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Hopefully Rembielak can raise the level of baseball here simply close to what is happening at that school in Portage County. For a team from the MAC or America East(go Stony Brook) to work through a regional and super regional to go to the College World Series is hard to comprehend. Anyway,a tip of the cap to those guys.
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Jun 12 2012, 10:07 AM
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Absolutely, it certainly shows what is possible with a lot of growth and recruiting.
And we have a CWS program to measure ourselves against several times a year. -------------------- My level of sarcasm is to the point where I don't even know if I'm kidding or not
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Jun 12 2012, 03:30 PM
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Zips Junkie Group: Members Posts: 1248 Joined: 6-November 06 Member No.: 681 |
I know a lot of folks on this board won't acknowledge anything that the school in Portage County accomplishes in sports. But,they are really in the top 3 in baseball programs in Ohio. They are possibly the best program right now. How ironic that the pitching coach over there,Mike Birbeck,threw for Akron and that a former K... coach is at Akron. I am old enough to remember when the Zips went to the baseball regionals,I believe in 1988 and played T.Tech. I was living in Texas at the time. Baseball doesn't have a big following here because the program has been so bad. But, become competetive and there will be some folks showing up at Canal and Lee Jackson regularly.
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Jun 12 2012, 03:52 PM
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They've made the Elite 8 in baseball now...off to Omaha they go.
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Jun 12 2012, 05:45 PM
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 Zips Junkie Group: Members Posts: 3346 Joined: 25-February 04 From: Honolulu, Hawai'i nei Member No.: 32 |
QUOTE(Lee Adams @ Jun 12 2012, 10:30 AM)  I know a lot of folks on this board won't acknowledge anything that the school in Portage County accomplishes in sports. But,they are really in the top 3 in baseball programs in Ohio. They are possibly the best program right now. How ironic that the pitching coach over there,Mike Birbeck,threw for Akron and that a former K... coach is at Akron. I am old enough to remember when the Zips went to the baseball regionals,I believe in 1988 and played T.Tech. I was living in Texas at the time. Baseball doesn't have a big following here because the program has been so bad. But, become competetive and there will be some folks showing up at Canal and Lee Jackson regularly. Lee, you've made the exact same mistake as ESPN -- spelling Mike's name without the "k". He didn't get a lot of 'K"s in his Akron career, as I recall, being more of a finesse pitcher. Nonetheless, his name was and is Mike Birkbeck. And I thing, the only UA baseball games I ever attended were his OVC pitching outings at LJF. I'm sending out a msg to both Akron fans and our Hawaii alumni and fans of that other school in my town to meet for the CWS games at Varsity Grill off the UH Campus in Manoa. Since Ben Curtis failed to qualify for the US Open, fans of the Portage County school (when are mods going to grow up, and let us name them?) have no one else to cheer for this week.  Fact is, success for any Akron area school is good for everyone. Good luck to Coach Stricklin's guys, they have as much (actually more) of a chance of winning this as Fresno State did in 2008, when they took gold. |
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Jun 13 2012, 01:19 PM
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Zips Junkie Group: Members Posts: 3159 Joined: 15-March 06 Member No.: 432 |
QUOTE(Spin @ Jun 12 2012, 11:07 AM) Absolutely, it certainly shows what is possible with a lot of growth and recruiting. And we have a CWS program to measure ourselves against several times a year. A total of 4 upperclassmen on a roster of 34, mostly local talent....scarey. |
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Jun 13 2012, 06:48 PM
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Zips Junkie Group: Members Posts: 1037 Joined: 21-November 09 From: Akron Member No.: 5398 |
And you don't have to really recruit out of this area. Baseball team in Portage County just showed that a roster of 27 guys from Ohio, and 7 guys from Western PA can make it to the College World Series...Just have to get the right mix of guys...so hopefully Coach Rembielak can do that here...
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Jun 13 2012, 11:01 PM
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Zips Junkie Group: Members Posts: 475 Joined: 29-July 06 Member No.: 489 |
Congratulations to the Flashes for getting this far. I will absolutely root for them. Their success is pulling us along to a higher level of play. I hate that they are better than us, but they truly are and once we realize that we can get our program and asses in gear to compete and hopefully one day better them. That's competition. Those ZNO posters who refuse to acknowledge K.S.U.'s excellence are only holding us back because they cannot accept reality.
Good luck to the Flashes, I hope they win it all. And I want to beat your golden asses in every game we play! |
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Jun 14 2012, 10:49 PM
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Alex Loftin was recently signed by the Lake Erie Crushers and he made his debut today going 5 innings and allowing only one run. Not a bad start to his professional career.
Meanwhile 23rd round pick Andrew Brown just reported to short-season Rockies affiliate the Tri-City Dust Devils at the start of the week. Their opener is tomorrow (6/15) night. --------------------  |
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Jun 28 2012, 08:42 AM
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Zips Junkie Group: Members Posts: 975 Joined: 26-February 09 From: Wadsworth, Ohio Member No.: 5123 |
Former Zip Drew Turocy is hitting .362 1 21 and 5 SB with a .848 OPS in his first year with Grenville of the South Atlantic League. He's a regular in RF.
-------------------- My level of sarcasm is to the point where I don't even know if I'm kidding or not
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Jul 10 2012, 07:49 PM
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-------------------- "Build it, and they can't tear it down.......not for a good 15-20 years anyway."
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Jul 30 2012, 11:25 AM
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Zips Junkie Group: Members Posts: 182 Joined: 5-October 10 Member No.: 5713 |
GEneral question for the baseball crowd: What prevents the UA of playing ALL home games at the Canal Street ballpark?
It's a fantastic recruiting tool and with some joint effort at scheduling with the AEROS, I believe it could be a successful joint venture and a shot in the arm to the BaseBall program. |
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Aug 17 2012, 08:01 PM
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Little Joey Group: NewMembers Posts: 1 Joined: 16-August 12 Member No.: 6482 |
QUOTE(johnnyzip84 @ Jul 10 2012, 07:49 PM) (3) kids are coming from Pickerington for the 2013 season. (2) more from Dublin. All are good kids, students and players. Coach Rem did a good job recruiting these kids and they'll all help the Zips get better for the next 4 years. It's going to be exciting watching this team come together. |
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