BB: LEC: Little East Conference

[ecfaninri]

KSCfan and Word,
I am sure you guys will get caught up with your own KSC propaganda - just like the Not So Evil Empire love fest. You have to agree that this site is a great one, and I'm sure all the Eastern fans welcome you back for a brief time, now that they restored power. But I hear Tuesday or Wednesday has more ice in the forecast.

You guys will thaw out, but it might be the end on April before you get on the swamp. I have to admit, the field was in better condition during the LEC tourney last year than I expected.

Again, you have to admit this site makes for exciting talk and interesting reading. I am looking forward to getting out of the cold as well in March to take in some games in Phoenix.
Ah... hot stove talk. Keep it coming before the lights go out again.

[ECSUalum]

+4 KARMA: 2 , 1 EACH FOR MY HOMEYS AND ; 2, 1 EACH FOR THE CHOWDAHEADS THAT JUST CAME IN FROM HYBERNATION.

This was our strategy to get the chat going now that we are about 2 months away from the start of the 2009 season

Word, photo hilarious

Hoping no more ice for rest of winter/spring!!!!!

Good to have posters migrating back from Football, BBall.


SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOOOOOOWN, (WILLIMANTIC THAT IS)

[KSCfan]

Gilblair- i was just teasing about the KSU thing.  Thanks for the insight as i had no idea what the differance was.  That is exciting about the three game series for the weekends for conferance play.  Should add a new exciting element to the season, as well as the conferance tournament being changed. 

We have been batting down the hatches bad around here lately as mother nature seems like it loves to kick us when we are down.  Hopefully we are getting all the snow and rain out of the way so that when March rolls around the friendly, windy, chilly, swampy confines of KSC athletic complex will be ready to go. Also Gilblair loved the "humane" line of the fans, KSC fans are certainly passionate about thier team and will let you know about it.

[wordsmith]

I was wondering when you hillbillies would come out of the woods from hunting and chime in.  Me being one of those hillbillies born in Skowhegan and living in North Anson (Maine that is) for part of my life I know you need the meat to survive.  My bad on the KSU slight.  I surely have no disrespect for your guys that take the field and the fans that are....shall we say humane.  My son has great respect for coach Howe and Testo.  Never having talked or meet either, I will take his word for it.

Maybe ecfaninri was right about Howe bringing in some transfers to fill the holes in the pitching staff.  But when you lose your 1 and 2 in the LEC I thinks it's usually pretty hard the next year.  We will see.

The LEC has revamped the schedule and the tourney this year.  Single games on Fridays and doubleheaders on Saturdays.  The Tournament is as follows.

Sat, May 2 Little East Tournament (2) ## TBA 12:00 pm  
Sun, May 3 Little East Tournament ## TBA TBA  
Thu, May 7 Little East Finals TBA TBA  
Fri, May 8 Little East Finals TBA TBA  
Sat, May 9 Little East Finals TBA TBA

All games at higher seed.  ## Little East Conference Tournament - Play-in (Best of Three)

It could be a year long love fest so you better keep the trash can close by.  LOL

You guys stay safe up there with the storm coming....you too Word.

PS...according to WikiAnswers:

The difference between a college and a university is that a college just offers a collection of degrees in one specific area, while a university is a collection of colleges. When you go to a university you are going to be graduating from one of their colleges, such as the business college. As to which is better, it depends on what you want. Single colleges tend to be smaller while universities are bigger, but universities are better known.

HILLBILLYS, HILLBILLYS Hey, I resemble that remark.

I know both Coach Howe and Testo fairly well. They are both outstanding men. My son played for both and I had the honor to coach Legion ball with Marty.

Both are Coaches you would want your son to play for, better yet, they are men you would want your son to become like.

Go Bucks

Word

[wordsmith]

I need a baseball fix really bad right now. My Buckeyes lost  a heartbreaker last night to those couch burnin' hillbillys from Mexas. 11:46pm last night I fired a pillow at the TV that had to have hit 89 on the radar gun. I still have college eligibility left if anyone is interested.

Some other random thoughts:

Has anyone thought of scouting Iraq for pitching talent? I mean did you see the arm on that guy who chucked his shoes at our Prez?? If not have a look. Could be a closer for an LEC team?? I'd hate to be the coach that had to go on THAT scouting trip.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGBM1q_oCZY&feature=related

On another random note. Eye see where Tip Fairchild , former USM Muskie, now has his own web site. See below. Good for him. Hope he can come back from TJ surgery and a tough year last season.


http://www.tipfairchild.com/

Weather forecast for the Swamp - 6-8" of snow followed by sleet and freezing rain. I hear KSC is planning ahead for the possibility of an icy swamp by incorporating a new workout routine for the baseball team.  Safe at home by a nose!

http://www.ebaumsworld.com/video/watch/1073294/

Finally, one last video of what it was really like in NH on December 12-22. God Bless all the people that worked so hard to bring us back to the 21st Century.

http://www.sentinelsource.com/mediabin/videos/videopages/IceStorm2-08.html


Word

[ECSUalum]

I need a baseball fix really bad right now. My Buckeyes lost  a heartbreaker last night to those couch burnin' hillbillys from Mexas. 11:46pm last night I fired a pillow at the TV that had to have hit 89 on the radar gun. I still have college eligibility left if anyone is interested.

Some other random thoughts:

Has anyone thought of scouting Iraq for pitching talent? I mean did you see the arm on that guy who chucked his shoes at our Prez?? If not have a look. Could be a closer for an LEC team?? I'd hate to be the coach that had to go on THAT scouting trip.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGBM1q_oCZY&feature=related

On another random note. Eye see where Tip Fairchild , former USM Muskie, now has his own web site. See below. Good for him. Hope he can come back from TJ surgery and a tough year last season.


http://www.tipfairchild.com/

Weather forecast for the Swamp - 6-8" of snow followed by sleet and freezing rain. I hear KSC is planning ahead for the possibility of an icy swamp by incorporating a new workout routine for the baseball team.  Safe at home by a nose!

http://www.ebaumsworld.com/video/watch/1073294/

Finally, one last video of what it was really like in NH on December 12-22. God Bless all the people that worked so hard to bring us back to the 21st Century.

http://www.sentinelsource.com/mediabin/videos/videopages/IceStorm2-08.html


Word

Yeah Word, the first loafer looked to be a high fastball, sort of like the ones the Rocket used to brush players off the plate and the second a low slider.

I say Coach Holywater use that guy as a closer vs the Swampys or Sullen Maine this year

Did not watch the OSU/Texas game but did not look to be much of a Fiesta for OSU fans, my condolances. I worry that the footbal Giants will meet with a similar fate this Sunday against the McNabbster.

Hang in there, you can soon look forward to all the great posts on this thread coming up over the next 6 months.

Amazing pictures from Jaffrey!!!

[ecfaninri]

Word....
Tressel and his vest always look good in the BCS games. He gets them there every year. But here's a funny story about OSU fans and their Buckeyes....
In the BCS game 2 years ago against Florida I had the pleasure of watching all the OSU fans dressed up with all their regalia and scarley and white face paintings on a cruise ship. From the beginning of the cruise until after Ted Ginn opened the game with a 93 yard kickoff return for a touchdown - it was brutal. But then the roof caved in and the Gator chomp went to work and it became a silent cruise from there end out. If was fun tough, to see it happen. But I do like Tressel... and he is always complementary of his players and opponents.

Word... They help you get closer to baseball season.........

[wordsmith]

I thought I had reached my low point with the Buckeye loss last night...

BUT NOOOOOOOOOOOO. OMG Now East Corn even has a You Tube Site entitled

A Day in the Life of a ESCU Baseball Player.   

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxgQm05TW3w

YIKES The Evil Empire continues to expand.

Word

[EasternCtFan]

If anyone knows assistant coach Bob Wojick this video is him in a nutshell lol.

[ECSUalum]

I thought I had reached my low point with the Buckeye loss last night...

BUT NOOOOOOOOOOOO. OMG Now East Corn even has a You Tube Site entitled

A Day in the Life of a ESCU Baseball Player.   

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxgQm05TW3w

YIKES The Evil Empire continues to expand.

Word

Thank God baseball championships are not based on interview skills!!!!

[KSCfan]

That day in the life of Eastern Baseball is painful to watch, and i mean painful.  I dont know Wojick really but man that was PAINFULLLLLLLLLLLL. Dear Lord.  I love his line about how many national championships they have  won and how they are a "top 5" in the country.  Im not trying to take anything away from the National CHampionships that Eastern has won, cause bottom line its 4 more than KSC has ever won, but come on guy.  I dont know Woj, other than the time that him and coach testo got into a shouting match at the 2007 regionals, but like ECSUalum said thank god winning isnt based on interviews because if that was the case than Eastern would be about as good as New England College.  How is Coach  Holowaty at interviews becuase i have never seen him do one?  Maybe Eastern should leave him to doing the interviews! 

Speaking of Cooney, to all my Eastern peoples, Is he still in the red sox system? independant ball? or out of baseball all together?  I always thought Cooney was a heck of a catcher and i was just curious to see whatever happened to him.  I tried Milb.com, the minor league page where you can type in a name and find the player and nothing came up. Maybe i spelled it wrong.

Anyone know where Hockeyfan is with a Southern Maine Update?  How about JConn with a UMB update.  What this board really needs is some more guys that know teams.  How about a RIC guy, or a WesternCT guy.  Anyone out there have a predicition for another team besides the usual 4 that get talked about on this site

[ECSUalum]

KSCFan,

go to:

http://www.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?n=Matthew%20Cooney&pos=C&sid=milb&t=p_pbp&pid=524088

[wordsmith]

KSCFan,

Are there really any more than 3 or 4 teams in the LEC worth talking about.

Here are my reasons for that comment -

TEE - because they are good and easy to hate; the Yankees of the LEC; Coach HolyWater the JoePa of the league.

USM - I picture HOFEddy rolling out new flanel uniforms this spring, losing 17 games and still finishing in the Top 25 in the polls - the Notre Dame of the LEC;

KSC- Great home field advantage, program on the rise nationally, --The Tampa Rays of the LEC

AYO- All You Others some years it is RIC, others WCONN with Carl Down by the Rivers, maybe a UMESS Boston sneaks in here and there with a Conway - but all are the NY Jets of the LEC some flash, little substance.

Flanel unis.  Home and away 

http://www.orvis.com/store/altview_mult_nw.aspx?pf_id=07TF&dir_id=885&group_id=898&cat_id=12376&subcat_id=12377&viewtype=15&bhcp=1


Word

[dgilblair]

KSCFan,

Are there really any more than 3 or 4 teams in the LEC worth talking about.

Here are my reasons for that comment -

TEE - because they are good and easy to hate; the Yankees of the LEC; Coach HolyWater the JoePa of the league.

USM - I picture HOFEddy rolling out new flanel uniforms this spring, losing 17 games and still finishing in the Top 25 in the polls - the Notre Dame of the LEC;

KSC- Great home field advantage, program on the rise nationally, --The Tampa Rays of the LEC

AYO- All You Others some years it is RIC, others WCONN with Carl Down by the Rivers, maybe a UMESS Boston sneaks in here and there with a Conway - but all are the NY Jets of the LEC some flash, little substance.

Flanel unis.  Home and away 

http://www.orvis.com/store/altview_mult_nw.aspx?pf_id=07TF&dir_id=885&group_id=898&cat_id=12376&subcat_id=12377&viewtype=15&bhcp=1


Word

Word you are worth the price of admission for sure.  I'm just glad your'e on this board.  I agree with your desciptions and KSCFan the comparison to JoePa for Holowaty is your answer for your interview question.  I think Word meant that as a compliment...didn't you?  Woj is Woj, he's a good man.  Loves to win, hates to lose.

Anyway, it would be nice to hear from the USM, RIC and others of the world but they must no hit this site or don't talk.  I know some of the players read but don't post and I'm sure that's the case with most of the teams out there. 

[KSCfan]

KSCFan,

go to:

http://www.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?n=Matthew%20Cooney&pos=C&sid=milb&t=p_pbp&pid=524088

Thanks a lot ECSUalum im glad to see that he is still playing i would give you a karma point but i dont know how to do it hahahahahah