MAC Tourney

I guess that's one way to look at it.

Not always. Depends on the location of that first strike fast ball, and what your personal strength is (i.e. understand your personal strike zone). Also, depends on the effectiveness of the off-speed stuff the pitcher may show me later in the at-bat.

Shots fired and I am getting some popcorn.. Lets do this and for once none of us regulars are involved.. We can finally just set back and watch the show.

He graduates 4th grade next week, thanks for asking.
He does have the guys pull the ball. Just watch them take bp, or hit off the tee. It's all about the Muncie wind. He wants them to generate more power and that's how you do it. It works well in Muncie, look up the Ohio St game, But when they play at a park like Avon you need to score in different ways. You also need your defense to play and we didnt in this game.
As for swinging at 1st pitch strikes, of course you do early in a game, but when you beat everything in the ground like BSU did yesterday you better start doing something different.
That was only the 3rd carer start of that sophomore from CMU. After 6 innings yesterday he had thrown 66 pitches. My favorite stat is this. In the 1st inning Reidel got a 3-2 count. After that not ONE hitter got to 3 balls in a count. Only 3 batters in the whole game got to a 2 ball count.THREE!!
You don't think Maloney shouldn't tell the guys to be a little more selective? Hey maybe make this guy work a little harder, get his pitch count up? Remember CMU had just got done playing a game against Toledo. Their bullpen is not full strength.
Maloney made no adjustments. He's all in on 3 run homers, but when it comes to scratching out runs he is definitely lacking. That's why on a neutral field like Avon, our world class coach gets beat every year.

This speaks for itself. No need to say anything else.

I agree with some of your comments. College Baseball coaches do watch kids play and they spend a crap load of time evaluating during the summer travel season when your better players are playing against top notch players every weekend. I think everyone on here has probably heard of the Infiana Bulls travel organizations as they are one of better programs in the Midwest. But, Indiana has established itself as a very good baseball state thanks to strong travel programs and publications like PBR who’s showcases the states top talent in one place. My middle son was considered a top 20 player according to PBR and was invited to participate in a top 100 prospect showcase down at IU the summer before his junior year. There were over 200 schools in attendance for the workouts and games. I can tell you because of this event, my son started getting a ton of Division 1 looks and ultimately was going to comitt to Purdue before his accident during spring break of his junior year that took his life. As a former high school basketball coach, I see the great benefits to recruiters and recruits to get these kids in an environment to wher you can compare. You are correct about the controlled environment but I can tell you that most of the big time programs use the summer to evaluate and use their own recruiting camps, invitation only workouts at their campuses in which they really evaluate and get an idea of the kids interest by simply going to the camp. I must say my son and family thoroughly enjoyed the process as Tyler was able to go to IU, Illinois State, Illinois, Purdue, Ohio State and others to work out and check out their facilities. So, bottom line, College coaches attend showcases but they do not make scholarship offers based on the kids results at the showcase. They use the summer travel games, just attend a few U 16 tournaments at Grand Park this summer and you will see a ton of college coaches, as well as their own invitation only workout camps to make their scholarship decisions.