Club Baseball sweeps Can't

[RootforRoo44]

The Akron Club Baseball team swept The Can't State Club Baseball team in a doubleheader Sunday by scores of 12-2 and 2-1.Game 1: The Zips scored three in the first and poured on six more in the 2nd, capped by a tape measure Brandon Morton grand slam. They added two more in the 5th and one in the 6th to evoke the mercy rule in their Inaugural game. Notes: Tim LaBar went 3-3 with 2 RBI's. Zach Toole (W, 1-0) gave up 1 earned run in 4 1/3 innings. Brandon Morton homered and had 5 RBI's. Zach Toole (P) Brandon Morton (3B)Tim LaBar (IF/P) Brandon Fabris (P)Game 2: The second game was a pitchers duel as Mike Jones (Can't State) and Tim LaBar (UA) battled for 7 1/3 innings and 7 innings respectively. The Zips broke the scoreless tie in the 5th with an unearned run and Can't answered with a run of their own on a sacrifice fly in the 7th. Cono Passione would win it for the Zips in extra innings with a game winning walk off single in the bottom of the 8th. Notes: Tim LaBar finished out a perfect 6-6 day at the plate with 3 more hits, he also threw 7 innings scattering 5 hits, giving up 1 unearned run, and had 6 K's . Cono Passione (W, 1-0) picked up the win by pitching a scoreless 8th. Kyle Sprague (Middle IF)Cono Passione (P/3B/OF)Remember these names, you could be seeing a few of these guys on the Varsity team next year.BTW, the Club team travels to Dayton this weekend for 2 games against Wright State.

[ZachTheZip]

Awesome news! A great way to start off the season.

[johnnyzip84]

Nice job! Does it get any better than beating Can't to start things off?

[zippy5]

nice uni's

[Zipmeister]

Better bring your long johns for the Dayton trip.

[zipseuph]

pardon my lack of knowledge but what constitutes a "club team" is it just an open try out thing for people who enjoy the game but aren't D1A college level or is it like a JV team

[RootforRoo44]

Nice job! Does it get any better than beating Can't to start things off?

Nope!

nice uni's

Thanks, we wanted to with our own look and be a bit original. We are going for the more conservative and classic look. Of course not too classic.

Better bring your long johns for the Dayton trip.

It's actually supposed to be 57 and sunny on saturday! But let's pray that doesn't change.

[RootforRoo44]

pardon my lack of knowledge but what constitutes a "club team" is it just an open try out thing for people who enjoy the game but aren't D1A college level or is it like a JV team

Well being a club team means:1) We pay our own way. Actually though we have raised alot of money through sponsorships and only had to pay about 200 dollars a person to play. That's well under what i pay for summer ball so not too bad.2)Tryouts were open to any student and we held them in mid to late october last fall. We had about 45 people at tryouts just from word of mouth and me sending a few facebook messages. I expect that this fall when we hold tryouts again there will be even more interest. 3) Club Baseball is actually quite competitive. Most would compare it to D2 or high D3 baseball. Actually, i believe we have 7 guys who played college ball somewhere else before coming here. They played at places like Ohio Northern and Tiffin. Many schools use the Club teams as a pipeline for talent and take players for the "varsity" team. Some schools (Penn State for example) even go as far as sending guys that don't get much playing time down to their club teams (they have 2) to get them more work. We don't exactly have that sort of relationship yet with the baseball program but i have spoken to Coach Bangston and i am trying to get something like that organized. So basically i would say that yes we are somewhat of a JV team. I don't want to sound like i'm talking us up too much but i am pretty confident that a good few of our players could play if not start for the Varsity team here. I know that a handful of my guys are planning on trying out this fall so we will see who makes the cut. A few transferred here with that intent.I would especially love to organize a scrimmage with the team but I have a feeling they wouldn't want to do such a thing considering they really don't have anything to gain from it. But anyone that is interested in playing next year feel free to stay tuned for information as i will be sure to have fliers posted on campus and a good bet would be to join this group on facebook. It is how i get most information out about the team. Club Baseball group

[ZachTheZip]

Not to take anything away from the club team, but they serve as kind of a minor-league team for the scholarship team. It's more difficult to find and evaluate talent for sports like baseball than it is for football, basketball, and soccer. A club team allows for kids who are already attending the university with an obvious love for the sport to have a chance to showcase their talent.Your club team may very well be better than the varsity team (they're 6-23 so far this season) right now.

[WinZip]

Great win!!!

[RootforRoo44]

Not to take anything away from the club team, but they serve as kind of a minor-league team for the scholarship team. It's more difficult to find and evaluate talent for sports like baseball than it is for football, basketball, and soccer. A club team allows for kids who are already attending the university with an obvious love for the sport to have a chance to showcase their talent.Your club team may very well be better than the varsity team (they're 6-23 so far this season) right now.

I don't want to say that, but as crazy (and great) of a game as baseball is, anything could happen if we matched up against eachother. I personally believe that my starting infield is as good if not better but their depth would give them the edge. Also, though i do have some very talented pitching, some who definitely have the talent to play competitive college baseball, Akron just has so many resources in terms of pitching. I guess we will see though, we play some very good teams in the next few weeks, some Club teams and some D3 teams.

[RootforRoo44]

[RootforRoo44]

Just letting any Zips fans in the Dayton area know that Club Baseball plays Wright State for a double header starting at 5pm on Sat. the 11th. Second game start time should be around 7:30-8pm.2360 Dayton Xenia Rd, Dayton, Greene, Ohio 45434Also our upcoming schedule:Tentative schedule (more opponents are scheduled but final times/locations are not confirmed, they will be on the schedule very soon)Also, check our our Facebook page.

[Zipmeister]

Just in case anyone from the NCAA is monitoring this thread, please be advised that rootforroo44 and the uakronkid have no official relationship with the University of Akron, and that the Akron club baseball team is in no way associated with the University athletic department or varsity baseball team.

[RootforRoo44]

Just in case anyone from the NCAA is monitoring this thread, please be advised that rootforroo44 and the uakronkid have no official relationship with the University of Akron, and that the Akron club baseball team is in no way associated with the University athletic department or varsity baseball team.

Yes that is correct, though i would hope anyone with affiliation to the NCAA would know what a Club sports team is. BTW, Wright State canceled on us today. Seems that their field does not hold water well, attempts to find another site were not successful. That's Club ball for you.

[Zipmeister]

pardon my lack of knowledge but what constitutes a "club team" is it just an open try out thing for people who enjoy the game but aren't D1A college level or is it like a JV team

Well being a club team means:1) We pay our own way. Actually though we have raised alot of money through sponsorships and only had to pay about 200 dollars a person to play. That's well under what i pay for summer ball so not too bad.2)Tryouts were open to any student and we held them in mid to late october last fall. We had about 45 people at tryouts just from word of mouth and me sending a few facebook messages. I expect that this fall when we hold tryouts again there will be even more interest. 3) Club Baseball is actually quite competitive. Most would compare it to D2 or high D3 baseball. Actually, i believe we have 7 guys who played college ball somewhere else before coming here. They played at places like Ohio Northern and Tiffin. Many schools use the Club teams as a pipeline for talent and take players for the "varsity" team. Some schools (Penn State for example) even go as far as sending guys that don't get much playing time down to their club teams (they have 2) to get them more work. We don't exactly have that sort of relationship yet with the baseball program but i have spoken to Coach Bangston and i am trying to get something like that organized. So basically i would say that yes we are somewhat of a JV team. I don't want to sound like i'm talking us up too much but i am pretty confident that a good few of our players could play if not start for the Varsity team here. I know that a handful of my guys are planning on trying out this fall so we will see who makes the cut. A few transferred here with that intent.I would especially love to organize a scrimmage with the team but I have a feeling they wouldn't want to do such a thing considering they really don't have anything to gain from it. But anyone that is interested in playing next year feel free to stay tuned for information as i will be sure to have fliers posted on campus and a good bet would be to join this group on facebook. It is how i get most information out about the team. Club Baseball group

[RootforRoo44]

pardon my lack of knowledge but what constitutes a "club team" is it just an open try out thing for people who enjoy the game but aren't D1A college level or is it like a JV team

Well being a club team means:1) We pay our own way. Actually though we have raised alot of money through sponsorships and only had to pay about 200 dollars a person to play. That's well under what i pay for summer ball so not too bad.2)Tryouts were open to any student and we held them in mid to late october last fall. We had about 45 people at tryouts just from word of mouth and me sending a few facebook messages. I expect that this fall when we hold tryouts again there will be even more interest. 3) Club Baseball is actually quite competitive. Most would compare it to D2 or high D3 baseball. Actually, i believe we have 7 guys who played college ball somewhere else before coming here. They played at places like Ohio Northern and Tiffin. Many schools use the Club teams as a pipeline for talent and take players for the "varsity" team. Some schools (Penn State for example) even go as far as sending guys that don't get much playing time down to their club teams (they have 2) to get them more work. We don't exactly have that sort of relationship yet with the baseball program but i have spoken to Coach Bangston and i am trying to get something like that organized. So basically i would say that yes we are somewhat of a JV team. I don't want to sound like i'm talking us up too much but i am pretty confident that a good few of our players could play if not start for the Varsity team here. I know that a handful of my guys are planning on trying out this fall so we will see who makes the cut. A few transferred here with that intent.I would especially love to organize a scrimmage with the team but I have a feeling they wouldn't want to do such a thing considering they really don't have anything to gain from it. But anyone that is interested in playing next year feel free to stay tuned for information as i will be sure to have fliers posted on campus and a good bet would be to join this group on facebook. It is how i get most information out about the team. Club Baseball group

And? Should i have stated that we are on the same level of competition and skill as the University Baseball team? Please help as i do not know any other word to use to describe how we are a club team?