The games were taped for TV.  It probably won't be televised.

It was consistent, but not "good" (fair) behind the plate.  I didn't like the WW Coach showing Blue up in the 1st game with his poor explanation of why he called a balk.   Volendich attempted to make a public debate about it.  That set the mood for game 2 when Blue moved behind the plate.

Stout showed they have as good an offensive club that can hit mistakes.  Do you have an opinion on the Stout starter?  - 3 runs allowed, but 6k's with that strikezone (Stine 2k's).

Also, WW beat Luther, not Loras.   Loras is in Dubuque.

I witnessed the Whitewater v Stout game 2 also.  The umpire squeezed down the strike zone after the 1st inning to about the range of a pitching machine consistancy.  The WW pitcher was chased out after 2 2/3.  The Stout pitcher lasted until the 4th and couldn't make quality pitches anymore.
The umpire didn't give anything on the outside or the corners.  It actually got tighter if the hitter was behind in the count.  The hitters figured it out that the pitchers had to throw it threw a hoop 3 times because  Blue wasn't giving any strike calls.  He was consistent, but it was obvously too tight a zone for college.  Batters sat on pitches to crush in their zone despite the counts.  Stout coach, Walters, got tossed in the 5th arguing over the strikezone.

There were a couple of pitchers (10 total) who throw well and none of them had any success until the end of the game when umpire went back to a fairer zone.  the score was ridiculous by than and he just wanted to get it er done.   

A wise man once said, "Some times you win, some times you lose, some times it rains."

What he didn't say was that the rainout stink.  We were going to have a great weekend watching 6 games with no conflicts between the kids.  We'll be lucky to see 3 if we drive all night.

I heard from a player.  Can't see going all the way up there and not trying to get all the games in.  Hoping for good weather on Monday is really an iffy proposition and the kids have to miss classes on Monday.
This keeps the pitching on-schedule.

As far as playing at 1am.  It "Stinks" for the parents.  That's 3 hours past my bedtime.  But the kids are probably up at that time anyway.    But if they do try to turnaround and play later that night at 8:00pm Saturday that game will be brutal.

Twins are away.  UM baseball?  It shows they were at Northwestern, but maybe they chose to do the same thing and re-schedule to the dome.

UW-W got the MetroDome for tonight and will play a double-header vs. Stout at 1am.

The AD is going to call the Coach Saturday If we get the weather they are predicting and the field isn't playable for Sunday.  If not playable, they will play another double header again after the Twins game on Saturday around 8pm. 

I saw Gustuvas, Macalster, Augsburg, St. John, Hamline and Concordia play so far this year.
They were all good teams, but no one stood out.  I'd rank Augs and Ham slightly ahead of the others, but as the actual scores have indicated so far, they will all split with each other. 
Augsburg, Hamline

Gustuvas
Concordia
St. John
Macalster

Pete Rozelle is happy someplace because they will all end up around .500

Reporting scores from Phoenix RussMatt tourney:
UW-Stout & LaX are down here, plus a lot of MIAC teams.

Haven't found the boxscore spot on the tourney webpage yet.

UW-Stout beatup Macalester 13-2.  Doornik pitched 6 solid innings.  I think it was 8-1 when he came out.  Everyone from Stout hit.  Mac started a freshman, Yohd(?).   He battled gamely for 4 innings before exiting.

Doubleheader against Augsburg today.  Probably Hansen and vilstrep starting. 
LaX plays  DH against st. Johns today. 

OshDude: "I remember "cubs" posting that he likes Stout again this year, but I could be wrong. What team do you like as the fourth?"

I'm fishing.  I'm new to watching the college game and have only seen 1 WIAC game last season (Stout @ WW).  Stout was off to a slow start and improved a greatly deal to finish in 4th. Surprisely, ahead of LAX and upset someone on 1st day of Trny.  Wondering if they could keep it going this year.  Only lost 1 pitcher and 1 WIAC MVP.   Heavy senior-laden team who has a great deal of experience.   Sounds like they should be getting more respect here.  I'll front for Stout on this board.

More importantly, I'm just trying to figure out which games not to miss.  I'd like to see the top performers in conference and know what caliber the competition is.  If they beat someone noteworthy, I'll know whether to get excited. 

They took care of business against a D2 opponent, UM-Crookston.  I know its a weak program last year. But a new coach and it being D2, they could turnaround quicly 1 yr to the next.   Anyway, Stout won 7-3 with Vilstup and Hanson combining for the pitching.  Mike White is an impressive leadoff hitter this yr.  E. Paul and Lorenzen had great days too at the plate.  Seem loaded with hitting. 
Game 2 they won handily 13-5.  Doornik pitched but gave up 5 in the 4th after losing control.  Got the win anyway. 

Sunday night they play Gustusvas.   They appear to be a respectable team.  Anyone to watch on them?

Curious, on-paper Point, WW & Osh are the top 3 and will play King-of-the-hill for the top spot.  Who from the rest of the conference will fight for the remaining places in the conference tourney?  Will anyone of those up-starts be able to split with P, WW or O?  In other words, any legitimate dark horses? 

"If your only goal was maximum WIAC sports, then you should have gone with Charter Expanded Basic so you got FSN-North (on Charter you get nothing but FSN-Wisconsin programming) plus the On Demand games."


Thanks JustBill.  I didn't have Charter as an option since I'm in Illinois.  I have Dish now and am hoping that I'll be able to see a couple of games this way.  I heard that FSN_Wis is going to tape a few games put it directly into the "on-demand" menu without airing them.  Unfortunately, when FSN-Central shows an WIAC game its 1:00am-3am time slot during the week.

Thanks for getting me up to speed on who to watch for this year on the mound. 
Mid to high 80's seems about right, but did see the report on Zimmerman last year.  I wasn't sure if there was one or two like him every year. 

Great velocity makes all your other pitches look that much nastier. But, I'm not sure many pitcher's want to throw their arms out by "gassing it up" in the 1st inning.    I've only seen one kid (16 y.o.) throw 90.  When he pitched, 20 scouts showed up to watch.  I only believe "90+" when I see Scouts there.  BTW, As soon as the coach walked out to the mound in the late innings, the scouts headed for their cars.  He was drafted by the Cubs.  -- "The hard is what makes it great." (Jimmy Dugan).

I see my first games of the season next week,  can't wait.

So, who are the SS with great range to their Right to watch? 

"Watch out for Travis Adams, the southpaw form Minnetonka.  He will dazzle you with his blazing heat!"

I'm new to D3 baseball.  What is blazing heat, BethelBB?  Who are the top pitchers in the conf?  What is their top end mph and at what speed do they usually throw at with control?

Just wondering

Just found this DB and am glad to see like minded people interested in D3 Baseball.  I wondering what access there is to broadcasts of Baseball games in the WIAC via radio, internet or TV.  I just got DishTV because they carry FSN- North.  I understand FSN - Wisc will carry some games but don't see that as a channel option.  Any one got any resources or way of getting FSN- Wisc using on-demand services?