BB: NWC: Northwest Conference

[Olinemom]

Here's a few more links

NCAA
http://www.ncaasports.com/baseball/mens

Baseball America
http://www.baseballamerica.com/today/college/index.html

Thanks for the links.  Here's to a great spring season.  Love my baseball!!  Thanks for the board on which to express my hope that Linfied has a fantastic season!!

[Olinemom]

No wonder they call it the desert Classic. 

Thats a pretty good line up of games. I just wish there were a California Beach classic with all these teams in the line up. Maybe, the d3baseball committee can ask the good people at Pepperdine U. if why would use their field, that has the most awesome view of the Pacific ocean, to play the Cal Classic.
However, like your quote on from the great Tommy Lasorda, there are people who make things happen, those that watch it happen and those who wonder what would happen if. Enjoy the games

You are right.  What a gorgeous view that field has!!!  I also love the view looking out from home plate toward center field at U.Redlands.  That mountain rising out of center field is pretty special as well!!  And we don't get to come back to California until 2009.  SIGH!!!!!

[Browneagle64]

Great job to the Cats for taking the dawgs down to the wire in 10 innings. I knew that this game was going to turn out good, but expected a team that played just a little more games in the season to come out with the W. Sounds like the Cats will have a decent pitching staff and good offense this season. Here's to an awesome season guys. Hope that other SCIAC schools get to play against you guys.

[Tom Brady]

Red and Pirple-  Were you at the games in AZ?  If so, I was just wondering which of the SCIAC teams you were most impressed by.  Tough to say which SCIAC team was good because Linfield and George Fox did so well but I was just wondering.  Thanks in advance.

[RedandPurple]

Red and Pirple-  Were you at the games in AZ?  If so, I was just wondering which of the SCIAC teams you were most impressed by.  Tough to say which SCIAC team was good because Linfield and George Fox did so well but I was just wondering.  Thanks in advance.

Wild Thing:
I saw two games: Linfield vs. CLU and Linfield vs. Redlands.
The Bulldogs were very impressive. They were down by four in the second inning. Never gave up and kept fighting. Linfield did the same. It was a very good game. I really don't know the players well enough to give you any more of a description than that.

CLU was a nightmare of a game. Crazy calls, the CLU coach got tossed out, fair balls were called out, and foul balls were called in.
The CLU boys could really play. They did everything right. Linfield played well, but struggled at times.

Being the father of a Linfield football player, I really didn't follow the baseball team over the past years.

[Tom Brady]

Gee, gotta love D-III umpires

[D O.C.]

Steady rain has forced the cancelation of all remaining games of the Yamhill County Spring Classic

Horrific winter for the Northwest. But then again, most of the country is having 'a real winter' I guess.

The Rutschman Field House means timing and conditioning can continue.  Losing to something named the Corban Warriors cannot.

[Jim Dixon]

Of interest to NWC fans:

ORANGE, Calif. -  Chapman University Athletics will partner with
student-run Chapman Radio to broadcast six Chapman baseball games
beginning this Saturday, March 10 when the Panthers host No. 15-ranked
Kean University (N.J.) at 7 p.m. Games can be found exclusively online
at www.chapmanradio.com <http://www.chapmanradio.com/> .

The "Game of the Week" format will continue with five additional
broadcast dates, including games against No. 3 Montclair State (N.J.) on
March 17, Wesleyan (Conn.) on March 24 and West Region rivals La Verne,
Willamette (Ore.) and George Fox (Ore.). A complete list of games can be
found on Chapman's website:
www.chapman.edu/athletics/men/baseball/schedule.asp.

[Jim Dixon]

George Fox University campus radio station KFOX has announced that it
will webcast all three games of the upcoming Northwest Conference
baseball series with Yamhill County rival Linfield College.  The
schedule: Friday, Apr. 6, a doubleheader at 12 noon, and Saturday, Apr.
7, a single game at 12 noon.  Fans may listen in by going to
www.kfoxradio.net <http://www.kfoxradio.net/>  and clicking the "Listen"
link, or follow the links from the George Fox baseball home page at
www.georgefox.edu/athletics/baseball/index.html.  QuickTime Player is
needed to listen to the games; there is a free download link on the KFOX
web site.

[Just_Some_Guy]

So with the end of the regular season getting closer do we have any early predictions on who might be player of the year? pitcher of the year?

Player of the Year:
Dan Wentzell (GFU)
Michael Olsen (Puget Sound)

Could probably make a case for a few of the other GFU hitters and Mills or Van Cleave from Linfield, but I don't see how it could be anyone other than Wentzell at this point in the season.

Pitcher of the Year:
Joe DiPietro (Pac Luth)
Cameron Larson (Linfield)
Kyle Mosbrucker (Linfield)
Nick Bratney (GFU)

I think you're looking a DiPietro here unless something changes, between now and the end of the season.

Some_Guy

[Jim Dixon]

Pacific Lutheran Lutes - NCW Champions (with the automatic bid)

[Ralph Turner]

McMurry hosts George Fox in 2008.  Good luck and travel safely. 

[Pirat]

Lutes ranked 12th in the country in 2008 Collegiate Baseball Newspaper pre-season poll.   Chapman #4 and George Fox got a nod - only other West Coast teams. 

[Browneagle64]

Hey Folks,

Hopefully this sparks some life into this board and gets many of you guys going for the upcoming Baseball season.

I have a question? Can any of you add some insight on how the Whitman baseball team will fair out this year? I understand that they will be heading down south to So.cal this weekend to face my Tigers. However, all i know from this NWC team is that after getting trounced in the Desert classic last year by team such as La Verne and Redlands, they seemed to never recover from such huge defeats.
Will this team by good this year??? 

[Ralph Turner]

Lutes ranked 12th in the country in 2008 Collegiate Baseball Newspaper pre-season poll.   Chapman #4 and George Fox got a nod - only other West Coast teams. 

PP received votes, too.