BB: LEC: Little East Conference

[hockeyfan77]

Cipolla did not play very much this summer for Manchester.  And god is he small.

How small?

Which brings up the question - Who is the smallest D-III player ever.

Shaun Richardson CF for USM back in 99 00 for USM was 5"2...Smallest player I have seen...

[KSCfan]

It is no secret that USM swings the bats with the best of them.  THey always seem to have players that look like they just got done hunting down a moose with thier bare hands and ripping out its spine with thier teeth.  Every USM team racks thats just a matter of fact of life in the LEC.  But, that being said with all do respect i feel that USM has not had a true #1 since Tip Fairchild.  Ross was a good pitcher but not what i would call #1 status in the LEC.  I have only ever seen Schmidt pitch once (last year) and i really wasnt that impressed.  Im not trying to take anything away from the kid, but i stand by decesion that USM is not the #5 team in the country because of thier lack of pitching.  In the LEC you need at least 3 top pitchers to have a chance at winning the conference, and i dont see three top pitchers at USM.  USM should be able to outslug anyone on thier mid-week pitching, but i dont know about saturdays. 

On another note welcome back Hockeyfan we have missed your USM input. Three weeks till practice starts!

[hockeyfan77]

It is no secret that USM swings the bats with the best of them.  THey always seem to have players that look like they just got done hunting down a moose with thier bare hands and ripping out its spine with thier teeth.  Every USM team racks thats just a matter of fact of life in the LEC.  But, that being said with all do respect i feel that USM has not had a true #1 since Tip Fairchild.  Ross was a good pitcher but not what i would call #1 status in the LEC.  I have only ever seen Schmidt pitch once (last year) and i really wasnt that impressed.  Im not trying to take anything away from the kid, but i stand by decesion that USM is not the #5 team in the country because of thier lack of pitching.  In the LEC you need at least 3 top pitchers to have a chance at winning the conference, and i dont see three top pitchers at USM.  USM should be able to outslug anyone on thier mid-week pitching, but i dont know about saturdays. 

On another note welcome back Hockeyfan we have missed your USM input. Three weeks till practice starts!

Thanks for the welcome back, been a little bit busy with hockey but I decided to get back in here...USM more than likely won't get another pitcher like Tip for a while: You pretty much get one of those every 4 or 5 years...Ie Denny Webber, Ryan Adams...I have heard they got a a SS/2B  that was one of the best around Maine(from my hometown actually and I saw he play a couple times), and he is also good with the glove which should help...Not saying they are the 5th best team in the country but they are looking pretty good on paper...Schmidt is better than people give him credit for, he is a bulldog and IMO will put up very good numbers: pitching depth, again is a question...Just to note, the USM baseball team is probably one of the Biggest teams I have ever seen: I am 6'3 and I am just average height...

I visit more often after hockey season!!!

[santeezy06]

I thought I'd say welcome back to everyone and wish you all goodluck in the upcoming months on your spring training.

I guess I should be the voice of RIC this season. It seems like the team will probably fall into their normal spot due to lack of pitching. They'll return with the same pitching core of last season minus Thibeault who was their ace of past. The bats will still have the pop of last year with Costa,Colombero and Cardoso most likely leading the way. I'm also expecting 1st baseman Schabowski to step up and be an impact hitter. The biggest loss will be losing O'Connors, his bat was unbelievable over his 3 year career he batted .408 with a 5.94 slugging pct. If coach Grenier would be more aggressive this year rather than  in the past the team may fair better.  I'll keep you posted as I recieve updates from the team.

[wordsmith]

It was -23 in NH this morning, so my brain is a little slower than normal, I did drink some antifreeze for lunch, Should I not have done that?

Anyway, iSee where Apple has introduced a device called the iPosture which when connected to your clothing or skin starts to vibrate when you begin to slouch. (Nope, you can't make this stuff up! Although I still think iSlouch would have been a better name)

http://www.iposture.com/


So I thought we could put our collective heads together and think about products Apple could come up that would vibrate when a player started to do something wrong. Like the following:

iDip - for all those who chew
iError - for any middle infielder with a BA higher than his fielding %
iSuck - for those who k 3 or more time in a game
iDrink - ahhh all college baseball players??
iMascot - any mascot that runs, flaps, or dances to disco music
iReek - any college baseball player on a typical Sunday morning
iGradeeate - replaces previous Version 4 of iR-A-Gradeeate
iInject - Mark McGuire and Jose Canceso have this patented so it is off the shelf
iLEC - For the players and the fans and the posters of the best D-III conference in America.

Please feel free to add to the iList

iWord

uKnot

[ECSUalum]

It was -23 in NH this morning, so my brain is a little slower than normal, I did drink some antifreeze for lunch, Should I not have done that?

Anyway, iSee where Apple has introduced a device called the iPosture which when connected to your clothing or skin starts to vibrate when you begin to slouch. (Nope, you can't make this stuff up! Although I still think iSlouch would have been a better name)

http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/Most-Emailed-Photos/ss/1756/im:/090115/480/09845897b1344148a823515b4c690333

So I thought we could put our collective heads together and think about products Apple could come up that would vibrate when a player started to do something wrong. Like the following:

iDip - for all those who chew
iError - for any middle infielder with a BA higher than his fielding %
iSuck - for those who k 3 or more time in a game
iDrink - ahhh all college baseball players??
iMascot - any mascot that runs, flaps, or dances to disco music
iReek - any college baseball player on a typical Sunday morning
iGradeeate - replaces previous Version 4 of iR-A-Gradeeate
iInject - Mark McGuire and Jose Canceso have this patented so it is off the shelf
iLEC - For the players and the fans and the posters of the best D-III conference in America.

Please feel free to add to the iList

iWord

uKnot






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[ECSUalum]

Go to below LEC site  for composite baseball schedule:

http://www.littleeast.com/sports/bsb/2009/schedule

Here is preview of ECSU out of conference games, I patched together from team websites:
(Key matchups in bold)

Johns Hopkins, others  in Phoenix - March
@ Suffolk - 3/7
@SUNY Old Westbury 3/15
@ Manhattenville 3/26
Amherst 4/1
WNEC 4/4 (seems to confict with Plymouth St that day???)
@Montcalir St 4/7
@Springfield  4/8
Babson 4/13
@ Bridgewater St. 4/15
@ Trinity 4/21
@ Wesleyan 4/22
Tufts 4/27
Wheaton 4/29

Key Conference games:

Southern Maine dh 3/28
RIC dh 4/11
Keene St dh 4/18

[dgilblair]

ECSU Schedule

2/28-3/1 @ Randolph Macon
3/7 Suffolk @ Farmingdale, NY
3/8 Farmingdale State @ Farmingdale, NY
3/11 @ Stevens Tech
3/14 Albertus Magnus @ Yahpank, NY
3/15 Suny Old Westbury @ Yahpank, NY
3/20 Johns Hopkins @ AZ
3/21 Suny New Paltz
3/22 Williams (2)
3/23 Calvin
3/24 Chicago
3/25 Buena Vista
3/28 Southern Maine (2)
3/31 Manhattanville

4/1 Amherst
4/3 @ Umass Dartmouth
4/4 Plymouth St. (2)
4/6 WNEC
4/7 @ Montclair St.
4/8 @ Springfield
4/10 WCSU
4/11 @ RIC (2)
4/13 Babson
4/15 @ Bridgewater St
4/17 Umass Dartmouth
4/18 @ Keene (2)
4/21 @ Trinity
4/22 @ Wesleyan
4/24 @WCSU
4/25 @ Umass Boston (2)
4/27 Tufts
4/29 Wheaton

12 games played at home.....doesn't seem like enough to me.

[ECSUalum]

Thanks DGilblair,

Great Job!!!!!!!!!!!

ECSUalum

[EasternCtFan]

Interesting how there are friday conference games before the saturday conference dh's this year. I assume this is because the season ends earlier to make room for the longer conference tournament.

Also seems like Eastern is doing a little more traveling this year than in the past.

[wordsmith]

Aquick update on a former LEC Pitcher:

Last spring I mentioned a kid that had pitched at UMESS DartBoard named Brian Maloney. He was OK, maybe a middle of the week pitcher. Then he transferred to Franklin Pierce, a very strong nationally ranked D-II program in NH. They are members of the NorthEast 10 a wood bat conference.

I guess Coach KingKong (who was a coach at UMB back in the day) must have seen something in this kid as he had a good year in 2008 pitching for the Ravens. Well, I guess UMESS really did not know what they had; the ABCA released their Pre-season All-American List and you guessed it, Mr. Maloney is an All-American. Franklin Pierce has a rich, albeit short history of MLB draftable pitchers and of 'snagging' D-III players from programs after their frosh or soph. years. (Duplissee from Wheaton who went on to an All-American career at FPU; Kevin Reaund, Becker College to name two.)

Baseball Boasts Three ABCA Preseason All-Americans
Adams, Ingui, Maloney named in Collegiate Baseball
Derek Ingui is one of three Ravens to collect preseason All-America accolades from the ABCA.

RINDGE, N.H. (January 16, 2009) – Senior pitcher Mike Adams (Orchard Park, N.Y./Orchard Park), sophomore outfielder Derek Ingui (Sterling, Mass./Somerset) and junior pitcher Brian Maloney (Brockton, Mass./Mass. Dartmouth) have been selected as preseason All-Americans by the American Baseball Coaches Association, as announced in the Jan. 2 issue of Collegiate Baseball. Also, junior outfielder Kevin Rivers (Bristol, Conn./Bristol Eastern) was selected as a "player to watch" in the East Region, while sophomore Jose Macias (Bronx, N.Y./Monroe College) was named a "newcomer to watch."

Maloney played his first season for the Ravens in 2008 and collected Second-Team Daktronics All-Northeast Region and Second-Team All-Northeast-10 Conference accolades along the way. Over 15 appearances (12 starts) with an 8-2 record and a 2.87 ERA, Maloney finished fifth nationally in strikeouts per nine innings (11.37). He struck out 99 and walked 33 over 78.1 innings while holding opponents to a .190 batting average.

[dgilblair]

Thanks DGilblair,

Great Job!!!!!!!!!!!

ECSUalum

No problem Alum......Asked the kid if he had a schedule and presto. 

Word, I have one for you. iParent - for those who save all their vacation time and money to follow the iTeam.  Pretty sure you could give a better definition for it but it's all I've got.   

[hockeyfan77]

Interesting how there are friday conference games before the saturday conference dh's this year. I assume this is because the season ends earlier to make room for the longer conference tournament.

Also seems like Eastern is doing a little more traveling this year than in the past.

USM has had Sunday conference game right after a Saturday conference DH for year now with the travel partner U-Mass Boston....


USM  partial schedule

http://usm.maine.edu/athletics/Baseball/bbsch.html

[ECSUalum]

Thanks DGilblair,

Great Job!!!!!!!!!!!

ECSUalum

No problem Alum......Asked the kid if he had a schedule and presto. 

I am sooo looking forward to Shawn in particlar and the Warriors in general having a MONSTER year.  We will be in Phoenix to watch the festivities unfold!!

Anybody else going to Arizona to watch the LEC teams play?

Should be a blast!!

Word, I have one for you. iParent - for those who save all their vacation time and money to follow the iTeam.  Pretty sure you could give a better definition for it but it's all I've got.   

[santeezy06]

I have another one for you guys!

Ifan - for those who follow the LEC action with no ties just for the love of the game!