BB: OAC: Ohio Athletic Conference

[old scot]

O.K. OAC boys lets hear your take on this weekends tourney.( I'm going back to my roots, Wooster was in this conference when I was there.)

I like the Berg, just because I think they are playing the best at this time. I'll never count out Etta though. They seem to raise their level of play in the post season.

I thought Otterbein would have been more dominate this year with their pitching. They may be a dark horse. Mount is an unknown factor. They may take the "we are just glad to be here attitude and nothing to loose", which could make them dangerous.

It should be a wide open and exciting tournament.

[fundamentalswin]

Dr. Acula...

You seem to be a fairly intelligent guy... Do the math

[mideastfan2]

Marietta takes care of business in game one and beats Otterbein (and Remenowksi) 5-2.

Can't say I'm surprised at all.

Knowlton pitched very well, and the Marietta bats got to Rem early and often.  Some timely two out hitting helped as well.

[old scot]

The OAC tourney went as planned, 1 beat 4 ( Berg over Mount) & 2beat 3 ( Etta over Bein). No surprises according to the seeding.

[mideastfan2]

again, I'm not surprised by this morning's outcome.

MAR - 8
HEID - 4

FINAL....Marietta advances to tomorrow's championship game. Heidelberg will play the winner of the next game between Mount & Otterbein.

[Dr. Acula]

Stellar work by the Etta bullpen today.  Eschbaugh and Merryman shut out the Berg the final 4.1 innings. 

Ott leads MUC 5-2 after 5 innings. 

[mideastfan2]

Otterbein eliminated Mount Union 5-3.  Doug Stevens went the distance.

Otterbein will take on Heidelberg in the losers bracket final this afternoon....the winner plays Marietta tomorrow.  Both Otterebin and Heidelberg have used up their top 2 pitchers.

[Dr. Acula]

That will be a good match up this afternoon.  I'm curious to see who gets the ball for both teams.  Regardless, Etta is sitting pretty right now.

[old scot]

I have got to hand it to Marietta. They had a poor start to the season and even into mid season, they didn't play very well.
Come tourney time, they always " kick it up a notch". The tourney is not over yet but, Etta certainly has put themselves in the drivers seat.

[mideastfan2]

^^^ Marietta played a very tough schedule to be ready for the end of the season...and it's showing.  They are playing extremely well right now.

Heidelberg eliminates Otterbein.  Tough season for Otterbein; the senior class had a great four years but couldn't quite get to the World Series.

[old scot]

Mideast Fan,
              I don't think their early schedule has anything to do with preparing for the post-season. Etta is just manning up and playing better baseball.

[mideastfan2]

^^ I beg to differ.  I watched them play early in the year and spoke with the coaches.  They scheduled hard to make sure they played tough competition, to be ready for the post-season.  Directly from the staff.

They don't go to Texas for the chicken fried steak (although it's a nice bonus).  And playing Piedmont and Rhodes early, isn't a coincidence either.

[woosterbooster]

I wouldn't eat a chicken-fried steak even if 500 leggy Texas blondes walked one to me all the way in Wooster.  But I agree with you that Marietta's trip to Texas had to help them.  They always seem to play their best ball at this time of year, and when you do it over and over, it's no accident.

[Ralph Turner]

I wouldn't eat a chicken-fried steak even if 500 leggy Texas blondes walked one to me all the way in Wooster.  But I agree with you that Marietta's trip to Texas had to help them.  They always seem to play their best ball at this time of year, and when you do it over and over, it's no accident.

How about a steak from the Perini Ranch...    without the blonds. 

[woosterbooster]

How about a steak from the Perini Ranch...    without the blonds. 

Now THAT's a steak; bring it on!