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Friday, January 28, 2011

Grambling Excited For Its First Baseball Urban Invitational

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By Alden Gonzalez / MLB.com

James Cooper isn't even 30 years old, and he has only been the head baseball coach at Grambling State University for one full season. But he has already experienced some of the difficulties that come with trying to recruit the best baseball talent to a small college.

Twice he has seen an athlete essentially commit to his program, only to be spurned. One of those players went instead to Louisiana State, which guaranteed the player a walk-on spot.

And Cooper has seen potential recruits turn down baseball for basketball and football elsewhere. That has happened at least four times. CONTINUE....

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