BB: WIAC: Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

[ShineTime]

Here are my predictions for WIAC tourney and rest of year.  Game 1  Oshkosh upsets La Crosse behind stellar pitching performance by Luke Westphal.  Game 2  Point upsets Whitewater Seidl will come up huge.  Game 3  Whitewater over La Crosse-  I just don't feel like La Crosse has much to play for.  They dominated the regular season and are in as #2 seed regardless.  Game 4  Point over Oshkosh(10 run rule).  Game 5  Whitewater over Oshkosh.  Championship  Point over Whitewater.  Point and La Crosse advance to regionals with La Crosse being #2 and Point getting #5.  St. Thomas takes the regional behind dominant pitching from Maher and Kapinski and take 2nd in World Series.  Point goes 1-2 in regionals.

[badgerwarhawk]

WARHAWKS take game one 15 or 16-1 in seven. 

Not that it really matters in the grand scheme of things, but it's being shown as 18-1 in seven (just to get it correct)! 

15, 16, 18 whatever. 

WARHAWKS take game two 8-2.  Colin Grove gets the start and the win.

[Babe Truth]

Here are my predictions for WIAC tourney and rest of year.  Game 1  Oshkosh upsets La Crosse behind stellar pitching performance by Luke Westphal.  Game 2  Point upsets Whitewater Seidl will come up huge.  Game 3  Whitewater over La Crosse-  I just don't feel like La Crosse has much to play for.  They dominated the regular season and are in as #2 seed regardless.  Game 4  Point over Oshkosh(10 run rule).  Game 5  Whitewater over Oshkosh.  Championship  Point over Whitewater.  Point and La Crosse advance to regionals with La Crosse being #2 and Point getting #5.  St. Thomas takes the regional behind dominant pitching from Maher and Kapinski and take 2nd in World Series.  Point goes 1-2 in regionals.

With all due respect ShineTime, that sounds like a prediction made in February -- and exactly why La Crosse has a whole lot to play for. A little more respect would go a long way to erasing this apparent misperception that they still don't belong. They just tied the record for most WIAC wins in a season and stand a good chance of breaking it tomorrow. In league games they're 12-0 at home and 10-2 against the field. Would you make a similar prediction if one of the other "Big 4" was in the same position?  And you're saying they'll lose to a pitcher who has had a great run, but whose last WIAC start, against an offensively challenged 6-25 team, produced a line of 6 ip/13h/11r/6er. Sorry, I just don't get it.  I'll take the depth and consistency UWL has shown all season.

[BoBo]

WARHAWKS take game one 15 or 16-1 in seven. 

Not that it really matters in the grand scheme of things, but it's being shown as 18-1 in seven (just to get it correct)! 

15, 16, 18 whatever. 

WARHAWKS take game two 8-2.  Colin Grove gets the start and the win.

bw, with game 2 going the full 9, how did Colin Grove get the win - starting and pitching only 4.0 innings?  Again, it really doesn't matter, but isn't 5 innings required for a starting pitcher to earn a win?

[cubs]

Here are my predictions for WIAC tourney and rest of year.  Game 1  Oshkosh upsets La Crosse behind stellar pitching performance by Luke Westphal.  Game 2  Point upsets Whitewater Seidl will come up huge.  Game 3  Whitewater over La Crosse-  I just don't feel like La Crosse has much to play for.  They dominated the regular season and are in as #2 seed regardless.  Game 4  Point over Oshkosh(10 run rule).  Game 5  Whitewater over Oshkosh.  Championship  Point over Whitewater.  Point and La Crosse advance to regionals with La Crosse being #2 and Point getting #5.  St. Thomas takes the regional behind dominant pitching from Maher and Kapinski and take 2nd in World Series.  Point goes 1-2 in regionals.

In my opinoin, the WIAC Tournment is as wide open as I can ever remember.  The only reason I say that is because of how close the games were all season among the four teams.

La Crosse-10-2, with six wins by one run, three wins by two runs and the last win by three runs.
Whitewater-5-7, with six of the seven losses by three runs or less.
Stevesn Point-6-6, with seven of the twelve games decided by three runs or less.
Oshkosh-3-9, with nine of the twelve games decided by three runs or less.

La Crosse is the odds on favorite with how they played the regular season, and having home-field advantage, while Oshkosh is the under-dog having a losing record. 

[Ralph Turner]

Cubs I like your breakdown but you have 25 wins and 23 losses in the games among the 4 tourney teams. Do you have time to check the math?

[Babe Truth]

Cubs I like your breakdown but you have 25 wins and 23 losses in the games among the 4 tourney teams. Do you have time to check the math?

Correct Stevens Point record is 6-6, not 7-5 (2-2, 3-1, 1-3). 
Otherwise Cubs, I agree completely.

[badgerwarhawk]

WARHAWKS take game one 15 or 16-1 in seven. 

Not that it really matters in the grand scheme of things, but it's being shown as 18-1 in seven (just to get it correct)! 

15, 16, 18 whatever. 

WARHAWKS take game two 8-2.  Colin Grove gets the start and the win.

bw, with game 2 going the full 9, how did Colin Grove get the win - starting and pitching only 4.0 innings?  Again, it really doesn't matter, but isn't 5 innings required for a starting pitcher to earn a win?

I thought so too.  However he is listed as the winning pitcher in the box score that is on our website.

"Colin Grove (Beloit/Beloit Memorial) got the start, went four innings, gave up two runs and got the win, his first of the season."

Unfortunately I couldn't get the video broadcast to work so I wasn't able to watch the game myself and there were no live stats.   All of the information I was getting was second hand from a parent who graciously allowed me to pester him with phone calls.  Though it wasn't always entirely accurate it was much better than nothing. 

Stewart threw well in relief.  4.2 innings facing one over the minimum 14 batters (1 walk) and striking out 7 of them.  He needed a good outing going into the post season.  Herum had a good weekend hitting 11/21, 7 runs, 11 rbi and 4 doubles.

[cubs]

My apologies guys!!!!  Thanks for catching my mistake!!!

I edited the original post with the correct record for Stevens Point.

[Babe Truth]

You can close the book on the regular season. The heavy day & night rain in Menomonie has forced the cancellation of the final game between La Crosse & Stout, denying the Eagles a chance to break the league mark for wins in a season.

[badgerwarhawk]

Is there parking by the LaCrosse baseball complex or can you park on East Ave?  The directions on the website say you should park in Lot 2 in front of the football stadium which looks like a fairly long walk over to baseball. 

[Babe Truth]

Yes there is a lot alongside the field that has a capacity of about 100 vehicles.  The warning signs are mostly ignored on weekends, and since classes will be over with for the semester Friday should be no problem. East Ave. does have parking on one side, and the short street that leads from East Ave. to the field has parking on both sides.
This Google map might help, you'll want to zoom in and slide it down to reveal the North Campus field:
http://tinyurl.com/dym8o3v

[badgerwarhawk]

Thanks

[cubs]

WARHAWKS take game one 15 or 16-1 in seven. 

Not that it really matters in the grand scheme of things, but it's being shown as 18-1 in seven (just to get it correct)! 

15, 16, 18 whatever. 

WARHAWKS take game two 8-2.  Colin Grove gets the start and the win.

bw, with game 2 going the full 9, how did Colin Grove get the win - starting and pitching only 4.0 innings?  Again, it really doesn't matter, but isn't 5 innings required for a starting pitcher to earn a win?

I thought so too.  However he is listed as the winning pitcher in the box score that is on our website.

"Colin Grove (Beloit/Beloit Memorial) got the start, went four innings, gave up two runs and got the win, his first of the season."

Unfortunately I couldn't get the video broadcast to work so I wasn't able to watch the game myself and there were no live stats.   All of the information I was getting was second hand from a parent who graciously allowed me to pester him with phone calls.  Though it wasn't always entirely accurate it was much better than nothing. 

Stewart threw well in relief.  4.2 innings facing one over the minimum 14 batters (1 walk) and striking out 7 of them.  He needed a good outing going into the post season.  Herum had a good weekend hitting 11/21, 7 runs, 11 rbi and 4 doubles.

There is a "rule" set that if it is pre-determined that three or more pitchers will be throwing in the game, the scorekeeper has discretion as to who to give the "W" to.

The above situation doesn't seem to fit that "rule" although it is interesting that Larsen came on to pitch in the ninth inning with two outs and nobody on base and record the final out.

[cubs]

So now that WIAC regualr season play has concluded, what are everyone's thoughts on All Conference and the Pitcher/Position Player of the Year awards?

I think the Pitcher of the Award is a two horse race between Kevin Kohnson of La Crosse and Cam Seidl of Stevens Point.  They both have ERA's under 1.00 during WIAC play (the only two pitchers who can make that claim) while only one other pitcher has an ERA under 3.33 in conference play (Eric Schmitz of Whitewater-2.37.)

If I got to vote, I would go with Seidl...

Position Player of the Year might end up being a race between Whitewater teammates Jared Fon and Marty Herum.  They were the only two hitters to finish WIAC play with batting averages over .400 (.423 and .411 respectively.)  Herum lead the WIAC in total bases (by one over Fon) and RBI's (by 14 over next closest hitter) while Fon led the league in hits (by one.)

If I got to vote, I would go with Herum....

One thing I want to make clear, I am NOT trying to disrespect La Crosse.  One would think that a team that wins the Regular Season Championship by six games would have a Player of the Year candidate.  I just think that La Crosse was the best TEAM, while a couple of other players put up better INDIVIDUAL numbers...