BB: NCAC: North Coast Athletic Conference

[old scot]

Spence, I give,what does 11 and 1 mean? Also todays  Pittsburgh Post Gazette (5/4) states the the Marietta's Matt Desalvo is being called up by the N.Y. Yankees.

As for radio announcers, "The Gunner" Bob Prince of the Pirates had to be one of the best and most colorful. A few of his quotes, " a bug on the rug" for a gapper, "tweener" for a ball barely far or foul, "by a knats eye lash" for a close call at a base.He also had a term he coined as "hidden vigorious" which he would use when the bucs where on a losing streak.It meant  the longer you lose, the closer you come to winning. Very profound.

[ScotsFan]

...but the worst bar none is Ed Farmer for the White Sox.  (Coincidentally, the White Sox also have the worst TV broadcaster, Ken Harrelson.)

Couldn't agree more with that.  Especially Harrelson!  Nothing grinds me more than his, "You can put on the boooooooooooooard, YES!" calling of home runs?!  One thing for certain.  I already don't like the Sox with a passion and they both go a long way in contributing  to my distaste for that franchise. 

[David Collinge]

You might then enjoy this website:

Heave the Hawk

He Gone! 

[Spence]

Spence, I give,what does 11 and 1 mean? Also todays  Pittsburgh Post Gazette (5/4) states the the Marietta's Matt Desalvo is being called up by the N.Y. Yankees.

It's not 11 and 1 like a football record. It's 11, and 1. Two separate numbers used in comparison to each other.

[ScotsFan]

David,

Thanks for the link.  I got a good chuckle out of that.  I especially liked this:

Hawkism
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Pronunciation: ho'kiz'um
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle Hillbilly & Late White Trashian; from Middle Hillbilly howgism, from Late White Trashian trailer vernacular, from Spanish trasho del blanco, from French trasche blanche

1. A catch phrase commonly used by "Ken."
2. Standard parlance of an incompetent hillbilly; staple of stylized speech patterns associated with South Carolinian trailer communities; used to "describe" an event (or even a sequence of events) without uttering more than 8 or 9 syllables; in essence, a substitute for original thought.



Classic!!!

[old scot]

O.K. Spence. I still give. Explain please?

Another Bob Prince quote, "You can kiss it good-bye" HR.

[Spence]

Sigh...it wasn't really intended for everyone, just that individual that was mockingly questioning Marietta as "The Program" in Ohio.

I'm not really interested in acknowledging that individual further, so I'd rather not give the answer out, not to mention that it's just going to upset other people here further.

[woosterbooster]

The secondhand-word is that the Mideast Regional will be hosted by Wooster and held in Strongsville, at the complex west of I-71 where a former franchise in the Great Lakes Collegiate league used to play.  This is great news for Scots fans as it's only about an hour from Wooster and is an excellent facility, even including a second diamond.

[Spence]

So I take it this eliminates basically any possibility of a walkup crowd?

Makes it easier to ship teams from over east though. I was hoping that someone had put a bid in for Chillicothe though if they were going to go non D-III site. Good facility, good support for baseball in the town.

[ScotsFan]

WB,

Were you able to make it to the semis today?  That first game looks like it would have been a fun one to watch.  Again, too much for me to do around the house to justify spending my afternoon watching baseball.  Besides, to tell you the truth,  if I had the time, I would've probably found my way to try and hit that little white ball instead anyways!

They're showing on Wooster's Baseball Homepage that the Scots swept Densison out of the tournament by the scores of 2-1 and 8-2.  Was that a match-up of staff aces in game 1?  The last score I caught was that it was 1-1 in the 3rd with Samson giving up the only run he allowed in the top of the 1st.  He must've been dealing after the 1st inning!

And Trapuzzano got it done in game two as the Scots offense came to life belting out 17 hits to score their 8 runs!

I haven't heard any word out of Delaware today.  I noticed that their 1st game wasn't scheduled to start until 4:15 today and they were going to play 2 if needed tomorrow.  So, in any event, Wooster won't be finding out their opponent for this coming week's finals until tomorrow.

[ScotsFan]

OWU took game one yesterday afternoon over Allegheny, 10-5.

They will conclude their series this afternoon.

Over in the OAC, their tournament field is set.  Heidelberg garnered the top seed and will host the tournament starting May 10th.  Marietta and Ott will square off in the 1st game followed by the Berg vs. Capital.  The OAC uses a round robin format, unlike the NCAC which uses best of 3 series for the semis and finals. 

In other regional news, the HCAC tournament begins the 10th as well and is being hosted by top seeded Transy.  They will be taking on 4th seeded Manchester in game one.  Game 2 has 2nd seeded Mt. St. Joes taking on Anderson.  The HCAC uses a round robin format as well.

And Hope won the MIAA regular season title gaining the automatic bid into the tournament as they don't have a conference tournament.

[Ralph Turner]

You might then enjoy this website:

Heave the Hawk

He Gone! 

David,

Thanks for the link.  I got a good chuckle out of that.  I especially liked this:

Hawkism
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Pronunciation: ho'kiz'um
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle Hillbilly & Late White Trashian; from Middle Hillbilly howgism, from Late White Trashian trailer vernacular, from Spanish trasho del blanco, from French trasche blanche

1. A catch phrase commonly used by "Ken."
2. Standard parlance of an incompetent hillbilly; staple of stylized speech patterns associated with South Carolinian trailer communities; used to "describe" an event (or even a sequence of events) without uttering more than 8 or 9 syllables; in essence, a substitute for original thought.



Classic!!!

Man that is great stuff!

I could understand that dialect!  That's real baseball talk!    8)

[woosterbooster]

This morning's Wooster Daily Record has confirmed that the Mideast Regional will be held in Strongsville, Ohio at Mills Field.  I couldn't be happier.  First of all, I believe that these regionals should always be held at neutral sites.  Secondly, this location is only an hour from Wooster and is an excellent facility.  The playing surface is excellent and the aesthetics of the field are terrific.  Plus, the area is just a couple of miles from Southpark Center Mall which has plenty of restaurants available for those that want a short break from the baseball.  I'd heartily recommend Buca di Beppo, a great family style Italian place (get the 1893 Salad).

http://www.bucadibeppo.com/menu/default.aspx?id=3506

[Spence]

OWU took game one yesterday afternoon over Allegheny, 10-5.

They will conclude their series this afternoon.

Over in the OAC, their tournament field is set.  Heidelberg garnered the top seed and will host the tournament starting May 10th.  Marietta and Ott will square off in the 1st game followed by the Berg vs. Capital.  The OAC uses a round robin format, unlike the NCAC which uses best of 3 series for the semis and finals. 

In other regional news, the HCAC tournament begins the 10th as well and is being hosted by top seeded Transy.  They will be taking on 4th seeded Manchester in game one.  Game 2 has 2nd seeded Mt. St. Joes taking on Anderson.  The HCAC uses a round robin format as well.

And Hope won the MIAA regular season title gaining the automatic bid into the tournament as they don't have a conference tournament.

Good information, point of clarification. The OAC and HCAC don't use round robin formats. It's simply a 4-team, double elimination -- first round games, then winners play, losers play, one-loss teams play, championship round. Round robin would be if each team played every other team, making for three games for each team. Maybe you already knew that but just making sure for anyone that might not have.

[ScotsFan]

OWU, as expected, completed the sweep of Allegheny today by the final of 9-1.  Wooster and OWU will square off next Thursday in Granville.  Time is still TBA.