BB: Regionals (West) 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011

[tloc14]

Great game, tough exit.  Good luck to the remaining teams.

Chapman played like a veteran, battle tested team is suppose to play in tough games.  They kept fighting and pulled it out in the end.  I think the team's and coach's experience payed off in the end.

Still, good job McM for coming out today and giving Chapman all they could handle.

[chakote]

Great game, tough exit.  Good luck to the remaining teams.

Chapman played like a veteran, battle tested team is suppose to play in tough games.  They kept fighting and pulled it out in the end.  I think the team's and coach's experience payed off in the end.

Still, good job McM for coming out today and giving Chapman all they could handle.

Great Post Tloc

[chakote]

Great game, tough exit.  Good luck to the remaining teams.

Chapman played like a veteran, battle tested team is suppose to play in tough games.  They kept fighting and pulled it out in the end.  I think the team's and coach's experience payed off in the end.

Still, good job McM for coming out today and giving Chapman all they could handle.

Great Post Tloc

Great Game to Ryan Clear and Kurt Yacko, he defintily needs a little rest after the last to games

[BigCat43]

Good win for the panthers today, the good teams always win the close ones

[utilitycat17]

MC had a rowdy crowd in right field....they got pretty nasty/drunk.  I think the best hecklers were when i played at Schriener.  They had a printed out team roster and really dug into any pitchers that were warming up in our bullpen.  They came up with some really funny stuff.

C'mon McM, need to win this one for yourselves and for the ASC!

The best hecklers were in Redlands and Cal Lu they both had a right field heckling squads that looked up the stats and all the info they could and go after the outfielders. Great Game McMurry you played tough and took a little wind out of the Panthers sail. There bats have been somewhat silenced this post season.

I was thinking the exact same thing.  However, it was always left field for both schools when I played.  At Redlands they had a group of guys that lived across the street in the apartments that were pretty loud, but pretty funny.  At Cal Lu they would drive their trucks up to the fence in left field and sit in the bed of their trucks and yell all game from out there.  However, that was back when Cal Lu and Chapman had a huge rivalry and the hecklers, however loud they may have been, were nothing compared to what was coming out of both dugouts.  I couldn't believe some of the stuff that guys used to say out of those dugouts.  Some was funny, but most was pretty bad. 

I always felt that was what fueled the rivalry between Chapman and Cal Lu though.  Those games were always the most fun, because you hated the other team so much that it brought the best out of everyone.  As far as I know, it doesn't say anywhere in the rulebook that you have to like your opponents.  Although there is a certain code of conduct that should be maintained, toeing that line has been a part of sports forever.  Heckling doesn't always work out to your benefit, though.  I truely think that it was, at least in part, the rivalry between Chapman and Cal Lu from about 1997-2001 that helped bring Chapman to the national level.  At that point Cal Lu was the dominant program in the West.  As Chapman gained in strength so did their rivalry, and it made Chapman have to elevate their game very quickly to compete.  Unfortunately for Cal Lu, from 2000-2003 they only beat Chapman one time.  Since then Cal Lu hasn't been much of a factor in the SCIAC, and the rivalry doesn't really exist anymore.  The point of all this is to say that heckling can be an intimidating force that can work for you, but it can also be a force that can work against you.  Ultimately it is just a part of college sports that has probably always been there, and may always be there, love it or hate it.

[Ralph Turner]

TU 6, CSU-EB 0, top of the 7th.  (TU left the bases loaded in the bottom of the 6th..)

TU 6, CSU-EB 2 and bases loaded with  2 outs in the top of the 7th.  Oates is still on the mound.

CSU-EB Thomasson (clean-up hitter) up now.
Oates Robertson on in relief for Oates strikes him out!  2 runs, 2 hits, 3 LOB. (Oates faced 3 batters in the 7th.)

TU's Dylan Early hits a 2-run HR in bottom of the 8th.  8-3, TU

[BigCat43]

Chapman proved today that they can win the tough close ones, look for them to continue that tear tomorrow as they roll into the championship on Saturday

[Just_Some_Guy]

Who will be on the bump?

Sigman vs. Poffenroth ?

Chapman could go with Luzar I guess, but I expect to see Sigman.

For Trinity, they have a bunch of different options. Poffenroth hasn't been that great down the stretch, but after that 1-2 punch there's been quite a bit of uncertainty this year with their starting pitching. They could go also go Bukowski, maybe Calbick ?

JSG

[Ron Boerger]

Gonna be tough for Trinity - would have been much better for them to face Chapman with one of their two studs - especially given that they go from the late game yesterday to the early game today.

[baseballroxmysox]

im a bit confused. i was told that today's game between Chapman and Trinity(tex) was at 12, and i checked the live stats  and it says 1. so which one is true because a player himself told me 12 that is why im confused

[Just_Some_Guy]

im a bit confused. i was told that today's game between Chapman and Trinity(tex) was at 12, and i checked the live stats  and it says 1. so which one is true because a player himself told me 12 that is why im confused

The game is at 12. The times on the d3 live stats board may be Eastern time?

Hope this helps.

JSG

[chakote]

Who will be on the bump?

Sigman vs. Poffenroth ?

Chapman could go with Luzar I guess, but I expect to see Sigman.

For Trinity, they have a bunch of different options. Poffenroth hasn't been that great down the stretch, but after that 1-2 punch there's been quite a bit of uncertainty this year with their starting pitching. They could go also go Bukowski, maybe Calbick ?

JSG

It is going to be a great game -Sigmond is most likely going to get the start, with Luzar in for a couple if needed.

[baseballroxmysox]

im a bit confused. i was told that today's game between Chapman and Trinity(tex) was at 12, and i checked the live stats  and it says 1. so which one is true because a player himself told me 12 that is why im confused

The game is at 12. The times on the d3 live stats board may be Eastern time?

Hope this helps.

JSG

that makes sense. thank you

[Jack Parkman]

Are there no LiveStats for today?  I went to the tourney web page and there is no link.

[Just_Some_Guy]

Jack,

You can just click the live stats link from last night's game and it will take you there, or try this:

http://livestats.internetconsult.com/mcmurry/baseball/

JSG