BB: LEC: Little East Conference

[ECSUalum]

2010 ECSU schedule up on their website.

http://www.easternct.edu/athletics/men_baseball/bb_schedule.htm

Overall, reasonably tough schedule.

[KSCfan]

Fellas-

One mans thoughts on Southern Maine, i def think that they will be a little down this year due to thier losses, and i think that DGilblair and the eastern boys are wrong.  This is Keenes year in the LEC.  I think that thier hitting is too deep 1-9 over other teams with callahan, cip, doyon, patanode, deprato etc, and i really think that Keenes offense will pick up where it left off.  I think that this is the year that Keene wins the regional and goes to the World Series.  Im sure that Jconn will tell us that Boston will win the LEC but its a little early in the year to be busting on jconn. 


Welcome to the site Bulldog and i look forward to hearing your thoughts on the league.

[ECSUalum]

Fellas-

One mans thoughts on Southern Maine, i def think that they will be a little down this year due to thier losses, and i think that DGilblair and the eastern boys are wrong.  This is Keenes year in the LEC.  I think that thier hitting is too deep 1-9 over other teams with callahan, cip, doyon, patanode, deprato etc, and i really think that Keenes offense will pick up where it left off.  I think that this is the year that Keene wins the regional and goes to the World Series.  Im sure that Jconn will tell us that Boston will win the LEC but its a little early in the year to be busting on jconn. 


Welcome to the site Bulldog and i look forward to hearing your thoughts on the league.

KSCfan,

No doubt KSC will be giving ECSU a run this year.  Can't wait for the season to start so we can watch the KSC/ECSU series!!!

Good Luck to the Owls this year!

ecfaninri

Looks like trip to Pheonix may not happen as my  sister, who lives in Greece, is coming to states to visit my niece in Washington DC. Probably  be in DC at this time.  Oh well!  Will update if things change.

[ecfaninri]

ECSUalum....
We will miss you in Phoenix. The Warriors report next week. There's a lot of optimism in the air.

DGilblair....
I hope Shawn has a great tryout and I hope to see you on the hill we return from Phoenix.

Owl Fans ...
We will get to see a little of each other out west as you end your trip and Eastern begins theirs. There are some common opponents. Plus the April 10th meeting in Willi will be a good test for both teams.

Any reports out there from UMass Boston yet?

Bulldog.... What do you think so far?

where are you Santeezy?

[ECSUalum]

ecfaninri,

We have scheduled Pheonix after all.   March 16-23, so we will see Concordia, JH, MIT and Williams!!

Great, Cant wait!!

Hope you Matt and the fam are well

[Hobbesy]

Looking at the schedule two dates pop out quickly; the April 10th meeting with Keene State and the May 8th affair with Southern Maine.

The Keene State doubleheader comes at the end of a three game week for the Warriors and the ESCU-USM double dip closes out the regular season. 

Depending on both teams seasons (ECSU-USM) that game could see more than its share of fireworks. 

An interesting fact: ECSU and KSC have met 18 times in the last 4 years!  ECSU holds a 12-6 lead in the series! 

These two teams are destined to meet when it counts again this year...3 of the last 4 years have been and ECSU-KSC LEC Final.

I say we will see that again.

[KSCfan]

Hobbes welcome to the board although i dont think that i can stomach another eastern fan on this website.  Yeah it does seem that Eastern and Keene seem to play each other like a million times a year.  The doubleheader against keene and eastern i think will set the tone for the season.  If one team can manage a sweep then it will clearly put themselves into the driver seat of the LEC for the season.  The DH with USM and Eastern at the end of the year will almost certainly have LEC tournament implications.  Other than the big three of pierce, allen, and kg oh i mean keene eastern and usm who is that next team in the confernence that can cause trouble for the big three?  Is it RIC withe a new coach, is UMB with that young talent?  Or someone else i am not thinking of?

[Hobbesy]

KSCFan- Dont worry I am just here to add insight to the league and the teams as a whole.  It is strange not getting ready for the season but I am going to be following closely. 

I am very excited for the New England Regional and am hoping to help with the broadcast. 

[dgilblair]

Oh how I wish I was making that trip to Zona this spring.......oh how I wish I could talk my wife into lending me a couple grand so I could make the trip.  You guys have fun in the sun for all the rest of us.

Hobbesy welcome, looking forward to your comments and broadcasts as well.  Say hello to everyone for me.

KSCfan, those doubleheaders will no doubt have implications but the bigger ones may be the loses to teams like UMD (ECSU), and UMB (USM) late in the year.  Those upsets, if you think they are upsets, can be a big deal by years end as far as who will host the tourney and such.  So you have a good question about troublemakers.  Seems the two you mention RIC and UMB would be my picks also. 

Congrats to Doyon and Castillo for getting the D3 preseason nods.

[ecfaninri]

Hobbesy.... Welcome Aboard. I knew it was only a matter of time before you joined in in all the fun. DGilblair... maybe you can convince your wife on a long weekend out in Zona. ECSUalum, great news, glad you can join us.   Haven't heard much news locally about the RIC team yet but I am sure they will be in the mix again. I just don't know why Grenier was outed.

[dgilblair]

I don't think the long weekend will work...she was mumbling something to the effect of a oneway ticket for me.  I'll try the weekend thing again though.

[bulldog84]

ecfaninri,

UMB is in central florida for their first 8 games, 3/13 thru 3/20.  Tenative schedule is willilam patterson(NJ), Denison(OH), Amherst (MA), Ramapo(NJ), Hamilton(NY), MCLA(MA)-2, McDaniel(MD), Bowdoin(ME).  Haven't heard anything about the players yet.

[Ralph Turner]

ecfaninri,

UMB is in central florida for their first 8 games, 3/13 thru 3/20.  Tenative schedule is willilam patterson(NJ), Denison(OH), Amherst (MA), Ramapo(NJ), Hamilton(NY), MCLA(MA)-2, McDaniel(MD), Bowdoin(ME).  Haven't heard anything about the players yet.

In region games are in bold.

[Hobbesy]

Maybe I will take the "T" and see if I can get a sneak peak at the 2010 Beacons. 

If McCormack can have another great year then they should challenge some of the top teams.  Also, Andrew Lebrun proved last year he can shut anyone down and with a year under his belt after his absence he could be a huge thorn in the sides of LEC's metal.

As for RIC, I am sure they will once again dominate their spring trip but it remains to be seen if they can put together a solid north season.  Even tougher is the loss of Fama from the bullpen.

[Hobbesy]

And boy did I forgot some other muscle the Beacons have.  Fontaine, Noonan and Walsh will give the Beacons a solid middle of the order.  Walsh challenged almost every record in the UMass Boston record book last year and Fontaine provides leadership behind the dish.

Andriano also comes back for his senior year giving the Beacons a solid weekend punch.

This could be the year for UMass Boston to make a run at the top three...Yikes!