2011 - Official Auburn Baseball Thread...

chinook · « **on:** January 21, 2011, 06:37:37 PM »

Well...can we add a College World Series Trophy to the mantle?

AU team looks to repeat as SEC West Champs...

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AUBURN, Ala. - Coming off one of the most successful seasons on record, which included hosting a NCAA Regional and winning a division title, Auburn has been picked to repeat as the Southeastern Conference's Western Division Champion in the Rivals.com 2011 SEC Preview.

According to lead college baseball writer Kendall Rogers, Auburn, which went 43-21, 20-10 SEC last year, joins LSU as the headliners in the SEC West and the two are included in his five safe bets for playing in the postseason this year, along with SEC East teams Florida, Vanderbilt and South Carolina.

Senior Tony Caldwell is the catcher on the all-conference team after hitting .349 with eight doubles, 10 home runs and 41 RBI while splitting time between the outfield and behind the plate last year.

Auburn begins its season on Friday, Feb. 18 when it plays host to Arkansas State at 6pm as part of an opening weekend tournament at Plainsman Park.

Spring practice begins on Friday, Jan. 28.

chinook · « **Reply #1 on:** January 21, 2011, 06:43:01 PM »

T.V. appearances...

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AUBURN, Ala. - The Auburn baseball team has had its game at South Carolina on Sunday, May 1 added to the ESPN television schedule, the network and the Southeastern Conference office announced on Thursday. Already scheduled to be a part of the ESPNU's Thursday Night SEC Baseball Game of the Week when it plays host to Ole Miss, the game at South Carolina is the only one of the 18 televised league games by the ESPN family of networks to appear on the flagship station. The game time has also been changed to a 3pm ET start.

ESPNU's previously announced inaugural Thursday Night SEC Baseball Game of the Week will begin Thursday, Apr. 7 and run seven weeks through May 19. In addition to the Thursday night games, SEC baseball will have 11 other games, including the SEC Championship on Sunday, May 29 on ESPN2.

Auburn could possibly pick up a third ESPN game as the network has put a SEC Wildcard in place for Friday, May 13 on ESPNU, which coincided with Auburn's home series against Alabama.

chinook · « **Reply #2 on:** January 21, 2011, 06:51:26 PM »

Schedule comments...

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The defending Southeastern Conference Western Division champion Auburn baseball team will play 26 games against teams that made the 2010 NCAA Tournament as the team released the 2011 schedule on Thursday. Auburn will play a total of 33 games at home, beginning with the season-opener against Arkansas State on Friday, Feb. 18 at 6pm.

The opener is a part of the Auburn Tournament, which in its second season will also include Virginia from the Atlantic Coast Conference and UAB from Conference USA, which were both top-five conferences in 2010 according to WarrenNolan.com.

Auburn will also play in a pre-conference tournament at the College of Charleston the weekend of March 4-6 before playing host to College World Series participant Arizona State from March 11-13 at Plainsman Park.

"The 2011 schedule presents a great challenge to this young team as we prepare for another quest to make the SEC Tournament and post-season play," Auburn Head Coach John Pawlowski said. "We host a tough preseason tournament and we have a return trip from Arizona State which should pose big challenges for the 17 new faces on our team as we head into the rigors of the SEC schedule."

The SEC slate begins on March 18 with Arkansas visiting Plainsman Park. Of the five SEC teams that heads to Auburn this season, four of them played in last season's NCAA Tournament in Arkansas, Vanderbilt (April 1-3), Ole Miss (April 22-24) and Alabama (May 13-15). The other conference foe to head to the Plains is Georgia (May 6-8).

Auburn will play at Mississippi State (March 25-27), at Kentucky (April 8-10), at LSU (April 15-17), at defending National Champion South Carolina (April 29-May 1) and at Tennessee (May 19-21) in conference play.

Midweek home-and-homes are scheduled with Jacksonville State (Feb. 22 and Mar. 22), Troy (Mar. 29 and Apr. 5), South Alabama (Apr. 20 and May 17) and Samford (Apr. 26 and May 10), with the first game of each series being played at Plainsman Park and the second on the road.

The third annual Capital City Classic takes place on Tuesday, March 15 at Montgomery's Riverwalk Stadium. Auburn has defeated Alabama in each of the first two Classics.

The 2011 SEC Tournament returns to Hoover May 25-29 and NCAA Regionals begin on June 2.

Saniflush · « **Reply #3 on:** February 01, 2011, 07:37:10 AM »

Well the marketing and AD has high hopes.

Snaggletiger · « **Reply #4 on:** February 18, 2011, 10:16:08 PM »

AU up 12-5 over Arkansas State in the bottom of the 8th. Looks like a nice opening day win for the Tigahs.

Buzz Killington · « **Reply #5 on:** February 18, 2011, 10:34:37 PM »

Yay! The way this week has gone, I fully expected to read about Auburn losing by 10+ runs...

chinook · « **Reply #6 on:** February 19, 2011, 05:17:33 PM »

Auburn got "smoked" 13 - 2 by Virginia. Sounds like a sell out crowd on a gorgeous day on the plains.

War Eagle!!! · « **Reply #7 on:** February 20, 2011, 05:43:40 PM »

Quote from: Buzz Killington on February 18, 2011, 10:34:37 PM

Yay! The way this week has gone, I fully expected to read about Auburn losing by 10+ runs...

Did you read the interwebs saturday night?

Buzz Killington · « **Reply #8 on:** February 20, 2011, 09:53:26 PM »

Quote from: War Eagle!!! on February 20, 2011, 05:43:40 PM

Did you read the interwebs saturday night?

Nope, so it didn't happen.

AUJarhead · « **Reply #9 on:** February 21, 2011, 07:36:36 AM »

Quote from: chinook on February 19, 2011, 05:17:33 PM

Auburn got "smoked" 13 - 2 by Virginia. Sounds like a sell out crowd on a gorgeous day on the plains.

And I have to wear a UVA shirt to work tomorrow because of it, too.

Snaggletiger · « **Reply #10 on:** February 21, 2011, 09:29:21 AM »

6-0 win against UAB Sunday gets the Tiggers back on track.

Buzz Killington · « **Reply #11 on:** February 21, 2011, 09:30:27 AM »

Quote from: Snaggletiger on February 21, 2011, 09:29:21 AM

6-0 win against UAB Sunday gets the Tiggers back on track.

Series WIN!!!

Snaggletiger · « **Reply #12 on:** February 23, 2011, 12:41:43 PM »

A 9-4 win over Jacksonville State puts the real Tigahs at 3-1. Radford comes in for 3 this weekend. They currently sit at 2-1 with two wins over Army and a loss in their last game to Davidson. Have no idea what that means but hopefully, the assumption that Auburn is the better program will turn out to be true. It looks that way with the next 5 games AU plays. It'd be nice to get on a roll before Memphis and Arizona State.

Buzz Killington · « **Reply #13 on:** February 23, 2011, 01:10:38 PM »

Quote from: Snaggletiger on February 23, 2011, 12:41:43 PM

A 9-4 win over Jacksonville State puts the real Tigahs at 3-1. Radford comes in for 3 this weekend. They currently sit at 2-1 with two wins over Army and a loss in their last game to Davidson. Have no idea what that means but hopefully, the assumption that Auburn is the better program will turn out to be true. It looks that way with the next 5 games AU plays. It'd be nice to get on a roll before Memphis and Arizona State.

Arizona State still has a team?

Snaggletiger · « **Reply #14 on:** February 26, 2011, 03:41:42 PM »

Okay....so much for the series sweep of mighty Radford. Tigers lose the first one in extras. 6-8.

Snaggletiger · « **Reply #15 on:** February 27, 2011, 01:29:55 AM »

Okay...screw it. I'll update it. AUBURN wins the second game of the series...3-2.

Tiggers now 4-2 on the season.

Buzz Killington · « **Reply #16 on:** February 27, 2011, 08:44:19 PM »

Derek Varnadore pitches a complete game shutout and the Tigers win the series with a 2-0 win on Sunday afternoon.

Tiger Six · « **Reply #17 on:** February 28, 2011, 10:37:13 AM »

Justin Bryant is probably out for the year. That sucks.

Snaggletiger · « **Reply #18 on:** March 03, 2011, 09:46:18 AM »

Auburn loses to Bethune-Cookman. Bethune-Cookman???? So far, we have losses to Radford and Bethune-Cookman.

What is a Bethune-Cookman anyway?

Snaggletiger · « **Reply #19 on:** March 04, 2011, 01:53:30 PM »

Back on track with a 9-2 win over mighty BC. Not Boston College.

2011 - Official Auburn Baseball Thread...

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