BB: LEC: Little East Conference

[ECSUalum]

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.

Finally, sorry, but my plug for my blog 

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

http://ned3baseball.wordpress.com/

Hobbesy,

Your summaries of NE D-3 college baseball YTD continues to be excellent!! I presume, to participte in your blog we just need to sign up and sign in?

[Hobbesy]

just a name and an email to comment...the email will not be shown

[hockeyfan77]

Southern Maine Sweeps Carleton, 10-1 and 8-7 (8 inn.) to improve to 8-4...Next up:

Marian on Friday (12:30 p.m. MST)

[wordsmith]

Dear hockeyfan77,

So what is up with 1B at USM. It appears they are still tinkering with who and where in the line-up. Is Barrett up for the challenge? or will Eaton/Henry platoon end up their with Ricker/Grady in the OF?

Thanks,

Word

[KSCfan]

Jocnn you really are out in left field arent you.  Here I am trying to say that UMB is an exciting team so far this year, that they have beaten the teams that they should of, and that I am excited for the first time in FOREVER about a UMB game and you start getting on your high horse about (insert whining voice here) " Oh UMB never gets any respect, they are dangerous, they are way better than the Boston Red Sox, Im living in the here and now, I have these games on the calander" YAWWWNNNNNNNN.  Its time for some new material, or at least a new post that isnt Umass Bosotn = contender this year.

You can talk about the here and now, but until Umass Boston plays in a regional rather than watches one on the internet give it a rest.  Which brings me to my point before, I am very interested in seeing how they do against Wheaton, Eastern, and the two mass teams coming up.

[KSCfan]

Enough UMB and Jconn talk for now it gives me a headache, lets talk about something else that I love to talk about and that is Keene State.  They have Springfeild, Curry and Wheaton going into next weekend's DH down at Western ( who by the way we still dont have a western "guy" on this board yet)  This next three games I feel are all games that Keene should win and build some momentum going into the all important conference dh at Western.  I looked at the box score from yesterday and it seems that Keene's bullpen hurt them  in that game,  Keene tied it in the 7th and then Babson came right back.  Should be interesting to see how Keene responds to thier next 3-5 games. 

Very excited about conference dh's next weekend,  I will be at the Keene Westconn games and I look forward to the fighting Jconss of Umass Boston and the Evil Empire as well.  Is that game in Boston and or is it in Willimantic?

Oh Word, Bill Simmons who writes for ESPN was talking some ohio state buckeyes and i felt that you would enjoy that from Mark Titus senior on the Buckeye team
If the link doesnt work youtube rainmake and ohio state first one
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5V6FCitvRUM

[Hobbesy]

KSCfan-

The Boston-Econn doubleheader is at Eastern.

On the Owls,

Like I said on the other board, a strong week or two can turn any teams season around.  If the Owls can string together a couple good games in a row they will be right back in the thick of things.  That will also give them alot of confidence if they can beat TCCC favorite Curry, perennial NEWMAC power Wheaton and an upstart Springfield. 

Weekends this time of year are the greatest and bring us something new every time.

[kscer]

In spite of my blind devotion to KSC baseball I am concerned about the pitching. At Babson they are in the game early and then lose it in the 7th inning on a HR. And this is a week with no weekend double header, so the pitching should have been good. I hope it comes around soon, like Sunday against Springfield.

[hockeyfan77]

Southern Maine Lets One Slip Away, Lose to Marian 13-12...USM falls to 8-5...


Next game: Wed.   31    at    Bridgewater State  3:00

[hockeyfan77]

Dear hockeyfan77,

So what is up with 1B at USM. It appears they are still tinkering with who and where in the line-up. Is Barrett up for the challenge? or will Eaton/Henry platoon end up their with Ricker/Grady in the OF?

Thanks,

Word

I think USM is hoping for Barrett to play 1B and then have Henry (DH) and Eaton in the RF...It's the best offensive line-up for USM...I liked what I saw from Barrett but it was only 2 games and I hear he is struggling right now...Hopefully, It will all pan out... I do see Barrett as the everyday 1B for USM...

[wordsmith]

Oh Word, Bill Simmons who writes for ESPN was talking some ohio state buckeyes and i felt that you would enjoy that from Mark Titus senior on the Buckeye team
If the link doesnt work youtube rainmake and ohio state first one
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5V6FCitvRUM

Funny video, but where was this guy last night? Bucks looked tired and were out played, especially in the last 10 minutes. Motta's theory of playing 5 guys for 40 minutes finally bit him. Still Turner had 31 in his last game as a Buckeye. 

Off to my cave to pout

Word

[wordsmith]

USM returns from Ariz trip 4-5.

Reminds me of 2003 season when they came back from FL with a 4-6 record. That team, by the way, struggled all year.

Will be interested to see how, over the next 2-3 weeks, the usual 'power-teams of the NE, i.e. USM, Wheaton, KSC, et. al respond to their shaky starts .

[KSCfan]

Word he is the 12th man on the team that started out as a team manager his first two years and then walked on as the 12th guy his last two years.  He jokes all the time about his draft status and what not, and yes buckeye struggled hard last night, does it bother you that big ten rival mich state seems to end up in the elite 8 every year regardless if they are a 1 or 10 seed? 

I am not worried about keene state yet.  They just need to get into a rythm and get some "flow" going.  They had a week off and as a player when you are not playing everyday its tough to get into that good feel and routine.  The great midget Dustin Pedroia or as I like to call him "god" had an interview the other day and he talked about as a team and a player you need to get into a steady rythm to play your best.  Starting tommorow when Keene gets into ther regular 3 weekday games and a DH on sat and a game on sunday and everyone settles into thier role and rythm they will start adding up the wins. 

[Jcon8958]

UMB has a big game tommorow @ Wheaton.

[kscer]

I am not worried about keene state yet.  They just need to get into a rythm and get some "flow" going.  They had a week off and as a player when you are not playing everyday its tough to get into that good feel and routine.  The great midget Dustin Pedroia or as I like to call him "god" had an interview the other day and he talked about as a team and a player you need to get into a steady rythm to play your best.  Starting tommorow when Keene gets into ther regular 3 weekday games and a DH on sat and a game on sunday and everyone settles into thier role and rythm they will start adding up the wins. 

That Rhythm thing effects all teams. A team that wants to be a top thirty team has to win games when they are tied or ahead in the 6th inning. Keene is not doing that, and it's not because of hitting. I hope I'm wrong but I'm looking at a twenty win season right now.