Official 2014 Summer Baseball Thread

#451
#451
Team USA shuts out Japan 7-0...Stew draws a walk in his only AB.

VJax gets the start in the lead off spot for Y-D, goes 2 AB, 1 R, 0 H, 2 BB...AJ goes 4 AB, 1 H

So VJax, AJ and Owenby lose a 3-2 heartbreaker.
 
#452
#452
Houser goes 0/4...hits into a double play, fly out to CF, fly out to CF. pop up to 2B...Hyannis wins on 14 hits, 11-8
 
#453
#453
One of the strangest games of the summer! The teams combine for 35 hits and Derek Lance goes: 5 AB, 3 R, 3 H, 1 2B, 1 RBI and his team, the Cincinnati Steam, lose 21-8.

The Licking County Settlers played 19 different players and got 24 hits off of the Steam's pitching staff.

Must be getting time for some football, geesh.
 
#454
#454
I can break some news but I'm going to apologize in advance if the stats aren't accurate.

Tyler Schultz and incoming Vol Steven Kane have made the rosters for the California Collegiate League All Star Game. They both play for the LA Brewers and even UT doesn't post the available stats, but here is what shows up for the two players...

Schultz: 45 AB, 9 R, 11 H, 3 RBI, 6 BB, 14 SO, 4 SB, 2 E, BA .244

Kane: 0/1 w/l, 2 sv, 8 IP, 4 R, 5 H, 5 BB, 2 HBP, 6 SO, ERA 2.25

I am surprised these guys made the team and Moberg did not, all a little weird, but according to this...

http://www.calsummerball.com/2014 CCL All-Star Roster.pdf

it is so.

If true, congrats to both young men! GBO!
 
#455
#455
Team USA and Christin Stewart are now off to the Netherlands for Haarlem Baseball week. Team USA resumes play on July 11th vs. Japan at 1PM (ET). Other teams participating are the Netherlands and Chinese Taipei. The tournament lasts until July 20th. Following the trip to the Netherlands, Team USA will take off for a friendship series with Cuba July 23-27.
 
#456
#456
In the bottom of the ninth, tie game 2 all, the Anchorage Bucs get a one out single and JYB gets called in to pinch run at first base.

Bucs get a one out double and JYB is on 3rd, 1 out...new pitcher for the Glacier Pilots...

Strike out, 2 away...

Walk, bases loaded, 2 outs... for the 6 hole hitter, righty vs. righty...

Ball gets by the catcher, the play at the plate...JYB IS.... SAFE, slides under the tag and the Bucs win 3-2!
 
#457
#457
Simcox went 1/4...VJax went 0/1 w/2 BB's...Freeman went 0.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB...Derek Lance went 1/4, batting .288...
 
#458
#458
Jordan Rodgers and Nick Senzel haven't been in the line up for a couple of days for Matsu...JYB is in the line up for the Bucs tonight...
 
#460
#460
Tennessee Baseball @Vol_Baseball · 3h

Cape #Vols: Vincent Jackson, A.J. Simcox, Drake Owenby & Andrew Lee met up after their game yesterday! @Official_CCBL

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Andrew Lee is scheduled to pitch on Friday.
 
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#461
#461
I must confess...

The updates slowed down while the O'Bannon trial was going on because it wasn't televised. I sat in front of the computer for a couple of weeks waiting on the next Jon Solomon, Stewart Mandel or Steve Berkowitz tweet. I thought it would end there. My interest I mean.

I have watched the nearly three hour House hearing several times and began reading much on the subject that I didn't know existed.

Last year, when I started following summer ball it was in large part because I wanted to understand why the players do it. Don't they want to go home for the summer? What about an internship or an actual job that has something to do with their major?

I see why it's good for the schools. I see why it's good for the summer league communities. I see why it's good for MLB scouts and organizations. But...I've yet to hear one good reason why the athletes and their families should foot the bill for it, other than "They've been footing the cost for travel ball for almost two decades to get their son's to this point, what's a couple of more years?"

Sure, going to a place like Alaska for the summer is, I'm sure, an invaluable thing. I recall Coach Serrano talking about Alaska as a "life changing experience" and a "beautiful part of the country". Still, break a wood bat and the chuckles in the dug out echo the yard.

I think it's great that Coach Serrano made it out to Alaska and he's going to the Cape I believe. I wonder if ALL the parents can afford to do that, because surely they'd all like to see their sons play in such exotic locales?

In some ways, college baseball and the MLB have a far better arrangement than those in the revenue sports have with their professional counterparts...

I dunno, it's seeped in, hopefully it seeps out and I'll just get back to it...Plunkett and Bramlett were a combined 0/7 today, but, they're in the Hamptons!
 
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#462
#462
Andrew Lee put down the first 6 batters he faced before getting roughed up a bit in the 3rd inning.

final line: 2.2 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 3 BB, 1 SO

Lee's Whitecaps win 5-3...


AJ Simcox was 0-3 for Y-D today


David Houser was 0-3 today for Hyannis


Derek Lance was 1-4 with a single, a run and a stolen base.
 
#463
#463
Trevor Charpie picked up a "W" tonight in relief!

Final Line: 3.1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 7 SO

The Rox won 11-5

Nice outing!
 
#464
#464
Stewie came on as a PH and went 0-1 in Team USA's loss to Japan 1-0.


Jeff Moberg is 1-3 with an RBI, Bot. 7, Blues up 7-3...


JYB is in the line up for the Bucs, Bot. 2, just underway...
 
#466
#466
Our sticks are still pretty asleep this summer. Is the pitching much better than I thought or are our guys just all struggling for the most part except for Stewie?
 
#467
#467
TechnoVol said:
Our sticks are still pretty asleep this summer. Is the pitching much better than I thought or are our guys just all struggling for the most part except for Stewie?
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I might throw Lance and Moberg in a similar category as Stew. The pitching in the Cape is always strong and the majority of players struggle. Looking back on Maddox and Smart in the Cape last year supports this. I'm not really shocked that VJax and Houser for instance are having a hard time there. AJ is doing okay, but I was really hoping that he'd find some power this summer, that hasn't happened.

For pretty much everyone else I think your assessment is fair, it's been a little disappointing so far.
 
#468
#468
Stew getting a start for Team USA at the DH and back is back at the 2 spot where he had so much success earlier this summer. 1PM vs. Netherlands


Live Stats: BSBall Live Stats
 
#473
#473
Team USA is off today.

AJ and VJax starting today for Y-D


Kyle Serrano got the start last night for Matsu and pitched 3 innings of no hit ball before losing it in the fourth. Neither Rodgers or Senzel played in the game.

Final line: 4 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 4 BB, 2 SO
 
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