BB: Regionals (South) Danville '08, Salisbury '09, Methodist '10, Rhodes '11

[narch]

You may be right, but Oshkosh hosted a regional last year. The players raked the field all weekend despite being the regular season tri-champs of the WIAC.

Methodist has a better shot than did Oshkosh, but I wouldn't look at hosting as a factor.

bingo...for some reason there is this false concept that hosting a regional and being selected to play in the regional go hand-in-hand...not true

that being said, i hope mr. moore is correct, though

[D-BAT]

These regional rankings are hard to figure out but I do think the coaches have a good insight into where they stand.  If that's the case, then maybe York is already a lock.  I say that because the York pitching yesterday was more about getting work for pitchers instead of winning the game:  starter goes 4 innings and then 5 pitchers went 1 inning each.  

Personally, I hope York gets the rest of the staff into today's game, but I suspect that Jason Christenberry and Brandon Ullom might be the only ones on the mound today (based on the stats I find on the York website).

York (28-14) drops another one to Ferrum, 7 to 5 today.

Christenberry went 8.2IP and Ullom was tagged with loss in going final 1.1IP

http://www.ycpspartans.com/sports/bsb/2009-10/files/ycpbb42.htm

[Ralph Turner]

i could be wrong, but i don't think tom austin is on the south region committee this year...anyone know who is?

Jeff Cleanthes, Rhodes, is chair for the South.

Charlie Long, NCWC, is the USA South rep.

Handbook

[Pauperboy]

Couple of observations......
   
1.) If the past is any indication, these regional rankings really mean very little at this particular juncture. There has been alot of movement in seasons past and I expect to see much the same in particular with next weeks rankings.
   
2.) La Grange in my opinion is not a top 6 regional team and I am pretty sure this will be seen in the next rankings.
   
3.) Salisbury needs one win this weekend to have a shot.
     
4.) Millsaps shouldn't really be in the mix as far as I'm concerned. Their numbers are not true in my opinion. The whole debacle with them and Trinity not playing that final series is bogus. Those games needed to be played. Had to. To me, Rhodes and Millsaps played a NCAA knockout game in the SCAC Tourney and Rhodes came out on top.

5.) Don't be surprised to see Rhodes climb into the mix. If they take 2 this weekend that puts them certainly in the discussion. Maybe Coach Cleanthes can work the same magic Coach Austin used in 2007 to get his Monarchs in ahead of Rhodes with a worse in-region record and a head to head loss.

[frank_ezelle]

"4.) Millsaps shouldn't really be in the mix as far as I'm concerned. Their numbers are not true in my opinion. The whole debacle with them and Trinity not playing that final series is bogus. Those games needed to be played. Had to. To me, Rhodes and Millsaps played a NCAA knockout game in the SCAC Tourney and Rhodes came out on top."

It seems like there are some people who want to believe that the coaches really didn't want to play this Millsaps-Trinity series so they made no effort to get it in.  If that's the case, then Coach Page of Millsaps really did a good acting job, having a bus show up at the campus Friday before it was decided that no games could be played on Saturday, and then the team was actually on the road Saturday when it was decided that there's was just no way to get in a DH on Sunday.  The teams had check on alternative fields in Texas and Louisiana for a neutral site series and no field could be found that wasn't soaked or in use.

Then with the SCAC Tournament starting the following Thursday, there was no way to make up games, and Millsaps couldn't schedule additional games after the SCAC Tournament because they had reached their 15 weeks that are allowed for the regular season. 

Yes, it was very unfortunate that Millsaps and Trinity did not play that series, but I have trouble seeing how anyone can call the situation bogus.  Especially using it as a criticism of the visiting team (Millsaps) who had no control regarding the playing condition of the field and was also willing to make a 1,200 mile bus trip for a shortened series.

[NCWC 4]

GUYS...  LIKE I SAID  METH IS IN.... i dont care whos in the chair this year.....  but the USA SOUTH IS THE HOST CONF....     if you look up usa south baseball in the dictionary  it has a pic of AUSTINS  FACE AND BO LEGs....   the guys is the usa south... first coach i think of and first person i think of....... the past 100  years austin has run the south regional.....  soo who cares who is in it this year.... its his town.... his schools field..... and his getting in....  ... and  mr OSH whatever....  your osh boys  are no methodist.....  but them two on a see saw and you better give osh a prachute  cause when meth sits on the other side they would throw osh to the moon.....   so dont compare osh hosting and there chances compared to METH....   dont get me wrong  i hated losing or meth  but  i respect them.....  on the other hand...   congrads to coach long....   
and best wishes to shan and meth in regionals

[narch]

bm - i just wish you were this nice to the monarchs when you were on the hill

[OshDude]

GUYS...  LIKE I SAID  METH IS IN.... i dont care whos in the chair this year.....  but the USA SOUTH IS THE HOST CONF....     if you look up usa south baseball in the dictionary  it has a pic of AUSTINS  FACE AND BO LEGs....   the guys is the usa south... first coach i think of and first person i think of....... the past 100  years austin has run the south regional.....  soo who cares who is in it this year.... its his town.... his schools field..... and his getting in....  ... and  mr OSH whatever....  your osh boys  are no methodist.....  but them two on a see saw and you better give osh a prachute  cause when meth sits on the other side they would throw osh to the moon.....   so dont compare osh hosting and there chances compared to METH....   dont get me wrong  i hated losing or meth  but  i respect them.....  on the other hand...   congrads to coach long....   
and best wishes to shan and meth in regionals

Well stated. I assume you were not a history or english major.

[NCWC 4]

was not a history or english major but i do know my baseball and my conference and i know that your little osh cosh  sugar spice girls   hold nothing against the history of my school or METH....   sooo zip it  mullet man........   but sorry i hit a soft spot and called your wanta be south region power house team out.... 

[narch]

bm/ncwc4 - uw-osh kosh is plenty good and has a couple of national championships to show for it...

with every day the monarch's hopes grow dimmer...2 more strong teams are now in pool c with cortland and westfield state (both 30 game winners) losing in their conference tourney's - cortland was the top ranked team in their region while westfield was ranked third in their region (of course, the usasac handed the top ranked team in that region, tufts, two of their five losses with mu and gc picking up convincing wins vs. the jumbos)

[Ralph Turner]

bm/ncwc4 - uw-osh kosh is plenty good and has a couple of national championships to show for it...

with every day the monarch's hopes grow dimmer...2 more strong teams are now in pool c with cortland and westfield state (both 30 game winners) losing in their conference tourney's - cortland was the top ranked team in their region while westfield was ranked third in their region (of course, the usasac handed the top ranked team in that region, tufts, two of their five losses with mu and gc picking up convincing wins vs. the jumbos)

Of course, that was Tufts opening trip of the season...

Mar. 19  3:00 PM  at Lynchburg  W, 15-11     
Mar. 21  1:00 PM  at Washington and Lee  W, 9-5     
Mar. 22  3:00 PM  at Guilford  W, 7-3     
Mar. 23  1:30 PM  at Averett  W, 9-1     
   7:00 PM  at Greensboro  L, 17-3     
Mar. 24  4:00 PM  at Methodist  L, 16-8     
Mar. 25  3:00 PM  at North Carolina Wesleyan  W, 11-4     
Mar. 26  3:00 PM  at Randolph-Macon 


Game #6 on Day #6 of the Tufts' season versus game #23 for Methodist.   

[RSSmith]

bm/ncwc4 - uw-osh kosh is plenty good and has a couple of national championships to show for it...

with every day the monarch's hopes grow dimmer...2 more strong teams are now in pool c with cortland and westfield state (both 30 game winners) losing in their conference tourney's - cortland was the top ranked team in their region while westfield was ranked third in their region (of course, the usasac handed the top ranked team in that region, tufts, two of their five losses with mu and gc picking up convincing wins vs. the jumbos)

Of course, that was Tufts opening trip of the season...

Mar. 19  3:00 PM  at Lynchburg  W, 15-11     
Mar. 21  1:00 PM  at Washington and Lee  W, 9-5     
Mar. 22  3:00 PM  at Guilford  W, 7-3     
Mar. 23  1:30 PM  at Averett  W, 9-1     
   7:00 PM  at Greensboro  L, 17-3     
Mar. 24  4:00 PM  at Methodist  L, 16-8     
Mar. 25  3:00 PM  at North Carolina Wesleyan  W, 11-4     
Mar. 26  3:00 PM  at Randolph-Macon 


Game #6 on Day #6 of the Tufts' season versus game #23 for Methodist.   

And the three significant pitchers in those two games (DeGoti, Higgins and Crawford) pitched a total of 45 innings over the entire season.

[narch]

And the three significant pitchers in those two games (DeGoti, Higgins and Crawford) pitched a total of 45 innings over the entire season.

and the monarchs pitched freshman for 6.1 innings in the 16-8 win...

[narch]

congrats to all of the teams that made the south regional tournament...i hope you enjoy fayetteville and the time you spend on the mu campus!

i'll be sure to post some places to stay/eat/etc. on this site in the next few days

[Stargell]

Should be an outstanding tournament.  Who do you think will take it?