BB: OAC: Ohio Athletic Conference

[Ralph Turner]

Congratulations to Marietta, and sorry about that Otterbein.

[Dr. Acula]

The regional is set:

Hosted by Adrian, Adrian, Michigan
1.   Heidelberg (36-7)
2.   Wooster (35-8)
3.   Marietta (29-15)
4.   Adrian (31-9)
5.   Concordia Chicago (33-13)
6.   Rose-Hulman (31-12)

Ott didn't get in and W&J got shipped to Salisbury.  Best of luck to the Berg and Etta! 

[d3baseballnut]

The regional is set:

Hosted by Adrian, Adrian, Michigan
1.   Heidelberg (36-7)
2.   Wooster (35-8)
3.   Marietta (29-15)
4.   Adrian (31-9)
5.   Concordia Chicago (33-13)
6.   Rose-Hulman (31-12)

Ott didn't get in and W&J got shipped to Salisbury.  Best of luck to the Berg and Etta! 

That region is stacked...wow...what a tough draw for heidelberg first round with RHIT

[OAC baseball fan 3]

Do coaches put players in for all OAC teams?

[Dr. Acula]

As mideast mentioned earlier, in the past the coaches used to get together right at the start of the OAC tournament to come up with the All-OAC teams.  My understanding was that they all kind of threw out their guys they thought deserved it, gave an explanation and then they all went through and voted.  I would assume this is still the case.

[Dr. Acula]

Here is the link to the Mideast Regional website:

http://adrianbulldogs.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/09mideastregional.html

[Dr. Acula]

All-OAC teams are out:

http://www.oac.org/documents/BaseballAll-OAC2009.pdf

Special award winners were Cimino and Lowe.  IMO, the correct choices for both.  Congratulations to both guys.

[Dr. Acula]

Just had a chance to look over the All-OAC picks.  I'm very disappointed in MUC coach Paul Hesse.  How can you not successfully get Nate McFarland in there somehwere?  He's a senior and a captain and got beat out by a sophomore.  Their resumes looked similar on paper except one guy hit 45 points higher and was a senior.  How does the senior not get the nod? Sad.  Well, I'll at least thank Nate for putting together a nice career at the hot corner for the Raiders.  He and Slaybaugh will be tough to replace in the lineup in '10.     

[OAC baseball fan 3]

I feel you there.  Senior Brian Hill had almost IDENTICAL stats to sophomore Justin Miller.  had one more win and one more loss, and Bergman didnt get him on there for even honorable mention.  what a coach.

[Dr. Acula]

I feel you there.  Senior Brian Hill had almost IDENTICAL stats to sophomore Justin Miller.  had one more win and one more loss, and Bergman didnt get him on there for even honorable mention.  what a coach.

Take a look at the pitchers that got HM.  There a couple of SHAKY picks in there.  And that's being generous.  I'll put it to you this way, given ONU's overall talent level and how Hill pitched for them he is almost embarrassingly more deserving to be at least HM.  I feel terrible for the kid now that I took a better look at who got recognized ahead of him.

The good news is this is all politics and as of this morning we have a 1 in 3 chance of winning the Regional.  Time for all of us to band together and pull for the OAC! 

[OAC baseball fan 3]

I feel you there.  Senior Brian Hill had almost IDENTICAL stats to sophomore Justin Miller.  had one more win and one more loss, and Bergman didnt get him on there for even honorable mention.  what a coach.

Take a look at the pitchers that got HM.  There a couple of SHAKY picks in there.  And that's being generous.  I'll put it to you this way, given ONU's overall talent level and how Hill pitched for them he is almost embarrassingly more deserving to be at least HM.  I feel terrible for the kid now that I took a better look at who got recognized ahead of him.

The good news is this is all politics and as of this morning we have a 1 in 3 chance of winning the Regional.  Time for all of us to band together and pull for the OAC! 

Looking over the people on the All OAC picks, there is no way that the coach put him up for the honor.  My son called Brian and i guess Brian was very upset but cant do much about it.  All Brian said was "senior year down the drain".  Im not sure if i can blame his attitude after all that i have seen this year.

Congrats to all of the all oac picks.

[inthecrease]

Just had a chance to look over the All-OAC picks.  I'm very disappointed in MUC coach Paul Hesse.  How can you not successfully get Nate McFarland in there somehwere?    

Im not sure what happened this year, however i was privy to some inside information from last years meeting and from what i heard, Mount Unions coach was like the little boy trying to play stick ball with his older brother in the park. He would try to do something, be unsuccessful, and then just let it go without a fight. Overmatched in personality and ego to promote his own players. Same reason why Ferrell was an OAC HM last year but 2nd team All-Region.

and by the way, i hate to say i told you so, but . . .

I remember last year where the raiders were 6-0 in oac play entering this week and were 7-3 by the end of the week and their dynamic of the season changed from a regular season championship to fighting for 4th. This just seems like deja vu all over again.

[Dr. Acula]

Just had a chance to look over the All-OAC picks.  I'm very disappointed in MUC coach Paul Hesse.  How can you not successfully get Nate McFarland in there somehwere?    

Im not sure what happened this year, however i was privy to some inside information from last years meeting and from what i heard, Mount Unions coach was like the little boy trying to play stick ball with his older brother in the park. He would try to do something, be unsuccessful, and then just let it go without a fight. Overmatched in personality and ego to promote his own players. Same reason why Ferrell was an OAC HM last year but 2nd team All-Region.

and by the way, i hate to say i told you so, but . . .

I remember last year where the raiders were 6-0 in oac play entering this week and were 7-3 by the end of the week and their dynamic of the season changed from a regular season championship to fighting for 4th. This just seems like deja vu all over again.

Let's just say I'm NOT privy to any inside info, but I would guarantee that's been the case for 13 straight years now when it comes to All-OAC voting. 

As for the other part...after this many years I would guess most Raider fans don't get too high on early season starts.  We know our best case scenario is normally backing into the 4th spot of the tourney.  Other than that we wait around for the crushing sweep by some middle of the road team that derails the season.  Sad, but the truth hurts. 

[fundamentalswin]

Dont get me started about Paul Hesse and the MUC program...

[Dr. Acula]

Dont get me started about Paul Hesse and the MUC program...

Since there's nothing going on today I was going to suggest that you and OACbballfan3 should have a post-off to determine who has a lower opinion of their team's coach, but I'm afraid it may be too depressing.