BB: LL: Liberty League

stlawus · May 11, 2024, 02:29:00 PM

1 pitch from the Rochester reliever and the game is over. Brutal.

IC798891 · May 11, 2024, 02:44:31 PM

Three games, three walkoff wins, and the Bombers are the LL champs!

Rochester rallies from a 5-1 deficit to take a 6-5 lead into the bottom of the 9th. There, the Bombers load the bases on a HBP, single, and with two outs, a 3-2 walk. With the bases now loaded, Ethan Rothstein lines a first pitch single, scoring two runners and sending the Bombers to the NCAAs.

The Yellowjackets showed a ton of fight all weekend, but just came up short against Ithaca. Really, three of the four teams had a great shot at the title, but ultimately, Ithaca executed and made just enough plays. Twice, they found themselves trailing in the 9th, and they scraped together runs each time.

Congratulations to all the teams on a great tournament.

IC798891 · May 15, 2024, 10:03:19 AM

Disappointed that the writeup on the Case Western Reserve regional doesn't make mention of Ithaca splitting a pair of games with them earlier in the year.

d3d3d3 · February 06, 2025, 10:36:00 AM

Intriguing addition to the Bard roster this year. Elise Berger, pitcher from the U.S. Women's National Baseball Team:
https://www.mlb.com/news/elise-berger-commits-to-bard-college-to-continue-playing-baseball

Along similar lines, Vassar's new pitching coach is also a woman with Liberty League and Team USA pedigree:
https://www.vassarathletics.com/news/2025/1/14/baseball-beth-greenwood-named-vassar-pitching-coach.aspx

In 2008, Vassar had Lilly Jacobson - another Team USA player - on the roster, but she didn't get into a game according to the stats from that year.

stlawus · March 01, 2025, 09:17:14 PM

Is Jim Dixon still involved with d3baseball? Hasn't been active on here since 2022.

Ralph Turner · March 03, 2025, 11:03:40 AM

Jim is the Board Moderator.

Ralph Turner · March 03, 2025, 11:04:47 AM

He is also Editor/ Big Kahuna of D3baseball.

stlawus · March 03, 2025, 10:32:13 PM

He's board moderator but hasn't logged onto the site in 3 years? How does that work? It's not a big deal or anything it's just that I enjoyed his commentary and haven't seen anything from him in quite a while.

Caz Bombers · March 15, 2025, 07:43:12 PM

Bard first year pitcher Elise Berger threw 5 scoreless relief innings to earn the win for the Raptors in game 1 of a doubleheader against MCLA in Florida this afternoon.

Is she the first woman in D3 baseball history to earn a W? Any NCAA level? I found when researching an Ila Borders who beat a SCIAC team in 1995, but she was pitching for an NAIA school at the time.