BB: LEC: Little East Conference

[ECSUalum]

Thanks for the information ECSU...don't know if you know or not but how do they fundraise for those trips? I can understand 1 trip out west to play for Spring Break but 2 trips across the country? Got to be a lot of candy bars to sell!!

Yes Sir, I was a little surprised myself with the 2012 schedule, but I think the program gets good support from the alumni, Coach has an annual Golf Tournament usually @ Foxwoods or Mohegan Sun, that brings in some good corporate $$, a baseball clinic(s), and i guess reasonable attendance and consession reciepts.

Should be quick home startups for Keene and USM as I think the winter of 2011-12 is history !!!  The crocuses are blooming down here in CT already.  Gosh I hope I haven't jinxed anything .  Another great LEC baseball season JUST around the corner!!!!!!!

I will make you a friendly little bet>> I will bet Keene sees a significant snowstorm that will delay the home schedule by a week or two. This storm will hit sometime in mid-March (15th-23rd). Hope I am wrong but we'll see.

Word

Word,
Not impossible, but improbable, as the old sun is just getting too high in the sky and with longer days, and ground already relatively warm, it will be tough for snow to accumulate, and or stick. If we do get some snow, it will be gone quickly. More likely that we get some flooding rain that saturates the facility and delays the start-up.

Word,

Looks like we will dodge another bullet this Sunday here in the NE, (tomorrow in the 50's in CT), with the meteorological computers now forecasting the storm presently in California, will pass to the south of us giving Northern Va some wet snow!!  It is funny, I keep saying to my wife, "winter is over!!", and she keeps saying, you are jinxing the weather and we are going to get hit hard now.  I just laugh

Tell the Keene guys to get outside and start working out!!!  Byend March it will  be in the 60's in New Hampsha

[wordsmith]

WeatherWord here:

Chief Meterologist for the D3 New England Board. I follow the WoollyBear patterns. Now for y'all New Englanders the WoollyBear is that fuzzy brown and black striped caterpillar you see trying to make its way to only God knows where, that you then, as a kid, smashed the poor little creatures under your foot and smeared it all over the pavement. The caterpillar is the larval form of Pyrrharctia isabella, the Isabella tiger moth, by the way!

Those WoollyBears are sure-fire predictors of the winter weather. The wider that middle brown section is the milder the coming winter will be. The WoollyBears I saw this year had huge wide brown sections, except for a large black stripe at the front of the body (the October snow Storm, eh! and at the end of their body, big whopper of a storm at the end of the season.....

And you guys thought I made that prediction up

WeatherWord

[Hobbesy]

My prediction on who will win the LEC in 2012.

http://ned3baseball.wordpress.com/2012/02/17/lec-prediction-southern-maine-takes-title/

Hard to imagine that Southern Maine has not won a conference tournament title since 1999!!!

[kscer]

Hobbesy,
Good write up. I think this KSC team will be like 2007- good defense, great pitching, timely hitting and aggressive base running. The question in my mind is whether they will find a shortstop to go along with Vita at third, and Morrill at second. Without Doyon and Diprato, the offense will be different. I think they will win both the LEC and regional.

[ECSUalum]

WeatherWord here:

Chief Meterologist for the D3 New England Board. I follow the WoollyBear patterns. Now for y'all New Englanders the WoollyBear is that fuzzy brown and black striped caterpillar you see trying to make its way to only God knows where, that you then, as a kid, smashed the poor little creatures under your foot and smeared it all over the pavement. The caterpillar is the larval form of Pyrrharctia isabella, the Isabella tiger moth, by the way!

Those WoollyBears are sure-fire predictors of the winter weather. The wider that middle brown section is the milder the coming winter will be. The WoollyBears I saw this year had huge wide brown sections, except for a large black stripe at the front of the body (the October snow Storm, eh! and at the end of their body, big whopper of a storm at the end of the season.....

And you guys thought I made that prediction up

WeatherWord

Word, I'm laughing my ass off!!!! Is the Northern New Englanda's pronunciation for the larvae, Wolly Bayahs???

[wordsmith]

WeatherWord here:

Chief Meterologist for the D3 New England Board. I follow the WoollyBear patterns. Now for y'all New Englanders the WoollyBear is that fuzzy brown and black striped caterpillar you see trying to make its way to only God knows where, that you then, as a kid, smashed the poor little creatures under your foot and smeared it all over the pavement. The caterpillar is the larval form of Pyrrharctia isabella, the Isabella tiger moth, by the way!

Those WoollyBears are sure-fire predictors of the winter weather. The wider that middle brown section is the milder the coming winter will be. The WoollyBears I saw this year had huge wide brown sections, except for a large black stripe at the front of the body (the October snow Storm, eh! and at the end of their body, big whopper of a storm at the end of the season.....

And you guys thought I made that prediction up

WeatherWord

Word, I'm laughing my ass off!!!! Is the Northern New Englanda's pronunciation for the larvae, Wolly Bayahs???

Ayuh, just like the baby aspirin.

[ECSUalum]

WeatherWord here:

Chief Meterologist for the D3 New England Board. I follow the WoollyBear patterns. Now for y'all New Englanders the WoollyBear is that fuzzy brown and black striped caterpillar you see trying to make its way to only God knows where, that you then, as a kid, smashed the poor little creatures under your foot and smeared it all over the pavement. The caterpillar is the larval form of Pyrrharctia isabella, the Isabella tiger moth, by the way!

Those WoollyBears are sure-fire predictors of the winter weather. The wider that middle brown section is the milder the coming winter will be. The WoollyBears I saw this year had huge wide brown sections, except for a large black stripe at the front of the body (the October snow Storm, eh! and at the end of their body, big whopper of a storm at the end of the season.....

And you guys thought I made that prediction up

WeatherWord

Word, I'm laughing my ass off!!!! Is the Northern New Englanda's pronunciation for the larvae, Wolly Bayahs???

Ayuh, just like the baby aspirin.

Thank You Chief Meteorologist, LOL

[KSCfan]

I looked at Eastern Roster, and i noticed that two of would be freshman for Eastern Greene and Trantalis that we had talked about before were not on the roster.  Both were all region selections of the New London Day last year in high school and i had posted about them, but alas i do not see them on the roster for 12.  Anyone know what happened?

Also Eastern folk... What do you suppouse the plan for Evan Chamberlin is this year.  I have seen Eastern use him in long relief and in short relief.  I have seen them use him in blow outs and in tight league games.   Last year he pitched almost 40 innings, and not one start.  That means he threw almost every game.  He had 33k to 16bb, and opposing batting average was .250.  Do you see him coming in as a 7th inning guy, or a closer.  He had 4 saves last year.  I know that Darth Holowaty is not afraid to bring in his best relief guy in the 7th if it means shutting down a rally, and he always has a bullpen of it seems like a million guys.  Just curious as to your thoughts. 

45 degrees in Boston today... means team can and prob have been getting outside to air it out a little.  I know that Keene uses the Lax turf on warm days to get actual distances, and i drove by tufts the other day, and thier outfielders were taking fly balls in the parking lot.  Hope this weather keeps up!!

[ECSUalum]

I looked at Eastern Roster, and i noticed that two of would be freshman for Eastern Greene and Trantalis that we had talked about before were not on the roster.  Both were all region selections of the New London Day last year in high school and i had posted about them, but alas i do not see them on the roster for 12.  Anyone know what happened?

Also Eastern folk... What do you suppouse the plan for Evan Chamberlin is this year.  I have seen Eastern use him in long relief and in short relief.  I have seen them use him in blow outs and in tight league games.   Last year he pitched almost 40 innings, and not one start.  That means he threw almost every game.  He had 33k to 16bb, and opposing batting average was .250.  Do you see him coming in as a 7th inning guy, or a closer.  He had 4 saves last year.  I know that Darth Holowaty is not afraid to bring in his best relief guy in the 7th if it means shutting down a rally, and he always has a bullpen of it seems like a million guys.  Just curious as to your thoughts. 

45 degrees in Boston today... means team can and prob have been getting outside to air it out a little.  I know that Keene uses the Lax turf on warm days to get actual distances, and i drove by tufts the other day, and thier outfielders were taking fly balls in the parking lot.  Hope this weather keeps up!!

KSCFan,
Good question!  This was article I refered to:

http://www.theday.com/article/20110703/SPORT03/307039955

also found these:
http://readabout.me/achievements/Christian-Trantalis-of--Colchester-Enrolls-at-Eastern-Connecticut-State-University/3052952
http://readabout.me/achievements/Mathew-Greene-of-New-London-Enrolls-at-Eastern-Connecticut-State-University/3052056

[KSCfan]

I posted this on new england board thought it applied here as well.  Eastern opens the season this friday in Walla Walla Washington against Coach Holowaty's son team


Is there any chance that the Darth Holowaty will throw the emperor over a railing to save his son, because he can feel the force following through him?  Will this bring peace to the galaxy?  And will thier be three not as good prequels in response to this?

In all seriousness a cool story, and it will be good to see Eastern start the season, and get an idea of what they have, and what kind of lineup Darth Holowaty will use.  Usually spring trips are kind of the week where coaches work out thier line up and have a good idea of what the saturday line up will look like.  This is not the spring trip, but a chance to get 4 games under the belt.

[Jcon8958]

Hobbesy,
Good write up. I think this KSC team will be like 2007- good defense, great pitching, timely hitting and aggressive base running. The question in my mind is whether they will find a shortstop to go along with Vita at third, and Morrill at second. Without Doyon and Diprato, the offense will be different. I think they will win both the LEC and regional.

SHOCKER.

[LEC Fan]

As a beautiful (what feels like Spring) day at the end of February comes to a close...we are once again reminded of the rivalry in the LEC!

JCONN'S BACK!!!!

[ECSUalum]

You know is spring and baseball season when JConn emerges from hibernation.
-17 Karma points WOW!!! , Everybody thinking your a bad boy!!
Must have been due to dismay over your comments to KSCFan last December???
Maybe you can work off the negatives and become a "positive poster" again

Lets see how may nicks I get for this post hahahaha!!

[lefthanders]

SHOCKER...Like Umess Boston's 2010 season.

Sustained winning vs. Lightning in a bottle!

[KSCfan]

I for one am excited to get Jconn back.  Who else am i going to argue and bicker at?