BB: ASC: American Southwest Conference

swbaseball3 · March 23, 2010, 09:00:20 AM

The numbers that TLU is putting up this year may actually be a little better than last year. They can't match Macklin's numbers and HR's are down but if you look at position for position, they are beating production. Green and Femath are hitting much better than last year (and they weren't bad last year). Knokleby is better. Childress has improved and Curtis is hitting way above Siniff.

Anyway, one thing to note is that 6-9 in the lineup are a marked improvement over last year. They have two .400 hitters down in the lineup.

Why is this happening? I agree that Burnett has a lot to do with it. They get the RKG's (Right Kind of Guys) and they get them to buy into the system. Wait until you see a couple of kids he has as freshmen. Remember the names Galloway and Lattimore. I also think he has the next Steinert in the program.

SWBaseball3

indian4life · March 23, 2010, 03:14:12 PM

Here is a question for all of you with massive baseball knowledge...if a batter bunts the ball and is hit outside of the batters box and called out...how is it officially scored?

Thanks for any insight.

ILVBB · March 23, 2010, 04:13:01 PM

It is an unassisted putout by the catcher

swbaseball3 · March 23, 2010, 05:16:44 PM

Quote from: ILVBB on March 23, 2010, 04:13:01 PM
It is an unassisted putout by the catcher

Sensei say, "Nice answer, Grasshopper."

dp643 · March 23, 2010, 05:43:42 PM

Another question for you baseball guru's. Can I take off from tax season on Friday and Saturday to watch the Cru vs TLU??

RSSmith · March 23, 2010, 06:13:10 PM

Quote from: dp643 on March 23, 2010, 05:43:42 PM
Another question for you baseball guru's. Can I take off from tax season on Friday and Saturday to watch the Cru vs TLU??

Yes, but it won't be deductible.

ILVBB · March 23, 2010, 08:57:45 PM

Take a couple of business cards to the game; maybe a "peanuts soapbox" that says the "CPA is in" and then you can deduct the mileage as "business expense."

BigTex · March 23, 2010, 10:45:08 PM

McMurry had a great victory tonight against Trinity. It looked like they had a big inning where they had 8 consecutive singles and had a big seven run inning. Looks like the hitting is starting to come around because looking back at this past weekend the last two game McMurry was hitting the ball well. Still had some errors that need to be worked on because it did let Trinity back into the game but they were able to have a clutch hit to score bottom of the 8th to go up 11 to 10. Cory Davis had a great relief appearance tonight and in my opinion he looks better in tight situations than starting. Jeff Jackson had a great weekend and continued hitting well in this game and some of the other hitters are making progress. Hopefully this is a turn around for McM. http://www.mcmurrysports.com/news/2010/3/23/BSB_0323101627.aspx

swbaseball3 · March 24, 2010, 08:29:12 AM

OK boys...what's everyone thinking about this weekend? TLU vs. MHB, HS vs. Concordia, SRU vs. HPU. MCM should handle Schreiner pretty easily so Ralph, you should have an easy weekend!!

This is TLU's first away trip in about a month. As stated earlier, it's impossible to pick against Orosey. I think the player to watch this weekend for TLU is Madden on the bump. It will be interesting to see what happens to Staggs. Does he rebound? Is Green OK and back in the lineup? Prediction, TLU 2-1 and another series win. I would bet that Burnett really gets the boys going to try to sweep. We'll see...

BigTex · March 24, 2010, 02:44:34 PM

I pick TLU to win the series if not sweep UMHB all depends on how the other two starters for TLU can pitch. Sul Ross 2-1 against HPU eventhough it will be interesting to see how they can recover after the they got shutout for the first time this year this past weekend. The HSU and Concordia series will be a toss up but I am going to go with Concordia because they have a little more moment after the series win against SRU.

Just_Some_Guy · March 24, 2010, 04:36:11 PM

TLU 2 - UMHB 1 -- I think UMHB would be wise to save Hopper for the 7 inning game, and stop throwing Tapps A all-stars all together.
HSU 2 - CTX 1 -- With Hays still out I think the HSU offense overpowers CTX at some point.
HPU 2 - SR 1 -- I think Sul Ross is living in a tree. I think they have a handful of guys that can swing it, but still not much on the bump.
McM 2 - Schreiner 1 -- If they can steal one from HSU, they can steal one from McM.

JSG

dp643 · March 24, 2010, 05:34:40 PM

Pretty bold statement to call for a sweep of UMHB. Would be curious to hear the reasoning behind that one.

Ralph Turner · March 24, 2010, 05:46:41 PM

Quote from: swbaseball3 on March 24, 2010, 08:29:12 AM
OK boys...what's everyone thinking about this weekend? TLU vs. MHB, HS vs. Concordia, SRU vs. HPU. MCM should handle Schreiner pretty easily so Ralph, you should have an easy weekend!!

This is TLU's first away trip in about a month. As stated earlier, it's impossible to pick against Orosey. I think the player to watch this weekend for TLU is Madden on the bump. It will be interesting to see what happens to Staggs. Does he rebound? Is Green OK and back in the lineup? Prediction, TLU 2-1 and another series win. I would bet that Burnett really gets the boys going to try to sweep. We'll see...

You win a third. You lose a third. Everyone is fighting over the last third.

We let UMHB get away with one last weekend. We need to make it up somewhere else.

McM Insider · March 24, 2010, 11:19:42 PM

McMurry finds itself in a rebuilding year after the loss of their power hitters (i.e. Tre Lips 12 HR, Stephen Derrick 9 HR, Weston Franco 7 HR) as well as some productive starters (i.e. Nathan Saltzgaber .359 avg, Nathan Love .359 avg, and Gerad Morris .358 svg). In Head Coach Byington's second year, many questions marks are still there, and McM is more than halfway through the season (9-13, 22 games).

On Tuesday verse Trinity (#25) everyone showed up to hit and it produced enough to slip by with a win. Defense seems to pull the team down every game with costly errors and poor two strike pitching that both seem to domino into little mistakes that produce big innings (3+ runs).

At this point in the season there seems to be a consistent 7 starters in the field (Dibiasi, Bell, Mullin, Jackson, Thompson, Falcone, and Saltzgaber (DH)). The other two positions (2B and 3B) seem to be in a rotation. My question to everyone is; is it normal to find this kind of rotation at this point in the year? Wouldn't you want to find that guy at those positions and see what he can do in a 5+ consistent game span?

swbaseball3 · March 25, 2010, 09:03:52 AM

McM Insider poses a great question. I have watched many levels of college ball for many years. My first thought is, "College coaches are an interesting breed." Better said, once they find a line-up, they stick with it. A kid hits .243 and never comes out. Another kid makes a potload of errors at a position and he stays.

That said, I find it interesting that a rotation is still going on in conference play...not because I don't think it's right but rather that college coaches tend to stick to certain kids.

I can tell you that I am watching over 30 kids nationwide. Of those kids, many are playing but the ones who are sitting....are sitting...all the time. Rotating players is a RARE deal irrespective of play (exception is catcher). Who knows? Superstition? All coaches drink same medicine? Look around, you'll see it's rare.