BB: LEC: Little East Conference

[ECSUalum]

Did I read this right   UMD beat ECSU 4-3 in game 1? Also it says KSC beat RIC 15-7 in game 2...It's on the LEC scoreboard...

UMD beat TEE UNBELIEVABLE!!!

[ecfaninri]

Ecsualum....
Yes Matt pitched and threw well but overall it was not their day. Like I have said before....... one of Yogi Berra's most famous quotes is....."I don't dwell on the past, there's no future in it". Thank goodness they have a doubleheader tomorrow at home against Plymouth State.

[ECSUalum]

B,

What happened, obviously they did not hit well, error?, bottom of ninth HR? Weather?

Frustrating as I cannot find a box acore anywhere.

See ya tomarrow

[dchevy5]

KSC did sweep RIC today.  KSC handed game one to RIC and then RIC handed it right back.  Second game was a contest for a while, but KSC pulled away.  2 homers for Keith Patnode, a 3 run shot in the first and a 2 run shot later.  The wind was really blowing and doing funny things all day long.  Vogt struggled in game one, but very nice relief efforts by Jeff Raymond and closer Dan Wogsch (spelling?).  Riley battled in game 2, and good relief from Kochiss and Theising.  Chevy back in the line-up and played both games and seemed ok.  Thanks to all who have expressed good wishes for him.

Who is going to stop this UMD stampede though the LEC???

[ECSUalum]

Chevy,

Watched second game, but what a player this young kid Callahan is!!!!

He had a ton of hits and rbi today.

Looks like the Owls are back on track

[wordsmith]

Unbelievable what I see
But its still early in the LEC
What the hell be the deal?
Can UMass Dartmouth be for real?


UMass Dartmouth        3-0 5-13
Southern Maine           1-1 13-3
Keene State                2-2 10-8
Western Connecticut   1-1 8-10
Plymouth State            1-1 5-9
UMass Boston             1-1 4-14
Eastern Connecticut    1-2 16-2
Rhode Island College  1-3 15-7

[Jcon8958]

I dont know wat there putting in the water down there in Dartmouth for there pitching during confrence games but there pitching has been stellar through the first 3 games.

UMB heads down to UMD tommorow to try to derail this train thats rolling through they cant keep playing this good I just cant see it happening.

Andriano and Gomez are starting for UMB tommorow.

Was very suprised to see Fama hand that game to KSC today RIC falls into the basement in the LEC and still has the 2 top teams to play. KSC played very well today and looks like ther back on track.

[ecfaninri]

ECSUalum....
You're right it was unbelievable, but baseball is full of twists, turns, and combinations of good and bad plays, coaching decisions, and umpiring. But that is why they have fences to seperate the game from the spectators. Yesterday was just one game that will never be played again and this team is too talented to have many more like yesterday. What went wrong? None more than the usual things that we see everyday in college baseball. UMD played slightly better defense than Eastern. They had timely hits. They got a very good pitching performance from Gustafson  and in the ninth with a runner on second, they brought in a reliever and threw three pitches to Palo who laced a line drive headed up the middle to tie the game and the pitcher snared it and turned it into a game ending double play. Game over. There is no crying in baseball.. Move on .... The sun will come out tomorrow..... it's only a game-one game. I know this team will be fine. With 2 today, tomorrow vs WNEC, at Montclair on Tuesday, at Springfield on Wednesday ,WConn on Friday they will find each of those games a challenge because everyone wants to beat them and beat #1. They will be fine. See you at the picnic.

[363dp]

Ecfaninri - Isn't baseball fun!  I agree that everybody likes to beat #1, but I am not sure EConn will be in that position next week.

All the talk about the LEC being the best conference in the country, how is a team 3-0 in the LEC and 2-13 out? Just wondering.

Should be a great game in Norton today. Two of the top RHers in the northeast, both who will get looks from MLB, squaring off. Therrian vs Gingras. I'll go with Wheaton who has handled USM quite well during the regular season for quite some time. Also playing in is the fact that the "dogs" ended the Lyons season last year. Sunny day in Norton, Play ball!

[santeezy06]

I"ll just say on behalf of Fama in yesterdays game, I was quite upset with his performance cause he's been the save king all year for us. I was concerned with how bad he was missing so after the game I gave a call to the team to see what was up, apparently the kid was in the hospital all morning battling (2) eyes of pink eye and could barely see, got some drops and came to support team. Oh coach Grenier blew that one again.

In the second game those bats came alive on our pitching and made us look very weak. Good sweep for the team but RIC isn't done.

My Sunday predictions are as follow,

UMB over UMD, they must of used every gun they had yesterday to hold off TEE, so UMB will get the win here but if UMD does pull it off they are definetly legit.

RIC takes Wcon, I see RIC as the better team here but only time will tell.

TEE over Plymouth, TEE is just too much for this team.

USM over Wheaton, I believe this will be an awesome game and I know USM can handle their own.

KSC over Brandeis, their bats will be too much for this team.

[dgilblair]

Unbelievable what I see
But its still early in the LEC
What the hell be the deal?
Can UMass Dartmouth be for real?


UMass Dartmouth        3-0 5-13
Southern Maine           1-1 13-3
Keene State                2-2 10-8
Western Connecticut   1-1 8-10
Plymouth State            1-1 5-9
UMass Boston             1-1 4-14
Eastern Connecticut    1-2 16-2
Rhode Island College  1-3 15-7

Do we have a new king in the LEC?  At the present time it sure looks like it, but I think not.  Eastern and Dartmouth pitching were very good on a very windy day.  Two key plays that killed Eastern were a ground ball to SS for the third out that was misplayed (run scored) and a really bad run down of a pickoff at first that resulted in that runner scoring the winning run in the seventh.  Not sure a two hour practice before a two hour bus ride sets players up to play a good game but it is what it is.  Dartmouth out played Eastern and deserved the win.  I won't even cry about the umpiring that was just plain bad....ok maybe a little....nope.  So good for Dartmouth and good for the LEC, it makes it much more interesting for the conference.  Lets see how they bounce back today. 

Chevy5 good to see your boy is feeling better.

[Jcon8958]

If UMD sweeps UMB they are for real I just dont see that happening today they will be brought back down to earth today by the beacons losing one or possibly even both games.

[wordsmith]

Here's hoping Tip can catch on and prove the Astros wrong.

Word

Houston Astros release Fairchild

By Randy Whitehouse , Staff Writer
Sunday, March 29, 2009
Tip Fairchild says that his right arm feels as good as it did before he had Tommy John surgery two years ago, and he's been pitching as well as he ever has in spring training. He even spent some time recently in the bullpen with the big leaguers.

All of the encouraging signals Fairchild received this spring got crossed late this week after the Houston Astros released the former Monmouth Academy and University of Southern Maine product.

Fairchild appears to be a numbers victim in his fifth year in the Houston organization. He turned 25 in December and the Astros, who have four right-handed pitchers ranked among the organizations top 10 prospects by Baseball America, didn't have room for him even though he appeared to be rebounding well from a difficult 2008 campaign.

The Astros did not respond to a message left at their Houston office Saturday. Fairchild, who remains in Florida in hopes of finding a spot with another organization, did not return a phone message seeking comment.

"He's working with his agent trying to hook up right now with somebody else," said Bill Fairchild, Tip's father.

A starter for much of his minor league career, Fairchild finished last season in the bullpen at Double-A Corpus Christi. He'd had little time off since the May, 2007 surgery on his right elbow, so the Astros advised him to rest his arm after the season. He didn't throw for four months then, while finishing his business degree at USM, began his preparation for spring training by throwing at USM and Bates College around Jan. 1.

He reported to Astros minor league camp in Kissimmee, Fla., in late February feeling strong and hopeful of showing the Astros he had regained the form that helped him win 14 games in 2006, tops in their minor league system. He had his sights set on making the Triple-A roster as a reliever or staying in Corpus Christi as a starter, and appeared to making progress toward one of those goals.

"He had a great spring, better than he's ever had. That's the hard part," Bill Fairchild said. "Every time I've talked to him, he's had unbelievable outings. I think he was surprised by (the release), as were many of his friends. The day before he got released, he had a short outing, one inning, and threw five pitches - two ground balls and a strikeout. And he'd done that many times this spring."

Finding work this late in the preseason could be difficult. Clubs are on the verge of finalizing their minor league rosters. If Fairchild can't draw interest from an organization right away, he could join a team in an independent league and try to open eyes that way.

"It's a tough time right now. Everybody's breaking camp," Bill Fairchild said. "What he has to do is hang in there for a few weeks and see what happens."

[hockeyfan77]

After 2  1/2  ....USM  4   Wheaton  0

[Jcon8958]

You got a link to listen to this game hockeyfan???