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

[D-BAT]

South Regional
Hosted by Methodist, Fayetteville, N.C.

1. Shenandoah (34-8)
2. Salisbury (27-11)
3. Mary Washington (26-12)
4. York (Pa.) (28-14)
5. LaGrange (26-17)
6. Bridgewater (Va.) (23-18-1)


With only 1 USA-South team advancing into the Regionals, the USA-South had a down year overall, in my opinion.

Anyone could expect Salisbury and Shenandoah to be fighting it out, but who knows, anything is very much possible in baseball.

[narch]

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

my order of favorites...salisbury, shenandoah, york...any of those three could win this thing...should be great baseball

[narch]

some local knowledge for those visiting...fayetteville has almost every possible chain restaurant, but there are some really good local places

near campus:
scrub oaks - right beside campus...really good, upscale pub food...great atmosphere...smallish and service can be slow - owned by mu grads and booster club members

pierro's pizzeria - right beside scrub oaks...solid food...pizza by the slice or pie and other italian fare...service can be really slow...don't go there in a hurry, but you'll get a good meal - the downtown location has much better atmosphere

mi casita - great cheap, quick authentic mexican...try the pechuga de pollo...you won't be sorry!

downtown:
huske hardware house - my favorite place to eat in the 'ville - good drinks, good food, great atmosphere

pierro's pizzeria – see above

beef o'bradys – it's a chain, but good food, good atmosphere

mall area:
luigi's: GREAT Italian food

mash house brewery: good drinks, good atmosphere...I'm not a huge fan of the food, but lots of folks like it

carabba's: another chain, but owned by a mu grad and always a safe choice

316 oyster bar: I don't usually eat seafood more than an hour from the coast, but the times i've eaten there, i've been pleased

[BaseballFan10]

I like the Bridgewater vs. Shenandoah match-up. All this talk about how great Shenandoah is will finally be put to the test against a very good team with a very good pitching staff. They will likely see Alex Foltz, a guy with a 90 mph fastball and nasty breaking stuff. Shenandoah has knocked around some mediocre pitching all year but im really interested to see how they do against very good pitching. Should be a good game

[LTBB1971]

I like for Shenandoah to come out of the South just because they hit so well.  Van Sickler will have to pitch well and Yocum will have to contribute as well.  Not sure if Rabung would be available this late in the year or if Cory Nelson's elbow is better to throw a few innings.

My dark horse pick to come out of South will be Mary Washington.  Very good hitting team (team BA .332)  9 players hit over .300 and they also have Junior Pitcher Eric Rehbein.

[narch]

I like the Bridgewater vs. Shenandoah match-up. All this talk about how great Shenandoah is will finally be put to the test against a very good team with a very good pitching staff. They will likely see Alex Foltz, a guy with a 90 mph fastball and nasty breaking stuff. Shenandoah has knocked around some mediocre pitching all year but im really interested to see how they do against very good pitching. Should be a good game

foltz's line today...4.2 ip, 12 h, 7 er, 6 r, 4 bb, 5 k's...he didn't have it today and su has a 9-0 lead through 7

perhaps the question should have been "how will foltz do against very good hitting" (he didn't see a lot of that in the odac)

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R     H     E
01 - 08 - 01 ... Bridgewater
11 - 19 - 00 ... Shenandoah

[Richard of Funchester]

I like the Bridgewater vs. Shenandoah match-up. All this talk about how great Shenandoah is will finally be put to the test against a very good team with a very good pitching staff. They will likely see Alex Foltz, a guy with a 90 mph fastball and nasty breaking stuff. Shenandoah has knocked around some mediocre pitching all year but im really interested to see how they do against very good pitching. Should be a good game

Glad to see that Bridgewater got into the tournament, after the showing today they will be back in Harrisonburg tomorrow night.  As for Foltz, I have never heard someone get hyped up like this and only 4.2.  I guess the wiffle ball league of the ODAC is a little bit different than the USA South.  If he throws 90, Van Sickler is going closer to 100 as regards to the comparison above.   Narch you might be right, he is not used to seeing hitting like that.  The big question I have is Alex Foltz fitting into the mediocre category?
 
I am glad to see that the big hitters for SU showed up today with 19 hits.  It took a little bit to get the rust off, but once it was off they looked like they did back in the USA South Tournament.  Greg threw a nice game and Jesse Henry was hot from the start.  Looks like Yocum will get the nod tomorrow.  As for now it's back to the filed to watch some good baseball. 

[BaseballFan10]

Well ill be the first to admit i was wrong but Foltz was way off his game. Ill give Shenandoah credit that they are a better hitting team then i thought and they proved that today. Nobody hyped up foltz, all i was saying is that the USA south conference was VERY weak this year with pitching. So dont hype of the USA South like they are something great because honestly both conferences were pretty miserable this year as far as talent goes. You must not know anything about baseball if you think van sickler throws much harder than Foltz...they were both right around the mid 80's maybe touching upper 80's. Everybody has a bad game...tough to have a bad game tho when your playing the worst teams in the country like shenandoah and the USA south teams do just to run their record up...Shenandoah should just schedule a game next year vs a team with some good pitching for example...Lynchburg... who was top 5 in the nation last year in team ERA....

[vwgma10]

  Great reading..lol I love all the excuses..May the best team win...GO SU. noone thought you could do it once let alone twice...lol

[narch]

bridgewater is heading home after 2...looking forward to york/shenandoah in a few minutes...should be a good game

so far, armstrong shelley is holding up just fine...no long lines @ the restrooms, parking is no problem and the bleachers are more than capable of holding every fan interested in the game (and then some)...in fact, most of the mu games i've seen over the last few years have had more fans

best of all...great weather and good baseball! the only thing that would make it better for me is if the monarchs were playing, rather than serving as the grounds crew

[narch]

man, the su bats were really dialed in yesterday...those guys hit every mistake and lots of good pitches

[Richard of Funchester]

The SU bats were dialed in yesterday with 17 hits, with Henry Holcomb and Neeb all getting 3 hits apiece.  Jesse has been looking good all week so far, hopefully its stays this way today.  My only concern is now where do we go with pitching.  Our main 2 have gotten us this far, the only question is WHO is Kevin Anderson going to turn to now?
I would have to say the biggest surprise for the Hornets to this point is Brashears' lack of production.  He had a great USA South Tourney and great regional last year, but has yet to get the offense started off on the right foot like he has all season long.

MWC is going to be no push over today for the Hornets, hopefully our bats keep showing up and we get a couple of good innings out of each pitcher that throws.  It's going to be a great day for baseball.......GO HORNETS!!!

[vabaseball]

Shenandoah hitting is relentless... They are certainly in good position to win the south now.

[D-BAT]

SU gets a CG out of Hendrickson which was a huge boost for Hornets pitching staff.

The Hornets are swinging the bat pretty darn well with 19, 17 and 16 hits in their first three games.

The Hornets bottom-half of the line-up has been coming up big.  Looks like many different players are stepping up in each game so far.

Impressive 3-0 start in the South Reg'l. 

Keep represent'n the USA-South!