BB: WIAC: Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

[BoBo]

Do you mean cupcakes like Wooster (ranked 7th nationally),  St Thomas (ranked 24th nationally), Carthage (receiving votes nationally), the University of Washington (D1) and the Minnesota Twins Class A minor league team?

Speaking of the Twins Class A minor league team, the Warhawks dropped the game by a 12-7 score on Thursday in Fort Meyers to close out the Florida swing.  No stats or details available, nor will the loss or stats be counted on the official NCAA statistics.

badgerwarhawk, do you know any game info?

[BigPoppa]

One thing that many do not realize is that when teams go on spring trips to a baseball destination (florida/Arizona) you often do not get to schedule your own games. Tourney directors build the schedules for you and you are often at the mercy of who else is in town that same week. Generally, the only teams you will not play on the trips are those in your own conference. ( regardless, we were once schedule to play a conference foe on a trip, but had it rained out).

My point is, do not give the coaches all of the credit or blame for the early season schedules... often, they have nothing to do with it.

[badgerwarhawk]

No, Bobo, other than the website indicating that the game was played by our varsity reserves I don't know any of the details.

After re-reading szlongball's post I can see where that may have been what he was meaning to say and I misinterpeted it, Brewers20.  My bad, thank you for clarifying it for me.  I'm glad to see that they are working at improving their programs.  It wasn't that long ago that some were concerned that Stout may drop theirs.  That would be a bad break for the league because it would cost the automatic bid into the postseason.

[Dagger]

I agree with poppa on the whole scheduling thing, although your comments are a little bit misleading because while the coaches may not have the final say on who they end up playing, and of course you can only play who is in town at the time, they do have a say on the strength of schedule that they play down there.  At least all four years that I played on break we had a say in the types of teams we wanted to play (good vs decent vs bad).  With that said it's hard to take too much out of spring break trips for several reasons, conference contests will tell the story and like poppa said this years is going to be an interesting one!  Good luck to everyone as the northern season kicks off this weekend (hopefully).

[cubs]

That freshman they brought in from Viroqua is going to be 1rst team WIAC like Surman last year.

I assume you are talking about Jay Fanta? 

He sure is the real deal!!!  I was impressed with him when I watched him at the WBCA All Star Classic last year in Oshkosh.

[szlongball]

Do you mean cupcakes like Wooster (ranked 7th nationally),  St Thomas (ranked 24th nationally), Carthage (receiving votes nationally), the University of Washington (D1) and the Minnesota Twins Class A minor league team?

I think what szlongball was saying is that  teams in the WIAC like Stout and Superior are trying to better their programs by getting some wins, so their not the cupcake/easy wins for the WIACs big 3.

Thanks Badger20 for sticking up for me. We have played Wooster and Otterbein and the others in the past. No way are any of those teams cupcake teams. By the way,I'm a chick.

[BoBo]

No, Bobo, other than the website indicating that the game was played by our varsity reserves I don't know any of the details.

thanks, bw, guess they added the varsity reserve thing later after I looked at the schedule.

[ShineTime]

That freshman they brought in from Viroqua is going to be 1rst team WIAC like Surman last year.

I assume you are talking about Jay Fanta? 

He sure is the real deal!!!  I was impressed with him when I watched him at the WBCA All Star Classic last year in Oshkosh.

Fanta is correct.  I think he will finish above 400 batting average in the WIAC.  La Crosse should have a very good offense this year but their pitching will be shady.

[badgerwarhawk]

Today's Wisconsin State Journal is reporting that Jordan Zimmermann has claimed one of the two remaining spots on the Washington Nationals' starting rotation. 

Another article:
http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090328&content_id=4080438&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb

[BaseballFan]

Today's Wisconsin State Journal is reporting that Jordan Zimmermann has claimed one of the two remaining spots on the Washington Nationals' starting rotation. 

yes will start april 19th

[cubs]

Not sure if anyone saw this, but former UWO pitcher Jack Taschner was traded on Friday from the San Francisco Giants to the Philedelphia Phillies.  Taschner had spent his entire ten-year career with the Giants, before the trade.

Here the link:
http://sanfrancisco.giants.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090327&content_id=4079550&vkey=news_sf&fext=.jsp&c_id=sf

[BoBo]

By the slim margin of 4 votes to 3, UWW has been pick by the conference SID's as WIAC preseason favorites.

2009 Preseason Predictions (Voted on by WIAC Sports Information Directors)
                                                     2008 Record
1. UW-Whitewater (4)              20-4, 42-10
2. UW-Oshkosh (3)                   19-5, 29-11
3. UW-Stevens Point                16-8, 29-16
4. UW-La Crosse                       12-12, 19-20
5. UW-Platteville                        9-15, 17-23
6. UW-Superior                          4-20, 17-23
7. UW-Stout                               4-20, 12-25
( )--First-place votes

Let the free-for-all begin!! 

[cubs]

So what does everyone think the pitching match-ups will be today in Oshkosh for the DH between the Titans and Warhawks?  I'm guessing everyone expects Dott to throw Game #1 for Whitewater, but after that, things could get interesting.  My prediction?

Game #1-Dott vs Rubens

Game #2-Hanson vs Kannenberg

What's everyone else think?  I'm sure Point is hoping that both games get played, as that would mean Dott would be coming back on only three days rest if he threw on Sunday in Point.

[BigPoppa]

This is going to be very interesting to watch how the WIAC teams come out of the chute today. Both teams have serious question marks in spots and today could tell the story.

By the way... still snowing in the Twin Cities. 1-2 inches on the ground right now. Amazing.

[cubs]

So what does everyone think the pitching match-ups will be today in Oshkosh for the DH between the Titans and Warhawks?  I'm guessing everyone expects Dott to throw Game #1 for Whitewater, but after that, things could get interesting.  My prediction?

Game #1-Dott vs Rubens

Game #2-Hanson vs Kannenberg

What's everyone else think?  I'm sure Point is hoping that both games get played, as that would mean Dott would be coming back on only three days rest if he threw on Sunday in Point.

Game #1 is indeed Dott vs Rubens

UWO leads 4-0 heading into the Bottom of the 7th. 

Rubens has faced two over the minimum through seven innings, giving up just three singles (lead-off hits in the 1st and 2nd innings) but Whitewater hasn't been able to muster much off of him, as he has retired the last 14 in a row.

Dott on the other hand has given up all four runs, on eight hits, including a pair of doubles and triples, and three walks.  Things could be worse, as UWO has left a runner in scoring position in both the 4th and 6th innings, and had a runner thrown out at the plate to end the 5th inning.