http://theamerican.org/news/2015/5/18/BA...h=baseball

PLOY: Ian Happ Cincinnati

POY Carrson Cross UConn

ROY: Seth Romero UH

COY: Cliff Godwin ECU

First Team All Conference :

P Zach Rodgers * UCF
P Carson Cross * UConn
P Anthony Kay UConn
P Reid Love ECU
P Jimmy Herget USF
RP Nolan Blackwood Memphis
C Levi Borders* USF
1B Tucker Tubbs Memphis
2B Vinny Sienna UConn
SS Dylan Moore UCF
3B Tommy Williams UCF
OF Ian Happ* Cincinnati
OF Erik Barber UCF
OF Blake Davey UConn
OF Kyle Survance UH
DH Luke Lowery ECU
UT Reid Love* ECU

* denote unanimous picks

second team

P Kyle Dowdy UH
P Andrew Lantrip UH
P Seth Romero UH
P Corey Merrill Tulane
RP Tommy Peterson USF
C Max McDowell UConn
1B Chris Iriart UH
2B Josh Vidales UH
SS Stephen Alemais Tulane
3B Willy Yahn UConn
OF JoMarcus Woods UCF
OF Jack Sundberg UConn
OF Kane Barrow Memphis
OF Darien Tubbs Memphis
DH Jacob Campbell UH

Congrats to all

Also, last week of the season honors,

PLOW Garret Brooks ECU
POW Alexis Massey Tulane

In my opinion the AAC made a big mistake in naming the East Carolina baseball coach the Coach of the Year. David Pierce from Tulane should have won that award. He took a dispirited Tulane team flat on its back after a losing season last year to an NCAA regional is coming up. . Aresco a big Mistake!

(05-18-2015 08:52 PM)Savacool Wrote:  In my opinion the AAC made a big mistake in naming the East Carolina baseball coach the Coach of the Year. David Pierce from Tulane should have won that award. He took a dispirited Tulane team flat on its back after a losing season last year to an NCAA regional is coming up. . Aresco a big Mistake!

Darn You Mike Aresco!!

(05-18-2015 08:52 PM)Savacool Wrote:  In my opinion the AAC made a big mistake in naming the East Carolina baseball coach the Coach of the Year. David Pierce from Tulane should have won that award. He took a dispirited Tulane team flat on its back after a losing season last year to an NCAA regional is coming up. . Aresco a big Mistake!

You do realize these are done by the coaches and media right? Boo Hoo, ECU's first year HC, in his first HC job with a short roster in what everyone said was going to be a rebuilding year finishes 2nd, 1 game out of first and is named coach of the year. How dare they!!!!





suck it!

(05-18-2015 08:52 PM)Savacool Wrote:  In my opinion the AAC made a big mistake in naming the East Carolina baseball coach the Coach of the Year. David Pierce from Tulane should have won that award. He took a dispirited Tulane team flat on its back after a losing season last year to an NCAA regional is coming up. . Aresco a big Mistake!

In my opinion you're a damn troll, who's not a Tulane fan. You just play one on TV.

(05-18-2015 09:22 PM)DefCONNOne Wrote:  

(05-18-2015 08:52 PM)Savacool Wrote:  In my opinion the AAC made a big mistake in naming the East Carolina baseball coach the Coach of the Year. David Pierce from Tulane should have won that award. He took a dispirited Tulane team flat on its back after a losing season last year to an NCAA regional is coming up. . Aresco a big Mistake!

In my opinion you're a damn troll, who's not a Tulane fan. You just play one on TV.

So the conference champions have one player on the all conference first team?

LO ******* L

(05-18-2015 09:41 PM)justin_sane15 Wrote:  So the conference champions have one player on the all conference first team?

LO ******* L

And nearly the entire second team with 3 pitchers, and 3 position players, and rookie of the year. But, I guess you think none of the first teamers could have had better individual seasons and number than some of the UH players. These are individual awards, not team. Ian Happ played on the worst team in the conference, but the numbers don't lie, he is the player. UH had 7 players while post season honors, one with two honors. By far the most.

You could make the argument of flipping Romero and Kay though.

It's immaterial but there's the pitcher of the year should have been Rogers

(05-18-2015 09:52 PM)st932253 Wrote:  It's immaterial but there's the pitcher of the year should have been Rogers

Nearly identical records and ERA's, Cross had 106 Ks to Rogers 90, also Cross pitched 99 innings and Rogers 91. It razor thin, but the 16 more Ks gets it.

Carson Cross 10-2 2.18 ERA 106K 24BB 99.0 IP
Zach Rogers 10-0 2.18 ERA 90k 36BB 91.0 IP

Also Zach was saved from several L's by UCF's bull pin taking them. Should have got the L in the ECU loss, his worst outing of the season 4 1/3 7 hits 2 runs, several walks and a HBP.

Rogers has 0 losses. That aside, How does that comparison look in conference only?


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We certainty don't have the best team, but we do have the best player. Congrats Ian Happ!! Going to be representing UC at the next level for sure.

(05-18-2015 10:06 PM)st932253 Wrote:  Rogers has 0 losses. That aside, How does that comparison look in conference only?


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Corrected my post.

(05-18-2015 09:48 PM)ecumbh1999 Wrote:  

(05-18-2015 09:41 PM)justin_sane15 Wrote:  So the conference champions have one player on the all conference first team?

LO ******* L

And nearly the entire second team with 3 pitchers, and 3 position players, and rookie of the year. But, I guess you think none of the first teamers could have had better individual seasons and number than some of the UH players. These are individual awards, not team. Ian Happ played on the worst team in the conference, but the numbers don't lie, he is the player. UH had 7 players while post season honors, one with two honors. By far the most.

You could make the argument of flipping Romero and Kay though.

I agree with Justin, we should of had at least 2-3 first team.

(05-18-2015 10:11 PM)stxrunner Wrote:  We certainty don't have the best team, but we do have the best player. Congrats Ian Happ!! Going to be representing UC at the next level for sure.

He was a thorn in our side all 3 games. He is a hellva player.

(05-18-2015 10:12 PM)BigHouston Wrote:  

(05-18-2015 09:48 PM)ecumbh1999 Wrote:  

(05-18-2015 09:41 PM)justin_sane15 Wrote:  So the conference champions have one player on the all conference first team?

LO ******* L

And nearly the entire second team with 3 pitchers, and 3 position players, and rookie of the year. But, I guess you think none of the first teamers could have had better individual seasons and number than some of the UH players. These are individual awards, not team. Ian Happ played on the worst team in the conference, but the numbers don't lie, he is the player. UH had 7 players while post season honors, one with two honors. By far the most.

You could make the argument of flipping Romero and Kay though.

I agree with Justin, we should of had at least 2-3 first team.

The link is there, go look see who had better numbers, individually. Most on the first team have clear cut first team numbers, some on second are close, but what not there are their defensive stats, fielding %, etc. ECU was the second place team and had only 2 guys on either team, period. UH had 7. UConn, UCF, USF, and Memphis all had more selections than ECU, despite finishing lower. Both ECU and UH are teams that are teams than individuals. Looking at the numbers I don't have many issues at all save Romero and Kay. Flip those and UH has 2 first team selections and 5 second..

(05-18-2015 10:12 PM)BigHouston Wrote:  

(05-18-2015 09:48 PM)ecumbh1999 Wrote:  

(05-18-2015 09:41 PM)justin_sane15 Wrote:  So the conference champions have one player on the all conference first team?

LO ******* L

And nearly the entire second team with 3 pitchers, and 3 position players, and rookie of the year. But, I guess you think none of the first teamers could have had better individual seasons and number than some of the UH players. These are individual awards, not team. Ian Happ played on the worst team in the conference, but the numbers don't lie, he is the player. UH had 7 players while post season honors, one with two honors. By far the most.

You could make the argument of flipping Romero and Kay though.

I agree with Justin, we should of had at least 2-3 first team.

Got to let the rest of the conference's juniors and seniors win *something*, I guess. We'll lose essentially no one of note (unless it's to the draft), and have another nasty class coming in, so there will be plenty more honors and hardware to come for Whitting's boys.

Before someone runs in and calls me out for being a troll, yeah, I'm trolling. I was kind of annoyed as well to see not a single pitcher of ours make the first team, given that we had not only the the best pitching in the AAC, but some of the best pitching in the country over the past couple of months. There is no argument for Reid Love or Anthony Kay over Seth Romero for first team, especially since they gave Love TWO spots. Love could have easily been given the UTY spot, and the pitching spot gone to the conference's leader in ERA.

(05-18-2015 10:22 PM)Kronke Wrote:  

(05-18-2015 10:12 PM)BigHouston Wrote:  

(05-18-2015 09:48 PM)ecumbh1999 Wrote:  

(05-18-2015 09:41 PM)justin_sane15 Wrote:  So the conference champions have one player on the all conference first team?

LO ******* L

And nearly the entire second team with 3 pitchers, and 3 position players, and rookie of the year. But, I guess you think none of the first teamers could have had better individual seasons and number than some of the UH players. These are individual awards, not team. Ian Happ played on the worst team in the conference, but the numbers don't lie, he is the player. UH had 7 players while post season honors, one with two honors. By far the most.

You could make the argument of flipping Romero and Kay though.

I agree with Justin, we should of had at least 2-3 first team.

Got to let the rest of the conference's juniors and seniors win *something*, I guess. We'll lose essentially no one of note (unless it's to the draft), and have another nasty class coming in, so there will be plenty more honors and hardware to come for Whitting's boys.

Before someone runs in and calls me out for being a douche, yeah, I'm trolling. I was kind of annoyed as well to see not a single pitcher of ours make the first team, given that we have had some of the best pitching not only in the AAC, but the country over the past couple of months. There is no argument for Reid Love or Anthony Kay over Seth Romero for first team, especially since they gave Love TWO spots. Love could have easily taken the UTY spot, and the pitching spot gone to the conference's leader in ERA.

P Reid Love East Carolina 7-3, 2.79 ERA, 68 K, 9 BB, 80.2 IP

UTY Reid Love * East Carolina .301 BA 3 HR, 18 RBI, 22R, 47H, .410 slg%, 11BB 27 PO, 13A, .976 FLD%

The argument can be made he put up both of these numbers, playing two positions. When he wasn't pitching he was playing RF.

Romero only pitches, he doesn't play a different position when not pitching. Did Romero not get Rookie of the in addition to second team all conference? Thought I put that up there, guess you skipped over that. Oh, and Reid Love pitched nearly 20 more innings than Romero and only walked 9 batters all year, 9.

(05-18-2015 10:44 PM)ecumbh1999 Wrote:  

(05-18-2015 10:22 PM)Kronke Wrote:  

(05-18-2015 10:12 PM)BigHouston Wrote:  

(05-18-2015 09:48 PM)ecumbh1999 Wrote:  

(05-18-2015 09:41 PM)justin_sane15 Wrote:  So the conference champions have one player on the all conference first team?

LO ******* L

And nearly the entire second team with 3 pitchers, and 3 position players, and rookie of the year. But, I guess you think none of the first teamers could have had better individual seasons and number than some of the UH players. These are individual awards, not team. Ian Happ played on the worst team in the conference, but the numbers don't lie, he is the player. UH had 7 players while post season honors, one with two honors. By far the most.

You could make the argument of flipping Romero and Kay though.

I agree with Justin, we should of had at least 2-3 first team.

Got to let the rest of the conference's juniors and seniors win *something*, I guess. We'll lose essentially no one of note (unless it's to the draft), and have another nasty class coming in, so there will be plenty more honors and hardware to come for Whitting's boys.

Before someone runs in and calls me out for being a douche, yeah, I'm trolling. I was kind of annoyed as well to see not a single pitcher of ours make the first team, given that we have had some of the best pitching not only in the AAC, but the country over the past couple of months. There is no argument for Reid Love or Anthony Kay over Seth Romero for first team, especially since they gave Love TWO spots. Love could have easily taken the UTY spot, and the pitching spot gone to the conference's leader in ERA.

P Reid Love East Carolina 7-3, 2.79 ERA, 68 K, 9 BB, 80.2 IP

UTY Reid Love * East Carolina .301 BA 3 HR, 18 RBI, 22R, 47H, .410 slg%, 11BB 27 PO, 13A, .976 FLD%

The argument can be made he put up both of these numbers, playing two positions. When he wasn't pitching he was playing RF.

Romero only pitches, he doesn't play a different position when not pitching. Did Romero not get Rookie of the in addition to second team all conference? Thought I put that up there, guess you skipped over that. Oh, and Reid Love pitched nearly 20 more innings than Romero and only walked 9 batters all year, 9.

..and Romero struck out 6 more having pitched 13 less innings. Love isn't very overpowering, is he? See, I can cherry pick one stat, too.

Romero had a lower ERA (not even close, 1.73 vs. 2.79), lower WHIP (1.06 vs. 1.10), lower batting avg/against (again, not close, .214 vs .255), and more saves (6 vs. 4).

I give credit to Love for playing both ways and being a great, all around player, but it's pretty obvious, Romero had a better year on the bump. That's why I said it would have made sense to give Love the UTY spot and Romero the pitching spot. No harm, no foul, both get first team and you give the better pitcher the recognition he deserves.

(05-18-2015 10:54 PM)Kronke Wrote:  

(05-18-2015 10:44 PM)ecumbh1999 Wrote:  

(05-18-2015 10:22 PM)Kronke Wrote:  

(05-18-2015 10:12 PM)BigHouston Wrote:  

(05-18-2015 09:48 PM)ecumbh1999 Wrote:  And nearly the entire second team with 3 pitchers, and 3 position players, and rookie of the year. But, I guess you think none of the first teamers could have had better individual seasons and number than some of the UH players. These are individual awards, not team. Ian Happ played on the worst team in the conference, but the numbers don't lie, he is the player. UH had 7 players while post season honors, one with two honors. By far the most.

You could make the argument of flipping Romero and Kay though.

I agree with Justin, we should of had at least 2-3 first team.

Got to let the rest of the conference's juniors and seniors win *something*, I guess. We'll lose essentially no one of note (unless it's to the draft), and have another nasty class coming in, so there will be plenty more honors and hardware to come for Whitting's boys.

Before someone runs in and calls me out for being a douche, yeah, I'm trolling. I was kind of annoyed as well to see not a single pitcher of ours make the first team, given that we have had some of the best pitching not only in the AAC, but the country over the past couple of months. There is no argument for Reid Love or Anthony Kay over Seth Romero for first team, especially since they gave Love TWO spots. Love could have easily taken the UTY spot, and the pitching spot gone to the conference's leader in ERA.

P Reid Love East Carolina 7-3, 2.79 ERA, 68 K, 9 BB, 80.2 IP

UTY Reid Love * East Carolina .301 BA 3 HR, 18 RBI, 22R, 47H, .410 slg%, 11BB 27 PO, 13A, .976 FLD%

The argument can be made he put up both of these numbers, playing two positions. When he wasn't pitching he was playing RF.

Romero only pitches, he doesn't play a different position when not pitching. Did Romero not get Rookie of the in addition to second team all conference? Thought I put that up there, guess you skipped over that. Oh, and Reid Love pitched nearly 20 more innings than Romero and only walked 9 batters all year, 9.

..and Romero struck out 6 more having pitched 13 less innings. Love isn't very overpowering, is he? See, I can cherry pick one stat, too.

Romero had a lower ERA (not even close, 1.73 vs. 2.79), lower WHIP (1.06 vs. 1.10), lower batting avg/against (again, not close, .214 vs .255), and more saves (6 vs. 4).

I give credit to Love for playing both ways and being a great, all around player, but it's pretty obvious, Romero had a better year on the bump. That's why I said it would have made sense to give Love the UTY spot and Romero the pitching spot, both deserved first team and you give the better pitcher the recognition he deserves.

ROOKIE OF THE YEAR

He got it!
And Love has hit 97 on the gun.