{"id":8839,"date":"2013-03-18T08:52:43","date_gmt":"2013-03-18T13:52:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/?p=8839"},"modified":"2014-05-20T13:11:06","modified_gmt":"2014-05-20T18:11:06","slug":"baseball-and-softball-in-full-swing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/tartan-news\/2013\/03\/18\/baseball-and-softball-in-full-swing\/","title":{"rendered":"Baseball and softball in full swing"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Sinclair Community College baseball and softball teams are taking full swing this season.<\/p>\n

The baseball team has been plagued with bad weather and injuries, but are exerting tartan pride and looking to toughen up while going into the mid-season.<\/p>\n

In addition, the softball team looks to make a name for themselves and prove that a 21 year absence will not stigmatize its revival.<\/p>\n

Steve Dintaman, head coach of the Sinclair baseball team, is going into his sixth season and is embracing the opportunity for yet another conference championship run.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m honored to be the coach here,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Dintaman gave praise to his players and coaching staff.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have a good system here,\u201d he said. \u201cWe have a great assistant coaching staff and we were able to get a great recruiting class of players. Guys that can play at the highest level division one and division two baseball.\u201d<\/p>\n

Which is something Dintaman and his coaching staff care about.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe want to be a part of the journey and where these players want to go with baseball,\u201d he said<\/p>\n

Weather has not been kind to the Sinclair Tartans as of lately; with several cancelations, rescheduled games in addition to complications as to where they will practice, the Tartans have still refused to become complacent.<\/p>\n

Dintaman understands this has been a challenge for his team and staff, but knows how hard his team is working every practice and every game since the beginning of the season.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s been a slow start. We\u2019ve had a lot of injuries earlier in the season, but we are healthy now. We\u2019ve probably won the games were supposed to win and we\u2019ve lost some games were supposed to lose,\u201d\u00a0 Dintaman said.<\/p>\n

Scott Haag, a pitcher for the Tartan Pride, is a sophomore transfer from south eastern Illinois and knows how much potential this team is capable of producing.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur team has all the potential in the world. I mean, we just have to do it,\u201d Haag said.<\/p>\n

Haag feels strongly about the group of players he is surrounded by and would not have it any other way. \u201cEverybody loves everybody; it\u2019s basically a brotherhood. It\u2019s not like one person standing over here. It\u2019s everybody standing here together,\u201d Haag said.<\/p>\n

Ben Herlihy, a freshman infielder from Centerville High School, agrees with Haag.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is the best baseball team I\u2019ve ever been on. It should be, because we\u2019re a college team,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Herlihy said his teammates are very good when it comes to playing on the diamond.<\/p>\n

\u201cEvery player on this team was a good player at their high school and it\u2019s cool to learn from everyone and find your place on the team,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

With well-known opponents such as Potomac State and Parkland Community College coming up in the next couple of weeks, the Tartan Pride looks to get in gear to start conference play beginning March 22. \u201cThese next two weekends will definitely determine where we are heading into the conference season. This is the team that can do it. The goal at the end of year is to be in the World Series and I don\u2019t see why not,\u201d Dintaman said.<\/p>\n

While men\u2019s baseball is in full swing at the moment, the women\u2019s softball team is firing on all cylinders, prepping for the revival of a program that has been in the shadows since 1991, while beholding the ability to shine on such great heights of athletic will and dedication.<\/p>\n

Last year, Steven Beachler was named new head coach of the women\u2019s softball team.<\/p>\n

A former assistant varsity coach for softball at Miamisburg High School, Beachler is not timid about what it takes to be a head coach of a junior college team like Sinclair\u2019s.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a great opportunity, considering there has not been a softball team playing at an intercollegiate level since 1991,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Beachler is anxious to get his team out on the field and show what they\u2019re all about.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese players are dedicated and chomping on the bit to prove themselves,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Sinclair\u2019s lapse in time between 1991 and the beginning of the 2012 season seems unburdened at the moment with its new head coach.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a great opportunity to put Sinclair on the right track and women\u2019s softball on top,\u201d Beachler said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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