Brian Chudy also played in the PGCBL, for the Watertown Wizards. He looked really sharp. At one of my sons games I sat behind a Red Sox scout who was clocking him, he topped out at 92 and had great stuff.

Skidmore is putting a new infield in with full basepath cutouts.

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Quote from: scscoach on May 15, 2012, 12:06:15 AM
My son plays for Skidmore. I'm so excited to be going back to the regionals. Two years ago we were there and lost our first two games 1-0 and 7-6. I hope things go better this time around. Either way it's a huge honor to be there representing the Liberty League.

scscoach-
Go get 'em....good luck to Skidmore and your son. I picked up my son from UR yesterday and did the long drive home. You guys did it the hard way. I still say none of the games should have been played Thursday, but you guys did recover after the soaking. See you next year!

Thanks BBfan22 and congrats to you guys on your great run to make the tourney. I've got a feeling you guys will take that momentum right into next season.

My son plays for Skidmore. I'm so excited to be going back to the regionals. Two years ago we were there and lost our first two games 1-0 and 7-6. I hope things go better this time around. Either way it's a huge honor to be there representing the Liberty League.

I'm thinking it will be King vs. Skelly. Such a huge advantage to winning game 1.

Think UR will use King to finish suspended game?

I feel bad for UR. In the tourney program, they show the Skidmore team photo and then I turn on Live Stats and they show SL vs. RIT. Could be a sign, watch them win it all now.

I agree.

Did Vassar refuse to stay in town and play Saturdays games on Sunday, like Clarkson was willing to do for RIT?

St. Lawrence had planned on staying at Skidmore if Saturdays games were rained out but they ended up playing in the rain Saturday instead.

I feel bad for UR. Before today, there have been 10 conference games cancelled in last two seasons and UR was involved in 9 of them.

Week 4 picks.
RPI 3  St. Lawrence 1
Vassar 2  Union 2
Skidmore 4  RIT 0
Clarkson 4  Rochester 0

Congrats to Clarkson from a Skidmore fan. Good luck in the regionals as our conference representative.

Quote from: Pitchersmom on May 14, 2011, 05:35:27 PM
Wow, Clarkson bats roughed up the Engineers pretty good. What happens to the schedule with the rain postponement?..... (a gift for RPI.)

If no more games are played in the tourney, Clarkson is champ.

I'm taking Skidmore and Brucato over Clarkson and Goerold in Game 1. In Game 2 I'm going with RPI and Cieszko over St. Lawrence and Cook. My starting pitcher predictions are based on how well the pitchers did against opponents during regular season.

I would not be surprised to see Laracuente start for Skidmore but I think they will want to keep Rudmans bat in lineup while saving him for a possible RPI matchup later in tourney. I would only be mildly surprised to see Ludwig go in Game 1 for RPI. Ludwig looked very sharp against Skidmore after 1st inning last weekend in first game of the series.

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Quote from: airball55 on May 08, 2011, 09:26:52 PM
I think the Liberty League is sending it's four best teams forward.  With that said here are the matchups:

1 RPI vs. 4 St. Lawrence
2 Skidmore vs. 3 Clarkson

Probably Ciesko against Cook RPI/SLU game.  Two good pitchers, I could certainly see the Saints sneaking this one out.  But, I will go with RPI, in a close 4-3 game here.

Goerold vs. Barbuto or Laracuente in Skidmore/CU game.  Laracuente got torched yesterday by RPI.  Another close one here, I got the Knights by a 5-3 score.  The major factor here would be if the wind is blowing at RPI which makes the right field wall basically a lob wedge shot, then the scores could certainly go up.  Clarkson has mixed and matched the last month basically with all the injuries and if they are healthy is dangerous.  I could see any of these teams, but, it will be difficult as usual to come out of the losers bracket.  RPI used to have the pitching depth to do this, but not the same as the early 2000's.  Make your picks boys, I have the Knights winning it with Skidmore as my backup pick.  No Rochester picks please.

I like Skidmores pitching over all the other teams in the league at this point. I think they play solid defense and have 3 front starters that are very solid! RPI would be my nxt pick, they simply swing it 1 thru 9 and the host site is a big plus for them!
This will be close, but I take pitching and defense, Skidmore

I got RPI, Duval Ciesko and the kid who starts game #4 for them I think are their 3 best. Duval and Ciesko are tough and will keep teams low in the run column. I think with the home field advantage, the amount of lefties that Steffan Stacks up 1-9 at that park, and the hurricane winds that usually blow out to right, RPI will win. I think they will put up runs against any arm they see. I see them beating Cook game 1 8-3, I like Skidmore over Clarkson game 2 4-3, I like St Lawerence to beat Clarkson in some what of an upset in the losers bracket (Conde v Chudy probably??) Conde kid has been good this year and I think he holds down Clarkson bats. Then I like RPI over Skidmore (Duval v either Laracuente or Brucato) 6-3, Skidmore takes care of St Lawerence. RPI wins in Championship.

Heres a question. Skidmore get consideration for a Pool B if they get to championship and lose?

Please review the criteria listed below in reference to Skidmore and Pool C.  

Quote from: Ralph Turner on March 29, 2011, 09:42:19 PM
Selection Criteria.

Primary Criteria
The primary criteria emphasize regional competition (all contests leading up to NCAA championships); all criteria listed
will be evaluated (not listed in priority order).
• Win-loss percentage against regional opponents.
• Strength-of-schedule (only contests versus regional competition).
- Opponents' Average Winning Percentage (OWP).
- Opponents' Opponents' Average Winning Percentage (OOWP).
• See Appendix B for explanation of OWP and OOWP calculations.
• In-region head-to-head competition.
• In-region results versus common regional opponents.
• In-region results versus regionally ranked teams.
• Ranked opponents are defined as those teams ranked at any time of the rankings/selection process.
• Conference postseason contests are included.
• Contests versus provisional and reclassifying members in their third and fourth years shall count in the primary criteria.
Provisional and reclassifying members shall remain ineligible for rankings and selection.

Weighted Scale. For a minimum of two championship seasons (2009-10 and 2010-11), a weighted scale will apply. Once
the OWP and OOWP are calculated, they are to be combined on a weighted scale (e.g., 2/3 weight for OWP and 1/3
weight for OOWP) and this combined number becomes the strength of schedule.

Secondary Criteria
If the evaluation of the primary criteria does not result in a decision, the secondary criteria will be reviewed. All the criteria
listed will be evaluated (not listed in priority order). The secondary criteria introduce results against out-of-region Division
III and all other opponents including those contests versus opponents from other classifications (i.e., provisionals, NAIA,
NCAA Divisions I and II).
• Out-of-region head-to-head competition.
• Overall Division III win-loss percentage.
• Results versus common non Division III opponents.
• Results versus all Division III ranked teams.
• Overall win-loss percentage.
• Results versus all common opponents.
• Overall DIII Strength of Schedule.

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N.B.  Once ranked, always "ranked".

Is there a site where we can view teams OWP and OOWP?

Quote from: LLbaseball on April 13, 2011, 11:02:01 AM
Ok boys, I'll take first crack at the weekend predictions:

Skidmore/Union -- split. I think Laracuente and Brucato will win, but the other 2 games are wide open and I can see Union squeaking them out.

RPI/Rochester -- RPI takes 3.  I think RPI is clearly the better team. Sorry Yellowjacket fans.

Vassar/St. Law -- I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that Vassar takes 3.  I think they can really do it.  I expect them to make a playoff push.

Anyone else??

I'm going out on a big limb and taking Vassar, RPI and Skidmore all to sweep this weekend.

Quote from: Ron Ron on April 03, 2011, 09:38:26 PM
The Skidmore coaching staff loves to switch lineups, batting orders, pitching rotations, and basically everything they can try to put their own fingerprints on (which usually wind up hurting players' confidences/rhythms), but I'm not quite sure why they would move the 1-2 starters (Laracuente/Brucato) to day two against Vassar.  Who knows if they had gone day 1 if anything would have changed, but I just think it's a weird ploy.

Ron Ron, they are using the 1 and 2 guys (Brucato and Laracuente) in the 9 innings games. Seems like a good stategy to me as they are both much stronger and more experienced than 3 and 4, and also more likely to be able to go 9.