Baseball Video Spotlight: C.J. Blue

Dec. 9, 2007

NORMAN, Okla. -- Junior left-handed pitcher C.J Blue is the feature of Soonersports.com's 14th installment of the 2008 Baseball Newcomer Video Spotlights.

In preparation for the 2008 season, SoonerSports.com will feature one of the Sooners' newcomers each week throughout the rest of the year.

Each spotlight will include an updated bio, Q&A session and a series of videos including practice footage and a scouting report from OU head coach Sunny Golloway.

The lefty comes to OU after pitching at Grayson County Junior College in 2007 and Louisiana-Lafayette in 2006.

Blue and the Sooners recently completed fall practice last month and will resume team practice on Feb. 1. The Sooners set to open the 2008 season at UCLA on Feb. 22 for a three-game set.

Click the links below to listen to Coach Golloway discuss Blue's recruiting process and how Blue's performance in he fall will dictate his role in the spring.

Blue Scouting Report

C.J. Blue | BIO
Junior | LHP | 6-1 | 190 | L/L
Mesquite, Texas - Grayson County Junior College

Blue Q&A
Read below to find out what the one thing Blue can not go
without during the season and his plans after college:

Q: What's the reason behind your uniform number?
A: It was given to me, although it does have one of my lucky numbers in it. Two.

Q: Do you have any game or practice superstitions?
A: I never touch the white lines on the field.

Q:What is your favorite OU tradition?
A: Everything about the fans and how they support their teams.

Q: Name one things the fans don't know about you.
A: I will eat the same things before games if things are going well.

Q: What is one memory that stands out from your childhood?
A: Receiving my first baseball glove.

Q:What is your favorite baseball team?
A: Texas Rangers

Q: Who is your favorite non-baseball athlete?
A: Muhammad Ali

Q:Who is the person you patter your game after?
A: Nolan Ryan

Q:Who is the most famous person you have met?
A: Barry Bonds

Q:What is one thing you cannot go without during baseball season?
A: Sunflower seeds.

Q:What is your favorite thing to do in Norman?
A: Go to the city, and hang out with my teammates and friends.

Q:What are your plans after college?
A: To play baseball, or be a baseball coach.

University of Oklahoma Athletics

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