BB: LEC: Little East Conference

[Hobbesy]

D3baseballnut-

Obviously ending a game after five innings because of a set curfew is a tough circumstance.  Im not saying anything about what the final score would have been.  But, as a former baseball player I would have felt ripped off at only getting to play five innings regardless of the final outcome.

And no, I dont think JHU would have scored 40 runs.  Maybe it would have ended 20-8 but at least you have played all nine. 

And yes, I am sure JHU would have loved to pour more runs on...who wouldnt against a national powerhouse??

So in response...take it easy.

[ecfaninri]

Hobbesy....
The JH - Eastern game probably should have been played on Friday as part of a DH because whoever heard of a game starting at 8:30 AM and no inning starting after 11 AM? It was a fiasco with good hitting by both teams and Eastern's bullpen collapsing again. Not a good start in Arizona... two games - two coaches being tossed without warnings.   Today's another day.

[KSCfan]

Fellas it's been a tough time for the Lec over the last couple of days. Losses for Keene eastern and usm. Still early in the year but the little east is looking like the big east in basketball. 

[wordsmith]

Is this a down year for the LEC? Still early but the usual Big 3 have not fared all that well. KSC had a so-so trip to AZ, USM loses to J. Hopkins & Middlebury, come on Middlebury? Be interested to see how Muskies fare today against Williams. Then EConn, what is the story there with getting clubbed by Hopkins? WOW

We may sing the same tune as JCon soon UMB might be in the hunt this year after all.

Question to Keene State fans out there. What happened to Jarred Parrott? Gatorade Player of the Year in NH a few yrs back. Spent 2 years at RICC, and settled in at KSC. Now not on the roster, nor is Ryan Boden for that matter another local Keene kid. Any insight?

Word

[Hobbesy]

USM splits with Williams after Williams rallied with six runs in the top of the seventh. 

ECSU back on track with a win over MIT.


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[hockeyfan77]

USM split a DH with Williams today  winning the first game 8-2 (Mark Schmidt pitched a complete game: look out if he is back) and dropped the 2nd game 11-10...USM is now 6-3...

UP Next for USM 


Southern Maine vs. Colorado State-Pueblo
Tuesday, March 23 (1:30 p.m. MST)

[KSCfan]

Keene State comes back from thier Arizona trip 7-5, a couple of things stick out in my mind as the team comes back north for some much needed rest, and some new england competition.

1.  The bats are what we thought they were. I checked the stats and the only everyday player that is hitting below 300 is Diprato.  However he has 12 walks on the trip and his obp is .487.  The owls bats showed no sign of slowing down with the loss of chev and perkins and i think that we can all put issue to bed.  That being said hitting in March in New England is differnat that hitting in Arizona.  I really dont think that the owls will have a hard time scoring runs through this whole year.  Morrill had really an amazing trip as he hitting 379 with 21 RBI's and 4 doubles.  Patanode was another who was swinging a hot stick.  Coach Howe will not have to do a lot of tweaking with the batting order unless that is because...

2.  The defense was terrible.  Keene made 27 errors in 12 games.  That is just over 2 errors a game.  Errors kill teams and it showed in some of thier games.  Against WNEC they had 6 in one game and against Hopkins they had 6 in another/  Errors make pitchers throw more ptches, pitches with runners on base, and provide less room for errors.  If the owls are going to be a  top of NE team team like i think they are they need to sure up the gloves.

3.  The pitching was up and down and all over the place.  Some times it looked really good and sometimes it looked terrible.  I dont know if this was a product of so many games or what, or if it was just early season pitching where you are not sure of what you have.  I know that Keene prepares thier pitches very well during the preseason and im curious to see how some of them that had rough trips respond when we get back here to NE.  Keene plays wed and it should be interesting to see how they do against thier new england portion of thier schedule.  Im excited to see the owls go play in person and im willing to bet that they are going to go on a run right here and win a lot more games than they lose

[LEC Fan]

Word- not sure if Parrott even tried out for the team. I would have thought he would, considering he played with both Doyon and Patnode during the previous summers. Boden is done with baseball.

KSCFAN, biggest question mark is defense. I believed we discussed FLD% earlier this year and how important that is not only for an LEC team but for any Regional/National contender. Granted the Arizona trip is their first time outside but 27 errors in 12 games will not cut it if you want to win consistently.

Bats did pretty well and Patnode seemed to pick up where he left off from last year. Suprise is Morrill, where did he come from? No way to think he would be leading the team offensively but goes to show you that you can have new guys step up with losing seniors (Perkins, Chevy).


Dont think we will be able to see the first northern game this week as rain is in the forecast. Gentlement, welcome to the Spring!

[ECSUalum]

USM splits with Williams after Williams rallied with six runs in the top of the seventh. 

ECSU back on track with a win over MIT.


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Fontaine and Wojick pitched well Shult  3run HR iced it for ECSU.

Tooo early to start to panic re LEC teams!!!!
Re JHU game, Musson in control until injury!!! Bullpen shacky!! However JHU looks to be back, certainly can hit the leather off thew ball this year!!

[dchevy5]

Kyle Morrill is a nice story.  The way I heard it last year from pretty good sources is that he was one of the last guys to make the team.  He was not expected to play much and was taken in some part because of very good athleticism and the fact that he was an extremely hard worker and a great kid.  As things turned out in the middle infield he was given a chance and responded pretty well.  He struggled defensively at SS when Chevy was injured, but seemed quite a bit more comfortable at second.  He showed surprising pop in his bat with, I think 3 homers and several extra base hits.  Also, he showed a tremendous attitude, never sulking when he made errors or struck out, etc, which he did quite a bit at the beginning.  He improved steadily and I know he earned the respect of all of us in the stands.  I could not be happier for the young man and I wish him continued success.

[OshDude]

USM splits with Williams after Williams rallied with six runs in the top of the seventh. 

ECSU back on track with a win over MIT.


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Fontaine and Wojick pitched well Shult  3run HR iced it for ECSU.

Tooo early to start to panic re LEC teams!!!!
Re JHU game, Musson in control until injury!!! Bullpen shacky!! However JHU looks to be back, certainly can hit the leather off thew ball this year!!

Musson is injured? Any details?

[LEC Fan]

dchevy- thanks for the insight...good story about a kid that is making a name for himself...by the way how is Jamie doing over seas?

[dchevy5]

LECFAN- Thanks for asking,  Jamie is doing well.  He lives and works in Seoul, South Korea, teaching English.  He is a little more than 1/2 way through a one year commitment.  He misses baseball at Keene State, but he doesn't dwell on it.  He realizes that lives moves on.  He did love every minute of his 4 years at Keene.

I am looking forward to watching the Owls play.  Pitching is a concern for all teans, and KSC is no exception.  I do think this years staff will be better than last year's once they settle down to their northern schedule.  I am most concerned about the KSC defense.

[Jcon8958]

UMB game vs Bridgewater was pushed back to Friday due to the rain. Have a game set for tommorow vs Clark but I dont see the weather allowing that one to happen either.

[Hobbesy]

Conferences release players, pitchers and rookies of the week...

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