“THE ONE PLACE FOR ALL YOUR HBCU BASEBALL SCORES”
Former West Virginia State baseball player Tyler Payne recently signed a minor-league contract with the Los Angeles Angels and was assigned to the Salt Lake Bees, the Triple-A affiliate of the Angels. Payne was drafted by the Chicago Cubs in…
Black College Nines stepped away from its normal podcast focus reserved for the HBCUs head baseball coaches. An opportunity was presented to have a candid conversation with MLB-MLBPA Youth Development Foundation (YDF) Executive Director Jean Lee Batrus. MLB-MLBPA Youth Development…
Throughout the 2023 season, Alabama State, Bethune Cookman, and Florida A&M received votes in several NCBWA polls this past season. All three HBCU baseball teams finished the season receiving votes in the final National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) national…
The culture precedes positive results. It doesn’t get tacked on as an afterthought on your way to the victory stand. Champions behave like champions before they’re champions; they have a winning standard of performance before they are winners. – Bill…
The first round of the 2023 Major League Baseball player draft will get underway on July 9th in Seattle, Washington and will then continue through July 11th with picks for rounds 2 through 20. In addition, compensation picks will be…
Fifty baseball players from Historically Black Colleges & Universities (HBCUs) were personally invited by baseball Hall of Famer and MLB-MLBPA Youth Development Foundation Ambassador Ken Griffey Jr. to play in the inaugural HBCU Swingman Classic, during MLB All-Star Week. The…
Teams Will Be Managed by Jerry Manuel and Bo Porter, With Additional Coaches Including Andre Dawson, Cito Gaston, Ken Griffey Sr., and HBCU Alumni; Tickets for the Event, Which Includes a Post-Game Firework Show, On-Sale at AllStarGame.com; Proceeds Benefit the…
Jose Vazquez is one of HBCU Baseball most well-known head coach. According to reliable sources Vazquez will interview for the vacant Jacksonville State head coaching job. His extensive background would make him a terrific hire. Vazquez is a veteran coach…
Alabama State’s Omar Melendez and Texas Southern slugger Daalen Adderley were named to the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWS) NCAA Division I Second and Third Team All-American baseball teams, respectively, as announced Wednesday June 14th by the national association.…
With the 2023 season completed, Black College Nines takes a look at its annual HBCU baseball top outfielders who have turned the impossible into routine catches, bring some of the best speed in all of HBCU baseball, and have proven…
Black College Nines Michael Coker, was the guest on the Mike Prince Show which aired on the OpenMic Broadcast Network iHeart Radio. The exclusive segment on black college HBCU Baseball aired June 10, 2023.
