I like both RPI and Clarkson's chances the rest of the way. Pitkin may not be able to pitch until tomorrow for Clarkson but they still have two quality arms in Chocejcki and Goernold, both kids who are capable of going out there and shutting down a team. Clarkson's offense seems to be firing on all cylinders right now too. RPI has by far the deepest bullpen and the best bat that I've seen all year in Reardon (average, doubles and hrs). I think that its RPI's to lose but their defense has been terrible in the second half of the year, they'll need to cut down on the errors.

Hi all,
First time poster, long time reader. As a (now) former player at Vassar I would like to echo previous comments in the Sunyac/LL debate. I think the bottom of the LL is just as good as the bottom as Sunyac basically every year I've been at Vassar (and thats a lot of losses). We play New Paltz 3 times a year (2 in the spring, 1 in the fall) and the games are always competitive and about .500, and we almost always see a top-3 pitcher while we throw one of our bullpen guys or staff the game out. As the top of Sunyac, we played brockport two years ago for the first game of the year so it was hard to judge just how good they were but I believe they finished well. The two biggest difference I see are the numbers game and the acceptance rates. New Paltz cuts something like 10 to 15 guys each year and other Sunyac teams have jv teams we have only started making cuts this year. The acceptance rates at Vassar are really on a different level than any team in the LL let alone the Sunyac and comparing Vassar to Nescac schools, we have no slots so it makes it even harder to recruit.

Also talking about today's clarkson game, I have no idea why they started Bittner who I gathered to be their 4 starter when we played them. If the coach didn't want to start Pitkin because Cortland had seen him already then he should have started Goerlod who is one of the best junk ball pitchers that the LL has got.