MSL Conference

Palatine is 5-1-1 but still waiting for the bats to come alive.

elk grove is now 9-0

Does anyone have any scoop on Libertyville?

Look out for dittman at libertyville

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Originally posted by CurveBall#17:
To tell you the truth wulbs I don't believe they are ready for LP. LP is solid expecially SWEEEEKKKKKIIYYY how ever u spell it their 2nd baseball. Conant has had several days away from prac with a ton of time off. Theres only one wya to get better and thats practice.

Well whatever they did obviously worked because Conant won 3-6

I understand that LP played many JV players in the game. Only a few regular starters played.

i play for Lp and i was one of the regular starters that played...yes we did play most of the jv players but still thats no excuse....we left the bases loaded 3 times and we did not execute...conant has a great team and they played a good game...it all came down to execution...we didnt have it yesterday

I do appreciate the respect that we recieve from everyone..we work hard and its good for people to notice it

does anyone know anything about west chicago?

Barrington over Palatine 11-5

Chapman over Huenecke

Chapman very good gives up 5 wierd runs, 13 K's

Also hits monster HR

IMO Billy Chapman is one of top players in the MSL

Agreed...extremely nice kid, too.

EG...you had quite a day yourself yesterday. Obviously at the top of the MSL yourself.

Yeah I don't know what was going on at the plate, haha. I guess everyone can run into a couple here and there. I probably won't hit two more homeruns all season. Good luck to your Barrington boys, they look impressive yet again.

Fastdad, looks like your Barrington team is off and running. Nice shot of Chapman in the Herald if you don't get that paper. Sounds like he had a heck of a game as did the rest of the team. I am amazed that the preseason mentions from most of the Chicago papers failed to mention Billy Chapman, it seems they don't realize that baseball is played in places other than the sw suburbs. The way Chapman plays he should be mentioned. Has he signed with anyone yet? Eg12, run into a couple at the plate, I don't know but I bet you run into a few more this season, good luck at Illinois stste next year sounds like they are building a nice program.

Thank you, line. Hopefully you're right.

Any conference scores that people know of?

Barrington over Fremd I think 14-11. How did you guys do, EG?

We are tied with Prospect 7-7 in the 10th inning. Wild, intense game. Play resumes tomorrow at 4:30 in the top of the 10th inning at Prospect. Winters, Saisi, and Lattner have all thrown for Prospect and Osmanski, Werteptny, myself, and Montemayor have all thrown for Elk Grove. Elk Grove has their top of the order due up and Prospect has 6-7-8.

Looks like the MSL had a crazy day

I know that Elk Grove is having a tremendous year, but I think that the MSL is having a bit of a down year. Normally, I would think that it is the top conference n the state, but this year BG and Shaumburg are down while some other schools are quite average.

They are still competitive teams, but not as strong as usual.

eg12, didn't you throw a complete game on Monday? How much did you pitch again yesterday?

I threw 6 innings on Monday, but had a relatively low pitch count. We got a big lead at Hersey so our coach pulled me knowing that I'd probably need to throw a few vs Prospect. I pitched 3 innings yesterday, but won't throw again until next Monday at Wheeling.

Stay healthy, your in it for the long haul. Enjoy the season.

For Monday, April 17th these are some of the games being played in the MSL...let us know tomorrow night on how everyone did
East
Hersey @ Rolling Meadows
Elk Grove @ Wheeling
Prospect @ Buffalo Grove
West
Hoffman Estates @ Barrington
Fremd @ Palatine
Conant @ Schaumburg

Palatine was able to eek out a one run victory. Certainly not the best showing but we'll take it.

We had a bad day at Wheeling yesterday, we were up 4 runs in the bottom of the 6th, and we fell apart. I played 2nd base but I have been starting in LEFT FIELD for 2 years, and I had an error, but I also went 3-3. We will bounce back again BG at our place WED. We will show people we can play.

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Conant @ Schaumburg

8-5 Conant

Interesting...Let me see if I've been following this correctly in the Herald:

Wheeling beat EG.
EG beat Prospect.
Prospect beat Wheeling.
But Prospect lost to BG.
BG lost to RM.
And Wheeling beat RM.

If you don't pitch your Ace, you have a good chance of losing.

Who are the top 2 pitchers for each MSL team in the East & West? Does any Team really feel they can go 3 deep and the hitters still won't hit it hard someplace?

This conference and the way it schedules games is defintely built for 2 pitchers. If you can get consistent performances out of 2 guys, you don't have to go 3 deep unless there are rainouts.

Would agree with FastballDad. Two solid guys will go a long way. Would also say there are some pretty good #1's and then a fall off from there. EG and Palatine appear to have decent balance beyond their #1 guys from what I have seen. Copeland and Marshall are definately the top two guys overall so far.

Daimond do you mean Copeland and Chapman? Another way to look at pitching is the way Lockport did last year seems that they had the pitching really spread out among 4-6 guys.
Comes in handy if you get to the final 8.

Elk Grove-4
Buffalo Grove-3

even if a team's ace is pitching it's no gurantee win....this is the MSL anything can happen on any given day

Hey, anyone want to wieght in on the battle between West and the East after last night's results? East 4 - West 2. (Just missed 5-1.)
So much for the West being superior this season.

GrenRF4, you are right; there are no guarantees. But my point was: Baseball is all probabilities. You have a better chance of winning with your best pitchers on the mound because of the better control the top pitcher have (fewer HBP & BB). Hence, the old adage: "Good pitching, stops good hitting." With the parity in the MSL in both Divisions, pitching gives you the edge.

for2n8john...

You may be right about the east and west, but let's wait more than one game to find out.

agreed, one day doesn't mean anything. I think it is remarkable how much parity there is in the conference, should make for an interesting rest of the week.

MSL EAST STANDINGS
1. Prospect (5-2)
1. Rolling Meadows (5-2)
2. Elk Grove (4-3)
3. Hersey (4-3)
4. Buffalo Grove (3-4)
5. Wheeling (2-5)

MSL WEST STANDINGS
1. Conant (5-2)
2. Palatine (4-3)
3. Barrington (3-4)
3. Hoffman Estatesn (3-4)
4. Schaumburg (2-5)
5. Fremd (2-5)

all I know is there's a lot more games to be played in the MSL and anyone can win this thing

Elk Grove is playing Conant today at 4:30. This will be a great game to watch. But EG's Copeland is pitching, that will help EG get the victory.

go get 'em EG