By Ben Rossi Will the real Collegians please stand up? The Mile High Collegiate Baseball League's two Collegians of Boulder and Spradley went head-to-head for the first time on Friday. Each team certainly wanted  to prove they were the superior of the two with that name. Like Wednesday against the Lumberjacks, the Boulder Collegians got two shutout pitching performances from their starters to sweep the doubleheader matchup. Theo Dopkins took the mound for Boulder in Game 1. Despite giving off a leadoff base hit in 4-of-the-five innings he pitched, Dopkins escaped each inning without any run damage by retiring the next [...]

By Ben Rossi Scoring early and often is a recipe for success that teams should strive for as it takes a major weight off a team's starter for the duration of the game. The Boulder Collegians success as one of the top teams in the Mile High Collegiate Baseball League this season has stemmed from their ability to score in this fashion. "When you score early and often it really takes the wind out of the sails for the other team," said Collegians center fielder Ryan Vogel. The Collegians continued this formula as they took early leads in both games. This [...]

By Ben Rossi "It feels phenomenal! It's a pleasure!," Landon Gaber's postgame statement following his four hit four RBI performance summed up a historic night for the Mile High Collegiate Baseball League at the Assembly Athletic Complex. Tuesday night marked the first ever MHCBL feature game. The Boulder 14ers and Fort Collins Bandits squared off in Downtown Denver. An initial rain pour left fans, players and everyone in a frenzy of uncertainty. But the rain delay that pushed the game start 15 minutes later, gave both teams the chance to soak in the spectacular venue. "This field is one of the [...]

By Ben Rossi Two of the top four teams in the Mile High Collegiate Baseball League clashed on Sunday, but were stuck with two rain and lightning delays at Rock Canyon High School . The Colorado Lumberjacks and Fort Collins Bandits finally got underway at 4:45pm, a game in which the tables would turn dramatically. The Bandits got off to an early 3-0 lead in the  thanks to RBI's by the top of the order hitters Tommy Alitz and Nathan Dill. "Seeing the ball well and the team, everything's contagious," Dill said on his recent hitting success. "When we're swinging it [...]

By Ben Rossi In a league like the Mile High Collegiate Baseball League, it is imperative that coaches try to win. But it is also important to balance being competitive with giving each of their players playing time and the chance develop. The Denver Generals managed to do both in Thursday's 8-2 victory over the Spradley Collegians. This win marked both a chance for the Generals to start to turn their season around while avenging earlier losses on the year to that same  opponent. The win came  thanks to their hitting depth and exceptional pitching performances, something they have needed all [...]

In baseball, each game is a new one regardless of how close in time it was played to the last one. Wednesday's doubleheader at All Star Park was a prime example of this. The two games between Batters Box and the Colorado Lumberjacks ended in opposite fashion. One on a walk-off, the other by a mercy rule blowout. Game 1 saw the two teams knotted up as each teams' pitchers kept the oppositions offense grounded.  Both teams emphasized better pitching and fundamental defense as the keys towards getting a competitive edge against the opposition as they each had something to prove. [...]

It is always a great day for a baseball team when they are hitting and scoring. It is an especially great luxury for a manager when the bottom hitter in his lineup bas a big day. The Colorado Cannons got exactly that from catcher and eighth place hitter Keaton Heyneman. He and starting pitcher Brady Mello each had big days. They led the team to a 9-5 victory over Batters Box on Monday. The Cannons were looking to get things going as they currently sit in second to last place in the league. Going into the game, the Cannons were confident [...]

The Colorado Lumberjacks currently sit half a game out of first place in the Mile High Collegiate Baseball League. They showed off both their pitching and hitting prowess in their doubleheader sweep of the NoCo Roughnecks on Sunday, in front of a crowd of happy families on father's day. In Game 1 the Lumberjacks got some early momentum thanks to a series of early wild pitches from the Roughnecks starter. Three wild pitches thrown in one at bat were what allowed all three of the first runs of the game to score. Each time that the Roughnecks responded with a run, [...]