BB: OAC: Ohio Athletic Conference

mideastfan2 · June 07, 2012, 08:18:08 PM

More awards for Blaski and Saunders....honored as player and pitcher of the year respectively by NCBWA!

http://www.sportswriters.net/ncbwa/news/2012/div3players120607.html

Bishopleftiesdad · June 07, 2012, 08:32:59 PM

Quote from: mideastfan2 on June 07, 2012, 08:18:08 PM
More awards for Blaski and Saunders....honored as player and pitcher of the year respectively by NCBWA!

http://www.sportswriters.net/ncbwa/news/2012/div3players120607.html

Congratulations to both. Well deserved.

Gramps · June 08, 2012, 06:02:45 AM

A TIP OF GRAMP'S HAT TO AUSTIN BLASKI AND TIM SAUNDERS ON BEING DRAFTED BY MLB . BEST OF LUCK TO BOTH OF THEM IN THEIR FUTURE CAREERS AS PRO BASEBALL PLAYERS.

Dr. Acula · June 15, 2012, 10:25:47 AM

Quote from: ettanut4life on June 05, 2012, 05:22:17 PM
OU and YSU aren't schools capable of luring him away in my oPinion. Sure the pay would be better, and the facilities may be a little better. But he is a Marietta guy, was an all American as a player. Has now won 3 national championships. Is loved and respected by the entire community, and continues to bring in top notch talent that allow him to continuously win year in and year out. All honesty, may be a little far fetched, but I truly believe he'd have to hear from the Big Ten to lure him from Marietta. The MAC schools (aside from kent) just don't seem appealing enough to leave Marietta

OU hired former Purdue pitching coach and current Creighton Assoc. HC Rob Smith. The problem in baseball is the incentive of money is largely eliminated. I believe Brewer has an admin title like Asst. AD as well. Guys like him and Palm (AD at Berg) are probably making as much or more than the HC at OU or other MAC schools. So unless the end game is a Big Ten job like you mentioned I don't think the MAC gigs are that appealing.

Dr. Acula · June 20, 2012, 12:02:07 PM

Summer League updates:

Chris Thomas (Berg) is having a great summer so far for the Chillicothe Paints in the Prospect League. He's 3-0 with a save and is 2nd in the league with a 0.98 ERA through 18.1 IP.

Aaron Hopper (Etta) is also playing for the Paints. He's currently hitting .271 w/ 6 RBI in 48 AB.

Nolan Neuschaefer (BW) is also playing in the Prospect League for Lorain. He's hitting .274 w/ 7 extra base hits in 62 AB.

Dr. Acula · June 28, 2012, 03:35:58 PM

Couple OAC recruiting notes from NE Ohio:

Akron Firestone LHP Brandon Maddern to JCU

Akron SVSM 1B/P Adam Journic to Cap

Massillon Jackson P/OF Chris Infantiedes and Massillon Tuslaw LHP/OF Philip Zorger to MUC

Gramps · June 28, 2012, 10:57:58 PM

Congrats to Ricardo Lizcano (Heidelberg) on being signed by the St Louis. Cardinals. He will be assigned to the Johnson City club as a catcher. Best of luck to a great young man.

Dr. Acula · June 29, 2012, 08:00:35 AM

Quote from: Gramps on June 28, 2012, 10:57:58 PM
Congrats to Ricardo Lizcano (Heidelberg) on being signed by the St Louis. Cardinals. He will be assigned to the Johnson City club as a catcher. Best of luck to a great young man.

Awesome news! Good luck to Ricardo and the Etta duo this summer.

EttaFan1 · July 04, 2012, 12:10:11 PM

Through nine games played, Saunders has spent some time as a shortstop and some as a third baseman. He has hit in the bottom of the order, the top of the order, and I'm the #3 spot. He is hitting .471 in 34 at bats.

http://www.milb.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=milb&t=p_pbp&pid=623502

Bishopleftiesdad · July 04, 2012, 01:38:51 PM

Quote from: EttaFan1 on July 04, 2012, 12:10:11 PM
Through nine games played, Saunders has spent some time as a shortstop and some as a third baseman. He has hit in the bottom of the order, the top of the order, and I'm the #3 spot. He is hitting .471 in 34 at bats.

http://www.milb.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=milb&t=p_pbp&pid=623502

Great to hear. I wish him the best.

Bishopleftiesdad · July 04, 2012, 01:41:22 PM

How does Marietta feel about losing Deegan? Will he be hard to replace?

Dr. Acula · July 05, 2012, 11:57:01 AM

Quote from: Dr. Acula on June 20, 2012, 12:02:07 PM
Summer League updates:

Chris Thomas (Berg) is having a great summer so far for the Chillicothe Paints in the Prospect League. He's 3-0 with a save and is 2nd in the league with a 0.98 ERA through 18.1 IP.

Aaron Hopper (Etta) is also playing for the Paints. He's currently hitting .271 w/ 6 RBI in 48 AB.

Nolan Neuschaefer (BW) is also playing in the Prospect League for Lorain. He's hitting .274 w/ 7 extra base hits in 62 AB.

Hopper has turned it on and has his average up to .320 now. He's also showing some really good pop with 9 doubles and 5 HR included in his 32 hits. He ranks in the top 10 in the Prospect League in HR, RBI and slugging.

Thomas continues to throw well. He's now 4-0 w/ a save through 27.1 IP. He is 4th in the league with a 1.65 ERA. He is also 4th in BAA at .200.

Neuschaefer is currently hitting .257 in 105 AB.

Dr. Acula · July 05, 2012, 12:04:53 PM

Quote from: Bishopleftiesdad on July 04, 2012, 01:41:22 PM
How does Marietta feel about losing Deegan? Will he be hard to replace?

This is a question for the Etta guys, but my $0.02...I think the answer is yes and no. Deegan was the Assoc. HC I believe. He was undoubtedly heavily involved in the day-to-day running of the program. Any time you lose a guy that involved with the daily stuff it stings. This is especially true if he's been a main recruiter and has developed ties to HS coaches over the years. So it might be a short-term pain for Brewer.

At the same time, this is Marietta baseball. As long as they field a team they're going to be good. And certainly as long as Brewer is in charge they'll be very good. Too much tradition, too much history, too good of a track record developing talent. Not even Don Schaly being gone hurt the program. There's no way losing an asst. is going to hurt the program in any long-term way.

motorman · July 07, 2012, 02:51:22 PM

Prospect League All Star team announced yesterday.

Includes following D3 players on the East squad:

Chris Thomas - Heidelberg 4-0 with 1 save, 1.65 ERA, 25Ks, 14BB in 27.1 innings
Aaron Hopper - Marietta .324BA, 6HR, 30RBI in 108ABs
JT Miller - Wabash 3-1, 3.54 ERA, 33Ks, 4BB in 28 innings

EttaFan1 · July 09, 2012, 01:43:31 PM

Quote from: Dr. Acula on July 05, 2012, 12:04:53 PM
Quote from: Bishopleftiesdad on July 04, 2012, 01:41:22 PM
How does Marietta feel about losing Deegan? Will he be hard to replace?

This is a question for the Etta guys, but my $0.02...I think the answer is yes and no. Deegan was the Assoc. HC I believe. He was undoubtedly heavily involved in the day-to-day running of the program. Any time you lose a guy that involved with the daily stuff it stings. This is especially true if he's been a main recruiter and has developed ties to HS coaches over the years. So it might be a short-term pain for Brewer.

At the same time, this is Marietta baseball. As long as they field a team they're going to be good. And certainly as long as Brewer is in charge they'll be very good. Too much tradition, too much history, too good of a track record developing talent. Not even Don Schaly being gone hurt the program. There's no way losing an asst. is going to hurt the program in any long-term way.

Losing Coach Deegan is significant, but not insurmountable. Mike is a great person and knows the game. He was an excellent teacher of the game. I think that comes from working for Brian the past several years. Yes Mike brings a lot to the table and it will be difficult to replace those attributes. At the same time, many of the qualities Dennison is getting in a head coach were learned by playing for Coach Schaly and working for Coach Brewer.

Coach Brewer will find a quality young man to step into that role (Dom Winters, asst coach at Muskingum, perhaps). That person may not be at the same level of ability as Mike was, but he will get there quickly.