BB: NCAC: North Coast Athletic Conference

[ScotsFan]

You still would have had to get by Marietta which knocked Waters around.

Wow, color me impressed!!!  I'm sure the 5.2 innings he pitched on Thursday against Wooster had nothing to do with him running out of gas in the 9th after already pitching 3 innings in that game against mighty Marietta?!

Your post made it sound like you would hang 10 runs on Sprunger and I don't think that was going to be the case because he wouldn't have been left in long enough.

Where in my post did I say that Wooster would hang 10 runs on Sprunger?  All I said was that the Scots already put 4 up against him and had 2 on with only 1 out and were showing no signs of letting up.  Can you deny that fact??  I don't recall Manchester making any moves to their bullpen to that point?!  There's no denying Manchester caught a huge break by the game being called at that point in time and if you can't see it, let me know what you are smoking, because I'd like some too.

And as for this:

Blaming the weather is just weak.

Allow me to remind you of something else I said:

I'm not saying that things would be different had Mother Nature not interrupted.  Manchester is more than capable of putting up big #'s and they could have gotten to Oliver. 

Never did I completely put the Scot's collapse in this regional totally on the Weather!  Once again, from an earlier post:

I know that the Scots have no one to blame but themselves for their poor showing in the Mideast Regional, but I'm putting a large portion of the blame on good ole Mother Nature!

I was just simply stating that things could have been much different had Mother Nature not decided to drop in and interrupt things.  Again, if you can tell me that Wooster's chances wouldn't have been much better off had that game been able to conclude Wednesday night, I say let me know what you are on!  It's easy for you to sit back and act like a championship team should be able to overcome adversity such as that, which I admit, should be the case.  Wooster didn't respond to the adversity that was thrown their way and they didn't deserve to advance.  I just hope, should Marietta advance out of this regional, that Mother Nature doesn't decide to pay them a similar visit in Appleton? 

[BASH6-4-3]

I too give my congratulations to Wooster for a fine season despite the disappointing finish.  I will also concur with my NCAC brethren that the weather played a major role in how the whole regional took shape.  Wooster losing their ace to an overnight rain delay after 4 innings put them in a whole new position that they were unable to overcome.  Simply put, "They lost their mojo , baby"

Not saying that Otterbein & Marietta aren't still playing on Saturday as they are 2 very good teams. But, Spence's sour take on anything Wooster is getting hard to swallow.  Sounds too  much like the football board with the OAC posters constantly trying to beat down any NCAC team that threatens their domain.

[Spence]

Wow, color me impressed!!!  I'm sure the 5.2 innings he pitched on Thursday against Wooster had nothing to do with him running out of gas in the 9th after already pitching 3 innings in that game against mighty Marietta?!

Possibly, but we were getting good at-bats before the 9th.

Where in my post did I say that Wooster would hang 10 runs on Sprunger?  All I said was that the Scots already put 4 up against him and had 2 on with only 1 out and were showing no signs of letting up.  Can you deny that fact??

Facts are things that happened. Not things that theoretically were going to happen. You didn't say that Wooster was going to hang 10 or some large number on him but you said "who knows how many more runs" obviously implying it would have been more than a couple.

  I don't recall Manchester making any moves to their bullpen to that point?!  There's no denying Manchester caught a huge break by the game being called at that point in time and if you can't see it, let me know what you are smoking, because I'd like some too.

You make your own breaks. Wooster could have come out and put the game away, and still had Oliver to bring back strong later. That would have been a break.

I know that the Scots have no one to blame but themselves for their poor showing in the Mideast Regional, but I'm putting a large portion of the blame on good ole Mother Nature!

You're saying two different and contradictory things there. First you said the Scots have no one to blame but themselves (correct), and then you put most of the blame on the weather (incorrect). So because weather is not animate, you feel that's an accurate statement? Is that the game you're playing, or are you just being contradictory?

Oh and we've dealt plenty with weather. Something called the OAC tournament when we played 30 innings on Sunday. Never heard anyone blame the weather there.

[Pat Coleman]

I know that the Scots have no one to blame but themselves for their poor showing in the Mideast Regional, but I'm putting a large portion of the blame on good ole Mother Nature!

You're saying two different and contradictory things there. First you said the Scots have no one to blame but themselves (correct), and then you put most of the blame on the weather (incorrect). So because weather is not animate, you feel that's an accurate statement? Is that the game you're playing, or are you just being contradictory?

If ScotsFan is actually a member of the baseball team, then it could be considered contradictory. However, if he's not a Scot, then the Scots can still have nobody to blame but themselves, while this fan can still partially blame the weather.

You might want to let it go, Spence.

[Spence]

I've got nothing to let go of. If he wants to be contradictory and split hairs, whatever.

Why would he say that the Scots have no one to blame but themselves and then himself blame something else?

I don't think anyone has anything to blame anything on. They just weren't good enough.

[Pat Coleman]

I've got nothing to let go of. If he wants to be contradictory and split hairs, whatever.

I'm not talking about you vs. one individual person.

[Spence]

OK I'm confused then because you responded to that post in particular.

Whatever I'm good. I just think it's weak to blame the weather that affected everybody. Win the game and you're in the same situation as Marietta where you throw your ace 5 innings and bring him back on practically full rest.

Of course, that did very little good since we scored him only 1 run.

[ADL70]

Matt Englander from COW is the new CWRU head coach.

[woosterbooster]

Wooster has lost pitcher Ryan Mullins to DI Winthrop.  According to this morning's Wooster Daily Record, Mullins made the transfer to take advantage of a major that Winthrop offers in Sports Management, plus the fact that he'll receive a partial scholarship.  Mullins spent much of last season at Wooster recovering from an apendectomy, but had a terrific summer pitching in the Great Lakes Collegiate (wooden bat) League for the Columbus All-Americans.

Speaking of that league, Wooster catcher Brandon Boesiger played for the Delaware Cows.  He received only limited playing time, and I don't know why, except that the team had two other catchers.  However, by playoff time, Boesiger was usually on the field.

For the season he went 10-31 for a .323 average, with two doubles and a triple.  As per his custom, he was hit by six pitches giving him an OBP of .512.

[Spence]

FYI on Mullins and Winthrop. Winthrop coach Joe Hudak is a Malone College grad (1972) from New Castle, PA and has had a number of Ohio, PA and W.Va. players, including Boardman's Matt Repec, who was drafted this year. They're no ordinary program, they were a 2 seed in North Carolina's regional, going 46-18. But it's probably not random that Mullins is going to Winthrop as opposed to some other school.

I've heard rumblings about a transfer or two at Marietta as well, but don't know details. Oh well, it happens. Kids don't make grades, financial aid falls through, transfer...

Both MC and Wooster have gotten what appear to be solid recruits out of the Pittsburgh area this year, and to complete the circle, one of Marietta's is an Air Force brat that lived in South Carolina two years ago!

Do you any of you Woosterians (?) know anything about Erik Mathis or Tyler Kraker? Supposedly both of them are going to Marietta. Wish I was going to be up north for freshman reporting day...always fun to see the new batch throw and run for the first time in "Heaven."

[woosterbooster]

From the no news is weird news department:

The College of Wooster's baseball schedule has still not been posted on their website.  Usually, it's up there around mid-December.  Also, the COW is not among the teams listed in the Ft. Myer's area Gene Cusic Classic, where they have now played during spring break for the last few years.

Anybody have any idea what's up with them?  Are they taking a different tack this season, maybe going to a different locale in Florida or even to another warm weather area?

[ScotsFan]

From the no news is weird news department:

The College of Wooster's baseball schedule has still not been posted on their website.  Usually, it's up there around mid-December.  Also, the COW is not among the teams listed in the Ft. Myer's area Gene Cusic Classic, where they have now played during spring break for the last few years.

Anybody have any idea what's up with them?  Are they taking a different tack this season, maybe going to a different locale in Florida or even to another warm weather area?

I noticed that as well WB.  I did notice that there was a link posted for a preseason poll.  You can check it out here:

Collegiate Baseball Newspaper's NCAA Div. III Pre-Season Poll . 

Wooster is checking in at #13.  Other notables and I'm sure that spence will find reason to bitch about it are Ott getting the bullseye as the preseason #1 and the defending champs, 'Etta checking in at #7.

[Captain Morgan]

From the no news is weird news department:

The College of Wooster's baseball schedule has still not been posted on their website.  Usually, it's up there around mid-December.  Also, the COW is not among the teams listed in the Ft. Myer's area Gene Cusic Classic, where they have now played during spring break for the last few years.

Anybody have any idea what's up with them?  Are they taking a different tack this season, maybe going to a different locale in Florida or even to another warm weather area?

I noticed that as well WB.  I did notice that there was a link posted for a preseason poll.  You can check it out here:

Collegiate Baseball Newspaper's NCAA Div. III Pre-Season Poll . 

Wooster is checking in at #13.  Other notables and I'm sure that spence will find reason to bitch about it are Ott getting the bullseye as the preseason #1 and the defending champs, 'Etta checking in at #7.

Boy, listening to Spence complain about the lack of respect for Marietta would make me feel that baseball season as back.

Big Poppa had a great quote about Spence in another thread about him only seeing the world through Marietta's glasses. I was surprised to learn that BigPoppa did not take a college job this off-season and took a high school job instead. Must have been some deal as many of college jobs in the Midwest opened last year and he told me that he did not apply for any of them.

Is D3hoops.com going to do a pre-season poll like they do for hoops?

[Ralph Turner]

The good news is that Pat Coleman has turned the dogs loose again, and Jim Dixon and I are trying to put something together in advance of the baseball season, maybe February 1st.

Please view our efforts as a work-in-progress from D3 baseball fans who will always accept hyperlinks, news tips, informative posts and constructive criticism.  We seem to be building this from scratch on a successful platform that is d3hoops.com and d3football.com.

I am extremely grateful for the plethora of information and the numerous contacts that Jim Dixon brings to this endeavor.

[MCSpartan]

From the no news is weird news department:

The College of Wooster's baseball schedule has still not been posted on their website.  Usually, it's up there around mid-December.  Also, the COW is not among the teams listed in the Ft. Myer's area Gene Cusic Classic, where they have now played during spring break for the last few years.

Anybody have any idea what's up with them?  Are they taking a different tack this season, maybe going to a different locale in Florida or even to another warm weather area?