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Post by 4 on Oct 10, 2016 15:17:19 GMT -5
It's still really early but wanted to get it started. I'm picking JA to win this year obviously they just dominate. Rv in second maybe and then it's fair game from there. Pleasant lost a few I believe and leading batter to Harding. Harding returns a lot of seniors but can they finally pull together. North union should be down this year most likely. Galion I'm not sure of. And BV returns some.
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Post by stanley on Oct 10, 2016 16:40:07 GMT -5
Jonathan Alder in the Red and I imagine Highland in the blue. Booker will be a nice ddition to what Harding already returns. Pleasant could struggle, but they always seem to finish much stronger than they begin regardless. Last season was one of the best examples of that. River Valley and Buckeye Valley I imagine will both be very tough. As per others in the blue, I look for Fredericktown to be second if they can remember who is elgible to play and who is not or possibly Centerburg. Red 1. Jonathan Alder 2. Buckeye Valley 3. River Valley 4. Harding 5. Galion 6. Fairbanks 7. Pleasant (feel really stupid putting them this low) 8. North Union Blue 1. Highland 2. Fredericktown 3. Centerburg 4. Cardington 5. East Knox 6. Elgin 7. Northmor 8. Mount Gilead
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Post by stanley on Oct 10, 2016 16:41:56 GMT -5
Actually MG and Northmor will go 1-1 vs each other and split last place
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Post by jafbdad on Oct 10, 2016 18:13:04 GMT -5
Jonathan Alder in the Red and I imagine Highland in the blue. Booker will be a nice ddition to what Harding already returns. Pleasant could struggle, but they always seem to finish much stronger than they begin regardless. Last season was one of the best examples of that. River Valley and Buckeye Valley I imagine will both be very tough. As per others in the blue, I look for Fredericktown to be second if they can remember who is elgible to play and who is not or possibly Centerburg. Red 1. Jonathan Alder 2. Buckeye Valley 3. River Valley 4. Harding 5. Galion 6. Fairbanks 7. Pleasant (feel really stupid putting them this low) 8. North Union Blue 1. Highland 2. Fredericktown 3. Centerburg 4. Cardington 5. East Knox 6. Elgin 7. Northmor 8. Mount Gilead FYI - Fairbanks is not playing in the MOAC after football. I believe that's the only sport they stayed in based on 2 year contracts for football. This is my son's senior year, I would like to say Alder is going to be lights out, but I just don't see it. Think we will be a step down from last year. Pitching will be an issue, not sure how much depth is there after the 2 seniors. I think we will be good defensively, but I think our offense may not be able to put up as much runs. Time will tell, I thought River Valley had a lot of potential, not sure who all they have returning. Galion got off to a great start but faded late. Fairbanks would have competed, there senior class had a decent core plus an ace in Warner. Buckeye Valley was the head scratcher for me, thought they have potential, I know they are not really excited about the current coach. Enjoying football until then
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Post by stanley on Oct 10, 2016 20:23:38 GMT -5
^^^ Interesting assesment and best of luck to your son! I have seen about 10 Alder baseball games within the past decade. Have never seen them lose and have been in awe watching them play each time. All i can usually say is WOW. Maybe true Alder fans would have disagreed, but last seasons team at first was reminding me of that 2010 team. Obviously the tournament turned out differently for the 2016 club. So I guess I would say does possibly not being lights out mean compared to how Alder normally is? (which could still mean undefeated in the MOAC) Or down as in possibly 2nd-4th place? If you say 5th-7th I'm calling B.S. on you lol Jon Alder and Pleasant are two schools in baseball that I never bought into any hype of them being "down" in baseball. I know I voted Pleasant down, but that is also because I heard a rumor of Kubbs hanging it up. Highland is another school that at least when it comes to league play I would not buy into any "down" hype. I think 9 league titles in the past 12 years? Alot of those were before league expansion which required them to have better records then some pretty tough River Valley and Buckeye Valley teams. Speaking of....those are two more programs that seem to always come up with something decent. Thanks for the correction of Fairbanks, I totally forgot about that
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Post by jafbdad on Oct 10, 2016 21:04:28 GMT -5
I don't disagree with anything you said. Just don't have as high of expectations this year, thought we had a chance at a district title last year. I would agree they will be the front runner in the MOAC based on what I saw in the conference last year. We just lost a couple of special seniors, some guys will have to step up in the current senior class, along with some unproven juniors.
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Post by 4 on Oct 10, 2016 22:14:29 GMT -5
Rv returns all there main players I believe. One in doubkin who's one of the best in the moac. I'm interested to see Harding. They have 6-7 seniors back. If the pitching is there which wasn't to bad last year but can actually score some runs I say they'll compete every game. They beat bv once last year so Idk how good bv is. But JA will be my favorite to win it.
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Post by gatesofbabylon25 on Oct 12, 2016 17:26:42 GMT -5
Jafbdad hit BV right on the head. None of the parents like the coach. Kids under perform. Playing kids in positions they don't play. Won 7 games last year then 2 in tournament. Senior class has talent, but haven't clicked. I'd still take JA and Highland to win Divisions.
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Post by 4 on Oct 12, 2016 18:08:21 GMT -5
JA forsure and prob highland. They have a kid commited to Nebraska then another pitcher who can throw 90 and is probably d1 also.
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Post by moacmama on Oct 16, 2016 7:58:39 GMT -5
NU only lost one senior. They should be better this year. Last year they played with the senior and a bunch a sophomores and had a new coach.
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Post by stanley on Oct 22, 2016 12:48:23 GMT -5
JA forsure and prob highland. They have a kid commited to Nebraska then another pitcher who can throw 90 and is probably d1 also. I must haven't gotten to see the kid going to Nebraska pitch. I believe I saw the other one you refer to close a couple games though. Sophomore I think now? Not sure about 90's, but he definitely threw a few in the high 80's. Kept balls low in the zone for the most part, forced a lot of ground balls.
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Post by 4 on Oct 22, 2016 15:00:38 GMT -5
He throws a 90 mph fastball it says on his stat line on a prospect page. And I read somewhere else kid commited to Nebraska. The one who throws 90 I'm not sure where he will go.
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Post by stanley on Oct 27, 2016 13:19:21 GMT -5
^^^ok fair enough.
The one that can throw 90 was only a freshman last season, so none of us are going to know for a little bit longer I would guess lol
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Post by japioneers on Oct 28, 2016 16:00:26 GMT -5
JA forsure and prob highland. They have a kid commited to Nebraska then another pitcher who can throw 90 and is probably d1 also. Just for clarification.. When you say "They", which team are you referring to?
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Post by 4 on Oct 28, 2016 21:58:10 GMT -5
Referring to highland.
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Post by japioneers on Oct 29, 2016 8:27:35 GMT -5
Thnx. 90mph is the real deal.
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Post by 4 on Oct 29, 2016 14:23:24 GMT -5
Yeah 87-90 he's at I seen. Is JA qb a pitcher? I seen he's going to Marshall but he's a qb so I figured he pitched.
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Post by japioneers on Oct 29, 2016 20:00:46 GMT -5
JA's QB is a mid-fielder and center fielder.
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Post by snowman on Nov 1, 2016 11:45:15 GMT -5
Galion should have a decent team this year (2017). They started out strong last year with a few bad games in the middle of the season, but did finish strong making it to the district finals. Losing 4-1 to Clear Fork who lost in the state semi finals. They are only losing 3 seniors. 1 loss was their best pitcher. They recently hired retired HOF coach Dan Gorbett as an assistant. He's the former Ontario head coach with 500 wins.
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Post by stanley on Nov 4, 2016 22:49:41 GMT -5
Good info snowman, I didn't realize Galion loses so few. Losing your ace is always a big hit, but they certainly finished strong and perhaps will carry some momentum into this season. Good luck Tigers!
Random thought for everyone, we have now had I think 6 seasons under the new bbcor bat rule (I think the first season was 2011), point being everyone has gotten a feel for it now, the current seniors were 6th graders when it started so it's no longer a new thing for any of the kids. What's everyone's thoughts on it? Has it been good for the game? Bad for it? Neutral?
I was not a fan of it when it started, but I also never witnessed a kid get SERIOUSLY injured by a linedrive so I never really had that traumatic experience to say it was a necessity, so my view may be a bit biased. I haven't really noticed it affecting much other than the amount of home runs a team hits in a given year. I do feel like I have witnessed a lot more "small ball" tactics being played by teams across the board, but it hasn't helped out pitchers that sometimes struggle to keep pitches low like I thought it would either.
Lastly I will say the amount of baseball I take in isn't that much, it's not like football where I really like to get out every weekend and see as many teams as I can. Baseball I like to catch some good tournament games, "important" league games, and maybe a double header or two throughout the year. So I'm just curious perhaps what some of you who possibly see more action throughout the spring think about it.
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Post by 4 on Nov 30, 2016 4:10:39 GMT -5
No one has replied to this so I will, i catch a couple games a week usually maybe less or more depending on weather. Usually in the counties of Marion, Delaware, union and franklin. But I think the bats have slowed down the game haha. Less home runs. Depending where you're playing you really have to get ahold of one. But kids are still ripping the ball. Just not on a line as use to be. It isn't terrible thing, I see maybe 1 hard line drive that results in an injury a year. So it isn't much at all. But there's my opinion. The sweet spot of the bat is subtracted by about 2 inches on average from the old ones they say. And a 400 foot homer will only go 375 the math says. So that's the math.
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Post by moacofold on Nov 30, 2016 8:15:19 GMT -5
^^^ok fair enough. The one that can throw 90 was only a freshman last season, so none of us are going to know for a little bit longer I would guess lol Max Schreiber committed to Nebraska - www.prepbaseballreport.com/profiles/OH/Max-Schreiber-6829013745The other Highland arm that just committed to Clemson is a sophomore, Mack Anglin.
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Post by stanley on Nov 30, 2016 22:54:11 GMT -5
No one has replied to this so I will, i catch a couple games a week usually maybe less or more depending on weather. Usually in the counties of Marion, Delaware, union and franklin. But I think the bats have slowed down the game haha. Less home runs. Depending where you're playing you really have to get ahold of one. But kids are still ripping the ball. Just not on a line as use to be. It isn't terrible thing, I see maybe 1 hard line drive that results in an injury a year. So it isn't much at all. But there's my opinion. The sweet spot of the bat is subtracted by about 2 inches on average from the old ones they say. And a 400 foot homer will only go 375 the math says. So that's the math. Nice outlook on that 4, thanks I appreciate that insight!
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Post by stanley on Nov 30, 2016 22:56:22 GMT -5
^^^ok fair enough. The one that can throw 90 was only a freshman last season, so none of us are going to know for a little bit longer I would guess lol Max Schreiber committed to Nebraska - www.prepbaseballreport.com/profiles/OH/Max-Schreiber-6829013745The other Highland arm that just committed to Clemson is a sophomore, Mack Anglin. Ok so the fella going to Nebraska was their QB as well. I thought that may have been the case. Anglin would have been the younger one I was referring to, didn't realize he committed already. Impressive though nonetheless.
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Post by moacofold on Dec 1, 2016 8:08:49 GMT -5
My thoughts moving into the Spring.... Red Division Alder should have minimal problems getting through this division once again. They did graduate some arms from what I remember, but think they should be fine. Buckeye Valley should be decent, but they seem to underachieve year in and year out, have heard some concerns that the coach isn't helping the situation. Marion Harding as the biggest school should be somewhat competitive, they picked up the top hitter in the league in Booker, Pleasant transfer. That certainly doesn' hurt them. River Valley should be middle/top of pact with the Doubikin kid that they have returning, they should be able to compete and win some games. Fairbanks has the Warner kid, and with that kid on the mound, they can be very dangerous, but this year one kid won't be able to do it all for you, with pitch counts coming. Pleasant is always competitive, but not sure what they have coming back off of that district championship team, but losing Booker to MH doesn't help. North Union is in a downward slump in regards to baseball talent, maybe there are some freshman that will be able to help. Galion - ? Do not know a ton about Galion. Blue Division Highland has loads of talent and two high profile D1 commits to throw for them this year, see them running through the Blue with minimal problems, maybe from Fredericktown. Fredericktown has been very competitive and a team to beat not only in the MOAC but D3 as well. See the Freddies competing with the Scots, as long as they don't have to forfeit games like last year. Centerburg will be very close behind the two top teams in Highland and Fredericktown. East Knox was a younger team last season from what I can recall and competed in the middle of the pact in the Blue. Have some decent arms coming back. Elgin is without a coach from what I understand, don't see them to be able to compete much with what lies in the top three teams in the league. Cardington, Northmor, and Mount Gilead will be towards the bottom the pact along with Elgin this coming Spring.
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Post by 4 on Dec 1, 2016 14:15:55 GMT -5
I'd Harding can find some relievers and better fielding they'll do fine. Booker nice addition. But I believe Fairbanks is not playing a moac schedule. Was only for football.
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Post by galiontiger on Dec 4, 2016 18:33:01 GMT -5
My son is playing baseball this year. I always thought baseball would be his sport, but he hasn't played in 2 years. The last time he played his older brother said he was wild. LOL But one thing I know with a good coach this year, the boy can bring it. He's got a very good fastball, plus being 6'4" helps coming towards you off the mound. He used to be able to hit home-runs too, but I know the last time he played he struck out a lot. Sooooo who knows what he will do this year...maybe nothing. It should be interesting. I'm hoping he really helps the team compete though. Go Tigers!
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Post by 4 on Dec 4, 2016 22:00:04 GMT -5
Can't wait for baseball season lol, Galion is normally solid.
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Post by galiontiger on Dec 5, 2016 22:29:27 GMT -5
It's going to be a bitter sweet end of the school year for us. My son graduates, and I move back to Wooster. What an adventure moving over here. Great move for us, a lot of great times..definitely some hard aches this year, but that's life. You got to just keep on moving and hope for the best. I hope I get to watch some of the games this year. I'm hoping I can with my schedule. I should be able to hit a lot of the games this year, even the away games maybe.
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Post by moacofold on Dec 13, 2016 7:43:35 GMT -5
The pitch count rule will be going into effect this coming Spring. I think it will definitely be an equalizer for many teams, especially those with only one big time arm. I think it's going to force kids who have not pitched in quite some time to pitch, as pitching rotations will need to be carefully assembled.
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