BB: SLIAC: St Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

SLIAC Observer · February 21, 2009, 10:49:28 AM

#1PantherFan - are you planning on making the trips to Alabama and Florida? I'll probably make Alabama, but trying to rearrange work so I can make the Florida trip.

ready2win · February 21, 2009, 02:30:59 PM

I already said where everyone was goin earlier but here it is again:

I was looking @ the SLIAC teams' schedules and I notice that EVERY team is goin on a Spring Break trip this year.
Greenville is goin to Winter Haven, FL March 16-20,
Webster is goin to Auburndale, FL; Babson Park, FL; Winter Haven, FL March 7-12,
Westminster is goin to Winter Haven, FL March 22-28,
Eureka is goin to Irving TX, March 7-11,
Principia is goin to Los Angeles, CA; Santa Barbara, CA; Riverside, CA; Pasadena, CA March 18-24,
Blackburn is goin to Clinton, MS; New Orleans, LA; Montgomery, AL March 9-15,
Fontbonne is goin to Winter Haven, FL March 13-21,
Maryville is goin to Orlando, Florida March 2-4,
MacMurray is goin to Henderson, TN; Jackson, TN March 9-12.

#1PantherFan · February 21, 2009, 02:57:05 PM

Quote from: SLIAC Observer on February 21, 2009, 10:49:28 AM
#1PantherFan - are you planning on making the trips to Alabama and Florida? I'll probably make Alabama, but trying to rearrange work so I can make the Florida trip.

Yes, I plan on making both trips. Hoping to borrow my son's laptop so I can send updates.

VideoDawg · February 21, 2009, 05:33:36 PM

Winter Haven looks like a popular place. Is it a huge tourney this year?

#1PantherFan · February 21, 2009, 06:29:14 PM

Quote from: VideoDawg on February 21, 2009, 05:33:36 PM
Winter Haven looks like a popular place. Is it a huge tourney this year?

Just a very popular invitational. It has already begun and will go until the middle of March. Here is a link to the site:
http://www.russmattbaseball.com/?page=home&tournament=b-cf

VideoDawg · February 21, 2009, 10:05:05 PM

Thanks for the info. Looks like a stop I need to make.

theoneandonly · February 23, 2009, 09:21:05 AM

The Winter Haven invite is played on a pretty nice facility and always has huge turnouts. All the teams from the SLIAC should have some good competition, AND a great time. Spring break is what helps your team come together.

theoneandonly · February 23, 2009, 09:28:47 AM

54 players is enough to field a football team! haha, i just think that number is rediculous.

theoneandonly · February 23, 2009, 10:04:52 AM

Just to keep everyone filled in.

McKendree is off to an 0-7 start. Dont count them out though. They are playing some tough competition. A couple of noteable players through the first 3 games at least are Davinroy(IF) who is 5-12(.416) with 4 rbis. However on the other side of the game, he does have 4 errors already. AND O'Rear (OF, 1st) who is 4-13 (.307) with a double, a triple and two rbis.

I honestly dont know how Greenville will play against this dII school. I do believe that their real test that will help them measure their talent this season will come against fellow division III member, Wash U.

I think those games will be the real deciding factor on Greenvilles talent this season.

VideoDawg · February 23, 2009, 04:07:08 PM

I might be wrong but I don't see how any team can function with 50+ player on the roster. First of all they all can't be quality. A lot of hangers on and people wanting a good seat to watch games. Or maybe a coach is keeping freshmen hoping they will mature? Maybe anyone who likes baseball can get a uniform I don't know but 50 would be unmanageable.

theoneandonly · February 23, 2009, 04:39:49 PM

Quote from: VideoDawg on February 23, 2009, 04:07:08 PM
I might be wrong but I don't see how any team can function with 50+ player on the roster. First of all they all can't be quality. A lot of hangers on and people wanting a good seat to watch games. Or maybe a coach is keeping freshmen hoping they will mature? Maybe anyone who likes baseball can get a uniform I don't know but 50 would be unmanageable.

I agree with you on this point. Holding 50 is just uncalled for.. Ive also heard that sometimes coaches to this to "hoard" talent basically keeping them so others dont get them, and if one of their regulars get hurt they have TONS of readily available talent. Its usually your DIV III high profile teams. The teams that have the name so players go there.

ready2win · February 23, 2009, 06:49:21 PM

McKendree is a NAIA scholarship school. They always have big numbers they are usually good and I notice that McKendree plays a few of the schools that Mac plays during their Spring Break. NAIA schools aren't bad to play against but its a scholarship school against non scholarship school DIII teams should take it personal because their are many players in DIII that deserve to be scholarship players.

But McKendree's 1st Baseman Lucas O'Rear is from Nashville HS and he set a McKendree school record with 24 HRs last year. McKendree is a pretty good school regardless of their record. But this should be a good game for the Panthers to see live pitching and get their pitchers some innings before they go on their weekend trip and Spring Break trip.

Did anybody see that Webster plays the #1 team in DIII Cortland State during their Spring Break?

VideoDawg · February 23, 2009, 07:13:41 PM

I can't wait for early season ball to start but overall it tells you little about the end of the season, especially the cold weather schools. As far as Webster goes I hope they represent the sliac well on their trip. I hope the same for all of the conference schools.

VideoDawg · February 23, 2009, 11:11:53 PM

Quote from: theoneandonly on February 23, 2009, 04:39:49 PM
Quote from: VideoDawg on February 23, 2009, 04:07:08 PM
I might be wrong but I don't see how any team can function with 50+ player on the roster. First of all they all can't be quality. A lot of hangers on and people wanting a good seat to watch games. Or maybe a coach is keeping freshmen hoping they will mature? Maybe anyone who likes baseball can get a uniform I don't know but 50 would be unmanageable.

I agree with you on this point. Holding 50 is just uncalled for.. Ive also heard that sometimes coaches to this to "hoard" talent basically keeping them so others dont get them, and if one of their regulars get hurt they have TONS of readily available talent. Its usually your DIV III high profile teams. The teams that have the name so players go there.

Due to what you're saying, I am surprised that there aren't more transfers.

theoneandonly · February 24, 2009, 09:00:24 AM

You would think that would be the case. as far as that goes, i have no idea why those athletes would hang around. I did have a teammate in college that transferred in from a school like that. The team he was on held around 45-50 players and their practices were around 4 hours on a light day and they still had guys standing around at practice. It just doesnt seem very practical to me.