BB: SLIAC: St Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

[flyonthewall]

I think Newcomer is going to be either Kittel from Blackburn , Norvell from maryville, Cheatham from Prin, or Jett from Westminster. That being said, I think senzell or Little from Webster could get some votes in as well. Where do you vote Fuiten in, LF or 3b? Same with Raetzloff, CF or 2B?

[HangEmBangEm]

I think Newcomer is going to be either Kittel from Blackburn , Norvell from maryville, Cheatham from Prin, or Jett from Westminster. That being said, I think senzell or Little from Webster could get some votes in as well. Where do you vote Fuiten in, LF or 3b? Same with Raetzloff, CF or 2B?

Good picks, Joe Biagini is putting up good numbers as well. But not quite as high as the guys you named. He does deserve some recognition as well. Raetzloff and Fuiten will have to be voted in the outfield. I believe they have played over 3/4 the games there. Their stay on the infield was very tenative.

[JAdaPrince]

If you SLIACers had to start a team using only SLIAC players, who would play your team? You have a three game series coming and your guys have to play the spots they play on thier team... no CFs moving to LF and the like.

C-
1B-
2B-
SS-
3B-
LF-
CF-
RF-
DH-

SP-
SP-
SP-

RP-

I think it would be better if you could select three outfielders ... A player like Webster's Dakota Huey has nearly split his time between CF and RF this season.

[HangEmBangEm]

If you SLIACers had to start a team using only SLIAC players, who would play your team? You have a three game series coming and your guys have to play the spots they play on thier team... no CFs moving to LF and the like.

C-
1B-
2B-
SS-
3B-
LF-
CF-
RF-
DH-

SP-
SP-
SP-

RP-

I think it would be better if you could select three outfielders ... A player like Webster's Dakota Huey has nearly split his time between CF and RF this season.

He has been prodominantly in right field. He only moved the few games raetzloff moved to the infield.

[WashedUP07]

Not that it matters for conf tourney seeds but another interesting matchup coming up this weekend Fontbonne has a chance to overtake Maryville for 2nd place in the SLIAC, they'll have to take 2 out of 3 to get it done. Fontbonne is coming a tough loss vs a solid program in Illinois Wesleyan so we shall see...

[theoneandonly]

Eureka took a big hit last night and may have put them selves out of the playoffs. They are still in the hunt, but they didnt play well last night in game 2 against greenville, they were 1 hit and committed 5 errors. If they continue to play like that, count them out. Also, Webster proved to be a force to be reckoned with again last night. Beat Maryville 8-1 and 5-0. bballnerd please dont comment on this. But it does look more and more like they will go undefeated in conference... They do still play Maryville one more time. If they dont upset it will be up to prin and eureka to put a damper on the Webster season, otherwise someone is going to have to do it in the tourney.. Then its do or die.


Im also starting to wonder who the Karma knocker is around here. I went down to points since yesterday and had NO controversial posts what so ever!

[theoneandonly]

I think Newcomer is going to be either Kittel from Blackburn , Norvell from maryville, Cheatham from Prin, or Jett from Westminster. That being said, I think senzell or Little from Webster could get some votes in as well. Where do you vote Fuiten in, LF or 3b? Same with Raetzloff, CF or 2B?

I like this picks, but Blackburn possible new comer of the year should not be Kittel is should be Cadle. Just my opinion.. here are the statistical comparisons:

Cadle: .405 (34-84), 4 Doubles, 1 triple, 1 HR, 16 RBI, 3-3 SB, 6 walks, OB%.451, 9 errors(.900 fielding%)

Kittell: .250 (16-64), 2 doubles, no triples, 6 HR, 16 RBI, 1-2 SB, 8 walks, OB %.342, 9 errors(.883 Fielding%)

Just my opinion though. let me know what you think.

[HangEmBangEm]

I agree cadle has been a strong force in the conference. Great addition this year.

[depew24]

Here is a link to the article on websterathletics.com

http://websterathletics.com/news/2009/4/15/BB_0415092108.aspx

[BigToughGuy]

Eureka took a big hit last night and may have put them selves out of the playoffs. They are still in the hunt, but they didnt play well last night in game 2 against greenville, they were 1 hit and committed 5 errors. If they continue to play like that, count them out. Also, Webster proved to be a force to be reckoned with again last night. Beat Maryville 8-1 and 5-0. bballnerd please dont comment on this. But it does look more and more like they will go undefeated in conference... They do still play Maryville one more time. If they dont upset it will be up to prin and eureka to put a damper on the Webster season, otherwise someone is going to have to do it in the tourney.. Then its do or die.


Im also starting to wonder who the Karma knocker is around here. I went down to points since yesterday and had NO controversial posts what so ever!

How do you even knock Karma?  I have clearly been hit as well.

[BigPoppa]

Once you clear 200 posts you are awarded the ability to give or knock karma points to posters. Generally, here is how it works:
1. make a great post that has useful information (+ karma from other posters)

2. Make a negative or attacking post (- karma from posters)

3. The most important... if you speak poorly abut the team of a rabid fanatical poster, you will quickly be dinged by that poster... even if your post is 100% correct. Some guys cannot handle the truth.

It is simply a way to pat others on the back or let them know they crossed the line.

[MyArmHurts]

It looks like the only other one close is Dan horn. He doesn't quite have the offensive statistics. But he does play pretty good defense. I haven't seen another catcher that is even in the same class as schaefer or horn. But haven't seen Maryville prin or eureka. Anything coming out of there? Does not look like it statistically but anyone showing improvement? Or cause a first team upset in that spot? Who do you guys see taking new comer of the year?

One thing I absolutley hate about naming All-Conference teams is that it is predominantly based on your offensive statistics that other coaches can see online.  Each coach really only gets the opportunity to see what other teams' people can do a few times a year.  usually first team all-conference selections seemed to be more of a "silver slugger" type award.  To me, the first team all-conference catcher is the guy that controls his pitching staff, is a wall behind the plate, is a team leader.  Not necessarily the catcher that had the highest batting average.  It's too difficult I suppose to incorporate defense traits into voting for all-conference awards.  Schaeffer and Horn are both good defensively, so I'm not singling either of them out, just making an observation. 

[diamondfan]

hello everyone, long time reader first time poster.  i read this board and the sliac basketball boards, but i really love baseball more.  i have watched the sliac compete for the past 5 years and i just wanted to throw in some of my thoughts.

After reading all the stuff you have all posted i feel as if some people really want to attack the people who defend Webster.  you tell these posters like depew24 and bballnerd that they shouldn't comment but this is a public board.  and moreover these two are just showing some confidence in their team that has gone undefeated in conference play so far and sometimes they go a little overboard and boast about no one in the sliac being a real test for webster, but i think these posters are just trying to represent for their teams (with a little joking in there as well  )  just like anyone else on this board wants to defend mu, fu, bc or wc

But back to baseball, i watched the webster-maryville games last night and webster's pitching really shut down Maryville.  Both broughton and savage pitched two-hit games and broughton recorded a complete game shut-out.  some people like to say that webster's pitching took a hit with the graduation of mckinley, hilliard and mueller but they're not scraping the bottom of the barrelling for talent.  Quintas, Law, Savage and Broughton have thrown some jems.  I give credit to pitching coach Mike Stawski, because he was able to turn Wes Hilliard from a one-time shortstop/1st basemen to a top sliac pitcher

and as far as heart, the webster guys were three (or 6 outs if you read their shirts) from the school's first world series apparence...those guys had a taste and they definitely want more

[JAdaPrince]

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I think it would be better if you could select three outfielders ... A player like Webster's Dakota Huey has nearly split his time between CF and RF this season.
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He has been prodominantly in right field. He only moved the few games raetzloff moved to the infield.



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What do you consider a few ... He has played CF exactly 11 of Webster's 29 games

[HangEmBangEm]

Yes and all of these were early in the season. I don't believe he has played one if any conference games at that position. And he won't for the rest of the season. So like I said. He is prodominantly a right fielder this year.