BB: OAC: Ohio Athletic Conference

[Dr. Acula]

129 posts to go. If I keep asking Dr. A questions I will get there in no time. 

Ha!  Sounds like a plan!  I'll be glad to banter back and forth just to keep this board going.  The old guard (mideast, fundamentals, JK, etc.) know what a struggle it was to get posts on here not too long ago.  This kind of action in July on this board would have been unthinkable!  We're getting a nice group of regulars now and I couldn't be happier.   

[Bump]

129 posts to go. If I keep asking Dr. A questions I will get there in no time. 

Ha!  Sounds like a plan!  I'll be glad to banter back and forth just to keep this board going.  The old guard (mideast, fundamentals, JK, etc.) know what a struggle it was to get posts on here not too long ago.  This kind of action in July on this board would have been unthinkable!  We're getting a nice group of regulars now and I couldn't be happier.   

I see that a number of Mount fans post. Do many other OAC schools have regular posters?

127!!

[Dr. Acula]

Sadly, not a ton.  We basically get no posts from half the conference.  The other "regulars" on this board are:

mideastfan2 (Etta)
fundamentalswin (MUC)
inthecrease (MUC)
JK (Cap)
Gramps (Berg)
OAC baseball fan 3 (ONU)

lhpdiggy is a BW guy that posts sporadically.  oacfan is an Etta guy (I think?) that does the same.  And a couple Scots guys wander over from the NCAC board too. 

With you and 08 joining us MUC has the strongest presence on here right now I think.   

[fundamentalswin]

Bump are you in the program currently

[Bump]

No, I have a son that will be a freshman at MUC this fall. I just enjoy talking sports with you guys. Helps pass the time since I am not at 5 to 8 summer baseball games a week this summer. Thought I would miss it but it has not been that bad.

[Dr. Acula]

Best of luck to your son, Bump.  I'm biased, but he made a great choice! 

Are you a Stark County guy?  I only ask because you know a lot about the Federal League so I assumed you were.  I grew up in Stark County and am an old Fed guy myself.

[Bump]

I have lived in Stark Co. for about 15 years and have followed the FL for about the last tens years. Mostly follow football but have had interest in baseball for about the last 5 or 6 years.  I don't keep up with FL basketball all that much. I am originally from Coshocton. So I keep up with the ECOL a little bit mostly football.

[fundamentalswin]

Pitcher or Position player?  And you will understand much more of what the 3 alums are talking about come this time next year... I didnt believe what everyone was telling me when I went in either... I was wrong

[Dr. Acula]

You say the practices are long. How long are they? I have heard in the winter they start at 5:00 am and run until 9:00 am. I am surprised that they could be that long. The NCAA has regulations for football on the length of practices. (Hours per day and hours per week.)  Are there no similar regs for baseball?

We got caught up in the "Bump to 200" campaign and I forgot I wanted to address this...

When I was there we never practiced in the mornings, that was when softball practiced.  We practiced at night.  But it wasn't the actual practice time that was the problem.  It was getting there a half hr before practice for the meeting, then going to practice for 2+ hrs, then going to run 3 miles, then going to the training room/icing your arm.  It was literally 4 hours a day minimum.  And then most of us were lifting on our own time too, so add another hour 3-4 days/wk.  But in the end it only took me one season to get used to that without it effecting my grades.  Freshmen year...different story.  That was a little rocky with the parents.

[inthecrease]

No, I have a son that will be a freshman at MUC this fall.

Must be an interesting way to get an insight into the program before your son actually has a day on campus. I knew I had a great visit, but there was a big difference in how Hesse was received by me when i was in the recruiting chair and when i was in the classroom for a "skull session"

Has your son gotten his mile time down yet?

[Dr. Acula]

No, I have a son that will be a freshman at MUC this fall.

Must be an interesting way to get an insight into the program before your son actually has a day on campus. I knew I had a great visit, but there was a big difference in how Hesse was received by me when i was in the recruiting chair and when i was in the classroom for a "skull session"

Has your son gotten his mile time down yet?

Hahaha!  I almost forgot about those timed miles!  Classic.  I remember running timed miles in the fieldhouse (10 laps).  I love to run anyway, so I was running 4-5 miles daily so 1 mile was a breeze.  A coach and I got into a screaming match because I sprinted past one of our big burly 1st basemen right at the finish line to lap him and the coach claimed I had only run 9 laps.  I was screaming "He weighs 220 effing pounds and you think I had to SPRINT the home stretch because I was BEHIND him after 9 laps?!?!"  Of course, I lost that argument.    

[Bump]

No, I have a son that will be a freshman at MUC this fall.

Must be an interesting way to get an insight into the program before your son actually has a day on campus. I knew I had a great visit, but there was a big difference in how Hesse was received by me when i was in the recruiting chair and when i was in the classroom for a "skull session"

Has your son gotten his mile time down yet?

in the crease, my son isn't playing baseball at MU. I just like baseball and enjoy talking about it and learning about the MU program from guys who played there. To be honest I followed Denison and West Liberty baseball closer than Mount last spring because some kids my son played high school ball with got some playing time at those schools last year. One of the kids that played for Denison made 1st team all NCAC at 2nd as a freshman.

[JK]

Sadly, not a ton.  We basically get no posts from half the conference.  The other "regulars" on this board are:

mideastfan2 (Etta)
fundamentalswin (MUC)
inthecrease (MUC)
JK (Cap)
Gramps (Berg)
OAC baseball fan 3 (ONU)

lhpdiggy is a BW guy that posts sporadically.  oacfan is an Etta guy (I think?) that does the same.  And a couple Scots guys wander over from the NCAC board too. 

With you and 08 joining us MUC has the strongest presence on here right now I think.   

Bump,

I know you are on the football board a lot as well.  I played Football at Cap, so that is my primary home, but I just love sports in general as well.  Both my roomates at Cap were baseball players, so I keep up with that program.  I respect almost no coach as much as I respect Dixie Jeffers, so I follow women's hoops at Cap as well.  The men's team at Cap has had a good run, so I have sporadically posted on the basketball boards just to show support for my alma mater.

It's about the same here as it is on the FB boards.  Lots of Mount fans, a couple of ONU guys, a couple of Cap guys (I am the most regular), and a few others who pop in from time to time who support JCU, BW, and Ott.  We've had some Muskingum and Etta fans off and on.  Haven't seen anyone with H-berg or Wilma loyaties much on the FB boardBack a few years ago there was a poster known as Busta99 who was a former Wilmington player and is a bit of a legend on that board, but he hasn't been around for a long time.  On the football board a former JCU regular named "Deoder" is THE LEGEND (another former JCU regular "traded" him to BW).  Bring them up sometime and see what you get.

This board has become a really good visit lately.  Dr. Ac is right.  In the past it was almost non-existent in the off-season.  Now, to have some of these discussions going... well, I visit this board as much as I visit the football board these days (That will change during the season, I am sure).  In my mind, a lot of that is directly attributable to Dr. Ac.  He's posted updates throughout the off-season and responds to posts to keep conversations rolling.

So, welcome.  Join the fun on both boards.  It's nice to have people who understand and speak intelligently rather than attack and act stupid like some (most) of the other message boards on foxsports or ESPN Ohio state message boards, or even JJ Huddle for the HS Stuff.

[Dr. Acula]

Bump,

I know you are on the football board a lot as well.  I played Football at Cap, so that is my primary home, but I just love sports in general as well.  Both my roomates at Cap were baseball players, so I keep up with that program.  I respect almost no coach as much as I respect Dixie Jeffers, so I follow women's hoops at Cap as well.  The men's team at Cap has had a good run, so I have sporadically posted on the basketball boards just to show support for my alma mater.

It's about the same here as it is on the FB boards.  Lots of Mount fans, a couple of ONU guys, a couple of Cap guys (I am the most regular), and a few others who pop in from time to time who support JCU, BW, and Ott.  We've had some Muskingum and Etta fans off and on.  Haven't seen anyone with H-berg or Wilma loyaties much on the FB boardBack a few years ago there was a poster known as Busta99 who was a former Wilmington player and is a bit of a legend on that board, but he hasn't been around for a long time.  On the football board a former JCU regular named "Deoder" is THE LEGEND (another former JCU regular "traded" him to BW).  Bring them up sometime and see what you get.

This board has become a really good visit lately.  Dr. Ac is right.  In the past it was almost non-existent in the off-season.  Now, to have some of these discussions going... well, I visit this board as much as I visit the football board these days (That will change during the season, I am sure).  In my mind, a lot of that is directly attributable to Dr. Ac.  He's posted updates throughout the off-season and responds to posts to keep conversations rolling.

So, welcome.  Join the fun on both boards.  It's nice to have people who understand and speak intelligently rather than attack and act stupid like some (most) of the other message boards on foxsports or ESPN Ohio state message boards, or even JJ Huddle for the HS Stuff.

That site has gone down hill rapidly, IMO.  First off, I can rarely find anything I even want to read because it's inundated with threads on top of threads so you have to wade through pages of garbage to find anything you want.  Second, when you do find it there's an 80% chance the thread has eroded into a bunch of HS kids (or idiotic adults) calling each other names.  I usually have to come back here just to remind myself that message boards can be great when mature people are using them.

p.s. I got a little smile on my face when you mentioned Doeder!  I remember waaaay back in the day there was a poster named Van Chat (I think) that I always was entertained by.  I'll throw 4u and Toph onto my list of old posters I wish were still around.  Actually, Ric would be on there too since he's disappeared for quite some time...

[Dr. Acula]

From the Great Lakes League...

Dan Jones (Etta) was named Player of the Week

John LaCorte (Ott) was named Co-Pitcher of the Week

Here's the link