BB: UMAC: Upper Midwest Athletic Conference

[Ralph Turner]

Coach Kemp of CSS was on am1500 with Reusse and Soucheray yesterday.  (click to download the podcast)

For some reason he said some members of the UMAC don't have a baseball team, but he did note that the competition was improving in the league.

If you check out the colleges that are officially members of the UMAC, several of them do not have baseball teams that compete in the UMAC.  Some schools have only a sport or two that compete in the UMAC.  The entire list can be found at www.umacathletics.com under the "members" link.

You have the 4 football associates from the SLIAC and then North Central MN which is trying to go thru the NCAA provisional status to gain full membership.

[AO]

Coach Kemp of CSS was on am1500 with Reusse and Soucheray yesterday.  (click to download the podcast)

For some reason he said some members of the UMAC don't have a baseball team, but he did note that the competition was improving in the league.

If you check out the colleges that are officially members of the UMAC, several of them do not have baseball teams that compete in the UMAC.  Some schools have only a sport or two that compete in the UMAC.  The entire list can be found at www.umacathletics.com under the "members" link.

You have the 4 football associates from the SLIAC and then North Central MN which is trying to go thru the NCAA provisional status to gain full membership.

The football associates and North Central do play baseball, just not in the UMAC.

[biggio34]

Looks like they got the field ready and play is underway...

http://www.csssaints.com/custompages/stats/base/xlive.htm

[MIACLUV]

Looks like Bethany held on late to head into the winners bracket 3-2 over Presentation College.

[wsrings]

CSS puts up 6 in the first against Northwestern and is coasting with Jeff Adams still going strong with a 5 hitter through 7.  Looks like CSS vs. Bethany at 8:00 tonight up in Duluth... I'm guessing thats gonna be a cold one!

[15baseball15]

Anyone picking BLC to win this thing is absolutley out of their cranium. You can't pick against a team that has won 274 straight UMAC titles. Their record over that 274 title is something like 2,708 wins -3 losses

Im not saying it can't happen but to say BLC is the favorite is absolute kaka.

[paulisdeadman]

Anyone get the live audio to work?  Tried on the CSS website and the Duluth station website...nothing

[cubs]

Anyone picking BLC to win this thing is absolutley out of their cranium. You can't pick against a team that has won 274 straight UMAC titles. Their record over that 274 title is something like 2,708 wins -3 losses

Im not saying it can't happen but to say BLC is the favorite is absolute kaka.

Well, BLC beats CSS 5-2 behind a GREAT pitching performance from Cody Hallahan.  A CG victory giving up just one earned run, while striking out 11 and walking just one.

[cubs]

CSS Pitcher David Barningham has faced the minimum through five innings as CSS leads Presentation 6-0.  The only "hiccup" was a 2nd inning walk which was erased on a double play ball.

EDIT-A lead off double in the 6th inning spoils the no-hit bid.

[schmolph]

CSS hangs on to beat Presentation 6-5 than takes care of BLC 7-1 in the first game and wins the rubber game 8-7 on a Griffin Bell walk off hit off the base of the center field wall in the 11th in game 2. St. Scholastica are once again CHAMPIONS!!. Great series and a gutty come from behind win for the Saints who simply will not be denied and do what champions do... win when they have to.

[BaseballFan]

Very good games throughout the entire day, congrats to CSS. Their pitching depth is going to be big for them in the regional.

Its the first time I got to see the Hallahan from BLC pitch this year. He is a hard thrower who over powered CSS in Friday nights game but could tell he was not throwing as hard on saturday. On the other side he does not have any decent off speed stuff which shows when he throws 80-90% fastballs and I did not see one offspeed pitch out of his 47 he threw yesterday so I assumed his arm was falling off. This kid is also going to need to learn to grow up a little bit, not only did he show up the umpire on Friday but he was throwing his arms up when his guys werent getting to balls.

Kind of disappointing to see Coach Kragh put Dorris and Hallahan arms in jeopardy by throwing them so much.

Will be interesting to see where CSS lands in the regional considering Point went 2-2. I think CSS will end of up #4  and pay Point yet again

[paulisdeadman]

Great tourny this year.  Congrats to the saints, hopefully they make a run in the NCAA to give the UMAC some street cred. 
Baseball fan...You see it at all levels where pitchers will throw the following day to try get a championship.  I think that it is in poor taste to say that a coach would sacrifice the safety of his players to win a game, especially Coach Kragh.  Coach Kragh has coached Babe Ruth, Legion, DII and DIII, as well as pitched professionally.  I think that if he felt like he was even remotely putting kids arms in jeopardy he wouldnt have risked it.  As far as Hallahan goes, didnt have the speed? One of their players said he was in the 90's on the gun.  As far as the off speed issue, Hallahan cut the palm of his hand on Monday, and he wasnt able to grip the change up without splitting the cut open.  Not making excuse and not saying it would have changed the outcome, just wanted to shed light on why the majority of fastballs.
Ralph and Pat, or anyone else for that matter.  Any shot BLC backdoors into the tourny?

[OshDude]

Great tourny this year.  Congrats to the saints, hopefully they make a run in the NCAA to give the UMAC some street cred. 
Baseball fan...You see it at all levels where pitchers will throw the following day to try get a championship.  I think that it is in poor taste to say that a coach would sacrifice the safety of his players to win a game, especially Coach Kragh.  Coach Kragh has coached Babe Ruth, Legion, DII and DIII, as well as pitched professionally.  I think that if he felt like he was even remotely putting kids arms in jeopardy he wouldnt have risked it.  As far as Hallahan goes, didnt have the speed? One of their players said he was in the 90's on the gun.  As far as the off speed issue, Hallahan cut the palm of his hand on Monday, and he wasnt able to grip the change up without splitting the cut open.  Not making excuse and not saying it would have changed the outcome, just wanted to shed light on why the majority of fastballs.
Ralph and Pat, or anyone else for that matter.  Any shot BLC backdoors into the tourny?

I think it's BLC, LaGrange, Staten Island and Stevens for one spot.

[BaseballFan]

Great tourny this year.  Congrats to the saints, hopefully they make a run in the NCAA to give the UMAC some street cred. 
Baseball fan...You see it at all levels where pitchers will throw the following day to try get a championship.  I think that it is in poor taste to say that a coach would sacrifice the safety of his players to win a game, especially Coach Kragh.  Coach Kragh has coached Babe Ruth, Legion, DII and DIII, as well as pitched professionally.  I think that if he felt like he was even remotely putting kids arms in jeopardy he wouldnt have risked it.  As far as Hallahan goes, didnt have the speed? One of their players said he was in the 90's on the gun.  As far as the off speed issue, Hallahan cut the palm of his hand on Monday, and he wasnt able to grip the change up without splitting the cut open.  Not making excuse and not saying it would have changed the outcome, just wanted to shed light on why the majority of fastballs.
Ralph and Pat, or anyone else for that matter.  Any shot BLC backdoors into the tourny?

I never said Hallahan didnt throw hard, in fact I said he was a hard thrower who overpowered CSS on friday, please read again...well then that makes sense of why he wasnt throwing off speed, it was just an observation.

I hope Kragh wasnt putting his pitchers arms in danger, but from an outsiders perspective and not in poor taste in any way it looks like he cared more about winning than their arms.  I think Jeremy Reubens was a prime example of being overused and dont like to see talented players being overused thats all

[Pat Coleman]

For what it's worth, I don't really think Bethany Lutheran gets in. I think they needed to win. But playing CSS twice did raise their SOS, at least.