BB: ODAC: Old Dominion Athletic Conference

[LTBB1971]

VA Wesleyan pitching very thin this weekend.  Not really sure how they thought they would get by with throwing only Bret Horowitz, Gary Bulman, Nick Pisula and seldom used freshman Cameron Butler to get thru this tournament.  Marlins are down 10-3 in the 8th to Washington and Lee.  Those 4 are being overwork in the past 4 days. 

What happen to using Bobby George, Ryan Brinkley or developing younger pitchers during the season so you can count on them during tournament time?  Just a thought...

[A.G.]

10-6 in the 9th...looking like the 6th seed will be representing the ODAC...a team that had to split with Guilford in the final series to reach the tournament.  Congrats to the Generals on a well-played tournament. 

[vabaseball]

Who would have thought W&L would win the tournament....  Nice job...

[coachmilburn]

W&L always fields a team of smart kids on the baseball field, when you have talented and smart individuals on the ball field, usually good things will happen.

[vabaseball]

True enough!

[Ralph Turner]

W&L always fields a team of smart kids on the baseball field, when you have talented and smart individuals on the ball field, usually good things will happen.

True enough!

Kinda like the year that Rice and Stanford were in the College World Series...

[OshDude]

W&L always fields a team of smart kids on the baseball field, when you have talented and smart individuals on the ball field, usually good things will happen.

True enough!

Kinda like the year that Rice and Stanford were in the College World Series...

That was one of the years I went to Omaha. It also helped to have those brains attached to the bodies of Quentin, Lowrie, Garko, Fuld, Aardsma, Townsend, Humber, Niemann, etc. . Great World Series that year.

[vabaseball]

Only the 2nd conference crown in W&Ls 102 year baseball history.  Even sweeter...

"W&L (22-13) scored six runs in the first inning and assumed a 10-1 lead after four innings in winning its first ODAC-title and just its second conference crown in the 102-year history of the program. The Generals' last conference crown came in 1972 when they won the College Athletic Conference."

[vwgma10]

I'm really surprised at you guys..Are you saying that the only reason W&L won is because their players are smarter than all the other teamplayers...I think VWC, Hampton Sidney, Lynchburg and RMC would take exception to that..I really thought Lynchburg would win it all and they were out in the first two games not because their players weren't smart but just because they didn't have good games on those days...most of the players going to your favorite schools probably couldn't even get into Hampton Sidney with their grades. So come on guys don't talk about how smart the players are. I had to reply to this because its wrong.... Any team can win or lose on any given day...

[vabaseball]

Uh, Hampden Sydney?

Can't deny that W&L is a good school and tough to get into.  But you are right, being able to piece together your bullpen in a tough tournament takes a team alot further than good grades.

[Falcon2720]

Washington and Lee is an completely different league academically then Hampden-Sydney.  As a matter of fact so is CNU.

Washington and Lee won the ODAC because they played the best baseball over the weekend, not because they have smarter players.

If smart players was the case, then IVY league schools would dominate division 1 baseball.

[vwgma10]

Thank You!!!

[Just Bill]

Very sad news about a fellow poster:

http://www.d3boards.com/index.php?topic=6394.0

http://www.newsadvance.com/lna/news/local/article/man_dies_after_accident_on_lc_athletic_field/15523/

[WHEELIN WES]

Very sad indeed and what a tragic event. My prayers go out to his son, family and friends. May God comfort them during this time of tragic loss.

[Catfishncwc]

that makes me very sad.  I just met Jeff  (A.G>) this year at the Lynchburg CNU game this year and then again at VWC game.  He was a very nice and we talked a lot of baseball at those games.  I wish the best for him and his family.   He is one of the few posters I have had the chance to meet these past couple of years.