Notes & Quotes: Christmas Week

■ Collegiate Baseball has released the Louisville Slugger Pre-Season All-American Baseball team for 2009.

MU's Kyle Gibson made the 2nd Team. He is the only Tiger on the team.

2009 MU opponents on the 1st team include:

· RHP Mike Leake, Arizona St.
· RHP Tim Clubb, Missouri St.
· OF Jason Kipnis, Arizona St.

■ Kendall Rogers at CollegeBaseball.Rivals.com lists Aaron Crow as one of the Top 10 players hardest to replace in 2009. Kendall also has an interesting College Baseball Christmas Wish List.

■ Speaking of pre-season heroes, the Rochester Post-Bulletin reports on their hometown hero, Aaron Senne making the Brooks Wallace List