Happy Valley Hardball with a sabermetrics twist

The bullpen failed to hold a 6-4 lead and gave up 7 runs in the seventh and eight innings. Of course, when David Lutz and Scott Kelley are the relievers that you bring in, you have to wonder how seriously PSU was taking the game.  Cianciolo finished the game which was a little bit of [...]

Ohio State and Northwestern remain atop the B10 Pythagorian Rankings, while preseason favorite Michigan slips from third to fifth. Penn State remains mired in the cellar although they did improved their percentage by 80 points mainly due to their 18 run outburst on Friday against Lehigh.   Team Runs Scored Runs Allowed Win % 1 [...]

Former Penn State pitcher Alan Stidfole resigned a minor league contract with the independent Washington (PA) Wild Things according to a press release issued today by the Pittsburgh area ball club. Washington, PA – The Washington Wild Things, presented by Washington Federal Savings Bank, announced the return of two pitchers Monday. Alan Stidfole and J.J. [...]

Team W-L Pct RPI 1 Michigan 8 – 6 0.571 64 2 Indiana 9 – 7 0.562 115 3 Ohio State 9 – 6 0.600 123 4 Michigan State 7 – 8 0.467 131 5 Minnesota 9 – 8 0.529 143 6 Illinois 7 – 6 0.538 149 7 Iowa 6 – 8 0.429 157 [...]

Friday March 21st – Northern Iowa 6, Northwestern 0 Northern Iowa 1, Northwestern 1 Ohio State 16, Kansas 5 Penn State 18, Lehigh 5 Minnesota 3, South Dakota State 1 Central CT 8, Illinois 7 Illinois 5, Central CT 4 IPFW at Michigan (Postponed) Oakland at Michigan State (Postponed) Saturday March 22nd – Indiana 3, [...]

Nittany Lions take series from Lehigh via kwout

Or did Mike Lorentson quit the team? What’s up? The Collegian headline writer better do better than this if he/she expects to get a real job writing. Lorentson solid in final game – The Daily Collegian Online via kwout