Comments on: D3baseball looks at the playoffs http://www.d3sports.com/dailydose/2008/05/13/d3baseball-looks-at-the-playoffs/ News, notes and commentary about Division III baseball Sun, 30 May 2010 20:07:24 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.3 hourly 1 By: msanfor http://www.d3sports.com/dailydose/2008/05/13/d3baseball-looks-at-the-playoffs/comment-page-1/#comment-1668 msanfor Tue, 27 May 2008 04:12:17 +0000 http://www.d3sports.com/dailydose/?p=91#comment-1668 Can't believe Emory was left out this year after being the defending runner up! Guess the committee knows of the academic prowess and chooses to let teams in who haven't tasted the postseason squeak in there. South top seed had an easy schedule because the best four teams were'nt involved. No worries, it has happened before and it will happen again. The South (the coaches who decide haven't left their home-state for anything except away games and funerals)loves to reward the squads that have a good record. play nobody and will work for us someday...I'll have non-fat milk in my caramel macciato, if you're able to make it as far as Starbucks. If places like Rocky Mount, Fayetteville and Bumfart are still on the map. Tell Coach Howard at LaGrange that Zubaz are popular again and his tard sister is on the cutting edge of fashion. For those of you who didn't go to Emory (or another UAA DIII school)...prowess means good. Go Eagles! Be nice to us and we might hire you some day! Can’t believe Emory was left out this year after being the defending runner up! Guess the committee knows of the academic prowess and chooses to let teams in who haven’t tasted the postseason squeak in there. South top seed had an easy schedule because the best four teams were’nt involved. No worries, it has happened before and it will happen again. The South (the coaches who decide haven’t left their home-state for anything except away games and funerals)loves to reward the squads that have a good record. play nobody and will work for us someday…I’ll have non-fat milk in my caramel macciato, if you’re able to make it as far as Starbucks. If places like Rocky Mount, Fayetteville and Bumfart are still on the map. Tell Coach Howard at LaGrange that Zubaz are popular again and his tard sister is on the cutting edge of fashion. For those of you who didn’t go to Emory (or another UAA DIII school)…prowess means good. Go Eagles! Be nice to us and we might hire you some day!

]]> By: Spence http://www.d3sports.com/dailydose/2008/05/13/d3baseball-looks-at-the-playoffs/comment-page-1/#comment-1544 Spence Sun, 18 May 2008 19:11:56 +0000 http://www.d3sports.com/dailydose/?p=91#comment-1544 Rain in New Jersey again? Would be a break for Rowan if they got washed out to tomorrow...would give Cichy another day of rest. Rain in New Jersey again?

Would be a break for Rowan if they got washed out to tomorrow…would give Cichy another day of rest.

]]> By: Spence http://www.d3sports.com/dailydose/2008/05/13/d3baseball-looks-at-the-playoffs/comment-page-1/#comment-1543 Spence Sun, 18 May 2008 19:07:17 +0000 http://www.d3sports.com/dailydose/?p=91#comment-1543 The South regional was weird this year in that no one had any pitching depth and the top seed had a very soft schedule. I said there was a high potential for weirdness and chaos and I was right (and not just because of the Lynchburg/CNU rain delay display); CNU pulled the first day upset and Piedmont made for the odd 5 teams after 2 days situation which benefitted Hopkins greatly. Lynchburg hammered the first two teams they played, then forgot how to hit against the back end of their opponents' pitching staffs. Unusual. Hopkins was fortunate to be shipped into a much weaker regional than their natural region (same goes for Linfield, every school should hope for such a favorable regional draw). I don't understand why Piedmont never started Dimitroff. He was a starter last year and a pretty good one. I thought he could have given Piedmont a real chance in the Friday game. Instead you put him in with the score 12-6 or whatever in the 8th? Sorry, I can't predict coaching decisions like that, and I maintain my opinion that having a designated closer in D-III is stupid unless the kid is not capable of starting. Yacko at Chapman is a rare exception because he plays a high-priority defensive position. Piedmont winning day 2 meant Hopkins never had to play 2 games in a day until the final day, and then when that came up they played the team that had the night game every day up until then. Do you think that Hopkins would have been up to put 13s, 9s, 7s, consistently in a regional consisting of 3 NJAC teams? Be happy for the breaks you were given. In NY, NJ or MA, the road would have been much more difficult. The South regional was weird this year in that no one had any pitching depth and the top seed had a very soft schedule. I said there was a high potential for weirdness and chaos and I was right (and not just because of the Lynchburg/CNU rain delay display); CNU pulled the first day upset and Piedmont made for the odd 5 teams after 2 days situation which benefitted Hopkins greatly. Lynchburg hammered the first two teams they played, then forgot how to hit against the back end of their opponents’ pitching staffs. Unusual.

Hopkins was fortunate to be shipped into a much weaker regional than their natural region (same goes for Linfield, every school should hope for such a favorable regional draw).

I don’t understand why Piedmont never started Dimitroff. He was a starter last year and a pretty good one. I thought he could have given Piedmont a real chance in the Friday game. Instead you put him in with the score 12-6 or whatever in the 8th? Sorry, I can’t predict coaching decisions like that, and I maintain my opinion that having a designated closer in D-III is stupid unless the kid is not capable of starting. Yacko at Chapman is a rare exception because he plays a high-priority defensive position.

Piedmont winning day 2 meant Hopkins never had to play 2 games in a day until the final day, and then when that came up they played the team that had the night game every day up until then.

Do you think that Hopkins would have been up to put 13s, 9s, 7s, consistently in a regional consisting of 3 NJAC teams?

Be happy for the breaks you were given. In NY, NJ or MA, the road would have been much more difficult.

]]> By: rhitfan http://www.d3sports.com/dailydose/2008/05/13/d3baseball-looks-at-the-playoffs/comment-page-1/#comment-1541 rhitfan Sun, 18 May 2008 18:28:08 +0000 http://www.d3sports.com/dailydose/?p=91#comment-1541 In what was probably the craziest game of the whole tournament (hopefully nothing tops it in the World Series), not just for it going to the 13th inning and ending in a walk-off grandslam, but also all the other things that don’t necessarily get reported…. I know somewhere it said the Rose-Hulman was most likely to disappoint, but I know despite going 1-2, every fan is proud of the team because every game was fought till the end. Here is a recap on what actually happened in the 13th inning, ejections and all: http://www.tribstar.com/sports/local_story_137234648.html http://www.tribstar.com/sports/local_story_137233906.html?keyword=topstory http://www.tribstar.com/sports_columns/local_story_138233655.html All three very interesting reads….. In what was probably the craziest game of the whole tournament (hopefully nothing tops it in the World Series), not just for it going to the 13th inning and ending in a walk-off grandslam, but also all the other things that don’t necessarily get reported….

I know somewhere it said the Rose-Hulman was most likely to disappoint, but I know despite going 1-2, every fan is proud of the team because every game was fought till the end.

Here is a recap on what actually happened in the 13th inning, ejections and all:

http://www.tribstar.com/sports/local_story_137234648.html
http://www.tribstar.com/sports/local_story_137233906.html?keyword=topstory
http://www.tribstar.com/sports_columns/local_story_138233655.html

All three very interesting reads…..

]]> By: Ron Smith http://www.d3sports.com/dailydose/2008/05/13/d3baseball-looks-at-the-playoffs/comment-page-1/#comment-1539 Ron Smith Sun, 18 May 2008 02:56:41 +0000 http://www.d3sports.com/dailydose/?p=91#comment-1539 Spence, relative to the "perennially overseeded Johns Hopkins," I just got back from Danville. Surely you're not talking about the last two years. In 2007 as a three seed in the Mid-Atlantic, Hopkins lost twice to Kean (once by two runs, once by one run in extra innings) the eventual national champion. This year as a two seed, they won the regional. How far back do I have to go to find them perennially overseeded? Spence, relative to the “perennially overseeded Johns Hopkins,” I just got back from Danville. Surely you’re not talking about the last two years. In 2007 as a three seed in the Mid-Atlantic, Hopkins lost twice to Kean (once by two runs, once by one run in extra innings) the eventual national champion. This year as a two seed, they won the regional. How far back do I have to go to find them perennially overseeded?

]]> By: Spence http://www.d3sports.com/dailydose/2008/05/13/d3baseball-looks-at-the-playoffs/comment-page-1/#comment-1532 Spence Thu, 15 May 2008 17:31:37 +0000 http://www.d3sports.com/dailydose/?p=91#comment-1532 Bill, actually I was paid by the chamber of commerce in Wisconsin Rapids to try to direct people there rather than Oshkosh :) Bill, actually I was paid by the chamber of commerce in Wisconsin Rapids to try to direct people there rather than Oshkosh :)

]]> By: Just Bill http://www.d3sports.com/dailydose/2008/05/13/d3baseball-looks-at-the-playoffs/comment-page-1/#comment-1531 Just Bill Thu, 15 May 2008 14:35:10 +0000 http://www.d3sports.com/dailydose/?p=91#comment-1531 The word out of Rock Island is that their new cable internet didn't get installed as expected. They needed a good plan B, like a mobile broadand card. Spence, no big deal. Just making sure people have the right info. The word out of Rock Island is that their new cable internet didn’t get installed as expected. They needed a good plan B, like a mobile broadand card.

Spence, no big deal. Just making sure people have the right info.

]]> By: Pat Coleman http://www.d3sports.com/dailydose/2008/05/13/d3baseball-looks-at-the-playoffs/comment-page-1/#comment-1530 Pat Coleman Thu, 15 May 2008 05:26:35 +0000 http://www.d3sports.com/dailydose/?p=91#comment-1530 Ithaca scored twice in the bottom of the ninth and had the bases loaded with nobody out but a tapper in front of (off the?) plate turned into a double play and a ball hit off OWU's pitcher to the second baseman for the third out. Final OWU 5, Ithaca 3. Ithaca scored twice in the bottom of the ninth and had the bases loaded with nobody out but a tapper in front of (off the?) plate turned into a double play and a ball hit off OWU’s pitcher to the second baseman for the third out. Final OWU 5, Ithaca 3.

]]> By: Pat Coleman http://www.d3sports.com/dailydose/2008/05/13/d3baseball-looks-at-the-playoffs/comment-page-1/#comment-1529 Pat Coleman Thu, 15 May 2008 04:34:28 +0000 http://www.d3sports.com/dailydose/?p=91#comment-1529 Augustana 6, Wartburg 5 -- OWU/Ithaca is the last game in progress. Augustana 6, Wartburg 5 — OWU/Ithaca is the last game in progress.

]]> By: Spence http://www.d3sports.com/dailydose/2008/05/13/d3baseball-looks-at-the-playoffs/comment-page-1/#comment-1526 Spence Thu, 15 May 2008 02:19:33 +0000 http://www.d3sports.com/dailydose/?p=91#comment-1526 RPI got through (barely) without using Zongol though and I doubt either Ithaca or OWU will be able to get away with not using their #1, unless of course neither one throws lol. 10-0 Rowan in the 4th. Kulik at about 45 pitches through 4. I think i would have pulled him after 1. If they pulled him here they could probably still bring him back on Friday though. I would have been tempted to sit him down after 1 and throw him tomorrow against TCNJ (either Oliver or Buskett). RPI got through (barely) without using Zongol though and I doubt either Ithaca or OWU will be able to get away with not using their #1, unless of course neither one throws lol.

10-0 Rowan in the 4th. Kulik at about 45 pitches through 4. I think i would have pulled him after 1. If they pulled him here they could probably still bring him back on Friday though. I would have been tempted to sit him down after 1 and throw him tomorrow against TCNJ (either Oliver or Buskett).

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