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Conference | Southeastern Conference |
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Record | 41-22 (15-14 SEC) |
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Home stadium | Hawkins Field |
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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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.
Name | Title | First Season at VU | Alma Mater |
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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) |
Number | Player | Position | Bats/Throws |
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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 |
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Links in the first column are to game recaps on VUcommodores.com. |
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 |
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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 |
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