quote:Trinity U lost 3-2.
To Redlands! Go Bulldogs.
To Redlands! Go Bulldogs.
To Redlands! Go Bulldogs.
quote:Originally posted by Hawk19:quote:Trinity U lost 3-2.
To Redlands! Go Bulldogs.
Congrats!
BOF - no disappearing on us now. When you talk smack, you've got to show up and eat the humble pie when it is served
We'll see if Trinity has enough pitching to climb out of the losers' bracket.
Last years national champions IWU won their first game. Will be interesting to see what they do in this tournament as nobody expected anything from them last year either.
One other interesting tidbit from yesterday, Case Western won on a pinch hit grand slam in the ninth. Indeed they ain't over until they are over.
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quote:We'll see if Trinity has enough pitching to climb out of the losers' bracket.
CD, Trinity surprised a few folks and didn't use their #1 last night. I assume he will pitch today.
With that said, they have enough pitching.
It looks like the nearly 4 week interval without a game from they time they won SCAC championship until yesterday may have impacted the offense. I don' doubt for one minute the Redlands pitcher had something to do with that also. But, a nearly 4 week layoff can be a factor in that first game. With that said, the Trinity #2 pitched a fine game, good enough to win.
Trinity had the bases jammed with no outs in the 8th and scored only one. That was the difference.
I think the challenge for Trinity will be the bats. They have pitching.
A lot of the games have been low scoring so far.
Sorry CD been busy.
BOF - you are a good sport and just kidding you of course 
LOL at the scooper
LOL at the scooper quote:Originally posted by bcb3:
A lot of the games have been low scoring so far.
Obvious answer to that. Some of the best pitching in the nation is in this tournament.
quote:Sorry CD been busy.
Great picture. I really love having a dog in this tournament to root for (pun intended) but I feel bad that someone has to lose.
BOF, Good Luck today.
Wow I just caught the end of the game and Nick Pappas hit a three run(edit grand slam) home run in the top of the 9th and they hung on to win 7 to 5. Their number one had a melt down of sorts, gave up three in the first and never got out of the inning. They were behind the whole game. Great stuff.
Must have been an exciting game!
No more pooper scooper today!
Must have been an exciting game!
No more pooper scooper today!
Trinity gets a grand slam in the top of the 9th.
Beats Concordia, Tx, 7-5 to survive.
Talk about starting in a hole. Trinity's starter was their #1 pitcher all year. He is very good when he is good.
First 3 hitters...walk, HBP, walk and he is removed.
Trinity down 3-1 after one and 5-1 after 5 and battles back.
Well, after a 3 1/2 week break following the SCAC Championship game, this should get the rust off.
Beats Concordia, Tx, 7-5 to survive.
Talk about starting in a hole. Trinity's starter was their #1 pitcher all year. He is very good when he is good.
First 3 hitters...walk, HBP, walk and he is removed.
Trinity down 3-1 after one and 5-1 after 5 and battles back.
Well, after a 3 1/2 week break following the SCAC Championship game, this should get the rust off.
Marietta is absolutely crushing the Berg right now. 9-0 after 3.
Maybe this is another championship year for the Etta express. They are not that far removed from their last title in 2006.
Maybe this is another championship year for the Etta express. They are not that far removed from their last title in 2006.
quote:Originally posted by ClevelandDad:
Marietta is absolutely crushing the Berg right now. 9-0 after 3.
Check that - 18-0 after 4.
Arrrgh = I am watching the Trinity game on live stats. They walk the 3 hole hitter Felix who was 3-4 with a homerun to load the bases. The clean up hitter Pappas flys out and goes 0-4 and worse, leaves the bases loaded in the bottom of the 8th trailing by a run. That may be the end of Trinity's season right there.
quote:Originally posted by ClevelandDad:
Arrrgh = I am watching the Trinity game on live stats. They walk the 3 hole hitter Felix who was 3-4 with a homerun to load the bases. The clean up hitter Pappas flys out and goes 0-4 and worse, leaves the bases loaded in the bottom of the 8th trailing by a run. That may be the end of Trinity's season right there.
Double arrrghhhh.... Linfield hits a 2 run homer in the top of the 9th
CD I was watching the video feed from Trinity. Dam n BBCOR bats, he crushed it 390 to the fence (400')
Hey from what I have seen these guys never give up so who knows. I am heading home and will see when I get there.
Hey from what I have seen these guys never give up so who knows. I am heading home and will see when I get there.
quote:Originally posted by BOF:
CD I was watching the video feed from Trinity. Dam n BBCOR bats, he crushed it 390 to the fence (400')
Hey from what I have seen these guys never give up so who knows. I am heading home and will see when I get there.
BOF - good point. They hit a grand slam the other day so hope they can rally.
Today was not their day. Going in the hole in the first inning is not the way to win close games.
They got some kid from California next year who might be able to help them out a bit
They got some kid from California next year who might be able to help them out a bit
It's no shame losing to Linfield. They've become a national power with ex big-leager Scott Brosius at the helm.
Congratualtions to Chapman who won the Western Region.
Just got back from Marietta, where Heidelberg lost to Marietta 2-1 in the regional championship game. Son made his first collegiate start at pitcher, got the loss, but only gave up one earned run on 4 hits in 6 innings against the #1 team in the country. He had a rocky start, giving up a leadoff double which eventually came around to score, but he got out of the inning by striking out 2 with the bases loaded.
After his injury in December, I never would have expected to be at this place at this time. I am so proud of the work he did, in rehab and on the field, to get himself to the position where he could contribute to his team.
Congratulations to Marietta, I'm sure they will go far in the World Series. Bring one back to Ohio.
After his injury in December, I never would have expected to be at this place at this time. I am so proud of the work he did, in rehab and on the field, to get himself to the position where he could contribute to his team.
Congratulations to Marietta, I'm sure they will go far in the World Series. Bring one back to Ohio.
I watched your son pitch yesterday on video and was very impressed OH BBMom. He's a big kid with lots of poise and ability. He learns to command his off-speed stuff, and he might have a future beyond college in baseball.
Thanks, Cleveland Dad. I know he is still a little rusty from the long layoff, and has a ways to go before he is back to his old self. His calmness and confidence on the mound has always amazed me. The biggest lesson he learned yesterday is that this is no longer high school. The game winning rbi triple that he gave up in the 5th was on a slider, a pitch he regularly used as his out pitch last year. No doubt he will continue to work and looks forward to contributing next season.
Also, congratulations to Case Western, on a very fine showing in their first regional tournament. It was a pleasure to have the final 3 teams be from Ohio!
Also, congratulations to Case Western, on a very fine showing in their first regional tournament. It was a pleasure to have the final 3 teams be from Ohio!
quote:Originally posted by OH BBMom:
Also, congratulations to Case Western, on a very fine showing in their first regional tournament. It was a pleasure to have the final 3 teams be from Ohio!
That is a nice thought. This was Case's first ever appearance in a regional. To show what a small world this is, you and LauraZA from Florida might very well be sitting in the same stadium next spring - rooting for opposite teams of course
Matt Palm is a great coach and backs down from no one. He had a nice little exchange with Coach Brewer yesterday
The Berg is in very good hands.quote:To show what a small world this is, you and LauraZA from Florida might very well be sitting in the same stadium next spring - rooting for opposite teams of course
I look forward to meeting a fellow poster! It always amazes me when people from the South come North to play baseball. Don't they know we're all trying to make it down there?
quote:Matt Palm is a great coach and backs down from no one. He had a nice little exchange with Coach Brewer yesterday
I'm sure they were just making dinner plans!
Congrats OHBBMom!
How exciting for him to get his first start, do it in a very meaningful game, you get to see it, and he does so well. Must have been a very exciting day, other than the L. There are a lot of teams out there that would still be playing with that kind of pitching. Congrats again and best of luck to him this summer and next season.
How exciting for him to get his first start, do it in a very meaningful game, you get to see it, and he does so well. Must have been a very exciting day, other than the L. There are a lot of teams out there that would still be playing with that kind of pitching. Congrats again and best of luck to him this summer and next season.
Thanks BOF. It was a heck of a ride. Sometimes I forget how lucky we are that he is close enough to home for us to see the big moments.
I've been wanting to comment on this thread but didn't really want to intrude on the emotional aspect of the previous posts, or the insight provided by those posting.
As some may know, I am a junior LHP at a D-III school in New York. Last year, 2010, our baseball team made our first ever appearance in the NCAA tournament, bowing out in the semifinals of the New York Regional in an extra inning affair. Our team was probably the most successful team in school history. We set records for team fielding percentage and team ERA. We went 31-13. Our ace was a 4th round draft pick, the highest of any D-III player in several years.
I have played a lot of baseball in my life. I've played in high quality collegiate summer leagues, in elite travel ball leagues, against state champion high school teams. I've been to both national tournaments and qualifiers for events such as those found in East Cobb, Jupiter, Farmington, etc. I've seen, and played against, the best of the best in amateur baseball. There have been many accomplishments I have had in my baseball life that I am proud of. However, there is not a single more memorable event that I have been apart of than last year's NCAA tournament. The emotions that we incurred as a whole unit were indescribable. It was a magical run, filled with odyssey-like feelings of jubilation and Hell-like feelings of disaster...literally at the same time.
When our opponent scored the winning run on a walk-off single in the 11th inning of the loser's bracket championship game, it was surreal. We'd come so far...we'd woken up early for morning runs, we'd skipped so many classes, we'd spent so many hours on the bus. We'd shoveled snow off the mounds, we'd played so many card games in the hotels, we'd brought it up so many times in the dugout. We'd done everything that brought us up to that point as a team, as a singular unit of people that had a combined goal. And suddenly it was gone. I wasn't upset so much about the fact that we had lost the game. It was a great game, and they straight up beat us. I was upset about the fact that things would never be the same. I'd never have that same group of guys, that same team atmosphere. I'd never be able to experience my "first" NCAA tournament again. I'd never get to live a four-day dream quite like that one.
In an interview, Huston Street was once asked what his favorite baseball memory was. This is a man who has pitched in a lot of MLB games in a lot of pressure situations. He's had enormous success against some of the best players in the world. His answer was very simple: "Rosenblatt."
The mystique surrounded events such as the College World Series isn't created by the amount of fans in the stands, or the television cameras, or the fancy hotels, or the professional contracts. The mystique is created by the players, and their quest for immortality...immortality in amateur baseball, in their school, in their teammates and in themselves. Whether you play DI, DII, DII, NAIA, JuCo, whatever, there's no experience quite like a championship tournament with your teammates. Personal accomplishments are awesome, but accomplishments where you are able to contribute to a greater cause for people are a lot better.
Unfortunately, my team fell short of the NCAA tournament this season. A string of injuries and a cold streak dropped us from a #2 regional ranking to out of the picture in a week. I resorted to taking my finals and watching the live feeds of the various regionals around the country. Despite the fact that I cursed at the computer screen a few times wishing I was there, it was fun to watch the emotions of the teams involved. I could see the purity and love for the game in each and every participant, and thrived off of it knowing that I could relate to exactly how they were feeling. I was in their shoes last year, and hopefully will be next year. But for now, it was their time to shine, their time to cement themselves into a tiny section of baseball history. However small it is, it means a lot to those involved. No one can ever take away memories.
Good luck and congratulations to WNEC, Keystone, Kean, Salisbury, Marietta, UW-W, Buena Vista and Chapman as they continue their quest for the coveted Division III National Championship. I will be watching every game I can over the Internet, loving every second of it.
As some may know, I am a junior LHP at a D-III school in New York. Last year, 2010, our baseball team made our first ever appearance in the NCAA tournament, bowing out in the semifinals of the New York Regional in an extra inning affair. Our team was probably the most successful team in school history. We set records for team fielding percentage and team ERA. We went 31-13. Our ace was a 4th round draft pick, the highest of any D-III player in several years.
I have played a lot of baseball in my life. I've played in high quality collegiate summer leagues, in elite travel ball leagues, against state champion high school teams. I've been to both national tournaments and qualifiers for events such as those found in East Cobb, Jupiter, Farmington, etc. I've seen, and played against, the best of the best in amateur baseball. There have been many accomplishments I have had in my baseball life that I am proud of. However, there is not a single more memorable event that I have been apart of than last year's NCAA tournament. The emotions that we incurred as a whole unit were indescribable. It was a magical run, filled with odyssey-like feelings of jubilation and Hell-like feelings of disaster...literally at the same time.
When our opponent scored the winning run on a walk-off single in the 11th inning of the loser's bracket championship game, it was surreal. We'd come so far...we'd woken up early for morning runs, we'd skipped so many classes, we'd spent so many hours on the bus. We'd shoveled snow off the mounds, we'd played so many card games in the hotels, we'd brought it up so many times in the dugout. We'd done everything that brought us up to that point as a team, as a singular unit of people that had a combined goal. And suddenly it was gone. I wasn't upset so much about the fact that we had lost the game. It was a great game, and they straight up beat us. I was upset about the fact that things would never be the same. I'd never have that same group of guys, that same team atmosphere. I'd never be able to experience my "first" NCAA tournament again. I'd never get to live a four-day dream quite like that one.
In an interview, Huston Street was once asked what his favorite baseball memory was. This is a man who has pitched in a lot of MLB games in a lot of pressure situations. He's had enormous success against some of the best players in the world. His answer was very simple: "Rosenblatt."
The mystique surrounded events such as the College World Series isn't created by the amount of fans in the stands, or the television cameras, or the fancy hotels, or the professional contracts. The mystique is created by the players, and their quest for immortality...immortality in amateur baseball, in their school, in their teammates and in themselves. Whether you play DI, DII, DII, NAIA, JuCo, whatever, there's no experience quite like a championship tournament with your teammates. Personal accomplishments are awesome, but accomplishments where you are able to contribute to a greater cause for people are a lot better.
Unfortunately, my team fell short of the NCAA tournament this season. A string of injuries and a cold streak dropped us from a #2 regional ranking to out of the picture in a week. I resorted to taking my finals and watching the live feeds of the various regionals around the country. Despite the fact that I cursed at the computer screen a few times wishing I was there, it was fun to watch the emotions of the teams involved. I could see the purity and love for the game in each and every participant, and thrived off of it knowing that I could relate to exactly how they were feeling. I was in their shoes last year, and hopefully will be next year. But for now, it was their time to shine, their time to cement themselves into a tiny section of baseball history. However small it is, it means a lot to those involved. No one can ever take away memories.
Good luck and congratulations to WNEC, Keystone, Kean, Salisbury, Marietta, UW-W, Buena Vista and Chapman as they continue their quest for the coveted Division III National Championship. I will be watching every game I can over the Internet, loving every second of it.
JH: 
You are a gifted young man.
PS: I guess I will adopt Chapman as "my team", since they are out of the west and my son has some friends going there next year.
You are a gifted young man.
PS: I guess I will adopt Chapman as "my team", since they are out of the west and my son has some friends going there next year.
Josh - awesome post.
I don't know if you intended it that way, but that was emotional reading.
Based on Ohio BB Mom's scouting report and me watching one of their games, I am picking Marietta to win the national championship this year.
I don't know if you intended it that way, but that was emotional reading.
Based on Ohio BB Mom's scouting report and me watching one of their games, I am picking Marietta to win the national championship this year.
CD- I'm pulling for Keystone myself, just because we beat them in a midweek contest at their place earlier in the year and I think it'll look good for us if we beat the national champs. However, I don't know if they have a deep enough pitching staff to pull it out. To me the favorites have to be Marietta and Kean because they've been at the top for the entire year. But it's really a crapshoot and will be fun to watch.
OH BBMom,
As Cleveland Dad suggests, I can only dream that my son will have an opportunity to play in the regionals next year and meet you. He saw some real potential in the team when he visited and loved the team and coaches. He can't wait to get started after summer ball is over.
As Cleveland Dad suggests, I can only dream that my son will have an opportunity to play in the regionals next year and meet you. He saw some real potential in the team when he visited and loved the team and coaches. He can't wait to get started after summer ball is over.
Laura,
Good Luck to your son! I have a feeling that Case will be around the regionals for some time to come. I thought they were kind of young this year, especially in the pitching department. They appear to be a hard working and talented group who will have much success in the future.
With the Berg graduating 12 seniors, it will be tough to make a return appearance next year, but we will be working on it! Hope to see you there!
Good Luck to your son! I have a feeling that Case will be around the regionals for some time to come. I thought they were kind of young this year, especially in the pitching department. They appear to be a hard working and talented group who will have much success in the future.
With the Berg graduating 12 seniors, it will be tough to make a return appearance next year, but we will be working on it! Hope to see you there!
My adopted team Chapman came through the loosers bracket and will play Marietta tomorrow for the championship.
J H,
You described that ride exceptionally and have an incredible skill at writing. I remember talking to my son after his team won the state championship in high school and described it in a similar manner. It's those relationships you build with your teammates on the long bus rides or the two a days. You see your teammates at their weakest and at their strongest moments and it's really special. Thank you for your post.
You described that ride exceptionally and have an incredible skill at writing. I remember talking to my son after his team won the state championship in high school and described it in a similar manner. It's those relationships you build with your teammates on the long bus rides or the two a days. You see your teammates at their weakest and at their strongest moments and it's really special. Thank you for your post.
Congrats to Marietta on their 5th national championship with the last one coming in 2006. They truly had no peers this year at a 47-4 final mark. Chapman bloodied their noses in the first game today but it was not going to happen two games in a row. Congrats to Chapman as well.
CD,
I completely agree with you that Marietta earned this one and are a very deserving CWS champ.
What a history in that program. Wow!
The one downside is Chapman lost their #1 pitcher, perhaps the best in all of DIII, in game one, in the 4th inning.
They played and competed without him and in game #1 today pounded the DIII pitcher of the year, who came in with an ERA well less than 1.00 for the season.
Would game #2 today have a different result with Chapman having their #1 healthy?
While that might be a question, there is no answer. The wish is Brian Rauh does not have any serious issue and is back on the mound next February.
I completely agree with you that Marietta earned this one and are a very deserving CWS champ.
What a history in that program. Wow!
The one downside is Chapman lost their #1 pitcher, perhaps the best in all of DIII, in game one, in the 4th inning.
They played and competed without him and in game #1 today pounded the DIII pitcher of the year, who came in with an ERA well less than 1.00 for the season.
Would game #2 today have a different result with Chapman having their #1 healthy?
While that might be a question, there is no answer. The wish is Brian Rauh does not have any serious issue and is back on the mound next February.