BB: LEC: Little East Conference

[Radioguyfan]

Will be interesting--Keene to host, nice town horrible field. EConn pitching vs. USM offense vs. Keene pitching (not as good as Eastern) hitting (not as good as USM) and poor fielding vs. RIC (darkhorse) with their #1 pitching vs. Boston--very tough with their #1 on the mound--cant hit but can shut your offense down.
I have broadcast for a couple different leagues but this confere
is hands down the toughest--these teams are like dogs that have been kicked 

[EasternCtFan]

Let me get this correct.........

UMB vs. Eastern
Western vs. Keene
RIC vs. USM

I would say Fontaine, Conway, Thiabault will be the starters, what about the rest?

[Jcon8958]

According to the standings it looks like USM is the #2 seed therefore it will be this

KSC VS. WCONN
USM VS. UMB
ECONN VS. RIC

[Jcon8958]

But anyway its going to be a great tourney going to be good Keenes starting pitching just threw there 2 aces and they will have to be ready by thursday which is only 4 days rest.
And of course they can hit but once the tourney comes around pitching rules the game. UMB wil have both its aces on a week and a half rest so they will be ready to go. They play UMD tommorow in games that mean nothing they cant improve there seed so no need to throw them.

More on the beacons i think they will be confidente going into this tourney no matter who they draw on day one. Cause there ace will be on the hill and Southern maine hasnt seen Conway in a few years. And they have never faced Andriano. If they draw ECONN they have to like there odds to because both pitchers held the Warriors at bay. Look for this team to make a run at it boys. Say wat u want they got as good a chance is any team in this if they hit.

[EasternCtFan]

I believe Eastern is the 2 seed based on sweeping RIC and USM having split with them. But maybe facing RIC would be a better thing having not to face Conway. If we play UMB I expect a low scoring game considering the pitching and UMB lack of offense.

[wordsmith]

This is posted on the LEC Web Site

2008 Little East Conference Baseball Championship Tournament

Wednesday, May 7, 2008

GAME 1: No. 6 Western Connecticut at No. 1 Keene State College, 9 a.m.

GAME 2: No. 5 UMass Boston vs. No. 2 Eastern Connecticut State University, 12 p.m.

GAME 3: No. 4 Rhode Island College vs. No. 3 University of Southern Maine, 3 p.m.

[KSCfan]

Couple of things boys... first good to see Keene host the tournament.  The official theme song for the LEC tourny this year will be Lynard Skynars Swamp Music.  Going into day one i think that Keene will throw Laplante or Somberg.  You might not see Maybe or Morin till friday or thursday late.  Morin has pitched on three days rest before and is good at it.  You might see Maybe first cause that game was such a blow out that they where really able to limit him. 

Tournament predictions:
Keene over Westconn day 1
Eastern over UMB, I think that Conway might keep them at bay but the middle relief is just god awful terrible for UMB, and the Emperor is smart and will have a lot of Eastern hitters work counts and get Conway out in the sixth of seventh and go to work on the bullpen
Southern Maine over RIC, I know i picked no upsets, but i think that USM offense is to good and will scratch out enough against RIC who looked not that good yesterday against keene.

For the tournament? Keene over USM in the finals.  6-4 in game 1. Tournament MVP Chavalier.  USM gets the at large and the two little east foes battle again in the regionals, oh by the way the NE regional is stacked with very good teams this year

Anyone want to throw out Pitcher/Player/Coach of the year? and some early tourny predictions.  An interesting matchup for the tournament is if USM and Eastern meet head to head in round 2.  THat might be an at large bid game, with the winner taking that.  A lot of people including myself have been sleeping on USM in the at large picture and i was trying to compare resumes with Eastern's and i think that they are pretty even, so that game could impact a comitee decesion.

Keene's field will be fine and ready to go.  I am pretty sure that the games will be webcasted for the radio with GIno the guy that did it yesterday doing the radio, you might also see video feed, Keene has been doing that for its home games but im not sure how the tourny is going to shape up with that.  The video is nice, but usually college kids do the play by play so it depends on quality of announcing. 

[hockeyfan77]

Couple of things boys... first good to see Keene host the tournament.  The official theme song for the LEC tourny this year will be Lynard Skynars Swamp Music.  Going into day one i think that Keene will throw Laplante or Somberg.  You might not see Maybe or Morin till friday or thursday late.  Morin has pitched on three days rest before and is good at it.  You might see Maybe first cause that game was such a blow out that they where really able to limit him. 

Tournament predictions:
Keene over Westconn day 1
Eastern over UMB, I think that Conway might keep them at bay but the middle relief is just god awful terrible for UMB, and the Emperor is smart and will have a lot of Eastern hitters work counts and get Conway out in the sixth of seventh and go to work on the bullpen
Southern Maine over RIC, I know i picked no upsets, but i think that USM offense is to good and will scratch out enough against RIC who looked not that good yesterday against keene.

For the tournament? Keene over USM in the finals.  6-4 in game 1. Tournament MVP Chavalier.  USM gets the at large and the two little east foes battle again in the regionals, oh by the way the NE regional is stacked with very good teams this year

Anyone want to throw out Pitcher/Player/Coach of the year? and some early tourny predictions.  An interesting matchup for the tournament is if USM and Eastern meet head to head in round 2.  THat might be an at large bid game, with the winner taking that.  A lot of people including myself have been sleeping on USM in the at large picture and i was trying to compare resumes with Eastern's and i think that they are pretty even, so that game could impact a comitee decesion.

Keene's field will be fine and ready to go.  I am pretty sure that the games will be webcasted for the radio with GIno the guy that did it yesterday doing the radio, you might also see video feed, Keene has been doing that for its home games but im not sure how the tourny is going to shape up with that.  The video is nice, but usually college kids do the play by play so it depends on quality of announcing. 

I also agree that it will come down to that 2nd round game between Eastern and USM...I still think USM has a decent shot, they are getting a couple of pitchers back in Burleson(pitched last year but didn't this year) and also Henry has been resting his arm for the Tourney...So USM will have a 1, 2 3, 4 punch of Herny, Schmidt, Burleson(on a pitch count) and Ross: not bad if you ask me...I am also confident they can hit any pitcher, that any LEC teams throws at them...I think USM will upend Keen in the Championship game  9-5...

[hockeyfan77]

When it comes down to it, will somebody please post a link to any Radio or Video of the tourney...Thanks in advance....

[ECSUalum]

When it comes down to it, will somebody please post a link to any Radio or Video of the tourney...Thanks in advance....

Go to Keene Athletics, basball, schedule/results and you will see at bottom May 7th Keene vs WestConn LIVE STATS.  click on that.   
I believe, this will give you the audio play by play by Gino ( who is excellent by the way) and the visual of the team lineups and the written play by play.  Actually yesterday vs RIC the visual was about 15-30 sec  ahead of the audio, in other words the visual on the actual play would come up and 15-30 secs BEFORE the KSC announcer would announce the play.

http://www.keeneowls.com/sports/bsb/2007-08/schedule

Anyone have an update on if NCAA NE Regional ,(I think usually sponsered by ECAC), will have live video feed from Harwich MA like last year.  That was tremendous

[hockeyfan77]

When it comes down to it, will somebody please post a link to any Radio or Video of the tourney...Thanks in advance....

Go to Keene Athletics, basball, schedule/results and you will see at bottom May 7th Keene vs WestConn LIVE STATS.  click on that.   
I believe, this will give you the audio play by play by Gino ( who is excellent by the way) and the visual of the team lineups and the written play by play.  Actually yesterday vs RIC the visual was about 15-30 sec  ahead of the audio, in other words the visual on the actual play would come up and 15-30 secs BEFORE the KSC announcer would announce the play.

http://www.keeneowls.com/sports/bsb/2007-08/schedule

Anyone have an update on if NCAA NE Regional ,(I think usually sponsered by ECAC), will have live video feed from Harwich MA like last year.  That was tremendous

Thank you...And I heard that the Regionals will be on d3cast again(about 75 percent sure of this)....

[ecfaninri]

hockeyfan.... 
As you know, never look beyond 1st round opponents. Sometimes saving pitching can end up being embarassing when what looks like a "W" - and somehow you end up in the loser's bracket going through bullpens.  But EConn's pitching rotation lately has been getting deep into games. RIC did save some pitching to get through to the tourney. They weren't going to host. So why kill themselves and their chances to help out Eastern. Keene still has depth, but using Morin and Mabey could prove costly in the 2nd round as well. UMB - Conway, Michael, and Adriano could give fits as well.

[kscer]

This is starting to get exciting. As far as the tourney goes, this is KSC's year. They are peaking at the right time. They beat themselves at USM in that first game and showed their strength in the second. The M&M boys are pitching lights out. If you think they wont be available until late, think again. Don't forget Chevalier. LaPlante and Somborg have been solid, and Ford is usually dependable as a closer. KSC is leading the league in batting, slugging % and on Base%. They are tournament tested losing to Eastern in the if necessary game twice in the LEC and once in the NE regionals. Darak is on a tear, and Ford has been hitting consistently all year. Defensively the only question would be the inexperience in LF(but lf is batting .417 with 43 rbis). They are tied for the lead defensively and have turned 44 dp's.
This is the year of the OWL

[ecfaninri]

Hey Kscer.....
I love the enthusiasm. But I don't think anyone is just going to lie down for the owls. The LEC is a battle tested league. We can all look at some of these other flawed conferences getting automatic bids would be on the outside looking in if they were in the LEC. It wouldn't surprise me if the LEC 2nd team gets shipped to the NY region for an at-large berth.

Last year - Eastern was 14-0 in league play and were pushed to the "if" game by the owls. Throw the league records out the window. Wednesday the fun begins. Too bad there are no lights. Hopefully it won't come into play.

[kscer]

ecfaninri,
Great teams achieve their status through their results. This KSC team has the potential for being great. Of course they have to prove it through winning, which imho they are capable of doing. They don't need another team to play poorly, they just have to play up to their own ability level.