BB: Midwest Region

[cubs]

Pickleshiner (or Shine Time) has a habit of gross overreaction both positively and negatively. Take everything he says and cut it in half.

Couldn't have said it better myself!!!!  Next thing you know he'll be saying the Manawa Spurs are better than Point after they lose their next game. 

[pickleshiner]

I wouldn't go that far but have to say former Pointer Pitcher Jeremy Dunnihoo is the Spurs pitcher and when on would give Point's lineup fits.  He's a pretty solid pitcher and if the guy St. Olaf had out there could shut Point out well I have to think it's possible Dunnihoo could.

[MIACLUV]

Tonight: St. Johns v Bethany Lutheran.  It will be insteresting to see how Bethany does against another middle of the road MIAC team.  They have done well so far going 3-1 against Carleton and Augsburg.  I don't know much about either of these teams but looking at the numbers it should be a pretty good matchup with possibly a slight edge in Bethany's favor.  Thoughts? Predicitons? 

[BigPoppa]

Tonight: St. Johns v Bethany Lutheran.  It will be insteresting to see how Bethany does against another middle of the road MIAC team.  They have done well so far going 3-1 against Carleton and Augsburg.  I don't know much about either of these teams but looking at the numbers it should be a pretty good matchup with possibly a slight edge in Bethany's favor.  Thoughts? Predicitons? 

I'll take the Johnnies in a close game.

[biggio34]

Tonight: St. Johns v Bethany Lutheran.  It will be insteresting to see how Bethany does against another middle of the road MIAC team.  They have done well so far going 3-1 against Carleton and Augsburg.  I don't know much about either of these teams but looking at the numbers it should be a pretty good matchup with possibly a slight edge in Bethany's favor.  Thoughts? Predicitons? 

I'll take the Johnnies in a close game.

If Ashton Dorris is ready to pitch then I will go with a Bethany sweep.  If not, I'll guess it will be a split.

[BigPoppa]

Anybody know why the Carthage/St. Thomas game was moved from 7:30 to a 9:45 PM start in the Metrodome on Saturday night?

[biggio34]

Anybody know why the Carthage/St. Thomas game was moved from 7:30 to a 9:45 PM start in the Metrodome on Saturday night?

I would guess its because the Gopher game got changed, although I don't see that on their website.  The Gopher games have priority over anything else going on.  That's a guess though.

[biggio34]

Anybody know why the Carthage/St. Thomas game was moved from 7:30 to a 9:45 PM start in the Metrodome on Saturday night?

I would guess its because the Gopher game got changed, although I don't see that on their website.  The Gopher games have priority over anything else going on.  That's a guess though.

Scratch that, the Gophers are in Alabama.  -1 for me

[BaseballFan]

Tonight: St. Johns v Bethany Lutheran.  It will be insteresting to see how Bethany does against another middle of the road MIAC team.  They have done well so far going 3-1 against Carleton and Augsburg.  I don't know much about either of these teams but looking at the numbers it should be a pretty good matchup with possibly a slight edge in Bethany's favor.  Thoughts? Predicitons? 

I'll take the Johnnies in a close game.

If Ashton Dorris is ready to pitch then I will go with a Bethany sweep.  If not, I'll guess it will be a split.

I would agree, probably 2 close games

[biggio34]

Bethany Lutheran is looking like a strong contender for a regional bid with a nice start to their season.  I believe they are 7-1 in region (with alot of easy in region conference wins still to come) and 8-2 overall.  Also I see that they changed their schedule and added Oshkosh on the 25th to make up for some games that got rained out in florida.  That should be an interesting matchup....

[JohnnyU]

Yes, 7-1 is good. But, and Bethany Lutheran is going to hear this a lot again, their OWP is already weak. It's around .125 by my count and that's awful. With a very weak UMAC schedule coming up (they're 19-33 as a conference so far and 14 of those wins are form BLC and CSS), that's not a good sign. They better hope their opponents start winning (against other teams).

[cubs]

Bethany Lutheran is looking like a strong contender for a regional bid with a nice start to their season.  I believe they are 7-1 in region (with alot of easy in region conference wins still to come) and 8-2 overall.  Also I see that they changed their schedule and added Oshkosh on the 25th to make up for some games that got rained out in florida.  That should be an interesting matchup....

I noticed that as well.....  I would guess that Augsburg and CSS would revert back to their originally scheduled DH now as well, instead of each playing Oshkosh once.

[MIACLUV]

The Tommies, down to their last out with no one on base, tie the game in the bottom of the 9th and win it in the 10th on a Wippler base hit.  This team refuses to go down without a fight and seem to always find a way.  This was a great game.  Two really good pitchers locking horns with the better team coming out on top!

Read more here: http://athletics.carthage.edu/news/2010/3/21/Baseball_0321102923.aspx?path=baseball

Looks like another really good team should fall from the rankings after losing a 1-run game to the #1 team in the country.  Line em up and knock em down Tommies!

[BigPoppa]

I highly doubt Carthage will fall from the rankings(they may drop a spot or two, but it will depend more on today's DH with St. John's than the St. Thomas game) after losing 2-1 in ten innings to St. Thomas. The voters are smarter than that. Carthage drops to 5-4, but three of their losses are to #1 St. Thomas, #2 Wooster and #4 Heidelberg... with a sweep of #4(at the time) Kean in for good measure.

[MIACLUV]

I highly doubt Carthage will fall from the rankings(they may drop a spot or two, but it will depend more on today's DH with St. John's than the St. Thomas game) after losing 2-1 in ten innings to St. Thomas. The voters are smarter than that. Carthage drops to 5-4, but three of their losses are to #1 St. Thomas, #2 Wooster and #4 Heidelberg... with a sweep of #4(at the time) Kean in for good measure.

The voters were not smart enough when CSS lost a pair of games to the Tommies, one by a run (which CSS kinda blew) and the other by only 2 runs in another Schuld outing.  I agree that Carthage should be ranked, and easily are a top 10 team, but that doesn't mean the people who are voting do.  It seems like all they look at is a teams record, and at 5-4, why rank Carthage?