I think we can all agree that Tereschuk partially deserves his veiled message board reputation as the D3 Dusty Baker. He puts innings on arms, no doubt. Additionally, we can speculate all we want on whether or not the pitchers think, thought, or will think in the future if it was worth it or not, but bickering on a message board isn't going to solve anything.
There are two funny things that I see happening in this current argument, if you can call it that:
1) Based solely on what I've read in the last twenty minutes (I don't follow D3 baseball, or it's myriad message board posts, all that closely, sue me), it would appear that Kitchens and Luzar both getting hurt forced Coach Tereschuk into developing a more robust pitching staff, something he isn't known for, and this helped come tournament time. Whether that carries into the World Series, we will see. I believe there has been lingering concerns about the relative health of the Chapman pitching staff as they headed to Appleton in years past.
2) When it came down to it, Chapman didn't have to overuse (IMHO) Kitchens or Yacko in the regional. If you want to get hypothetical about whether or not "Chapman would still be playing if they had seen Bronson and Oates," then at least allow for the counter-hypothetical of Trinity having to face Kitchens, right? Luzar's a good player, but I can only assume the pitching match up in the Championship game was on somewhat even ground, and Chapman came out on top - would it really have played out differently in two win or go home games with Bronson and Oates? (Disclaimer: I know virtually nothing about these two guys. They look to have solid stats, good strikeout numbers, etc. But neither seem to be unbeatable)
There are two funny things that I see happening in this current argument, if you can call it that:
1) Based solely on what I've read in the last twenty minutes (I don't follow D3 baseball, or it's myriad message board posts, all that closely, sue me), it would appear that Kitchens and Luzar both getting hurt forced Coach Tereschuk into developing a more robust pitching staff, something he isn't known for, and this helped come tournament time. Whether that carries into the World Series, we will see. I believe there has been lingering concerns about the relative health of the Chapman pitching staff as they headed to Appleton in years past.
2) When it came down to it, Chapman didn't have to overuse (IMHO) Kitchens or Yacko in the regional. If you want to get hypothetical about whether or not "Chapman would still be playing if they had seen Bronson and Oates," then at least allow for the counter-hypothetical of Trinity having to face Kitchens, right? Luzar's a good player, but I can only assume the pitching match up in the Championship game was on somewhat even ground, and Chapman came out on top - would it really have played out differently in two win or go home games with Bronson and Oates? (Disclaimer: I know virtually nothing about these two guys. They look to have solid stats, good strikeout numbers, etc. But neither seem to be unbeatable)