3 more sets of player pictures added

Cetronia, Coplay and Limeport player pics have been added...Any players who want a "do-over" or missed the first go-around can get their pics taken at any Coplay game...

Player pics can be found on the Team pages, which can be accessed here:

http://www.tricountyleague.com/Main_pages/Teams_page.shtml

Coplay wins battle of unbeatens

Jose Medina struck out the first 5 batters he faced en route to a 5-hit shutout as the Reds improved to 5-0-1 with a 7-0 win over the ICC Pirates...Kyle Ruff was 2-for-3 for ICC, while J.R. Graver and Jesse Borden were both 2-for-3 for Coplay...

Since someone forgot his diskette for the camera, the ICC pictures are rescheduled to be taken June 4 at the Jordan Creek game...

First Stats update is posted

28 games are in and so are 27 stat sheets and the first stats update...

Click here to see each teams' stats:

http://www.tricountyleague.com/Main_pages/Team_Statistics.shtml

Player pictures now on the site

Jordan Creek and Pennridge player photos can be found on the site at these 2 links:

http://www.tricountyleague.com/Profiles/Jordan_Creek_pics.shtml

http://www.tricountyleague.com/Profiles/Pennridge_pics.shtml

These links can be found on the Team pages and the scheduled date for each team getting their pictures taken are also on the Team Pages...Here is the tentative schedule (weather permitting) for each team getting pictures taken:

May 29: ICC
May 30: Coplay and Limeport
June 1: NY and Gabelsville
June 6: Cetronia
June 7: Fleetwings
June 9 or 10: Quakertown

Pennridge gets first Trico victory

Alex Wyllie's 2-out single in the top of the 7th gave the Phillies the lead and Tristan Harner made it stand up to give Pennridge a 4-3 win over Jordan Creek with 3 runs in the final frame...

ICC wins again, Ray Ganser garners 96th career win

Erik Ruff's 3-run double keyed a 5-run second inning as the ICC Pirates remained undefeated, downing Limeport 5-3 on Friday, setting up a battle of the last two unbeaten teams on Tuesday, May 29 at Coplay...

Ray Ganser twirled a 1-hitter in 6 innings of work as the Fleetwings beat Pennridge 8-1 for his 96th career win...

First stat update

As of this minute, I have all the stat sheets for the 2007 season (nice job everyone), so I will post the first update on the stats on either Sunday or Monday with all of the games to this point plus whatever stat sheets I receive from Friday's and Saturday's games...

Fleetwings knock off Limeport

Scott Bolasky twirled a 3-hit shutout with 9 strikeouts as the Woodlawn Fleetwings defeated the Bulls 2-0 to knock Limeport fom the ranks of the unbeaten...

As far as the site overhaul goes, the 2002 season is currently being updated with May, August and part of June finished...

Where to find stat sheets on the website

People have been coming up to me at games asking me where to find the stat sheets on the website for Trico games...

You can click on the Trico Site Tutorial on the Home Page (near the bottom), or basically, you just click on the "Schedule" link on the new navigation bar, which will take you here:

http://www.tricountyleague.com/History/2007_Calendar.shtml

From this page, you have your choice of calendars to choose from where you simply click on any number on either calendar that is underlined and that will take you to the daily linescores/scheduled games with umpire listings, stat sheets and even website or Morning Call articles if applicable...

One note for viewing stat sheets for the 2007 season...If you do not see the word "received" with a date after it to the right of the "Stat Sheet" link, then you will get a blank stat sheet...The "received" is put there to let people surfing the site know that the stat sheet is available for viewing and the date listed is the day I received the stat sheet and got it on to the site...As the season progresses, you can pretty much figure out which teams get their stat sheets turned in faster than others...

Also, mistakes are made on these stat sheets, so if players or managers see mistakes, please go to the "Webmaster" link (under "Contact" on the navigation bar) to report all statistical errors, typos and misspelled names...

http://www.tricountyleague.com/Main_pages/Email_Steve.shtml

Career Pitching Stats posted

The Career Pitching stats are updated and posted on this link (through the 2006 season):

http://www.tricountyleague.com/Main_pages/Career_Stats.shtml

All games scheduled for Wednesday were rained out and one has been rescheduled...

Career Hitting Stats posted

The Career Hitting stats are updated and posted on this link (through the 2006 season):

http://www.tricountyleague.com/Main_pages/Career_Stats.shtml

Pitching will be updated in the upcoming days...

Player transactions

Whenever players are added or dropped, they go on the Transactions Page, which can be found by clicking on the "Teams" link on the navigation bar, or just find the page here:

http://www.tricountyleague.com/Main_pages/Teams_page.shtml

Once a player is dropped, that team cannot re-add him the rest of the season, but other teams can pick him up...

Gabelsville falls to 0-2

Defending champs Coplay won 5-2 over Gabelsville on Sunday to put the Owls at 0-2 which is a rare sight...When the League History section gets further compiled, we'll know for sure, but just guessing, I'd say it's probably the first time in about 20 years that this franchise started 0-2...Don't expect this winless trend to last much longer...It was the first time Coplay beat Gabelsville since May 31, 2001...

The stat sheets are being put on the site as soon as I get them and if anyone spots mistakes, please email me as soon as you spot them...

Trico Preview in today's Morning Call

If you do not get The Morning Call, you can see the article by Keith Groller on this link (under League History/Newspaper Articles):

http://www.tricountyleague.com/Morning_Call_Articles/MC_2007-5-12_Trico_preview.shtml

2005 and 2006 Programs posted on site

The 2005 and 2006 programs have been passed out to Managers, but if they do not bring them to the first few games for players to look at, then you can find them on the site here under the League History link:

http://www.tricountyleague.com/Main_pages/Trico_programs.shtml

The ICC Pirates looked impressive in their opener, as Rob Williams shut out the Fleetwings in a 7-0 victory as Erik Ruff went 2-for-3 with a 2B, 3B and 3 RBI...

The Transactions page can be found by clicking on "Teams" on the navigation bar...

Pioneers in 1st place

With Quakertown's dramatic 4-3 over Pennridge in the Trico opener Thursday, the Pioneers accomplished two firsts:

It is the first time in their 17-year history that the Pioneers are over .500 and they are in 1st place for the first time...

The Trico preview will be in The Morning Call on either Saturday or Sunday...

Here is Quakertown's Home field breakdown for the season (Field #1 vs. Field #2):

May 10 Thur Pennridge vs. Quakertown Pioneers 6:00 F2
May 13 Sun Limeport vs. Quakertown Pioneers 5:30 F2
May 20 Sun Coplay vs. Quakertown Pioneers 5:30 F2
May 24 Thur Northern Yankees vs. Quakertown Pioneers 6:00 F1
May 26 Sat Cetronia vs. Quakertown Pioneers 5:30 F2
June 7 Thur I. C. C. vs. Quakertown Pioneers 6:00 F1
June 9 Sat Jordon Creek vs. Quakertown Pioneers 5:30 F2
June 10 Sun Coplay vs. Quakertown Pioneers 5:30 F1
June 14 Thur Woodlawn vs. Quakertown Pioneers 6:00 F2
June 18 Mon Gablesville vs. Quakertown Pioneers 6:00 F1
June 21 Thur Pennridge vs. Quakertown Pioneers 6:00 F1
June 23 Sat Limeport vs. Quakertown Pioneers 5:30 F1
July 5 Thur Cetronia vs. Quakertown Pioneers 6:00 F2
July 12 Thur Northern Yankees vs. Quakertown Pioneers 6:00 F1
July 19 Thur Gablesville vs. Quakertown Pioneers 6:00 F2

2007 Predictions

Now that the rosters are on the site (and the previews are being added), and after much consultation with Trico and ESPN Insiders, I will unveil the 2007 predictions for the Trico regular season...

North Division

Coplay----------22-9
Fleetwings------21-10
N. Yankees------18-13
ICC Pirates------11-20
Jordan Creek-----9-22

South Division

Limeport-------- 28-3
Gabelsville-------25-6
Cetronia---------9-22
Pennridge--------8-23
Quakertown------4-27

Hopefully some teams can prove these "Insiders" wrong and garner more wins than the prognosticators have given them...

Good Luck to everyone this season...

2007 Trico season about to begin

The 2007 season is upon us, as the season opens up on Thursday, May 10...

Pennridge visits Quakertown (Field #2) at 6:00 and this game is interesting because Pennridge is a new team, looking to win their first franchise game, while Quakertown (The Milford Pioneers franchise, about to embark on their 17th season) is looking to have a record over .500 for the FIRST time in their franchise history...

The 2007 Trico preview has been submitted to The Morning Call and should be in their paper on Thursday (if they have the space) and if they don't, it'll be in over the weekend...

Rosters will be added to the website after the WED night meeting and as many team previews as I can get on there will also be put on the website...

The new Trico site is coming along well, with more than half of the 5000 pages converted over...It is a tedious process, but eventually, I'll get everything converted...The only real question left is which direction to go with the Career Stats and Player Profiles, as we look to overhaul those sections into something really nice...If any players or fans of the league know of any stat programs that would be good to use, feel free to email the site...

Also new for the 2007 season is the directions to the fields, as I now have an "Ending Destination" address for every field for Mapquest so people can get exact directions to every field from their house (or from anywhere)...

Here is a sample link (for Quakertown):

http://www.tricountyleague.com/Trico_field_directions/Quakertown_Pioneers_field.shtml

Other new pages of note include the new Schedule Page:

http://www.tricountyleague.com/History/2007_Calendar.shtml

Here, you can look at the schedule month by month or click on the individual days for a more detailed look at the games, including stat sheets and Morning Call and/or Website articles for certain games...Team schedules can also be found near the top...

Game results will be posted on the site the same night as the game and stat sheets will be posted as soon as the Statistician receives them...

This should be an interesting 2007 season...