BB: LEC: Little East Conference

[Boggsy789]

Stop embarrassing yourself wild thing. 

While USM and Keene State were slugging it out in the LEC tournament WNE was taking 9 days off after ripping through The Cup Cake Conference (TCCC) tournament being the likes of below .500 Roger Williams for the conference championship.

After battling through the 5 game LEC tournament against actual competition in all must win match ups the LEC teams had two days rest before the regional with no chance to set up their pitching.

WNE played 4 below .500 teams in their conference tournament then rested for over a week setting up their pitching.

[Boggsy789]

Even though it appears nobody cares about me I'm going to continue on with the 2012 Boggsy's or Boggsy Awards, official name still up for debate.

We have our obvious selection at catcher in UMass Dartmouth Matt Worden who beat the choice of the LEC JP Stone of RIC in every offensive category. 

Recap:
1st Team LEC JP Stone- Rhode Island College
.312 BA, 0 HR, 21 RBI, .414 SLg%, .399 OBP
18 CSB  54 SBA

2nd Team David Simone- West Conn
.306 BA, 0 HR, 21 RBI, .378 Slg%, .459 OBP
7 CSB  53 SBA

Boggsy Award Winner-  Matt Worden- UMass Dartmouth
.338, 3 HR, 21 RBI, .500 SLG%,  .405 OBP
11 CSB  44 SBA

Today we would like to announce the 2012 Boggsy award winner for Shortstop;
So. Jamill Moquette from UMass Boston
Here is how they line up;

Moquette
.377, 4 HR, 32 RBI, .486 OBP, .603 SLG, 28 SB, 36 Runs

1st Team LEC SS
Kyle Allaire
.397, 0 HR, 18 RBI, .478 OBP, .430 SLG, 14 SB, 44 Runs

I saw every conference team twice, plus due a shocking PSU run a few for a third (or fourth USM) time.  Moquette was the best shortstop I saw in that short sample.. but the offensive numbers don't lie.  Beats Allaire every which way but loose. If you want to argue defense, then make an award for gold gloves.   

2012 Boggsy's to date:

C-  Matt Worden - UMass Dartmouth
SS- Jamill Moquette - UMass Boston

--First Base--
LEC Pick 1st Team
East Conn.- Joe Balowski  .371, 3 HR, 37 RBI, .528 SLG%, .429 OB%

Not selected
Plymouth - Mike Cappiello  .402, 5 HR, 30 RBI, .667 SLG%, .496 OB%

Really? beats the 1st team selection by  31 points in batting average, 139 points in slugging, c'mon man. 

2012 Boggsy's to date:

C-  Matt Worden - UMass Dartmouth
1B- Mike Cappiello- Plymouth State
SS- Jamill Moquette - UMass Boston

[Ralph Turner]

Stop embarrassing yourself wild thing. 

While USM and Keene State were slugging it out in the LEC tournament WNE was taking 9 days off after ripping through The Cup Cake Conference (TCCC) tournament being the likes of below .500 Roger Williams for the conference championship.

After battling through the 5 game LEC tournament against actual competition in all must win match ups the LEC teams had two days rest before the regional with no chance to set up their pitching.

WNE played 4 below .500 teams in their conference tournament then rested for over a week setting up their pitching.

Great observation Boggsy789!  +1!

You make the case that the 9 days rest was the difference in WNE's making the New England Regional finals and the LEC going 1-4.

If that is the case, then the LEC should consider moving the conference tourney up a week.

[GBear210]

Boggsy789,

'While USM and Keene State were slugging it out in the LEC tournament WNE was taking 9 days off after ripping through The Cup Cake Conference (TCCC) tournament being the likes of below .500 Roger Williams for the conference championship.
After battling through the 5 game LEC tournament against actual competition in all must win match ups the LEC teams had two days rest before the regional with no chance to set up their pitching.
WNE played 4 below .500 teams in their conference tournament then rested for over a week setting up their pitching."

You're a baseball guy?  Ask teams if they'd rather have time off or ride the momentum of winning right away.  How much of baseball is mental when you have parity???
Sooo Plymouth State in the LEC final; 5-9 conference and 20-22 overall, sounds like a Roger Williams to me.  Wasn't UMass Boston below .500 in both categories too?

Sounds like the same story when you factor in how mighty the LEC is.

GString

[Ralph Turner]

Boggsy789,

'While USM and Keene State were slugging it out in the LEC tournament WNE was taking 9 days off after ripping through The Cup Cake Conference (TCCC) tournament being the likes of below .500 Roger Williams for the conference championship.
After battling through the 5 game LEC tournament against actual competition in all must win match ups the LEC teams had two days rest before the regional with no chance to set up their pitching.
WNE played 4 below .500 teams in their conference tournament then rested for over a week setting up their pitching."

You're a baseball guy?  Ask teams if they'd rather have time off or ride the momentum of winning right away.  How much of baseball is mental when you have parity???
Sooo Plymouth State in the LEC final; 5-9 conference and 20-22 overall, sounds like a Roger Williams to me.  Wasn't UMass Boston below .500 in both categories too?

Sounds like the same story when you factor in how mighty the LEC is.

GString

+1! for the Yogi-ism.

[wildthngvaughn]

Stop embarrassing yourself wild thing. 

While USM and Keene State were slugging it out in the LEC tournament WNE was taking 9 days off after ripping through The Cup Cake Conference (TCCC) tournament being the likes of below .500 Roger Williams for the conference championship.

After battling through the 5 game LEC tournament against actual competition in all must win match ups the LEC teams had two days rest before the regional with no chance to set up their pitching.

WNE played 4 below .500 teams in their conference tournament then rested for over a week setting up their pitching.

Haha Boggsy, you do realize that the likes of below .500 Plymouth St. was in the Little East Conference Championship.  Also Keene St. had their 1 and 2 fully rested for the opening round game against WNE, please explain what happened.

[hockeyfan77]

Stop embarrassing yourself wild thing. 

While USM and Keene State were slugging it out in the LEC tournament WNE was taking 9 days off after ripping through The Cup Cake Conference (TCCC) tournament being the likes of below .500 Roger Williams for the conference championship.

After battling through the 5 game LEC tournament against actual competition in all must win match ups the LEC teams had two days rest before the regional with no chance to set up their pitching.

WNE played 4 below .500 teams in their conference tournament then rested for over a week setting up their pitching.

Great observation Boggsy789!  +1!

You make the case that the 9 days rest was the difference in WNE's making the New England Regional finals and the LEC going 1-4.

If that is the case, then the LEC should consider moving the conference tourney up a week.

It very hard for the LEC to move the tournament up a week when half of the LEC schools can't play home games until mid April most years....

[Boggsy789]

So the LEC had two below .500 teams in their conference tourney and The Cup Cake Conference had two ABOVE .500 teams in their entire conference.

[wildthngvaughn]

Stop embarrassing yourself wild thing. 

While USM and Keene State were slugging it out in the LEC tournament WNE was taking 9 days off after ripping through The Cup Cake Conference (TCCC) tournament being the likes of below .500 Roger Williams for the conference championship.

After battling through the 5 game LEC tournament against actual competition in all must win match ups the LEC teams had two days rest before the regional with no chance to set up their pitching.

WNE played 4 below .500 teams in their conference tournament then rested for over a week setting up their pitching.

Great observation Boggsy789!  +1!

You make the case that the 9 days rest was the difference in WNE's making the New England Regional finals and the LEC going 1-4.

If that is the case, then the LEC should consider moving the conference tourney up a week.

It very hard for the LEC to move the tournament up a week when half of the LEC schools can't play home games until mid April most years....

What??? How are they any different than any other conference in New England???  The entire NEAC is in Maine, Vermont, and New Hampshire.

[Boggsy789]

Stop embarrassing yourself wild thing. 

While USM and Keene State were slugging it out in the LEC tournament WNE was taking 9 days off after ripping through The Cup Cake Conference (TCCC) tournament being the likes of below .500 Roger Williams for the conference championship.

After battling through the 5 game LEC tournament against actual competition in all must win match ups the LEC teams had two days rest before the regional with no chance to set up their pitching.

WNE played 4 below .500 teams in their conference tournament then rested for over a week setting up their pitching.

Great observation Boggsy789!  +1!

You make the case that the 9 days rest was the difference in WNE's making the New England Regional finals and the LEC going 1-4.

If that is the case, then the LEC should consider moving the conference tourney up a week.

It very hard for the LEC to move the tournament up a week when half of the LEC schools can't play home games until mid April most years....

What??? How are they any different than any other conference in New England???  The entire NEAC is in Maine, Vermont, and New Hampshire.

[/b]

The programs are better, that's what I'm trying to say, that is what is different.

[wildthngvaughn]

Stop embarrassing yourself wild thing. 

While USM and Keene State were slugging it out in the LEC tournament WNE was taking 9 days off after ripping through The Cup Cake Conference (TCCC) tournament being the likes of below .500 Roger Williams for the conference championship.

After battling through the 5 game LEC tournament against actual competition in all must win match ups the LEC teams had two days rest before the regional with no chance to set up their pitching.

WNE played 4 below .500 teams in their conference tournament then rested for over a week setting up their pitching.

Great observation Boggsy789!  +1!

You make the case that the 9 days rest was the difference in WNE's making the New England Regional finals and the LEC going 1-4.

If that is the case, then the LEC should consider moving the conference tourney up a week.

It very hard for the LEC to move the tournament up a week when half of the LEC schools can't play home games until mid April most years....

What??? How are they any different than any other conference in New England???  The entire NEAC is in Maine, Vermont, and New Hampshire.

[/b]

The programs are better, that's what I'm trying to say, that is what is different.

Boggsey, follow the thread.  What you just responded to was my response to hockeyfan saying that the LE couldn't play their tournment a week earlier. "What??? How are they any different than any other conference in New England???  The entire NEAC is in Maine, Vermont, and New Hampshire."

[Boggsy789]

I say we take this conversation over to The Cup Cake Conference forum so it doesn't distract from my awards conversation that I'm really interested in.   Since nobody has posted in there since May of 2011 it shouldn't distract from anything of importance. 

[wildthngvaughn]

I say we take this conversation over to The Cup Cake Conference forum so it doesn't distract from my awards conversation that I'm really interested in.   Since nobody has posted in there since May of 2011 it shouldn't distract from anything of importance.

No this place is alright, I mean come on, who really wants to talk about the awards for a conference that went 1-4 in the NCAA tournament.

[kscer]

Stop embarrassing yourself wild thing. 

While USM and Keene State were slugging it out in the LEC tournament WNE was taking 9 days off after ripping through The Cup Cake Conference (TCCC) tournament being the likes of below .500 Roger Williams for the conference championship.

After battling through the 5 game LEC tournament against actual competition in all must win match ups the LEC teams had two days rest before the regional with no chance to set up their pitching.

WNE played 4 below .500 teams in their conference tournament then rested for over a week setting up their pitching.

Great observation Boggsy789!  +1!

You make the case that the 9 days rest was the difference in WNE's making the New England Regional finals and the LEC going 1-4.

If that is the case, then the LEC should consider moving the conference tourney up a week.

It very hard for the LEC to move the tournament up a week when half of the LEC schools can't play home games until mid April most years....

What??? How are they any different than any other conference in New England???  The entire NEAC is in Maine, Vermont, and New Hampshire.

Have you ever looked at the NEAC schedule. It's wicked, but it is over early. Nine days rest for pitching is better than three days. Keene's starting pitching except for Thiesing did not deliver. Another factor maybe that KSC had a lot of seniors who had graduated on May 5th. Maybe they were not so focused as they should have been.

[wildthngvaughn]

Stop embarrassing yourself wild thing. 

While USM and Keene State were slugging it out in the LEC tournament WNE was taking 9 days off after ripping through The Cup Cake Conference (TCCC) tournament being the likes of below .500 Roger Williams for the conference championship.

After battling through the 5 game LEC tournament against actual competition in all must win match ups the LEC teams had two days rest before the regional with no chance to set up their pitching.

WNE played 4 below .500 teams in their conference tournament then rested for over a week setting up their pitching.

Great observation Boggsy789!  +1!

You make the case that the 9 days rest was the difference in WNE's making the New England Regional finals and the LEC going 1-4.

If that is the case, then the LEC should consider moving the conference tourney up a week.

It very hard for the LEC to move the tournament up a week when half of the LEC schools can't play home games until mid April most years....

What??? How are they any different than any other conference in New England???  The entire NEAC is in Maine, Vermont, and New Hampshire.

Have you ever looked at the NEAC schedule. It's wicked, but it is over early. Nine days rest for pitching is better than three days. Keene's starting pitching except for Thiesing did not deliver. Another factor maybe that KSC had a lot of seniors who had graduated on May 5th. Maybe they were not so focused as they should have been.

3 days rest??? Pelkey was on 5 and Theising was on 4, that's full rest.