BB: CCIW: College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin

[Mr. Ypsi]

Big Poppa,

Gotta agree with you on defense, but (alas for you!) you've got the wrong team.  For the conference season, Carthage had by far the top batting average (.363 vs. 2nd place Augie's .330 - IWU was sixth at .286, behind even Wheaton!), but while they were second in ERA (2.51), IWU was first (1.38 - gotta be a misprint!!), and second in fielding (.960), but IWU was again first (.970).  Carthage had great pitching (3 of the top 7 in ERA), but the Titans had 3 of the top 4!

I'm enough of a CCIW fan that IF IWU was guaranteed a pool C, I'd almost root for someone else to knock them off, but I've seen too many teams get 'screwed' in basketball - I'll be rooting for the Titans to remove all doubt.  But anything can happen in a short tourney - may the best team win (hopefully, legitimately!).

[REDMENFAN]

Saw Boe Baitinger and David Hermes last night getting in some extre tee work on their own for about an hour while I was teaching a hitting class at Carthage.  Boe will DH today and should be full go come the tourney Thurday. Great news for the Carthage baseball community. BP, BrewCrew are 22-10, who'da thunk it?!

[BigPoppa]

BP, BrewCrew are 22-10, who'da thunk it?!

SHHHHHHHH! I don't want to jinx it. I am actually catching the series @ LAD and @ SD in a few weeks. I can't wait to see the NL MVP, Prince Fielder, in action.

[REDMENFAN]

At least you're out in Cali and don't have to listen to the loveable loser cub fans every day saying it won't last, blah blah blah!

[RedMan1]

Any Carthage fan's going down to CCIW tourney?

[REDMENFAN]

Would absolutely love to go and be in that atmosphere with the frat boys on the roof top making for a crazy atmosphere, but can't get off work or coaching. 

[soxfan14]

New central rankings out

Central
1. Illinois Wesleyan (30-9)
2. Wartburg (26-11)
3. Washington (30-9)
4. Augustana (30-10)
5. Luther (26-9)
6. Carthage (28-11)
7. Edgewood (25-11)
8. Webster (27-12)

[goldengear]

That's the ABCA Poll, rankings don't come out until Thursday.

[soxfan14]

Sorry,my bad

[knarocky22]

Carthage beat Concordia-Chicago 12-2.

[REDMENFAN]

Nice win for Carthage yesterday. Boe Baitinger returned and had a nice day for the Redmen. This was Carthage's 12th win a row, the school record is 17 in a row. Who knows, hopefully the Redmen continue hitting the ball the way they've been and can somehow get to 17 in a row, which would mean of course playing on into the regionals. Good luck to the four teams competing in the tournament, especially CARTHAGE!

[BigPoppa]

Good luck to the four teams competing in the tournament, especially CARTHAGE!

I only wish luck to the Redmen... my love of D3 baseball is only outweighed by my devotion to Carthage.

[SouthPaw]

North Central will have a new head coach next year. The school did not renew his contract for next year.

[BigPoppa]

North Central will have a new head coach next year. The school did not renew his contract for next year.

Who has the inside track on that position? Any CCIW assistants that would be great head coaches or any local guys who would be a good fit?

Will NPU head coach Luke Johnson go back to his coaching roots at North Central or stay put at North Park? Let's get some names flying around here.

[Captain Morgan]

North Central will have a new head coach next year. The school did not renew his contract for next year.

Who has the inside track on that position? Any CCIW assistants that would be great head coaches or any local guys who would be a good fit?

Will NPU head coach Luke Johnson go back to his coaching roots at North Central or stay put at North Park? Let's get some names flying around here.

Poppa- Are you going to apply? Sources have you coming back to the Midwest from Cali sometime soon. You have college head coaching experience and are a CCIW guy. It seems to be a natural fit for you.

I heard you got screwed on the Lakeland job two years ago. It looks like they made a mistake as they have fallen apart with their last two guys.