ONE BIG FIGHT!

i was told that we have a good team this year. how are they? did they join any off season tournament?

Oo nga...who's on our lineup this year? What are the team's prospects for the upcoming baseball season? And who are the teams to look out for?

i heard the team is quite strong and is looking forward to higher finish than last year's 4th. core of the team is still intact with last year's players anchoring the team. team had a good recruiting year with ILLAM standouts tolome, banzon, olivares. from what i hear, sibal has returned from the US as a masteral player (is he fil-am?). also heard of an RP team player also taking masters. prospects this year look good. OBF!

Fil-Am? Baka "Feel-Am"...

Anyhow, ONE BIG FIGHT!

naksiopao, tuwa ka naman

Merry Christmas indeed for our baseball team as they won the championship in the San Miguel Titans League one-day tournament last December 17 at Alabang Country Club. They faced last year's UAAP 3rd placer NU in the championship game. Three UAAP teams participated in the tournament: Ateneo, La Salle, and NU.

The UAAP season is just around the corner. Opening is on January 8 against NU. Game time is around 2:00 PM, if I'm not mistaken.

ONE BIG FIGHT!

we're expecting a better performance from the team this year. the freshies from ILLAM will provide additional firepower to the line up. There are 4 masteral students in the team. one of which is a member of the philippine softball team which won the gold in the recently concluded SEA games. Jonathan sibal is not a Fil-Am. But i hope he'll play like one. hehehe.

UST (the defending champs) is still the team to beat (but i doubt they'll be able to sweep the tournament like they did last year). UP has a weaker line up as compared to last season but they always have a competitive team. Adamson might be the darkhorse in the tournament with a bunch of freshies from some province. NU is still a strong team but might not go that far. La Salle most likely will be at the bottom again. As for the Blue Eagles, we have a great chance of being in the top three. Might even play in the finals with the final four format in effect.

GOOD LUCK BOYS!

I think last year, we defeated UP, right? What more this time, when we have better players?

It is true we have a much stronger line up. I wonder if our coaching is up to the task. The reason I say this is that I saw how the UP team practices. Our team has lousy practices. No live pitching? How come the team did not practice between christmas and new year? I know UP did. I am almost certain NU adamson and UST did. The coaches should have called for practice.

Why do they practice with the softball team? They will just be a distraction. They need to win if they want more financial support.

Anyway, I hope the boys can do it!



From what I hear, UST lost a lot of players from last year. Adamson is still fairly intact from what I hear. UP will be competitive. We beat NU in the tournament in december, but from what i hear the lighting conditions were poor and the time limit...how would we have done if we went 9 innings?

We do have a strong team I hope we win the championship

how many pitchers does the team have?

UAAP Baseball Schedule (for Ateneo)

January 8 - Rizal
Opponent: NU

January 12 - Rizal
Opponent: DLSU

January 15 - Rizal
Opponent: UST

January 19 - Rizal
Opponent: UP

January 22 - Rizal
Opponent: ADU

Carlo Banzon (a.k.a. Willie Mays) is THE MAN! Melvin Villegas (RP Team gold medalist) is THE MAN! Nikko Dizer (Mr. Winning Hit) is THE MAN! Stefano Baltao is THE MAN! Carlo Olivares (a.k.a. Mad Maximo) is THE MAN! John Zamora (pitched 9 innings) is THE MAN! Jonathan Sibal is... THE OLD MAN! (parang Bajjie)

CONGRATS GUYS! Winning is so sweet!

Ateneo defeats NU, 7-6, in comeback fashion in today's UAAP opener! ONE BIG FIGHT!

Yesterday's game went 9 full innings and the ateneo blue eagles prevailed over the nu bulldogs 7-6. Nikko Dizer was the hero of the game as he hit the game winning double to bring in Rommel Sta. Maria and Carlo Banzon and seal the victory for Ateneo. John Zamora pitched very well going 9 innings and giving up 9 hits. Carlo Olivares went 2 for 4 which brought in crucial runs down the stretch. Everybody contributed to the victory. Even the bench! Hayop sa ingay!

Great job boys! Sana tuloy tuloy na!

Congrats Blue Batters! Based on Mr. Baseball's post, you are all "THE MAN."

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Yesterday's game went 9 full innings and the ateneo blue eagles prevailed over the nu bulldogs 7-6. Nikko Dizer was the hero of the game as he hit the game winning double to bring in Rommel Sta. Maria and Carlo Banzon and seal the victory for Ateneo. John Zamora pitched very well going 9 innings and giving up 9 hits. Carlo Olivares went 2 for 4 which brought in crucial runs down the stretch. Everybody contributed to the victory. Even the bench! Hayop sa ingay!

Great job boys! Sana tuloy tuloy na!
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Very glad we did well. I hope we can sustain it. Is John Zamora the only pitcher on the team? Was the team hitting well? were there many fielding errors by the team? Who pitched for the other team? Anyway we can get box scores?

I was unable to watch the games yesterday.



What time are the games?

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Yesterday's game went 9 full innings and the ateneo blue eagles prevailed over the nu bulldogs 7-6. Nikko Dizer was the hero of the game as he hit the game winning double to bring in Rommel Sta. Maria and Carlo Banzon and seal the victory for Ateneo. John Zamora pitched very well going 9 innings and giving up 9 hits. Carlo Olivares went 2 for 4 which brought in crucial runs down the stretch. Everybody contributed to the victory. Even the bench! Hayop sa ingay!

Great job boys! Sana tuloy tuloy na!
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Very glad we did well. I hope we can sustain it. Is John Zamora the only pitcher on the team? Was the team hitting well? were there many fielding errors by the team? Who pitched for the other team? Anyway we can get box scores?

I was unable to watch the games yesterday.

UAAP Baseball Schedule (for Ateneo)

January 8 - Rizal
Opponent: NU

January 12 - Rizal
Opponent: DLSU - 8AM

January 15 - Rizal
Opponent: UST - 11AM

January 19 - Rizal
Opponent: UP - 8AM

January 22 - Rizal
Opponent: ADU - 8AM

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right now the team has 3 reliable pitchers. John Zamora of course is the main man on the mound. Somehow the other teams can't seem to figure out his pitching style. There's alex tolome who is the starting short stop. He's a rookie but plays like a veteran. He has a decent fastball but lacks variety of pitches. He can be very useful as a relief pitcher. Then there's Rommel Sta. Ana, a masteral student from P.U.P. He's been PUP's top pitcher during his college days. Doesn't have an overpowering fastball, but his curveballs are very accurate. I don't think the opposing teams have scouted this guy yet. The biggest advantage we have with this guy is that he's been pitching with Melvin Villegas (starting catcher and member of the national softball team who won the SEA games gold) since they were in high school. Hence there won't be any problems with familiarity.

As for the box scores...we don't have the official box scores. But we do have our own stats of the game. Based from what we have, the team had 11 hits while NU had 9. We had about 6 errors. Best players of the game were Nikko Dizer (aside from hitting the game winning double) 3 of 5 hiting with 3 RBIs. Carlo Olivares 2 of 4 and Stefano Baltao 2 of 4. Of course john zamora's pitching was great and carlo banzon was superb in the outfield!


check out the pictures of the game

http://www.fabilioh.com/index.php?cat=37

Ateneo vs La Salle is at 8 AM .

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right now the team has 3 reliable pitchers. John Zamora of course is the main man on the mound. Somehow the other teams can't seem to figure out his pitching style. There's alex tolome who is the starting short stop. He's a rookie but plays like a veteran. He has a decent fastball but lacks variety of pitches. He can be very useful as a relief pitcher. Then there's Rommel Sta. Ana, a masteral student from P.U.P. He's been PUP's top pitcher during his college days. Doesn't have an overpowering fastball, but his curveballs are very accurate. I don't think the opposing teams have scouted this guy yet. The biggest advantage we have with this guy is that he's been pitching with Melvin Villegas (starting catcher and member of the national softball team who won the SEA games gold) since they were in high school. Hence there won't be any problems with familiarity.

As for the box scores...we don't have the official box scores. But we do have our own stats of the game. Based from what we have, the team had 11 hits while NU had 9. We had about 6 errors. Best players of the game were Nikko Dizer (aside from hitting the game winning double) 3 of 5 hiting with 3 RBIs. Carlo Olivares 2 of 4 and Stefano Baltao 2 of 4. Of course john zamora's pitching was great and carlo banzon was superb in the outfield!


check out the pictures of the game

http://www.fabilioh.com/index.php?cat=37
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As long as we have less errors and out hit the other teams we should do fine. At least there are 3 reliable pitchers.

Thanks for the info on the games scheds. Good luck on thursday!


Ateneo vs La Salle is at 8 AM .
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Thank you

Yeah, I believe hitting is the key for Ateneo to win. It is interesting to note that against NU, a lot of guys were having an "off" day. Those 11 hits were shared by only 4 or 5 guys. I honestly believe if everyone was hitting, NU would have been pulverized via the 10-run rule after 5 innings. The team has a great combination of speed, hitting, and defense. It reminds me of the 1995 Cleveland Indians, where everybody was an offensive threat. I wonder though if the team is comparable to the 1998-2000 World Series champions New York Yankees, hehehe. Sabagay, we have our own fangirl-material shortstop ala-Derek Jeter.

Calling all Pasaways and A.netters!

Let us watch our team's game on Thursday, 8am at the Rizal Sports Complex. They will be facing La Salle.

PM or SMS me if there are any of you watching. I'll be there on Thursday!!!!!

ONE BIG FIGHT!!!

edited to add: Will Posterized and atenean_blooded join me?

See you there, a_comm!

TENTATIVE BASEBALL SCHEDULE (rough estimate based on game #)

Jan. 8 (Sun) - ADMU vs NU, 1 PM (3rd game)

Jan. 12 (Thu) - ADMU vs DLSU, 8 AM (1st game)

Jan. 15 (Sun) - ADMU vs UST, 11 AM (2nd game)

Jan. 19 (Thu) - ADMU vs UP, 8 AM (1st game)

Jan. 22 (Sun) - ADMU vs ADU, 8 AM (1st game)

People, in the future please try to remove the irrelevant portions of the post you are quoting. Whether or not these quotes appear in a quote box, it's a waste of time to read through everything (including quotes appearing in the post being quoted) and find that the reply only has to do with one part or line of what was quoted.

These are our forums, let's do our part to keep them clean.

EDITED to remove posts being quoted. There seems to be something wrong with the quote function in this forum. How odd.

"Yeah, I believe hitting is the key for Ateneo to win. It is interesting to note that against NU, a lot of guys were having an "off" day. Those 11 hits were shared by only 4 or 5 guys. "

Cant help but think that the reason the lot of them were having an off day was because they hardly have any live pitching batting practice.


"I honestly believe if everyone was hitting, NU would have been pulverized via the 10-run rule after 5 innings. The team has a great combination of speed, hitting, and defense. It reminds me of the 1995 Cleveland Indians, where everybody was an offensive threat."

No doubt solid hitting helps win games. In the end championships will be won with solid pitching and defense. Who is the team's pitching coach?

Speed, team speed, is also a critical factor. Nothing like being able to manufacture runs with good baserunning.

"I wonder though if the team is comparable to the 1998-2000 World Series champions New York Yankees, hehehe. Sabagay, we have our own fangirl-material shortstop ala-Derek Jeter. "


Well... might as well bring some glamour to the sport.

Just posting the lineup of our...

2005-2006 ATENEO BLUE EAGLES BASEBALL TEAM:

1. Amable, Inly (#21)
2. Baltao, Stefano (#6)
3. Banzon, Carlo (#2)
4. Bautista, Jake (#9)
5. Castaneda, Miguel (#10)
6. Chua, Christopher (#24)
7. David, Nico (#4)
8. Del Rosario, Aldo (#88)
9. Dizer, Nikko (#8)
10. Olivares, Carlo (#51)
11. Pua, Jay (#20)
12. Sibal, Jonathan (#12)
13. Sta. Ana, Rommel (#68)
14. Tolome, Alex (#1)
15. Topacio, Ryan (#17)
16. Villegas, Melvin (#34)
17. Zamora, John (#3)
18. Quirino, Nicky (#13)

Coaches: Estipular, Alex & Bonifacio, Andres

Good Luck!

Bury those DLRTians!

Go Ateneo! One Big Fight!

See you guys tomorrow.

So who won?

Of course, the boys from Loyola.

ONE BIG FIGHT!

ateneo beat la salle 17-7 in 8 innings! we were down 6-2 in the first 3 innings. then after scoring 2 runs in the bottom of the 4th inning, la salle managed to score another run to make the count 7-4 midway into the game. that was the last time la salle scored as the boys scored 9 runs in the next inning making the count 13-7 in our favor. then we managed to score 4 runs in the succeding innings to make the count 17-7 and thus forced the umpires to stop the game in the bottom of the 8th inning and award the victory to ateneo via the 10 run rule.

nikko dizer once again was excellent on offense going 3 for 5. nico david also showed his offensive prowess with 3 hits. rommel sta. ana pitched an excellent game allowing just a 1 run in 5 innings.

for the first time (in recent years ) ateneo is at the top of the standings with 2 wins and no losses!

great game boys!

Upnext is UST!

That is great news! But what happened? Why were we down 6-2 in the 1st 3 innings? Was it errors? Good thing we had a big inning. Was it all hits?

What is the UST team like? I heard they lost a lot of veteran players.

two down :

yes live pitching helps a lot especially if the opposing pitchers have a variety of pitches. we do have a pitching machine which simulates the speed and accuracy of fastballs and curves. although nothing beats the actual experience of hitting against a live pitcher, we do have to take into consideration that:

1) were not dealing with professional baseball players.some of our players are in the process of learning the basics of good hitting. the best way to improve hitting is muscle memory and training the batting eye. as long as our players know which pitches are hittable, and are able to adjust based on speed changes and pitch locations, i think we'll survive. plus pitchers in the uaap only utilize fasballs and curveballs unlike in the professional leagues wherein a good pitcher should have at least 3 or 4 types of pitches.

2) live batting practice means additional pitches for our pitchers during practice. we don't want to damage the arms of our pitchers. were trying to reserve their strength for the games. of course we could hire pitching coaches to do this task, but like i said, its not a professional team. budget wise we have to make do with what we have.

the way things are going, i think we're doing a pretty good job. could be better but i think the boys will be able to adjust throughout the tournament.



the starting pitcher is having back problems. he tried his best to pitch well but his pitches were not as good as expected. the team also has a tendency of starting slow. parang diesel na sasakyan. kelangan uminit muna.

right now ust is still the team to beat. they may have lost a lot of veteran players but the ones who were left in the line up are equally good. their pitcher may be the best pitcher in the tournament. hitting is the biggest asset of ust. hence to beat them means we have to outhit them.

Congratulations to the ATENEO BASEBALL TEAM for beating the La Salle Baseball Team this morning!!!

One Big Fight!!! Animo Ateneo!!!




Mr. Baseball, sorry I woke up late this morning... missed the game. Hyukhyukhyukhyukhyuk!!! sorry din Mother Goose!

"yes live pitching helps a lot especially if the opposing pitchers have a variety of pitches. we do have a pitching machine which simulates the speed and accuracy of fastballs and curves. although nothing beats the actual experience of hitting against a live pitcher, we do have to take into consideration that:

1) were not dealing with professional baseball players.some of our players are in the process of learning the basics of good hitting. the best way to improve hitting is muscle memory and training the batting eye. as long as our players know which pitches are hittable, and are able to adjust based on speed changes and pitch locations, i think we'll survive. plus pitchers in the uaap only utilize fasballs and curveballs unlike in the professional leagues wherein a good pitcher should have at least 3 or 4 types of pitches.

2) live batting practice means additional pitches for our pitchers during practice. we don't want to damage the arms of our pitchers. were trying to reserve their strength for the games. of course we could hire pitching coaches to do this task, but like i said, its not a professional team. budget wise we have to make do with what we have.

the way things are going, i think we're doing a pretty good job. could be better but i think the boys will be able to adjust throughout the tournament."

You may want to consider hiring a philippine team pitcher or 2 of them on a per session basis and let them pitch to all the boys for batting practice rather than using our own boys to pitch.

A few years ago, when I had a chance to watch some of the adamson pitchers pitch in rizal during their practices, I noticed that they did not really have very good form. I wondered then if they were ever taught fundamentals. Maybe that is why our pitcher's back is not healthy. Maybe no one is correcting the pitcher when he is using improper form.

The basketball team is not a professional team either but I am sure Norman Black and all the other training coaches are working on the team for a tidy sum.

I realize money is a problem for most teams. It is just that I am certain the basketball team spends a King's ransom on coaches, equipment and training materials. It does not seem right that the school not invest in a pitching coach. Specially since the position is so specialized.

"the starting pitcher is having back problems. he tried his best to pitch well but his pitches were not as good as expected. the team also has a tendency of starting slow. parang diesel na sasakyan. kelangan uminit muna.

right now ust is still the team to beat. they may have lost a lot of veteran players but the ones who were left in the line up are equally good. their pitcher may be the best pitcher in the tournament. hitting is the biggest asset of ust. hence to beat them means we have to outhit them."

I know it sounds cute that they start slow. But against a hitting team, we don't want to fall behind to a point where we cant catch up. I hope the Defense is as tight a mouse trap that they manage to steal hits or limit runs to singles rather than doubles or triples.

I hope we keep up the win streak. Good luck!

Haha, that's okay. There are 8 games left in the season. Hope you get to see one of them!

Belated congratulations to our baseball team! Sounds like I missed a pretty exciting game - too bad, but at least the team won!

Good luck against UST!

Ateneo Batters Demolish La Salle
by Reuben Ezra Terrado


When it rains, it pours.

A nine-run, fourth inning was all Ateneo de Manila needed to demolish De La Salle, 17-7, in the continuing action of the UAAP Season 68 baseball tournament Thursday at the Rizal Memorial Stadium.

Down 7-4, the Blue Eagles unleashed their onslaught thanks to timely hitting and inept fielding errors by the Green Archers to score nine at the bottom of the fourth.

After Jonathan Sibal and Carlo Oliveros crossed home plate due to a catching error, Stefano Baltao was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded to put Nico David home taking the lead for the first time, 8-7.

Nikko Dizer’s two-run double, Melvin Villegas’ sacrifice fly scoring Baltao, and John Vincent Zamora reaching base on an error leading to a Dizer run made it 11-7. It became 13-7 when Oliveros’ RBI single drove home Sibal and John Vincent Zamora.

Four more runs were produced by the Loyola-based batters to end the game in the bottom of the seventh due to the ten-run mercy rule.

The Green Batters jumpstarted to a 7-4 lead with two runs each from Sonny Boy Calma and Arvin Cirunay in the first two innings before Ateneo’s big comeback in the fourth inning.

Meanwhile, the UP Maroons relied on their pitching to breeze through the NU Bulldogs, 7-0 in the second game.

The NU clouters were never a threat during the game as David and Vladimir Eguia did a splendid job of doing the pitching chores for the Diliman batters.

The UST-Adamson tussle is playing as of presstime.

Wins by both UP and Ateneo put them in an early lead in the team standings with a 2-0 record. UP will try to extend its winning run against De La Salle while Ateneo gets a test against defending champion UST this Sunday also at the Rizal Memorial Stadium. NU battles Adamson in the curtain raiser at 8:00 am.

http://www.ubelt.com/ub/uaap/mbs/story.aspx?id=1030

Coaches: Estipular, Alex & Bonifacio, Andres
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It's nice to know that Alex Estipular is still the coach of the Ateneo Blue Eagles Baseball team.For your information,we come from the same hometown,Canlubang Laguna.Not only is he a very good coach but during his younger days,he was a very good baseball and softball player.In fact,even up to now,he still can give the younger players a run for their money.I trully believe that he can help the Ateneo Blue Eagles Baseball team a lot.

Killer Angel

We lost against UST yesterday 9-0.

Too Bad we lost to UST. What happened? Was out of town.

UST is definitely a strong team. they kept on hitting john zamora's pitches (including a 2 run home run in the first inning). they were up 6-0 after the 3rd inning. Rommel Sta. Ana replaced john and pitched well, as UST scored 3 runs in 6 innings. Hitting was definitely the problem of the team. Everybody seemed to be out of sync during the game. UST's pitcher (Robles) if im not mistaken, only gave up two hits the entire game. Though we had a chance in the 5th or 6th inning when we loaded the bases with nobody out. Unfortunately, we were not able to capitalize.

We'll bounce back on thursday against UP!

FROM UBELT.com

Defending champions University of Santo Tomas Tigers showed the Ateneo Blue Batters, and the rest of the UAAP, that their sweep of last seasons tournament was no fluke.

Santo Tomas displayed their championship form as they blasted Ateneo with a 9-0 win at the Rizal Memorial ballpark.

The tigers went on the offensive early in the game as they took a 3-0 lead at the bottom of the 1st inning, highlighted by Irwin Manuel’s double home run.

UST again had their bats cracking hits and runs at the bottom of the third via Jake Cumlat’s RBI double and run to home to put the Espana-based squad ahead 6-0.

Ateneo squandered an opportunity to get back in the game, as they failed to capitalize on the top of the 6th inning with the bases loaded.

Tiger Mark Castillo then hit an RBI at the bottom of the 8th to allow Israel Ona to score their last run as UST sealed the victory by shutting out Ateneo at the top of the 9th inning.

Watched the game vs UP today. Seems like the Ateneo does not have enough pitchers. Why couldn't Zamora pitch? Seems like we need pitchers with very good location and adequate speed. Seemed like Tolome was throwing for batting practice.

Something has got to be done about our pitching staff.

^^^So twodown, did we win?

Nope lost. killed in the 1st inning alone.

Results:
NU def. UST - 5-1
UP def. ADMU - 12-2
ADU def. DLSU - 11-1

Standings:
UP - 4 - 0
UST - 3 - 1
ADMU - 2 - 2
NU - 2 - 2
ADU - 1 - 3
DLSU - 0 - 4

Next Game:
Sunday
8 AM - ADMU vs. ADU
xxxx - DLSU vs. NU
xxxx - UP vs. UST

we'll beat adamson on sunday!

Galing ah! Kanino ka nagpahula?

Ateneo back on the winning track; beats Adamson, 7-6. Ateneo currently has a 3-2 win-loss record.

ONE BIG FIGHT!

Mr. Baseball, second round na ba tayo? May sked na ba?

One Big Fight to you, Mr. Baseball!!! Keep on winning!

Second round is coming up on January 29, Sunday. As for schedule, we do not know yet. I think the schedule is based on 1st round rankings (?) so it's still being made. We'll keep you updated. Either MISTER_AC or I will post it here.