BB: SCIAC: Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

[CMSfan]

Was anyone at the CMS-Redlands doubleheader?  Looks like the second game had quite a finish.  CMS hit a two-run homerun to go ahead by one in the top of the 9th.  Redlands answered with a three-run walkoff homerun to win it.

Tough loss for the Stags.  Winning a series against Redlands would have been a nice start to SCIAC play.

[nvnorthpaw]

Does anyone know how Jordan Ott ended up at CLU?  I was glancing over the PG website and he was ranked a PG-10 multiple times.  It seems odd that someone with his size and abilities would be at CLU.

[BigPoppa]

Does anyone know how Jordan Ott ended up at CLU?  I was glancing over the PG website and he was ranked a PG-10 multiple times.  It seems odd that someone with his size and abilities would be at CLU.

There is much more to the game than physical size and ability.

[nvnorthpaw]

I completely understand that.  I just found it surprising that someone who was rated a Perfect Game 10 multiple times and was hyped up as having professional level hitting and power abilities out of HS would end up at a d3.  I'm not knocking d3 by any means.  I have played at the d3 level and have seen many a great player come out of d3, I just find it interesting that a hyped up guy such as himself ended there.

[pomonaalum]

Pomona off to a 6-0 start, albeit with wins over Cal Tech and Whittier.  Was surprised to see a #12 ranking for Pomona with all of the graduation losses...

[CrashDavisD3]

Huge West Region games this week. 3 of these teams were in last years West Regional in Oregon. Pomona beat Chapman 3 out of 4 times last year. Will be playoff like game intensity in these games. Teams at this time are IMHO in the top ten in the WEST

Friday Feb. 26  
Chapman @ Pomona-Pitzer   2:00 PM  

Cal Lutheran @  Redlands  2:30 PM  

Saturday Feb. 27
Pomona-Pitzer @   Chapman 11:00 AM      
Pomona-Pitzer @   Chapman   2:00 PM    

Redlands @   Cal Lutheran   11:00 AM  
Redlands @   Cal Lutheran    2:30 PM  

[BigPoppa]

The SoCal portion of the West could become much less cloudy after this weekend.

[CalCat]

The SoCal portion of the West could become much less cloudy after this weekend.

Only if the weekend "clouds" let them play out

[CrashDavisD3]

Forecast looks like

Friday: No Rain
Saturday: Rain
Sunday: No Rain

Games could get moved from Saturday to Sunday maybe....

http://www.weather.com/weather/weekend/USCA0638

[Browneagle64]

Huge West Region games this week. 3 of these teams were in last years West Regional in Oregon. Pomona beat Chapman 3 out of 4 times last year. Will be playoff like game intensity in these games. Teams at this time are IMHO in the top ten in the WEST

Friday Feb. 26  
Chapman @ Pomona-Pitzer   2:00 PM   

Cal Lutheran @  Redlands  2:30 PM 

Saturday Feb. 27
Pomona-Pitzer @   Chapman 11:00 AM     
Pomona-Pitzer @   Chapman   2:00 PM     

Redlands @   Cal Lutheran   11:00 AM   
Redlands @   Cal Lutheran    2:30 PM   

Not sure if at this point we should consider this weekend's Hen v.s Panther match-up a Huge West Region match up. IMHO, with the loss of some many Pomona players  graduating, this years squad probabily will not muster out one single win against a stronger Panther team. Even more, the hens most recent wins have come against teams out in the weat that are historically not that strong (sorry Whitter, I have been trying to pick you as my sleeper team the last 3 years and all you have done is stayed at the bottom.)
Although the injury bug caught Coach T and his players in a bad way last year, I can assure you that Chapman may just be right where they left off two years ago once they get done with the hens this weekend.

Wew, its been a long time since i have come on board and mentioned anything.
The game to definately be on the look out though, Cal Who v.s the Puppy Nation.

[CrashDavisD3]

Chapman vs Pomona will be the first real test for both teams to see how each team has reloaded this year.

Chapman did have key injuries to 3 starters last year but found a way to win at the end.

Chapman this year has had to replace 2 top starting pitchers, the closer, a DH, and 5 position players lost from 2009 team. Chapman had 3 players sign professional contracts from the 2009 squad.

It is a very key series to Chapman since the # of POOL B bids has dropped from 6 to 4 this year so every in region game is key to grabbing one of those 4 spots.  Pomona also needs in region wins for a POOL C bid if they dont win the SCIAC like last year.

In region wins/losses against quality opponets can make the real difference of staying home or going to the dance. Look at Pac Lu , Cal Lu and Chapman last year.

I would not underestimate Pomona. Last year Chapman lost all 3 regular series games to Pomona. Pomona still has outstanding players in Kang, Colvin,  Frederick, Gentili and several others that can make a difference in games.

[Browneagle64]

Gotcha, but,Ummm, try thinking real test for Chapman thus far, Chapman v.s. Pt Loma, Chapman v.s. the stags, Chapman v.s. McMurry. The results from these games already give us who have followed D3 baseball for a long while whom will win this saturdays hen/panther series.

Granted the hens have decent players in  kang et al...., but this porgram is still asleep. You can't count the hens v.s Poets, Hens vs. Westmont, the chicken nuggets v.s caltecth as a sudden reason why they are ready for a battle with a better team. All i am saying is that the hens will be overmatched in this one. 

[Jack Parkman]

Chapman has been very solid so far this season.  I was not too high on this team but they seem to be the most impressive so far.  Pomona has beat up on the worst team in the nation (Cal Tech) and possibly the worst team in Whittier history.  Whittier has been crushed in every game they have played and got their one win against a terrible Whitman team. 
I think The Friday game will be a good one with Colvin going but after that I really don't see Pomona having a good shot.

The rest of the SCIAC seems pretty average to me.  Redlands has played pretty well, but not  the most demanding schedule.
La Verne seems down.  Cal Lu got beat by Oxy, Pac Lu, and Linfield.  Those 2 they lost in AZ were both bullpen meltdowns but if that keeps happening, they are not going anywhere.  We will see what it all looks like after this weekend.

[infielddad]

Jack,
Welcome back!
Starting to feel like "family" again.

[D O.C.]

A wonderful day for a ballgame!

What say? The foothills may get some drizzle from 2-6 pm that should allow Friday game to be played @ Pomona.

I can't hit for Jack Dooky but even then, I would not want to face Travis McGee in a third rain delay game of a double header.