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Awards handed out today. Congrats to all who made the list.

Quote from: djm222ball on May 08, 2011, 10:09:37 PM

Quote from: airball55 on May 08, 2011, 09:26:52 PM
I think the Liberty League is sending it's four best teams forward.  With that said here are the matchups:

1 RPI vs. 4 St. Lawrence
2 Skidmore vs. 3 Clarkson

Probably Ciesko against Cook RPI/SLU game.  Two good pitchers, I could certainly see the Saints sneaking this one out.  But, I will go with RPI, in a close 4-3 game here.

Goerold vs. Barbuto or Laracuente in Skidmore/CU game.  Laracuente got torched yesterday by RPI.  Another close one here, I got the Knights by a 5-3 score.  The major factor here would be if the wind is blowing at RPI which makes the right field wall basically a lob wedge shot, then the scores could certainly go up.  Clarkson has mixed and matched the last month basically with all the injuries and if they are healthy is dangerous.  I could see any of these teams, but, it will be difficult as usual to come out of the losers bracket.  RPI used to have the pitching depth to do this, but not the same as the early 2000's.  Make your picks boys, I have the Knights winning it with Skidmore as my backup pick.  No Rochester picks please.

I like Skidmores pitching over all the other teams in the league at this point. I think they play solid defense and have 3 front starters that are very solid! RPI would be my nxt pick, they simply swing it 1 thru 9 and the host site is a big plus for them!
This will be close, but I take pitching and defense, Skidmore

I got RPI, Duval Ciesko and the kid who starts game #4 for them I think are their 3 best. Duval and Ciesko are tough and will keep teams low in the run column. I think with the home field advantage, the amount of lefties that Steffan Stacks up 1-9 at that park, and the hurricane winds that usually blow out to right, RPI will win. I think they will put up runs against any arm they see. I see them beating Cook game 1 8-3, I like Skidmore over Clarkson game 2 4-3, I like St Lawerence to beat Clarkson in some what of an upset in the losers bracket (Conde v Chudy probably??) Conde kid has been good this year and I think he holds down Clarkson bats. Then I like RPI over Skidmore (Duval v either Laracuente or Brucato) 6-3, Skidmore takes care of St Lawerence. RPI wins in Championship.

Heres a question. Skidmore get consideration for a Pool B if they get to championship and lose?

Quote from: Hall Of Names on May 05, 2011, 09:45:17 AM
The rise of statistics and sabermetrics has cast a dark shadow that will soon plague the game we love. But a burgeoning light is on its way.  Bury not your face in the numerical analysis, yet instead seek shelter in the refuge provided by the inaugural selections of the SUNYAC All-Name Committee.

INF:  Raphael Cordero (Oswego)
INF:  Max Keado (Brockport)
INF:  Tommy Tantillo (Fredonia)
INF:  Kevin Knack (Oneonta)
C:  Casey Job (Brockport)
OF:  Cody Hitt (Oneonta)
OF:  Vinnie VanAuker (Fredonia)
OF:  Ed Charles (Oswego)
UTIL:  P.J. Rinaldi (Cortland)

P:  Mike Assman (Cortland)
P:  Bart Venza (Plattsburgh)
P:  Dylan Babcock (New Paltz)

Coach:  Ory Mee (Brockport)

Cannonball Titcomb Award (Name of the Year):  Crockett Pack (Plattsburgh)

N-E-W-S

Being inducted into the SUNYAC Hall of Names are the following former players (in alphabetical order):

Kalik Blanks    Cortland
Carmine Caputo    Oneonta
Dorian Dattilo    New Paltz
Raymond Gizzi    Brockport
Jim Kunkemoeller      Fredonia
Adam Sidebottom    Cortland
Garrett Tallini    Oswego

And a nod to the 2005 New Paltz Hawks.  Take a look:

http://www.nphawks.com/custompages/stats/baseball/2006/2006%20SUNYAC%20Baseball%20Statis...pdf

Congrats, all!

This is fantastic!!!!

Plourde get Coach of the year this year? Between them and UR they lost the most talent by far and still have made the playoffs yet again and have had a really good season. I think it has to be either Plourde or Steffan.

I think the St Lawerence v Clarkson series and the Union v Vassar Series have playoff implications. Correct me if I am wrong. If St. L is to drop 3/4 to Clarkson and either Union or Vassar Sweeps they would get in? I think Vassar would be tied with them in the win column. Tie breakers? Win % then.......?

Sunyac- Cortland comes out of
LL- RPI Clarkson or Skidmore


Don't know much about the rest but I know Farmingdale is in just about every year. Whoever comes out of that SUNYIT or Husson conference will be two and out. Fisher gets a pool B with O-state right on the line if they don't win SUNYAC's. I think O-state gets in though.

I like it to be the usual suspects. Plattsburgh and BPort will get the last two spots. NP has 3 vs cortland in which I think they drop all 3. Plattsburgh and Bport split their two remaining games.

Quote from: LLbaseballfan on April 15, 2011, 08:50:17 PM
Alright everyone, here's how this weekends games are gonna go.

Skidmore/Union:  Union takes 1 of 4.   Laracuente gets rocked for the one loss.
RPI/Rochester:  RPI 4 of 4.  Johnny Rio goes 0-weekend
Vassar/St. Lawrence:  4-0 Saints. Vassar's Cinderella run ends in canton.

Saints poster high on the Saints this weekend!!!! I don't know about 4 of 4 but I think 3 of 4. I think Cooke Considine and Conde (can we start calling them the 3 C's or come up with some kind of cool nickname??) get the job done and they take 3 of 4.

Union v Skidmore- Split         Dont think Laracuente gets rocked haha. I actually think he pitches another shutout. This kid has the most next level talent in the league next to Coleman. High 80's with movement.

RPI v UR- RPI 3 of 4. Tough one here I want to take UR because they are at home (I think) but that did not help them against Clarkson and I think RPI is a baby step behind Clarkson in terms of talent.

Quote from: airball55 on April 05, 2011, 01:12:18 AM
St. Lawrence are the Saints.  Careful, there are some Plattsburgh bashers on the Sunyac side and we don't want them creeping over here.  St. Lawrence isn't an easy series with Cook, Considine and Conde.  Careful when you play them

Apologies on the Cardinals reference. As a PSU alum I see red and white and think Cardinals. I agree with you on the Saints pitching perspective. Cook was last years pitcher of the year, and not for no reason, he can throw and beat anyone. Considine, just going by numbers, has not been as good this year as last, he has the stuff to dominate though, he just needs to harness it and go after hitters. Conde has been a surprise in the league as well as for the Saints this year. Originally their game 4 starter got moved up to game 2 and performed just as well if not better this past weekend.

Weather scaring me for this weekend. If there is one thing this league really can not afford it is more rain outs. Get the squeegees ready!!

Quote from: airball55 on April 04, 2011, 03:56:36 PM
Good stuff on here today.  Rochester has the benefit of scheduling ahead of them with RPI the only real big dog left.  They should be able to make up ground against Vassar, Union and St. Lawrence.  Clarkson is still going to get better, they haven't really pitched that well yet, but, they have solid end of game guy now with Kinney and the line-up has nice depth.  I will take one for the team here and pick the weekend.

U of R @ SLU:  Tough one here, both teams could use a 3-1.  I will go with U of R with 3 here against my first thoughts
RPI vs. Vassar-  I am going with an RPI sweep here.  I just don't think Vassar can get them out.  If they are going to get one, better do it day one or hold the best arms back.  4-0 RPI
Union @ Clarkson- I want to take the Knights here for 4.  But, that last game seems to be a bit of an issue with that last starter.....  I will go with 3-1 and that hurts me some, I have to admit, kind of a Clarkson fan.  I root a bit for the upstate teams considering they usually can't get out until much later up there.


Skidmore has St. Joe's and I will go with a split there. 

I just don't think that Vassar & Union are the pushovers they used to be. Especially Vassar. That being said U R does need to take some 3 of 4's from these teams to be in the top of the league.

Ur @ STL--- I like UR to sweep( I think STL is down, UR will play with a sense or urgency and handle the Cardinals)
RPI @ Vassar---- I like RPI 3-4 ( Maybe a game two win for Vassar, Look for Ciesko to get pitcher of the week this week)
Union @ Clarkson--- Clarkson 3-4  ( Wouldn't be shocked with a 2-2, Union has two freshmen that can throw it that they used in both 7 inning games this past weekend)

Skidmore off

Quote from: Ron Ron on April 03, 2011, 09:38:26 PM
The Skidmore coaching staff loves to switch lineups, batting orders, pitching rotations, and basically everything they can try to put their own fingerprints on (which usually wind up hurting players' confidences/rhythms), but I'm not quite sure why they would move the 1-2 starters (Laracuente/Brucato) to day two against Vassar.  Who knows if they had gone day 1 if anything would have changed, but I just think it's a weird ploy.

Maybe they pitched last Sunday against UR in their 2 game set? Did they play on last Sunday??? Maybe Skidmore is realizing that by matching up Brucato and Laracuente with every elses 3-4 (pending other teams actually throw their #3 and #4 in game 3 and 4) they have a good chance of at least getting 2 each weekend. Only time that hurts them is when what happened this weekend at Vassar happens. Wasn't expecting a 3 of 4 from Vassar I though Skidmore would salvage a split.

Clarkson who was my pre season pick is proving why, I just think they are the most well rounded team in the league. Watch out for RPI though they are playing very well this year.

Union & Vassar are in the playoffs if the league ended today!!!!! How often could we say that over the past several years!!!! But the season is still young and Union and Vassar will have to play the Clarkson's , RPI's , and UR's to keep their Cinderella hopes alive.

Quote from: baseballislife on April 02, 2011, 09:53:13 PM
I guess they (UR) will just have to keep lacin' 'em up and working through their issues.  Some bright spots again today, but they have had trouble getting the big hit when they need it.  Another 1 run loss, but tough to compete when you go in the hole 5-0 and have to play catch up all the time.  Not time to panic. 

Nice bounce back day for Vassar after dropping 4 of 5. 

I think we will see a lot of back and forth this year.  Clarkson is off to a good start in the league, but with 4 of the 5 wins by one run.

Goes for any team at any level, good teams win the close games ( Clarkson winning 4 of 5 one run games).

Only about an inch of snow in the Capital District area and most of it is slushy stuff. I think most teams in the area are going to try and play tomorrow.

Everyone ready for this snowstorm??? This weekend looks dismal for most sites, it appears the most well off will be St Lawerence, Clarkson, UR. Mother Nature sure does not care much about northeast baseball this year. Skidmore and UR are already two games short of a normal LL season. How will other teams most likely missing games this weekend impact the end of the season?

Also, league standing tie breakers does it go-
1. Win % (with some teams having different number of games does the higher win % get in over a team say with maybe more wins but a few more losses?)
2. Head to Head
3. Record vs top 4 teams
4-???

Anyone have the LL tie breakers?

I am going by strictly numbers and articles I have seen posted on team's webistes. RPI's Ciesko and Skidmore's Laracuente seem to be the front runner (IMO) for Pitcher of the Year. Saw Ciesko pitch last year and he was down right dominate and appears to have not lost a step. RPI seems to be back to their normal ways, winning. They appear to have the deepest staff in the league and they swipe bags and swing the bats. LL tourny in Troy NY this year where everyone's favorite RF fence is?