Hello, Omaha

The Dawgs stomped the Wolfpack for the second time this weekend with a 17-8 stomping in Game 3 to steal the envelope for an invite to Omaha, Nebraska for the College World Series. Gordon Beckham hit two homers today to tie the Georgia baseball record of 51 career homers, held by former Bulldog great Josh Morris. Congrats, Gordo, and thankfully you have the chance to crack the record for your own.

There is nothing like being in Omaha on a warm summer day to watch some great college baseball. It's been years since I've been up there to see the facilities, but I never caught a game. I know a few are working on plans to get up there, and I will be as well. This team has a legit shot as they are hitting on all cylinders, almost everyone is healthy, and the bats are smoking. This should be quite the ride.

The AJC has a few victory photos here.
Georgia Sports Blog has some Omaha 2008 merch for sale here, as well as a sharp new header.
ESPN has a pretty good blog rolling that is covering all the action nationwide here.

Go Dawgs!

Top 10 Draft Picks?

As the Bulldogs left the field at Alex Box Stadium on the LSU campus, a new legend walked with them. 

Joshua Fields, pitching extraordinaire, closed the Dawgs' 6-3 victory over the Tigers. The save brought his tally to 34 for his career, both a Georgia and SEC record. His close came after another great outing for Trevor Holder.

As Fields' ERA remains at 0.0 and his flow continues to grow, we must ask the question: how high will this guy go in the draft? As the world becomes familiar with Gordon Beckham's striking features and manly, swift swing of the bat, Fields is climbing the draft boards as well. 

So how high can these two superstars go? Top three rounds? First round? Top 10? As Beckham gathers mid-season POY honors and Fields' golden locks continue to flow, I'm starting to believe first round isn't out of the question. Hell, Top 10 even sounds about right. Then again, I'm a blogger, not a Yankees director of scouting.

Keep up the good work guys.