BB: CC: Centennial Conference

[Hammer Ball]

WOW - That was alot of typing!

I could see JHU and F&M slugging it out for the title.  I like the Washington comments on returning pitching but always worry about a team that loses it's best hitter - unless it's JHU, who seem to reload with big hitters annually.

If Swat's pitchers learned from last year, and put in the work since then, I would not be surprised to see them improve to the top half.

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[Hammer Ball]

My Guess for 2010:
1. F&M - Strong all around
2. Hopkins - Will score alot of runs
3. Haverford - Will contend to the end
4. Washington - Pitching may carry them
5. Swat - On the upswing
6. Gettysburg - Do not count out
7. Muhlenberg - Must recover from offensive losses
8. Ursinus - Huge loss at No. 1
9. Dickinson - Sweep of JHU in '09 cannot be forgotten
10. McDaniel - May be rebuilding

[RollTide]

2010 Prediction:
1. Hopkins- hitting is just too good
2. Gettysburg- strong core coming back surprises the centennial
3. Haverford- junior class leads team to the playoffs
4. Dickinson- while this may be a jump, their youth has the potential to do big things
5. F&M- solid team but lost strong leadership
6. Washington- will upset some teams
7. Swat- hitting will give them a chance, but their pitching will take many chances away
8. Muhlenburg- loss of leadership on an already unstable team does not bode well
9. McDaniel- loses too many of its top players to have a chance
10. Ursinus- no engle=no chance

[RSSmith]

Ok...ok...I had to start this up.

How good is Hopkins going to be this year? According to memory here is the expected lineup. But what about starting pitching? Do they have guys that can fill the shoes of Angeloni and Fioretti?

1B: Sikorski
C: Swarr/Small
OF: Kahn
OF: Youchak
OF:
SS: Teta
2B: Rapazzo?
3B: Bolyard
DH: Swarr/Small

Sikorski in the outfield, Huisman at first base.

[bulldozer]

http://www.hopkinssports.com/sports/m-basebl/spec-rel/022510aaa.html

[RSSmith]

Hopkins hopes to open Sunday with a double header against Rutgers-Newark at Homewood.  Here's hoping . . .

[d3baseballnut]

Hopkins hopes to open Sunday with a double header against Rutgers-Newark at Homewood.  Here's hoping . . .

Another baseball season on the horizon. I love it.

Will see you at regionals RSSmith :-)

[RSSmith]

Hopkins hopes to open Sunday with a double header against Rutgers-Newark at Homewood.  Here's hoping . . .

Another baseball season on the horizon. I love it.

Will see you at regionals RSSmith :-)

I'll be at Homewood Sunday--Pete's still hanging around the ball club with Todd and Jonas, and it's hard to get DIII ball out of your system.  Are you still in the area?

[d3baseballnut]

Arlington, VA

I can walk to the Pentagon....which is actually scary considering the shooting this week lol.

I won't be there tomorrow, but I will be up a couple times in April hopefully. I am glad Pete gets to stay involved a bit.

[RSSmith]

Rutgers-Newark beat Division I Mt. St. Mary's 16-5 on March 3.  Today, Hopkins took a pair from Rutgers-Newark 13-5 and 15-0.  In the second game, four Blue Jays pitchers combined for a no-hitter (Greg Harbeck started and went 6, Alex Eliopolous, Lucas Henneman, and Andrew Pevsner did an inning each) with 6 walks and 11 or 12 strikeouts.  Rutgers scored 4 runs in the first two innings of game one, and only one run in the final 14 innings of the double header.  Sam Eagleson looked good in his pitching debut for the Blue Jays with three innings of one-hit, shutout relief.  I haven't seen the hitting stats yet, but I know that Brian Youchak was 4 for 6 on the day with two home runs to right field.  Dave Kahn had a big day at the plate and Jesse Sikorski hit a couple of monsters to left center (his opposite field) that would have been out but for a 20-knot headwind.  Good opening day for Hopkins.  It was also good to see some of the Blue Jay alums at the ball park.

[RSSmith]

March 7, 2010

Dickinson 2-0 (double header sweep of Lancaster Bible incl. complete game no-hitter by White)
Hopkins 2-0 (double header sweep of Rutgers-Newark including no-hitter in nightcap)
Swarthmore 2-0 (double header sweep of Presentation College)
Gettysburg 1-1 (split with Maravian)
Haverford 1-1 (split with St. Lawrence)
Washington 1-1 (loss to Salisbury, win over Moravian)
Muhlenberg 1-1 (split with Alvernia)
McDaniel 0-0
Ursinus 0-0
F&M 1-2 (losses to Kean and Rowan, win over Rutgers Camden)

[RSSmith]

As of March 10--

Hopkins           2-0 (DH win over Rutgers-Newark)
Haverford        5-1 (good win over North Park today, otherwise beating up on middle-of-the-pack teams)
Ursinus            4-3 (lackluster record against lackluster opposition, about what I expected)
Dickinson         2-1 (only loss to Lebanon Valley, a decent MACC team)
Washington     3-3 (bland record against bland opposition, the Shoremen are underperforming)
Muhlenberg      1-1 (split with Alvernia who beat Rowan and lost to Neumann--go figure)
F&M                  1-2 (losses are to Kean and Rowan--nuff sed)
Gettysberg        2-4 (have only played Bridgewater and Moravian; combined record 5-11)
McDaniel           0-1 (Terror can't wait to get to Orlando)
Swarthmore      0-2 (DH loss to Wesleyan is a bad start to the Arizona trip)

[Hammer Ball]

Swat is 3-2