BB: LEC: Little East Conference

ECSUalum · February 14, 2009, 12:47:01 PM

Dwight had the speed, great glove and crushed the **** out of the ball.

It is an enigma why he was not drafted or signed in free agency.

I think he played a couple of years for one of the independent leaques (Canadian based, if I remember) in Brocton MA or thereabouts

Thanks guys for your inputs

Old Man · February 14, 2009, 08:10:14 PM

WOW - I missed alot being gone for a while - here is my prediction for LEC 2009 - are you ready ......1.KSU , 2- ECSU, 3. USM, 4. RIC, 5 UMASS-Bos-, 6- WCSU, 7 - PSU, 8 - Umass -Dart-

Returning guys for KSU -

Overall Statistics
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The Automated ScoreBook
Overall Statistics for Keene State College (as of May 19, 2008)
(All games Sorted by Batting avg)

Record: 34-11 Home: 12-2 Away: 9-4 Neutral: 13-5 Conference: 12-2

Player AVG GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB-ATT PO A E FLD%

John Barber......... .439 23-13 57 12 25 7 1 1 13 37 .649 3 2 13 0 .484 0 1 0-0 12 15 4 .871
Bobby Doyon......... .408 43-42 169 43 69 12 3 6 55 105 .621 9 6 21 1 .442 6 2 6-6 60 3 7 .900
Jeff Perkins........ .391 43-42 169 50 66 14 6 0 26 92 .544 30 4 7 2 .488 2 1 15-18 71 4 0 1.000
Tyler DiPrato....... .383 40-35 133 35 51 12 0 0 30 63 .474 19 0 20 0 .452 3 2 0-0 57 11 0 1.000
Jamie Chevalier..... .355 43-43 186 43 66 15 2 2 34 91 .489 13 5 14 6 .408 2 2 7-9 110 141 5 .980
Anthony Cipolla..... .318 42-42 148 34 47 9 1 0 30 58 .392 33 2 29 8 .439 4 5 1-2 231 23 4 .984
Beau Darak.......... .296 41-37 152 39 45 7 1 13 50 93 .612 16 3 37 5 .374 0 0 0-1 359 16 4 .989
Mike Burgoyne....... .167 13-0 6 6 1 0 0 0 1 1 .167 3 0 1 0 .444 0 0 1-1 0 0 0 .000
Ed Lacourse......... .143 6-1 7 1 1 1 0 0 2 2 .286 2 0 2 0 .333 0 0 0-0 3 1 1 .800

Totals.............. .357 45-45 1653 423 590 100 29 38 396 862 .521 207 35 251 32 .434 24 22 42-52 1156 546 81 .955
Opponents........... .279 45-45 1536 247 428 84 12 24 219 608 .396 140 48 284 43 .355 12 15 48-63 1120 436 77 .953

LOB - Team (401), Opp (350). DPs turned - Team (49), Opp (39). TPs turned - Team (0), Opp (1). CI - Team (2), Cipolla 2, Opp
(3). IBB - Team (2), Darak 1, Barber 1, Opp (6). Picked off - Doyon 3, Rousseau 1, Cipolla 1.

(All games Sorted by Earned run avg)

Player ERA W-L APP GS CG SHO/CBO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR AB B/Avg WP HBP BK SFA SHA

Aaron Laplante...... 2.77 5-0 9 8 0 0/1 0 39.0 38 20 12 9 19 5 1 2 156 .244 1 3 0 0 0
Chris Kochiss....... 3.00 0-0 2 0 0 0/0 0 3.0 2 1 1 1 5 0 0 1 11 .182 0 0 0 0 0
Ben Sonberg......... 4.04 3-1 11 10 1 0/0 0 62.1 67 31 28 12 32 9 2 3 238 .282 3 8 0 2 2
Corey Vogt.......... 5.02 2-0 11 0 0 0/0 0 14.1 12 8 8 12 12 2 1 0 50 .240 4 4 0 0 0
Ed Lacourse......... 5.06 0-0 8 0 0 0/1 1 10.2 18 7 6 4 9 3 0 0 51 .353 1 0 0 0 0
Jamie Chevalier..... 5.30 4-3 15 3 0 0/0 1 35.2 39 22 21 9 26 8 0 2 141 .277 4 5 0 1 3
Rob Delbuono........ 6.35 4-0 19 0 0 0/1 0 28.1 36 25 20 8 20 7 3 3 118 .305 2 2 0 0 1
Mike Riley.......... 7.90 3-2 8 4 0 0/0 0 27.1 44 26 24 17 17 11 2 2 119 .370 0 6 0 0 1
Dan Martin.......... 10.80 0-1 3 0 0 0/0 0 5.0 9 7 6 3 3 1 0 3 25 .360 1 2 0 0 0
8)Mike Murray......... 11.88 0-0 9 0 0 0/0 0 8.1 17 15 11 6 7 4 1 1 44 .386 1 2 1 0 0

Totals.............. 4.88 34-11 45 45 4 4/2 8 385.1 428 247 209 140 284 84 12 24 1536 .279 33 48 1 12 15
Opponents........... 8.22 11-33 45 45 5 1/0 1 373.1 590 423 341 207 251 100 29 38 1653 .357 34 35 10 24 22

PB - Team (6), Cipolla 4, Murray 1, DiPrato 1, Opp (13). Pickoffs - Team (4), Morin 2, Chevalier 1, Sonberg 1, Opp (5).
SBA/ATT - Cipolla (38-47), Sonberg (12-13), DiPrato (9-12), Mabey (8-9), Laplante (4-8), Morin (3-7), Ford (6-6), Vogt (3-5),
Riley (3-5), Chevalier (3-3), Delbuono (2-2), Murray (2-2), Boyd (1-2), Wentworth (1-1), Lacourse (1-1).
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The Automated ScoreBook
Overall Statistics for Keene State College (as of May 19, 2008)
(All games Sorted by Fielding pct)

Player C PO A E FLD% DPs SBA CSB SBA% PB CI

Jeff Perkins........ 75 71 4 0 1.000 1 0 0 --- 0 0
Tyler DiPrato....... 68 57 11 0 1.000 5 9 3 .750 1 0
Jamie Morin......... 13 2 11 0 1.000 0 3 4 .429 0 0
Mike Riley.......... 11 1 10 0 1.000 0 3 2 .600 0 0
Joe Allison......... 5 4 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 --- 0 0
Brett Palatiello.... 3 2 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 --- 0 0
Matt Boyd........... 3 0 3 0 1.000 0 1 1 .500 0 0
Dan Martin.......... 2 1 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 --- 0 0
Beau Darak.......... 379 359 16 4 .989 35 0 0 --- 0 0
Greg Ford........... 66 62 3 1 .985 0 6 0 1.000 0 0
Anthony Cipolla..... 258 231 23 4 .984 1 38 9 .809 4 2
Jesse Cahill........ 58 25 32 1 .983 8 0 0 --- 0 0
Jamie Chevalier..... 256 110 141 5 .980 37 3 0 1.000 0 0
Joe Rousseau........ 162 70 77 15 .907 15 0 0 --- 0 0
Ryan Jones.......... 244 59 162 23 .906 30 0 0 --- 0 0
Bobby Doyon......... 70 60 3 7 .900 0 0 0 --- 0 0
Mike Murray......... 9 8 0 1 .889 0 2 0 1.000 1 0
John Barber......... 31 12 15 4 .871 3 0 0 --- 0 0
Corey Vogt.......... 7 0 6 1 .857 1 3 2 .600 0 0
Jameson Wentworth... 6 1 4 1 .833 0 1 0 1.000 0 0
Aaron Laplante...... 5 1 3 1 .800 0 4 4 .500 0 0
Ed Lacourse......... 5 3 1 1 .800 0 1 0 1.000 0 0
Ben Fournier........ 9 6 1 2 .778 0 0 0 --- 0 0
Ben Sonberg......... 22 5 12 5 .773 2 12 1 .923 0 0
Phil Mabey.......... 12 5 4 3 .750 0 8 1 .889 0 0
Rob Delbuono........ 3 1 1 1 .667 0 2 0 1.000 0 0
Andrew Buell........ 1 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 --- 0 0
Mike Burgoyne....... 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 --- 0 0
Chris Kochiss....... 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 --- 0 0

Totals.............. 1783 1156 546 81 .955 49 48 15 .762 6 2
Opponents........... 1633 1120 436 77 .953 39 42 10 .808 13 3

Old Man · February 14, 2009, 08:13:16 PM

sorry,

i am not good at the reply/ new info but the guys at KSU - "GET IT" - they will be around for years to come and in my prediction will bring a W(orld) S(eries) titile to the GRANITE STATE

OM

kscer · February 15, 2009, 09:58:09 AM

There's no doubt that KSC is a scrappy team that will win a lot of games, but do they have the 1-2 pitching punch that will keep them close until the latter innings. Think back three years. We had Stromgren, Young, Morin and Maybe, with Tenney and Chevy for help. I don't see that this year.
kscer

dchevy5 · February 15, 2009, 10:53:08 AM

KSCER

You are right. KSC does not have the returning starters that they have most years. How far they can go will be determined largely by the new pitchers, who we know little to nothing about. Dgilblair makes a good point about freshman pitchers a few days ago. Although, there are some exceptions (think Gilblair 2006), it takes a year or two for most college pitchers to become real successful. Heres hoping KSC freshman can step up and get it done.

dgilblair · February 15, 2009, 11:32:19 AM

Quote from: kscer on February 15, 2009, 09:58:09 AM
There's no doubt that KSC is a scrappy team that will win a lot of games, but do they have the 1-2 pitching punch that will keep them close until the latter innings. Think back three years. We had Stromgren, Young, Morin and Maybe, with Tenney and Chevy for help. I don't see that this year.
kscer

Thats the bottom line. Now, to me KSC the last four years has been the best to second best team in the LEC. With their first LEC outright championship last year was a culmination of the Stromgren, Young, Morin and Maybe years. If it were not for ECSU taking the title from them in 06 (a series that will go down in ECSU history as an all time best) if they had won in 06 I would say they have been the BEST team in the LEC over the last four years.

The one thing that will help those new arms is they will get a chance to compete as freshman because of what the team has lost from last year. As Chevy pointed out is how Shawn as a freshman had a chance to do what he did. If he had been there in 05 he may not of had the chance he had in 06. So all is not lost for KSC but without a doubt some young guys will have to step up

kscer · February 15, 2009, 12:22:47 PM

You're right about 2006. That tourney with the rain and flooding was great. The final two games in Bangor were amongst the best I saw. A lot of factors, but I have this memory, like a nightmare, of every time KSC got a runner on base, Gilblair got a ground ball double play. Runs and runners were hard to come by, and Shawn pitched a great game, and of course our guys had not seen him. What a game that was. Both of them.

dgilblair · February 15, 2009, 04:08:37 PM

Not just what Shawn did....it was amazing what that pitching staff did. Narus, Davis, Espo and Jags to win 4 games in 27 hours. We had our factors of no sleep and tons of travel but coach Howe and family had heavy hearts to deal with and that factor certainly weighed on the team as a whole.

dchevy5 · February 15, 2009, 04:23:08 PM

That WAS a memorable tournament for sure. Very weird weather. Absolutely pouring in Portland for days, but sunny and beautiful when you went about 25 miles north. KSC was pretty confident going in to that final Sunday, or at least we parents were. We were 3-0 vs Eastern to that point in the season, and only had to win one of two for the championship. It didn't happen, and we had to wait 2 more years. It was worth the wait, as there is no feeling quite like winning the LEC tournament championship.

kscer · February 15, 2009, 07:02:43 PM

I remember that we were thinking we would play USM for the championship and then when we heard Eastern had won we thought their pitching was used up, and we had our 1+2. Tough to lose at that point after all the team had accomplished, and then to be passed over for the NCAA's in favor of USM who had collapsed...Great games in a great season.

KSCfan · February 16, 2009, 11:59:09 AM

I thought that the LEC tournament from 07 was even better than the one at 06. Eastern had ran the table in the LEC that year and was a very good team for sure. Keene comes storming back from the losers bracket somehow beats Eastern and game one of the sat championship. Mike Cook who was up and down that year comes out of the bullpen for Keene and throws the game of his life for them to win. Then in the second game, Ishmal Boli-cant-spell-his-name throws out peter hall trying to tag up in the top of ninth in a tie game, then Gilblair hits one between first and second for the walk off win. ( that was more painful than 06 by the way KSC fans).

Then fastforward to the regionals Keene and Eastern are both 2-0 going into the winners bracket final and Espo comes out and is just filthy against keene. I think it was 4-1 or 3-1 in like the eight when Bo Darrak hit a ball in Harwich to the centerfield fence wich Re runs down and keeps Keene from tying the game. Granted Eastern whacked Keene in that last game on Sat. But that 3 week stretch the battles between the LEC teams was amazing.

dchevy5 · February 16, 2009, 04:19:05 PM

With all the talk about "the Swamp" and Keene playing few home games, do you realize that in 2006 KSC played their entire regular season schedule, home and away, without a single postponement? That is true. It was my first season following KSC and I was amazed by this.

In 2007 I think they didn't play a home game until the next to last weekend of the season. 2008 was a little better than 2007, but not by much.

The snow is melting rapidly these days. I just hope for no more snow. First game at the Swamp scheduled for March 26 against Babson. What are the odds??

dgilblair · February 16, 2009, 04:19:22 PM

I think KSC got hosed in 06 too. Coach Flaherty hopping mad and I mean hopping when we beat him in that midnight thriller. I don't think he wanted the tournament to be moved. Let me ask you this, in the last three years could you find any better baseball in the country than you see in the LEC ? Like you guys said theres been some amazing games.

kscer · February 16, 2009, 05:02:22 PM

I think when you throw in UMB and RIC, there were some incredible games, tourneys and upsets, and that's why D lll baseball is the best. And, you know dgilblair and dchevy5, just because your kid graduates doesn't mean the anxiety stops, it's just different.

KSCfan, 07 was great in its own way, and making the final at Harwich was the ultimate high spot, but 06 seemed different, sort of like a first kiss as opposed to a wedding night.

dchevy5 · February 16, 2009, 05:17:01 PM

kscer, your metaphors are making me a little uncomfortable (LOL).

06, 07, and 08 were unbelievably great baseball in the LEC, and your right DGilblair, it is hard to imagine better baseball anywhere. Here's to 09 and may it be the best yet!!!