BB: NCAC: North Coast Athletic Conference

[countyroad]

Spence,
  I actually agree with some, well quite a bit, of what you said.  It hurts to say that, but don't be hating on Wooster for it.  Sounds like your beef should be with the pollsters.
Regardless of what the pollsters voted, there's no reason why they should not go deep in the playoffs.  There's a reason the games are decided on the field so we'll just have to wait and see.  The only game I'll likely be able to see of The CoW is when they play at Otterbein. 

[old scot]

The 2008 Wooster roster has been posted. I noticed a couple of key players not included. Oliver Enos & John Quimby are not listed. Does anyone have info ? Both logged a lot of innings the past 2 years and were very productive offensively. With there absence, I don't think the Scots can live up to their pre-season rankings. Sure, good pitching beats good hitting but, you still have to score runs. Wooster lacks the capablities of playing small ball, not very good at get'em on, get'em over, get'em in.

[woosterbooster]

Justin Thomas, an infielder who hit .325 with 3 homers in 80 at bats, and pitcher Jeff Kaatz, a long reliever who is probably better than his last season's stats (4.74 ERA in 24 IP) indicate, are not on the roster either.  I don't know why.

John Quimby did not have a real good season last year, dropping to .292 with 7 homeruns and fielding only .918 at shortstop.  He was replaced, for a while, by Frank Johnson, but won his job back during the tournament and played very well.  Oliver Enos, who was 2nd-team NCAC as a DH, hit .360 while playing left field (and DH'ing) and looked to have that same job coming into 2008.  The Scots will miss these players, a lot, unless there are some very talented incoming freshmen to replace them.  Internet searches turned up no information as to whether these players are playing elsewhere.

[old scot]

Justin Thomas is playing ice hockey at Pitt. Oliver Enos is at Loyola Marymount playing BB.

[countyroad]

I see Barry Craddock is listed as an assistant coach.  That's a pretty nice thing to have. 

Did Barry work with the pitching staff while at Wooster the first time around?  I don't recall his role? 

[BASH6-4-3]

The season is officially underway in the NCAC as Wabash drops a DH to Guilford College in North Carolina today.  Scores 3-0 & 11-7. They play a single game tomorrow.  Would be nice to salvage one win on the trip as they have some stiff competition in Texas for their next run of games the first week of March.
Good to be playing ball again.

[old scot]

Where are all the Denison fans? Your pitcher throws a no-no and not one word mentioned.
Congrats to Park Smith of Denison on your no hit gem. No hitters are something special!!!!

[countyroad]

Wooster started today against Albion @ 12:00.

If anyone knows the score(s) of their game(s) in Florida before it's posted to their site please put it up.  I believe in year's past it took quite a while for their scores to get put up on their site.

[countyroad]

Wooster defeated Albion 5-3 today.


http://www.albion.edu/sports/baseball/2008statistics/39wooab.htm

How do you pronounce the losing pitcher's last name? 

[woosterbooster]

Um, wild guess.  "fill-A-chi-ah"?

[Spence]

Um, wild guess.  "fill-A-chi-ah"?

Fill-eh-Chee-uh?

[countyroad]

Sorry, I was being a smarty pants. 

Anyway, Wooster sure left a lot of guys on base.

[old scot]

Boy, I hate to be critical after the first game BUT, after reading the play by play Woo again refuses to play small ball. In the 4th with runners on 2nd and 3rd, 1 out, nine hole hitter at the plate. Why not a squeeze play? Hitter K's, ( wasn't at the game, maybe they tried and was unsuccessful) but its not likely.

This was a perfect place to try to manufacture a run. Woo coaching staff should be taking advantage of these situations early in the season. Can't expect a kid to do it in the playoffs when they haven't done it all year. They lost alot of offense and won't be able to out slug opponents.

[bufordscot]

Boy, I hate to be critical after the first game BUT, after reading the play by play Woo again refuses to play small ball. In the 4th with runners on 2nd and 3rd, 1 out, nine hole hitter at the plate. Why not a squeeze play? Hitter K's, ( wasn't at the game, maybe they tried and was unsuccessful) but its not likely.

This was a perfect place to try to manufacture a run. Woo coaching staff should be taking advantage of these situations early in the season. Can't expect a kid to do it in the playoffs when they haven't done it all year. They lost alot of offense and won't be able to out slug opponents.

Agree and disagree.  Not a bad time to try and manufacture a run however; in this case the ninth batter is a Senior co-captain.  This is a guy you'll need to count on in the clutch.  Try to build some confidence; let him play.

[old scot]

Buford, have you read the players bio? Coaching staff says he excels at advancing runners. A captain leads by example and should not feel slighted by giving themselves up for the team.