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U.S. Olympic Committee Honors USA Baseball 9/15/2006 COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — The USA National Baseball Team was named Team of the Month by the U.S. Olympic Committee Friday. Four Commodores represented Vanderbilt on the 2006 squad: Head Coach Tim Corbin, third baseman Pedro Alvarez, starting pitcher David Price, and reliever Casey Weathers. Team USA wrapped-up the summer by successfully defending its gold medal at the 2006 International University Sports Federation World Championships in Havana, Cuba. It was the first World Championships ever won by a USA Baseball National Team on Cuban soil and it capped a perfect 8-0 run through the tournament. In five of the eight games, the team scored 12 or more runs, including an 18-9 victory over Chinese Taipei in the gold medal game on Aug. 15. Led by three returning players, J.P. Arencibia (Tennessee), Sean Doolittle (Virginia) and David Price (Vanderbilt), the team compiled the highest winning percentage ever by a USA Baseball National Team with a 28-2-1 record (.903). During its 31-game schedule, the team batted .300, hit 33 home runs and scored 223 runs. The pitching staff notched a 1.24 ERA for the season – a new record. Along the way, the team recaptured the annual USA vs. Japan Collegiate Series Title with a 3-1-1 record against the Japanese Collegiate All-Stars. |
