BB: LEC: Little East Conference

[KSCfan]

Thats to bad about Gilblair, i still think that Eastern is the early favorite, and deserved the first place nod ahead of Keene and Southern Maine.  Saw Eastern lost this weekend to Kean, i mean not really a big deal this early, and its tough to play a  team that good first time out, as im sure that Keene will find out when they open up thier season with a dh against College of NJ.  That will be NJ last two games down south making it like game 11 and 12 or so and Keenes first two games.  That could be a factor.  I think that the LEC is a three horse race this year as KSC, Eastern, and USM are clearly the head of the pack.  Anyone want to throw some preseaon guesses on player of the year, coach of the year, and pitcher of the year? heres my two cents
Player of the year- Melvin Castillo - Kid just flat out rakes
Pitcher of the year- Jamie Morin- Lefty will slide in and take with Gilblair being off a little
Coach of the Year- No idea!

[LEC Fan]

Thats too bad for Gilblair but hes a competitor, can you injur that any further or can it lead to any other type of injuries?

It will be an interesting year in the LEC. Eastern is the favorite but the other teams in the LEC should contend this year. UMass Boston could show up on the radar, they have supposedly had the pitching the past couple years so we shall see this year. Plywood St. and Western should be the bottom feeders, enough said. I would think its a 3-4 team race this year. The tops being KSC, ECSU,USM, and RIC or UMB. The early schedule wont really show anything besides some early season jitters. I mean Eastern always has a sub par trip but then come back and terrorize the Northeast. It will be an exciting season ahead and hopefully this god awful weather will pass quickly.

Good luck!

[kscer]

Player of the year- Melvin Castillo - Kid just flat out rakes
Pitcher of the year- Jamie Morin- Lefty will slide in and take with Gilblair being off a little
Coach of the Year- No idea!
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If Gilblair is out of the equation(too early to say that,but) Conway from UMB has a shot and look out for Maybe at KSC

[Spence]

Shawn has a torn patella ligament.  I wanted him to red shirt this year but he said he was playing.  The doctor said he could play with a special patella brace and be fine if thats what he wanted to do.  The injury can be easily repaired but he would miss this season and he wants to play. He was not going to play till Wednesday at the earliest. And he may not DH this year, we'll have to see how it feels and what Coach wants to do.

Hope whoever told Stevejohnson that feels like a heel right now. Failed drug test...I'm all for free will on the boards, but jeez. If you're gonna throw that around, you better be sure. Not a big fan of what stevejohnson himself did, but he did say that he had heard that, not that it was true.

[wordsmith]

Could not agree more. I hope future authors apply a tighter filter to what they write. Hey, I enjoy "trash-talking" and "funnin" as much as the next guy, but there should be a code we as authors don't violate. That was way over the line and uncalled for.

To Shawn Gilblair- Tip of the Hat to you.

On to the Season:

Keene State College field has about 3 feet of snow on it. Could the boys play another year without a home game until mid-May. say what you want, but I actually think that helped them last year come Tournament time.

USM- Could they actually be a 4th place team this year?? Has there been a changing of the guard in the LEC? Is KSC for real? Is UMB for real?

Can anyone knock-off the Evil Empire?

Can't wait to kick this year off, though I think northern teams may have another year of scheduling and field problems.

Word -

[Bob Maxwell]

It doesn't matter where or from whom SteveJohnson heard it from... even if it ws directly from the boy or his dad.  Its not anyones place on here to spread rumors.  Provide our opinions and discuss them, absolutely... but that crossed the line in my mind.

Just asking the question on something like that is VERY poor judgement, as you spread a rumor asking about it.  I'm GLAD to hear that it is something different... but too bad that it is an injury.

Very poor judgement and I hope that they both feel pretty small for it even being said.

[kscer]

Could not agree more. I hope future authors apply a tighter filter to what they write. Hey, I enjoy "trash-talking" and "funnin" as much as the next guy, but there should be a code we as authors don't violate. That was way over the line and uncalled for.

To Shawn Gilblair- Tip of the Hat to you.

On to the Season:

Keene State College field has about 3 feet of snow on it. Could the boys play another year without a home game until mid-May. say what you want, but I actually think that helped them last year come Tournament time.

USM- Could they actually be a 4th place team this year?? Has there been a changing of the guard in the LEC? Is KSC for real? Is UMB for real?

Can anyone knock-off the Evil Empire?

Can't wait to kick this year off, though I think northern teams may have another year of scheduling and field problems.

Word -

Word, good to see you woke up after your winter snooze. It seems to me that when KSC left for Arizona last year the field was almost clear but the while they were gone we got dumped on with about two feet of snow and then rain. Maybe this is a good sign. Also, I think being road warriors helped them in Harwich.

[Spence]

It doesn't matter where or from whom SteveJohnson heard it from... even if it ws directly from the boy or his dad.  Its not anyones place on here to spread rumors.  Provide our opinions and discuss them, absolutely... but that crossed the line in my mind.

Just asking the question on something like that is VERY poor judgement, as you spread a rumor asking about it.  I'm GLAD to hear that it is something different... but too bad that it is an injury.

Very poor judgement and I hope that they both feel pretty small for it even being said.

Can't really disagree with that. I was willing to give an inch of wiggle room, but when you put it that way...

I'm also very unhappy to hear he's injured.

[Ralph Turner]

Shawn has a torn patella ligament.  I wanted him to red shirt this year but he said he was playing.  The doctor said he could play with a special patella brace and be fine if thats what he wanted to do.  The injury can be easily repaired but he would miss this season and he wants to play. He was not going to play till Wednesday at the earliest. And he may not DH this year, we'll have to see how it feels and what Coach wants to do.

Get well Shawn.

Blood and gore don't bother me, but I have a hard time handling human carpentry, and bones that in anatomically incorrect postions, like Joe Theisman's leg!

[ECSUalum]

Shawn has a torn patella ligament.  I wanted him to red shirt this year but he said he was playing.  The doctor said he could play with a special patella brace and be fine if thats what he wanted to do.  The injury can be easily repaired but he would miss this season and he wants to play. He was not going to play till Wednesday at the earliest. And he may not DH this year, we'll have to see how it feels and what Coach wants to do.

Get well Shawn.

Blood and gore don't bother me, but I have a hard time handling human carpentry, and bones that in anatomically incorrect postions, like Joe Theisman's leg!

Shawn had a great start last week, to get ECSU's first win. Another poor defensive performance against Kean though!!

How is Shawn feeling after his fist start?  A real gutsy performance after hearing of his injury!!

Hopefully he can work his way through this knee injury, otherwise wishing him a sppedy recovery from any surgery!!

[KSCfan]

Ric 3-1 off to a good start with a sweep of Colby Sawyer.  Does RIC have the horses and talent to make a run deep into the LEC this year?

[DIII Dad]

KSCfan, I just checked RIC's website and they have them at 5 - 0 to start the season. If they can keep it going it should make things interesting.

[soxfan42585]

ECSU- do they have that speedy lead off hitter coming back- he at times really set the offense for that team and could get on a do a lot of damage.  He would make you focus on him as a pitcher and leave you giving them up to their big boppers in re castillo and gilblair

[LEC Fan]

kudos to RIC as they are off to a hot start to begin the 08 season. Should be interesting to see if they can keep it up as Colby Sawyer and Daniel Webster are some of the weaking teams in NE. The scores indicates alot of offense for the anchormen. Season is already exciting with early games and scores. Looking forward to this week and the next as many teams begin play outside on their spring trips.

Anybody know where PSU...UMASS D and B...WESTERN go for their trip and the quality of teams they play??

[ECSUalum]

ECSU- do they have that speedy lead off hitter coming back- he at times really set the offense for that team and could get on a do a lot of damage.  He would make you focus on him as a pitcher and leave you giving them up to their big boppers in re castillo and gilblair

Yes, Ismael Bolorin right fielder is a senior this year.  I think Coach Holowaty will have another squad that will test opposing catchers arms and pitchers pick-off moves.