BB: CCIW: College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin

[Mr. Ypsi]

But could Big Poppa's heart take it when he played Carthage??

[REDMENFAN]

Adam Smith, Carthage's 3rd base coach, also got screwed on the Lakeland job over this past summer. He was down to the final two, and Lakeland decided to go with an alum and a former player.

[BigPoppa]

But could Big Poppa's heart take it when he played Carthage??

I am NOT a CCIW guy... I am a Carthage guy. There is a BIG difference.

I did apply for the Lakeland job after John Weber left. I wanted to get back to the midwest, but I was told that I was not qualified enough to coach there (I was running my own college program in SoCal at the time so I thought it was a bit odd). I guess they have their reasons.

[BigPoppa]

Adam Smith, Carthage's 3rd base coach, also got screwed on the Lakeland job over this past summer. He was down to the final two, and Lakeland decided to go with an alum and a former player.

I have some great stories about Adam Smith....

[REDMENFAN]

I have some great stories about Adam Smith....
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Smitty is a great guy. He's become quite the softball player over the past few summers in Kenosha (Kenosha over a period of time will do that to a person )   By the way, did anyone see the Yankee game Monday night?  Matt Desalvo made his MLB debut.  Desalvo was a D-3 guy who played at Marietta college.  Carthage and former hurler Dan Grybash beat him two years in a row down in Florida on both team's spring trip.  He pitched a gem for the Yankees but got a ND.  Its always great to see D-3 guys making it to the show.  I believe Desalvo wasn't even drafted because he started having arm problems his senior year.  Good thing a team took a chance on him, looks like he's going to be around a while after taking a look at his numbers in the minors

[BigPoppa]

Nothing makes a man a better softball player than living near Petretti Park in Kenosha. I played the year after I graduated from Carthage... Augie was on the team with me as were Cibby and Domin. It was quite the summer of ball.

[REDMENFAN]

Funny you mention Petretti, I grew up a half block from there, and my parents still live in the same house. Poerio and Lincoln are where most of the games are played now.  I haven't gotten into the whole softball thing yet, just watch several buddies play. But man do these guys take it serious around here!  I can't even imagine Augie playing softball at Petretti, the outfielder in center probably played him near the tennis courts 500 feet deep!

[BigPoppa]

The CCIW tourney features 2 of the top 5  team ERAs in the nation. Carthage is #4 and IWU is #5.

http://web1.ncaa.org/stats/StatsSrv/rankings

[Mugsy]

Long time follower of CCIW sports (primarily football, secondarily basketball), but first post on the baseball board. 

A couple of weeks ago there was a discussion on the CCIW football board regarding sportsmanship in relation to the 57-1 thumping Bridgewater State put on Newbury College in baseball.

Lots of interesting discussion that I'm prettey sure was covered here.

Anyway... an interesting article on the ESPN website regarding the 57-1 thrashing Bridgewater State put on Newbury College.  It has a positive spin...

]http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=darcy/070509]

[knarocky22]

Anyone going to be posting updates from Bloomington tonight?

[79jaybird]

"Will NPU coach Luke Johnson go back to his coaching roots at North Central....?"
I would say probably not.  I am a good friend of Luke and he is a GREAT coach.  Luke knows the game inside and out.  I met up with him last week and he is pretty content at North Park, telling me his loved the improvements with the Helwig Center and the Administration's visible committment to improve the Vikings Athletic Teams.
Luke knows the CCIW very well, where he was a record breaking player at Elmhurst, and as Head Coach of both NC and NPU.

[knarocky22]

IWU beat Elmhurst 11-0 in the first game of the CCIW tournament.  Here is the link to the schedule/results page for the entire tourny.

http://www.cciw.org/spring_baseball/2007resultspage.php

[Spence]

I have some great stories about Adam Smith....

Smitty is a great guy. He's become quite the softball player over the past few summers in Kenosha (Kenosha over a period of time will do that to a person )   By the way, did anyone see the Yankee game Monday night?  Matt Desalvo made his MLB debut.  Desalvo was a D-3 guy who played at Marietta college.  Carthage and former hurler Dan Grybash beat him two years in a row down in Florida on both team's spring trip.  He pitched a gem for the Yankees but got a ND.  Its always great to see D-3 guys making it to the show.  I believe Desalvo wasn't even drafted because he started having arm problems his senior year.  Good thing a team took a chance on him, looks like he's going to be around a while after taking a look at his numbers in the minors
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DeSalvo had a torn meniscus his first senior year and got a medical waiver to come back. The Yankees signed him before the draft at the end of his 5th year, since he had already been eligible for the draft three times they could do that, I believe is the rule. He's had minor back problems and the meniscus, but I don't know of him ever having arm problems that I recall.

[mr_b]

IWU beat Elmhurst 11-0 in the first game of the CCIW tournament.  Here is the link to the schedule/results page for the entire tourny.

http://www.cciw.org/spring_baseball/2007resultspage.php

Here is the box score for the IWU-Elmhurst game: http://www.iwu.edu/%7Eiwunews/sports/bb2007/cciwbb1.htm

[RedMan1]

Carthage up 3-1 in the 4th...

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