BB: General West Region Discussion

[tigerfan_2001]

sorry if my response was poorly worded.  i would love for Trinity to be able to play baseball the weekend before regionals, so the players stayed sharp.  The problem is that our conference forces teams to play their conference tourney before finals, which happen the first of may.  if our conference would let us go later, then it wouldn't be a problem.  with us having to finish early, it makes no sense for us to delay our starting time.  Why cram games in when you have to finish by a certain date?

the SCAC will never move the conf tourney into or past finals because it is an academic conference, they dont want to appear placing athletics over academics.  it sucks, but something TU must deal with when it comes to a regional......

[CrashDavisD3]

Crash thanks for info I knew there was a date for starting times I just couldnt find it ,and I knew it had something to do with the starting times of classes.This is what I was referring to Infield Dad,not the DI rule which was changed because it gave a distinct advantage to Southern and West coast teams over teams from colder climates.As for taking exams in odd places well?I know some of the New England schools and some SUNYAC schools were done with finals before conference tourney was played.If you lost you went back to dorm packed up and went home.I feel that this is an issue and some type of uniform date should be inacted.Like some of you have said it can be tough to have a 2 or 3 week layoff before regionals,this would only benefit your programs I would think,so why are some of the responders to my question so aghast that I would mention a change?

Uniform dates would be some sanity to the crazy schedules in DIII Baseball.

February1 as practice date start,
March 1st as game date start
May 15th ALL Games completed
May 22nd Regional Playoff Games Completed
May 31st Championship Games Completed

[CrashDavisD3]

Top Teams in the West
SCAC Trinity Texas 15-2
ASC Texas-Tyler 14-0
SCIAC Pomona 13-4
NWC George Fox 11-2
IND UDallas 11-3
IND Chapman 10-4
SCIAC Redlands 10-4

[playball]

Top Teams in the West
SCAC Trinity Texas 15-2
ASC Texas-Tyler 14-0
SCIAC Pomona 13-4
NWC George Fox 11-2
IND UDallas 11-3
IND Chapman 10-4
SCIAC Redlands 10-4

Interesting.  Where did you get these stats?

[Ralph Turner]

Top Teams in the West
SCAC Trinity Texas 15-2
ASC Texas-Tyler 14-0
SCIAC Pomona 13-4
NWC George Fox 11-2
IND UDallas 11-3
IND Chapman 10-4
SCIAC Redlands 10-4

Interesting.  Where did you get these stats?

These stats are in-region stats from March 6, 2011.   

[CrashDavisD3]

http://www.d3baseball.com/top25/2011/week10
D3baseball.com/NCBWA Top 25, Week 10
Through games of Sunday, May 1

#    School
3     Linfield(29-8) NWC
11   Texas-Tyler(33-6) ASC
14   Chapman(27-10) IND
17   Redlands(28-9) SCIAC   
19   Trinity-Texas(33-11) SCAC
27   Hardin-Simmons(30-12)  ASC

By May 9th we should know who are the top teams in the West and who most likely will be in the West Regional.

[Ralph Turner]

In the rubber match between Chapman and Redlands...

Top of the 10th, 2 outs, Sumbrook doubles to center and then Newman brings him home with a double to left.  Chapman 6, Redlands 5.

Tachibana on the mound for the Panthers in the bottom of the 10th.
Cavender pops to 2b.
Nate Carlson called out swinging.
Saunders pops to 2b


Chapman 6, Redlands 5 (10).  Chapman wins to series 2 games to 1 and outscores Redlands by 2 runs over 28 innings of play.

[Ralph Turner]

My West Region Rankings thru today's action are:

1. Linfield
2. Chapman
3. Redlands
4. Trinity
5. ASC Champion (probably Concordia-Austin)
6. UT-Tyler

[D O.C.]

Then I think LINFIELD should host the regionals.   
Come to think of it, women's softball too.

[Gig Harbor Cat]

Go Cats.

Dogpile,  Phone it in  GHC

[CrashDavisD3]

Yep there was a dogpile....Chapman

[Bishopleftiesdad]

West regional preview out:

http://www.d3baseball.com/notables/2013/01/West_preview

It is nice to read some baseball. Most of the west conferences are well covered in this article. The SCAC coverage is a bit skimpy. I do not know if it is because rosters are not updated or if info is hard to find for that conference.

[CrashDavisD3]

West regional preview out:

http://www.d3baseball.com/notables/2013/01/West_preview

It is nice to read some baseball. Most of the west conferences are well covered in this article. The SCAC coverage is a bit skimpy. I do not know if it is because rosters are not updated or if info is hard to find for that conference.

Chapman returns 9 players from 2012. Only 2 pitchers return from 2012 and 4 starters return on the field.

[108 Stitches]

Trinity returns most of the team and should be even better than last year's that was one game from Appleton.
The significant losses were  P Klimesh, who's innings should be replaced by Lucero (who was lost to injury mid-season and had numbers similar to Klimesh) They lost a couple of bull pen pitchers, but have replacements for them already groomed in addition to the freshmen class.

They lost two significant position players, but there are seasoned replacements already developed and ready to take those spots. In addition they return two impact position players from injury, who will be fighting for field time.  The others should have improved over the summer and from maturation.

The program brought in a huge freshmen recruiting class of around 25 players getting ready for the departure of this year's senior class. I have been told that two freshmen pitchers could be impact players this year and a couple of position players who should get some field time. They have established a JV team to keep the rest of the freshmen developing for next year.

They are literally two deep in every position so there will be heavy competition for playing time, which should make for very competitive team dynamics. I would think that anything less than a trip to Appleton for this team would be a disappointment.

All this means nothing when they take the field so we will see shortly where they are at!

I have not heard anything about the other programs. I would expect Thomas to get Southwestern headed in the right direction very quickly and it will be interesting to see if Dallas can step it up from a solid year last year.

[CrashDavisD3]

I expect in 2013 the SCIAC and the NWC to get 2 bids each to the West Regional with the remaining 2 going to ASC Pool A and SCAC Pool A.

Any guess or news on WHERE the West Regional will be held?

How about Concordia-Texas? Click on picture for larger view