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Posted on Sat, 12/15/2007 - 02:24 — by ogre7
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out with 2007 and in with 2008 1 Miramonte 2 College Park 3 Alhambra 4 Northgate 5 Las Lomas 6 Campolindo 7 Concord 8 Acalanes 9 Dublin 10 Mt. D not thrilled to pick miramonte at 1 but they seem to be the only team with established pitching depth. no dominant team like last year. i could see any of the top 5 switching positions but dont see anyone from the bottom 5 breaking into this group.   
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Sat, 12/15/2007 - 03:18 —
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acalanes had a good jv team but jv is far from varsity. beecroft was the only decent pitcher and he will probably be ok. with tarpley still there i dont think they are top 5 and without him...
Sun, 12/23/2007 - 01:49 —
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I agree with most of your picks, although I see a 3 team race for the top spot between Miramonte, College Park and Northgate. Miramonte - 3 quality pitchers in lloyd, Kjar and Vaccaro, Add in bourgein and you probably have to give them the preseason nod. College Park - Ace in Sidhu, questionable offense but strong defense. Any word on a coach? Northgate - returns 14 players from last year and a potent offense. Lots of pitchers, need a few to emerge. I don't know much about ALhambra besides Ward and that tall lefty sophomore from last year. With 2 strong pitchers they could contend. Las Lomas - everyone loves Petersen but no offense and lackluster catching. He could pitch great and still have 2 or 3 losses in league. WHo's their number 2 pitcher? Concord, Campo and Dublin will be middle of the pack, but decent teams. EAch has good pitching and could surprise the upper half teams. Long season for Acalanes and Mt D. I think the league will have lots of parity, but by no means do I think it will be weak. I've seen a few fall games/scrimmages and the DFAL has held their own against many of the good teams in the east bay. Many of the DFAL kids are playing for quality travel teams.
Mon, 12/24/2007 - 18:29 —
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i can't agree that concord, dublin and campo have good pitching. beyond hurlbut there is no proven starter. wirth at campo is wildly inconsistent. aj at dublin isnt much better and doesnt throw as hard. if your number one is inconsistent and you have no proven number two or depth i find it hard to believe any of these teams will surprise anyone.
Thu, 01/10/2008 - 22:04 —
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No one team or player that dominates - Sidhu and Peterson potentially could be the only ones  1. College Park 2. Alhambra 3. Las Lomas 4. Acalanes 5. Miramonte 6. Northgate 7. Campolindo 8. Concord 9. Dublin 10. Mount Diablo  
Sat, 02/16/2008 - 16:49 — DFAL Baseball 2008
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I've read most of the comments regarding the DFAL baseball rankings for this year and I don't understand the reasoning behind a lot of the comments. #1 Dublin does not have a player by the name of Hurlbut..I don't know where this player plays. #2 PLEASE leave Dublin at the bottom of all the lists and tell the opposing coaches to start their 2nd, 3rd. even their 4th string pitchers against them in league play because Dublin has no pitching and/or hitting. #3 The last time I checked most teams win with all their players after all it is a team sport...one player cannot win or lose most games. Concord, Dublin, even Acalanes might surprise a few teams this year with teams that play well together and have something to prove. My list: Miramonte Campolindo Alhamhra/Dublin Concord/Acalanes College Park Las Lomas Northgate Yurout!
Sat, 02/16/2008 - 19:25 — yurout
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you may have read most of the posts but you clearly dont know much about the DFAL. Hurlbut pitches for concord and is one of the better pitchers in the league. why you would pick college park, las lomas and northgate as the bottom 3 is beyond me. of course it helps that you forgot mt. d. campolindo finishing second would be an amazing performance. i'm not saying its impossible but there at least 4 or 5 teams better than they are including all of your bottom 3. just about the only thing i agree with is miramonte at #1 - based on your list this was probably a wild guess and not an educated pick.
Sat, 02/16/2008 - 21:08 — The great Ogre has spoken.
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The great Ogre has spoken. Good luck with your picks.
Fri, 02/22/2008 - 17:12 — another prediction
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1. College Park 2. Alhambra 3. Miramonte 4. Concord 5. Dublin 6. Northgate 7. Las Lomas 8. Campolindo 9. Acalanes 10. Mt Diablo
Mon, 02/18/2008 - 21:22 — games this week
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i read somewhere that albany is at miramonte on thursday. any other games this week?
Tue, 02/19/2008 - 07:37 — Ygnacio Valley at Alhambra
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Ygnacio Valley at Alhambra Friday
Wed, 02/20/2008 - 08:19 — Dublin Tennyson, maybe
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Dublin Tennyson, maybe today. Maybe only day that beats the rain.
Sat, 02/23/2008 - 14:15 — Game results Dublin vs. Tennyson
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Dublin 7 Tennyson 1 Junior? lefty threw well 4 innings, overall Dublin played a good solid game with plenty of offense and great defensive plays.
Sun, 02/24/2008 - 22:43 — albany at miramonte
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albany at miramonte postponed till tuesday...
Sat, 02/23/2008 - 12:09 — Alhambra 6 Y.Valley 0 Ward &
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Alhambra 6 Y.Valley 0 Ward & Waterman combine for 1 hitter and 11 k's
Sun, 02/24/2008 - 16:34 — I think concord can surprise
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I think concord can surprise some teams this year. Considering they overpowered Y.V with a 12-3 win and a near loss to pitt (6-4) in their 2 scrimmages they will be a tough team to beat. With Hurlbut #1 and Alexander#2 they are a great 1-2 punch. And their bats with chisholm lead- off one of the fastest kids in the league, rogers and hurlbut with power to all fields. They should be some nice competition
Tue, 02/26/2008 - 19:00 — concord
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Know anything about the Pittsburg game. Looks like they got smoked. Did Hurlbut pitch? How strong was Pittsburg?
Thu, 02/28/2008 - 21:09 — YV vs Concord
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At Pitttsburg game, Hurlbut did not pitch at all. I think he pitched against YV earlier. The 12-2 game. I think he only pitched 2-3 innings. 8Ks.
Fri, 02/29/2008 - 09:52 — Concord
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Alexander Pitched the first 3 innings against Pitt. and left the game with a 3-1 lead. Only run came on a bloop hit. 5k's no BB's. Concord lost it in the 6th and 7th when those 2 pitchers gave up 2 runs each. Concord played JFK yesterday and hammered them 9-0. Hurlbut went 5 scoreless. Alexander went 3-4 at the plate with a triple. Revamped infield was solid with no errors. Sprague had a hit and Chisholm is always fun to watch. The Concord JV's also hammered the JFK JV's 12-0.
Fri, 02/29/2008 - 19:36 — concord
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I heard there was an error at 1st by Alexander. A routine play and he pulled his foot. At first he had the out and then didn't ?? The error was listed in the paper as a hit. Someone who was at the game...can you confirm?
Fri, 02/29/2008 - 22:02 — 1st Basemen rarely get
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1st Basemen rarely get called for errors when pulling their foot off the bag. Unless it was a perfect throw and the first baseman just trips and falls off the bag, it won't be his error. More than likely, if it was going to be a close play and the throw was rushed and a little bit off line then they give the guy a hit.
Sat, 03/01/2008 - 15:36 — concord
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first of all it wasnt a routine play. second of all it wasnt an error on alexander. the shortstop threw it too wide and alexander had to come off the bag.
Sun, 02/24/2008 - 22:41 — Dfal
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miramonte is definatly at the top...their first four pitchers are solid as well as epperson. he has gotten so much better and is probably the best non pro hitter that i have ever seen. i also heard that the acalanes team is goin to be tough this year two, and those are the two that i put at the top.
Mon, 02/25/2008 - 20:52 — epperson
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i heard epperson hit a ball 500 feet in practice..... with wiffle balls
Mon, 02/25/2008 - 23:08 — Berean Christian
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BCHS moves to the new DFAL next year. I think they play a few games against some of the bigger public schools this year. I believe they play on Wed at Mt Di, does anybody know anything about them, have they scrimmaged anybody so far? Will be interesting to see if they can compete with the big schools.
Tue, 02/26/2008 - 18:58 — Saw them in the summer, so
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Saw them in the summer, so it may not have been the best squad. They were Ok, but they would need a few more good players on the roster to be competitive in current DFAL. Don't know if they have them for the season or not.
Tue, 02/26/2008 - 20:20 — Miramonte v Albany
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Miramonte 7 Albany 7
Tue, 02/26/2008 - 22:40 — CP v SRV
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Thursday College Park @ San Ramon Valley Should be a good game to watch
Wed, 02/27/2008 - 06:25 — Miramonte Albany
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Actually the score was Miramonte 4 Albany 7
Wed, 02/27/2008 - 21:50 — miramonte scored 3 in the
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miramonte scored 3 in the bottom of the 7th, but the game was called for darkness with 2 outs. i believe the two teams will resume the game later
Thu, 02/28/2008 - 05:53 — Ummm..No.That game is done.
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Ummm..No.That game is done. Any game after 5 innings is considered a complete game.
Sat, 03/01/2008 - 00:44 — umm yes
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ummm...yes. albany @miramonte tuesday. 2 outs bottom of 7, albany7- miramonte7.
Fri, 02/29/2008 - 12:56 — albany is horrible bro that
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albany is horrible bro that sucks
Wed, 02/27/2008 - 13:06 — berean christian
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I saw Berean in a scrimmage against Northgate 2 weeks ago. Northgate scored 11 runs in the first 2 innings, and didn't play that well. Berean has maybe 4 varsity quality players and one varsity quality pitcher. They will struggle against DFAL quality teams.
Wed, 02/27/2008 - 19:36 — BCHS vs Mt Diablo
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Berean 8 Mt Di 6. Scored four in the bottom of the 7th.
Thu, 02/28/2008 - 21:25 — MT. D's offense will really
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MT. D's offense will really struggle without the power and speed of chris reece
Thu, 02/28/2008 - 22:52 — reece
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what happened to reece?
Fri, 02/29/2008 - 04:48 — reece
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GPA ineligible
Fri, 02/29/2008 - 18:37 — GPA
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ouch. that really is a shame. obviously mt. d can not afford to lose a player like him. not that they were going to win many games - but at least he would have made them much more competitive.
Fri, 02/29/2008 - 19:48 — Mt. Diablo
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In following last year wasn't there a pitcher by the name trenteo? Is he still on the team?
Sat, 03/01/2008 - 11:28 — Mt. Diablo
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Trettenero, good bat, average pitcher. I would guess he is playing, but not positive.
Sat, 03/01/2008 - 12:00 — he is not playing because he
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he is not playing because he is attending night school so he can graduate on time Trettenerro is still playing, he will be the top bat for MD this year. One of the better hitters in the DFAL
Thu, 02/28/2008 - 10:59 — LL 8 Skyline 2
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Peterson gives up 2 in the first, then goes the full 7 with 13 strikeouts.
Fri, 02/29/2008 - 12:53 — northgate
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northgate slipped against encinal (HR U).
Fri, 02/29/2008 - 22:03 — Encinal vs. Alhambra
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Alhambra 5 Encinal 0 Ward & Waterman combine for 3 hitter with 8 k's.
Tue, 03/04/2008 - 23:07 — las lomas v hogan?
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any word on the las lomas - hogan game?
Wed, 03/05/2008 - 09:51 — Las Lomas wins 4-3. Trailed
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Las Lomas wins 4-3. Trailed 3-0 after 1st inning, their #2 starter behind Peterson started this game, a sophomore named Torrengino. He went 6 innings, not giving up another run after the first inning. They crawled back to tie it 3-3, Burton RBI single in bottom of 7th to win it.
Wed, 03/05/2008 - 19:53 — I never saw a box score for
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I never saw a box score for Campo vs. Liberty on Sat 3/1. Anyone know how that game ended?
Wed, 03/05/2008 - 20:58 — Liberty won 2-0. Gagnon
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Liberty won 2-0. Gagnon threw a complete game, I heard with the usual collection of radar guns out watching. And he hit the two-run bomb for the only runs in the game. The stats for both teams are on Maxpreps.
Sun, 03/09/2008 - 11:42 — campo
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the campo kids actually looked good. they left the bases loaded in the bottom of the 7th and had gagnon on the ropes. given 5 sophmores started, they gave gagnon all he could hadle. i would look out for campo's killeen, kathan, stephens and chase..all sophmores and all studs.
Sun, 03/09/2008 - 23:06 — campo
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i dont know gagnon that well, but the box score indicates campo managed 3 singles and no runs in 7 innings. that may be giving gagnon all he could handle, but 3 singles is nothing to get excited about. their league opener is against concord and presumably hurlbut. should be a good game - i would take concord. thursday's matchup is interesting - acalanes and campo both very young teams with a lot of unknowns. i would have to give campo the edge. best game of the week should be miramonte vs alhambra on tuesday.
Mon, 03/10/2008 - 11:53 — That same box score shows
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That same box score shows only 5 hits from Liberty. The difference was the HR from Gagnon (only 321 feet at Campo to get out), Liberty's best player (already committed to LBSU). Did Mahar pitch for Acalanes on Thursday? Is he likely to go Tuesday against College Park?
Tue, 03/11/2008 - 19:17 — Miramonte 14 Alhambra 1
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Miramonte 14 Alhambra 1
Tue, 03/11/2008 - 19:30 — what?
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i heard it was Alhambra 14 Miramonte 1. can we get some conformation on this.
Tue, 03/11/2008 - 20:05 — 1st games
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Miramonte 14 Alhambra 1 Dublin 2 Los Lomas 0 Northgate 6 Mt Diablo 0 Concord 3 Campo 1 See Max Preps for scores
Thu, 03/13/2008 - 19:51 — College Park vs Dublin 3/13/08
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Crazy game today at College Park. 4+ innings of 0 runs. The College Park head coach is a piece of work...Bush League comes to mind. For 4 innings he was yelling at his hitters on where the Dublin catcher was setting up and and they still couldn't hit his pitches thrown by the lefty. All this aside the College Park team played a great game behind their pitcher. The runs College Park earned were in the late innings. We are in for a wild ride this season in DFAL baseball as it looks like any team win a game here and there.
Tue, 03/11/2008 - 21:02 — Good call/bad call
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Good call on Concord, even though Hurlbut did not pitch. Bad call on Miramonte Alhambra. Wow - that was unexpected. Did Ward pitch? Is Miramonte that good? Best next game looks like Concord/Northgate.
Wed, 03/12/2008 - 09:54 — Thursday
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I guess it shouldnt be a surprise that concord saved hurlbut to face northgate who is certainly a better hitting team than campo. i'll take northgate in this one and agree it should be a good game. looks like las lomas will put peterson on the mound against miramonte so this should tell us how good they really are. this should be a good game too but I doubt las lomas can score many so peterson will need to be really good to win. i'll take miramonte. to finish off the schedule, campo over acalanes, college park over dublin, and alhambra over mt. d. the last 2 seem like easy picks but the other 3 games could probably go either way.
Wed, 03/12/2008 - 17:40 — I heard Hurlbut was benched
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I heard Hurlbut was benched for something like skipping a class but that might not have changed the pitching rotation anyway. Based on preseason games and yesterday's results/stats, it looks like Concord has a solid No. 2 in Alexander. Las Lomas-Miramonte and Concord-Northgate look like excellent match-ups that will give an early look how things stack up.
Wed, 03/12/2008 - 21:39 — hurlbut was saved for the
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hurlbut was saved for the northgate game...thats my guess. let alexander take on an easier team like campo, no need to waste your number one.
Thu, 03/13/2008 - 09:19 — Hurlbut was Saved
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Hurlbut was benched, not saved. Neither pitcher has given up an earned run this year and Alexander no hit Richmond. Not a good team but they only got the ball in play 3 times. The other outs were all K's. Probably should know the facts rather than speculate.
Thu, 03/13/2008 - 19:41 — speculation
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what is wrong with speculating if you don't know the "facts"? if i were the coach i would have saved hurlbut to face the better hitting team - northgate. since northgate beat concord today it doesnt really matter unless you - who knows the facts - consider alexander to be the better pitcher.
Fri, 03/14/2008 - 14:54 — First Week
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After one week of play, the best word to describe this league is Parity. You have 2 unbeaten teams, College Park and Northgate, and alot of teams with one loss. The 2 big studs, Petersen and Sidhu have established their dominance as widely predicted. The 2 big offenses,Miramonte and Northgate showed up in big wins against Alhambra and Concord. Dublin showed that they will compete with 2 good pitchers and some timely hitting. I'm a little surprised that Alhambra was beaten as badly as they were, but 1 game doesn't define a season. If College Park can continue to score 4 to 5 runs a game, they will probably win it behind Sidhu and Goonan. I suspect that the winning team will have 3 league losses and there are as many as 6 teams that have a shot at winning this league; College Park, Miramonte, Alhambra, Northgate, Dublin and Concord, probably in that order. Los Lomas will beat many of the top tier teams with Petersen pitching, but their offense is weak and will have a tough time supporting their #2 starter. Great start to the DFAL and this season should be alot of fun, with many close games.
Thu, 03/13/2008 - 18:16 — Thursday
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Northgate 9, concord 5.. NG wins on walk off grand slam from Daniel Kent. Hurlbut and Bataska both threw good games. A couple fo unfortunate poor umpire calls on the bases. Both teams played well, with Ng offense a little stronger than Concord's. Both teams are for real.
Thu, 03/13/2008 - 20:10 — Actually tied in the top of
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