BB: Candidates for All-American Teams

[Jim Dixon]

I have a big problem with Evan Bronson from Trinity (TX) not even being included on an honorable mention. The kid will be one of the first D3 kids drafted. He went 9-3 with a 2.28 ERA and 102 K's in 83 IP. Not to mention on 19 BBs on a team that went 35-15.

How exactly is that not worthy of some mention?

If you want to include everyone who had a great season the AA list would have 10 different teams.  I hated to leave off a lot of folks but as Ralph indicated, there has to be a cut off. 

[Ralph Turner]

Continue discussing All-Americans in this thread for 2009.   

[baseballbaseball]

Speaking for the USA-South the two players that should be picked pre-season all-american and also will be the only two that have a chance to be name post season all american is Moore from NC Wesleyan and Bailey from CNU

[Ralph Turner]

Speaking for the USA-South the two players that should be picked pre-season all-american and also will be the only two that have a chance to be name post season all american is Moore from NC Wesleyan and Bailey from CNU

How about some discussion of their attributes...

ERA, W-L, Fielding Average, BAA, etc. 

[baseballbaseball]

Moore-  undefeated in USA-SOUTH PLAY  (same as Moreland)  9-2 with a sub 3 era 60+ K's opp bat around 230.  1rst team all confrence, all region, and NCCSIA all state and also i believe one the games he lost was to D2 national champs Mount Olive on the first game of last year season. Also if you have never seen him pitch you should take a trip to VA and watch him throw with me, ive never seen a pitcher want to win more than that kid does.

Bailey- POTY in the Usa South   d3 2nd team all american  regional player of the year VCCSIA all state all region.  STATS NOT NEEDED TO BE MENTIONED

JUST WATCH THEM PLAY.

[A.G.]

Those are two VERY worthy candidates from the USA South.

The ODAC returns 2008 2nd team AA and first team all-South region pitcher Joe Devlin from Lynchburg, who was 9-0 with a 1.04 ERA.  Devlin also added 3 saves as he actually began 08 as LC's closer.

[rlscosta]

I think you also have to add Justin Batts (catcher) from NCW

.397, 3 HR, 50 RBI, .543 SLUG, 13 EX BASE HITS.  He was 2nd team ALL-USA SOUTH as UTL...my pick

[Ralph Turner]

I think you also have to add Justin Batts (catcher) from NCW

.397, 3 HR, 50 RBI, .543 SLUG, 13 EX BASE HITS.  He was 2nd team ALL-USA SOUTH as UTL...my pick

To be considered as a catcher, I want to see some defensive numbers.

[baseballbaseball]

J. Batt is a very powerful threat with the bat, but when it comes to defence i do not see him as a threat. The games i watched at CNU last year batts played first for NCWC as he was not even their starting catcher. Id give him a vote for util player instead of catcher

[baseballbaseball]

Id have to agree with A.G. the two from the USA-SOUTH and DELVINE should be on the pre-season all-american list no questions asked. I just dont see how you leave them out. following the south region i still believe the two boys from the usa-south and delvine out of the pen would be the best in the nation, so you tell me how they would not be put on pre-season all american list.

Do you agree with that?

P.S.   delvine is a good pitcher because he from the VA schools

[rlscosta]

Baseball, I like yout enthusiasm about VA schools.  We almost went to one.  Me and my wife live in Norfolk and my 14 year old son is a SS at the High School but NCWC was awesome and my son chose to play there. 

On another note, I almost forgot about 3B Seth Kivett from Methodist U.  He list it up last year with I think 12 HR's, which is very impressing but he is showing up this year on the UNC-Pembroke roster so I think he moved up to D2.

[A.G.]

Baseball, I like yout enthusiasm about VA schools.  We almost went to one.  Me and my wife live in Norfolk and my 14 year old son is a SS at the High School but NCWC was awesome and my son chose to play there. 

On another note, I almost forgot about 3B Seth Kivett from Methodist U.  He list it up last year with I think 12 HR's, which is very impressing but he is showing up this year on the UNC-Pembroke roster so I think he moved up to D2.

Yes...Kivett transferred.  There are some interesting thoughts in the USA South thread about it and his reasoning.

[Jim Dixon]

The D3baseball.com preseason All-American team will be released on 8 January.

[BoomerIL]

I've been around baseball and enjoyed the game for many decades, and I try to make some sense of how All-Americans, or MVP's in MLB, or Pitcher's of the Year/Cy Young winners, etc. are chosen.

My question to all of you on D3 is......what, who sets the criteria for these selections.  I'm not nieve enough to think the those players are the best-of-the-best, but through maybe consistent play are given those honors.

In anyones and everyones opinion, how is one player/position chosen out of all the very talented DIII players across the country?

[Jim Dixon]

I've been around baseball and enjoyed the game for many decades, and I try to make some sense of how All-Americans, or MVP's in MLB, or Pitcher's of the Year/Cy Young winners, etc. are chosen.

My question to all of you on D3 is......what, who sets the criteria for these selections.  I'm not nieve enough to think the those players are the best-of-the-best, but through maybe consistent play are given those honors.

In anyones and everyones opinion, how is one player/position chosen out of all the very talented DIII players across the country?

It is indeed difficult to make thee decisions.

At D3baseball.com we always use a ballot and a number of voters who know the players.  Often there is a consensus on who is the best. 

I beleive I said this before but after compiling the All-American list last year, I could make a fifth, sixth...  team that one would say yeah, they are All-Americans but you have to draw the line somewhere.