BB: LEC: Little East Conference

ECSUalum · January 27, 2010, 04:39:06 PM

Mel Castillo stats 2009:

vs USM hits/AB rbi's Score

Therrian 1-4 0 7-1 loss
Hahn/ Eaton/others 2-5 1 8-4 win
Henry/Stacy/other 2-3 1 14-6 win
Henry/Hahn/others 1-3 1 7-2 win
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6-15 3
vs KSC

Raymond 1-4 0 6-4 win
5 pitchers 0-2 0 16-5 win
Raymond/Vogt 1-4 2 7-3 win
Vogt/DelBuono 3-5 5 14-5 win
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5-15 7

vs UMD

Gustafson 1-4 0 4-3 loss
4 pitchers 3-5 0 18-1 win
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4-9 0
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Total 15-39 10 .385 BA

BTW I looked briefly at Shawn Gilblair's numbers as I looked at Mel's and he generally murdered above pitchers

Sorry for table misalignment

dchevy5 · January 27, 2010, 06:57:19 PM

Hello everyone. Just spent the last hour reading the message board as I haven't visited in quite some time. Great stuff.

I am looking forward to the season. I expect it to be really exciting, as it always is. I am particularly interested to see the new players that KSC has brought in.

Quick quiz question. Which is the only LEC team that has been in the LEC Tournament finals the past four years? To be fair, I should ask another quiz question. Which team has actually won the LEC tournament 3 of the past four years?

Good luck to all the LEC teams. Should be a great year!!!

ECSUalum · January 27, 2010, 09:00:36 PM

Keene State College

Little East Conference Baseball Past Champions
Little East Conference Tournament Champions

2009 Eastern Connecticut State University
2008 Keene State College
2007 Eastern Connecticut State University
2006 Eastern Connecticut State University

Little East Conference Regular Season Champions

2009 University of Southern Maine
2008 Keene State College
2007 Eastern Connecticut State University
2006 Keene State College & University of Southern Maine

Do I get a prize

Hobbesy · January 27, 2010, 10:16:39 PM

Good question dchevy!

I think we can all admit that KSC pounding USM in the 2008 finals and KSC nearly knocking off ECSU in the 2007 finals are two of the best championships in recent memory.

Hobbesy · January 27, 2010, 11:42:10 PM

And I think you can argue that a few bounces here and there could have given the Owls 3 straight titles! It is something that probably goes overlooked alot but Keene State has been in the game that counts for the past 4 seasons. That says something about the program.

It also has helped inject the ECSU-KSC games with a little more intensity and the rivalry has really started to heat up. When you play 18 times in 4 years you not only begin to build a rivalry, but you begin to respect and enjoy playing against one another.

I knew every time I played against KSC it was going to be a battle inside the white lines but once the game was over there was nothing but respect between the two teams. That is how it should be.

dchevy5 · January 28, 2010, 04:33:53 AM

ECSUalum, you do win the prize, hypothetically speaking of course.

And Hobbesy, you are right about the development of the great rivalry between ECSU and KSC. And, about the respect that the players have for each other. I can't wait to watch these two great teams play against each other this year.

ECSUalum · January 28, 2010, 12:49:59 PM

Chevy,

Good to hear from you!! Is Jamie still out in the Far East? Hope he is doing well!!

dchevy5 · January 28, 2010, 01:39:33 PM

ECSUalum

Thanks, and thanks for asking about Jamie. Yes, he is living and working in Seoul So Korea and will be there through the end of August. He is doing well and having a great time, though he does admit to being a bit homesick. It does seem strange to me (and I am sure to him) that he is not preparing for an upcoming baseball season. It has been many years since that has happened. I'd give almost anything to go back in time 4 years and start his KSC career over. Oh well, life does go on.

dgilblair · January 29, 2010, 04:16:14 PM

dchevy5, glad to hear Jamie is doing so well. Must be one proud Mom and Dad and a nice reflection on KSC also. If you think of it tell him the Gilblairs say hi.

dgilblair · January 29, 2010, 05:16:37 PM

LEC Fan, I think your view of the top four predictions are close to spot on in my eyes. To me it looks more like a two horse race this year. With your insight on the free agent market in Keene it should be a good race by the sound of it. I'm not sure it will be as easy as you think to replace Shawn but that would figure coming from me. I do think they will win the LEC and host the Regional while also competing in it with a very good chance of making reservations in Appleton come May 2010.

ECSU had one of it's best offensive teams in it's history during the 09 season and this year should be excellent too. Lots of senior leadership on this years team. The lose of Hobbes and Gilblair will take some punch out of the line up. I think Dewing will slide into Hobbes' spot not sure who will take over the DH duties. One transfer, I think from Marist, a local kid from Norwich CT named Turgeon, may get the shot early on.

Pitching should be really good as always with TEE and now that they are going back to weekend double headers instead of the three conference games each week that will make them real tough with Fontaine and Musson. The one thing that concerns me is that Musson didn't pitch that well either time he faced Keene. Schult will be a super weekday starter and I think he may be the team MVP when it is all said and done this year. Just maybe having a shot at AA honors at the utility position. Did I just say that....geeeez the poor kid is cursed now. The lose of Shawn and Kukucka will leave two pretty good voids though. I'll say it again this year as I have the last two Tingley needs to step up and have a nice year as well as some that are not fire tested so to speak. Enough from me for now.

ecfaninri · January 30, 2010, 11:55:58 AM

Newcomers to the LEC blog will be happy to know that with distinguished alumni from Keene and Eastern posting again ( dchevy5 and dgliblair) you will get very solid opinions of this conference and its players. I, for one, are happy that they will keep in touch. I know it must be extremely hard for them as March is quickly approaching, knowing that it's going to be a little different this year watching the Warriors and Owls play without Shawn and Jamie respectively.

Word on the street in Willimantic was that due to global warming the Warriors actually did some outside work on the new turf field (soccer/lacrosse field). That will certainly help this spring if we get another storm or two.

Scout66 - Nice info on some of the pitchers and their mph, but I am sure that their second pitches ( changeup and sliders) helping in some of those strikeout totals.

I do agree losing Gilblair and Hobbes provides a hole in the lineup, but a full season of Perry and Dewing in the everyday lineup with Parke and Bass continually getting on base will once again provide the Warriors with a pretty potent lineup.

RSSmith · January 31, 2010, 02:04:58 PM

Looks like Hopkins will once again take on New England and the LEC in Arizona with WNEC on 3/17, Keene State (2) on 3/18, Southern Maine on 3/19, and Eastern Connecticut on 3/20. Should make for some really good ball.

GBearsAlum15 · January 31, 2010, 02:20:44 PM

It seems like Hopkins tries to play New England teams every year in Arizona, and our region has fared very well against them. Last year they lost to the likes of Wheaton, Keene, WNEC, Southern Maine, and ECSU, with their only win against Springfield. That just shows how good our region is.

ECSUalum · January 31, 2010, 04:19:09 PM

I think JH had a bit of a down season last year. I dont know off hand what they did vs NE schools in 2007, but I dare say the results may have been a bit different.

JH has had a fine baseball tradition and wish them good luck this year!!

Old Man · January 31, 2010, 04:56:11 PM

In 2007 KSC lost to JH 12 - 2. In 2008 ( JH runner-up year) KSC won 9 - 8. in 2009 KSC won 10-9.

In 2008 USM and ECSU did not play JH.

In 2009 ECSU won 9 - 3. USM won 12 - 7.

From archives of teams.

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