BB: CCIW: College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin

AUpitch104k · May 13, 2006, 10:26:22 AM

Quote from: irish21 on May 12, 2006, 05:16:20 PM
We went with Dusty Reid instead of Danny Grybash in the first game in Mississippi in 2003. Needless to say we didn't win! Dusty pitched a hell of a game but the mindset was never the same after losing the opener.

You go with your best and the rest will fall into place. I covered HS baseball for the Daily Herald for 15 years and it completely amazed me every year in the IHSA playoffs when HS coaches would think they could sneak by the first game by using someone other than their number one!

BIG mistake at every level!

You keep dancing by dancing with the one that brung ya!

What is Dusty doing today? Last time I saw him was at a MLB Scouting Bureau tryout. any clue?

irish21 · May 13, 2006, 12:48:53 PM

Top of the sixth...Redmen 8 Vikings 0

Carthage put up 7 in the first after batting 11 men. Evosevich went the first five now Olson is in.

irish21 · May 13, 2006, 03:49:19 PM

10-1 Redmen victory.

IWU up 3-1 in top of 7th.

irish21 · May 13, 2006, 04:22:27 PM

Bottom of 8th...IWU 4 Augie 1

irish21 · May 13, 2006, 04:55:51 PM

IWU 4 Augie 1

Redmen vs Titans for the CCIW championship tomorrow.

cubs · May 13, 2006, 07:06:56 PM

Quote from: irish21 on May 12, 2006, 05:16:20 PM
What is Dusty doing today? Last time I saw him was at a MLB Scouting Bureau tryout. any clue?

He's playing a little bit of softball in the small town of West Bloomfield, and is currently playing baseball in the BABA for a team called the Little Falls Loggers.

Mr. Ypsi · May 14, 2006, 12:12:54 AM

2 questions.

What does the weather look like for tomorrow?

What do people think Augie's chances look like? (My speculation: if Carthage wins, Augie is a near-lock; if IWU wins, Augie may be in trouble - not sure the CCIW would be deemed worthy of 3 teams, but we have no experience with a tourney this size.)

mwunder · May 14, 2006, 12:05:58 PM

Carthage up 3-2 with Carthage batting in the top of the 4th.

Carthage knocked DuBois out of the game with 5 straight singles to open the game and score 3 runs.

IWU came back and scored 2 in the bottom of the first off of Husing.

mwunder · May 14, 2006, 02:09:29 PM

Carthage wins 6-4 to win the CCIW automatic bid.

I wouls have to guess that IWU's season is over and that Augie gets a Pool C bid. 31-10 is nothing to sneeze at.

emeritusprof · May 14, 2006, 02:45:37 PM

Way to go Carthage!

Conference and Conference Tourney--a very nice two-some, indeed, even if the tourney was plagued by weather.

REDMENFAN · May 14, 2006, 03:55:21 PM

Ryan Roufus and Jeff Livek came in and pitched tremendous for the Redmen. Great game to be at. Some of the IWU fans are just hilarious. Talk about complaining and whining, they take it to a whole other level. Steve Rucks smoked a ball at IWU's 3rd basemen and it took a hop and hit him in the head to score two runs, and the guy starts going off on how terrible of a field Carthage has. My guess, it was just because Carthage was pounding the ball the inning. Don't bad hops happen on major league fields? Anyone who has played at Carthage knows the playing surface itself is good, maybe not the best, but good. And anyone who's played at IWU knows the setup and environment is cool, but the playing surface is very subpar. That field last year for the conference tourney was an embarrassment with the condition it was in. Overall, a great game to watch. Congrats to Carthage, and probably to Augie as well as they most likely will get a bid.

REDMENFAN · May 14, 2006, 04:03:44 PM

Almost forgot, some great Augie lines the past two days.

"How can you be a starting infielder for a college baseball team and not throw a baseball 90 f'ing feet"

"You just did us a huge favor, thanks for plunking our worst hitter!!"-Yelling at the pitcher from NP after he hit Even, one of Carthage's best hitters.

"This is like little league out here, I have no idea what we're doing"

And today his blowup on the home plate umpire for calling a balk that brought in a run tops them all. I can't remember it all, but it was about a 2 minute tyraid that consisted of "I'm so sick of your s**t, you've been doing this to us for 3 f'ing years. How is that a balk, he's been doing it all game. You're just looking for someway to screw us. You know people aren't here to watch you, they're here to watch these kids not you. Everyone here is laughing at you!!" There was a lot more, but you get the point. CLASSIC AUGIE, that's why we love him.

augiefan · May 14, 2006, 05:19:27 PM

The reality is that only Carthage really deserves an NCAA tourney bid from the CCIW. Augie had a good year, but the pitching just isn't good enough to deserve a tourney bid. The change to single elimination in the CCIW tourney may save them, but it will be a bit of a stretch. Essentially IWU and Augie ended the season as equals pretty far behind Carthage in on the field performance.

I hope Augie gets that bid. Whether they do or not good luck to Carthage. They are good enough to get through the 1st round, and then who knows.

irish21 · May 14, 2006, 05:48:26 PM

RMF...did Augie get tossed? Usually when a coach says stuff like that and doesn't get tossed, the umpire knows he made a mistake.

Congrats to the Redmen, Augie and his staff! Nice to see Carthage back at the top of the CCIW!

Now go out and play like you are capable of playing and get back to Appleton!

Sounds like they looked as good in person as they do on the internet

REDMENFAN · May 14, 2006, 06:35:32 PM

Irish, no he didn't get tossed, I have absolutely no idea how he didn't.

Augiefan: I don't know much about Augie's pitching depth, but I know their top 2 are outstanding. I believe they only have 2 losses between them now that Setter finally lost a game. Anyone know what time the pairings are released?