BB: WIAC: Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

[cubs]

Try again.... 

A runner has not been allowed to slide past the base since at least 19??.  MLB is just "catching up" to the rules that the NCAA has had in place since then.  American Legion baseball adopted the rule in the mid-1990's, and they took/copied the NCAA rule.

I can still remember having a Midwest Regional end on that very call!!!

Not sure about this claim about the American Legion.  Appleton hosted the American Legion Midwest Regional in 2009 and force plays at second were a point of emphasis.  At that point in time the rule was:

Past the bag and within the bag = legal
Outside the bag, regardless of whether or not the runner slid past the bag = illegal/automatic double play

I would defer to our resident Legion Baseball expert if he stops in here anytime soon....

[TitanDoubles]

Titan's picked up a win last night with a 2-1 victory against Carroll. 

Interesting note from the game - Matt Sabel picked up another save for the Titans.  Perhaps Tomasiewicz will be using Sabel as the team's closer down the stretch.  IIRC, Sabel did most of his work in the Northwoods League out of the bullpen and was quite effective in that role competing against a lot of Division I talent.  With's Sabel's skill set (hard throwing lefty, low arm slot, and good movement) he could be untouchable in the late game.  This could be the move that puts the Titans over the top and back into the postseason for time since 2009.

[cubs]

Titan's picked up a win last night with a 2-1 victory against Carroll. 

Interesting note from the game - Matt Sabel picked up another save for the Titans.  Perhaps Tomasiewicz will be using Sabel as the team's closer down the stretch.  IIRC, Sabel did most of his work in the Northwoods League out of the bullpen and was quite effective in that role competing against a lot of Division I talent.  With's Sabel's skill set (hard throwing lefty, low arm slot, and good movement) he could be untouchable in the late game.  This could be the move that puts the Titans over the top and back into the postseason for time since 2009.

Safe to assume you are talking about an NCAA Regional appearance, since UWO was a participant in the WIAC Postseason Tournament just last season?

With that said, your 2009 year would be incorrect.  It was actually 2008, where UWO lost to Carthage and St. Thomas at E.J. Schneider Field in Oshkosh.

[TitanDoubles]

Titan's picked up a win last night with a 2-1 victory against Carroll. 

Interesting note from the game - Matt Sabel picked up another save for the Titans.  Perhaps Tomasiewicz will be using Sabel as the team's closer down the stretch.  IIRC, Sabel did most of his work in the Northwoods League out of the bullpen and was quite effective in that role competing against a lot of Division I talent.  With's Sabel's skill set (hard throwing lefty, low arm slot, and good movement) he could be untouchable in the late game.  This could be the move that puts the Titans over the top and back into the postseason for time since 2009.

Safe to assume you are talking about an NCAA Regional appearance, since UWO was a participant in the WIAC Postseason Tournament just last season?

With that said, your 2009 year would be incorrect.  It was actually 2008, where UWO lost to Carthage and St. Thomas at E.J. Schneider Field in Oshkosh.

Correct. I was looking at the wrong row on the archive. 2009 was the shared championship team that didn't get in.

[ShineTime]

Has anyone else heard that luke watson is back this weekend I sure hope it's true and that he's healthy. 

[AppletonRocks]

Has anyone else heard that luke watson is back this weekend I sure hope it's true and that he's healthy.

I didn't hear that. 

[cubs]

Now that we are nearly halfway through the WIAC schedule, what are people's thought on the "front-runners" for the WIAC Pitcher and Position Player of the Year?

Would seem to think La Crosse has a pretty good chance of pulling off the "double" (like Point did last year) with Caleb Boushley and Taylor Kohlwey putting up monster numbers so far this year. 

La Crosse's Justin Anderson would likely be in the mix as if Kohlwey starts to fall back to the pack and Whitewater's Lake Bachar will likely be in the running for the Pitcher award as well.

Who else deserves to be in the conversation?

After another complete game victory by Boushley, this time 6-2 over Whitewater, I think you can pretty much hand the WIAC Pitcher of the Year award to him....

[badgerwarhawk]

Agreed

[cubs]

With a pair of wins today, La Crosse has already clinched a share of the regular season WIAC Championship, as they hold a six game lead over both Whitewater and Stevens Point with six games remaining....

[TitanDoubles]

Has anyone else heard that luke watson is back this weekend I sure hope it's true and that he's healthy.

Overheard a conversation between Watson's father and some Titan fans. His career is over. Was on a 70 pitch limit coming back to start the year. Threw 110 pitches in a game earlier in the season.

Titans and Pointers split today. Defensive lapses hurt the Titan's chances of taking two today. Messenger looked strong but the defense just wasn't there behind him. Sabel continues to be a force out of the bullpen for Oshkosh. UWO's chances of getting an at large are slim to none at this point (especially with today's loss) but if they jump out to some early leads in the conference tourney I like their chances with Sabel shutting the door.

[ShineTime]

The kid is healthy enough to pitch isn't he?  I cannot believe he didn't throw this weekend.

[ShineTime]

At this point in time does anyone see la crosse not finishing top 3 in the nation?  They just thumped Bachar and ten run ruled a very good whitewater team.  I'm excited to see them at point next weekend.

[AppletonRocks]

At this point in time does anyone see la crosse not finishing top 3 in the nation?  They just thumped Bachar and ten run ruled a very good whitewater team.  I'm excited to see them at point next weekend.

Tough to gauge how good they are just because they beat Whitewater.   

[badgerwarhawk]

As has already been noted the WARHAWKS dropped both ends of Saturday's doubleheader by 6-2 and 6-0 scores.  Committing nine errors in one doubleheader probably isn't going to win you too many games.  In the first game the WARHAWKS stranded two runners in scoring position in their first at bat while the Eagles jumped on top with a pair in their at bat.  Both runs were unearned courtesy of two WARHAWKS errors.  Three WARHAWKS hits including an RBI single by Austin Jones paired with a sacrifice fly by Aaron Markley tied the game 2-2 in the fourth.  However the Eagles put four on the board in the sixth and held the WARHAWKS to a pair of singles the rest of the way. 

Hitting: Fleischman: 2x4; Burman: 1x3, 1 RS; A. Jones: 1x4, 1 RBI; Markley: SF, 1 RBI.
Pitching: Nompleggi (L, 2-1): 6 IP, 4 H, 6 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 5 K; Rentz: 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 0 K.

Notes: Kohlwey: 33 game hit streak, program record career runs scored (162); Cordova: 22 game hit streak.


The WARHAWKS defense may have looked shaky in the first game but it collapsed in the second committing a season high six errors resulting in four of six Eagle runs being unearned.   Of course when you don't score at all two runs are more than enough to beat you. The Eagles scored an unearned run in the first, an earned and unearned run in the second, an earned run in the seventh and a pair of unearned runs in the eighth.  The WARHAWKS stranded runners in scoring position in four innings and left a total of 10 runners on base in the contest. 

Hitting: Wary: 2x4; Chamberlain: 2x4; A. Jones: 2x4; Cal Aldridge: 2x3; Markley: 1x3, 2B.
Pitching: Morgan (L, 4-1): 2.1 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 0 K; Hurst: 5.2 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 1 K.

Notes: Kohlwey extends to 34; Cordova's streak snapped at 22.   


Game one on Sunday got ugly right away as the Eagles answered the WARHAWKS single run in the first (Fleischman RBI single) with three of their own and then added five in the second inning to take a commanding 8-1 lead.  The Eagles then added single runs in the fifth, sixth and seventh ending the game via the run rule.  Though it didn't matter much the WARHAWKS ran their weekend error total to 12 with three more in game three.   The Eagles had 14 hits in the game and held the WARHAWKS to just 4 after the first inning. 

Hitting: Wary: 1x3, 1 RS; Fleischman: 1X1, 1 RBI.
Pitching: Bachar (L, 5-4): 1.1 IP, 7 H, 7 R, 7 ER, 2 BB, 3 K; Olejniczak: 1.2 IP, 0 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 0 K; Gruetzmacher: 1.1 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 2 K; Georgakas: 1.2 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K; Heilenbach: 0.1, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 0 K.

Notes: Kohlwey: hit streak extended to 35, career runs to 165.  WARHAWKS held to 3 total runs in first three contests.


Proving conclusively that there is a god and that he is benevolent the WARHAWKS returned the run rule favor in game four playing errorless ball and putting the game away early with a seven run second inning.  Cal Aldridge opened the scoring with a pair of RBIs on a single up the middle.  Matt Wary and Steve Chamberlain each added an RBI single and Austin Jones's double drove in a pair.  Justin Wegner's two run home run in the third extended the lead to 9-0.  The Eagles cut into the deficit with a pair of runs in the fifth but the WARHAWKS matched those and added one more with RBI hits from Jordan Kuczynski, Matt Wary and Aaron Markley in the eighth making the final 12-2. 

Hitting: Aldridge: 3x4, 2 RS, 2 RBI; Wary: 2x3, 2 RS, 1 RBI, 2B; Markley: 2x4, 1 RS, 1 RBI; Wegner: 1x2, 1 RS, 2 RBI, HR;  Chamberlain: 1x3, 1 RS, 1 RBI; Kuczynski: 1x4, 1 RS, 1 RBI;  A. Jones: 1x5, 1 RS, 2 RBI, 2B;  Burman: 1x4, 1 RS.
Pitching: Shah (W, 4-1): 7 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 2 K; A. Jones: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K. 

Notes: Kohlwey extends hit streak to 36 games.  8 of 9 WARHAWK starters had a hit 

[badgerwarhawk]

At this point in time does anyone see la crosse not finishing top 3 in the nation?  They just thumped Bachar and ten run ruled a very good whitewater team.  I'm excited to see them at point next weekend.

Tough to gauge how good they are just because they beat Whitewater.   

On this date in 1908 the original version of "Take Me Out To The Ballgame" was published.  The original had two verses.  Today we just sing the chorus.  Interestingly the authors had never attended a baseball game prior to writing the song.