BB: SCIAC: Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

[Browneagle64]

Your right man.

I never counted the bulldogs out but they are indeed off to a good start so far. I think they are playing fundamental defense at their positions and doing just enough on offense. I haven't heard their bats out west in pasadena just yet, but their gloves are speaking.  This should diffently send a message throughout the league in saying that the SCIAC is up for grabs as of now.

La Vern comes into the Rock with a fine record and a solid pitching staff. I hope that Oxy takes a couple of the games away from them by using a good pitching dual.

[Ralph Turner]

Hmmmmm Browneagle, looks like redlands might be for real.  They put the wood to the Lu last weekend and now they come out and beat Chapman.  Looks like they must be doing something right out there.  Still a lot of ball to be played but a pretty nice start for them.

Or is Chapman just weaker than we think!

I am happy that McMurry won 2 of 3, but is this a trend?

[BigPoppa]

Hmmmmm Browneagle, looks like redlands might be for real.  They put the wood to the Lu last weekend and now they come out and beat Chapman.  Looks like they must be doing something right out there.  Still a lot of ball to be played but a pretty nice start for them.

Or is Chapman just weaker than we think!

I am happy that McMurry won 2 of 3, but is this a trend?

Ralph... I think you may be right. Chapman may not be as powerful as earlier thought. I am not taking anything away from McMurry because it is always tough to win at Chapman, but only time will tell if those were huge wins or not.

[BigPoppa]

Look for Cal-Baptist to  make a run to the top this year. GSAC is a great NAIA conference for baseball. Quite a few players drafted every year.

I know I am quoting myself here, but has anyone noticed how well Cal Baptist is playing... off to a 17-0 start and 7-0 in the GSAC. I might be fat, but I am not stupid when it comes to evaluating baseball teams...

[pomonaalum]

Pomona had some pretty good teams in the early years of this decade, including one that won 30 games while going undefeated in SCIAC play...made it out of the West Regional once, I think...

[BigPoppa]

Pomona had some pretty good teams in the early years of this decade, including one that won 30 games while going undefeated in SCIAC play...made it out of the West Regional once, I think...

I watched Cortez(Pomona-Pitzer) break the national homerun record for a career in and NCAA game in the West Regional in 2003... very impressive kid. I also had the (Mis) fortune of seeing the Former record holder, Tim Jorgensen of UW-Oshkosh set the record at the 1995 World Series... he hit it to beat us.

[pomonaalum]

The strange thing has been that Cortez hasn't been able to adjust to minor league pitching at all.  He seemed to be much more than a power hitter, and was just a good pure hitter in general - but that hasn't translated to the pro level.  Jase Turner had a good rookie campaign in Idaho after he was drafted last year.

[pomonaalum]

Cal Lu and Pomona split this weekend.  CLU took game 1, game 2 was suspended due to darkness in extra innings (to be completed later) and PP wins game 3 (postponed from Friday) 2-1.

CLU now 1-4-1 to start conference play.  Now we get the month-long break from SCIAC play for all the snowbird tournies and the like.  I never liked the format of SCIAC play, with such a long break in the middle.  So much of your conference record then hinges on when you were scheduled to play a certain team...much more so than a conference schedule that went straight through.

[BigPoppa]

1-4-1 is going to be hard to overcome... the SCIAC is truly up for grabs right now. Who do you see as the favorite?

[Browneagle64]

La vern did a great job against the tigers this weekend. For a second, during the first 3 ending i thougt Oxy was doing just fine, until the pictching fell off. Oxy needs to do better though, i must admit, both in defense and now in offense as well. Overall, i still think that with in the coming weeks they will do just fine.

Big P---The league is sure up for grabs. Cal Lu will need to bounce back from 1-4 when league play comes back to get back the crown. Although, theres a lot of baseball to play, i think the order for top competion will go like this:

Redlands-Lavern (tied for 1st), Oxy second, and the staggs on 3rd....)Remember these are just my opinions and no i am not trying to stur up or brew up any arguments. Just my 2 cents

[pomonaalum]

I would have a tough time putting Oxy up in the top tier of the conference.  Is it possible that they go "worst to first" - sure, but that would be quite an accomplisment.

I haven't seen them play, but I think it's too early to tell for them.  Cal Lu does look to be down this year, which may open the door for the others like Redlands and LaVerne that you mentioned.  Pomona may be a year away from seriously contending.

[Tom Brady]

I would have a tough time putting OXY at the top as well.  They are 1-5 so they have a lot of work ahead of them as well.

Cal Lu looks like they are really down this year.  Their roster shows a lot of young guys but I am sure they will be ok down the road.  Their hitting looks to be the problem to me.  When was the last time you saw Cal Lu hitting under .300 as a team?  Interesting year in the SCIAC so far.

[Browneagle64]

I know guys----That's just my big hope for them. Remember they are re-loading as well with some talent that will grow just like the other teams around the sciac.

Of course, the SCIAC has an open door. THe bulldogs have a fine start just like the LEO's. I expect that the top will be around them for awhile. You can add the staggs as well, which i know a lot of you guys don't want up there.Pomona will do well within the next year and of course whitter will be right behind them. Overall, i do hope though that Oxy does a fine job even though they are 1-5 in league play.

[Browneagle64]

Oxy just finish losing 5-4 to #20 Ithaca in a well fought game. I was hoping that the tigers could rally to beat a really good team that seemed to struggled at times. I guess Ithaca was still asleep after flying out here.

Go tigers

[rbaikie]

Is there a website somewhere that lists all of the games for the California Classic this weekend and/or the California Invitational next weekend?

There are bits and pieces all over the various SCIAC and other team's websites, but I would love to see an overall schedule.

Thanks to anybody who could help!