BB: LEC: Little East Conference

[ecfaninri]

Dougies.....
You know it's real Hot Stove Baseball talk when it's 20 degrees with a windchill of 8 or 9 degrees and we are talking about D3 Baseball and regional Tournaments. I, too, am happy to see that Eastern is hosting the regional again. You're right, they do have a great stadium and last year the grounds crew did a great job amidst all the rain and what not to get the games in. But the best part of that stadium - and I have said it before - HEATED RESTROOMS.

It will also be interesting to see if we get the April 20th game in with Trinity - EConn unlike last year. Can't wait... Eastern players report in just 15 days. You're right... they are solid and have a lot of players returning from the 07,08, and 09 Regional and World Series experience as well.

Ok time to put another log on the fire and get ready for some NFL Wild Card playoff action. Go Patriots.

[bulldog84]

As a newcomer to the LEC,  could someone tell me who are a few players to watch from each team in the conference.

[ecfaninri]

bulldog84.....
Welcome to the LEC board... you're in for a treat. In just a few weeks you will start yo see the ramblings of quite a few "regulars" around the league. You will hear from wordsmith,kscer, kscfan,jcon,escualum, santeezy, go owls,lecfan, and hopefully dgilblair to name a few. It is a pretty knowledgeable, and sometimes an opionionated group. If you have a particular team in the LEC you follow, I am sure we will love to hear your insight.

[wordsmith]

bulldog84,

Welcome to the LEC board. There are a couple of rules to remember.

rule

1) JCon always offers objective and insightful opinions;
2) TEE fans are always gracious and polite;
3) KSC fans know very little about baseball, but a lot about swamps, floods, wind-chill, pick-up trucks, drinking, and sheep;
4) Southern Maine fans, still any out there?, have the market cornered in flannel, 'ahya's', and leads the nation in the manufacturing of clipboards;
5) LEC baseball is the best in the nation;
6) Never take me serious;

Word

[wordsmith]

A nice article about a fine young man connected to the Keene State Athletic community for many years.

Rest in Peace Brent Elwell. Your light shines bright.

http://www.sentinelsource.com/articles/2010/01/10/news/local/free/id_385801.txt

Word   

[ECSUalum]

As a newcomer to the LEC,  could someone tell me who are a few players to watch from each team in the conference.

Welcome Bulldog,

As you can see from Wordsmith's post, we have a lot of fun over here on the Northeast/LEC baseball thread.

The partial answer to your above question. I would go the LEC web site, ( www.littleeast.com ), then click on baseball then on statistics, then on "Little East Statistics Summary".  Scroll down past the TEAM Batting, Pitching, and Fielding stats and you will start to see last seasons, (2009),  top 20 or so INDIVIDUAL Batting, Pitching and Fielding stats. You can also click on "Little East Individual Statistics" if you want to see a full listing of 2009 player stats.

Obviously some of the players listed will have graduated, but some of my prior posts lists seniors for Keene St, USM, UMD.

I am sure some of our other wonderful LEC posters will help with other LEC Team 2009 seniors

FYI, ECSU graduated Shawn Gilblair, Tristan Hobbs, James Kukucka, and Andrew Magliola.  Note, however that being listed as a senior does not necessarily mean the player has lost eligibility to play in 2010.

Look at the top 10 or so leaders in each category, weed out the seniors, ( Note:some players may have , for example, low AB totals, yet will be listed in top 10)  and you should have a decent list of TOP LEC BB players to watch in 2010.

Otherwise you can watch this thread through the season and read all the objective comments on everyone's top players.


Hope this helps

[dgilblair]

A nice article about a fine young man connected to the Keene State Athletic community for many years.

Rest in Peace Brent Elwell. Your light shines bright.

http://www.sentinelsource.com/articles/2010/01/10/news/local/free/id_385801.txt

Word  

Word, thoughts and prayers to the Elwell family for their lose.

By the way we take what you say as gospel, at least those of us that can read between the lines of your quotable rants.


Hello to all hope santa was good to you and yours...Great to see the Regional will be at ECSU again, can't wait.

Preseason picks for the LEC?

ECSU-Power offence with the always great pitching staff.
Keene-Good blend of offence and pitching but not enough to beat TEE
USM-Lost to much, I think it may be a bit of a down year for the flannels but clipboard sales will have an up tick.

[ECSUalum]

Hello D,

Ditto on above

Hope you and the family had a great Holiday Season!!

Looking forward to seeing you this spring!  Hope Shawn is doing well!!!!!!

[dgilblair]

All is well thanks. Shawn is in great shape, working out twice a day five days a week.  The girlfriend gets a couple of days a week.  He is going to tryout for an independent team soon so hopefully that will go well.  I'll let you know.

[hockeyfan77]

Yup, USM is still has a fan on this board
If you looking for key players for USM I have no idea: they lost 7 out of 8 starting position players from last year...Like some of the other posters said it could be a down year for USM: but then again who knows: that's why they play the game(s)....Still in the midst of hockey season but I am itching for some baseball: must be all that flannel I wear    :   by the way I just got home from a road trip in NH and I visited for the first time Henniker (sp) NH:  now that town is the king of flannel!!!!!

[wordsmith]

Yup, USM is still has a fan on this board
If you looking for key players for USM I have no idea: they lost 7 out of 8 starting position players from last year...Like some of the other posters said it could be a down year for USM: but then again who knows: that's why they play the game(s)....Still in the midst of hockey season but I am itching for some baseball: must be all that flannel I wear    :   by the way I just got home from a road trip in NH and I visited for the first time Henniker (sp) NH:  now that town is the king of flannel!!!!!

hockeyfan77,

Warm greetings from the Granite State. Ahh, Henniker, Nu Hampsa, first known as Number Six, home of New England College, and once home to Red Sox Legend Ted Williams, the greatest Latino player to have ever played for the Sox. IMO.

Keep an eye out for one Brett Barrett this year with USM. I expect he will have a major impact on the middle of the order for HOFEddy. I have mentioned him a few times previously. We shall see soon as the days melt away before spring trips.

Word

[goowls]

Southern Maine is always going to be Southern Maine in my opinion. There have been times where we thought they might slow down, but continue to produce great teams year in year out. To me it looks like they stole a great recruit from keene in the Barrett kid. I understand that kids want to leave the area they grew up, but with the success keene has had as a team and how well the locals have performed in the conference playing for keene that this was a surprise to me. Nothing against the Barrett kid, because with either school he will be playing some great baseball, I just thought that keene might have had an inside track onto getting him.  Baseball is just around the corner and to me it looks like the keene ecsu and usm games are going to live up to the hype of the last 5 years. These have turned into such great games and i know a lot of people that cant wait for these teams to play one another.

[wordsmith]

Southern Maine is always going to be Southern Maine in my opinion. There have been times where we thought they might slow down, but continue to produce great teams year in year out. To me it looks like they stole a great recruit from keene in the Barrett kid. I understand that kids want to leave the area they grew up, but with the success keene has had as a team and how well the locals have performed in the conference playing for keene that this was a surprise to me. Nothing against the Barrett kid, because with either school he will be playing some great baseball, I just thought that keene might have had an inside track onto getting him.  Baseball is just around the corner and to me it looks like the keene ecsu and usm games are going to live up to the hype of the last 5 years. These have turned into such great games and i know a lot of people that cant wait for these teams to play one another.

Brett Barrett should be a great LEC player in the typical USM mold, great power hitter, great eye.

Coach Testo coaches the Keene SwampBats in the NECBL; Barrett is already signed to play for them. That deal was in the works for quite a time as Barrett family has a LOOOOng history witht the Watterson familty that runs the Swampbats., That could not happen if he were to attend KSC with Testo as Coach.

Word

[goowls]

word,
        Thanks for the information you provided on barrett. I think that makes sense to play at a power house like souuthern maine and then come home to play great baseball in the necbl. I was just wondering what might of held him back from keene state and that makes total sense.  Ive seen alumni field for a swamp bats game and i bet for a keene native to wear a swamp bats uniform in front of a crowd that they produce would be one great feeling. I have to say keene is one heck of a baseball city.

[wordsmith]

goowls,

I would not go so far to say that was the only reason, that would be unfair to matters.

Some kids want to expand their horizons, some go away and stay, many go away and come back. Look at the current roster of Keene high players at KSC. I believe all of them went off to various other programs and then came back. Some went to D-I programs, one to an NAIA D-II, one to a Junior College.

KSC offers a great education, a wonderful campus environment, and a really really super baseball program.  What's not to like, still some will seek greener pastures elsewhere.

Word