BB: SLIAC: St Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

[theoneandonly]

Ha! mac and eureka do need to hurry it up so we can see who has the least and most haha! BUT i havent done OF picks. But now, i will give me a little while and i will put them up.

[HomeRunHitter]

Thats great we need more players like that in the SLIAC. I've only seen him play a few times and I thought he was pretty under control. I've seen him play more soccer than Baseball. Yea Fuiten's defense is suspect they may want to try to move him to DH. They moved Raetzloff to the OF hopefully he doesn't have the defensive effect of Fuiten. Good thing for Prin on getting a young talented OF. I know all your pics weren't OFs I figured I would do a Top 10 Ofs list and see if you would do one as well. You think u could? Yea Henkelman is a pretty good OF and I heard from a few people that Spala is lazy and not that good of a OF.  Webster shouln't have two of them if they do that trouble for other teams offensively but defense that would be great another 9 errors fielder  ;DLookin forward to your top 10 OFs. Mac and Eureka need to hurry up and put their rosters up so we can see who has the fewest and the most players.

For Webster,  Fuiten played 6 games at SS and 7 games at 2B last year, which is where many of his errors occured.  He looked a little more comfortable in the outfield.

[theoneandonly]

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For Webster,  Fuiten played 6 games at SS and 7 games at 2B last year, which is where many of his errors occured.  He looked a little more comfortable in the outfield.
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I was going to say i didnt think i saw Fuiten make 9 errors in the OF granted i wasnt at EVERY game.  but whats the defense for raetzeloff?

[theoneandonly]

sorry ive been busy, still dont have those OF picks yet. I hear Fontbonne has a couple of injured players early. the names arent exactly sure yet.

[theoneandonly]

Since i dont think we can start a poll in themiddle of this... you be the judge
WHO WILL WIN THE SLIAC IN 09'?
(You dont even have to give reasons if you dont want to.)

[ready2win]

Webster is going to win the regular season title but the tournament title will be up for grabs because its Webster's to lose. They have all the pressure of winning another conference title. No one expects any of the other conference teams having a good shot in winning the title. Webster only lost 3 conference games last year and none of them were @ home (@ Eureka, @ Greenville and @ Maryville). 2 of the 3 teams were in the conference tourney. Webster didn't lose a series in conference play. I think that more teams will start tryin 2 do their best to give Webster losses but when its all said and done Webster is a good team. They were the best offensive team in the SLIAC last season but they also had the 3rd most errors in the SLIAC as well. So unless teams can take advantage of their mistakes its going to be hard to beat Webster.

[theoneandonly]

TOP 10 OUTFIELDERS IN THE CONFERENCE (INCLUDING FRESHMEN & TRANSFERS)

In no particular Order


Bill Allerdissen-Maryville
Chad Henkelman-Maryville
Bo Bunton-Maryville
Mikie Sellers-MacMurray
Dakota Huey-Webster
Andrew Fuiten-Webster
Alex Raetzloff-Webster
Anthony Matecki-Blackburn
Mike Scott-Greenville
Mike Silver-Westminster



Matthew Spala-Blackburn is possibility if he learns to actually hussle on the field and out of the batters box. I guess we will have to wait and see on him.

Anything else? or Anyone I missed?

[ready2win]

That sounds right to me. Found out Mac has added to their OF by adding another fast left handed hitter in transfer from Danville Community College Avion Forthenberry. With him and Sellers in the OF Mac is going to have a pretty good OF. Also, any word on who the Fontbonne injuries are? Also, any word on any other teams injuries, players lost etc? Is it me or does nonconference play mean nothing because most of the SLIAC teams had losing records in nonconference going into the conference season? Most anticipated conference game. My pick Webster vs. Maryville. I feel that Maryville's pitching is really good but their hitting just isn't up to par like they would want it to be. But I think Maryville has the best chance of any team of beating Webster in a series. We will see what happens on April 14th when they hook up in a DH.

[BigPoppa]

That sounds right to me. Found out Mac has added to their OF by adding another fast left handed hitter in transfer from Danville Community College Avion Forthenberry. With him and Sellers in the OF Mac is going to have a pretty good OF. Also, any word on who the Fontbonne injuries are? Also, any word on any other teams injuries, players lost etc? Is it me or does nonconference play mean nothing because most of the SLIAC teams had losing records in nonconference going into the conference season? Most anticipated conference game. My pick Webster vs. Maryville. I feel that Maryville's pitching is really good but their hitting just isn't up to par like they would want it to be. But I think Maryville has the best chance of any team of beating Webster in a series. We will see what happens on April 14th when they hook up in a DH.

Non-conference game do matter the the NCAA selection committee in terms of the Pool C bids. A non-conference/non-region game means nothing except as a measuring tool.

[theoneandonly]

That sounds right to me. Found out Mac has added to their OF by adding another fast left handed hitter in transfer from Danville Community College Avion Forthenberry. With him and Sellers in the OF Mac is going to have a pretty good OF. Also, any word on who the Fontbonne injuries are? Also, any word on any other teams injuries, players lost etc? Is it me or does nonconference play mean nothing because most of the SLIAC teams had losing records in nonconference going into the conference season? Most anticipated conference game. My pick Webster vs. Maryville. I feel that Maryville's pitching is really good but their hitting just isn't up to par like they would want it to be. But I think Maryville has the best chance of any team of beating Webster in a series. We will see what happens on April 14th when they hook up in a DH.

Yeah the non conference schedules never seem to be too tough though thats the sad part.. HOWEVER tradionally Webster and Blackburn host the toughest non-conference schedules

Littiken left Greenville and thats the most noticeable change. i hadnt heard that about mac so thanks for the information.. they lack a roster and/or any updates on their site in quite some time. you have chosen a wise "most anticipated" Maryville and Webster will be 2 and 1 in my eyes so that matchup is always favorable. I think that maryville WILL beat webster 2 out of 3 though because of their quality pitching. also their hitting is around par but par hitting backed up by good pitching = wins.  as for the fontbonne injuries.. just rumor, and not sure who it even is/was. theres no telling until game 1 who wil and wont be hurt unfortunaly.

[Jim Dixon]

quite a difference between the d3baseball.com polls and other.. they had webster at 26th in the other polls but d3 baseball didnt even mention them.

School (1st votes) Rec. Pts Prev.
1 Cortland State (12) 42-5 586 6
2 Chapman (4) 40-5 578 4
3 Trinity (Conn.) (7) 45-1 555 1
4 UW-Whitewater (1) 42-10 491 3
5 Johns Hopkins (1) 42-8 465 2
.....

It will actually be hard to squeeze more than 25 in a Top 25.  If your look at those receiving votes, you would see Webster with the 27th most votes.


Others receiving votes: Rowan 67, Webster 58, Pacific Lutheran 55, Calvin 52, Keene State 50, Piedmont 49, Trinity (Texas) 48, New Jersey 38,......

[theoneandonly]

Oh ok, i got ya, I just couldnt find it. so i was wondering how they came up with 27th? thats all.

[ready2win]

I was looking @ the SLIAC teams' schedules and I notice that play EVERY team is goin on a Spring Break trip this year. Greenville is goin to Winter Haven, FL March 16-20, Webster 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, and MacMurray is goin to Henderson, TN; Jackson, TN March 9-12.

Greenville, Webster, Westminster, and Fontbonne all will be playing together at the same places so they will get a look at how each other look before conference starts. Its funny because Greenville plays Webster as their first conference series and Webster plays Westminster as their first conference series Principia gets the Luxury of goin to CA  Seems to me that Maryville's spring break is a lil short for a school with alot of money only 3 days wow.

Any new jerseys this year for anyone?
Webster has White(Home) and Navy(Away)
Maryville has White(Home), Gray(Away) and Red(Alternate)
Eureka has White(Home) and Gray(Away)
Greenville has  White(Home) and Black(Alternate)
Fontbonne has White(Home), Black(Away) and Purple(Alternate)
Principia has White(Home) and Navy(Away)
Westminster has White(Home) and Gray(Away)
Blackburn has White(Home) and Black(Away)
MacMurray has White(Home), Gray(Away) and Red(Alternate).
These were all based on what I saw. I was thinking Blackburn may have a Red Alternate jersey but I'm not for sure. Greenville should have an Orange jersey also and Westminster should have a Navy jersey also and Eureka should have a Maroon jersey also and MacMurray should have a Navy jersey and get rid of their Grays jerseys they are almost identical to Maryville but their colors include Navy unlike Maryville which includes Black if these teams don't already have one.
I'm just trying to get a topic started....

[thenatural13]

I was looking @ the SLIAC teams' schedules and I notice that play EVERY team is goin on a Spring Break trip this year. Greenville is goin to Winter Haven, FL March 16-20, Webster 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, and MacMurray is goin to Henderson, TN; Jackson, TN March 9-12.

Greenville, Webster, Westminster, and Fontbonne all will be playing together at the same places so they will get a look at how each other look before conference starts. Its funny because Greenville plays Webster as their first conference series and Webster plays Westminster as their first conference series Principia gets the Luxury of goin to CA  Seems to me that Maryville's spring break is a lil short for a school with alot of money only 3 days wow.

Any new jerseys this year for anyone?
Webster has White(Home) and Navy(Away)
Maryville has White(Home), Gray(Away) and Red(Alternate)
Eureka has White(Home) and Gray(Away)
Greenville has  White(Home) and Black(Alternate)
Fontbonne has White(Home), Black(Away) and Purple(Alternate)
Principia has White(Home) and Navy(Away)
Westminster has White(Home) and Gray(Away)
Blackburn has White(Home) and Black(Away)
MacMurray has White(Home), Gray(Away) and Red(Alternate).
These were all based on what I saw. I was thinking Blackburn may have a Red Alternate jersey but I'm not for sure. Greenville should have an Orange jersey also and Westminster should have a Navy jersey also and Eureka should have a Maroon jersey also and MacMurray should have a Navy jersey and get rid of their Grays jerseys they are almost identical to Maryville but their colors include Navy unlike Maryville which includes Black if these teams don't already have one.
I'm just trying to get a topic started....

Blackburn does have a red alternate and its one of the best jerseys in the conference. so of you guys have some pretty inside information i think a lot of guys might be players.. haha.. other than tha the spring break trips are amazing and create so many memories, more than you can imagine.. back to jerseys, an orange jersey would be sweet for greenville. AND blackburn needs new blacks!

[ready2win]

Naw we aren't players if u go to the school's athletics website and look at their schedules it tells u where they play @. Thanks for the insight on Blackburn I figured they had them since their colors are red, black and white. I don't know if they have the best jersey in the conference because I think that Fontbonne's purple jersey is pretty tight even though it's purple. Yea I agree with you that Blackburn needs new Black jerseys they look a tad bit old haha  So natural13 reading our topics on the board u have any insight on any other topics we already discussed or even new ones?