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airball55 · January 31, 2011, 08:36:09 PM

Thanks Dragon man, I went on to their site and saw who the assistants were last year. This guy must not have been listed... probably a volunteer. I am sure the current head man will do just fine, he seemed to do so last year with the same kids who were 22-17 the year before. Oneonta over Cortland?? That would be something different. There are a lot of good players in the region right now, should be a good season.

Tarheel0550 · February 07, 2011, 12:35:35 PM

anyone know when new york region preview is coming out ?

sjfcards · February 27, 2011, 10:11:30 PM

Fisher started their season off on the right foot, with a 14-5 win over St. Vincent College. I don't know anything about St. Vincent, but they had 20 wins last year, so they can't be all bad. Fisher is back at it tomorrow against Franklin College.

airball55 · February 27, 2011, 11:55:48 PM

Looks like they don't miss the hitting coach too much at Fisher. They are going to good this year. Once you get a taste of the regional it seems to really elevate a program and they have a nice set up down there. Ithaca has a legit challenger to the once thought of pool B automatic Ithaca bid in this region. Ithaca will be better this year as well with all those returning arms.

reddragon00 · February 28, 2011, 03:47:04 PM

Airball55......One game into the season against a HS JV team.....lets see at the end of the year. They are a good team but St. Vincent?

Really!!

airball55 · February 28, 2011, 04:07:32 PM

Thats awesome Dragonman. All I am saying is that program will be just fine. Also, took a swipe at a post from a writer back a ways about missing a volunteer assistant. I get a kick out those. There has been talk in the past on the SUNYAC side about if Joe Brown lost this, or Joe Brown lost that... funny stuff.

reddragon00 · February 28, 2011, 08:16:56 PM

Airball....I see what you are saying but comparing a Cortland to Fisher ain't the same. Joe Brown does lose some critical people but he has created so much depth both on the bench and coaching staff that he manages through it. The guy at Fisher is new on the scene. Don't know anything about him...Tough start for my Cortland boyz!!! Need to rebound!

sjfcards · February 28, 2011, 10:28:45 PM

Fisher got another win today against Franklin (IN). A freshman started for Fisher today, so it looks like they may have brought in at least one arm.

airball55 · February 28, 2011, 11:47:27 PM

I did not say what I meant well. All I was mentioning that a previous poster (probably the hitting coach himself) brought up the fact a volunteer assistant left the program. The new HC at Fisher has been around and will be just fine, if not better than the previous guy. That's all. They did put up double digit runs again today, and, that St. Vincent team has won a few in FLA. I am not comparing him to Joe Brown. Coach Brown has lost plenty of assistants and has thrived. That's all I was comparing. I think sometimes people get a bit caught up in the coaching end of it too much. Coach Brown is a heck of coach, but, he also gets the best players. That can make us all look good.

sjfcards · March 21, 2011, 05:38:45 PM

I was reading the Ithaca Journal the other day and I saw that Teagan Baressi, formerly of the Fisher baseball team, is now playing for Ithaca? Anybody know what that is about?

He was a pretty good player, and I am sure this years plan for the Fisher team had him involved.

John McGraw · March 22, 2011, 12:27:13 PM

Quote from: sjfcards on March 21, 2011, 05:38:45 PM
I was reading the Ithaca Journal the other day and I saw that Teagan Baressi, formerly of the Fisher baseball team, is now playing for Ithaca? Anybody know what that is about?

He was a pretty good player, and I am sure this years plan for the Fisher team had him involved.

I just figure he wanted to be closer to home since he's from Lansing.

airball55 · April 04, 2011, 03:59:32 PM

Ithaca struggled to get one from RIT, bit of a surprise there. Still looks like St. John Fisher's league to lose this season despite their graduations and transfers. Stevens is a tough place to play and 3 out of 4 ain't bad. They have a good group of starters, I don't know how much Ithaca will hit against them. My how times are changing a bit. Ithaca will have some say but if they want that bid, they better get 3 out of 4 against their own league and that is not a given anymore.

airball55 · April 09, 2011, 06:24:41 PM

Had a chance to see St. John Fisher today. They have a lot of answers. Freshman lefty no-hit Utica and he is pretty good. Johnson was workmanlike in his effort. They can run and defend very well. Not so sure that this team isn't better than last years. They may have more depth on the hill this season. Ithaca split with Stevens. They better get both tomorrow if they want a shot at St. John Fisher in this league and what seems like the automatic Pool Bid.

airball55 · April 10, 2011, 09:34:14 PM

Stevens and Ithaca split. Utica gets the last one against Fisher. Tough to win four in a weekend. Kudos to Utica for playing a ridiculous schedule by the way, Wooster, Kean, Heidelberg (#1 at the time), etc... They have been beat up a bit but hopefully it pays off down the road for them

WrongArm · April 11, 2011, 09:01:22 AM

I saw St. John Fisher on Sunday against Utica. I agree with airball55 -- they look solid -- maybe not as imposing at the plate as last year, but all tough outs.

Utica's Florida schedule was pretty ambitious -- Heidelburg, Wooster, Plattsburg, Montclair State (not Kean, but still good) and Carthage. Fisher can play with the best of them. It's hard to tell a lot about a team in a single game, but I was most impressed by Carthage.

Ithaca may need all 4 games against Utica this weekend keep Fisher in their sights.