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T-Birds Baseball 2010: Numbers and Young Talent Create Depth

"The more the merrier" was the mantra for the T-Birds this fall, as a total of 46 players reported to the 2009 fall training camp. With so many players at their disposal this season, the coaching staff has all their bases covered.

"Depth should not be an issue for us," said Assistant Coach Cav Whitely. "At the end of the day, no matter what, we'll always have a guy who can step in for us without much of a talent drop on the field."

This will be vital for the T-Birds, who suffered through injuries to various key players over the course of last season and lost an unusual number to academic ineligibility as well. To help counter the latter problem this season, the coaching staff has hired an academic specialist. While there isn't much that can be done to prevent the bad luck of injuries, the depth of 46 players will help to mitigate the consequences.

"The beauty of having this many guys is that we can go on when someone gets hurt," said Whitely. "They can spend proper time in physio; they won't have to play through it, and they can get healthy before they get back on the field."

ubctbirds_sched: T-Bird basketball teams at home this weekend vs Regina; Men's hockey also hosting Regina at home; Volleyball and women's hockey at Regina

Thunderbird RHP Shawn Hetherington was selected as the first team relief pitcher for the 2009 All-Canadian team selected by the Canadian Baseball Network.

LHP Mark Hardy was selected to the second team. Several more Thunderbirds got honourable mentions.

Complete details on the All-Canadian team can be found here.

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ubctbirds_sched: No more home games until 2010. Have a great break and see you all then! Check out the website for news over the break http://bit.ly/45sn69

ubctbirds_sched: Men's hockey at home vs Calgary. Don't forget to check out the T-Birds new online store. Click the SHOP button http://bit.ly/45sn69

ubctbirds_sched: Women's volleyball take on SFU Friday 7:00 p.m.; Women's hockey host Regina at T-Bird Arena; Basketball on the road in Manitoba

ubctbirds_sched: UBC BBALL teams at TRU this Thurs and Friday; VBALL hosts TRU this Friday and Saturday at War Gym; Men's Hockey vs. Lethbridge at home

ubctbirds_sched: 1-0 final for MTL. T-Birds to play for bronze at CIS women's soccer nationals. 2:00 p.m. vs Queen's

ubctbirds_sched: And we are under 2 minutes left. Stang has come from centre back to centre forward

ubctbirds_sched: 9 minutes left and UBC can't believe it isn't level

ubctbirds_sched: Sawer's header cleared off the line a MTL defender after a ball played in by Frazao

ubctbirds_sched: Frazao and Sawer back in for Furutani and Rizzardo. 14 left

ubctbirds_sched: MTL gets away with one, as an apparent hand ball in the box is not called and UBC misses on the net chance

ubctbirds_sched: A good bit of pressure from UBC on the flanks but not able to get anything dangerous going in the MTL penalty area

ubctbirds_sched: YC to Stang as UBC is trying to win more balls. 20 left

ubctbirds_sched: 25 left and UBC needs a little more polish up front

ubctbirds_sched: Sub for MTL. Back into the game is goal scorer Thouvenot-Hebert

ubctbirds_sched: Treloar with the first good chance of the half, puts her shot from the penalty spot high after Lindsay fed it through from the right wing

ubctbirds_sched: Furutani starts in the middle with Treloar on the left and Lindsay on the right

ubctbirds_sched: Second half is now under way