Kyle Weiland (left) and Brett Lilley (right) will be hoping to be smiling at the end of the 2007 Blue-Gold Series.

Countdown To Baseball Blue-Gold Series To Feature Several Upcoming Offerings

Oct. 9, 2007

The Notre Dame baseball team’s annual Blue-Gold intrasquad series will be held next week at Alumni Field (Tues.-Thur., Oct. 16-18; 4:30 starts) and und.com is set to bring Irish fans unprecedented coverage of this three-game event. In addition to the “countdown” offerings listed below, und.com will provide four ways to follow the action: live internet audio, GameTracker live stats, archived video broadcasts of each game (with accompanying audio) and postgame video interviews, plus Irish Alert text-message updates.

Audio and live-stat links will be posted on the und.com main page and the baseball page while links to the archived game footage (and interviews) will be posted when available. Fans wishing to sign up for Irish Alert – which provides free text messages to cell phones and other mobile devices – may do so on the baseball page at und.com (via link on right sidebar; 544 fans already are signed up for Irish Alert baseball updates, the most signed up for any ND sport other than football).

The voice of Notre Dame baseball – Sean Stires – will provide primary play-by-play during the 2007 Blue-Gold Series while being joined by various color analysts, including head coach Dave Schrage and assistant coach Scott Lawler (the other members of the coaching staff, Sherard Clinkscales and Graham Sikes, will be coaching the Blue and Gold teams).

(Note: also check back later this week and through the weekend for information on the upcoming Notre Dame baseball reunions for the 1957 and 2002 College World Series teams – with both teams to be recognized at halftime of the Oct. 13 ND-Boston College football game while the annual ND baseball alumni game will be played earlier that day at Eck Stadium.)

Here’s a rundown of the planned countdown offerings to be posted on und.com, in the days leading up to the Blue-Gold Series:

Oct. 9 – Fall Baseball Report (Dave Schrage)

Oct. 10 – Blue-Gold Team Rosters, Probable Pitching Matchups and BG Series History

Oct. 11 – Fall Baseball Report (Graham Sikes)

Oct. 12 – Pro Baseball Wrapup (final stats for all ND baseball alums who were active in pro ball during the 2007 season, plus a look at the rosters of the four remaining MLB playoff teams – which include 61 former college standouts among the 100 total players)

Oct. 13 – Fall Baseball Report (Sherard Clinkscales)

Oct. 14 – Summer Baseball Wrapup (an overview of the 2007 summer-league play for the current Irish players)

Oct. 15 – Fall Baseball Report (Scott Lawler)

Oct. 16 – Game-1 Coverage

Oct. 17 – Game-2 Coverage

Oct. 18 – Game-3 Coverage

Oct. 23 – Fall Wrapup Q&A With Dave Schrage

Note: game coverage to include live audio, live stats, photo galleries, archived video (games and postgame interviews), text-message updates, and game recaps (with full boxscores and play-by-play)