BB: Midwest Region

[Just Bill]

My sympathies to the Saints family on the loss of Coach Baggs.

http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/johnbaggs

[OshDude]

St. Scholastica playing with heavy hearts tonight picked up a win in the opening game of a double dip against lacrosse. 6-3

Too bad they couldn't get a few more outs for the official sweep ... Were the Fan guys on the call? Really wished I could have listened, but I had to work.

Game 1 box
Game 2 box

The first game was on the radio, nice to see a lot of scholastica alumni at the game despite the late start.

Too bad the second game wont count since the first game took 2 1/2 hours with plenty of walks, a few injuries, and lacrosse coach complaining about every call. He should of just told his runners to just stand on the base so they wouldnt of been picked off 3 times.

Burg has one of the best moves to first I've seen. He's right on the edge most of the time. See Pic 62 in this gallery from the LAX game. I almost prefer to watch him work with a runner on in a bunt or running situation than with the bases empty. He's so smart and in control with runners on in those "coaching" situations.

[biggio34]

where would I find this 'Pic 62 in this gallery from the LAX games'

[BaseballFan]

Burg has one of the best moves to first I've seen. He's right on the edge most of the time. See Pic 62 in this gallery from the LAX game. I almost prefer to watch him work with a runner on in a bunt or running situation than with the bases empty. He's so smart and in control with runners on in those "coaching" situations.

You probably wont see a much better move to first than his. It definately makes it more exciting to watch with a runner on to see what it is going to happen. And he definately made the Lacrosse runners look silly.

[Just Bill]

where would I find this 'Pic 62 in this gallery from the LAX games'

Click the word "gallery" in his post.  It's a called a "hyperlink"

[biggio34]

Thanks, I've seen better moves!

[TitanBystander]

Looks like an illegal pickoff move to me. 

Hard to tell from the low angle, but is he stepping toward first base?  Doesn't look like it to me. 

[BigPoppa]

Hard to tell for sure, but a pitcher is given a 45 degree angle from his heel. If a pitcher does it right they can get about 60 degrees by walking through their pick move and not giving the ump a chance to spot his landing region.

[Titan20]

It looks legal to me, but it is hard to tell when its not in motion, and a decent move as well

Because UWO doesnt play till late, I am sure the roster wont be up till later

[BaseballFan]

Looks like an illegal pickoff move to me. 

Hard to tell from the low angle, but is he stepping toward first base?  Doesn't look like it to me. 

Looks pretty legal to me, plus I dont ever recall him being called for a balk. Plus when you only got two umps that have bad views with most games, its pretty hard to see that 45 degree angle from their views so you can usually stretch it a little a bit.

Side stat he had 8 picks in 11 games last year...already 3 this year

[dukes]

The best advantage with his move is how smooth it is. If a move is jerky at all, delayed abnormally, or otherwise different than the regular motion it is more often called a balk because it looks "awkward". His is definitely close to a 45, but as stated with the 2 umpire system it is impossible to have that angle. The thing that surprises me the most is the poor baserunning associated with it at times. What I mean is having 2 or 3 picked off in one game with it is ridiculous. The first one, fine..its a great move. After that, where are you going? Will be interesting to see how St. Thomas does with it.

[BaseballFan]

Both games were very well played and really quick (thanks to not many walks). All four pitchers looked pretty good. Schuld was hitting a lot of corners and racked up the Ks. Burg was equally as effective didnt have many Ks but he got Thomas to hit a lot of slow dribblers. Kummet also looked good, velocity in the low 90s

Burg gets another pick. After the lead off batter gets  on and after an out, he gets picked at first.

[dukes]

Yes, two great games. Defensively both teams played well also. I am between what was the best play of the night. Either the over-the-shoulder diving grab in straight away center by McQuillan or the bare handed catch and throw on a suicide attempt by Kummet.

Overall, solid games in front of a good crowd at the dome and a great way to get the season started. I look forward to more!

[BaseballFan]

Both were very good plays. Think the catch was the more difficult play and kept css from starting something, but the play at home saved a run so tough call. Either way both very good plays and 2 good games

[BaseballFan]

UWS sweeps Hamline today 2-1, 6-4...On the front page of the website