Yes, my school's Athletic dept. should be embrassed about this. I stopped donating and attending games (not just football) for their direction and choice of "trying" to take my program in a different direction. How in the world would one expect a 70 yr old former retiree to lead a fast pace college working environment (i.e recruiting, staying late hours for video review, setting a budegt, picking the proper staff, finding ways to better serve the student and then athlete second, find ways to meet the AD's needs and request, etc...). It has been fustrating to hear that an AD would have such disrespect and lack of understanding. Granted what was done by Coach W was wrong,but, how could this ultimately lead to a dismisal from a program in which you pumped your life, soul and full care about the student body and student athlete.

Tooth is it true that a new bronze statue will made in his honor and placed some where near Patterson field? What a huge recognition for a man that took both his education and athletics serious at Oxy.
I was able to attend a reunion of champions dinner that the athletics dept hosted  not to long ago and had the chance to hear his speech and meet him after. Very nice individual.   

Nice outlook on the upcoming season CA and Crash. Although I havent posted in a very long time, I do still catch up with D3 baseball (SCIAC) mostly. Happy new years folks

Confratulations to the Puppies on their recent wins of the Hens this past weekend.
Although the mighty nuggets have proven me wrong in their current standing, they sure should get a mention about their first win on friday.

As I had suspected at the start of the year, the puppies looked like they just had more power to them, even after they lost a big game on friday. However, I did not expect that once again as we draw to the end of the season that these games will once again really matter on who will reach for the top of the SCIAC. Like previous year, both teams aimming for the Top seem to get side-lined by the bottom fedders in the quest for a crown/ tourney bid in Oregon. Yet, it will make things much for interesting as this is the area where the Puppies always have seemed to struggle (staying on top at the very end)

p.s. Did I just read an above prediction about how there should have been a split in a 3 game Puppy v.s Hens game. LMAO. Just Joking 

Great. Congrats to the Hens. Lets see how they do against the Puppies of UOR. Looks like they passed test one against the Who. As for the rest of the schedule.... yeah, I'll let you guys look over the schedule and see who they have played thus far. However, a win is a win. SO congrats.

Heres to the Pups and Hens series living to its expectations.

Yippy Ki yay.....great news for the mighty hens (sarcasim)

Lets see, 13 of those wins come from the Beaves (3), I hate to even type this (ugh) 3 from my Tigers, 3 from whitter, three from what I thought was a good Leo team and 2 from the Staggs.

Lets see how they really do against Pac Lu this week at the Classic (this week right), or how about Menlo (looks like the Oaks blasted on the Lutes not long ago and should be facing the hens this week too) (to bad these games aren't conference games. Redlands and Cal Lu soon. Hope they are ready for true test. So far they past several supposed test. I still pick the hens to finish 3rd.

As i make my sandwhich full of crow for the afternoon's lunch (gosh i cant believe i had to write that), sounds like the Hens proved me wrong this weekend. Not only did they sweep the Leo's, but, the last game of the 3 game series was just a debacle for the Leps. In my years of watching or hearing Leo baseball I havent heard or even watched the Leo's give up this up match in a single game (20pts). Hats off to the Hens for their Big win against a real team. Lets just see if they can play real ball against the likes of the Hens, Pups and the Who.

Glad that Coach hawk has the Tigers playing Good baseball, but, a sweep is still a sweep. Congrats to the Pups and Stags on their big wins as well.

Quote from: Jack Parkman on March 04, 2010, 11:51:40 PM
My weekend predictions-

Cal Lu takes 2 of 3 from CMS
Redlands sweeps Oxy
Whittier sweeps Cal Tech.....barely
P-P takes 2 of 3 from La Verne

I think the SCIAC is a 2-horse race with P-P and Redlands.  Redlands has played pretty darn well so far and P-P beat Chapman 1/3 in their only games against a team worth a crap.  La Verne is going to sneak some wins out because of their hard-nose attitude.  Whittier is just plain bad.  It looks like Oxy is close to getting their program turned around.  Cal Lu needs their pitching to works itself out and they need to hit in conference.

CAL Who v.s the stags should be an interesting game to read and hear about. However, Im going with the who in taking 2 out of 3
Redlands continues to Roll, but will actually lose 2 out of three to my Tigers ((Hey, i can only be positive in thinking)
Poets get their 1st and only conference wins
And lastly, THe leopards take 2 away from the Young hens.

Double headers starting in several hrs. Hope to maybe catch the Puppy v.s Oxy game at Anderson field this afternoon.

Oh J.P. your breakdown of our SCIAc teams just made me chuckle.

Cal Lu is a much better team than P-P and have play well despite their record.
Redlands is slowly getting back up, just like they did last year
La Verne is actually doing well too, but have been out played on several key games.
The mighty hens are just to young and lost a lot
Whitter is creeping back dowing.
My Tigers!!!!! Come on now. They will do good this year
And I cant believe you left out the staggs. They have been doing well so far. Come on JP. 

No way they are going to battle for the SCIAC Crashie. Come on Newbie. Lets be honest here, they took one game away from the Panthers, but, got worked. (not (by numbers, but by being outplayed is what i mean here)

Both Redlands, Cal Who and dare I even mention La Verne and the staggs stand in the way. There is just no way that with the loss of so many players the hens re-capture the SCIAC. Come on Newbie

Can't recall ever hearing double hitter either.

By the way, Congrats to the young hens on taking one game away from a strong Panther team. Although, the Panthers clearly walked away with this series, they still should be recognized for their only win. As mentioned before, Coach T yet again has his ball club on fire. Word has it that the panthers whipped an 18-0 game against an NWC on sunday.

Anywho's, hope to catch my Tigers this week at near by Anderson field and be able to watch from the Cliff by the dorms.

Gotcha, but,Ummm, try thinking real test for Chapman thus far, Chapman v.s. Pt Loma, Chapman v.s. the stags, Chapman v.s. McMurry. The results from these games already give us who have followed D3 baseball for a long while whom will win this saturdays hen/panther series.

Granted the hens have decent players in  kang et al...., but this porgram is still asleep. You can't count the hens v.s Poets, Hens vs. Westmont, the chicken nuggets v.s caltecth as a sudden reason why they are ready for a battle with a better team. All i am saying is that the hens will be overmatched in this one. 

Quote from: CrashDavisD3 on February 24, 2010, 02:30:23 PM
Huge West Region games this week. 3 of these teams were in last years West Regional in Oregon. Pomona beat Chapman 3 out of 4 times last year. Will be playoff like game intensity in these games. Teams at this time are IMHO in the top ten in the WEST

Friday Feb. 26  
Chapman @ Pomona-Pitzer   2:00 PM   

Cal Lutheran @  Redlands  2:30 PM 

Saturday Feb. 27
Pomona-Pitzer @   Chapman 11:00 AM     
Pomona-Pitzer @   Chapman   2:00 PM     

Redlands @   Cal Lutheran   11:00 AM   
Redlands @   Cal Lutheran    2:30 PM   

Not sure if at this point we should consider this weekend's Hen v.s Panther match-up a Huge West Region match up. IMHO, with the loss of some many Pomona players  graduating, this years squad probabily will not muster out one single win against a stronger Panther team. Even more, the hens most recent wins have come against teams out in the weat that are historically not that strong (sorry Whitter, I have been trying to pick you as my sleeper team the last 3 years and all you have done is stayed at the bottom.)
Although the injury bug caught Coach T and his players in a bad way last year, I can assure you that Chapman may just be right where they left off two years ago once they get done with the hens this weekend.

Wew, its been a long time since i have come on board and mentioned anything.
The game to definately be on the look out though, Cal Who v.s the Puppy Nation.

Congrats on a great win Cal Who and for finishing strong in the SCIAC this year. Like others, we will be pulling for you this upcoming saturday. Should be a great game.

To my Tigers, coaches, players et al, Thanks again for another exciting year. Sure would have been great to see another SCIAC crown, but, i can assure you that we will only be better from here on out. Great job.

To the Pup nation, Stags, Poets, Hens and the La Verne; best of luck through out your offseason.

Hats off to the Who on their Win last night at the Rock. Sounds and looks like both teams battled their tails off in the first half. Unfortunately, my Tigers couldn't claw their ways back during the second half.
Here's to Oxy learning from this game and finishing off with strong W's. I can assure you that Coach W and Crew will find extra ways to still motivate the men in Orange and Black to finish all games on a stronger note.