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#1
Mideast Region / Re: Mideast Glory Days
April 21, 2011, 10:00:14 AM
Thanks Mideastfan2 and Forheavendial4999.  Great insights.  After re-reading my post, I can see how it could be seen as demeaning to other eras.  No doubt there has been great talent pre- and post the turn of the century. I have the utmost respect for those that have played and are playing who just do it because they love the game.

I think I was trying to reconcile the trends in the record books across many of the region's schools during this period to their respective long histories.  I suppose some of it could be scheduling and some of it could be bats, but to Forheaven's point, it just seems like a disproportionate pool of talent was in this region during this time.  A lot of these kids were drafted and I know at least Desalvo and Sharpless pitched in the bigs.  I remember watching these teams play and thinking to myself, "Good Lord, they're all 6'-2" 210lbs men throwing the ball 90mph and hitting it 420'."  At the time, the regionals were held at Thurman Munson Stadium and it was like watching D1 baseball (and it rivaled the Frontier League, in my opinion, who played there at the time).  Anyway, thanks for the thoughts.  Hopefully we'll bring it home this year.
#2
Mideast Region / Mideast Glory Days
April 20, 2011, 12:57:04 PM
Maybe someone can help me understand the current state of the Mideast region.  It seems its glory days are behind it (a region as a whole, not one-off teams here and there).  If you look at the record books of these schools they are filled at the top by players from 1995-2005.  Think about these names:

Wooster: M. Jackson, Urban, Snyder, Treadway, Penberthy, Frank and Flinner
Marrietta: Coakley, Hollrah, Tekulve, Timmer, Streit and McGlucky
Allegheny: Musgrove, Nypaver, Riordan, Hensler, Davidson and Couch
OWU: Caravella, Bogenrife, Rice, Marchetti, Missler and Loudenslager
Wittenberg: Peters, B. Magoteaux, Burke and Thomas

Must have just been bad pitching, right?  Nope. How about these names:

Wooster: Englander, Werner and Binkowski
Marrietta: Desalvo, Buirley and Lamb
Allegheny: Mountain, Swinchock and Sharpless
OWU: Moenter, Farmwald and Mott

What's going on with the region?  I know they are all excellent schools and tuition has probably doubled at each since 2000.  Is that the reason since there is little in the way of financial aid?  Is there a smaller talent pool or has it concentrated somewhere?  Is there more talent and more kids are going D1 and D2?  Any ideas?