Baseball Update 5/2/10

Niners go 2-2 this week are 31-11 overall and 14-4 in the A-10. RPI is at 89. Niners are in first by three games.

This week’s results:
Charlotte @ Wintrop - rained out
L -Charlotte 0, Orange County Community College 5
L -Charlotte 4, Temple 8
W -Charlotte 23, Temple 0
W -Charlotte 8, Temple 7

The standings look like this:
W-L GB
Charlotte - 14-4 -
GW, St. Joe’s, Rhody - 11-7 3
StL, Fordham, X - 10-8 4
LaSalle, UMass - 9-9 5
Dayton - 8-10 6
Richmond - 7-11 7
St. Bona - 6-12 8
Duq, Temple 5-13 9

The week ahead:
@ Xavier (17-29, 10-8 rpi 235) Fri @ 3 pm
Sat @ 1 pm
Sun @ Noon

With 9 games left in conference play various scenarios will begin to play out. The top six teams make the tournament with the top two receiving a bye. Just win baby!

RPI: http://warrennolan.com/baseball/2010/schedule/Charlotte
Conference RPI: http://www.warrennolan.com/baseball/2010/conferencerpi
Team Stats: http://www.charlotte49ers.com/fls/23200/Basestats/teamcume.htm

If we go 6-3 from here on out, we’re 20-7. 20 wins is the magic number, because that’s the absolute best that everyone else in the league can do at this point. More realistically (since we have 6 of the last 9 on the road), if we can go 5-4, 19-8 should at least get us 2nd place and the all-important bye in the tournament.

Or we could just go 9-0, finish 23-4 like we did in 2007, and then romp in the A-10 Tournament. I’d be all for that.

[quote=“UNCCTF, post:2, topic:23198”]If we go 6-3 from here on out, we’re 20-7. 20 wins is the magic number, because that’s the absolute best that everyone else in the league can do at this point. More realistically (since we have 6 of the last 9 on the road), if we can go 5-4, 19-8 should at least get us 2nd place and the all-important bye in the tournament.

Or we could just go 9-0, finish 23-4 like we did in 2007, and then romp in the A-10 Tournament. I’d be all for that.[/quote]

That is all I care about. We have to be playing our best come tourney time. No slips ups like Friday night.

We are 23-2 against teams with a rpi of over 200. All but 1 of our remaining games are against teams with an rpi over 200.

The regular season means nothing in this league, it’s so frustrating. Just get in and kick some ass so we can make a regional.

I wouldn’t say it means nothing. The goal of the regular season is to secure the 1 or 2 seed in the tournament. That bye is huge for assuring that we win the tourney.

Mention in Baseball America FWIW.

http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/college/?p=3117

• Charlotte is the clear favorite in the Atlantic 10. The 49ers lead the league by three games over Rhode Island, George Washington and St. Joseph's, and their potent offense should carry them through the A-10 tourney. Sidenote: Massachusetts is just 9-9 in the league, but the Minutemen received one of the better individual performances of the season in yesterday's 14-13 win against George Washington, as senior center fielder Brian Baudinet [url=http://www.umassathletics.com/sports/m-basebl/stats/2009-2010/2010gm34.html]slugged four home runs[/url] and drove in seven.

I wouldn’t say it means nothing. The goal of the regular season is to secure the 1 or 2 seed in the tournament. That bye is huge for assuring that we win the tourney.[/quote]

Yep. It puts a team at a distinct disadvantage when they have to play that first round game, especially when they lose that 1st round game (which forces a team to win 5 in a row).

orange county community college shut us out, seriously?

That’s chapel hill

rats! i’d rather think it was OCCC!

That’s chapel hill[/quote]

Over half of their fans probably don’t even know that school is located in Orange County.

Come to think of it, half of their fans in Charlotte probably think chapel hill is located in Mecklenburg County.

orange county is in florida. right?

Orange county is in Virginia.

Orange County is in California.

my nickname in high school was orange county.

would you mind telling us why?

Orange County Bikini Contest:

http://surf.transworld.net/1000084291/features/surfriders-annual-bikini-contest-charity-event/

:slight_smile:

would you mind telling us why?[/quote]

May be because he’s from New York??? ;D

That’s chapel hill[/quote]

Over half of their fans probably don’t even know that school is located in Orange County.

Come to think of it, half of their fans in Charlotte probably think chapel hill is located in Mecklenburg County.[/quote]

Not going to argue that.