Congrats to the 3 CCIW teams!  It should be a very interesting week but nonetheless, a fun one 

Quote from: mr_b on May 04, 2010, 10:43:06 PM
I'm confused about the postings that state Augustana received votes in the most recent poll.  I am not seeing Augie on the list anywhere -- they were in the "received votes" category last week (Week 9 Poll), but I don't see them anywhere in the Week 10 Poll.  Maybe I'm (not) seeing things.

Sorry, Mr_B, for not putting the link in

http://www.muhlenberg.edu/pdf/main/athletics/abcapoll5410.pdf

Quote from: Mr. Ypsi on May 04, 2010, 09:43:28 PM

Quote from: HITandRUN463 on May 04, 2010, 09:30:55 PM
It's awesome to see a CCIW team (North Central) crack the Top 25!


Other News on NCC

- beat Univ. of Chicago today 11-5

- face Rockford tomorrow

Until the last week or two, it was years since the CCIW did NOT have one or more teams in the top 25.

wow, that's an interesting fact.  That just shows how strong the CCIW is.

Also,  I too am still stunned that Augustana received votes in the most recent poll.  This seems to be getting out of hand.  Augustana is fresh out of getting swept twice, so I am somewhat confused here.

It's awesome to see a CCIW team (North Central) crack the Top 25!


Other News on NCC

- beat Univ. of Chicago today 11-5

- face Rockford tomorrow

It looks like NCC just beat the Univ. of Chicago  11-5

It also shows the Cards playing Rockford tomorrow

http://northcentralcardinals.com/news/2010/5/4/MTEN_0504100728.aspx

Quote from: droppinbombs47 on May 03, 2010, 11:26:49 AM

Quote from: BigPoppa on May 03, 2010, 10:11:29 AM
We do not think poorly about NCC fans and alums, we just think poorly of droppinbombs:)

Oh Poppa I just like to play devil's advocate on here sometimes and I use my comments in doing so as you could see with my previous post.  Last games of the year can't hold anything back 

I enjoy reading the witty remarks from droppinbombs47, but I do not enjoy reading posts that ridicule current players 

All in all, I think droppinbombs47 adds a little spice to the boards with his little "zingers"

Lets reward his apologetic posts with a little karma boost, shall we? 

Just saw North Central took game 3 from Augustana for the sweep. 

4-3 with a walk off hit in the bottom of the 9th.

This game was a very low scoring affair (something North Central is rarely related with)
Does anyone have insight on what the cause of this was?  Weather? Umpires? Pitching duel?

On a different note,  North Central needs to win one more conference game (vs. IWU) or have North Park lose one game on Friday (against Carthage) to win the CCIW

Quote from: mwunder on May 01, 2010, 04:22:44 PM
Not sure what happened, but Mario Perez was lifted after 2.1 innings today...potentially bad news coming soon??

I was wondering the same thing too, mwunder. I hope its nothing too serious. 

Hopefully someone has an update coming...

Quote from: The General Public on May 01, 2010, 01:39:44 AM
my post got tied up in my quote...heres my piece..


Greg,

I have not been on here lately but thanks for the defense. Its good to see that some on here have a reading comprehension level greater than 6th graders.  I guess it was a pretty complex sentence for North Central alum/current students.

at least they know how to quote correctly. 

Quote from: cardsalum on April 30, 2010, 08:26:22 PM

Quote from: HITandRUN463 on April 30, 2010, 07:10:38 PM

Quote from: thunder38illini on April 30, 2010, 11:56:01 AM
Dominican also uses Alexian Field for its home field so they may have a home game or something planned.  I think the doubleheader sweep by North Park probably just locked in the field for the CCIW tourney.  Wheaton has fallen apart since their ninth inning collapse at Concordia and it's going to be too little too late before they can pick on Elmhurst next weekend.  Wheaton just can't put it together on both sides of the ball.  The offense has been on lately but the pitching has been poor and even when they get a good outing like Dennison had on Monday they offense can't string hits together.

I don't know how you can say North Park will get the field for the tournament.  There are still 2 important weekends of CCIW baseball left.  You are getting too far ahead of yourself

Yes hit and run he means getting in the tournament. Don't get all jumpy! We know you're rooting for the Cardinal bandwagon you have been aboard all season...

Sorry for getting jumpy, my apologies thunder38illini. I just misread the post 

Quote from: thunder38illini on April 30, 2010, 11:56:01 AM
Dominican also uses Alexian Field for its home field so they may have a home game or something planned.  I think the doubleheader sweep by North Park probably just locked in the field for the CCIW tourney.  Wheaton has fallen apart since their ninth inning collapse at Concordia and it's going to be too little too late before they can pick on Elmhurst next weekend.  Wheaton just can't put it together on both sides of the ball.  The offense has been on lately but the pitching has been poor and even when they get a good outing like Dennison had on Monday they offense can't string hits together.

I don't know how you can say North Park will get the field for the tournament.  There are still 2 important weekends of CCIW baseball left.  You are getting too far ahead of yourself

predictions for this weekend in the CCIW:

Wheaton vs. North Park: Wheaton 2 / North Park 1 ( this one is hard to predict, but I think Wheaton's pitching has an edge.  Also, Wheaton's hitting has been stellar in the past couple weeks)

IWU vs. Elmhurst: IWU 2/Elmhurst 1 (I have yet to see IWU play, but I think Elmhurst does not have the pitching to compete)

NCC vs. Augustana: NCC 3/ Augustana 0 (If NCC's hitting stays hot then they will come away with 3 wins this weekend.  Also, NCC's pitching has held its ground lately)

Carthage vs. Millikin: Carthage 3/ Millikin 0  (Carthage just seems too strong for a scrappy Millikin team)

Quote from: jigsaw54 on April 26, 2010, 07:46:49 PM
NCC completes sweep of Wheaton today 7-2.  NCC now 12-3 in the CCIW.

Jigsaw54 and droppinbombs47 beat me to it......NCC completes a big sweep against CCIW rival Wheaton   

I bet that was a shock to some who thought NCC had no right to be one of the new CCIW powerhouses

I know I didn't see this coming in the beginning of the season when they were picked to place 5th in the CCIW.  They are definitely making statements with their steady offensive production and their reliable outings on the mound.

I think NCC is for real this season.

Quote from: droppinbombs47 on April 24, 2010, 08:18:30 PM

Quote from: Gregory Sager on April 24, 2010, 01:28:27 PM
As I said earlier this week, don't be fooled by Giovenco's W-L record. He is not struggling this season. Nice game, Mike!

Gregory this is getting borderline ridiculous with the Giovenco posts here.  He isn't even the best pitcher in our conference, just because he has a below average major league fastball doesn't mean every post needs to be about him and how he is God's gift to earth.  No your right he is not struggling guys are hitting under .200 against him that is just wonderful. I am not bashing him, but there is a lot more storylines this year in the CCIW than Giovenco's 5 - 4 record because his team can't give him any run support.  I need to see him throw against Wheaton and Carthage to jump on the Giovenco bandwagon.

In another news North Central beat Wheaton 23 - 14 and continue to put runs on the board.

I agree with Droppinbombs47 on this one...Giovenco needs to prove to me that he can beat Carthage and Wheaton.  Once he does that, then I'll tip my cap to him.  I agree he has the tools to be a great pitcher, but can he produce against the top teams?  We've seen him struggle against the playoff-bound North Central team already.  So I am excited to see him perform against the others.

Anyways...

I just saw that North Central scored in every inning in the contest vs. Wheaton.  I haven't seen that in a long time, and I mean a long time. 

If the Cards can get a sweep on Monday, then that would be huge news in the CCIW. 

North Central is just mashing right now, watch out they are hot 

Quote from: warrior35 on April 22, 2010, 05:15:26 PM
I don't disagree that composites would save money, and might be the best solution to the injury issue... however, in terms of the game of baseball, my experience with composite bats is that they significantly lack pop from other wood, especially Maple.  But, if injury is solely what you're going for then perhaps that's the best option for college baseball.  Perhaps composites have improved, but the Baum bats I swang a couple years ago were not good baseball bats if you're looking for a bat that performs well.  I guess that's the ethical dilemma at the heart of the issue, and it's hard to know what blend of performance and safety should be assumed.  I don't think college baseball is going to resort to safety balls anytime soon ;-) haha.  Considering how baseball is becoming a revenue sport at the D1 level, I find it hard to believe that the NCAA would sacrifice revenue for a very small degree of safety.  I think college baseball would suffer revenue if it didn't possess some of the offensive prowess it does from metal bats.  The general public just doesn't enjoy/respect the defensive side of the game anymore.

I agree with you on the defensive comment, warrior35.

I think the "crack" of a wood bat would be an awesome thing to bring to the CCIW.  But I feel like it would give a major advantage to the pitchers.  It would keep most games under 10 runs (what normal games should be).  So it seems like there are two sides to this. 

I don't know how much it would cost for schools to buy wood bats in max quantities, but most likely it would be quite costly.  This is the main factor that would keep schools/conferences from changing from metal to wood bats (even if wood bats are safer for the kids).

One more thing...having wood bats would take away little "dinkers" or any other "cheap" hits from the hitters (unless it's a broken bat hit).  So I feel it would put hitters into different categories, metal from wood,  based on if they can really use the "sweet spot" of the bat to put on the ball.  So in other words, if the can really hit or not.