UWIRE introduced the top players to check out at the 2008 College World Series, and I was surprised by one name not incuded on the list.

UWIRE’s list had all the generic favorites: Buster Posey, Alex White, Gordon Beckham. But surprisingly, the list does not contain Seattle Mariner’s top pick of the 2008 draft, Georgia closer Josh Fields. I saw him pitch for the first time on Saturday night closing out the game against #1 Miami.

Fields was lights out, blending his 97 MPH fastball with an utterly devistating Josh Beckett-esque curveball. I have seen many college pictchers in my day and I’ll agree with Baseball America when they ranked Fields ranked as the college pitcher closest to the major leagues.

Check out video of Georgia’s shocking upset of #1 Miami

Onslaught Of Floodwater Shuts Down U. Iowa Campus

Only the tops of parking meters are visible in the muck. The sandbag wall, which volunteers spent countless days erecting, has been breached in many places. A fine layer of water on the ground floor of Mayflower has developed.

The North Dubuque Street residence hall is taking on water. A walkway extends from the Cliff Apartments directly north of the dorm over the flooded parking lots to Mayflower’s side door.

On central campus, notices taped to the doors of the Adler Journalism Building and the Becker Communications Studies Building warned people to stay out or face trespassing charges.

As the Iowa River sped by with a much-quickened current, the muddy waters continued to affect nearly every aspect of the University of Iowa. [Daily Iowan]