**Correction** Hamline still has doubleheaders with MAC and Bethel, not Saint Johns.

Bethel did sweep SMU today, and Saint Johns swept Carleton as well.  Somewhat surprisingly, Gustavus was swept by Hamline. The battle for those third and fourth playoff spots is shaping up to be a pretty good one! Hamline is now 10-6, while Bethel and Gustavus are tied at 10-7, SJU sits at 10-8.  Should be a fun ride, with Hamline still having doubleheaders with both Saint Johns and Bethel. Things are going to get exciting over the weekend and into the beginning of next week!

Quote from: BaseballFan on April 19, 2008, 08:08:55 PM
CSS, UWO, UST,  Olaf all went 2-0 today

Actually Olaf split with Hamline today, the Pipers won game 1 4-3 and then the Oles pounded them 14-2 in game 2.

Quote from: OshDude on April 17, 2008, 05:26:00 PM

Quote from: Gustie13 on April 17, 2008, 09:58:45 AM
Anyone know when the GAC-StO dh has been rescheduled for? Both websites just say PPD but don't give a date. That might be the battle for 2nd place behind USt.

Besides that one, I also want to know the dates of these games (or if they're cancelled):
Augsburg/Luther
Augsburg/Hamline
Bethel/St. Thomas
Bethel/Hamline
Bethel/St. Olaf
Concordia/St. Thomas
Gustavus/St. Mary's
Macalester/Bethany Lutheran
St. Olaf/St. Scholastica

I'm on Bethel's team. We are scheduled to play the Tommies on Monday(4/21), Hamline next Monday (4/28), and not sure about Olaf yet, I would guess possibly the next Monday (5/5), but we might get it in before that since it is just a single game.  I don't know about other conferences around, but the MIAC has a rule that you can only play 2 weekday doubleheaders per week, and we(Bethel) don't play on Sundays so we end up playing our makeups on Mondays most of the time. 

Gustie13, any idea what Gustavus' field looks like?? We're supposed to play there tomorrow.

Quote from: Dojo on April 10, 2008, 10:07:00 AM
FYI...Macalester no longer plays on turf.  The field is being remodeled.  All Macalester home games will be played at Midway Stadium this year.

Dojo, thanks for clearing that up, I had forgotten that they were doing that this year.

Bethel and St. Olaf went 13 innings in game 1 today, with St. Olaf pulling out the win 4-3.  Tyler Kramer tied the game at 3 with a homerun in the 6th.  Travis Adams started on the mound for Bethel and gave up 3 runs over 6 innings, Kyle McCracken came on in relief and pitched the final 7 innings giving up just the one run in the top of the 13th.  Game 2 has been postponed to tomorrow due to lack of daylight hours.

Quote from: Gustie13 on April 04, 2008, 05:22:14 PM
D3BallGuy, do you know what Rickey Saintey is up to? He and I competed against each other and struck up a friendly rivalry.

Gustie13, not really sure.  He graduated the year before I came to Bethel so I didn't really know him.  I believe he was teaching and coaching at Rosemount High School for a while, but not sure what he is up to now. 

Quote from: Gustie13 on April 03, 2008, 01:04:25 PM
Can anyone up in MN tell me when the teams will be able to start getting games in again?? I'm tired of checking MIAC Online and seeing an entire screen of PPD.

I am on Bethel's team and our field is finally starting to look decent, I just got back from shoveling off snow and breaking up ice out on our warning track, but that is really the only part of the field that doesn't look good right now.  The sun and higher temps here are helping to dry out the field pretty quickly.  Their is a very high probability that we will get games in tomorrow against St. Johns.  Not sure about other fields in the MIAC, but I would assume that they should be ready by next week for sure.  St. Thomas and Macalaster were scheduled to play today and they both have turf infields so I would assume that they played today, but am not positive.

Quote from: BRONKO7 on April 04, 2008, 01:09:16 PM
Does anyone know if there is going to be any games played in Minnesota outside of the Twins? The MIAC page is a red blotch with reschedules.

I am on Bethel's team and our field is finally starting to look decent, I just got back from shoveling off snow and breaking up ice out on our warning track, but that is really the only part of the field that doesn't look good right now.  The sun and higher temps here are helping to dry out the field pretty quickly.  Their is a very high probability that we will get games in tomorrow against St. Johns.  Not sure about other fields in the MIAC, but I would assume that they should be ready by next week for sure.  St. Thomas and Macalaster were scheduled to play today and they both have turf infields so I would assume that they played today, but am not positive.

Has anyone seen the 2008 MIAC preseason coaches poll that came out today?  Here it is:

1. St. Thomas (7)
2. St. Olaf (4)
3. Saint John's
4. Gustavus
5. Hamline
6. Augsburg
7. Concordia
8. Bethel
9. Macalester
10. Saint Mary's
11. Carleton

The top two seem to be pretty much set in stone.  Once again Bethel gets absolutely no respect. I would have had them top 5 for sure. Saint Johns probably gets a little too much respect considering I would say they overachieved a little last year. Gustavus just always hangs around those 3-5 spots in seems like. 

What are everyones thoughts on the rankings?

Yeah, it is different in the dome. You HAVE to finish 7 innings for it to be counted as an official game. The dome gives you 4 1/2 hours to get 2 games in and if you don't finish then the game doesn't count according to NCAA rules, because weather was not a factor in the situation. 

Did anyone happen to take in either of the Bethel/Oskosh games this morning?
I realize it was extremely early but just curious.  I heard the games were pretty tight.
How did the teams look? Pitching, hitting, etc.  Could Bethel be a surprise team in the MIAC this year?

Has anyone else noticed that Andrew Bennett (HU) has been playing CF every game so far this year, instead of SS? A freshman from Farmington, Tres Humerickhouse, is playing shortstop for the Pipers. 
What are everyones thoughts on that?
Anyone know anything about Humerickhouse?
Is he really good enough to beat out Bennett or is HU just that desperate for a centerfielder?