Quote from: USA-South_Fan on April 08, 2010, 12:08:57 AM
Averett (6) VA Wesleyan (2)

Methodist (14) Lynchburg (12)

Shenandoah (8) Elizabethtown (1)


(1) 7-03  15-15 ... NCW
(2) 8-04  22-08 ... MU
(3) 6-04  25-06 ... SU
(4) 5-05  16-11 ... CNU
(5) 5-05  16-09 ... FC
(6) 5-05  22-13 ... AU
(7) 0-10  10-21 ... GB

Who are these teams that SU is playing I have never heard of any of them.

Quote from: LTHSdad on April 05, 2010, 08:35:10 PM
Definetly,
Van Sickler is phenomenal player.  He has hit well, but Franklin from Ferrum and Alexander from NCWC are having just a bit better year.  Still got one more weekend to go...anything can happen!  Good luck!

Van Sickler is only batting .275 in conference play though, so I'm sure that does not help him out.

Hope everyone has a safe and happy easter!

Quote from: USA-South_Fan on March 28, 2010, 11:23:00 PM
Methodist (1) NC Wesleyan (4)


(1) 5-3  20-05 ... SU
(1) 5-3  12-14 ... NCW
(3) 6-4  17-08 ... MU
(4) 4-3  14-06 ... FC
(5) 4-4  19-12 ... AU
(5) 5-5  13-09 ... CNU
(7) 0-7  10-17 ... GB


The USA-South is 105-71 overall.

I would have never guessed the conference would look like this right now!

Quote from: Boysofsummer21 on March 25, 2010, 01:30:40 PM
Had an open lunch today so was time to get my geek on. At the half way point (conference games only):

Team             Avg       Slg%          OB%           LOB       Error          Starting era         relief era      overall era
Averett         .312      .409           .378            67           20               4.34                   4.15                4.30
CNU             .261      .380           .358            70           14               4.05                   1.53                3.42
Ferrum         .271      .382           .370            50           6                 6.23                   8.06                6.79
Greenboro     .282      .357           .342            50           22               5.73                   7.72                6.50
Methodist     .342      .530           .416            76            9                4.37                   1.99                3.60
NCW            .325      .481          .420             52            14              3.58                   6.06                4.33
Shen            .275      .325          .356             52            10              5.64                   5.40                5.54

Thanks for the post Boysofsummer these are a bunch of great stats. And it seems to me that runners LOB have been a problem for CNU, Averett, and Methodist. You have to be able to get those timely hits to win the big games!

Quote from: hokieone on March 23, 2010, 09:25:33 AM
boys boys boys.....  Let's take care of those day jobs....

Hahaha agreed agreed I am done 

Quote from: cnuball25 on March 23, 2010, 08:31:42 AM
Usasouthisnumber1: No "digging deep" needed...runners left on base means exactly "runners left on base", it doesn't matter how they got there. I'm not exactly dealing with a Rhodes Scholar here am I?
Secondly, judging by AU's record versus opponents with a winning record, it does appear that they struggle when going against a team with a pulse. Once again, stating the obvious but I'm going to go that "extra" mile just for you!! And thirdly, CNU's one-legged shortstop went 4-for-10 on the weekend, moving his average up to .365 on year. Ironically enough, he also just so happens to be my brother.

Next time you type anything to me, I would chose your words very, very carefully. If you thought I used to "nit pick" and "make fun of" everything you said, you haven't seen anything yet.

To the rest of you, have a great rest of the week! I'm looking forward to seeing my CNU boys this weekend. Everybody travel safely, and I'll talk to you all this weekend...

Well I was by no means trying to rag your brother he is a great player that is easy to see. I was just trying to give you a hard time because of your previous posts on the board. You said yourself you would be eating your words if Averett beat CNU. But, if all you want to do is worry about what I am posting it sounds like you need to use you spare time a little more efficiently. Try to not take things so personal everything was said in good nature.

Quote from: cnuball25 on March 22, 2010, 02:36:18 PM
Ooooorrrrrrr maybe they should be worried about sweeping those teams. I've never known a good team that is ever "happy" with a split...you always play for the sweep, no matter the opponent. Whenever the conference schedule is released we used to immediately find the weekends we played Averett & Ferrum and know that those are two teams we should sweep simply because our talent was superior. I understand talent alone doesn't win ballgames, but it sure as hell doesn't hurt. There are teams we knew would push us, and ones we knew we could dominate as well...the said schools fell under the later. That was the mindset of Christopher Newport athletics period, and I'm sure it still resides within the individuals that currently play there. That's one reason we've won the Presidents Cup for over a decade straight, and also probably the reason a lot of schools don't like us...

We can also take the number crunching a little further and look at a rather obvious statistic, runners left on base. During game 1 CNU left 11 runners on while Averett left 8, and during game 2 CNU left 13 runners on while Averett left 8 again. It sounds like CNU had runners on base all weekend but just couldn't find the big hit, which will undoubtedly come when the offense starts to click (I consider the fact that it isn't yet a good thing). Maybe Averett should be counting their many blessings the offense isn't clicking yet. But if "ifs" and "buts" were candy and nuts...

The beautiful (and annoying) thing about statistics is you can spin them any way you want to support whatever argument you want. The bottom line, regardless of my opinion, is that AU walked in to Captains park and walked out with a split, which they should be commended for.

I'll get to watch my Captains play for the first time this weekend. Take care of business boys...

Well the better team can get those runners on base in...it seems CNU's hitting couldn't do it. Averett also put on 6 runners with HBP and walks so if you want to really dig deep into the stats CNU only really left 7 runners on base and Averett put on the other 6. But CNU must have had their "1-legged short-stop" and used "ghost-runners" that game. Since Averett can only handle teams of that skill level. 

After reading the box score for the AU vs. CNU game it seemed as if Averett could have easily swept CNU, just like Ferrum could have, but costly errors hurt them in the end. Averett had a a total of 5 errors to CNU's 1 and 8 hits to CNU's 9. CNU and Averett both had 3 errors in the second game which hurt both teams respectively. So I am not sure if CNU needs to be worried about sweeping the Ferrum's or Averett's of the league or just be happy that they managed a split with both. Ferrum and Averett have both shown they can contend with any team in the conference and I still feel that the conference is up for grabs. Like everyone has stated in the pervious posts it is going to come down to the pitching depth, which seems to be a problem for most teams.

Quote from: USA-South_Fan on March 08, 2010, 05:48:39 PM
CNU (0) Ferrum (4)

Penn State-Harrisburg (0) Shenandoah (18)

Penn State-Abington (3) Methodist (16)


Conf/Overall
2-0  06-9 ... NCW
3-1  12-4 ... AU
1-1  08-2 ... FC
2-2  08-3 ... SU
2-2  11-5 ... MU
2-2  09-4 ... CNU
0-4  04-8 ... GB


The USA-South is 58-35 overall.

Congrats to Ferrum for a big win over CNU. It seemed as they could have won the first game also, but couldn't quite hang on in the late innings. This just goes to show that it's gonna be another dog fight in the USA South and any team is capable of winning.

Quote from: hokieone on March 05, 2010, 09:47:35 AM
Oh ye of little faith: IF the young pitchers,with a year's experience, continue to blossom, and IF the young outfield, with all star potential throughout, continues to improve, and IF Miggy can have a nice twilight at third base, and IF Weiters continues  the late progress toward all star status he showed last season, the O's may not win the division, but they can finish over .500 and cause some grief...and look strong, talented, and young going forward.

  I am an optimist...and I still despise that snot nosed kid from New York that interfered with Tony Tarasco so many years ago. I had Series tickets lined up and will forever think that if that little twerp stays in his seat, the O's win that game (they would have been up in the series going back to Baltimore), and I finally get to see a World Series game!

I will never forget that either! Too bad they didn't have instant replay then like they do now! But, I hope that if anything the O's can contend this year unlike their past few dreadful seasons. It's a hard thing to do when you have the Yanks, Red Soxs, and Rays all in your division!

Quote from: cnuball25 on March 04, 2010, 08:21:53 PM
Shocker...now 0-3 vs. opponents with a winning record:)

Just messing with you guys...not gonna get that war started again...and I know, I know...they beat CNU...but just saying:)

But on a serious note, how NICE is it to see baseball on TV again??? Every day I come home from work and see spring training games on the MLB network I'm reminded of how close we are to the greatest season of all. Peter Gammons picked the Orioles to be the suprise of the American League this year (not meaning they're making the playoffs, just simply stating that they're going to open some eyes), so we might get to see some good baseball played in Baltimore, who knows? Whatcha think guys??

Not even gonna mention the Averett comment Haha Just Playing. But I am also excited to see baseball season start again. I was getting tired of watching basketball highlights all day on ESPN, but I do love March Madness. And as an Orioles fan I'm also excited to hear that they should make some noise this year. They are a young team so hopefully the young guys can pull a little Tampa Bay action. 

Quote from: hokieone on March 01, 2010, 04:06:51 PM
                 In the end, it will all get resolved on the fields of play, assuming they dry out from the stinking snow.

                 
   

Are they really calling for more snow??? It's March now I'm ready for warm weather and lots of baseball!

Quote from: narch on March 01, 2010, 02:01:12 PM
back to baseball being played on the field....

i was disappointed the monarchs didn't get the sweep, but cnu is a good ball club...sweeping them is not an easy task - i'm not overly concerned about the #2 pitcher for mu...yet - i think britt can turn things around, and when he does, he's a tough competitor - kelly is throwing lights out right now, but i don't expect to see him get the ball as the #2 starter...coach austin has a history of wanting a reliable arm to bring out of the bullpen on saturday AND sunday, if needed...i could be wrong, but i don't expect the monarch coaching staff to make a change just yet...

the ncwc sweep of su didn't surprise me a bit, but as a monarch fan i wish it hadn't happened...i'd like ncwc to split every series except the one vs. mu

the averett sweep of greensboro is a little surprising, but i'm not ready to jump on the cougar bandwagon because of it...i felt coming into the season that greensboro had the most question marks - any time you can come out of a usasac weekend with 2 wins, you should feel good about your team, though, and while we can all question the quality of au's wins, we can't question the quantity...

Glad to see someone else who ONLY wants to talk about the baseball being played in the USA South.  Sorry CNU FAN I don't have the time to look up pointless stats and google every baseball website in America to try and back up my arguments. (Not enough hours in the day for that) All I was trying to do was simply give you perspective from someone who likes to see any team in the USA South win and not just CNU. And last I checked an important aspect of being a good team is beating the teams you are supposed to beat which Averett has done, along with every other team in the conference. So, from now on I will just disregard any of your posts because all you seem to do is try to argue and nit-pick anything and everything I say. I love the talent and the teams in the USA South and try to catch all the games I can, and I also try to give ALL the teams in the conference credit for what they do and not just support a college that I used to play for.

Quote from: cnuball25 on February 28, 2010, 10:38:26 PM
I never said such a thing...I did make an incredibly sarcastic comment though about them being challenged when they play the Roaring Lions of Penn State Fayette and the Fighting Maroons of Roanoke College. Once again in my own opinion, for what it's worth, "throwing it pretty well" does not consist of going 2-7 and ERA close to 5.00 in 2009 and a current ERA (although this will obviously drop) of over 17.00 in 2010. And this is totally off subject, but wasn't he the guy on here tooting his horn last year like he was the second coming of Nolan Ryan? I could be wrong, but I seem to remember him...

And you stand corrected, I will most certainly give a team credit...see the entire last paragraph of my previous post. But I will not, however, drop to me knees for ANY team that went 11-2 versus a schedule that Woodrow Wilson Rehab could compete with. They could easily catch fire and beat the crap out of my Captains and everyone else in the USA South, and if that happens I know I'll be eating crow for a while. But until they beat a team with a pulse they will likely continue to have skeptics. Call it "bashing", call it "dogging", whatever...I just know that if I had beat up a retarded elderly man with a walker I wouldn't necessarily expect to be given street credit for it. Just sayin'...

The only thing you seem to post are incredibly sarcastic remarks, and the only teams you constantly bring up with "1 legged shortstops" and "ghost runners" are Roanoke College and Penn State Fayette. They have yet to play Penn State Fayette, but those Fighting Maroons, who you also trash talk, beat Frostburg recently and that same team beat the powerhouse of Methodist. Greensboro, who they just swept, previously beat Lynchburg who Averett lost to. When the Yankees beat teams like the Nationals, Brewers, Royals, etc. does those game get thrown out the window because of the opposing teams record? I think not. So, you can continue to think they are playing Middle School teams and work on getting your "Street Cred" up, either way they are hot right now regardless of their schedule. Maybe if they schedule a couple of games against UNC or LSU you will give them credit, but as of right now you are giving them none and probably will continue not to.

But with all that said, it looks like the team to beat right now is NCW with a huge sweep of Shenandoah. They seem to have a good pitching staff with their lefty Knowles and some other good arms in the pen. It's going to be interesting if Shenandoah can bounce back and make some noise in the conference. With the split between Methodist and CNU it shows that both of these teams are going to be evenly matched. CNU looks to have a deep pitching staff which is normally the key to winning the conference tourney. After the first weekend of conference play it looks like it is going to be an interesting season!