2008 Vanderbilt Commodores baseball team

2008 Vanderbilt Commodores baseball
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
DivisionEast
Record41-22 (15-14 SEC)
Head coach
Home stadiumHawkins Field
Seasons
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2008 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Eastern
No. 2 Georgia x‍†‍‍y 20 – 9   .690 45 – 25   .643
Florida ‍‍‍y 17 – 13   .567 34 – 24   .586
No. 25 Kentucky ‍‍‍y 16 – 14   .533 44 – 19   .698
Vanderbilt ‍‍‍y 15 – 14   .517 41 – 22   .651
South Carolina ‍‍‍y 15 – 15   .500 40 – 23   .635
Tennessee  ‍‍‍ 12 – 18   .400 27 – 29   .482
Western
No. 6 LSU x‍‍‡‍y 18 – 11   .621 49 – 19   .721
Alabama ‍‍‍y 16 – 14   .533 35 – 28   .556
Ole Miss ‍‍‍y 15 – 15   .500 39 – 26   .600
Arkansas ‍‍‍y 14 – 15   .483 34 – 24   .586
Auburn  ‍‍‍ 11 – 19   .367 28 – 28   .500
Mississippi State  ‍‍‍ 9 – 21   .300 23 – 33   .411
x – Division champion
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 2008[1]
Rankings from Coaches' Poll


The 2008 Vanderbilt Commodores baseball team represented Vanderbilt University in the 2008 NCAA Division I baseball season. The team played at Hawkins Field in Nashville, Tennessee.

The team was coached by Tim Corbin in his sixth season at Vanderbilt. The previous season, Corbin's team posted a 54–13 record and won the SEC regular season crown and the SEC tournament. They also hosted a regional for the first time in school history, eventually falling to Michigan in an extra-innings heartbreaker.

Roster

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Coaches

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Name Title First Season at VU Alma Mater
Tim Corbin[2] Head coach 2003 Ohio Wesleyan University (1984)
Erik Bakich[3] Assistant coach 2003 East Carolina University (2000)
Derek Johnson[4] Assistant coach 2002 Eastern Illinois University (1994)
Blake Allen[5] Volunteer Assistant Coach 2005 Blackburn College (2001)
Mike Calitri[6] Director of Baseball Operations 2006 Clemson University (2004)

Players

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Number Player Position Bats/Throws
1 David Macias OF S/R
2 Jason Cunningham LHP L/L
3 Dominic de la Osa OF R/R
5 Andrew Giobbi C R/R
6 Brian Harris INF R/R
7 Parker Hanks OF R/R
8 Alex Feinberg INF R/R
9 Curt Casali C R/R
11 Nick Christiani RHP R/R
12 Mike Minor LHP L/L
15 Richie Goodenow LHP L/L
17 Shea Robin C R/R
18 Sean Bierman LHP L/L
19 Ben Blanton LHP L/L
20 Kellen St. Luce LHP L/L
21 Brett Jacobson RHP R/R
22 Ryan Flaherty INF L/R
24 Pedro Alvarez INF L/R
25 Steven Liddle OF L/L
26 Jordan Wormsley OF L/L
27 Caleb Cotham RHP R/R
28 Brad French INF R/R
31 Russell Brewer INF/RHP R/R
32 Gabe Ortiz INF R/R
33 Drew Hayes RHP R/R
34 Taylor Hill RHP R/R
36 Aaron Westlake INF L/R
39 Jared Cohen RHP/OF R/R
40 Johnathan White OF L/L
42 Chase Reid RHP L/R
43 Steven Schwartz RHP L/R
44 Mark Lamm RHP R/R
45 Drew Fann C R/R
46 Adam Cronk INF R/R
51 Alex Hilliard OF R/R
55 Joey Manning OF R/R

Schedule

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2008 Game Log
Regular season
# Date Opponent Location Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record SEC
1 February 22 vs. #11 Oregon State Packard Stadium 8-1 Minor (1–0) Stutes, M. (0–1) Cotham (1) ? 1-0
2 February 23 @ #1 Arizona State Packard Stadium 18-6 Leake (1–0) Jacobson (0–1) 3300 1-1
3 February 24 vs. Miami (OH) Packard Stadium 4-3 Reid (1–0) Oberschlake (0–1) ? 2-1
4 February 27 Evansville Hawkins Field 4-3 Brewer (1–0) McCarthy (0–1) 224 3-1
5 February 29 Kansas Hawkins Field 7-1 Minor (2–0) Czyz (0–2) 700 4-1
6 March 1 Iowa Hawkins Field 6-3 Jacobs (1-1) Jacobson (0–2) Mossey (1) 1200 4-2
7 March 2 Xavier Hawkins Field 17-3 Christiani (1–0) Rosenbaum (0–2) 1521 5-2
8 March 4 Louisville Hawkins Field 17-6 Cotham (1–0) Belanger (0–1) 122 6-2
9 March 6 Illinois-Chicago Hawkins Field 2-1 Kohlstaedt (2–1) Minor (2–1) 341 6-3
10 March 7 Illinois-Chicago Hawkins Field 5-4 Reid (2–0) Worthington (0–1) 121 7-3
-- March 8 Illinois-Chicago Hawkins Field Canceled (snow)
11 March 9 Illinois-Chicago Hawkins Field 9-3 Schwartz (1–0) Kool (1–2) 524 8-3
12 March 11 Western Carolina Hawkins Field 5-3 Cotham (2–0) Saberhagen (0–2) Brewer (1) 324 9-3
13 March 12 Western Carolina Hawkins Field 11-4 Hill (1–0) Sexton (0–2) Jacobson (1) 752 10-3
14 March 14 #6 South Carolina Hawkins Field 4-3 (13) Brewer (2–0) Todd (0–1) 1863 11-3 1–0
15 March 15 #6 South Carolina Hawkins Field 16-7 Atwood (1–0) Christiani (1-1) 476 11-4 1-1
16 March 16 #6 South Carolina Hawkins Field 10-4 Cotham (3–0) Cooper (2-2) 2027 12-4 2–1
17 March 19 Lipscomb Hawkins Field 12-4 Goodenow (1–0) Bowling (0–1) 341 13-4
18 March 21 @ Alabama Sewell-Thomas Stadium 2-1 Minor (3–1) Hyatt (2-2) 4281 14-4 3–1
19 March 22 @ Alabama Sewell-Thomas Stadium 9-7 Graham (2–1) Cotham (3–1) Copeland (2) 4310 14-5 3–2
20 March 23 @ Alabama Sewell-Thomas Stadium 10-3 Phares (1-1) Hill (1-1) 3999 14-6 3-3
21 March 25 Belmont Hawkins Field 7-3 Jacobson (1–2) Woods (0–1) Hayes (1) 679 15-6
22 March 26 MTSU Hawkins Field 12-10 (12) Hill (2–1) Coley (0–1) 2342 16-6
-- March 28 Arkansas Hawkins Field Postponed (rain)
-- March 29 Arkansas Hawkins Field Suspended (curfew)
23 March 30 Arkansas Hawkins Field 6-5 (12) Hill (3–1) Richards (1–2) 1320 17-6 4–3
24 March 30 Arkansas Hawkins Field 6-2 (7) Cotham (4–1) Korbal (0–4) 1521 18-6 5–3
-- March 30 Arkansas Hawkins Field Canceled (rain)
25 April 1 Southeast Missouri Hawkins Field 12-8 Renfrow (2–1) Hill (3–2) Kemper (3) 213 18-7
26 April 2 @ MTSU Reese Smith Field 6-5 Christiani (2–1) Smalley (1-1) Brewer (2) 1264 19-7
-- April 4 @ #23 Ole Miss Swayze Field Postponed (rain)
27 April 5 @ #23 Ole Miss Swayze Field 7-6 Bittle (2–1) Minor (3–2) ? 19-8 5–4
28 April 5 @ #23 Ole Miss Swayze Field 8-0 Pomeranz (2–1) Cotham (4–2) 4506 19-9 5-5
29 April 6 @ #23 Ole Miss Swayze Field 11-6 Satterwhite (3–1) Jacobson (1–3) 4591 19-10 5–6
30 April 8 Western Kentucky Hawkins Field 5-1 Christiani (3–1) Davis (1–5) Hayes (2) 781 20-10
31 April 9 Austin Peay Hawkins Field 8-1 Reid (3–0) Lykins (0–2) 674 21-10
32 April 11 @ Mississippi St. Dudy Noble Field 15-8 Minor (4–2) Busby (0–3) 2087 22-10 6-6
33 April 12 @ Mississippi St. Dudy Noble Field 16-0 Cotham (5–2) Bowen (2–4) 2044 23-10 7–6
34 April 13 @ Mississippi St. Dudy Noble Field 4-3 Christiani (4–1) Lalor (1–3) Brewer (3) 1185 24-10 8–6
35 April 15 @ Lipscomb Ken Dugan Field 8-1 Hill (4–2) Piennette (1–2) 1172 2510
36 April 16 @ Western Kentucky Nick Denes Field 5-1 Lamm (1–0) Hightower (3-3) 1056 26-10
-- April 18 Auburn Hawkins Field Suspended (rain)
37 April 19 Auburn Hawkins Field 6-3 Dayton (5–1) Minor (4–3) Woodall (9) 1719 26-11 8–7
38 April 19 Auburn Hawkins Field 8-2 Cotham (6–2) Luckie (4-4) 1321 27-11 9–7
39 April 20 Auburn Hawkins Field 9-5 Christiani (5–1) Hendrix (1-1) Brewer (4) 2427 28-11 10–7
40 April 22 @ Austin Peay Austin C. Hand Park 9-8 Hayes (1–0) Hughes (0–2) Brewer (5) 655 29-11
41 April 23 @ Belmont Greer Stadium 10-7 Schwartz (2–0) Kelley (1–4) Jacobson (2) 743 30-11
42 April 25 #21 Kentucky Hawkins Field 3-2 Brewer (3–0) Rusin (4–2) 2545 31-11 11–7
43 April 26 #21 Kentucky Hawkins Field 6-2 Lovett (3–1) Cotham (6–3) Albers (1) 2945 31-12 11–8
44 April 27 #21 Kentucky Hawkins Field 3-1 Dombrowsk (5–0) Christiani (5–2) Albers (2) 2127 31-13 11–9
45 May 2 @ Tennessee Lindsey Nelson Stadium 8-5 Minor (5–3) Hernandez (1–4) Jacobson (3) 2176 32-13 12–9
46 May 3 @ Tennessee Lindsey Nelson Stadium 9-2 Cotham (7–3) Morgado (5–3) 1571 33-13 13–9
47 May 4 @ Tennessee Lindsey Nelson Stadium 10-8 Reid (4–0) Wiltz (3–2) Jacobson (4) 2501 34-13 14–9
48 May 6 vs. Memphis Pringles Park 8-0 Hayes (2–0) Martin (4–3) 923 35-13
49 May 7 Tennessee Tech Hawkins Field 7-2 Hill (5–2) Liberatore (1-1) 1743 36-13
50 May 9 #9 Georgia Hawkins Field 13-7 Brewer (4–0) Holder (7–3) 3200 37-13 15–9
51 May 10 #9 Georgia Hawkins Field 4-2 (10) Weaver (4–1) Brewer (4–1) Fields (14) 3284 37-14 15–10
52 May 11 #9 Georgia Hawkins Field 12-10 Moreau (3–2) Christiani (5–3) Fields (15) 1758 37-15 15–11
53 May 15 @ Florida McKethan Stadium 8-6 Edmondson (4–3) Brewer (4–2) 2656 37-16 15–12
54 May 16 @ Florida McKethan Stadium 5-4 Locke (5–2) Cotham (7–4) Keating (1) 2863 37-17 15–13
55 May 17 @ Florida McKethan Stadium 13-12 (11) Mullaney (3–4) Jacobson (1–4) 2877 37-18 15–14
# Date Opponent Location Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
56 May 21 vs. Florida Regions Field 7-3 Minor (6–3) Keating (8–1) Brewer (6) 6027 38–18
57 May 22 vs. #13 LSU Regions Field 8-2 Martin (5–3) Cotham (7–5) ? 38–19
58 May 23 vs. #23 South Carolina Regions Field 7-5 Christiani (6–3) Cooper (5–6) Brewer (7) ? 39–19
59 May 24 vs. Ole Miss Regions Field 7-4 Jacobson (2–4) McKean (4–1) Brewer (8) ? 40–19
60 May 24 vs. Ole Miss Regions Field 8-7 Morgan (4–0) Hayes (2–1) 3648 40–20
# Date Opponent Location Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
61 May 30 Oklahoma Packard Stadium 8-5 Doyle (9–4) Cotham (7–6) Anderson (2) 1551 40–21
62 May 31 Stony Brook Packard Stadium 9-4 Minor (7–3) Novakowski (7–5) 1101 41–21
63 June 1 Oklahoma Packard Stadium 11-10 Rocha (4–3) Brewer (4–3) 1154 41–22
Rankings are based on the USA Today / ESPN coaches' poll standings at the time the game was played.
Links in the first column are to game recaps on VUcommodores.com.

Rankings

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Ranking Movement
Poll Pre Wk 1 Wk 2 Wk 3 Wk 4 Wk 5 Wk 6 Wk 7 Wk 8 Wk 9 Wk 10 Wk 11 Wk 12 Wk 13 Wk 14 Wk 15 Wk 16 Final
USA Today/ESPN Coaches' Poll (Top 25)[7] 6[8] -- 11 12 8 13 8 17 14 13 17 14 13 21 22 -- -- N/R
Baseball America (Top 25) 3[9] 7[10] 7[11] 6[12] 5[13] 9[14] 8[15] 19[16] 17[17] 17[18] 22[19] 18[20] 19[21] N/R[22] N/R[23] N/R[24] N/R[25] N/R[26]
Collegiate Baseball (Top 30) 11[27] 9[28] 10[29] 12 [30] 9[31] 14[32] 13[33] 23[34] 22[35] 20[36] 20[37] 16[38] 17[39] N/R[40] 24[41] 27[42] 27[43] 27[44]
NCBWA (Top 30) 8[45] 7[46] 10[47] 9[48] 6[49] 11[50] 6[51] 13[52] 11[53] 10[54] 13[55] 11[56] 13[57] 21[58] 21[59] 25 [60] 25 [61] 25 [62]
Rivals.com (Top 25)[63] 7 5 5 4 4 9 9 17 18 18 22 18 19 N/R N/R -- -- N/R

References

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  1. ^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 2008". boydsworld.com. Retrieved November 30, 2012.
  2. ^ Tim Corbin Bio @ VUCommodores.com
  3. ^ Erik Bakich Bio @ VUCommodores.com
  4. ^ Derek Johnson Bio @ VUCommdores.com
  5. ^ Blake Allen Bio @ VUCommodores.com
  6. ^ Mike Calitri Bio @ VUCommodores.com
  7. ^ USA TODAY/ESPN baseball coaches' poll
  8. ^ USA TODAY/ESPN preseason baseball coaches' poll
  9. ^ Baseball America's Preseason College Top 25
  10. ^ Baseball America's Feb. 25 College Top 25
  11. ^ Baseball America's Mar. 3 College Top 25
  12. ^ Baseball America's Mar. 10 College Top 25
  13. ^ Baseball America's Mar. 17 College Top 25
  14. ^ Baseball America's Mar. 24 College Top 25
  15. ^ Baseball America's Mar. 31 College Top 25
  16. ^ Baseball America's Apr. 7 College Top 25
  17. ^ Baseball America's Apr. 14 College Top 25
  18. ^ Baseball America's Apr. 21 College Top 25
  19. ^ Baseball America's Apr. 28 College Top 25
  20. ^ Baseball America's May 5 College Top 25
  21. ^ Baseball America's May 12 College Top 25
  22. ^ Baseball America's May 19 College Top 25
  23. ^ Baseball America's May 26 College Top 25
  24. ^ Baseball America's Jun. 3 College Top 25
  25. ^ Baseball America's Jun. 10 College Top 25
  26. ^ Baseball America's Jun. 30 College Top 25
  27. ^ Collegiate Baseball Newspaper's NCAA Div. I Pre-Season Poll
  28. ^ Collegiate Baseball Newspaper's NCAA Div. I Feb. 25 Poll
  29. ^ Collegiate Baseball Newspaper's NCAA Div. I Mar. 3 Poll
  30. ^ Collegiate Baseball Newspaper's NCAA Div. I Mar. 10 Poll
  31. ^ Collegiate Baseball Newspaper's NCAA Div. I Mar. 17 Poll
  32. ^ Collegiate Baseball Newspaper's NCAA Div. I Mar. 24 Poll
  33. ^ Collegiate Baseball Newspaper's NCAA Div. I Mar. 31 Poll
  34. ^ Collegiate Baseball Newspaper's NCAA Div. I Apr. 7 Poll
  35. ^ Collegiate Baseball Newspaper's NCAA Div. I Apr. 14 Poll
  36. ^ Collegiate Baseball Newspaper's NCAA Div. I Apr. 21 Poll
  37. ^ Collegiate Baseball Newspaper's NCAA Div. I Apr. 28 Poll
  38. ^ Collegiate Baseball Newspaper's NCAA Div. I May 5 Poll
  39. ^ Collegiate Baseball Newspaper's NCAA Div. I May 12 Poll
  40. ^ Collegiate Baseball Newspaper's NCAA Div. I May 19 Poll
  41. ^ Collegiate Baseball Newspaper's NCAA Div. I May 26 Poll
  42. ^ Collegiate Baseball Newspaper's NCAA Div. I Jun. 3 Poll
  43. ^ Collegiate Baseball Newspaper's NCAA Div. I Jun. 10 Poll
  44. ^ Collegiate Baseball Newspaper's NCAA Div. I Jun. 27 Poll
  45. ^ 2008 Preseason NCBWA POLL
  46. ^ Feb. 25 NCBWA POLL
  47. ^ Mar. 3 NCBWA POLL
  48. ^ Mar. 10 NCBWA POLL
  49. ^ Mar. 17 NCBWA POLL
  50. ^ Mar. 24 NCBWA POLL
  51. ^ Mar. 31 NCBWA POLL
  52. ^ Apr. 7 NCBWA POLL
  53. ^ Apr. 14 NCBWA POLL
  54. ^ Apr. 21 NCBWA POLL
  55. ^ Apr. 28 NCBWA POLL
  56. ^ May 5 NCBWA POLL
  57. ^ May 12 NCBWA POLL
  58. ^ May 19 NCBWA POLL
  59. ^ May 26 NCBWA POLL
  60. ^ Jun. 3 NCBWA POLL
  61. ^ Jun. 10 NCBWA POLL
  62. ^ Jun. 25 NCBWA POLL
  63. ^ Rivals.com Top 25
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