The Boston College Eagles baseball team represents
Boston College in
NCAA Division I
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college baseball
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. The team participates in the Atlantic Division of the
Atlantic Coast Conference. The head coach of the Eagles is
Mike Gambino, a 2000 alumnus of Boston College, and the team plays its home games at the newly constructed
Eddie Pellagrini Diamond at
Harrington Athletics Village after having played at
Shea Field from 1961 to 2017.
NCAA Division I tournament
The team has been selected to play in the
NCAA Division I baseball tournament
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eight times, most recently in
2016. It has played in the
College World Series
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four times, the most recent being
1967.
Conference tournament
Longest game in college-baseball history
On May 30, 2009, the Eagles played in the longest game in college-baseball history — a 25-inning game — during the
NCAA Division I Baseball Championship
The NCAA Division I Baseball Championship is held each year from May through June and features 64 college baseball teams in the United States, culminating in the eight-team Men's College World Series at Charles Schwab Field Omaha in Omaha, Nebr ...
regional tournament at
Austin, Texas
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. The
University of Texas Longhorns — who were designated the visiting team despite playing on their
home field
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— won, 3–2. The game lasted seven hours and three minutes.
"2009 NCAA Div. I Baseball College World Series Bracket"
(in column 1 (Regionals), click on Austin box; then click on Texas–BC box). NCAA.com.
Exhibition game with Boston Red Sox
The team has traditionally played an exhibition game each spring against the Boston Red Sox
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, as part of the Red Sox' spring training
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(Grapefruit League
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) season at JetBlue Park
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Opened in March 2012, it is primarily the spring training home of the Boston Red Sox, replacing e ...
at Fenway South
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The purpose-built training and player development complex is used year-round by the Red Sox and its minor league farm teams—Worcester Red Sox, Portland Se ...
.
Annual ALS Awareness Game
This game began in 2012 and is played in honor of former captain Pete Frates
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(2004–2007), who was diagnosed with ALS in 2012.
See also
*List of NCAA Division I baseball programs
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References
External links
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