July 18, 2000
Fairfield, Conn. - Dan Krines (Huntington, N.Y.), a pitcher on the Fairfield University baseball team was named to the Cape Cod Baseball League Eastern Division All-Star team today. Krines was also named the starting pitcher for his squad that will take on the Western Division All-Stars on Saturday, July 22, at Cape Cod Regional Technical School in Harwich, Mass., at 4:00 p.m.
Krines, a 6-foot-3, 210-pound righty who will be entering his junior year at Fairfield this fall, earned a spot with the Chatham Athletics this summer and has made the most of it. Winning every start he has made without a loss (6-0), Krines leads the league with six wins, is second with 44.2 innings pitched and ninth with a 2.01 earned run average. The Cape Cod Baseball League is the nation's premier amateur summer league, attracting college baseball's best players.
This past spring Krines helped the Stags to the best season in program history by going 8-2 with a 3.39 ERA. He set a new program record as he tossed 103.2 innings, completed nine games and struck out 44 while walking just 14. His eight wins tied another single season program record.
Krines was also named to the All-New England Second Team, the ABCA/Rawlings Division I All-Northeast Second Team and played in the New England College All-Star game on Saturday, June 3, at Dodd Stadium in Norwich, Conn. He tossed two innings, allowed one hit and no runs as he helped the Division I all-stars defeat the Division II & III squad.
Fairfield finished the 2000 season at 26-20, setting a new program record for wins in a year. After starting out 2-11, they went on to win 24 of their last 33 games. The Stags also set a new program record for conference wins in a season, finishing third in the league at 17-8.
