BB: MWC: Midwest Conference

[RSSmith]

South Division Standings (thru 4/11)

Illinois C.  6-0
Grinnell  4-0
Monmouth  0-4
Knox  0-6

Anyone alive out there?!  Thoughts on either division race after a couple weekends of conference games??  I'm only posting the South because I don't follow much of what's going on in the North up to this point.

The MWC website hasn't been updated since before the weekend.  Makes it a little hard to follow.

[OshDude]

South Division Standings (thru 4/11)

Illinois C.  6-0
Grinnell  4-0
Monmouth  0-4
Knox  0-6

Anyone alive out there?!  Thoughts on either division race after a couple weekends of conference games??  I'm only posting the South because I don't follow much of what's going on in the North up to this point.

The MWC website hasn't been updated since before the weekend.  Makes it a little hard to follow.

It's been a revolving door lately at the MWC SID office. Hope the next hire sticks around for a while.

[BigPoppa]

OshDude- Maybe it is time to drop off your resume at the MWC offices?

[ballfan55]

I don't know, long commute from Oshkosh to Ripon.

[OshDude]

OshDude- Maybe it is time to drop off your resume at the MWC offices?

LOL. I did ... twice in the past two years. Ripon might hate me since I turned down the sports/news/photo/education job at the Commonwealth Press late last year. I could be persona non grata around those parts. Then again I lived in Omro for a good chunk of my life and many of my friends went to Lawrence. Two strikes right there.

[BigPoppa]

Just passing through Omro disqualifies you for most "thinking" related jobs:)

[Maverick]

South Division Standings (thru 4/11)

Illinois C.  6-0
Grinnell  4-0
Monmouth  0-4
Knox  0-6

Anyone alive out there?!  Thoughts on either division race after a couple weekends of conference games??  I'm only posting the South because I don't follow much of what's going on in the North up to this point.

The MWC website hasn't been updated since before the weekend.  Makes it a little hard to follow.

It's been a revolving door lately at the MWC SID office. Hope the next hire sticks around for a while.

I was wondering why the MWC website has been taking awhile to get updated.  That would appear to be the answer right there.

[TurtleHead]

South Division Standings (thru 4/11)

Illinois C.  6-0
Grinnell  4-0
Monmouth  0-4
Knox  0-6

Anyone alive out there?!  Thoughts on either division race after a couple weekends of conference games??  I'm only posting the South because I don't follow much of what's going on in the North up to this point.

Ripon took 3 of 4 from Beloit over the weekend.    Beaman definitely looks like his leg is still hurting.  Whitty I believe is out for the year now. 

There is a good chance that  Ripon will punch its ticket to the tourney this weekend when they take on St Norbert. 

Beloit is not out but did not help themselves out  this weekend.  Will need to get their act together against St Norbert in their final week if they want to make the tourney. 

St Norbert looks good since coming back from Florida.  Split with Stevens Point and swept Oshkosh. 

[ballfan55]

Week two in conference play and right now anyone, yes everyone, could still win the North division.

St. Norbert        3-1         12-8
Ripon               4-4         11-15
Beloit                 4-4          15-9
Lawrence          2-2          5-17
Carroll               3-5          6-17

I was at the Carroll/Beloit series and Carroll give Beloit a good run in a Sunday split (Beloit 10/10   Carroll 7/19)after hanging with Beloit most of the last game on Saturday as well.  If Carroll's bats are hot they can put up a lot of runs.  Beloit's Nelson set a team record for career RBIs in the Sunday nightcap.  I believe he now has 89.

[TurtleHead]

Week two in conference play and right now anyone, yes everyone, could still win the North division.

St. Norbert        3-1         12-8
Ripon               4-4         11-15
Beloit                 4-4          15-9
Lawrence          2-2          5-17
Carroll               3-5          6-17

I was at the Carroll/Beloit series and Carroll give Beloit a good run in a Sunday split (Beloit 10/10   Carroll 7/19)after hanging with Beloit most of the last game on Saturday as well.  If Carroll's bats are hot they can put up a lot of runs.  Beloit's Nelson set a team record for career RBIs in the Sunday nightcap.  I believe he now has 89.

Good to see you made the game.  hopefully you enjoyed Buc days and had a brat or 2.  I was not able to make it to Carroll on Saturday but I always liked the field.  Believe this was the first year since the Sr's were freshman that Beloit got a chance to play on it.   

Now all Carroll needs to do is beat Ripon or Norbert for Beloit. 

Now if Only you could get Hickory Corn-Husker off the basketball board.  I believe you both are students there.  I will try to work on Roop.  Maybe we could have more than 2 people on the MWC board. 

[Maverick]

South Division Standings (thru 4/18)

Grinnell  6-0
Illinois C.  6-2
Monmouth  2-4
Knox  0-8

Grinnell with a big sweep of Illinois College on Saturday to take over first place in the South and Monmouth with the sweep over Knox to stay alive in the post-season race.  Re-matches of both this coming weekend that could possibly bring the divisional picture a little more into focus (IC @ Grinnell, Knox @ Monmouth).  Glad to see there's been a little more baseball talk on here over the past week!

[ballfan55]

TurtleHead...

Not a student - I am a parent of a Carroll player.

My son did well in the first game on Sunday (loss)...unfortunately he was out of the lineup during the hit parade second game.

Did enjoy the Buc days....those are some great deals.

BTW, one of the concession workers ended up getting hit with a foul hit by the first batter of the day....tough day for her, though I don't think she got hit bad (it skipped off the counter and got her).

[TurtleHead]

TurtleHead...

Not a student - I am a parent of a Carroll player.

My son did well in the first game on Sunday (loss)...unfortunately he was out of the lineup during the hit parade second game.

Did enjoy the Buc days....those are some great deals.

BTW, one of the concession workers ended up getting hit with a foul hit by the first batter of the day....tough day for her, though I don't think she got hit bad (it skipped off the counter and got her).

Not sure were I got it in my head you were a student.  Sorry if I offended.  Hope you guys do well the rest of the way in conference.  Since Beloit now needs your help.

The concession worker is fine.  Will be back behind the counter next Sunday.

[BigPoppa]

Beloit dropped a tough one this weekend to Carroll...definitely makes a repeat conference championship an uphill climb.

From what I can tell from the stats, it looks like there's a real dropoff between the 1-3 of the Beloit staff and their number 4.  Isn't this pretty much the same team from last year?  Who did they lose?

Norbert looks like the runaway favorite at this point.  Anybody out there think Carroll could take a game from SNC or Ripon as well?

Anybody been tracking this Andrew Heer kid?  The kid didn't even get any time last year and now he's got a slugging % up around 1.000.  Where'd he come from?

Something tells me you know MUCH more about him than you are letting on.

[ballfan55]

Carroll is such a young team they are hard to predict.  They can put up a lot of runs as evidenced by the last game against Beloit.  If a pitcher is on and the bats are hot they have the potential to beat any of the teams.  But that is a big if.