BB: CCIW: College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin

Cheez-it · April 17, 2008, 06:33:52 PM

Acevedo gonna get All-American with the ridiculous numbers he's putting up?

matblake · April 17, 2008, 07:25:26 PM

Quote from: Mr. Ypsi on April 16, 2008, 10:10:39 PM
I haven't bothered paying attention to Wheaton in baseball. Do you have the young players (and recruits on the way) to feel this is a genuine rise, or a 'fluke'?

Honestly, I have no idea. If you look at the past records of the Crusaders/Thunder you will see a good record now and again followed by a falling off stage. Unfortunately, only time will tell if this is a one year rise, or the beginning of a trend.

matblake · April 17, 2008, 07:30:30 PM

Anyone know if Wheaton pitcher Ed McCaskey is related to the McCaskey's of Bears fame? I noticed that he is from Lake Forest.

CCIW Bird · April 17, 2008, 09:04:13 PM

Quote from: matblake on April 17, 2008, 07:25:26 PM
Quote from: Mr. Ypsi on April 16, 2008, 10:10:39 PM
I haven't bothered paying attention to Wheaton in baseball. Do you have the young players (and recruits on the way) to feel this is a genuine rise, or a 'fluke'?

Honestly, I have no idea. If you look at the past records of the Crusaders/Thunder you will see a good record now and again followed by a falling off stage. Unfortunately, only time will tell if this is a one year rise, or the beginning of a trend.

YOu are right only time will tell if this is a fluke but if you look at who the seniors are they are only losing two main contributors on the team.

CCIW Bird · April 17, 2008, 09:05:54 PM

Quote from: matblake on April 17, 2008, 07:30:30 PM
Anyone know if Wheaton pitcher Ed McCaskey is related to the McCaskey's of Bears fame? I noticed that he is from Lake Forest.

Ed McCaskey is the grandson of the ever famous Virginia McCaskey.

Gregory Sager · April 18, 2008, 09:10:40 AM

Quote from: CCIW Bird on April 17, 2008, 09:05:54 PM
Quote from: matblake on April 17, 2008, 07:30:30 PM
Anyone know if Wheaton pitcher Ed McCaskey is related to the McCaskey's of Bears fame? I noticed that he is from Lake Forest.

Ed McCaskey is the grandson of the ever famous Virginia McCaskey.

The McCaskeys have been well represented at North Park over the years. In fact, Bears executive Brian McCaskey cohosts the annual NPU Golf For Kids outing in Lake Geneva with Mike Holmgren every spring. Ed McCaskey is the first member of his family of whom I'm aware that has gone to a CCIW school other than NPU.

REDMENFAN · April 18, 2008, 01:29:24 PM

Quote from: Cheez-it on April 17, 2008, 06:33:52 PM
Acevedo gonna get All-American with the ridiculous numbers he's putting up?

I would think so. To put up the numbers he's put up consistently through 24 games is just ridiculous.

yank52 · April 18, 2008, 09:51:02 PM

Another weekend approaching Hark!
is it time to rain?
Hopefully games will be played and the middle of the pack will be vying for the 4th spot for the upcoming CCIW tournament.

Right now it looks like Wheaton has the inside track but these next 3 series will be interesting.

Good luck to all, have fun and let's play two on Saturday.

Mr. Ypsi · April 18, 2008, 10:35:11 PM

Earlier today: IWU 16, Wheaton 10.

Thunder pitchers were overwhelmed by Cunningham, Angel, Ladd, et.al., to the tune of 21 hits, 16 runs (15 earned). But I salute the Wheaton hitters today - I can't recall anyone ever roughing up Matt Aronson so severely: 12 hits, 10 runs (7 earned) in 6 innings. Any more outings like his last two, and Aronson's time as an AA may go bye-bye.

Mr. Ypsi · April 19, 2008, 06:39:45 PM

Wheaton overcomes a 5-4 deficit in the final inning to down the Titans 7-5 in game one. Thunder hitters are definitely hot: Brent Kulavic gave up 17 hits and 2 earned runs in his first 30 innings; Wheaton got him for 8 hits and 3 earned runs (5 total) in 6+ innings today, though reliever Sean McCreary took the loss - Kulavic remains at 4-0).

In game two, IWU leads 10-5 in the seventh.

Ricky Angel has had a good but (compared with last year) disappointing season, but seems to be making a late run to retain AA status: he has 7 RBIs today!

fourtimeallcciw · April 19, 2008, 06:49:04 PM

Game 1:

North Central 6
Carthage 3

Final

http://www.carthage.edu/athletics/mens/baseball/

fourtimeallcciw · April 19, 2008, 06:59:48 PM

Game 2:

Carthage 8
North Central 6

6th Inning

http://www.carthage.edu/athletics/mens/baseball/

Mr. Ypsi · April 19, 2008, 07:08:33 PM

Quote from: Gregory Sager on April 14, 2008, 07:15:57 PM
North Central beat North Park today in Naperville, 13-3. This was an extremely disappointing loss for NPU, to say the least, as the Vikings now has served up the lone conference wins for both Millikin and NCC.

If it is any comfort, NCC's second win came today against Carthage, the RedMen's first loss! And IWU lost only their second conference game today against traditional doormat (though not this year!), Wheaton.

Baseball is one funny game.

Mr. Ypsi · April 19, 2008, 08:25:47 PM

IWU mercied the Thunder in game 2, 16-5 (game called with one out in the bottom of the 8th).

Ricky Angel had a 3-run double in the 7th, raising his day's total to 10 RBIs (7 in game 2)!

Mr. Ypsi · April 19, 2008, 08:39:45 PM

Per the Carthage website, NCC leads 9-8 after 6, with the remainder postponed to tomorrow due to darkness. Anyone know if the game was scheduled for 7 or 9 innings?

Over the long haul, baseball is probably as predictable as any other sport, but for a given game it has to be the most unpredictable. If this were basketball or football (but the teams were as they are), NCC over Carthage (or Wheaton over IWU) would be front page news; here it is 'ho hum'! (Though I'd imagine Carthage's first loss after 24 wins WILL be front-page news.)