BB: WIAC: Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

[Dagger]

that's pretty bold statement there!  my freshmen year WW's top 4 ALL got drafted(endl, callahan,reinhard and tomasiewicz), and that same year point had reinke, mehne, simonson, and achterberg.  UWO had timm, another draftee...I think that was the strongest the pitching has ever been in any division three conference ever!  I'm sure there were others that year that were very good also.

[cubs]

Number are down because the pitching in the WIAC is the best it's been in the past 15 years.  Everyone's top 4 are dominant.

Really?  I would beg to differ....  Outside of Dott, I don't know of another kid that is in a WIAC Teams Top Four that will go on and pitch at the next level.  Heck there isn't even a clear cut Pitcher of the Year this year.

Just so you realize how long 15 years is, just 10 years ago, all of these guys were pitchers toeing the rubber in the WIAC:
-Jack Taschner (2nd Round Draft Pick and Current Philedelphia Phillies reliever)
-Kevin Grater (20th Round Draft Pick-Brewers)
-Craig Glysch (35th Round Draft Pick-Angels)
-Andy Elskamp (36th Round Draft Pick-Phillies)
-Chris Simonson (43rd Round Draft Pick-Brewers)

Find me five future draft picks that are pitching in the WIAC today......

[BaseballFan]

Number are down because the pitching in the WIAC is the best it's been in the past 15 years.  Everyone's top 4 are dominant.

Sarcastic?? I hope you were at least. i would say its near the bottom 5 years of those 15

[ShineTime]

You caught on I wasn't close to being serious.  This is the worst pitching I've seen in the WIAC in the past 15 years.  After each teams top 1 or 2 guys it's almost comparable to high school level pitching.  I remember when Whitewater had Reinhard I was just hoping his elbow would snap because I knew there was no way we were going to win with him on the hill.  Hopefully some teams in the WIAC will get some quality transfers or recruits for next year or the commissioner will have to have teams start their DH at 8:00 A.M. just to get 2 games in.

[Just Bill]

Marian and UW-Whitewater split tongiht.  That was a regional loss UWW didn't need right now.

[UWP SID]

I should mention that Jimmy Flannery and Mike Baker will be calling the first games both Saturday and Sunday for student station WSUP, Platteville. You can listen to those here: http://www.uwplatt.edu/athletics/stream/index.html. We'll have live stats for all four games this weekend vs. UW-Stevens Point at http://www.uwplatt.edu/athletics/baseball/livestats/xlive.htm

[Brewers20]

Here are my first team All-WIAC selections: It's tough to do it on the stats that are on the WIAC site right now, because the All-WIAC team is based on conference games only stats.

*Blake Berger, OSH..........  .391*
Jay Fanta, LC..............  .372
Jason Fosler, OSH..........  .371
Jeremy Richter, STP........  .366
Jason Jacobson, PLT........  .349
Brian Giebel, ST...........  .344
Storm Gram, LC.............  .342
Ryan Stace, ST.............  .337
Brock Wetenkamp, OSH.......  .337
Brad Archambeau, STP.......  .315
Kyle Cummings, STP.........  .356
Ben Kuhlmann, WW...........  .326 
Ben Sebesta, OSH...........  .333
Nolan Fadness, OSH.........  .331
Brandon O'Connell, ST......  .328
Sam Spurney, STP...........  .310


*Jeff Zielke, STP...........  2.19*
Jason Hooper, WW...........  2.86   
Scott Williams, STP........  2.74   
Aaron Dott, WW.............  3.26
Kyle Kannenberg, OSH.......  3.48

*Denotes pitcher & player of the year.

[BaseballFan]

Here are my first team All-WIAC selections: It's tough to do it on the stats that are on the WIAC site right now, because the All-WIAC team is based on conference games only stats.

*Blake Berger, OSH..........  .391*
Jay Fanta, LC..............  .372
Jason Fosler, OSH..........  .371
Jeremy Richter, STP........  .366
Jason Jacobson, PLT........  .349
Brian Giebel, ST...........  .344
Storm Gram, LC.............  .342
Ryan Stace, ST.............  .337
Brock Wetenkamp, OSH.......  .337
Brad Archambeau, STP.......  .315
Kyle Cummings, STP.........  .356
Ben Kuhlmann, WW...........  .326 
Ben Sebesta, OSH...........  .333
Nolan Fadness, OSH.........  .331
Brandon O'Connell, ST......  .328
Sam Spurney, STP...........  .310


*Jeff Zielke, STP...........  2.19*
Jason Hooper, WW...........  2.86   
Scott Williams, STP........  2.74   
Aaron Dott, WW.............  3.26
Kyle Kannenberg, OSH.......  3.48

*Denotes pitcher & player of the year.

Here are the conference only stats, just have to dig a little deeper. May or may not want to change your team.

http://www.wiacsports.com/baseball/HTML/lgconf.htm#leagp.mlb

WIAC player of the year could be Jeremy Richter too. Ahead of Berger in avg, hr, slug

.410avg, 8 hrs, .846slug

[BigPoppa]

Marian and UW-Whitewater split tongiht.  That was a regional loss UWW didn't need right now.

That loss could be a dagger in the heart of Warhawk faithful.

[cubs]

WIAC player of the year could be Jeremy Richter too. Ahead of Berger in avg, hr, slug

.410avg, 8 hrs, .846slug

Good point!!!  Berger is ahead of him Runs, RBI's, and doubles, so depending on how big of a weekend each of them have, the Position Player of the Year could be decided this Saturday and Sunday.

[Dagger]

I don't think kyle cummings will have enough at bats to qualify this year...depends on how many times he walks this weekend! he needs 16(plus/minus a couple) at bats I believe to have the 2.5 a game requirement.  good point on richter though, given points success and the loss of their whole offense last year, richter may be a better choice for those reasons (having to fill some huge holes) if their numbers are similar.  It's almost impossible though to say who's more important to their team this year, as point and UWO don't have huge numbers from a lot of guys like they have had in the past, richter had to fill in and pick up a young team and uwo lost demin so berger has carried the bulk of the load there also...they are very similar when you really look at everything.  because of points success this year (if they win conference) i think richter will get the nod, and berger if uwo takes the title.

whitewater has no shot at an at large bid at this point!  They will need to win the tourney to see regional action this year...but as was noted already, what an amazing season for them given what they were dealt!  shows the resiliency and toughness of that program.  They finished where I thought they would (if things play out like they're supposed to    )  but they put themselves in a position to take another title.  Just too many KEY injuries and the loss of major contributors of past seasons hurt them.  They surprised a lot of people and should be very happy with what they accomplished this year...I don't know that I would want to play them in conference tourny!  they're still a tough squad and i wouldn't be shocked if they took the auto bid. 

[Dagger]

cummings at bats are for the season though, so I don't know what his conf. at bat totals look like.

[ShineTime]

I noticed on Platteville's site is states, "It's a great day to be a pioneer."  Let's hope this weekend, "It's a great weekend to be a Pointer."  For some reason which I don't know why I believe if Point wins the regular season title and at least makes the WIAC title game they will get an at large.  I don't know that Point winning the regular season title will help them that much seeing their last how many titles they've won they haven't been regular season champs at all.  I just seems Point plays better with their backs against the wall.  Call me foolish but I think Richter is hands down the player of the year at this point.  He has made such an immediate impact for Point and who knows where they would be without him.

[cubs]

Call me foolish but I think Richter is hands down the player of the year at this point.  He has made such an immediate impact for Point and who knows where they would be without him.

Hands Down?  I don't think I would go that far....  You could use the same argument for Berger since the loss of Demmin for UWO.  Like I said earlier, I think a lot of it will come down to what kind of numbers each of them put up this weekend, and if the numbers are close, it will likely go to the player whose team wins the Regular Season Title.

[brewcrew2008]

Point starts out the day with a 10-1 victory, platteville walked 12 batters and used 8 pitchers total, interesting considering it's the first of 4 games.