BB: CCIW: College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin

[REDMENFAN]

BP, you like the trade getting Estrada for Doug Davis, Dana Eveland, and Krynzel?  I personally disliked Doug Davis, especially if you are attending a game.  That guy has to take a minute inbetween each pitch he throws.  I think the move will definitely help the brewers, having a swith hitting catcher who can hit for .300, hopefully Damien Miller sticks around to play a backup role cuz he's a great team guy like Cirillo, and plus he's a Wisconsin Native

[BigPoppa]

BP, you like the trade getting Estrada for Doug Davis, Dana Eveland, and Krynzel?  I personally disliked Doug Davis, especially if you are attending a game.  That guy has to take a minute inbetween each pitch he throws.  I think the move will definitely help the brewers, having a swith hitting catcher who can hit for .300, hopefully Damien Miller sticks around to play a backup role cuz he's a great team guy like Cirillo, and plus he's a Wisconsin Native

I think it was a good move. The problem the Brewers have is that they develop stars for big-market teams (Surhoff, Sheffield, Burnitz). I doubt that Doug Davis will fall into that category, but they made a nice move to help the club.

How are things on the lake??? How is Chief Augie, leader of the Redmen, doing?

[REDMENFAN]

Poppa, haven't seen Augie in a few weeks, I'm sure he's doing fine. I'll probably help out with the baseball christmas camps and see him there.  Things along the lake are great, our mens basketball team just won back to back games against two top 10 teams in the country as the CCIW swept the MIAA in the classis this weekend at Carthage.

[RedmenFB44]

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Hope all is well up at the iceberg. I know how cold it gets up there on the lake. How much snow did you guys up there on Friday? Maybe soon I'll make a trip up there soon so we can live it up like old times.

[REDMENFAN]

FB44, We got 17 inches! Couldn't even get my car out of the driveway til Friday night.  The highs all week aren't even going to get to 30 degrees so the snow won't melt any time soon either.  Yeah you need to get here soon, haven't seen you since homecoming (which you probably don't remember!) 

[bataviapete]

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My son will be at the Carthage winter camp.  Let me know if you'll be there I'd like to meet some ex players.  My son is interested in Carthage and playing ball there.

[REDMENFAN]

BataviaPete:
Even if I don't work the camps, I'll probably stop in to see how they're going and to say hi to everyone. Vinny Rottino will most likely work with the Catchers again (triple A player in the brewers organization and played on the Big League Club the last month of the year last season.) Scott Roehl will most likely work with the pitchers and hitters as he's done over the last few years (Double A pitcher in the Indians organization.)  Besides those two, the rest of the guys are Carthage players and coaches.  Its a great camp with great in depth video analysis from Augie Schmidt with the hitters and Cory Everts with the pitchers.  I'm sure your son would love playing for Augie, just ask any current or former players.

[bataviapete]

Sounds great REDMENFAN.  My son's only a jr but he's started looking.  Was at Whitewater last for a camp and they want him to come up for a visit already.  Some d1 schools are after him too.  Evansville already had him down there.  My wife and I both went to Carthage so he's familiar with the school and we usually get to at least on Carhtage game a year so he's seen Augie in action and knows about the program.

[BigPoppa]

FB44, We got 17 inches! Couldn't even get my car out of the driveway til Friday night.  The highs all week aren't even going to get to 30 degrees so the snow won't melt any time soon either.  Yeah you need to get here soon, haven't seen you since homecoming (which you probably don't remember!) 

Ahhhhh....... Homecoming...... Nothing better than falling down the hill at halftime and then hooking up with a Pi Theta after the game.

[BigPoppa]

  My wife and I both went to Carthage so he's familiar with the school and we usually get to at least on Carhtage game a year so he's seen Augie in action and knows about the program.

There is nothing like seeing Augie in action. I think I am going to write a book in the near future detailing my days at Carthage. I bet there are many people interested in what goes on behind the scenes and in the dugouts when Augie flips out. I also played with pitching coach Cory Everts... he was a complete lunatic on the days that he pitched. Some good stories there too.

[mwunder]

  My wife and I both went to Carthage so he's familiar with the school and we usually get to at least on Carhtage game a year so he's seen Augie in action and knows about the program.

There is nothing like seeing Augie in action. I think I am going to write a book in the near future detailing my days at Carthage. I bet there are many people interested in what goes on behind the scenes and in the dugouts when Augie flips out. I also played with pitching coach Cory Everts... he was a complete lunatic on the days that he pitched. Some good stories there too.

You went to Carthage...you can't read or write!!!  :-)   Kidding of course....

Merry Christmas to all the Carthage baseball fans.

[REDMENFAN]

BP, Cory played in an adult league along with former big leaguer Jarvis Brown on Sundays at Carthage this past summer (just a have fun league with 4 teams), but I saw Cory pitch and he can still bring it, although I don't think he could lift his arm the next few days 

[BigPoppa]

BP, Cory played in an adult league along with former big leaguer Jarvis Brown on Sundays at Carthage this past summer (just a have fun league with 4 teams), but I saw Cory pitch and he can still bring it, although I don't think he could lift his arm the next few days 

He used to wear eye-black when he pitched. He was very intimidating on the mound. He would also lift weights in the dugout between innings to keep loose. He kept dumbells in the corner that no one dared go near for fear of angering him.

[REDMENFAN]

Ha! That is hilarious about the weights. And I definitely have not seen too many pitchers wear eye black. I guess all those attempts at intimidation and to psych himself up made up for him being 5'7'', because I heard how great of a pitcher he was.

[mwunder]

Ha! That is hilarious about the weights. And I definitely have not seen too many pitchers wear eye black. I guess all those attempts at intimidation and to psych himself up made up for him being 5'7'', because I heard how great of a pitcher he was.

As good as Cory was back in the day, the guy out of that group who I wouldn't want to step into the box against was Dan Falkingham.  He didn't wear eye black, wasn't that big (5'10", 170), but he stared you down aka Roger Clemens.  And, he wasn't afraid to throw at your mellon to get you off the inside corner of the plate.

Another guy I would have never stepped in against was Todd Greenlee, but for different reasons.  He could throw a baseball through a brick wall, but you never knew where it was going!!  I think "Horse" still holds the Carthage record for walks ina game with 11!!