I think that job is going to Kevin Kopple - Asst. Coach and Recruiting Coordinator

Purple makes a great point.  Diving into the numbers a little:

CMS went 5-7 against the 4 playoff teams.  In those games, Oxy, CLU, ULV and CU were a combined 95 for 391 for a .243 batting average.
Whittier went 3-9 against the 4 playoff teams.  In those games, Oxy, CLU, ULV and CU were a combined 112 for 396 for a .283 batting average.
Caltech went 2-10 against the 4 playoff teams.  In those games, Oxy, CLU, ULV and CU were a combined 116 for 377 for a .308 batting average.

Oxy, CLU, ULV and CU went 26-10 vs. CMS, Whittier and Caltech, going 323 for 1164 for a .277 batting average.

Nothing new for Whittier.  2018 Coaches Poll had them in 8th with 22 points as well.  Good thing they actually have to play the games!


2018 SCIAC Baseball Preseason Poll
(#) Denotes First Place Votes
1. Cal Lutheran (9) - 81 points
2. Chapman - 68 points
3. Redlands - 63 points
4. La Verne - 48 points
5. Occidental - 43 points
6. Pomona-Pitzer - 42 points
7. CMS - 28 points
8. Whittier - 22 points
9. Caltech - 10 points

B.J. Hammer, former Poet and Allegheny head football coach, accepts the head job at Bowdoin College. 

Correct!  32 home games is a tremendous advantage so there will be no excuses coming out of San Antonio this year!  Their road games are against teams that were a combined 53-104 last season.  Look for Trinity to be playing well into the month of May in 2019!

According to their schedule - 33 home games should help!

Mueller and Mora attended a much different Occidental.  They wouldn't know how to sell the modern day version.  What's their pitch--"For $73K a year, we'll outfit you with 1990's equipment and promise to throw the towel in when the going gets tough".  Where do I sign up....

OxyBob,

I hope you are wrong, but fear that the writing is on the wall. 

 I thought Colleges and University's hired President's and Athletic Directors to make tough decisions regarding their athletic programs, not poll their alumni for answers.  Perhaps all of this could have been avoided had they polled the alumni prior to hiring the current AD???

How many robotic "dummies" do they have?  Couldn't we just throw a black jersey and pumpkin top on them and finish the season......

PH - this is the 2nd year of a 2-year schedule, where the home and aways are flipped.  Next year's schedule will have a different order.  Hope this is helpful!

Very competitive schedule!  I may have counted wrong...but they appear to have 41 games scheduled.  Is that permissible??

The Poets looked good in spurts vs. UNLV last week, trailing 72-50 with 5 + minutes to go.  Whittier emptied their bench and UNLV outscored the Poets 22-4 down the stretch.  Poets are athletic and quick, but lack size.  Looking forward to a good SCIAC season!

The SCIAC's rules regarding the non-traditional season are much more restrictive than those permitted by the NCAA.  Practice time, with coaches on the field, is limited to 6 hours per week and no more than 2 hours per day.  The NCAA has established a 19-week season for baseball, so counting back from the SCIAC Championship will determine how many weeks can be used in the fall.  Some schools have January Interim courses (Whittier and La Verne ??) allowing them to start as early as January 4th in 2016, but by doing so, they would only have one week in the fall.  As mentioned in a previous post, "Captain's practices" and conditioning are going on, but without the supervision of a coach on the field.  Not ideal by any stretch of the imagination, but it is their conference rule.  Hope this provides a little light on the subject!

I would agree that Oxy has the longest winning streak vs. Caltech.  The Beavers beat the Poets, 6-5 in 1988.