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"\"&lt;p&gt;The nascent baseball program at Cal State Bakersfield, which will begin its first year in Division I next season, found itself a coach. Bakersfield &lt;a href=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.bakersfield.com\\/136\\/story\\/143492.html\\\"&gt;hired former playwright Bill Kernen&lt;\\/a&gt;, a volunteer assistant at Cal State Fullerton, to become the school&amp;#8217;s first baseball coach. Kernen has an excellent reputation as a pitching coach and as a former Cal State Northridge head coach, and this seems like a wise hire.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;In other news, the Cal Ripken Sr. Collegiate League announced that its all-star game will be televised next year by Peter Angelos-owned MASN, the same network that broadcasts Orioles and Nationals games. &lt;span id=\\\"more-17507\\\"&gt;&lt;\\/span&gt;The all-star game, scheduled for July 23 at the home of short-season Aberdeen (Ripken Stadium), will reach 6.2 million households in the Mid-Atlantic, making it a very significant development for the Ripken League.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;Plenty of weekend series get underway today as teams make their final pushes for conference tournaments. One team that is not making much of a postseason push is Tulane, which lost 12 of 14 heading into today&amp;#8217;s series opener against Chicago State. When it rains, it pours; Chicago State got to Tulane closer Daniel Latham for a run in the eighth and another in the ninth to pull out a 2-1 victory. The Cougars improved to 4-47 on the season. Stay hot, Green Wave.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;Check tomorrow&amp;#8217;s Weekend Preview for the skinny on a huge weekend in college baseball.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n\""^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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