BB: USAC: USA South Athletic Conference

TheRightHander · February 21, 2009, 11:01:45 PM

All i'm sayin is the strike zone was a shoe box. Youre right.. My location wasn't great but its usually pretty good. I guess i just need to throw a flat ground and figure some stuff out.

anyways. This is my first year at GC and from my understanding the conference is alot better than we are playing. This weekend is the start of what really counts.

narch · February 22, 2009, 09:28:47 AM

here is the frostburg box score...proctor continues his hot streak to start the season with another 2 hr's - he's got 5 hr and 13 rbi on the season - lancaster had a 3 hit, 4 rbi game out of the leadoff spot, davis had 3 more hits and inghram hit a solo shot and scored 3 runs - bisp pitched well, giving up just 2 hits and 0 er in 5 ip - if the weather holds, i imagine that mahaffey will go on the bump today (unless jordan is healthy and gets the nod)

A.G. · February 22, 2009, 06:40:14 PM

Sounds like LC and MU hooked up in a classic today down at MU. The Hornets pulled out a 3-1 win over the Monarchs. The missus kept texting me updates.

Narch...were you there? I'd certainly like to hear your impressions of the teams if you were.

narch · February 22, 2009, 11:01:31 PM

a.g. - didn't make it to the game, but sounds like i missed a good one - the monarchs made way too many errors, but frosh mahaffey pitched brilliantly, going 8 and scattering 5 hits with 8 k's and no er's...he's looking pretty legit, early on

box score

HighHeat · February 23, 2009, 09:20:03 AM

can someone give me some idea of what is going on with nc wesleyan? Of their top four starters, only one guy has an ERA under 5. They are 3-9 and are getting brutally manhandled in most of those games.

The Bishops certainly do not look anything like a team that recieved votes in the preseason poll.

Catfishncwc · February 23, 2009, 09:31:32 AM

Quote from: HighHeat on February 23, 2009, 09:20:03 AM
can someone give me some idea of what is going on with nc wesleyan? Of their top four starters, only one guy has an ERA under 5. They are 3-9 and are getting brutally manhandled in most of those games.

The Bishops certainly do not look anything like a team that recieved votes in the preseason poll.

Wish I had a answer. I will be their this weekend to see them play. They are hosting a tournament with Marietta, Montclair State and Peidmont.
It is the 20 & 10 year anniversary of our National Championships and they are having a big celebration for those teams this weekend.
Also the 1999 team will be playing the 1989 team on Saturday night as part of this Tournament of Champions. Should be a fun weekend.

eraguy1975 · February 23, 2009, 03:42:00 PM

Ive seen most of the teams in the USA South play this season( GC, NCWC, Averett, Ferrum) and I am really dissapointed in the teams that are out there. Besides CNU I dont think there is a real contender in this league at all. CNU has a dynamite offense and if there pitching can come through they might pose a threat in the South Region. NCWC and Averett, look for them to finish at the bottom of the standings, poor hitting and poor pitching thus far. GC looks to be the same as always, a few good players but nothing special, pitching is not there strong point.

I am looking forward to seeing Methodist play, they might be the 2nd best team in the conference. I hope these teams can start picking it, if not the USA South is in for a long season.

TheRightHander · February 23, 2009, 07:56:41 PM

How about you stop talking about how horrible every team is and talk about the strong points of the weekend. Wait until the end of march to say who sucks and who doesn't. Being disappointed is how three quarters of the conference feels. It's still early in the season and everyone is trying to pull together as a team. The teams under .500 know they are capeable of performing better.. And they will.

fightingquaker1 · February 23, 2009, 08:55:09 PM

Its really easy to see why a lot of teams are disappointed so far in the USA South. Averett, Greensboro, and NC Wesleyan are a combined 10-23. I mean Averett and GC are not really expected to have great records, but NCWC should never be this bad. I have no clue what's going on down there. Manfro, what's going on with you guys. All that talk and nothing really to prove. A team ERA of 8.04, which is last in the USA South, and a team batting average of .287, which is only 1 freakin' point above NCWC in the statistics. One thing I noticed......you and your pitching staff love walking guys. 52 freebies in 75 innings. I hate to bring up the Greensboro vs. Guilford rivalry again, but whose pitching staff looks better right now?

USAS09FAN · February 23, 2009, 09:40:42 PM

STATS do not lie, when you walk batters you're bound to give up some runs, when your team doesn't hit for a high average your most likely not going to outscore your competition and when you have both well i think you have got the idea. The greatest part about this all for the teams that have not gotten off to the start they have expected from themselves is that it is only Feb. 25th, each team still has some time to tweak and make adjustments to their pitching staffs and lineups, take a look back at NCWC start of 9-7 and MC 9-10 start in 2006, both teams finished pretty well, NCWC got hot at the right time and went all the way to the series, plenty of time to play some ball.

fightingquaker1 · February 23, 2009, 09:42:52 PM

I agree with most everything you said USAS09FAN, other than in my world today is the 23rd of February.

LTBB1971 · February 23, 2009, 09:46:30 PM

NCWC has not been at its peak, but I believe Coach Long will right the ship before tournament play...too much talent on that team. Soph Max Knowles threw a seven ining shuttout Saturday, so pitching is starting to get better. I wil believe they will be ok before Conference play.

fightingquaker1 · February 23, 2009, 09:49:18 PM

Opening up with CNU is a tough draw early. On the other hand, maybe both teams will have jitters and play down a little bit. Should be a great series to watch....

eraguy1975 · February 24, 2009, 07:18:45 AM

I never said any team was horrible, I just said I was dissapointed in the talent level, whether its early or not, thats what this board is for to talk about things like that, not cry and argue on it like you do. Its really not that early in the season, 10 games is 1/4 of the season, you start to have an idea of what kind of team you have right around 10 games into the season. I did talk about the strong points if you read my post, I gave CNU a compliment because i feel that they deserve it, when another team pulls off a good win I will do the same, has not happened so far. Hopefully some of the teams in the USA south can turn it around.

GboroKing · February 24, 2009, 10:29:48 AM

You have to realize that non-conference means absolutely nothing. If Guilford goes 15-3 in non-conference and 0-20 in conference what have you accomplished? If Greensboro goes 3-15 in non-conference and 20-0 in conference who is better? They have the same record don't they? Sure winning games out of conference is great but ultimately it does not mean anything. It all depends on what team gets hot at the right time. Lets say every team goes to their tournament and Greensboro is 0-40 and Guilford is 40-0. Greensboro gets hot and wins the national championship. Who had the better season?