BB: Just Some Guy's West Region Rankings

[Blackcat00]

Theres nothing wrong with being HOmers, I am a member on Orangebloods and its fun to support and give great insight on baseball or football for UT. You do have to mix it up with your homernus(if thats a word) to make this message board interesting. You have to know your role. Me Hambone and a few others on here played in the Div III World Series in Appleton a few years back so I guess like infield dad stated "we like to live in the past" because not many teams or people on this website have actually "been their" So I guess in a way it does kinda give us a feel of "living in the past" and we can support our team and support them or give them the biggest homernus insight available.

[HAMBONE]

thats a big ole park out in the middle of nowhere, anything could happen.  If HPU racks up another 12 errors and kicks it around, there shouldnt be any problem.  they have a new, very young, agressive head coach....but their seasoned assisitant coach ill probably offset any bad decision he tries to make....HPU has had some scrappy teams in the past that were able to make teams play down to their level and giving them the upper hand.  All CTX has to do to come away with the result they want is pitch, play defense, get some timely hitting from their 3-4-5 holes, and play the game one pitch at a time.  Go Nados!

[HAMBONE]

homer

noun
1.  a base hit on which the batter scores a run 
2.  ancient Greek epic poet who is believed to have written the Iliad and the Odyssey (circa 850 BC) 
3.  an ancient Hebrew unit of capacity equal to 10 baths or 10 ephahs 
4.  United States painter best known for his seascapes (1836-1910) 
5.  pigeon trained to return home [syn: homing pigeon] 

verb
1.  hit a home run 

WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.


JSG must have meant im a homer b/c i had so many career homeruns...or maybe b/c of the pieces of literature that i compose on this site, comparing me to the great poet!  or maybe an adjective using the word in terms of measuring my humor...then i would have 8 bushels of humor.


blackcat00 "Been THERE"  not Their....if you are going to represent us, then represent us well.

[infielddad]

Theres nothing wrong with being HOmers, I am a member on Orangebloods and its fun to support and give great insight on baseball or football for UT. You do have to mix it up with your homernus(if thats a word) to make this message board interesting. You have to know your role. Me Hambone and a few others on here played in the Div III World Series in Appleton a few years back so I guess like infield dad stated "we like to live in the past" because not many teams or people on this website have actually "been their" So I guess in a way it does kinda give us a feel of "living in the past" and we can support our team and support them or give them the biggest homernus insight available.

blackcat, nothing wrong with being a homer... to a point.
As I posted before, CTX played well in 2002 and deserved to win and get to Appleton.
Where things went sideways is when the "Homer" then ended up running down Trinity.   
Trinity has been to the regionals in 2002,2004 and again in 2006 and each of those teams had more than 35 wins. In 2004, they made the finals again but they lost to the eventual National Champion because they pitched their #1 about 20 innings in 3 days and Coach Scannell would not do that with Frost. BTW, Hyde was darn good(pitchers picked in the first few rounds of the draft usually are).
Trinity had players drafted in 2004 and again in 2007, and Frye and Joe Brown have done extremely well in Independent ball.  If Chuck Huggins had not transfered to DI UCSB where he is now the #2 starter, he would have been drafted also(actually was last year.)
You guys should be proud of winning the Regional in 2002 and getting to Appleton.  I actually thought Cortez, Turner and Pitzer were darn good and their #1 that you guys  beat also pitched in Milb and did pretty darn well.
Our differences seem to be  whether you guys recognize that the better the teams you beat, the better that makes your team.

[HAMBONE]

Theres nothing wrong with being HOmers, I am a member on Orangebloods and its fun to support and give great insight on baseball or football for UT. You do have to mix it up with your homernus(if thats a word) to make this message board interesting. You have to know your role. Me Hambone and a few others on here played in the Div III World Series in Appleton a few years back so I guess like infield dad stated "we like to live in the past" because not many teams or people on this website have actually "been their" So I guess in a way it does kinda give us a feel of "living in the past" and we can support our team and support them or give them the biggest homernus insight available.

blackcat, nothing wrong with being a homer... to a point.
As I posted before, CTX played well in 2002 and deserved to win and get to Appleton.
Where things went sideways is when the "Homer" then ended up running down Trinity.  
Trinity has been to the regionals in 2002,2004 and again in 2006 and each of those teams had more than 35 wins. In 2004, they made the finals again but they lost to the eventual National Champion because they pitched their #1 about 20 innings in 3 days and Coach Scannell would not do that with Frost. BTW, Hyde was darn good(pitchers picked in the first few rounds of the draft usually are).
Trinity had players drafted in 2004 and again in 2007, and Frye and Joe Brown have done extremely well in Independent ball.  If Chuck Huggins had not transfered to DI UCSB where he is now the #2 starter, he would have been drafted also(actually was last year.)
You guys should be proud of winning the Regional in 2002 and getting to Appleton.  I actually thought Cortez, Turner and Pitzer were darn good and their #1 that you guys  beat also pitched in Milb and did pretty darn well.
Our differences seem to be  whether you guys recognize that the better the teams you beat, the better that makes your team.

Infielddad you lost me on that last post....im not real sure what your specific point was other "than whether you guys recognize that the better the teams you beat, the better that makes your team."  I couldnt find where your convo started w/ blackcat about this topic, nut if this was directed towards the CTX team try looking at their schedule year in and year out, its filled with D-2 and NAIA opponents and occasionaly a D-1 matchup....so im pretty sure there is no confusion on how good competition only makes you bettter....now in the D3 world you dont get any brownie points for playing higher competition so it doesnt help you rrankings, but I dont know who would argue with you there...

in response to all the draft picks from TU...congratulations.  noone said Trinity werent any good.  They are a tough apponent year in and year out, esp when jason was playing....they always seem to have 3 great starters and plenty of quality arms in the pen as well.


As far as CTX living in the past....well maybe b/c blackcat00, Bman3, and myself dont play anymore and we still a little proud that we are the only D3 team in texas to make it to the D3 world series, not something you can say about those tigers.  This is a D3 website and we are showing our support for our alma matter....and im pretty sure our individual career college stats allow us to live in the past when we want to.

[BigPoppa]

How many former World Series participants are on this board?

I went with Carthage in 1993, 1994 and 1995
We have a few Chapman alums on here as well.

Anybody get an accurate count of the total number of guys? I am just curious.

[Browneagle64]

Linfield's head coach and former cat alum played with the Yankee 95 World champ team.

Wes parker from The C.M.S stags with the 55' world series champ Dodgers.

[Jim Dixon]

How many former World Series participants are on this board?

I went with Carthage in 1993, 1994 and 1995
We have a few Chapman alums on here as well.

Anybody get an accurate count of the total number of guys? I am just curious.

and one from NCW's championship team if you follow the USA South discussion thread

[Blackcat00]

2002 World Series member

[CUAfan]

All CTX has to do to come away with the result they want is pitch, play defense, get some timely hitting from their 3-4-5 holes, and play the game one pitch at a time.  Go Nados!

Well...yeah...but that's all anyone has to do to get the result they want, more or less. All that says is that CTX just has to play better baseball than HPU to win...which is pretty much a given.

[infielddad]

Theres nothing wrong with being HOmers, I am a member on Orangebloods and its fun to support and give great insight on baseball or football for UT. You do have to mix it up with your homernus(if thats a word) to make this message board interesting. You have to know your role. Me Hambone and a few others on here played in the Div III World Series in Appleton a few years back so I guess like infield dad stated "we like to live in the past" because not many teams or people on this website have actually "been their" So I guess in a way it does kinda give us a feel of "living in the past" and we can support our team and support them or give them the biggest homernus insight available.

blackcat, nothing wrong with being a homer... to a point.
As I posted before, CTX played well in 2002 and deserved to win and get to Appleton.
Where things went sideways is when the "Homer" then ended up running down Trinity.   
Trinity has been to the regionals in 2002,2004 and again in 2006 and each of those teams had more than 35 wins. In 2004, they made the finals again but they lost to the eventual National Champion because they pitched their #1 about 20 innings in 3 days and Coach Scannell would not do that with Frost. BTW, Hyde was darn good(pitchers picked in the first few rounds of the draft usually are).
Trinity had players drafted in 2004 and again in 2007, and Frye and Joe Brown have done extremely well in Independent ball.  If Chuck Huggins had not transfered to DI UCSB where he is now the #2 starter, he would have been drafted also(actually was last year.)
You guys should be proud of winning the Regional in 2002 and getting to Appleton.  I actually thought Cortez, Turner and Pitzer were darn good and their #1 that you guys  beat also pitched in Milb and did pretty darn well.
Our differences seem to be  whether you guys recognize that the better the teams you beat, the better that makes your team.

Infielddad you lost me on that last post....im not real sure what your specific point was other "than whether you guys recognize that the better the teams you beat, the better that makes your team."  I couldnt find where your convo started w/ blackcat about this topic, nut if this was directed towards the CTX team try looking at their schedule year in and year out, its filled with D-2 and NAIA opponents and occasionaly a D-1 matchup....so im pretty sure there is no confusion on how good competition only makes you bettter....now in the D3 world you dont get any brownie points for playing higher competition so it doesnt help you rrankings, but I dont know who would argue with you there...

in response to all the draft picks from TU...congratulations.  noone said Trinity werent any good.  They are a tough apponent year in and year out, esp when jason was playing....they always seem to have 3 great starters and plenty of quality arms in the pen as well.


As far as CTX living in the past....well maybe b/c blackcat00, Bman3, and myself dont play anymore and we still a little proud that we are the only D3 team in texas to make it to the D3 world series, not something you can say about those tigers.  This is a D3 website and we are showing our support for our alma matter....and im pretty sure our individual career college stats allow us to live in the past when we want to.

HAMBONE:
No arguments whatsoever on my end with the pride you and your teammates have and deserve about the 2002 CWS appearance, your baseball program and the accomplishments.
I think the Trinity/CTX aspects on the thread  have outlived their usefulness.

[Browneagle64]

Oh.... Ooops. I thought you meant the MLB world Series B.P.   

[HAMBONE]

what i mean guy is if CTX plays the game at their level, while HPU kicks it around they will be fine....if they decide to play crappy b/c HPU is kicking it around and not throwing strikes then HPU will have the upper hand b/c they are the better team when playing sloppy baseball......its kind of like UMHB hitting right now...my theory is you throw a mediocre 80-85 mph fastball (right or left hander), a 75 mph curveball and an attempt at a changeup and they will bat .500 like they are....you throw a few guys out on the hill that can pitch with some velocity and comand and i bet they arent as good as they are on paper....making them a better team when you play mediocre sloppy baseball.

[Spence]

Linfield's head coach and former cat alum played with the Yankee 95 World champ team.

If he's on this board, I think he wins the prize. LOL.

FWIW, I'm a big Yankee fan who loved rooting for a guy like Scott Brosius. Pulling for all the mercs with about 10 zeros in their paycheck almost takes the fun out of it, especially since NYY is still not going to be that good because you can't buy great pitching.

[NCWC]

How many former World Series participants are on this board?

I went with Carthage in 1993, 1994 and 1995
We have a few Chapman alums on here as well.

Anybody get an accurate count of the total number of guys? I am just curious.

I was on a two and out team in 06.....CatfishNCWC on the USAS thread was on the team that won it in 99