BB: USAC: USA South Athletic Conference

HighHeat · February 14, 2009, 03:48:26 PM

I dont agree with your USAS, I believe that what Methodist is doing in Texas is great for its program.

1. They are playing quality competition.
2. Its very early in the season.
3. Its a great learning experience.
4. Heck, they may see these guys later down the road and by playing them before, it can only prepare them for later.
5. Wouldn't you like to be in Texas right now? How many other teams can say they did that?

Anymore updates on the USAS/ODAC challenge?

fightingquaker1 · February 14, 2009, 08:12:25 PM

Well, sorry for being gone for a week. Family vacation planned long ago....anyways, I see Greensboro blew a huge lead to Bridgewater in the 9th. Looking at the box score, looks like GC might have gone home a little early tonight. Great job Pride. Keep it up!!!

narch · February 14, 2009, 11:23:32 PM

monarchs win 2 today...bats exploded in game 1, and pitching was stellar as mu won 13-0 over UT - frosh mahaffey threw a gem, going 7 and giving up 2 hits...i've heard good things about him, and he backed it up today - mu finished the day with a 7-6 win over whittier and tre britt scattered (sarcasm intended) 13 hits over 6.2 innings - most importantly...2 errors in 2 games for mu...way to rebound boys!

i think highheat is on the mark re: these games...sure, the oor games might come back to haunt mu, but perhaps the bonding and team chemistry that a trip to play QUALITY baseball teams in texas provides will propel the monarchs...plus it's a cool recruiting tool and i'm sure it was a lot of fun (especially since they salvaged a split with 2 wins today)

oh, and proctor hit two bombs on the day...has 3 on the season...i'm sure they were all 500 foot lasers

Ralph Turner · February 15, 2009, 01:26:23 AM

http://www.ascsports.org/News/baseball/2009/1/27/ASC_BASEBALL_PRESEASON09.asp?path=baseball

Narch, I hope that your families had fun in Abilene this weekend.

McMurry and UMHB are scheduled to finish 1-2 in the West.

UTD may be picked a little low if Coach Shewmake can find some pitching.

Ralph Turner · February 15, 2009, 01:30:45 AM

Quote from: narch on February 14, 2009, 11:23:32 PM

i think highheat is on the mark re: these games...sure, the oor games might come back to haunt mu, but perhaps the bonding and team chemistry that a trip to play QUALITY baseball teams in texas provides will propel the monarchs...plus it's a cool recruiting tool and i'm sure it was a lot of fun (especially since they salvaged a split with 2 wins today)

How many OOR games will Methodist play this season anyway? It is no difference than a Pennsylvania or a NJAC team coming south in March to play OOR in the USAC. I appreciate Methodist coming to Abilene. Chapman and Marietta keep coming back every spring. I hope the USA South teams will, too.

oh, and proctor hit two bombs on the day...has 3 on the season...i'm sure they were all 500 foot lasers

Nah! Not 500'! They went 5' beyond the fence and into the netting!

Ralph Turner · February 15, 2009, 01:59:52 AM

One strategic benefit to playing the Texas teams for MU is that these games are against quality opponents, but the outcomes don't hurt you. You can experiment with your lineups on these games.

You know that you will play quality programs, that you can follow thru the season, and maybe the benefit comes when a team needs some secondary criteria, like a McMurry or a UMHB or a Whittier being a regionally ranked opponent in the selection or bracketing process.

narch · February 15, 2009, 09:26:12 AM

ralph - thanks for the link to the asc pre-season polls - the three asc teams mu played this weekend were, on average, 26-16 last year and those 3 teams got 38% of the first place votes in the asc - while whittier had just 15 wins last year, they beat the #2 team in the country (chapman) 2 out of 3 to start this season...good competition, for sure

HighHeat · February 15, 2009, 01:01:34 PM

hey quaker, before you talk...tell me how your pitching staff's era is over 10?

is it true that guilford doesnt have a pitching coach?

narch · February 15, 2009, 01:06:44 PM

Quote from: HighHeat on February 15, 2009, 01:01:34 PM
hey quaker, before you talk...tell me how your pitching staff's era is over 10?

they pitched well enough to hold down the vaunted gc offense today in a 3-2 win...

vabaseball · February 15, 2009, 04:45:20 PM

Lord knows we've been hearing enough about the Greensboro offense in the last few days....

fightingquaker1 · February 15, 2009, 06:29:17 PM

After reading the posts I missed while I was gone, I've come to one conclusion. HighHeat is an idiot. Straight up....all he does is bicker and talk people down. Anyways, my boys beat GC earlier today. And TheRightHander a.k.a. Manfro was on the mound. Got to give it to you, you pitched very well. Came up just short. I guess you're used to that being 5 foot nothing...haha. GC has been talking all preseason about that powerful offense. Finally, the Quakers shut them up. Stay proud Pride

TheRightHander · February 15, 2009, 07:03:59 PM

Quaker.. I shoved it down your teams throat for six innings. We didn't hit I'll admit that. We lacked offense the first game but we came back and beat RMC By 11. And for the blown lead in the ninth against bridgewater.. Again I'll admit we gave up. We thought we had it wrapped up but our bullpen wasn't as stellar as they should have been. Oh.. And for five foot nothing comment.. Cute.

HighHeat · February 15, 2009, 07:56:54 PM

VWC all over Neumann today. The Marlins take two from Neumann on strong outings from Bulman and Baker. CJ Rhodes and company swung the bats quite well.

Hey quaker, if you are such a real man...what is your real identity? Its pretty obvious that you play for Guilford. Just give us an insight of who you. I mean you being such a tough guy.

TheRightHander · February 15, 2009, 08:08:56 PM

i think its brian bialecki, or however you spell it, but i could be wrong

HighHeat · February 15, 2009, 08:12:44 PM

righthander, great outing today by the way. 6 innings of solid work. as a team, thats all you can hope for in an outing by a starting pitcher. and for the comment that was laid on you about size, that was ridiculous. last time i checked, a pitchers heart was much more important than his size.