BB: SCIAC: Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

[infielddad]

Crash,
There is one in the play by play for Chapman which I have not seen in many score books...a double to 2B???
From a box score and play by play, this looks like the season in a nutshell. Errors and unearned runs, get in a hole early and not enough hits/runs.
Sometimes, this is  contagious and coaches, players and fans are left wondering what happened.

[CrashDavisD3]

Crash,
There is one in the play by play for Chapman which I have not seen in many score books...a double to 2B???
From a box score and play by play, this looks like the season in a nutshell. Errors and unearned runs, get in a hole early and not enough hits/runs.
Sometimes, this is  contagious and coaches, players and fans are left wondering what happened.

A double that took a bad hop off the second baseman and rolled into center field.

Score a few runs and play some better defense and this team could be 13-3 but there not. It's baseball. Momentum in the wrong direction. This is basically the same team from 2011 minus  3 seniors from 2011. The #2 RHP pitcher, Catcher and 2nd baseman.

[CrashDavisD3]

RAIN could cancel Saturday/Sunday games
90% Chance Saturday
70% Chance Sunday

Not sure what days these games can be rescheduled to since the schedule is pretty tight in March and April with no real open weekend dates left. Would games get moved to Monday/Tuesday..Could make for some interesting pitching for next week with potentially 5/6 games in a week.

[BigPoppa]

RAIN could cancel Saturday/Sunday games
90% Chance Saturday
70% Chance Sunday

Not sure what days these games can be rescheduled to since the schedule is pretty tight in March and April with no real open weekend dates left. Would games get moved to Monday/Tuesday..Could make for some interesting pitching for next week with potentially 5/6 games in a week.

Other parts of the nation always play 5-6 games in a week... sometimes even more.

[Whatagame]

I'm kinda just joking here, but in other parts of the country, they just play through the rain.  We were up in Seattle/Tacoma last weekend watching a NWC series, and the weather was absolutely horrendous for baseball.  Low 40's/high 30's, consistent rain and wind.  They all kind of just soldiered through and got the games in.  The infield must have been designed with outstanding drainage, because it somehow resisted collecting too much standing water.  Not ideal - rain, rain, go away.

[CrashDavisD3]

I'm kinda just joking here, but in other parts of the country, they just play through the rain.  We were up in Seattle/Tacoma last weekend watching a NWC series, and the weather was absolutely horrendous for baseball.  Low 40's/high 30's, consistent rain and wind.  They all kind of just soldiered through and got the games in.  The infield must have been designed with outstanding drainage, because it somehow resisted collecting too much standing water.  Not ideal - rain, rain, go away.

Yes I remember a game in Oregon in May at the regionals. Constant Rain, wind, cold(Rain went sideways).

This is not baseball for SoCal...Maybe else where...Also SoCal pitching staffs are not 5 starters deep like teams in the midwest or northeast.  Also the infields are not designed to take on alot of rain. Mud and large pools of water would be what fields in SoCal would be like.

[108 Stitches]

I went and took a look at the SCAIC standings and this still blows me away.  Even in the wildest dreams no one would have expected this. Will be interesting to watch the next couple of weeks.


                                    SCIAC    All
La Verne                          9-3      13-6
Occidental                        9-3       14-9
Cal Lutheran                     8-4      12-6
Claremont-Mudd-Scripps     7-5      11-9
Pomona-Pitzer                   8-7      9-7-1
Whittier                            5-7      10-10
Redlands                          5-7       8-9
Chapman                          0-0      7-10
Caltech                            0-15     0-18

[CrashDavisD3]

I went and took a look at the SCAIC standings and this still blows me away.  Even in the wildest dreams no one would have expected this. Will be interesting to watch the next couple of weeks.


                                    SCIAC    All
La Verne                          9-3      13-6
Occidental                        9-3       14-9
Cal Lutheran                     8-4      12-6
Claremont-Mudd-Scripps     7-5      11-9
Pomona-Pitzer                   8-7      9-7-1
Whittier                            5-7      10-10
Redlands                          5-7       8-9
Chapman                          0-0      7-10
Caltech                            0-15     0-18

Chapman is supposed to play La Verne 3 times this weekend BUT it is supposed to rain. These games would be in region but non conference games since Chapman in 2012 can not play for the conference championship.

[108 Stitches]

I would imagine that they will be able to get two of them in on Sunday, depending on how the field they are playing on drains.

Chapman reminds me a bit of UCI this year, still a very good team, better than it's record, which will probably break out sometime this season..... but you keep waiting for it to happen, but it doesn't. Like Irvine they are trying to figure out how to get their offense going, and are making too many mistakes to win close games with a lack of offensive firepower. They played three very good games against Trinity, and I kind of expected them to get it going afterward....but they didn't....very perplexing. Any team that takes them lightly will be in trouble IMO. I predict they will get it going sometime this season, but probably too late to make the tournament. I would be very interested to hear what their coach thinks about the team.

[CrashDavisD3]

Team Losses in the SCIAC

La Verne 6
Call Lu 7
Pomoma 8
Occidental 9
Chapman 10
Whittier 10
Redlands 10
Claremont 10
Cal Tech 18

[BigPoppa]

How many of those losses are to DIII programs? And in-region? THAT is what really matters. Many of the SCiAC school play against the NAIA teams and DII programs in the area. Those have no bearing on their overall look at then end of the day.

[dahlby]

It is raining in Orange this morning.

[CrashDavisD3]

It is raining in Orange this morning.

Teams in the SCIAC should play in the rain. This will prepare them for the weather come West Regional time in Oregon.
So who ever makes the playoffs from the SCIAC wont be surprised that they play games in the heavy rain, cold and strong winds in the regionals.

[108 Stitches]

It is raining in Orange this morning.

Teams in the SCIAC should play in the rain. This will prepare them for the weather come West Regional time in Oregon.
So who ever makes the playoffs from the SCIAC wont be surprised that they play games in the heavy rain, cold and strong winds in the regionals.

It is pouring north of LA. No baseball happening up here! They could not play in this kind of rain even up in Duck country. Lets hope the La Nina holds up for the regionals. 

[CrashDavisD3]

It is raining in Orange this morning.

Teams in the SCIAC should play in the rain. This will prepare them for the weather come West Regional time in Oregon.
So who ever makes the playoffs from the SCIAC wont be surprised that they play games in the heavy rain, cold and strong winds in the regionals.

It is pouring north of LA. No baseball happening up here! They could not play in this kind of rain even up in Duck country. Lets hope the La Nina holds up for the regionals. 

You weren't in Oregon in 2010 watching games in rain like me. Yes they play in heavy rain, cold and heavy winds. Rain goes sideways in Oregon in the wind.