The debate between pitching or hitting has been a long standing dispute as to which is more important in winning baseball games. There are numerous narrative examples which are cited by proponents of each side; however they rarely, if ever, convince anyone who’s already settled on one side of the fence. Baseball historian and mathematician…
Author: Nick Herfordt
DII/DIII/NAIA Rankings Update: April 24
Rk School State Record Lst Week Prev Rk 1 Tampa Spartans FL 37-4 3-0 1 2 Central Missouri Mules MO 40-5 4-0 2 3 North Greenville Crusaders SC 36-10 3-1 3 4 Point Loma Sea Lions CA 33-8-1 4-0 4 5 UNC Pembroke Braves NC 34-12 3-1 6 6 Young Harris Mountain Lions GA 36-9…
DII/DIII/NAIA Rankings Update: April 17
While there was a lot of action across the country last week, the big news out of the small school divisions occurred in the NAIA. While the Concordia Bulldogs went 1-3 on the week to slip in the rankings, one of their players ascended in the all-time record books. Joey Grabanski hit a pair of…
DII/DIII/NAIA Rankings Update: April 10
The updated rankings include the top twenty-five teams in each of the three small school divisions; however, limiting the list to the standard count this week was extremely difficult. There were a solid number of clubs on the outside worthy of inclusion that simply couldn’t be overlooked. As a result, along with the updated Top…
DII/DIII/NAIA Rankings Update: April 3
Many of the top teams in each of the three small school divisions are regulars in the Top 25. Rarely, if ever, has there been an edition of the rankings without perennial powers such as Tampa, Colorado Mesa, Southeastern, Georgia Gwinnett or Endicott. Those top schools are always somewhere in the mix, if not at…
DII/DIII/NAIA Rankings Update: March 27
The top teams typically have many of the top players, but there are always a number of athletes who put together superlative seasons on schools who are not amongst their divisions’ Top 25. Along with the updated rankings this week is a look at some of the players from each of the three small school…