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<rss xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title>Go Vols Xtra Stories: Baseball</title><link>http://govolsxtra.com/news/baseball/</link><atom:link href="http://govolsxtra.com/news/baseball/" type="application/rss+xml" rel="self"></atom:link><description>Go Vols Xtra Stories: Baseball</description><language>en-us</language><category>baseball</category><item><title> Hernandez an all-star alternate in Cape Cod league
</title><link>http://govolsxtra.com/news/2008/jul/21/uts-hernandez-all-star-alternate/</link><description>Tennessee pitcher Nick Hernandez has been selected as a Cape Cod Baseball League All-Star alternate for the West Team, according to a release from the Tennessee sports information office. A rising junior for the Vols, Hernandez is playing for the Cotuit Kettleers.
</description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2008 21:49:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://govolsxtra.com/news/2008/jul/21/uts-hernandez-all-star-alternate/</guid><category>baseball</category></item><item><title>Injured Forsythe to miss all-star game
</title><link>http://govolsxtra.com/news/2008/jul/18/forsythe-injured-makes-all-star-team/</link><description>Tennessee catcher Blake Forsythe was picked to play in the Coastal Plain League all-star game, but he won't be playing. Forsythe, who plays for Thomasville (N.C.), was injured in a baseline collision during Thursday night's game with Outer Banks. He suffered a slight ankle sprain. The injury is not serious, but Forsythe was fitted for a walking boot and will miss several games.
</description><pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 17:42:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://govolsxtra.com/news/2008/jul/18/forsythe-injured-makes-all-star-team/</guid><category>baseball</category></item><item><title>Pitcher Theodore commits to UT
</title><link>http://govolsxtra.com/news/2008/jul/17/pitcher-theodore-commits-ut/</link><description>His mom was a UCLA cheerleader. His dad was a UCLA football player. So where does Michael Theodore want to play his college baseball? Yep, the University of Tennessee. Theodore, a 6-foot-2, 190-pound right-handed pitcher from Detroit (Mich.) Country Day High School became the latest UT commitment for the 2010 class.
</description><pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 15:52:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://govolsxtra.com/news/2008/jul/17/pitcher-theodore-commits-ut/</guid><category>baseball</category></item><item><title> Davis (wrist) leaves U.S. team   
</title><link>http://govolsxtra.com/news/2008/jul/15/davis-wrist-leaves-us-team/</link><description>Kentrail Davis picked the right time to get red hot and the wrong time to suffer an injured wrist.
The University of Tennessee rising sophomore saw his stay with the USA Baseball National Collegiate Team come to an early end, thanks to a bad swing.
</description><pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 01:27:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://govolsxtra.com/news/2008/jul/15/davis-wrist-leaves-us-team/</guid><category>baseball</category></item><item><title>Delmonico named assistant coach at Florida International
</title><link>http://govolsxtra.com/news/2008/jul/09/delmonico-hired-florida-international/</link><description>Former Tennessee baseball coach Rod Delmonico has been named an assistant coach at Florida International University, the FIU sports information department announced today.
</description><pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 15:20:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://govolsxtra.com/news/2008/jul/09/delmonico-hired-florida-international/</guid><category>baseball</category></item><item><title> Garciaparra not regretting minor move over Vols 
</title><link>http://govolsxtra.com/news/2008/jul/03/garciaparra-not-regretting-minor-move/</link><description>SEVIERVILLE - Huntsville Stars infielder Michael Garciaparra envisoned himself as two-sport athlete at the University of Tennessee until the Seattle Mariners made him an offer he couldn't refuse.
 
</description><pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 04:39:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://govolsxtra.com/news/2008/jul/03/garciaparra-not-regretting-minor-move/</guid><category>baseball</category></item><item><title>Davis named freshman All-American
</title><link>http://govolsxtra.com/news/2008/jun/30/davis-named-freshman-all-american/</link><description>ennessee outfielder Kentrail Davis continues to pick up honors from his sensational freshman season. He was named Monday to Baseball America's Freshman All-American Team.
</description><pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 18:02:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://govolsxtra.com/news/2008/jun/30/davis-named-freshman-all-american/</guid><category>baseball</category></item><item><title>Davis makes National Collegiate Team
</title><link>http://govolsxtra.com/news/2008/jun/24/davis-makes-national-collegiate-team/</link><description>University of Tennessee outfielder Kentrail Davis has been named to the USA Baseball National Collegiate Team and will compete in the Czech Republic later this summer. The sophomore-to-be from Theodore, Ala., was one of the hottest hitters for Team USA during the entire tryout phase this past month.
</description><pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 20:32:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://govolsxtra.com/news/2008/jun/24/davis-makes-national-collegiate-team/</guid><category>baseball</category></item><item><title> Griffin's ending at UT was sour  
</title><link>http://govolsxtra.com/news/2008/jun/23/griffins-ending-at-ut-was-sour/</link><description>CASPER, Wyo. - Shawn Griffin isn't in a hurry to spill the details.
 
</description><pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 01:20:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://govolsxtra.com/news/2008/jun/23/griffins-ending-at-ut-was-sour/</guid><category>baseball</category></item><item><title>Davis hits three-run homer for National Trials team
</title><link>http://govolsxtra.com/news/2008/jun/22/davis-hits-three-run-homer-national-trials-team/</link><description>Tennessee outfielder Kentrail Davis hit a three-run homer for the U.S. National Trials team in a 7-2 win over the Columbia, S.C., Blowfish.
</description><pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 03:47:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://govolsxtra.com/news/2008/jun/22/davis-hits-three-run-homer-national-trials-team/</guid><category>baseball</category></item><item><title>Red Bank pitcher picks Vols, likes Raleigh's philosophy
</title><link>http://govolsxtra.com/news/2008/jun/22/red-bank-pitcher-picks-vols/</link><description>Alan Walden had just been waiting for the right call to come at the right time.

LSU, Kentucky and Auburn wanted the Red Bank High School pitcher. Walden wanted the University of Tennessee.

The 6-foot-3, 180-pound left-hander made it official when he verbally committed to UT coach Todd Raleigh on Saturday.

</description><pubDate>Sun, 22 Jun 2008 15:37:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://govolsxtra.com/news/2008/jun/22/red-bank-pitcher-picks-vols/</guid><category>baseball</category></item><item><title>Hernandez showing control in Cape Cod
</title><link>http://govolsxtra.com/news/2008/jun/19/hernandez-showing-control-cape-cod/</link><description>Tennessee pitcher Nick Hernandez is showing the same control he showed all spring for the Vols, picking up a Cape Cod Baseball League Pitcher of the Week Award.
</description><pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 21:01:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://govolsxtra.com/news/2008/jun/19/hernandez-showing-control-cape-cod/</guid><category>baseball</category></item><item><title>Simunic used to curveballs
</title><link>http://govolsxtra.com/news/2008/jun/15/simunic-used-curveballs/</link><description>While sitting at his computer last week watching the Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft, Andy Simunic expected to be chosen by the Cincinnati Reds, the team that had called him the morning of the draft and told him it planned to take him. After waiting a long time, Simunic finally walked away from the computer.
</description><pubDate>Sun, 15 Jun 2008 22:03:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://govolsxtra.com/news/2008/jun/15/simunic-used-curveballs/</guid><category>baseball</category></item><item><title> Gomes, Lima won't return 
</title><link>http://govolsxtra.com/news/2008/jun/14/gomes-lima-wont-return/</link><description>Two veterans are departing the University of Tennessee baseball program and one soon-to-be signee is on his way.
 
</description><pubDate>Sat, 14 Jun 2008 22:57:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://govolsxtra.com/news/2008/jun/14/gomes-lima-wont-return/</guid><category>baseball</category></item><item><title> Braves block Adair from UT   
</title><link>http://govolsxtra.com/news/2008/jun/14/braves-block-adair-from-ut/</link><description>Professional baseball has always been a part of Travis Adair's life.
 
</description><pubDate>Sat, 14 Jun 2008 20:54:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://govolsxtra.com/news/2008/jun/14/braves-block-adair-from-ut/</guid><category>baseball</category></item><item><title>Davis drives in four runs in Team Trials
</title><link>http://govolsxtra.com/news/2008/jun/13/davis-drives-four-runs-team-trials/</link><description>The 2008 USA Baseball National Team Trials played its first game Thursday night, and all Tennessee outfielder Kentrail Davis did was post a game-high three hits and four RBI while belting a pair of home runs as the Trials Team blanked the Keene Swamp Bats of the New England Collegiate Baseball League 11-0 at Alumni Field in Keene, N.H.
</description><pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2008 19:35:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://govolsxtra.com/news/2008/jun/13/davis-drives-four-runs-team-trials/</guid><category>baseball</category></item><item><title>Davis, Morgado named to All-America baseball team
</title><link>http://govolsxtra.com/news/2008/jun/09/davis-morgado-named-all-america-baseball-team/</link><description>Tennessee center fielder Kentrail Davis and pitcher Bryan Morgado were named to the Pro-Line Athletic/National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association Freshman All-America Team on Monday.
</description><pubDate>Tue, 10 Jun 2008 03:22:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://govolsxtra.com/news/2008/jun/09/davis-morgado-named-all-america-baseball-team/</guid><category>baseball</category></item><item><title>Simunic drafted by Astros; Griffin to Royals; Gomes to Red Sox
</title><link>http://govolsxtra.com/news/2008/jun/06/pair-baseball-vols-drafted/</link><description>University of Tennessee second baseman Andy Simunic, outfielder Shawn Griffin and catcher Yan Gomes were drafted Friday in the second day of the Major League Baseball Draft.
</description><pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2008 18:20:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://govolsxtra.com/news/2008/jun/06/pair-baseball-vols-drafted/</guid><category>baseball</category></item><item><title> Delmonico drafted by Dodgers   
</title><link>http://govolsxtra.com/news/2008/jun/05/delmonico-drafted-by-dodgers/</link><description>There was a time when Tony Delmonico would rarely take off his New York Yankees cap.
He wore his Farragut High School cap during his games with the Admirals and his Tennessee cap during his games with the Vols, but in his free time it was Yankees all the way.
&amp;quot;I always dreamed of playing for Joe Torre and the New York Yankees,&amp;quot; the Florida State junior shortstop said in a phone interview from Tallahassee, Fla., Thursday night.
Half of that dream came true during day one of the Major League Baseball draft.
Delmonico was selected by the Los Angeles Dodgers and first-year manager Joe Torre in the sixth round with overall pick No. 187
</description><pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2008 03:06:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://govolsxtra.com/news/2008/jun/05/delmonico-drafted-by-dodgers/</guid><category>baseball</category></item><item><title>Kelly says he'll 'probably be wearing Red Sox uniform'
</title><link>http://govolsxtra.com/news/2008/jun/05/kelly-falling-first-round-draft/</link><description>Casey Kelly didn’t need to think long Thursday about his future athletic career once the Boston Red Sox selected him with the 30th overall pick in the first round of baseball’s amateur draft.
“They picked me in the first round so I’ll probably be wearing a Red Sox uniform,” the Sarasota (Fla.) star said just minutes after the pick was announced.
</description><pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 20:20:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://govolsxtra.com/news/2008/jun/05/kelly-falling-first-round-draft/</guid><category>baseball</category></item></channel></rss>