BB: LEC: Little East Conference

[TRhit]

RE: the  RUSTLERS ROOST note above----been there twice and sat with the Old Miner---try the snake---it is unreal-- great experience for all who go there--steaks are also awesome---atmosphere is total fun

[KSCfan]

I know that Keene started practice this morning at 5am, im sure that everyone else starts today as well... thank god.  Yeah i walked the swamp the other day, We need about 30 days at 75 degrees to dry that sucker out.  Owls might be road weary again this year.  There has been some talk in the KSC cirlce about turfing the field, similar to what Franklin Pierce has over in Rindge, NH.  That way they can essentially plow off the field in the spring and not play so many road games.  I myself am not a huge fan of turf fields, but it might make sense to do so at Keene.  That would also make it the first turf field in the LEC. 

[ecfaninri]

TRhit... Good call on the smake at Rustler's Roost.

KScfan.... I'd bet that if keene invests in a truf field.. they would quickly turn that into another home field advantage...not to mention that kids looking to play ball like to play at home and it may add to their already improving recruiting base.

[ECSUalum]

KSCFan,

That is good news re a possible turf makeover for KSC baseball field.  With a upgraded field and hopefully more home games played, should give the team the deserved home games and will be a big boost for the team and the local and student fans!!

Good luck with this.

Hope ECSU gets the 2009 roster posted soon, looks like it is any day now!!

will be interesting/fun to see who Holywater and company picked up in the offseason.

I have always wanted to try snake.  Survivorman!!!!

[wordsmith]

SECRET VIDEO of an LEC Team taking BP on the first day of practice.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRN7tEhVH70&feature=related


More video --> See Below-->You have no idea how many times I did exactly this routine with my son. Cold, wet, miserable, freezing, oh, did I mention how much I miss being able to do this with my son now that he is all grown-up???

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFIyZYJ0xkA&feature=related

Bonus Footage of me, Word, working hard to clearing the snow so the boys can get on the field earlier.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ii9Bi9_JXxQ&feature=channel



Word

[Paul Heering]

I was looking a a 2009 schedule and it looks like the LEC is changing the format of the conference tournament.  Over two weekends, top four teams make it and play best of three games series.  I personally love this idea.  Does anyone have any confirmation on this?

[KSCfan]

Paul- i had heard actually that the conference tournament was switiching to all 8 teams, and that it was double elimination, a lot like the regional tournament rather than the 6 team tournament it has been.  The 4 team three game series would be exciting to say the least, but one thing that the LEC tournament has always done is prepare teams for regional style competition.  That being lots of games in a short amount of time, espically if a team ends up in the losers bracket.  What i would like to see but probably wont happen at the d3 level is a playoff system similar to D1.  Where you could have two 4 team regionals in NE, and then have them play a Super Regional best of three to go to Wisconsin.  As far as the LEC tournament i had heard something else so i personally dont know what the tournament looks like now.

[363dp]

SECRET VIDEO of an LEC Team taking BP on the first day of practice.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRN7tEhVH70&feature=related

Word, I think this is the EConn boys outside the field, by the looks of the fence, getting an early start, knowing they might be facing Gingras come regionals.

[ecfaninri]

363p

Nah, that's not Econn.... They have already started practice at their new indoor, underground bunker the Holiwaty built in his spare time this winter now that he doesn't have to recruit as much anymore, now that Wojick is retired.

Boy this is fun.... a lot of action on the LEC site.

[EasternCtFan]

On a serious note ecfaninri im surprised there isan't some kind of indoor baseball facility by the practice field at ECSU Stadium. Maybe a indoor cage or pitching mounds. Ive heard there are talks about this.

[ecfaninri]

EasternCtFan
I am sure Coach has thought of it but the practicality of it that unless there is some endowment or a serious donor for such a facility, it is not practical. The school has to treat all the school team somewhat equal. You have to admit, we on D3 Baseball are a little biased and want to see more and better things for our sport. But I'm sure the other spring sports think that their sports is just as important.

Holiwaty has done a tremendous job with fundraising  andwho can complain about their stadium. (Psst... I love the heated bathrooms, especially in April) How many D1 and D2  programs would love to have what EConn has.... Maybe when I hit the Lotto I can enclosed the practice infield just behind Gilblair Hill.  Hey.. that's an idea too... I'll contact DGilblair and maybe he and I can go halves on it.

I see where the New England write up is on the D3 site. They saved the best for last.

[dchevy5]

Just read the D3 New England preview.  It should be a three team race, as it has been in recent years.
Keene seems to have lost the most to graduation- 3 everyday starters (Ford, Jones, Rousseau), their ace starting pitcher (Morin) and their closer (Ford).  I think they will have another very solid offense, but the key will be starting pitching.  Last years #3 (Sonberg) should move up, but I have no idea who the other starters will be.  Hope they recruited well.

USM lost only Skeffington and Ross, so they will be stacked.  Schmidt and Therrien are a solid 1-2 I think.

Eastern lost Jags (as far as I can tell from reading this board) and Esposito, who I thought was the best pitcher KSC faced last year.  You can cut that loss in half though, if Gilblair is healthy.  Otherwise, Eastern returns most of their key players and will be VERY good.

It should be a lot of fun.  Can't wait!!!

[wordsmith]

Eye also noticed the WNEC Golden Bears got a mention in the D-III write-up today. Now that I have a vested interest in their program I was real glad to see that, but I guess that is for another board.

Sullen Maine has a nice indoor set-up; they drop a huge circular cage/net down in their indoor track and field complex and the team can face live pitching and vice versa and the infielders can take fielding practice albeit on a Tartan Turf type surface.

Bill (Lord of the Jeffs) Thurston at Amherst has an indoor complex with a dirt infield. Pretty cool set-up,  the best I have seen in D-III in the NE.

KSC had their field lights on tonight. Lax field that is. Anyone from KSC know what that was all about? Are they plowing & snowblowing the baseball and turf field again this year? Now there is something the Chapmans of the world can't identify with. Plowing 97 feet of snow off your baseball field. 

Word

[kscer]

KSC had their field lights on tonight. Lax field that is. Anyone from KSC know what that was all about? Are they plowing & snowblowing the baseball and turf field again this year? Now there is something the Chapmans of the world can't identify with. Plowing 97 feet of snow off your baseball field. 

Word




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They clean the Turf field early for LAX. Baseball uses it on warm days, and some of the local HS teams use it for LAX. How long it stays clean is the question.

[KSCfan]

Good new england preview by the site.  I think that the cream of the NE crop this year will once again be the Little East three, Trinity and Wheaton.  I mean if i was the commish of the Little East lets dump Plymouth and Westconn, and just absorb Trinity and Wheaton into the Little East to create a mega conference of giants.  I mean why not (That was a joke, a bad one but still a joke).  Im interested in Trinity to be honest, i know they lost some guys but i still think they will give the Little East Three (Kind of like Oceanic 6) trouble.  I saw Trinity on Easterns schedule, but not on Keenes.  Im not sure about Southern Maine.  I was a little surprised that Wheaton didnt make it on KSC schedule as over the last two years Keene has played them.  New England up for grabs for sure, just like the Little East will be.