BB: ODAC: Old Dominion Athletic Conference

[Spence]

Don't doubt that. Just not sure if fans will have to sleep in tents while fending off black bears in the woods.

[A.G.]

They had better be more worried about coming up on a still and getting shot at 

(I'm from Franklin County so I can say that)

[allsky7]

Don't doubt that. Just not sure if fans will have to sleep in tents while fending off black bears in the woods.

     Just keep a jar of that famous Franklin County elixir at the door to your tent and you won't have any problem with the bears.    I recommend the kind with strawberries soaking in it. For yourself, not the bears.

[narch]

hornets19 - when will the ncaa officially announce ferrum as the host...when will the rest of the general public know what you do? - seems odd that the ncaa would make a decision on a site without knowing who will participate, given their history of "travel considerations"...

[A.G.]

hornets19 - when will the ncaa officially announce ferrum as the host...when will the rest of the general public know what you do? - seems odd that the ncaa would make a decision on a site without knowing who will participate, given their history of "travel considerations"...

Perhaps I should not have posted so soon...I figured it was going to become public knowledge the next day.

[A.G.]

http://www.roanoke.com/sports/college/wb/115357

Ferrum to host baseball regional

Ferrum College has been selected to host an NCAA Division III baseball regional May 16-20, the school announced Tuesday.

The Panthers clinched an automatic bid last month. This is the first time Ferrum's ballpark has been awarded an NCAA regional. Pairings will be announced May 14.

[Spence]

They had better be more worried about coming up on a still and getting shot at 

(I'm from Franklin County so I can say that)

I took the shortcut through Sago from Rocky Mount to Danville one time and at the crossroads where you turn onto Sago Rd. I saw a guy with his trunk open and was just like "uh huh"...

[Pat Coleman]

Kind of a big turnaround from what the South region has done of late (playing at neutral sites).

Where the heck is there to stay in Ferrum? Nearest place has to be Rocky Mount, and there aren't really all that many options there either.

It is still a shippable site for pretty much anywhere in the Mid-Atlantic region (NYC is 493 miles), as well as most of the Mideast Region.

Also Emory, which is about 400 miles. That's probably a key point.

[ash]

All conference selections...

FIRST TEAM
Pitcher, Ricky Read (Sr.), Bridgewater
Pitcher, Chris Rivera (Sr.), Virginia Wesleyan
Catcher, Matt Hudgins (Sr.), Virginia Wesleyan
1st Base, Josh Michael (Jr.), Hampden-Sydney
2nd Base, Kyle Bradley (So.), Lynchburg
3rd Base, Greg Meleski (So.), Randolph-Macon
Shortstop, Jono Brooks (Sr.), Bridgewater
Outfield, Ricky Allred (Sr.), Virginia Wesleyan
Outfield, Aswin Dhramapitaksook (Jr.), Virginia Wesleyan
Outfield, Mike Graves (Jr.), Bridgewater
Designated Hitter, Richard Garland (Sr.), Washington and Lee

SECOND TEAM
Pitcher, Clayton Edwards (Sr.), Washington and Lee
Pitcher, Larry Greene (Sr.), Hampden-Sydney
Catcher, Andrew Chrismer (So.), Bridgewater
1st Base, Ricky Read (Sr.), Bridgewater
2nd Base, David Miller (Sr.), Washington and Lee
3rd Base, Alan Moore (Jr.), Roanoke
Shortstop, Ronnie LaBrie (Sr.), Lynchburg
Outfield, Chad Boone (Sr.), Guilford
Outfield, Joe John (So.), Guilford
Outfield, Tim Livingston (Jr.), Washington and Lee
Designated Hitter, Ben Brawley (Fr.), Hampden-Sydney

HONORABLE MENTION
Pitcher, Jason Kelly (Sr.), Lynchburg
Pitcher, Daniel Hadra (Jr.), Hampden-Sydney
Pitcher, Kurt Breitmeyer (Fr.), Randolph-Macon
Catcher, Phil Drew (Jr.), Guilford
1st Base, Adam Hall (Sr.), Emory and Henry
1st Base, Nathan Unroe (Sr.), Roanoke
Shortstop, Brandon Hathaway (So.), Virginia Wesleyan
Shortstop, Ray Sweeney (Sr.), Washington and Lee
Outfield, Zach Pollini (Fr.), Eastern Mennonite
Designated Hitter, Mike Lenox (So.), Bridgewater


I dont think Ive seen someone make more than one team in the same year before.  Although they did make each team at a different position, it just seems a little strange.

[mybleedinghands]

by the way, the fact that jono brooks is on first-team and ronnie labrie is second-team is a freaking joke. labrie outranks brooks in nearly every single statistical category kept

based on currently available odac stats:
labries batting average .387
brooks batting average . 287
advantage: labrie in a landslide

labrie at bats: 155
brooks at bats: 174
note: remember that brooks has played in one more game and has 19 more at bats for the remaining stats

labrie runs: 44
brooks runs: 43
advantage: labrie barely

labrie hits: 60
brooks hits: 50
advantage: labrie in a landslide

labrie doubles: 10
brooks doubles: 5
advantage: labrie by a comfortable margin

labrie triples: 9
brooks triples: 6
advantage: labrie by a comfortable margin

labrie homeruns: 4
brooks homeruns: 10
advantage: brooks by a landslide, BUT LC's outfield is deeper than just about every major league ballpark, so the chances of an LC player hitting a homerun are drastically smaller

labrie rbi: 42
brooks rbi: 40
advantage: labrie barely

labrie total bases: 100
brooks total bases: 97
advantage: labrie barely

labrie slugging %: .645
brooks slugging %: .557
advantage: labrie in a landslide

labrie walks: 19
brooks walks: 20
advantage: brooks barely

labrie strikeouts: 17
brooks strikeouts: 33
advantage: labrie in a blowout

labrie GDP: 3
brooks GDP: 1
advantage: brooks barely

labrie OBP: .463
brooks OBP: .369 (which is bad by the way)
advantage: labrie blows him out

labrie sacrifice flits/hits: 2
brooks sacrifice flies/hits: 1
advantage: labrie barely

labrie stolen bases-attempts: 11-13
brooks stolen bases-attempts: 6-7
advantage: labrie by a comfortable margin

brooks has much better fielding stats, but he had 55 more chances to get a putout or an assist

so labrie outranks brooks in 12 categories while playing in one less game and having 19 less at bats. brooks outranks labrie in just 3 categories, and in two of those he only beats labrie by one or two, which can easily be attributed to his 19 extra plate appearances and one extra game.

its pretty damn obvious that labrie is a superior shortstop.

[Spence]

Kind of a big turnaround from what the South region has done of late (playing at neutral sites).

Where the heck is there to stay in Ferrum? Nearest place has to be Rocky Mount, and there aren't really all that many options there either.

It is still a shippable site for pretty much anywhere in the Mid-Atlantic region (NYC is 493 miles), as well as most of the Mideast Region.

Also Emory, which is about 400 miles. That's probably a key point.

Well, that's not what I would call shipping since it's the same region, but it's still fairly important. Most places that the regional has been held were within 500 mi. of Emory though, so not sure that would been that big a limiting factor.

[Pat Coleman]

I would've referred to that as "shipping out" if it were out of region.

[Spence]

I would've referred to that as "shipping out" if it were out of region.

Not the way most people I've been around would refer to it, but fair enough. We're tracking now. Usually I would only use the term shipping if they were going out of region...you don't get shipped to your natural region; you're already there.

[Pat Coleman]

Gotcha. I only used shipped because 400 miles is not exactly around the corner.

[Matt Barnhart (kid)]

Is it safe to say No. 5 Bridgewater will be playing No. 4 Methodist on Wednesday morning, and that the winner will play No. 1 Emory on Thursday morning?

Why doesn't the NCAA release the brackets with the selections and seedings?