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

[wildcat11]

Weather is going to be hit and miss tomorrow with showers.  Like cat_fan stated the field can take a ton of rain because of the turf infield/drainage in the outfield.

Weather this weekend should be perfect for baseball.  Low 70's and sunny.  3rd street in downtown McMinnville has great places to visit from wine bars, a few coffee shops, and great brew pubs.  Enjoy the great NW.

[d3baseballnut]

MAY MADNESS PICKS NEED TO BE IN BY MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.....IF YOU WANT TO PLAY...

Email prediction for Winner and runner-up for each regional:  basefrk2@aol.com

[sagehenalum47]

whats with the lack of love for my hens? this is outrageous! this board should be littered with stories about hedman and kangs tryouts with the Dbacks last week and colvin's 94 mph heater. no respect. whats with all the talk about the hens being underdogs last i checked they were ranked #1 in the country!

PS LA Mike, will you be in oregon for the regional? I'd love to hear from a good ol' SCIAC supporter  I can't get out of my job down here in Pasadena, the market wont just stop without me! 

[Ralph Turner]

whats with the lack of love for my hens? this is outrageous! this board should be littered with stories about hedman and kangs tryouts with the Dbacks last week and colvin's 94 mph heater. no respect. whats with all the talk about the hens being underdogs last i checked they were ranked #1 in the country!

PS LA Mike, will you be in oregon for the regional? I'd love to hear from a good ol' SCIAC supporter  I can't get out of my job down here in Pasadena, the market wont just stop without me! 

It would help if there were 20-30 Sagehen alums registered as regular posters contributing articles weekly from their local newspapers thruout the season and on all of the message boards...M/W soccer, football, M/W hoops!

I read more local news coverage about PP from OxyBob's diligent efforts than I can recall from any PP posters. 

Regretfully, I think that the "no respect" is from the Sagehen covey.  You need to bring your friends.   

Did you check out the front page Monday morning? D3baseball.com picked PP as its favorite.

[Jack Parkman]

whats with the lack of love for my hens? this is outrageous! this board should be littered with stories about hedman and kangs tryouts with the Dbacks last week and colvin's 94 mph heater. no respect. whats with all the talk about the hens being underdogs last i checked they were ranked #1 in the country!

PS LA Mike, will you be in oregon for the regional? I'd love to hear from a good ol' SCIAC supporter  I can't get out of my job down here in Pasadena, the market wont just stop without me! 

Why are they having tryouts with the D-Backs during the season?  Just curious, but that sounds really weird to me.

[Ralph Turner]

Chapman at UT-Tyler in the second game in McMinnville.

Common opponent -- McMurry.  Chapman swept McMurry in McM's opening weekend, and McM went 3-3 versus UTT.  UTT batted .284 in those 6 games, down from their .339 season team batting avg.

Chapman has played 24 post-season games in the previous three seasons, including 10 games in three trips to the D3World Series.

UTT is bringing 6 seasons of anticipation in its first NCAA playoff game.

I think we will enjoy it.  Live Stats link is on the scoreboard.

[pomonaalum]

Hens will need to score a lot of runs to win it...which they have done most of the year.  Don't know that they have the pitching depth in this kind of compressed format.  Will definitely have to stay in the winner's bracket.

[royhobbs]

Sagehen alum, Hedman and Kang are outstanding, Colvin's one of the best out West and will get a win or two this weekend. Other PP starters faded toward the end. Only guys out West I saw hit 90's on the guns this year were Chapman's Kitchens when he was healthy, Redlands' Nicholson, and CLU's Tigert. Good luck this weekend to the Sagehens, Kingsmen, and Panthers! Chapman may surprise a few!

[IkeepScore]

Western Regional should be a great tournament with 6 tough teams.  Sagehens kick off with Hendrix in T-minus 3 hours and 30 minutes .... and somehow I convinced my wife to let me get away from her and the new born to get up to portland...unfortunately I am stuck in the SFO airport .....give me up dates!! Please

IKeepScore

[Pat Coleman]

You can also join us on the Daily Dose for discussion of all eight regionals. Follow along with us or contribute items from games you're following.

http://www.d3sports.com/dailydose/2009/05/13/regionals-underway/

Not to squelch discussion here at all, please continue! Just hoping to get occasional contributions from those following the games.

[ppfan]

All of today's games are postponed until tomorrow. Does this mean that the winner of the west regional will have 1 less day of rest than all the other regional winners?

[sagehenalum47]

All of today's games are postponed until tomorrow. Does this mean that the winner of the west regional will have 1 less day of rest than all the other regional winners?

looks like you are in luck IKeepscore! pp fan, I think tehy will be in the same position because a lot of other regionals are 8 teamers, but i'm not sure, maybe ralph or big poppa would know? I didn't see the d3baseball.com predictions, I guess the hens are getting some respect after all! as for wondering why you would have workouts in front of major league scouts during the season, was never invited to any major league tryouts but I think if you are lucky enough to get a tryout you do it whenever a scout asks you to! 

is the NCAA regretting its choice of linfield when mcmurry or chapman could have hosted a sunny, warm tournament??

[royhobbs]

Another reason to have the West Regional in the SW or SoCal. Sagehen alum- regards a MLB tryout, isn't Colvin a soph?

[royhobbs]

Sagehen alum, just checked the Market, you should have gone up North, there's still time!

[wildcat11]

The weather is going to break and be fine for the rest of the weekend and Fri, Sat, and Sunday should be perfect weather.  I don't think the PacNW should be condemned from hosting future regionals because of one rain day.