BB: LEC: Little East Conference

[kscer]

Keene sweeps RIC, UMB, and UMD and beats PSU but splits with USM in Maine to end up #1 seed for tourney. RIC will be #2, USM 3, ECSU 4, UMB 5 and PSU 6. ESCU and KSC will play for the title in a replay of the last two years, but Randy Re isn't here anymore and Keene knows who Gilblair is. Keene wins and there is no at large bid for the LEC.

[Jcon8958]

You have to be out of you god dam mind if you think that keene is just that easily is going to just roll throught those teams. There number 2 starter is at best shaky he is either hit or miss and vs a team like RIC if he misses they will make him pay for it dearly. Keene will be lucky if they split with RIC UMB AND USM. (they will sweep UMD I am sure) You are greatly over rating this team i think cause in my option starting pitching wins games Morin beat west conn (who hasnt) but got beat up pretty good by eastern so to say that they will sweep all those teams is just flat out stupidity i wouldnt be stunned if they go 2-4 vs UMB USM AND RIC the little east is that strong. I just dont think Keene has the starting pitching to win it they dont have that ace like henry at USM or Conway at UMB or even Tibault at RIC, and they may have the worst number 2 in the top 5 teams. Mayby is not better then andriano, jagz(or espo for that matter) the freshman from RIC is solid. Fact of the matter is starting pitching is going to win you ball games wen they start playing the better tier team not ure Western Conn and PSU and im sure your going to say look wat mayb did at eastern....even a blind squirel can find a nut ever once and a while. Im not by any means saying keene is a bad basebal lteam cause there not but i would take the 1-2 combo at UMB(Conway and Andriano) USM (Henry and Ross) Econn (Gilbliar and Jagz or Espo) Its going to be fun to watch but when there bats finally start to go quiet. Which they will u cant hit like they do all year they dont have the starting pitching to match up with the rest of the teams. Just my thoughts.

[kscer]

Keene's defense, which should be the best, cost them the game at Eastern, they beat Gilblair and have quality wins against top 10 teams. They give up runs but don't get beat. We'll see jcon, just like two years ago, the swamp eats city folk.

[wordsmith]

I try to stay pretty objective here so this is my take on Keene State.

-JCon and KSCer ever the 'homers" I luv you guys, you are what makes this board fun.
-JCon you are right on with your assessment about pitching; KSCer you are right about KSC's defense; However I'll add what I think is the 1 thing other teams must contend with to beat Keene.

-KSC currently ranks 5th in the Nation in Team Batting Average. In the Nation, not the LEC, not New England, the nation. The nation, not New England, the nation, we're talkin 'bout the nation, not, not, New England, the nation.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGDBR2L5kzI

We'll see what quality front line pitching in the LEC can do with the line-up they roll out there.  They say good pitching will stop good hitting we'll see.

Word

[ECSUalum]

I try to stay pretty objective here so this is my take on Keene State.

- JCon and KSCer ever the 'homers" I luv you guys, you are what makes this board fun.
-JCon you are right on with your assessment about pitching; KSCer you are right about KSC's defense; However I'll add what I think is the 1 thing other teams must contend with to beat Keene.

-KSC currently ranks 5th in the Nation in Team Batting Average. In the Nation, not the LEC, not New England, the nation. We'll see what quality front line pitching in the LEC can do with the line-up they roll out there.  They say good pitching will stop good hitting we'll see.

Word

With all due respect to my fellow bloggers, and I know everyone is passionate about thier teams:
Just to further put in perspective, Keene scored 2 earned runs vs Gilblair and 3 earned runs vs Esposito.  Again, TEE defense was suspect in those games.  So, although Keene does have a leading batting average nationally, I suspect they beat up on some poor pitching along the way, ie WorstConn, Alberticus Magnacus, Williams Sonoma, Plywood State.  (I admit they did hit well agains the NJIAC teams)

So IF KSC gets into regionals and then IF on to Grand Chute WI, we will see if they maintain the current batting average.

Word, How am I doing with the smithing? I want to be like you

[Jcon8958]

The fact is wat u said word good pitching is going to stop there hitting and its just a matter of time before we start to see that those are the facts there pitching or in my eyes lack there of is going to catch up with them thats all i am saying. They arent going to be able to win the little east with that 1-2 and once there bats run into a good pitcher which is wats going to happen the next 3 weeks they will also be slowed down

[wordsmith]

I try to stay pretty objective here so this is my take on Keene State.

- JCon and KSCer ever the 'homers" I luv you guys, you are what makes this board fun.
-JCon you are right on with your assessment about pitching; KSCer you are right about KSC's defense; However I'll add what I think is the 1 thing other teams must contend with to beat Keene.

-KSC currently ranks 5th in the Nation in Team Batting Average. In the Nation, not the LEC, not New England, the nation. We'll see what quality front line pitching in the LEC can do with the line-up they roll out there.  They say good pitching will stop good hitting we'll see.

Word

With all due respect to my fellow bloggers, and I know everyone is passionate about thier teams:
Just to further put in perspective, Keene scored 2 earned runs vs Gilblair and 3 earned runs vs Esposito.  Again, TEE defense was suspect in those games.  So, although Keene does have a leading batting average nationally, I suspect they beat up on some poor pitching along the way, ie WorstConn, Alberticus Magnacus, Williams Sonoma, Plywood State.  (I admit they did hit well agains the NJIAC teams)

So IF KSC gets into regionals and then IF on to Grand Chute WI, we will see if they maintain the current batting average.

Word, How am I doing with the smithing? I want to be like you

Dude u da man 8)

But, unless you want to contemplate taking a swan dive into the asphalt on a pretty regular basis, you do not want to be me.

I agree with your assessment of the Boggy Mountain Boys from Cow Hampsha; and if ya look closely on the New England site I ask the key questions of the day about TEE and the LEC (which stands for Loves Eastern Connecticut). Will they be a heart breaker, a dream maker, a tourney slot taker, or will they be a candle in the wind?

I'll put my money on TEE to be there in the end. Now, if you'll excuse me, I have to go wash my mouth out with soap


Word

[kscer]

I will admit I have some concerns about the top pitching, but I think KSC's pitching top to bottom is very sound. Although they don't seem to have a close the door middle reliever, Their pitching keeps them close enough until the bats go to work, and their defense will get better as they can practise outside. The pitching is adequate to win the LEC, as we will see.

[Stump]

you guys are great fun. I love to check the LEC board  I wish there was more action like this on the other boards especially GNAC. The comments are entertaining and show your real enjoyment of the game. I haven't seen much LEC ball but I can get a feel for the passion for the game that does seem to make the LEC the top conference in NE.  keep it up guys

[KSCfan]

This is why i love this board.  Everyone will fight to the death for team.  Jcon with all do respect and i mean all do respect saying that henry and ross and or conway and matters are better than morin and maybe is just foolhearty.  Keene two years ago absolutely pounded ross in Maine in the LEC tourny, and they beat up on henry last year in thier lec regular season game.  And in case you havent forgot jcon, keene has beaten conway twice in the last two years.  now you want to argue that espo and gilblair are a little better than maybe you might haven an argument.  I have seen maybe at his best and at his worst but hes still better than umass beantown's number 2 and southern maines number 2.  Now i agree that good pitching beats good hitting, i just dont think that anyone in the conferance has the pitching good enough to beat keenes hitting right now.  Like i said earlier the road for keene is not easy with RIC, Umb, and USM still on the horizon.  I think that keene will win 5 out of those 7 games.  Taking two from boston and spliting with usm and ric. 

[wordsmith]

you guys are great fun. I love to check the LEC board  I wish there was more action like this on the other boards especially GNAC. The comments are entertaining and show your real enjoyment of the game. I haven't seen much LEC ball but I can get a feel for the passion for the game that does seem to make the LEC the top conference in NE.  keep it up guys

Stump, thanks for the nice remarks. We have a lot of fun here on the LEC board. Is GNAC an insect or that stuff you clean out of the corner your eyes in the morning?  I can't say we've ever heard of it. Just kidding Just kidding.

Word

[Jcon8958]

alrite lets look at stats then

UMB                         ERA   W-L    app   GS   CG   SO   BB         
Nick Conway.........  2.12   3-2     5       5     3     39    10   
Mike Andriano....... 4.15    1-2     4       4     1     18    11
KSC
Jamie Morin.........   2.16    2-0     4       4     1     21     8
Phil Mabey..........   6.55    2-1      4      4      0     12    10
USM
Collin Henry........  2.03   2-2       5        5    1       16    10
Adam Ross........... 5.40   2-2     4         4     2       9      5


And as far as Keene beating Conway that last 2 years your right but wat u failed to mention is that fact in 2006 when he won pitcher of the year he threw a gem of a baseball game only to c it slip away in the bottom of the ninth on an error a single and a sac fly. Then last year the momentum of the game completely turned on that balk call in one of the worst umpired games ever i believed u agreed with me on that cause both coachs were thrown out of that baseball game b4 the third inning.

The fact is no matter wat you say the facts are this Keene St. would be nowere if they werent scoring 7 or 8 runs a game those are the facts they dont have that ace and the only reason that mabey record isnt  worse then it is is because on the first day of the season he let up 6 earned but the team ended up scoring 12 and winning by a run. For you to say that mabey is better then Andriano who could very easily be 3-1 instead of 1-2 he lost 2 straight LEC games by a score of 3-2. If he had Keene bats he would be 3-1 Mabey is not better then Andriano. Morin is not better then Conway. But hey that why they play the games we will see what happens this saturday But I will tell you right now if UMB hits like they can they might walk out of the swamp with 2 wins cause the pitching is going to be there That much I can promise you.

[KSCfan]

Jcon no doubt in my mind that its going to be a battle in the swamp this weekend.  I think that Morin and Conway is going to be a great game that could go either way.  I just dont think that UMB has the sticks to beat either Morin and or Maybe.  Thier team offense has been touch and go all year.  Talking of stats See umass boston team batting average at .268, and thier opponents have scored 186 runs to thier 145.   After 25 games thats an average of 5.8 runs a game.  Where as Keene has scored 212 runs in 23 games or 9.2 a game.  Conway may be able to counteract that as he so far has been the best pitcher or if not in the top 3 pitchers of the conferance all year.

As for game 2 with Maybe and Andriano i dont think that Andriano can shut down Keenes bats enough to win.  Boston may score 5 or six off maybe, but i think that keene is going to rip Andriano.  Maybe has had two good starts in his last two outings and he has a habit of pitching really good in big games, which these two are.  Keene sweeps

[Jcon8958]

Andriano shut down keens bats last year in the first game og a DH he threw 10 innings only to lose the ballgame 3-2 granted in the tourney keene got to him but he was a freshman pitching in a game thats win or go home lot of pressure but this year he is back big stronger and a better pitcher. But like you said its going to be a couple of good games and no way kkene sweeps. If the beacons get game 1 ic them walking out of the swamp with a sweep.

[kscer]

I think you guys are selling Maybe short. His"bad" outings were against TCNJ (whose only other losses are inconference to Montclair state and Stockton) and Williams, who has wins against UMB (sweep) KSC and USM (split). I doubt if any starter in the LEC will last 9 innings against Keene and when they get into the bullpen watch out. And they're not thinking about tournament or post season, they're thinking about tomorrow against PSU. And they haven't beaten up on weak teams to fatten their averages except for Albert Maytag. And they haven't even used their speed yet.