BB: NCAC: North Coast Athletic Conference

[Bishopleftiesdad]

I'll say. Good to hear. It should help with the weather. In the NCAC we now have Wooster and Oberlin with artificial turf. Fan22, do you know if it will be the whole filed or only the infield only like Wooster.
Good to see Oberlin make the investment.

[Dr. Acula]

I hate, HATE the way that all turf looks at OSU.  It seems criminal to me to go to the ballpark and there isn't a blade of grass or an ounce of dirt.  The problem is that in this state it's a huge advantage because of the weather.  I'm happy for Oberlin.  That's a major deal for them.

[Bishopleftiesdad]

I hate the look at OSU as well. Youngest played their last summer. It is also very hot to play on in the summer. Those black beads soak up the heat. When we were there it was brutal.
Sons a catcher and he caught a game and half during the double header.

[Bishopleftiesdad]

Rain, rain, go away, OWU fallball Cancelled today. Darn it son was set to pitch two innings.

[old scot]

Hey, Hey. The Pittsburgh Pirates make the playoffs. 21 years of losing has finally ended with a playoff birth. 1992 was the last winning season and playoff appearance for the Pirates. Roberto Clemente's ghost (#21) could not let the losing streak go beyond 21 years.  Lets go Bucs!!!!

[Bishopleftiesdad]

Old Scot,  truly value your opinion, but as usual we are on the opposite sides when rooting for a team again.  Go Reds!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Good to see you posting.

Wooster should be really good this year.

[Bishopleftiesdad]

My wife and I have just returned from Littick field. Son pitched two innings and looked good. He was pitching against what looked to be the starting line up next spring. Almost an all new infield but they looked very good. quite a few DP's made today that they had trouble with last year.
I know this is just fall, but I am more impressed with this team. Last fall, the hitting struggled quite a bit. There were a lot of fly balls and weak grounders. This year players are hitting the gaps and line drives. There was more smart hitting. They were hitting behind runners.
Things are looking good.

[old scot]

BLD,
    I know rooting for the Pirates is not cool. I was a frosh at Woo when they won their last WS. Returning to respectability has been a long time coming. Lets go Bucs!!!!!!!!!!!
Hope your son has a great season, except going against Wooster. (Ha Ha)
Can't wait for NCAC play in the spring.
Good luck to you and your son.

[Bishopleftiesdad]

I am actually happy to see them do so well. No more talk about how weak the central is. If they get past the Reds I hope they go all the way, I will not say that about the Cards.

Hopefully we wont see Wooster till the Championship.

[Bishopleftiesdad]

OWU got a game in yesterday. We saw some really good hitting and several of the pitchers were very good. Black squad won by one. Games were rained out for Sunday.
One more week of fall ball. next week they play against the Alumni.

[Bishopleftiesdad]

Congratulations to Oberlin. As per D3baseball Dill field is getting a new synthetic surface. This is the second team to add a turf field.

http://www.d3baseball.com/seasons/2014/contrib/20131009imqwbd
While I do not personally like Turf fields, hate the look of Nick Swisher field at OSU. Plus in the Summer it is one HOT place to play. I can understand with Oberlin's location why this will be a good thing. Plus recruits like to see the school investing in facilities. This should bode well for the Yeomen with recruiting.

[Bishopleftiesdad]

OWU got a game in yesterday. We saw some really good hitting and several of the pitchers were very good. Black squad won by one. Games were rained out for Sunday.
One more week of fall ball. next week they play against the Alumni.

Well Black squad was only able to take that first game. Red squad swept the black on Monday to win the title. Bishop Lefty pitched 3 scoreless innings. I did not see any of it, just heard about it on Twitter and a text message from my son.

[Bishopleftiesdad]

Does anybody know the connection between Oberlin and Arizona? I know they go out to Arizona for their spring trip. and in the article below an Arizona company did their backstop.

http://www.goyeo.com/sports/2010/8/10/GEN_0810100132.aspx?id=240

They have one young man from AZ on their schedule.

[Bishopleftiesdad]

I found another NCAC player that played this summer in the Northwoods league. In fact Steve Hagen was named the 129 th best prospect. He played for the La Cross Loggers.

Here are his stats. He had a very good season.

Player         G   GS   CG           IP     H     R     ER    BB   SO   W      L      SV    2B    3B      ERA
Hagen, S     13   13   2          74.0   71   37   32   19   59      7     1      0       8      2      3.89

[Bishopleftiesdad]

OWU's schedule is out.
Once the conference startrs it does not look like there are many weekday games.

http://www.battlingbishops.com/schedule.aspx?path=baseball