Quote from: ready2win on March 24, 2009, 01:26:09 PM

Any predictions for the conference games on Wednesday?
Blackburn @ Fontbonne in a DH
Mac @ Eureka in a 9 inning game

Fontbonne and Blackburn will spilt
Mac pounds Eureka

I agree with Bigpoppa. I say Fontbonne will split with Blackburn... BUT the game that Blackburn wins will be close, VERY CLOSE, because they have a lack of middle and late releif. Cronin blew a save against Eureka just the other day. But blackburn put up a 7 spot in the 11th inning.  And the way mac has been playing.. i expect them to put up some numbers against Eureka!

Quote from: JAdaPrince on March 23, 2009, 04:39:22 PM
Wartburg, searching for clarification ... who are you referring to when using the term "homer" ...

And for reference ... Westminster jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the opener of the series. I am not saying they should have won it, all I am saying they had leads in two of the three games.

First of all, you did say they could have "easily" taken 2 of 3.  After a 3-0 lead, they proceeded to give up 4 home runs and had given up 8 runs by the 5th inning. 

Second, do you feel that Radford could have "easily" beaten North Carolina in the NCAA tourney last week?  Afterall, they did have a 2 point lead early in the game.

Quote from: theoneandonly on March 24, 2009, 11:42:13 AM
well i will give it to you that Combs would have been in contention, however i dont really think schaefer is going to. Its only my opinion but I dont think Websters Back up catcher is going to out due some of the everyday catchers in the SLIAC. I just dont see that happening. Obviously we have about 25 more games to actually be able to tell anyway. haha. So what do you think about westmins slow start and Macs pretty decent start. And getting a win without Sellers?

Webster's back-up catcher was 1st team All-Conference Utility last year.  This year he is hitting .377 with 10 Doubles, 3 HR's and 18 RBI's.  If you don't "see that happening" in regard to him outperforming everyday SLIAC catchers, then you must be reviewing the stats with a blindfold on, because it is happening as we speak.

 

Webster Weekly Baseball Notes are now available .... Click Here

Bigtoughguy you are so hostile in your posts. Just a quick clairification and some stats was all that was needed. but thanks!

Quote from: BigPoppa on March 24, 2009, 01:36:20 PM

Quote from: ready2win on March 24, 2009, 01:26:09 PM

Any predictions for the conference games on Wednesday?
Blackburn @ Fontbonne in a DH
Mac @ Eureka in a 9 inning game

Fontbonne and Blackburn will spilt
Mac pounds Eureka

Hard to pick. Blackburn needs at least a split. Not that the race is over this week but if they want to compete they need to start knocking off some sliac teams. Of course Fontebonne wants to get off to a good start. This early doubleheader could be telling and be the difference between a tourney bid and staying at home.

Looking at the Blackburn stats and talking to people at the games, against Eureka, it seems that errors and poor fielding are going to be an issue yet again this year. Several unrecorded errors (flyballs that should have been caught and unfinish double plays) doomed the team. Also a lot of true freshmen are geeting time including the catcher Wasson and the shortstop.

Eureka on the other hand had solid pitching and fielding throughout other than a couple of boots from their shortstop. They have a lot of potential. They could walk away with the win.

Seems as if the freshmen at blackburn are fitting in though. between wasson and the shortstop they have a combined 3 homeruns and 7 rbis. Not big numbers, but they are contributing. The shortstops name is kittell and from what i hear he just got off a suspension for unknown reasons. While both freshmen have relatively low batting averages, kittell has one heck of a glove and wasson is doing his part.  The big downfall of Wasson is he cannot throw out runners. At this point he has thrown out 1 runner out of 11 steals. That is a big change for blackburn since the last 6-8 years they have had a catcher with a strong arm. As for eureka, they are putting the ball in play and hitting it hard which is a huge plus for them.  As long as they continue to do that, they will be in the topof the SLIAC this year, BUT the MUST continue to do this!

The game scheduled for 2:00 Friday, March 27th at Greenville vs. Webster has been moved to tomorrow (Thursday, March 26th) 2:00 at Greenville.

Quote from: theoneandonly on March 25, 2009, 04:07:00 PM
Seems as if the freshmen at blackburn are fitting in though. between wasson and the shortstop they have a combined 3 homeruns and 7 rbis. Not big numbers, but they are contributing. The shortstops name is kittell and from what i hear he just got off a suspension for unknown reasons. While both freshmen have relatively low batting averages, kittell has one heck of a glove and wasson is doing his part.  The big downfall of Wasson is he cannot throw out runners. At this point he has thrown out 1 runner out of 11 steals. That is a big change for blackburn since the last 6-8 years they have had a catcher with a strong arm. As for eureka, they are putting the ball in play and hitting it hard which is a huge plus for them.  As long as they continue to do that, they will be in the topof the SLIAC this year, BUT the MUST continue to do this!

I've seen Wasson. Good player probably just a bit overwhelmed. It is not his arm unless he has changed it is his foot work.

The Burn and Font got the split. Eureka got the win.

Quote from: VideoDawg on March 26, 2009, 12:13:36 AM
The Burn and Font got the split. Eureka got the win.

Wasson has a good arm. dont get me wrong, but the delievery time from the pitchers and the lack of footwork and recieving has put a small damper on his caught stealing stat.... And yes Blackburn and Fontbonne split last night. And Kittell hit two more home runs running his total to 4.

Quote from: theoneandonly on March 25, 2009, 04:07:00 PM
Seems as if the freshmen at blackburn are fitting in though. between wasson and the shortstop they have a combined 3 homeruns and 7 rbis. Not big numbers, but they are contributing. The shortstops name is kittell and from what i hear he just got off a suspension for unknown reasons. While both freshmen have relatively low batting averages, kittell has one heck of a glove and wasson is doing his part.  The big downfall of Wasson is he cannot throw out runners. At this point he has thrown out 1 runner out of 11 steals. That is a big change for blackburn since the last 6-8 years they have had a catcher with a strong arm. As for eureka, they are putting the ball in play and hitting it hard which is a huge plus for them.  As long as they continue to do that, they will be in the topof the SLIAC this year, BUT the MUST continue to do this!

Wasson is consistantly throwing a 2.00 and under pop time. He had two or three runners thrown at at Fontbonne last night and in crucial situations. In the bottom of the 10th, Fontbonne gets a runner on 1st with one out. They try to take second and Wasson got him before he was even 15 ft. to the base. The runner didn't even slide. His pitchers need to work more on their mechanics with runners on. There is a limited amount of slide stepping and hitch stepping with pitchers which gives runners a huge jump. Good win for Blackburn. Lets see if they can string some wins together this weekend against Prin.

Quote from: jp13 on March 26, 2009, 03:41:44 PM

Quote from: theoneandonly on March 25, 2009, 04:07:00 PM
Seems as if the freshmen at blackburn are fitting in though. between wasson and the shortstop they have a combined 3 homeruns and 7 rbis. Not big numbers, but they are contributing. The shortstops name is kittell and from what i hear he just got off a suspension for unknown reasons. While both freshmen have relatively low batting averages, kittell has one heck of a glove and wasson is doing his part.  The big downfall of Wasson is he cannot throw out runners. At this point he has thrown out 1 runner out of 11 steals. That is a big change for blackburn since the last 6-8 years they have had a catcher with a strong arm. As for eureka, they are putting the ball in play and hitting it hard which is a huge plus for them.  As long as they continue to do that, they will be in the topof the SLIAC this year, BUT the MUST continue to do this!

Wasson is consistantly throwing a 2.00 and under pop time. He had two or three runners thrown at at Fontbonne last night and in crucial situations. In the bottom of the 10th, Fontbonne gets a runner on 1st with one out. They try to take second and Wasson got him before he was even 15 ft. to the base. The runner didn't even slide. His pitchers need to work more on their mechanics with runners on. There is a limited amount of slide stepping and hitch stepping with pitchers which gives runners a huge jump. Good win for Blackburn. Lets see if they can string some wins together this weekend against Prin.

Looks like Font was reading the stats instead of the stop watch.

Webster    241 000 060 13 18 2
Greenville  200 500 000   7   8 4

WP – Stanley (2-1)
LP – Place (1-2)
HR Atkins (2)