Jump to content

User:Jobu/sandbox

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jobu/sandbox

Team Logo

The Eau Claire Express is a collegiate summer baseball team playing in the Northwoods League. Their home games are played at Carson Park, in Eau Claire, Wisconsin (USA).

After two straight losing seasons in 2005 and 2006, the Eau Claire Express achieved many firsts during the 2007 season. The team won nine of its final ten regular season games to finish 42-26 overall and claim the 2007 2nd Half South Division title, their first regular season division title in franchise history and qualified for the Northwoods League playoffs, another franchise first.

In the 2007 South Division Championship Series, they faced the 1st Half South Division Champion Green Bay Bullfrogs. They won the series 2-1, claiming the 2007 South Division Pennant, another first in franchise history. In the 2007 Northwoods League Championship Series, they faced the North Division Champion St. Cloud River Bats and were swept 2-0 by the eventual Northwoods League Champions.

The 2008 season ended with the Express missing the Northwoods League playoffs by 1.5 games. The Express finished the season one game below .500.

The Express had one of their best seasons in 2009. They had a great first half, winning the NWL South Division to qualify for the playoffs. However, injuries and summer school depleted the squad in the second half. Eau Claire was eliminated in two games by the La Crosse Loggers in the Northwoods League Divisional round.

In 2010, the Express won the first half of the season again with a 22-12 record. Via www.perfectgame.org, the Express have been ranked as high as #3 in the nation for summer collegiate baseball. The team closed out the 2010 season winning both halves. They followed this up by winning the NWL Championship and www.perfectgame.org ranked the Eau Claire Express the #1 summer collegiate team in the nation.

Express players drafted in the 2007 MLB Draft:

Express players drafted in the 2008 MLB Draft:

Express players drafted in the 2010 MLB Draft:

Header text Header text
Example Example
Example Example

Express players drafted in the 2012 MLB Draft:[1]

Name Pos College Round Team Status
Trent Blank RHP Baylor 30 Col NL SIGNED
Tyler Bremer RHP Baylor 27 Chi NL
Logan Ehlers LHP Howard College 20 Det AL
Dietrich Enns LHP Central Michigan 19 NY AL SIGNED
Zac Fisher C New Mexico State 27 Chi AL SIGNED
Louis Head RHP Texas State 18 Cle AL SIGNED
Lucas Herbst OF Santa Clara 26 Balt AL SIGNED
Jordan Kipper RHP Central Arizona 30 Phi NL
Ryan Longstreth RHP Central Michigan 40 Det AL SIGNED
Jacob Morris RHP Arkansas 37 Cle AL
Logan Vick RHP Baylor 11 Cle AL
[edit]