BB: LEC: Little East Conference

ECSUalum · April 29, 2009, 10:09:36 PM

Matt Fontaine and ecfaninri

Just a GREAT 11-0 performance by Matt tonight against Wheaton which was a very important regional game

!!

Matt has become a key starter for ECSU this year and really has Wheaton's number after last years GREAT performance.

Also a nice broadcast from WECS radio and the announcer,( forgot his name)

Looking forward to a great weekend series with Western Connecticut @ the ECSU Stadium.

See you there for a personal congrats

TheGNAC · April 29, 2009, 10:14:05 PM

11-0 victory for EConn over Wheaton? Wow, that's a statement win right there.

I'm beginning to wonder if Wheaton even deserves an at-large bid at this point. With the loss tonight, they now have 10 on the year, which is more than, say, Curry will finish with even if they don't win the CCC. I wonder who will prevail if it comes down to Wheaton vs. Curry for the 2nd at-large bid (1st going to USM/EConn). At this point, I'd have to say Curry.

hockeyfan77 · April 29, 2009, 10:15:36 PM

USM drops one to St Joe's today 9-8 to fall to 31-5 on the year...

Next up for USM: Tomorrow @ Babson 3:30

TheGNAC · April 29, 2009, 10:18:00 PM

Also, St. Joe's of Maine rebounds after a tough weekend in the GNAC tournament and a loss to Keene State yesterday with an 8-7 victory over in-state rival Southern Maine. The Monks probably don't have much of a chance at an at-large bid, but it's always nice to beat the #1 team in the nation.

Special consideration goes out to St. Joe's All-American candidate, Pat Moran. The big righty got hit around to the tune of 13 runs and 15 hits in just 3.1 innings against Suffolk this past weekend. Tonight though, he was absolutely dominant, earning the win over USM with 3.1 innings of 1-hit relief while striking out 7.

ECSUalum · April 29, 2009, 10:33:53 PM

Quote from: TheGNAC on April 29, 2009, 10:14:05 PM
11-0 victory for EConn over Wheaton? Wow, that's a statement win right there.

I'm beginning to wonder if Wheaton even deserves an at-large bid at this point. With the loss tonight, they now have 10 on the year, which is more than, say, Curry will finish with even if they don't win the CCC. I wonder who will prevail if it comes down to Wheaton vs. Curry for the 2nd at-large bid (1st going to USM/EConn). At this point, I'd have to say Curry.

Thanks GNAC,

Seems Wheaton has lost its pitching a bit over the last 8-10 games or so. Even so, they are still a great team and a great program!!!

Babson looks to be hot right now, Congrats to them on thier NCAA auto bid. Looking forward to seeing them play in Mansfield in May.

And thanks again for all your great commentary this year on NE Teams, Fantastic!!!!!!!!!!!!

ecfaninri · April 29, 2009, 11:46:30 PM

Quote from: ECSUalum on April 29, 2009, 10:09:36 PM
Matt Fontaine and ecfaninri

Just a GREAT 11-0 performance by Matt tonight against Wheaton which was a very important regional game !!

Matt has become a key starter for ECSU this year and really has Wheaton's number after last years GREAT performance.

Also a nice broadcast from WECS radio and the announcer,( forgot his name)

Looking forward to a great weekend series with Western Connecticut @ the ECSU Stadium.

See you there for a personal congrats

ECSU Alum......
I think Matt was just happy to not be facing WConn or UMD again. You're right - he seems to have the Wheaties number. This sets up the weekend pretty well with a Gilblair/Musson matchup vs Zancan/Armstrong.

KSCfan · April 30, 2009, 09:46:35 AM

Guys some piece of information that the stat fairy dropped onto my desk last night when i got home from work. It was a week by week breakdown on McCormack and Callahan stats. And i came to this conclusion. The fact that McCormik won the award five weeks in a row is ABSURD!!!!!. Here is what the stats say

Week of 3/22-3/28
Mc 22 Abs 5 R 7 H 2 RBI 2 Doubles .318 AVG 9 TB .409 Slug
Callahan 15 abs 3 R 5 H 3 RBI 2 Double 1 HR .333 AVG 10 TB .666 Slug

Callahan should of won that week, more rbi's in fewer at bats with a home run and a higher average and slugging

week of 3/29-4/6
Mc 17 ab 5 R 8 H 7 rbi 1 Double 1 Trip 2 Hr .470 AVG 17 TB 1.000 Slug
Call 12 ab 2 R 6 H 7rbi 1 Doub 1 HR .500 Avg 10 TB .8333 Slug

McCormack should of won that week More HR, however important to note that Call had just as many rbi's in fewer at bats

The next two weeks were a toss up that could of gone any way.

Week of 4/21-4/27
Mc 26 abs in 6 games 6 R 9 H 4 rbi 2 doubles avg of .346
Call 12 abs in 3 games 4 r 8 H 6 rbi 2 double and a HR average of .667 slug over 1.0

Ummmm Callahan

The fact that McCormack won ROW for 5 straight weeks is a pathetic joke. I mean even Jcon cant argue against these numbers. The ROY is Callahan better overall numbers, should of been rookie of the week at least 3 to 4 times and he plays on a better team. If anyone wants all the stats that break down every week and thier head to head stats leave me a message with your email and i can pass it along to them

That being said i know that Keene and UMD will be on the internet. Will UMB and RIC??? I think that this is the most interesting first round matchup. Would love a way to keep tabs on it while im at the Keene games.

Jcon8958 · April 30, 2009, 12:34:20 PM

All this talk of RBIs and HRs by callhan is all well and good. BUT MCORMACK IS A LEADOFF HITTER his job is not to hit HRS and get RBIs..... Its to get on base for the middle of the lineup to knock him in. Not to be lost as well is that he has stolen 17 bases and has a better fielding percantage then Callahan. Look they are both VERRY VERY GOOD PLAYERS. And if they stay atthese schools I am sure next year or the year after we will be having this exact conversation except for player of the year. But like I said earlier I bet niether one of the two has this as number one on there to do list They both want to win the LEC TOURNEY and advance to the regionals and itill after the LEC tourney I am not going to talk about it anymore Mcormack is my pick and I am going to stick to it.

KSCfan · April 30, 2009, 12:48:17 PM

Thanks for your opinion Jcon i just want to make sure that a UMB doesnt steal another award like the one that was stolen last year.....

The leadoff hitter is all fine and great but Callahan hits 7 sometimes 8. What is that persons job? To get on base so that the top of the lineup can drive them in. Whats the point of any batter, if there is someone on base to drive them in. If the leadoff hitter comes up and there is a guy on 2nd is he just suppoused to get on base or drive him in, and by doing that get on base himself and let the next guy drive him in. After the fist inning the "leadoff" spot just becomes the guy that is hitting first in that inning. That is why it is everys batter job to drive in runs, and then get on base for the next guy

Jcon8958 · April 30, 2009, 01:24:53 PM

Alright and this is also the last time I am going to adress the POTY last year the voting was done BEFORE THE LEC TOURNEY (LET ME SAY IT AGAIN CAUSE I KNOW SOME OF YOU DONT UNDERSTAND BEFORRREEEEE THE LEC TOURNEY) And Morin best 2 starts came in the LEC tourney and the regionals. Let it go Man Conway was a better pitcher then morin last year during the regular season which is what the voting was based on so just let it go it was almost a year ago. And if mcormack wins he will not be stealing the award. It doesnt matter because no matter what if you Mcormack does win it you are going to scream foul anyway.

KSCfan · April 30, 2009, 01:32:20 PM

Jcon i stopped listening to your opinions on pitchers when you tried to convince the board that Adriano was a quality starter. I am going to laugh as RIC tees off on UMB for a sweep. I know the awards are voted on before the LEC tournament. I am well aware of that fact. If McCormack wins then yes i will scream foul because we all know that Callahan is the clear winner of the award!

Jcon8958 · April 30, 2009, 01:44:58 PM

Hahahah ok buddy I would be worried about KSC if I was you rather then being so concerned about UMB I wouldnt be suprised if UMD sweeps them again. And Andriano is better then any pitcher then you guys got throwing over there this year thats a fact.. Yah they have been sand bagging alright...... HAHAHAHAHHA

KSCfan · April 30, 2009, 02:11:06 PM

Jcon i am concerned with KSC, and i did not say they where sandbaggin, KSCer said they where sandbaggin. Lets make sure we get our posts right if you are going to talk about it and lets see here hmmmmmmmm

Adriano stat line 7.27 era 2-3 win lose record 7-7 34.2 inninnings 45 hits 32 runs 28 earned 20 walks 24 k's opp bavg .308

J. Raymond.......... 3.44era 3-1 win lose 36.2 innings 41 hits 21 runs 14 earned 9 walks 22 strikeouts opp bavg .273
C. Vogt............. 5.58 30.2 innings 37 21 19 12 26 4 0 3 122 .303
J. Pelkey........... 4.40 4-1 28.2 innings 33 22 14 7 17 7 1 3 119 .277

Jcon there is three pitchers that are head and shoulders above your BOY adriano, maybe adriano should be pitcher of the year too right? First you quote the wrong post then you make wild claims that clearly based on the numbers above are about as good as UMB record. My goodness if you are going to make some statements at least have a clue.

Jcon ummmmmm
"WEAR IT"

wordsmith · April 30, 2009, 02:21:21 PM

I will say this about the awards. The only award I would be interested in winning would be the LEC Tournament Championship.

As to the ROY - I still say the LEC would be remiss in not awarding a Co-Rookie this year. And no I don't hold to the premise of let's make all the children winners/happy. If Callahan wins he deserves it but I would totally understand McCormack and UMB being disappointed and vice versa. I look at it this way --> Both guys had outstanding campaigns and were dominate players in their rookie season.

Least we forget, we had co-winners last year and a comparison below shows a similar difference between the two players results as we have this year.

2008 Co-Rookies of the Year

Player AVG GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB-ATT
Bobby Doyon......... .408 43-42 169 43 69 12 3 6 55 105 .621 9 6 21 1 .442 6 2 6-6
Jordan Berthiaume... .350 50-48 180 38 63 9 0 3 38 81 .450 8 8 25 2 .395 4 2 5-5

Word

ecfaninri · April 30, 2009, 02:47:49 PM

KSCfan....... Why in heavens name do you want to bring up the past awards with JCon? In the immortal words of Yogi Berra " I don't dwell on he past - there is no future in it" or even Nancy Kerrigan - "WWHHYYYYYYYY?"

You can't let facts get in the way of emotion when it comes JCon or even cloud the picture. If he used the same logic about weekly awards with LAST YEAR'S pitcher of the year award to equate it to THIS YEAR and the rookie of the year award - Conway won the Pitcher of the Year award but failed to win the weekly award once for the pitcher of the week. Oddly, Morin and Fontaine each won it twice. Hmm! et's face it .. In contrast, McCormack has won the weekly award 5 times.... using his logic from last year......Callahan is a shoo in....Hmmm. There should be Co- Rookies of the Year. But if it only were to go to one -it should be Callahan.

Word...
UMD can't be looking forward to facing KSC after their earlier season matchup.... what do you think?