Son threw yesterday against Baylor. Came on in relief in 4th inning, rough start for our starter. Pitched 4.2 innings and got the win. 4 K's, 1 walk, and 1 earned run.
@PitchingFan posted:The coaches didn't do this the administration did. According to several of their fans and looking back, their administration ran off their coach last year for not playing a kid whose dad was influential. The coach made a point at the end by not putting him on the lineup card but a college should never play daddy ball. When they ran the coach off, about 13 players quit also. Didn't hire the new coach until late August and he had to rebuild a team. Don't know if it would have helped against us but tough place for new coach to be. He does not seem to have much of a staff to help him either.
They also went into Covid protocol last year and never came back, probably because they reasons you mentioned they just decided to call in quits. Definitely screwed up the conference seeding going into the last few weeks.
@PitchingFan posted:Son threw yesterday against Baylor. Came on in relief in 4th inning, rough start for our starter. Pitched 4.2 innings and got the win. 4 K's, 1 walk, and 1 earned run.
Got some love from Pitching Ninja as well 😎👍!!!
@Senna posted:Got some love from Pitching Ninja as well 😎👍!!!
This is @PitchingFan son?!! I love the stash and what great movement on the ball. Impressive all around.
Yes that is him. That has become his brand Vollie Fingers.
Ivy teams went 11-3 yesterday, beating among other teams Davidson, Rice and South Florida. Really good start for the league
How about Northeastern going to Raleigh and sweeping NC State! It may be a rebuilding year for NC State. But they’re ACC and were 8-1 going into the weekend.
@OskiSD posted:Ivy teams went 11-3 yesterday, beating among other teams Davidson, Rice and South Florida. Really good start for the league
Nice one hitter for Yale vs University of Washington with underclass pitchers!
@Ripken Fan posted:Son's team did receive a pretty sweet deal from a WAC school, which they played 2 of his 4 years. Son's team always sought 4 game series whenever they could get them on their "spring training" trips. This team agreed to 4 games and threw in other incentives due to its location (not a great place for pitchers - the park and a perennial strong hitting team) and high cost of airfare.
If you don't mind - any details of the deal? If WAC schools are paying I would imagine the SEC, ACC, Big 12, and Pac schools are shelling out pretty good.
@nycdad posted:Iona's program has been a mess the last few years. They had Joe Panick's brother come in. Didn't do well. And they just got a new coach who was the RC and or AC at Dartmouth I think they're on the right path.
Genuinely curious - and I do hope you're right, but what makes you think that? Asking because I know a kid who recently decommmitted and the family wasn't too optimistic.
The coaching staff kind of looks like it was just thrown together - which judging from another comment above, seems like it was to be fair.
If this is better suited for a PM feel free. I hope they turn it around. Been following for a few years thru travel/hs teammates who played there but the season is 20% over and it doesn't look like it's going to get much better.
@PABaseball posted:If you don't mind - any details of the deal? If WAC schools are paying I would imagine the SEC, ACC, Big 12, and Pac schools are shelling out pretty good.
I don't know all the specifics (cash amount, amount towards airfare, etc), but it was definitely worth it for the school.
@PABaseball posted:Genuinely curious - and I do hope you're right, but what makes you think that? Asking because I know a kid who recently decommmitted and the family wasn't too optimistic.
The coaching staff kind of looks like it was just thrown together - which judging from another comment above, seems like it was to be fair.
If this is better suited for a PM feel free. I hope they turn it around. Been following for a few years thru travel/hs teammates who played there but the season is 20% over and it doesn't look like it's going to get much better.
PM sent.
@PABaseball posted:Genuinely curious - and I do hope you're right, but what makes you think that? Asking because I know a kid who recently decommmitted and the family wasn't too optimistic.
The coaching staff kind of looks like it was just thrown together - which judging from another comment above, seems like it was to be fair.
If this is better suited for a PM feel free. I hope they turn it around. Been following for a few years thru travel/hs teammates who played there but the season is 20% over and it doesn't look like it's going to get much better.
There was nothing resembling on the right track. They would have gotten beaten by most good HS teams. They missed fly balls and ground balls right to them. It was one of those teams that you just felt bad for. They were playing halfway deep in the outfield against a team that is in top in nation in HR's. There were fielding alignments that made no sense. One of their players swung through 12 straight balls in BP and started. The coaching staff seemed to have no idea what was going on at times. I'm convinced that baseball is not a priority there.
As an FYI, something I heard, about teams that play out of their league, I understand conference games are set in advance and in many programs the baseball operation guys fill in the holes. A lot of times the HC doesn't know.
Or perhaps they just went for the $$$$.
@Ripken Fan posted:Nice one hitter for Yale vs University of Washington with underclass pitchers!
There are some quality arms in the league, especially at that school in Cambridge.
The Highs and Lows of baseball. Son was on top of the world Saturday night and THEN last night. Gave up a 3 run HR with 2 earned. ERA dropped to 2.45 quickly. It happens but not fun when it does.
This morning I will be in person for the first time to see my son (Sophmore) in a college baseball game. With six games in six days, in Florida, he should get on the mound. I just hope I will get to see it as I am going to the first 3 games then back to work....Let's GO!
@PitchingFan here’s to more ups than downs! Good luck to @Gunner Mack Jr.! Hopefully you get to seen him pitch some stellar innings.
@Gunner Mack Jr. posted:This morning I will be in person for the first time to see my son (Sophmore) in a college baseball game. With six games in six days, in Florida, he should get on the mound. I just hope I will get to see it as I am going to the first 3 games then back to work....Let's GO!
That's awesome. Keep us posted!
Where will he/you be?