BB: ASC: American Southwest Conference

Ralph Turner · March 12, 2009, 10:38:05 PM

Welcome ballme!

Glad to have new posters joining us!

ballme · March 13, 2009, 12:21:59 AM

Ty very much for the welcome!

Abilene, TX has been under a storm system which dropped .75 inches in the past 24hrs with another .50 coming the next 24hrs. This may put all three games to Sunday since McM travels Mon & Tues. We will wait to see if McMurry has a horse in the bullpen that can come out and throw innings in bunches or just how deep the pitching staff goes.

Thanks to Marietta for traveling to Abilene this weekend and playing some awesome baseball. It was fun to watch and good luck to them. They are well coached and a solid team.

Dawgsdad · March 13, 2009, 03:05:36 PM

Are there rules that govern how many games can be played in one day? Two 9's and a 7 will take some time and then there is the issue of travel for one team... I know that in D1 ball there are time limits on Sundays. Are there similar limits in DIII ball?

TexasBB · March 13, 2009, 04:46:50 PM

Anyone know how well the respective home fields drain. We are getting dumped on in Dallas again today and it is raining east and south as well. The system will be moving into Lousiana and Mississipi so the Eastern games are all going to have to be pushed back. If the fields don't drain well then even Saturday it may be too wet to play. The infields will likely be ok tomorrow but it is the outfields that are will be the issue. These fields don't have drain tile generally.

dp643 · March 13, 2009, 05:24:44 PM

UMHB is playing Sunday, Monday. The field should be good to go by then

Dawgsdad · March 13, 2009, 05:43:26 PM

It's still raining in the Austin area as we speak. I know that TLU is headed to McM as I got a text from my kid. Maybe Frank or someone from McM can speak to how the McM field handles the wet stuff? I've not been there yet (tomorrow will be our fist visit) so don't know much other than the facility look nice from photos... Looking forward to some good ball games, if we can get them in!!

ballme · March 13, 2009, 06:05:01 PM

If the weatherman is right, Abilene should only see another .1 - .2 inches of rain late this afternoon and overnight. The tarp is off the field and ready for the sun to peak through to assist in drying. The games are scheduled to start at 1 tomorrow with talk of the games being pushed to 4. The field should be game ready tomorrow if the rain clears out over night allowing 2 games tomorrow, Sat, and 1 game on Sunday.

ballme · March 13, 2009, 08:55:04 PM

MCM v TLU has been moved to a 4pm start time on Saturday. The squeegees come out tomorrow morning as we work hard to get the field ready.

Dawgsdad · March 13, 2009, 09:55:27 PM

Quote from: ballme on March 13, 2009, 08:55:04 PM
MCM v TLU has been moved to a 4pm start time on Saturday. The squeegees come out tomorrow morning as we work hard to get the field ready.

Ballme, thanks! Good to have locals help out the out of towners... Perhaps we'll run in to each other sometime tomorrow... The 4 PM Start also means I do have to get up at 5 dark 30 tomorrow to make a 1 PM start time

TexasBB · March 14, 2009, 12:28:53 AM

UTT and UETB games have been moved to Sunday 2 games starting at 2:00 and single game Monday at 1:00

Interesting is that UTT has a single mid week game against UTD on Tuesday that apparently does not count as an East Division Conference game. They play a standard 3 game weekend series against UTD later in the season. Usually the mid-week games are played against a either a non ASC team or a West Division team. I don't remember them ever playing an East Division Team as a midweek game in the past.

ballme · March 14, 2009, 02:37:49 PM

McM v TLU has been moved to 7 tonight with two games on Sunday. The field is being worked on. The sun has not come out, still have an overcast in Abilene but no rain is falling or in the forecast. If the game is played tonight I sure hope no one gets injured because of the field.

UP AND IN · March 15, 2009, 12:03:02 AM

CTX will play a double header starting at 4 PM sunday against HPU... followed by a monday game at 1 against HPU and then playing a visiting Nebraska Weslayan at 7 that same night.... pitching and mental toughness will be tested on those 2 days.

As of right now, all games are at their new home field Nelson Field

Dawgsdad · March 15, 2009, 12:08:52 AM

TLU takes Game 1 against McM 9-8. Game two scheduled for Noon Sunday followed by game 3 directly after game 2.

ballme · March 15, 2009, 12:56:49 AM

TLU is hungry for a ASC Championship. They looked good tonight against McM.

Have errors been a problem across the ASC? I have seen my fair share this season.

Dawgsdad · March 15, 2009, 09:30:46 AM

Errors are part of the game. They happen, and sometime they can be explained and other times they can't. My kid, committed two last nigh, one was his and he would say so, the other, is just one of those things that happen, a ball takes a weird hop and runs straight up your body and way it goes... just happens. I think the score keeper was kind to both sides last night... I know that from TLU's side, we took 6 outs in one inning and 5 outs in another, to retire McM. Had these errors not occurred, it would not have been a one run game. We let McM back in to this game in the second and third innings.

For TLU this was our first night game, so something new. Harvey over ran a ball which resulted in a triple which I've never seen him do before. The ball was hit right at him and the only thing that I can see what may have happened is that the lights got the better of him and he just ran past it and the ball went over him and to the wall. It was recorded as a hit but perhaps an error should have been recorded as it was a very catchable ball. There were a couple of calls that could have gone either way. But overall it was as good game, McM took a little bit to settle in pitching wise, as Staggs did a good job overall going 6 or 7 innings.

The two remaining games should be good. It will be interesting to see the rest of McM's pitching staff, seems that we haven't yet seen their bests yet... Good luck to both sides today...