BB: CCIW: College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin

[TitanRailer]

Long weekend in Virginia, congrats to the IWU basketball team for its third place finish at the final four.

IWU baseball won two over previously 14-4 Millsaps College, 10-8 and 8-7.  The Titans are now 6-1 on the season.

The spring trip continues this week with singles games against 11-7 Mississippi College, 16-3 Rhodes, 13-8 Christian Brothers, 6-7 Coe, and 15-2 Wash U. 

[BigPoppa]

Looks like the CCIW teams are off to good starts in the non-conference portions of their schedules. Let's hope for two bids to the dance.

[Gregory Sager]

North Park went 3-4 (not 2-3) on its Phoenix trip to move to 4-6 on the year.  The finale was a 14-inning affair with the Vikings coming up short, 8-7.  They lost three extra-inning games to Marian (WI), Keene State (NH), and Roger Williams (RI).

Thanks for pointing that out. Neither the CCIW website nor the websites of the two schools indicated that NPU and Keene State had made up that rainout.

[BigPoppa]

IWU baseball won two over previously 14-4 Millsaps College, 10-8 and 8-7.  The Titans are now 6-1 on the season.

I am curious to know what the IWU players thought of the Millsaps shortstop... he is the Pre-season National Player of the Year. Is he as good as we hear?

[TitanRailer]

IWU baseball won two over previously 14-4 Millsaps College, 10-8 and 8-7.  The Titans are now 6-1 on the season.

I am curious to know what the IWU players thought of the Millsaps shortstop... he is the Pre-season National Player of the Year. Is he as good as we hear?

[TitanRailer]

IWU baseball won two over previously 14-4 Millsaps College, 10-8 and 8-7.  The Titans are now 6-1 on the season.

I am curious to know what the IWU players thought of the Millsaps shortstop... he is the Pre-season National Player of the Year. Is he as good as we hear?

I will try to find out next week when they return.  Box score had Wetzel (playing right field?) as 1-3 and 2-4 for the two games with 3 BB's and 2 RBI.  IWU did use their top two pitchers in these two games, Dubois and Inzinga.  Try to find out why he is not in the infield...

[BigPoppa]

Thaks for the update on Wetzel... I have no idea of why he was in the OF.

[bataviapete]

Will any Redmen fans be in Lisle this Sunday for the game against Benedictine? 

[irish21]

It all depends on the weather bataviapete! The big challenge will be to convince Augie to go!! He looks like the Pillsbury Dough Boy when he has on the five sets of long underwear!!

[BigPoppa]

It all depends on the weather bataviapete! The big challenge will be to convince Augie to go!! He looks like the Pillsbury Dough Boy when he has on the five sets of long underwear!!

I have no idea how he coaches dressed in his Carthage snowsuit... he is the coldest man on the planet at all times.

[REDMENFAN]

Well Augie doesn't have to do much physcially when he is coaching. He just gets to sit in the dugout and give his two sense about everything that happens in the game. Smitty coaches 3rd and Jarvis Brown coaches first, so Augie can just sit there with his long underwear, t-shirt, under armor, Carthage baseball jacket, and Carthage hoody all nicely bundled up in the dugout. Don't get me wrong though, just because he is cold doesn't mean he isn't doing any coaching or critiquing.

[bataviapete]

Long range forecast for Sunday is 48 and partly sunny, having spent a few springs at Carthage that's almost balmy.
My son's interested in playing at Carthage so it would be good to see Augie and the boys in action.

[BigPoppa]

Well Augie doesn't have to do much physcially when he is coaching. He just gets to sit in the dugout and give his two sense about everything that happens in the game. Smitty coaches 3rd and Jarvis Brown coaches first, so Augie can just sit there with his long underwear, t-shirt, under armor, Carthage baseball jacket, and Carthage hoody all nicely bundled up in the dugout. Don't get me wrong though, just because he is cold doesn't mean he isn't doing any coaching or critiquing.

Augie is at his best for one-liners in the cold.... there are some classics out there!

[REDMENFAN]

Sunday's game will be carthage's first after a 9 day layoff, then they play a single game wednesday against Cardinal Stritch before they start conference action next weekend. I'm guessing Sunday they will pitch by committee to keep guys sharp, and probably something similar on Wednesday.  I don't know if they'll throw their top guys a few innings this sunday, or the following Wednesday, or even both. I'm sure more than just the starting position players will get some innings as well because once conference games start its pretty much set in stone who's playing every game for the most part.

[BigPoppa]

I am guessing that Augie will send out his top three for three innings a piece and rest them all week into the conference games. Wednesday will be another day like that with his middle relievers seeing the work.