D3baseball.com Daily Dose

Whew. It is out. There is a lot of work that comes with an All-American team. Thanks goes out to those who nominated a lot of quality players as the process starts with a school SID, coach saying this is a player who should be considered. Once nominations are in, the ballot has to be distributed to the voters and in some cases, the real work starts. How do you take 150 pitchers who all had good seasons and say 1 out of 10 are not good enough. How does one tell a player batting .400 on a championship team, your not an All-American. These are the tough decisions made by each voter. I know the time I take to complete my ballot and it takes time to make those judgements.

One thing we do at D3sports.com is to make sure that all of our teams can take the field and compete as a team. There really is no need for 4 first basemen and no other infielders. Our All-American team fits this mold as there is a catcher, a shortstop, ….

One new feature might not stand out, because the pitcher spots don’t indicate it. One pitching spot is reserved for a relief specialist. The reality of todays game is that a complete game includes a reliever - long relief or a stopper/closer a team can depend on to close out the win.

I would like to here the positive and negative comments.