BB: CCIW: College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin

[OshDude]

NPU beat Doane on Friday, 6-2, but dropped the contest to Marian on Saturday, 7-2, to wind up the spring trip. The loss to the Sabres was particularly bothersome in light of the fact that it was Marian's first game of the season.

I think that loss will look OK at the end of the year. Marian is one of my sleeper teams this year. I think the Sabres will contend with Concordia-Chicago and Edgewood in the Nathcon. In fact, I think Marian wins it this year.

Marian also beat a very good Keene State team, 9-2, the next day. That's the same KSC team that beat New Jersey, if you buy into the opponent's opponent's opponents game.

[REDMENFAN]

Here's the article in the Kenosha News today about Carthage's sweep yesterday.  Towards the end of the article, Augie makes it clear the defense needs to improve, and says he's just going to bench players that he thought had a chance to play and give the reserves a chance to win some spots if they can play solid defense. Augie never fails when interviewed by the paper, you know there's going to be something interesting!!

http://ksn.kenoshanews.com/view_article.php?articleNum=2704521

[REDMENFAN]

Just saw the new poll. Carthage moved up three spots to number 3 in the poll, Augustana moved up to number 12, and IWU dropped to #21. Obviously its still March, and these aren't as important as they are come end of April, but its great to see 3 teams representing the CCIW in the top 25

[mwunder]

Just saw the new poll. Carthage moved up three spots to number 3 in the poll, Augustana moved up to number 12, and IWU dropped to #21. Obviously its still March, and these aren't as important as they are come end of April, but its great to see 3 teams representing the CCIW in the top 25

Wheaton also go two votes....they must have impressed someone down south.

[REDMENFAN]

I didn't even notice that, congrats to them as well.

[augie28]

Interesting to see Wheaton getting some votes.  I didn't even realize they got off to a 7-2 start.  Regardless of the level of competition they are playing, that is an impressive start for a traditionally thin Wheaton team...its always good to see CCIW teams get off to strong starts as it makes for an even more interesting conference season.

Anyone have any insight into this year's Wheaton team? Will they keep it up? 

[BoomerIL]

augie28.....

On a different subject, last year there was a player on Augustana's roster by the name of Pat Caragher.  He is not on the roster this year.  Any idea why he isn't playing??

[augie28]

BoomerIL, 

I am only a few years out of the Augie program and stay fairly well connected, but I have never heard of Pat Caragher.  Over the past 4 or 5 years, the number of players trying out at Augie has really jumped and there have been a number of unexpected cuts (even of upperclassmen) and also a number of players leaving the program because of their position on the depth charts.      I don't know if either of these cases apply to Caragher, but thats as much as I have to offer.

[mr_b]

BoomerIL, 

I am only a few years out of the Augie program and stay fairly well connected, but I have never heard of Pat Caragher.  Over the past 4 or 5 years, the number of players trying out at Augie has really jumped and there have been a number of unexpected cuts (even of upperclassmen) and also a number of players leaving the program because of their position on the depth charts.      I don't know if either of these cases apply to Caragher, but thats as much as I have to offer.

There was no listing of Caragher in the 2007 stats, either.  His name did appear on the Augie roster submitted for the CCIW Tournament.

[BigPoppa]

#3 Carthage moved to 7-0 this season with a 16-7 and 12-2 sweep of UT-Dallas this afternoon. They are off to an impressive start, but like I mentioned in December, this is not a very challenging southern schedule for the Redmen. They will face much tougher pitching inside the CCIW with Augustana and Illinois Wesleyan's arms in the mix.

[RedMan1]

Down in Florida watching Carthage play. They are hitting the ball pretty well. Stats are on the Carthage website. I'm very impressed with the pitching for the Redmen. Starting they are 5 deep and that's pretty awesome for the rotation. Overall Acevedo and Rdzox (Called "ZOK") are hitting the ball hard, and in the gaps.

Against Dallas Rdzox hit a ball down the right field line, and it was 430 out there and hit a in the park home run, the same happened to Gragnani.

The only problem with Carthage right now in their infield, Carthage is making too many errors right now. I'm sure Augie won't accept errors with the infield and all Carthage fans know that will be fixed

[mr_b]

Against Dallas Rdzox hit a ball down the right field line, and it was 430 out there and hit a in the park home run, the same happened to Gragnani.

430 down the line?  Were they playing in the Grand Canyon?

[BoomerIL]

augie28....mr_b....

Thanks for the feedback.  Caragher and my son played little league together, but then played at different high schools, my son at Lyons Township and Pat at Nazareth Academy.  I know he was rostered in 2007, but didn't see any stats on him either.  I thought I saw an early pre-season posting of a roster with his name on it, but then maybe not.  Caragher is a big kid about 6'-2" and about 190 that could throw hard, but didn't see him pitch in high school.  Swung a good bat, but then again maybe the depth of the roster eithe rconvinced him to stop playing, or maybe he decided to redshirt.  Don't know. 

[mwunder]

Against Dallas Rdzox hit a ball down the right field line, and it was 430 out there and hit a in the park home run, the same happened to Gragnani.

430 down the line?  Were they playing in the Grand Canyon?

Miller Huggins Field...It has historical value in that it is (was?) the sprint training home of the Yankees.  I can't find any dimensions on the field, but the only decent photo I can find of it does show it to be immense.

http://www.russmattbaseball.com/?page=venues&tournament=tb

Will Hodges hit a ball that traveled a reported 450' today, according to the write-up on the Carthage site.

[BoomerIL]

mwunder.....

My sons team, the Univ. of Rochester, played at Miller Huggins Field on the 9th and 10th, and the dimensions are 340 down the left field line, 400 to center, and 430 to right.  A little odd shaped but really nice.  There is a paved walking trail next to the field that circles a small lake.  One of the locals came by and said that there are legion games played there, some college teams practice there as well as a periodic minor league team or two.  Its also located in a residential area.