BB: LEC: Little East Conference

[santeezy06]

I believe it changed the momentum of the game, the boys competed well in the first two innings and after that call seemed to just giveup. Although they did fight back later in the game.

[ECSUalum]

Southern Maine gets whacked in their debut against william patterson.  Keene totals Albertus who might as well be a JV team.  I know right now that Eastern is struggling, but they always struggle in cali and then come back to NE with a fury.  Really looking forward to next sat when LEC play opens up, as Keene and Eastern lock up.  Keene will send Morin and Maybe to the mound.  Gilblair or ecsu alum who is ECSU thorwing?  Gilblair and the J kid who i cant pronouce? or cause of Gilblairs leg will they see Esposito? 

KSCfan,

Yes, Just returned from BEAUTIFUL S.Cal!! Absolutely wonderful baseball weather.

What I saw was Coach H. has little patience for sloppy play and mental errors on the field and will pull starters fast and put some of the frosh in, which he needs to evaluate anyway.   Team still a little shaky on the D, which I believe wins National Championships, but as all have said, it is still early, but is of concern!

Gilblair, Castillo, and Freshman Pat Smith just ripping the ball, Shaun with 6 HR so far.

I had heard that he may have a bit of tendonitis in his elbow, but that and his knee has not stopped his hitting. Very at ease at the plate.

Overall, ECSU hit well, but also gave up a few runs

The way I see it now starting rotation should be:

S Gilblair (if elbow OK)
J Jagodzinski
J Esposito
J Kukucka
with freshman R Newkirk and C Wojick in the pen

Sure did not take long for the Warriors to get bounced from the top 25!!

Looks like Keene off to a good start.  Will be an exciting LEC conference this year.

Good luck to all

[KSCfan]

Thanks for the info ecsualum.  Keene has been hot so far, espically thier bats.  Its thier pitching that has been not so great so far.  This is usually not the case for keene has typically its a small ball defense team.  Chevalier and Perkins are on fire right now, we will see if the trip back to the cold northeast will cool keenes bats.  Should be some great league games this weekend!

[wordsmith]

Latest Alphabet Poll - Good to see Keene get some respect. Now that they have a target on their backs can they maintain it? Big weekend vs Evil Empire this weekend.

American Baseball Coaches Association/Collegiate Baseball
NCAA Division III Baseball Poll
March 25, 2008
next poll: April 8

Rank School Record Points Preseason Rank
1. (6) Chapman (Calif.) 17-2 238 4
2. (2) Wooster (Ohio) 16-1 229 1
3. Kean (N.J.) 13-4 216 3
4. Cortland (N.Y.) State 11-3 205 2
5t. Carthage (Wis.) 10-0 201 8
5t. Piedmont (Ga.) 20-4 201 nr
7. Texas-Tyler 21-4 197 18
8. New Jersey 10-2 172 14
9. Keene (N.H.) State 9-3 165 30
10. Wis.-Oshkosh 3-0 159 11
11. Christopher Newport (Va.) 16-4 152 nr
12. Trinity (Conn.) 11-0 151 21
13. Augustana (Ill.) 11-2 129 24
14. Emory (Ga.) 15-6 128 5
15. Rensselaer (N.Y.) 11-1 127 nr
16. Rowan (N.J.) 11-3 116 nr
17. Cal State East Bay 15-6 93 nr
18. Wheaton (Mass.) 9-4 89 13
19. St. Thomas (Minn.) 10-4 77 17
20. Concordia (Ill.) 10-1 74 nr
21. Johns Hopkins (Md.) 10-3 73 10
22. Linfield (Ore.) 17-4 61 nr
23t. Rhodes (Tenn.) 15-7 54 rv
23t. Millsaps (Miss.) 16-7 54 nr
25. Pomona-Pitzer (Calif.) 19-3 51 rv
26. Wis.-Stevens Point 6-5 48 7
27. DePauw (Ind.) 14-3 46 nr
28. Franklin (Ind.) 10-5 38 nr
29. Ozarks (Ark.) 19-5 33 nr
30. Wis.-Whitewater 6-1 27 nr
Also receiving votes and named on more than one ballot (alphabetically): Alvernia (Pa.),
Eastern Connecticut State, John Carroll (Ohio), Manhattanville (N.Y.), North Carolina
Wesleyan, Rochester (N.Y.), St. Scholastica (Minn.), Salisbury (Md.), Williams (Mass.).

[Jim Dixon]

Rank School Record Points Preseason Rank
1
8. New Jersey 10-2 172 14
9. Keene (N.H.) State 9-3 165 30

With Keene's sweep of New Jersey, maybe these positions should be switched

[wordsmith]

Rank School Record Points Preseason Rank
1
8. New Jersey 10-2 172 14
9. Keene (N.H.) State 9-3 165 30

National rankings are a lot like "noses" everybody has one and some smell better than others. KSC has struggled to gain national respect. A lot of reasons for that. Last year KSC took 3 of 4 from Wheaton, finished second to the Evil Empire in the Regionals, played a total of 6 homes games all season, and still barley cracked the Top 30 in the final National Rankings.

Oh well they beat Springfield today 8-5. Babson tomorrow and then a showdown with the -->bad boy, bunt when you're up by 10 runs cause you have so much "respect" for the other team, Evil Empire from Willimantic.

GO Owls.

With Keene's sweep of New Jersey, maybe these positions should be switched

[dgilblair]

Southern Maine gets whacked in their debut against william patterson.  Keene totals Albertus who might as well be a JV team.  I know right now that Eastern is struggling, but they always struggle in cali and then come back to NE with a fury.  Really looking forward to next sat when LEC play opens up, as Keene and Eastern lock up.  Keene will send Morin and Maybe to the mound.  Gilblair or ecsu alum who is ECSU thorwing?  Gilblair and the J kid who i cant pronouce? or cause of Gilblairs leg will they see Esposito? 

The J kid pitched 7 innings today against Manhattanville, 13-3 ECSU.  Gilblair and Esposito are going on Saturday, not sure what order.  I agree with ecsualum about the D, very very bad early. Holowaty has made some changes. Pat Smith has to play every day, as of right now he is taking time away from Thomas at 2nd base but he very well could end up playing somewhere else before the end of the season.  This is the kid I really liked last fall.  He can play anywhere and has a nice bat.  I would think Matt Fontaine earned another start after his performance against Redlands.  He pitched a nice game and showed a little moxie, which was nice to see. All and all I think the pitching is going to be very good again this year and maybe better than last all though Lavorgna would be nice to have again this year and everyone has to stays healty of course.  The offence should produce enough most of the time. The defence is the big ? right now and everyone knows it.  Shawn has a little tendinidis in his left forearm and his knee is a lot better than it was two weeks ago.  Surgery is in his future though.  It is going to be fun watching Esposito this year, I'm guessing a big year for him.

[KSCfan]

predictions for saturdays showdown between keene and eastern anyone?  From what i have been told by my neighbors to the south Eastern will send espo and giblair to the hill against morin and maybe.  maybe struggled a little in arizona while morin was solid.  Espo shut down keene last year in the regionals, and gilblair is well gilblair.  Keenes hot bats vs Easterns strong pitching, oh and eastern can swing it too in case you didnt notice.  Im hoping for an Owls sweep, but hey im a homer!  Keene has had good success against eastern at eastern taking 3 out of the last 4 games against them at thier park.  Smart money is on a split, but you never know.  cant wait

[wordsmith]

predictions for saturdays showdown between keene and eastern anyone?  From what i have been told by my neighbors to the south Eastern will send espo and giblair to the hill against morin and maybe.  maybe struggled a little in arizona while morin was solid.  Espo shut down keene last year in the regionals, and gilblair is well gilblair.  Keenes hot bats vs Easterns strong pitching, oh and eastern can swing it too in case you didnt notice.  Im hoping for an Owls sweep, but hey im a homer!  Keene has had good success against eastern at eastern taking 3 out of the last 4 games against them at thier park.  Smart money is on a split, but you never know.  cant wait

OK I'll go out on the limb:

KSC gets swept by THE Evil Empire:

Mabey will last 3 1/3 and The Evil Empire should touch him for 7 runs. Morin will go 6 and TEE might get him for 3 or 4 runs.

KSC will lose both. 11-5 and 7-3.

[soxfan42585]

The most controversial pick of them all.

A split!   

[LEC Fan]

my guess is split, should be 2 good games!

[kscer]

I think Morin is going to be strong and Maybe is going to solve his problems and throw low strikes. KSC's defense and bullpen depth will win. And there still hitting the ball. Keene takes both, just like two years ago.

[santeezy06]

I say Keene will take the pair, just seem more in their element right now.

[KSCfan]

Good win for KSC yesterday at Babson.  Its happening again where Keene has to play all thier"home" games on the road.  This happened last year to Keene, but i think it helped them in the long run as they where a true road tested team.  Ford got hit around a little bit but he hadnt pitched in like ten days so i will overlook his sloppy outing.  NIce to see SOmberg get the win, Hes a sophmore with good stuff and is going to be vital to keene for the tough non conferance games.  The evil empire lost to WNEC yesterday 3 to 2, but in fairness i looked at the boxes and WNEC through thier top guy the tall lefty Anderson, and it looked like Eastern played some of thier non starters.  Im not taking anything away from WNEC, but it seemed that Eastern was clearly setting up for this weekend.  Go owls

[kscer]

WNEC through thier top guy the tall lefty Anderson, and it looked like Eastern played some of thier non starters.  Im not taking anything away from WNEC, but it seemed that Eastern was clearly setting up for this weekend.  Go owls

Eastern has either scored a lot of runs or starved. I'm guessing they are feasting on weaker pitching and struggling against good pitching.