baratta in the first place. 21. At that initial meeting, the Defendants RMB [Robert Baratta] & TB [Robert's brother]…told the Plaintiff and his father that they would charge three (3%) of any baseball contract entered into by the Plaintiff, and twenty-five (25%) of any endorsement contact entered into by the Plaintiff. Sure, no legal contract existed based on the Ohio Statute of Frauds, which requires such a statement to be in writing, even though NCAA rules does not allow such an arrangement. Sounds like a Catch-22, right? Sure is! In addition, 3% seems low and 25% seems high. I always advise potential clients to be wary when they hear a baseball agent/advisor offering his services for less than 5%: the industry standard. I believe that when you pay less than the norm, you should expect less than the norm in return. Additionally, 25% is on the higher end when it comes to endorsement commissions. 22. Thereafter in 2006, the Defendants RMB, TB & Icon Sports did nothing for the Plaintiff over the next several months other than providing him information they had prepared for themselves, drafting a letter for the Plaintiff's father to send to Sosnick Cobbe Sports, checking in by telephone… Wait…rewind for a second. Drafting a letter for the Plaintiff's father to send to Sosnick Cobbe Sports? The Barattas have charged that Boras violated NCAA rules by drafting a letter on Andy's behalf because it was a material benefit. If that is the case, then wouldn't the Barattas have provided the same material benefit to Andy when they sent a letter to Sosnick Cobbe Sports terminating Oliver's relationship with the company? 28. …At no time up until they were terminated did the Defendants RMB, TB, B&B & Icon Sports send the Plaintiff an invoice for any claimed services performed for the simple fact that no services of any value were ever performed at any time. It is obviously debatable whether any services of value were ever performed, but isn't it quite odd that no invoices were sent to the Oliver family until the Barattas were dismissed? Maybe it is proper procedure for the Barattas, but it seems a little odd. Invoices did not have to be sent to the family every month, but one would think that at least once during the advisor/athlete relationship a request for payment would be made. 39. However, nowhere in the Defendant NCAA's bylaws, regulations, or rules on amateurism do they require such payments to be made sports advisors, and the aforementioned October 2, 2007 Memo is both not a correct statement of its bylaws, regulations, or rules, as well as not a part of the Plaintiff's contract with OSU or the Defendant NCAA, because the same was never given to him, and he never signed or agreed to be bound by the same. Yeah…that could be the dealbreaker (notice the red type). If Andy was never given the October 2, 2007 Memorandum from the NCAA, then how could he be bound by it? Baratta believes that a clause within the memo guarantees the right to receive payment for being Andy's advisor, but the end of the document has a signature line. If Andy did not sign the form, let alone ever see it and remain in possession of it, then Baratta may be out of luck. There is also a mention of breaching attorney-client privilege…but I am not sure if that will hold up. Now onto the NCAA attacks… The main beef that Andy's attorneys have with the NCAA is the lack of procedural due process in the whole affair. Andy was suspended before a full investigation, had no immediate right to appeal, and thus was held out of competing with his team for a chance to reach the College World Series. Additionally, Andy's attorneys assume, based on communications with OSU, that the NCAA was using apparent violations from when he was deciding whether to sign with Minnesota or enroll in college. It is not my job to make predictions; it is only my intention to state the facts and lend my opinions on the matter. Personally, I believe that this will all be settled, as most cases tend to be, prior to any sort of formal judgment. There are some powerful and interesting claims made by Andy's attorneys against the NCAA, but one must always look at the parties before getting too excited. The NCAA is GIGANTIC. It will take a lot more than Andy Oliver to bring that body down a notch. As for Baratta, who knows. There are plenty of counts where Andy's team asks for over $25,000 a pop. Some final notes: * Oliver's attorney, Richard Johnson, tells me that they will be filing an amended Complaint to add OSU as a Defendant in addition to the previously named parties. * The first item of business for Oliver and his attorneys is to get him reinstated and eligible to participate in intercollegiate athletics before the beginning of Andy's Junior season. I leave you with my favorite part of the Complaint. It comes from a part of Icon Sports Management's home page that was advertised to potential clients. I have highlighted the icing on the cookie cake in red. Enjoy. Mon, 14 Jul 2008 12:56:08 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/290231 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/290231 GBOAhoops.com's exclusive "Ask Marcus" section got Marcus talking about school he has been looking at when his high school career ends. Check it out! Sun, 13 Jul 2008 13:32:01 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/289812 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/289812 Darren Gorski (Kutztown University) upped his record this summer to 5-0, with a stellar 7-inning pitching performance last night. The current Kutztown Rockie didn't allow any runs, while scattering 3 hits. He walked 3, and fanned 13 last night. Darren leads the Atlantic Collegiate Baseball League with 56 strikeouts this season. Wed, 09 Jul 2008 10:41:13 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/288017 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/288017 It's 100 feet to the left, infinity to the center and 120 feet to the right, with a high fence. It's the Oregon State baseball team adding another piece to its new puzzle. Workers began renovation Tuesday on a practice facility adjacent to Goss Stadium, which itself has been in the works for many months. Wed, 09 Jul 2008 10:33:18 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/288007 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/288007 Stony Brook, N.Y. - Former Stony Brook University baseball great and current closer for the Minnesota Twins, Joe Nathan `97, was named to the American League All-Star team for the third time, Major League Baseball announced on Sunday. The 79th Major League Baseball All-Star Game, the last to be played in the current Yankee Stadium, will be televised nationally by FOX on July 15 at 8 p.m. Nathan currently ranks third in the Major Leagues with 25 saves, posting a 1.25 ERA in 36.2 innings of work. Since taking over as Minnesota's closer in 2004, Nathan ranks second among all Major League closers with 184 saves -- trailing only the Padres' Trevor Hoffman. 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Wed, 02 Jul 2008 10:51:33 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/285081 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/285081 The following is a short list of some of the more prolific power hitters playing summer ball. It's very difficult to compare hitters from different leagues, due to the quality of pitchers faces and the dimensions of the parks, but I think the numbers speak for themselves in these cases. Max Eckert currently plays for the Beltway Blue Caps of the Clark Griffith League. The Stevenson star currently has 6 homers. He is batting .356/.729/.531. Max also has driven in 18 runners. Landen Camp has taken his power game from Oklahoma City University to the Harrisonburg Turks of the Valley League. He has 5 homers on the season. Landen has also swiped 2 bases this season. Mike Marion (Virginia Wesleyan) currently plays for the DC Grays of the Clark Griffith League. He has 7 homers and 18 rbi's this season. Joe Charon has been one of the best hitters in the Cal Ripken Sr. League this season. The Binghamton star has 4 homers, 15 rbi's and has scored 14 runs. He is hitting .294/.544/.354. Blake Forsythe currently plays for the Thomasville HiToms. Next year, the Tennessee Volunteers will be counting on him heavily to provide power to their lineup. Blake has hit 7 homers and has driven in 20 rbi's. Kevin Mahoney (Canisius) has been one of the best hitters in the Coastal Plain League. Kevin currently smacks homers for the Forest City Owls. he has 7 homers and a whopping 27 rbi's. He has scored 24 runs and has also hit 10 doubles. He is batting .358/.551/.442 this year. Louie Haseltine (S.E. Missouri State) has been the best hitter in the KITTY League. He currently plays for the Fulton Railroaders. He has 4 homers and 22 rbi's. He has also scored 27 runs this season. Michael Provencher (Mesa State) currently swings the bat for the North Shore Navigators of the NECBL. Michael has hit 4 homers and driven in 14 runs. He is currently batting .338/.518/.348 this year. J.D. Martinez (Nova Southeastern) is a force to be reckoned with in the NYCBL this year. He has 7 homers and 17 rbi's this year. J.D. is currently hitting .485/.909/.534. Tue, 01 Jul 2008 19:57:12 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/284814 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/284814 My Hitter of the Night in the NECBL is Gerald Ogrinc (Wright State). Gerald is a junior catcher for the Vermont Mountaineers. He went 2 for 2, with a triple, 2 runs and 3 rbi's last night. Mon, 30 Jun 2008 12:16:23 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/284206 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/284206 My Hitter of the Night in the Northwoods League is Aaron Bray (UNC-Charlotte). Aaron is currently an infielder for the Madison Mallards. Aaron went 4 for 5, with 3 runs last night. Fri, 27 Jun 2008 10:51:53 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/282954 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/282954 Casey Grogan has outdone himself... Thu, 26 Jun 2008 21:50:43 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/282795 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/282795 The Fresno State Bulldogs baseball team put on quite a performance in the College World Series, but their feats aren't enough to classify them as the best Cinderella story, or really even a Cinderella team... Thu, 26 Jun 2008 20:24:29 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/282779 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/282779 FRESNO, CA - Law enforcement officials picked through the debris Thursday morning after celebrations turned violent following Fresno State's College World Series-clinching win over Georgia the previous night. Raucous fans left overturned hundreds of pieces of farm equipment and left countless heads of cattle, sheep and other livestock "startled but otherwise unharmed." The harsh light of morning revealed tractors, harvesters and balers that had been overturned during the celebrations by out-of-control fans. Officers in helicopter patrols during the night had reported multiple incidents of fires being started in celebration, but later investigations discovered that these were merely cases of farmers performing regularly-planning burning of leaves, weeds and other agricultural rubbish. Still, many area residents who went to sleep to the sounds of wild celebrations woke up to a tremendous shock this morning. John Mosesian is a farmer with a 1,200 acre grape vineyard in Fowler. "I start going to bed, next thing I know, I hear all this shouting and hollering coming from down the road," Mosesian said. "I just thought it was the neighbors getting into it again, so I went to bed. I wake up in the morning, and someone's set my compost heap on fire, and my rotary tiller's been dumped on its side." Mosesian paused to survey the damage before reflecting on the clean-up effort. "It's a damn shame - it's going to take hours for Juan, Jose, Paco and Manuel to clean all this up, and they still have 12 hours of field work to do," he said, shaking his head. "They'll be here well past sundown." Mosesian then drove off in his pick-up to his traditional two-hour breakfast at Lou's Diner with other hard-working farmers. There were no confirmed reports of injuries or deaths following the incidents, although three Visalia men were arrested and charged with public intoxication and animal cruelty after tossing a pig into the air repeatedly in celebration. The pig was slaughtered as planned later in the morning and was said by observers to be "delicious." Thu, 26 Jun 2008 16:45:40 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/282728 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/282728 There are quite a few players that are having breakout seasons this summer. I hope to spotlight them as the season goes on. Here are the first four. (Visit my blog for the list) Thu, 26 Jun 2008 14:41:21 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/282679 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/282679 My Pitcher of the Night in the Coastal Plain League is Chris Pitts from Anderson University. Chris currently pitches for the Forest City Owls. Chris didn't allow a run on 4 hits, in 8 innings of work for the win. He walked 2 and didn't strike out anybody. Thu, 26 Jun 2008 11:40:48 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/282610 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/282610 The College Baseball World Series ended last night with the Fresno State defeating Georgia 6-1. Now all the sudden they are being written up as cinderella heroes who were much bigger underdogs than the 2006 George Mason basketball team. Luke Winn of SI.com writes: "The No. 4 slotting they received in the 64-team field was equivalent to a 13-16 seeding March Madness parlance, which means they were bigger long-shots than Villanova winning a basketball national title in 1988 or George Mason reaching a Final Four in 2006. With a final record of 47-31, Fresno finished with the most losses of any national champ in history." I'm no college baseball ethusiast but last time I checked the men's basketball tournament had 64 teams too so I am not understanding how being a #4 seed makes you a huge underdog. Matt Martinez of the Daily Globe writes: "What Fresno is doing at the very instant I write these words is as if a 13-seed somehow marched all the way through the NCAA basketball tournament and found itself in the title game." I think it's funny how these writers are comparing such a feat to having success in the NCAA basketball tournament, which unlike the CWS actually has people watching it. Fresno State isn't American's darling like a small mid-major school taken down big conference giants. I mean wheres the pressure? Did they play in front of a massive crowd in the RCA dome along with millions watching on TV do win the championship? I mean how many casual sports fans even knew that Fresno State was even in the tournament? Was CBS shelling out billions to lock up the rights to broadcast the CWS recently? I don't think so. Now comparing them to Disney's Mighty Ducks, that I am OK with. Thu, 26 Jun 2008 10:29:41 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/282590 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/282590 Someone pinch me! Did Fresno State really just win the NCAA national championship? Yep! That just happened. Thu, 26 Jun 2008 10:09:40 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/282585 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/282585 Fresno State completed the most improbable run in recent college sports history as they became the lowest seed ever to win a national championship defeating the Georgia Bulldogs 6-1 on Wednesday night at Rosenblatt Stadium. The night belonged to Steve Detwiler who had a career night in the championship game going 4-4, driving in all six Fresno State runs and setting College World Series records for the most home runs in a championship game with two, most home runs in a championship series with three, most RBIs in a championship game with six, most RBIs in a championship series with nine, most extra base hits in a championship game, most bases in a championship game with 11 and in a fitting end to the game he caught the final out for Fresno State. Thu, 26 Jun 2008 00:00:14 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/282477 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/282477 My Pitcher of the Night in the Hawaii Collegiate League is Joe Duffy from Quinnipiac. Joe currently pitches for the Waikiki Surfers. He pitched 6 shutout innings to earn the win. Joe scattered 5 hits, didn't walk a batter and struck out 3 as well. Wed, 25 Jun 2008 11:56:29 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/282251 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/282251