BB: LEC: Little East Conference

[ECSUalum]

ECSU 2009 Roster now posted.  2008 Roster also available for comparison

[ECSUalum]

2009 ECSU roster @

http://nutmeg.easternct.edu/athletics/men_baseball/men_baseball.htm

[ECSUalum]

Anyone know where Pat Smith transferred to? ( 2008 Freshman ECSU Warrior from Milton PA)

To bad he did not return, he looked to be a great player!!!!!

[dgilblair]

Anyone know where Pat Smith transferred to? ( 2008 Freshman ECSU Warrior from Milton PA)

To bad he did not return, he looked to be a great player!!!!!

Don't know where he is now.  I agree with you though he was a nice player.  Real smooth in the field and a very nice swing to go with it.  I think he would have been a big plus this year.  Last year he started the season off as a freshman that looked like he was going to be a full time starter then had a foot injury that sidelined him.  I think he rushed trying to come back and reinjured it.

[ECSUalum]

Looks like another exellent recruiting year for TEE, looks like a couple of big guys from Long Island NY (Schiemann-6'2" LHP  and 6'6" Hnatov 1B) and a couple of highly rated players from Fairfield CT and Rutland MA, (Keys and Cammuso), respectively,

D Gilblair, Thanks for the update on Smith.  Forgot about his foot injury.  I searched a couple of articles on him from high school in PA and he really dominated in at Delaware Vally PA baseball.

Hoping Shawn is healthy and ready to go!!!!!!!!!!

[ecfaninri]

I think Smith ended up transfering to Penn State but is not playing baseball.

[ECSUalum]

I think Smith ended up transfering to Penn State but is not playing baseball.

Thank You Sir.

Is your son ready to rock and roll?!!!

[ECSUalum]

Nice job by Tristan Hobbs et al on the USM/ECSU Womens Basketball game streamed on Little east TV by EZStream. ECSU won by the way

Hopefully we will have this for theAll LEC baseball games.  Really nice job!!!

[dgilblair]

Nice job by Tristan Hobbs et al on the USM/ECSU Womens Basketball game streamed on Little east TV by EZStream. ECSU won by the way

Hopefully we will have this for theAll LEC baseball games.  Really nice job!!!

I attended that game today and it was a good one.  They have a nice scrapy team.

Hobbs will need a replacement behide the mic as I expect a big year out of him on the diamond.  Shawn is still working out the rust but he seems confident, says he will be ready in three weeks.  Now that sounds nice, three weeks.  He gets sick of me asking hows the knee, hows the arm....don't blame him. Says he thinks the defense should improve, that would be a good thing.

[ecfaninri]

DGilblair......
Must have just missed you today at EConn. Saw all the snow on the ground there, but this weeks temps will wash it away.

ECSUalum...... I think my son is itching to get started, he is cautiously optomistic. I think that the experience he gained last year and the work he got in last summer in the NECBL has given him more confidence.  I agree with  you DGilblair, I am sure my son is tired of me asking him how he's throwing, and how Shawn is, and what the new guys are like. It won't be long now.

[dchevy5]

DGILBLAIR and ECFANINRI

I know what you mean.  My son gets tired of me asking him the same questions.  It must be the winter blues and getting SO anxious for spring and baseball.  You would think that they could humor us a little though.

[dgilblair]

DGilblair......
Must have just missed you today at EConn. Saw all the snow on the ground there, but this weeks temps will wash it away.

ECSUalum...... I think my son is itching to get started, he is cautiously optomistic. I think that the experience he gained last year and the work he got in last summer in the NECBL has given him more confidence.  I agree with  you DGilblair, I am sure my son is tired of me asking him how he's throwing, and how Shawn is, and what the new guys are like. It won't be long now.

It did warm up nicely today.  With more warm temps and rain coming this week should clear out most of this white stuff.  Now we just hope for no more.....lol

dchevy5,  I know.....at least make something up to keep us happy.

[wordsmith]

Below is an article about a former KSC pitcher, Phil Mabey who pitched for the Owls through 2008. I had the opportunity to coach Phil a few years back. He has a lot of physical potential, 6-5, strong, etc. I hope he can put it altogether.

Funny story about Phil. He was getting ready to pitch one Sunday afternoon 3 years or so ago. So Phil finishes his warm-up pitches and turns around on the mound. I am looking right at Phil as he turns since you could tell by his body language, if you knew him, how is stuff was.

The KSC catcher on that day, a frequent contributor to this board I might add, stands up and fires the ball down to second, only it smacks Phil right in the side of the melon and Down Goes Frazier.

I thought it had killed him. But being the guy I am, and having coached for so many years, that was not my first thought though; my first thought was 'Now who the hell is Keene going to pitch?' Well, much to everyone's surprise Mabey gets to his feet after a few minutes and goes on to pitch like a 3 hitter. So here's to you Phil, Mabey you'll make it and Mabey you won't but you will always be a tough guy in my mind.

Word

Former Owl takes shot at pro baseball
Mabey pitches for team in Arizona Winter League
By Ken Murphy
Sentinel Staff
Published: Sunday, February 08, 2009
Finding a job in the midst of a recession has to be a primary concern for many recent Keene State graduates.

Not for Phil Mabey, who is having fun in the hot sun in Arizona while delaying his job search for as long as possible.

Mabey, who graduated from Keene State with a degree in safety studies last fall, is pitching for the San Luis Atleticos in the Arizona Winter League.

The Arizona Winter League is an instructional league associated with the independent Golden Baseball League, and is intended to provide former college players exposure to scouts, and existing professionals the opportunity to develop their skills.

A four-year starter for Keene State, Mabey has made two starts for the Atleticos.

He had a no decision in Friday night's 15-14 victory over Saskatchewan Silver Sox which, like San Luis, is a first-year team in the eight-team league.

All games are played in Arizona, and the 20-game schedule wraps up with playoffs at the end of the month.

While Mabey, 22, may not be looking for a job in safety studies just yet, he is looking for full-time work.

"I have to make a decision sometime, if I don't get a contract here I'll try and pursue a job in my degree, but my whole goal down here is to get a contract," he said prior to making Friday's start.

In the league's three-year history, more than 70 former players have signed professional contracts with either independent leagues or with major league affiliations. Two players from the 2007 season have seen action in the majors — Sergio Romo with San Francisco and Scott Richmond with Toronto.

"Everyone is really good — it's more talent, I'd have to say that, definitely," Mabey said about the league, comparing the hitters he's facing with the caliber of player he faced with the Owls in the Little East Conference.

Mabey, a right-hander, is 1-0 with a 6.55 for the Atleticos (3-2). In 11 innings pitched he's given up eight earned runs on 10 hits with three walks and 12 strikeouts.

Mabey went 14-9 over his four-year Keene State career. He was 4-3 with a 5.81 ERA last season.

Mabey said he heard about the league through his former manager with the Federals of the New York State League, where he pitched last summer after wrapping up his college career.

Players pay to join the league, with most of the money (the 2008 fee was $3,300) going to room and board. After an abbreviated spring training in late January, the players are then divided into eight teams.

The league gives players exposure to major league scouts on a nightly basis, as well as instruction from former major leaguers. Mabey's manager with the Atleticos is Greg Cadaret, who had a 10-year career as a major league pitcher with eight different teams, including several years with the Yankees in the late '80s and early '90s.

Other current and former managers in the league with major league experience include Darrell Evans, Garry Templeton and Mike Marshall.

Mabey, of Williamstown, Mass., said that if he does not secure a contract he plans to return home and begin looking for full-time work outside of baseball.

But he doesn't sound like he's in too much of a hurry for that to happen. He's having too much fun in Arizona.

"You get up, work out and go play baseball. That's what you do every day. I can't think of anything better. It's nice weather and you're playing baseball," he said.

[dgilblair]

Good stuff there Word.  Mabey is a challenge for hitters with all them body parts going in all different directions.  Plus he is half way to the plate with those big strides he takes.  Good for him hope he gets to play for a few more years.  Theres plenty of time to find a 9 to 5, may not be to many out there right now. 

[ECSUalum]

This off LEC website:

Feb 5, 2009

Conway Signs Professional Contract With Worcester Tornadoes

WORCESTER, Mass. – Former University of Massachusetts Boston baseball pitcher Nick Conway (Methuen, Mass.) has signed a contract to play professional baseball in the Canadian American Association of Professional Baseball League for the Worcester Tornadoes, it was announced today by Tornadoes' General Manager Jorg Bassiacos.

Conway becomes the first UMass Boston player to sign a professional contract in nearly two decades.

CONGRATS TO NICK