BB: OAC: Ohio Athletic Conference

[motorman]

4 HBP ...guess Berg had that forward lean going.  Maybe they'll break their own record, and what an honorable record it is.

It's too bad not enough umpires have the guts to enforce the rules...

2) If the batter makes no attempt to avoid being touched by the ball and the pitch is out of the strike zone, the pitch shall be called a ball. The ball is dead, no runners may advance and the batter is not awarded first base unless the pitch is ball four.

A.R.— If the batter freezes and is hit by a pitch that is clearly inside the vertical lines of the batter's box, the ball is dead and the batter is awarded first base.



(3) If the batter intentionally gets touched by moving or rolling any part of his body into the pitch and the batter does not swing, the ball is immediately dead; the umpire shall call a strike or ball in accordance with 7-4b and7-5a

If a guy crowds the plate like a lot of hitters do, about the only way the A.R. can apply by the description given ("clearly *inside* the lines of the box) is if he gets hit in the rump.

I won't dignify anything you have spewed with a response. Logic apparently doesn't exist in your universe.

Where is your cute little plus/minus chart now?

[Spence]

Only 2 league DHs got played. I've got them updated, but figured there's not much point in posting them until games tomorrow get played.

Carroll is still on top in +-, obviously, and will be at the end of the "gameday". The plus-minus is just a way to get more information from the standings. I don't really know if they'll be much use or not, I know I found them useful for basketball. So don't pay attention to them if you don't care.

LOL logic...I guess it's just random that Heidelberg holds the record for most times hit by a pitch in a season, and looks to be giving it a run this year too. Only two teams are in the D3 single-season record book list for HBPs more than once. I wish it wasn't in the book at all -- it's like a record for "most times reached on error" or "most bases gained by wild pitch." To me trying to get hit by a pitch is like diving in soccer. I hope no team I support is ever a national leader in HBPs.

[ADL70]

Correcting myself again.

It was Weds that Fortunato pitched.  5 ip 78 pitches

He's going in game one on three days rest  vs Crowl

[Spence]

Adam Collier getting the start for Otterbein at B-W. Good to see he's back in action.

[Dr. Acula]

Quakers score a pair in the bottom of the 8th to tie it.  3-3 going to the 9th.

[motorman]

Marietta's bad week continues. Lost first game to Case 10-5.

[motorman]

Dr. A, is Weber catching for Mount because of being better backstop or has Stotler been hurt? I was impressed yesterday, he did a great job throwing. Berg didn't have a stolen base that I recall, several were thrown out stealing. Their averages are pretty close so thought it had to be for his D.

Just went back and looked at the box scores, it was only 1 caught stealing. I did think there was a lot of bad body language on the Mount side of the field. Morino put on a display on one of the bases loaded walks that some umps wouldn't have put up with, jumping up and down on the ball 4 call. Carlino looked pretty sulky on the mound too, throwing his hands up after a ball call. Berg really looked like the team that wanted it more, Andrew Zenczak scoring from 2nd on an infield single in the first game and Alex Grove scoring from 2nd on a Sac fly in the 2nd game.

[Spence]

Glad you're paying so much attention to us. 

I think everyone knew this was going to be a challenging afternoon. I remember a similar DH against Wooster in 2007 where we got beat by football scores and then ended up winning the regional and knocking Wooster out along the way.

Hopefully a lot of young guys are getting some experience today.

[motorman]

Quakers scored in bottom of 9th to get their first conference win 4-3 over Capital.

Unlike you Spence, I am a fan of all of college baseball.

[Spence]

Unlike you Spence, I am a fan of all of college baseball.

Yeah I don't know anything about any other teams. I also definitely don't have a stream of Rowan-Ramapo going right now.

Hopefully you're listening to Johnny and Mark in Game 2. Their running commentary about the sorority tug-o-war was hilarious.

[motorman]

Don't waste my time listening to a bunch of homers. I did watch the Purdue-Penn State game on the Big 10 Network earlier if you are so concerned about what I do on a Sunday afternoon. Was just trying to perfect the skill you have of knowing who the best players on a team are having never seen them play. Wonder if you actually read the post from Dr. A that you quoted with your most recent pronouncement on Berg's pitchers. Based on the karma scores, a whole bunch of other people know how lacking in intelligence some of your statements are.

[Spence]

You're really showing your ignorance now. Most of the -k I have (which dates back YEARS) came from being attacked by a bunch of people on one of the football boards.

I was right, as usual, just that a bunch of people didn't like that I was right. Whatever...matters none.

I don't pay for cable, speaking of wastes. If I want to see Big Ten baseball, I'll take a 10 min bike ride to the nearest Big Ten ballpark...which now that the weather's turning, I might. The Big Ten network is a particularly spectacular hoodwink. I would never have imagined people paying to watch middling baseball, hockey, and Olympic sports just to get a few Tier 3 football and basketball games and a bunch of "remember when" type shows. Impressive work by Jim Delany to monetize something in the aggregate which had effectively no value (other than Minnesota hockey).

[TaxCollector]

ONU and JC split. 

[Spence]

And now, by popular demand (and by that I mean motorman loves it so much)...

OAC standings (a bit different way)
Team                  OAC       +-   Rd. left   OAC teams played
John Carroll   5-1      +3         6   MTU, WILM, ONU
Heidelberg         5-1      +1       6   BW, MUSK, MTU
Marietta   4-2      0      8   OTT, BW, MUSK
Ohio Northern   4-2      0        6   WILM, MTU, JCU
BaldwinWallace   4-2      0        6   HEID, MAR, OTT
Otterbein         2-4      0          4   MAR, CAP, BW
Capital           2-4      0       6   MUSK, OTT, WILM
Muskingum         2-4      0        6   CAP, HEID, MAR
Mount Union     1-5      -1         6   JCU, ONU, HEID
Wilmington       1-5      -3           6   ONU, JCU, CAP

So basically, John Carroll and Wilmington are the only teams that have significantly outperformed par, suggesting the race is closer than the standings make it appear.

April 9
Marietta at Mount Union
Baldwin-Wallace at John Carroll
Heidelberg at Capital
Ohio Northern at Otterbein
Wilmington at Muskingum

[Spence]

Marietta's bad week continues. Lost first game to Case 10-5.

No update to this post? FR Tyler Nieberding throws probably the best game that's been pitched against Case this year and Marietta earns a pretty tough split. Not bad for throwing your #5/6 guy.

I think Marietta got better today in both games, and that's the day-to-day objective from now through May.