BB: LEC: Little East Conference

mainefan · March 25, 2010, 04:58:40 PM

It looks like USM will be missing 3 key pitchers in Leach, Yates and Brennan!

mainefan · March 25, 2010, 05:05:10 PM

Excuse me that would be Brennan Perry.

KSCfan · March 25, 2010, 06:40:37 PM

Bobby you did not fully understand my point. I was saying that UMB has been doing a good job beatin the team that they should beat. That may truly be scary, and I am looking forward to thier next couple of games as they play some tough teams and it might give us a really good gauge to see where they stand against some "regional favorites". I was in no way bashing UMB, i was just saying that I am excited about thier next couple of games.

KSCfan · March 25, 2010, 06:42:18 PM

Oh and keene lost to Babson 8-5 today in Babson. I know nothing about the game missed it competely. Keene falls to 7-6 on the year

Jcon8958 · March 25, 2010, 06:43:59 PM

KSCFAN,

A win is a win is a win. It doesnt matter what the record of the team on the other side is. In my mind a team that has a bad record plays alot harder vs a team who is better then them as opposed to a team that is just a bad. So dont feed me all this crap about wins versus teams with bad records. Im am very much looking foward to there upcoming games as well that way when they come out with wins you will finally stick your foot in ure mouth.

Speaking of losses KSC loses today vs babson 8-5 looks like that bats got cold back up here. Now 7-6 and I would say at this point they have ALOT more questions to answer then UMB.

ECSUalum · March 25, 2010, 07:25:05 PM

ECSU over Marian (WI) in DH by scores of 20-4, 7-1. (both 7 innings)

Jcon8958 · March 25, 2010, 07:28:29 PM

Also just got word UMB moved to 8-3 with a 9-8 win over St. Joes (Maine) the game was put on to the schuedle earlier in the week.

But of course they are only 6-6 so we should just disgard that win right KSCFAN.

Also Hobbsey those games @ ECONN when UMB went in there and won were great.

ECSUalum · March 25, 2010, 07:57:31 PM

Quote from: KSCfan on March 24, 2010, 10:14:42 PM
Jconn i see that you beacons won again today to push themselves to 7-3 a very strong start. So i did some snooping around to see who they have been playing. Below are the 7 teams that they have beat with thier records. It would appear that other than Denison no one has a winning record. Espically Johnson and Wales who the beacons had to have a late rally to beat. Below that is thier three loses and thier records. All of which are playing at 500 or better. Now you have to beat the bad teams too, but im still not a true believer that the Beacons are "For Real". Now you might have said it best when you said that they are a scary team and they might be, I am really interested to see how they do starting with Wheaton on 3/28 and ending with Eastern CT for thier conference dh opener. Sandwiched in between those games are Salem State and Worcester State I believe. If the Beacons win some of these games then I be FORCED to agree with you. Now 7-3 is nothing to sneeze at and I praise the Beacons for taking care of the teams they should, I am just excited to see how good these Beacons really are when they get into a meatier part of the schedule. I hope they do well as I love to see Eastern lose at least one of those game and I always root for LEC teams when they play out of conference. So we shall have to wait and see

J&W 2-13
McDaniel 4-5
MCLA 1-5
Hamilton 4-10
Ramapo 5-5
Denison 9-6

Total 24-44

Amherst 6-5
Will Patterson 6-6
Bowdoin 2-2

Total 14-13

KCSFAN,

You know that there is nothing you can say to Jcon at this time that will convince him that UMB is not the best team in D3 baseball

So we just have to play the games and see at the end of the day if the Beacons are the real deal or just smoke and mirrors

Jcon8958 · March 25, 2010, 08:06:30 PM

ECSUALUM,

You want to talk about records of teams that eastern has beaten? Or lost to for that matter. Eastern OVERRATEDDDDDDDD. Lose one of the best players in school history and ranked #3 in the pre-season poll.

I got April 3rd and 24th CIRCLED on my calender cant wait for all these KSC and ECSU fans to finally quiet down.

ECSUalum · March 25, 2010, 09:07:18 PM

Jcon,

The problem with you has been Blah blah blah blah year after year about UMB. Historically, in the end they are mostly a mediocre team. I will put ECSU/KSC/USM's records year after year after year against UMB ANY DAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

What is UMB's historical record vs top LEC teams?
How many LEC/LEC Tournament Championships?
How many NCAA Regional Championships?
How many College World Series appearances?
How NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS?

Yeah, UMB gets lucky every once and awhile and beats a good team!! Even the NY Yankees will lose a game or two during the season. Thats BASEBALL!!!!!! Its all about the end result and ECSU/Keene/SMU have the records to prove it.

SO, BLAH BLAH,BLAH, BLAH..........................

You bet your blowhard arse that we also have those dates circled

, and the ones vs KSC and USM for that matter

Jcon8958 · March 25, 2010, 09:41:23 PM

ECSUalum,

The problem with you eastern fans is YOURE LIVING IN THE PAST. I am talking about the here and now I dont give a rats arse if you won the LEC the last 50 years and havent lost a game since 1995. I am talking about this year these teams and the fact is UMB this year is going to be near the top of this league. So I dont care how many National titles Eastern has because not one of the players on this years team has won a national title. Its a new year and history means NOTHING. So come to the here and now.

ECSUalum · March 25, 2010, 09:43:23 PM

Quote from: Jcon8958 on March 25, 2010, 09:41:23 PM
ECSUalum,

The problem with you eastern fans is YOURE LIVING IN THE PAST. I am talking about the here and now I dont give a rats arse if you won the LEC the last 50 years and havent lost a game since 1995. I am talking about this year these teams and the fact is UMB this year is going to be near the top of this league. So I dont care how many National titles Eastern has because not one of the players on this years team has won a national title. So come to the here and now.

Your predictions for the future re UMB have been POOR every year for the last 4 yrs or so!!
All we have are the HISTORICAL FACTS, as I stated above!
SOOOOOOOOOOO BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH..............................

Jcon8958 · March 25, 2010, 09:46:19 PM

Hahaha typical response for an eastern fan when he knows he or she is wrong. You must get that from Hollowaty since he is never wrong ask any umpire. Stop talking about the past man believe me we all know Eastern has won national titles i mean you guys only remind the board every few weeks in case we forgot. They havent won this years yet though.

Hobbesy · March 25, 2010, 10:05:06 PM

Jcon8958-

Funny story- Sophomore year in a doubleheader against USM, Flaherty comes out to argue a call at first and doesnt know the umpires name and calls him the wrong name. Umpire corrects him and then Flaherty walks off...If there is one thing you cant be wrong about, its the umpires name!

And to chip in on this heated discussion, it will be interesting to see if UMass can receive consistent pitching from their entire staff. I know we have said it alot but this team is now showing they can score runs but they need strong outings from guys beyond Adriano and Lebrun. So far, they are getting those but they need to be better.

And to show I am not biased, Eastern needs to shore up their staff because they currently have a team ERA of 6.72! Yikes. I know its still early but they are going to need more than Schult, Musson, Fontaine, Dutton and Wojick.

And lets no worry about Keene St. This is a team that has made it to the conference championship four straight years. Only one other LEC team has done that, USM from 1999-2002. Thats pretty impressive.

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Lots of games played today and check back tomorrow for a weekend preview and my thoughts on New England so far..

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ECSUalum · March 25, 2010, 10:24:01 PM

Quote from: Jcon8958 on March 25, 2010, 09:46:19 PM
Hahaha typical response for an eastern fan when he knows he or she is wrong. You must get that from Hollowaty since he is never wrong ask any umpire. Stop talking about the past man believe me we all know Eastern has won national titles i mean you guys only remind the board every few weeks in case we forgot. They havent won this years yet though.

When a college baseball program, ( at any level, D-I, D-II, D-III), has the historical stats, the coaching staff, the athletic facilities, and an excellent liberal arts program, top players want to attend that university and specifically participate in its athletic programs.
Some things do not change year after year, so when a program gets the best players, you can extrapolate that they will be successfull in the future. That is also why college coaches/SID's/Sports writers attempt tp predict that success via LEC , Regional, and National polls. Obviously, these polls become most relevent toward the end of the season when HISTORICAL fact presents itself. I only see certain LEC teams near the top in the former and show up in latter stated polls past and present!!!

When UMB shows up in regional or national polls, than I will give you the benefit of the doubt, as any Coach, SID, or Sports Writer would, however, not until then