BB: LEC: Little East Conference

[wordsmith]

Question for the Keene State Faithful--how has Aaron Laplante been this year.  Obviously I know he's 5-0 with a 2.75, but since I haven't followed much, I wasn't sure where he was in the rotation, etc.  He pitched two years for us (Wentworth) and was 6-1 last year, including a win in a tournament elimination game.  He's a pretty good pitcher and a good kid, so anyone who has followed them a lot more closely and has some insight into how he's been this year would be appreciated.

Aaron is a mid-week pitcher for KSC. His starts have been against some, shall we say, weaker teams (Marian; Albert MayTag, Fitchburger St; PlyWood State; and Westfield State); also he ahs had tremendous run support in his starts. Having not faced the cream of NE teams it is hard to say how he would fare. I like the fact he has a decent walk/innings ratio. He will be tested in the coming days and weeks given St. Joe's, Wheaton and a double dip with the Quahogs of RI; then comes the LEC Tourney and possibly the NC2As.

Check back on his stats in 2 weeks for a better verdict.

Player          ERA   W-L   APP  GS  CG SHO/CBO SV    IP   H   R  ER  BB  SO  2B  3B  HR   AB B/Avg   WP HBP  BK  SFA SHA

A. Laplante.2.75   5-0     8      7   0     0/1          0  36.0  35  19  11   8  18   5   1   1     145  .241    1   3   0    0   0

Word

KSC Coach Francis Marion goes with the LaPlante. The skinny on the kid pitching for KSC. He is a local guy from the Keene area. I am keeping my fingers crossed and hoping for the best.

Now Mr. Gorman we can better answer your original question.

Word

[kscer]

I agree word, of course you go with who is available, i think that keene knows, southern knows, and the rest know that RIC can hit the ball, and hit it in bunches, and if there was one team(other than keene and southern) that you don't want to get into a shoot out with its RIC.  If keene wins this game its on to the winners bracket final, being where you want to be, at home.
That being said, the southern/ eastern game might be the most entertaining on the venue, and burleson did pitch lights out, but they can not win another game with him hitting like he did and 2 miscues.  Southern rides on burleson this year, and it will show today.

goodnight

Dear thelatenighter,

Welcome to the LEC Board- Best Dang Board in the land.

Not sure if you might have missed my point. My email was in response to KSCers that said KSC should save Morin and Mabey for a later game. My point is, if either is ready they should pitch in this game, period. IMHAO

Word

Word,
just a minor correction. I did not say KSC should save M&M's.I said"if", "could" and what I would do. Also Morin threw 90 pitches sunday and Maybe was in ice yesterday morning.

[wordsmith]

I agree word, of course you go with who is available, i think that keene knows, southern knows, and the rest know that RIC can hit the ball, and hit it in bunches, and if there was one team(other than keene and southern) that you don't want to get into a shoot out with its RIC.  If keene wins this game its on to the winners bracket final, being where you want to be, at home.
That being said, the southern/ eastern game might be the most entertaining on the venue, and burleson did pitch lights out, but they can not win another game with him hitting like he did and 2 miscues.  Southern rides on burleson this year, and it will show today.

goodnight

Dear thelatenighter,

Welcome to the LEC Board- Best Dang Board in the land.

Not sure if you might have missed my point. My email was in response to KSCers that said KSC should save Morin and Mabey for a later game. My point is, if either is ready they should pitch in this game, period. IMHAO

Word

Word,
just a minor correction. I did not say KSC should save M&M's.I said"if", "could" and what I would do. Also Morin threw 90 pitches sunday and Maybe was in ice yesterday morning.

OK, sorry 

Doesn't seem to matter at this point, Swampies are on a roll, and LaPlante is out of the game with Riley now on the bump.

[hockeyfan77]

Final...USM 14 ECSU 3....

[kscer]

I agree word, of course you go with who is available, i think that keene knows, southern knows, and the rest know that RIC can hit the ball, and hit it in bunches, and if there was one team(other than keene and southern) that you don't want to get into a shoot out with its RIC.  If keene wins this game its on to the winners bracket final, being where you want to be, at home.
That being said, the southern/ eastern game might be the most entertaining on the venue, and burleson did pitch lights out, but they can not win another game with him hitting like he did and 2 miscues.  Southern rides on burleson this year, and it will show today.

goodnight

Dear thelatenighter,

Welcome to the LEC Board- Best Dang Board in the land.

Not sure if you might have missed my point. My email was in response to KSCers that said KSC should save Morin and Mabey for a later game. My point is, if either is ready they should pitch in this game, period. IMHAO

Word

Word,
just a minor correction. I did not say KSC should save M&M's.I said"if", "could" and what I would do. Also Morin threw 90 pitches sunday and Maybe was in ice yesterday morning.

OK, sorry 

Doesn't seem to matter at this point, Swampies are on a roll, and LaPlante is out of the game with Riley now on the bump.

I guess LaPlante was taken out because he hurt his arm. I( didn't hear how bad or how long. He pitched fairly well after the Home run early. Gotta be concerned about second level pitching for Keene. Riley was ineffective, Sunday Wentworth could not get an out Sunday, Chevy was hit hard today. Ford pitched well.

[hockeyfan77]

I agree word, of course you go with who is available, i think that keene knows, southern knows, and the rest know that RIC can hit the ball, and hit it in bunches, and if there was one team(other than keene and southern) that you don't want to get into a shoot out with its RIC.  If keene wins this game its on to the winners bracket final, being where you want to be, at home.
That being said, the southern/ eastern game might be the most entertaining on the venue, and burleson did pitch lights out, but they can not win another game with him hitting like he did and 2 miscues.  Southern rides on burleson this year, and it will show today.

goodnight

Dear thelatenighter,

Welcome to the LEC Board- Best Dang Board in the land.

Not sure if you might have missed my point. My email was in response to KSCers that said KSC should save Morin and Mabey for a later game. My point is, if either is ready they should pitch in this game, period. IMHAO

Word

Word,
just a minor correction. I did not say KSC should save M&M's.I said"if", "could" and what I would do. Also Morin threw 90 pitches sunday and Maybe was in ice yesterday morning.

OK, sorry 

Doesn't seem to matter at this point, Swampies are on a roll, and LaPlante is out of the game with Riley now on the bump.

I guess LaPlante was taken out because he hurt his arm. I( didn't hear how bad or how long. He pitched fairly well after the Home run early. Gotta be concerned about second level pitching for Keene. Riley was ineffective, Sunday Wentworth could not get an out Sunday, Chevy was hit hard today. Ford pitched well.

I was listening to the Broadcast(which is great by the way) and it looks like Keene is going to thorw Maybe tomorrow: which is the right move IMO: maybe has killed USM in the past...

[kscer]

Yeah Maybe is loose and ready to go and has been tough for the Sumainees They seem to have better success against lefties. Maybe is rested and raring to go. The weather may come into play tomorrow afternoon.

[hockeyfan77]

USM beat Eastern Conn 14-3 today to improve to 31-10...Next game tomorrow vs Keene State...

[wordsmith]

Who to pitch???

I pitch my best available pitcher. If Morin is ready throw him. If he is still sore from Sunday go to Mabey. If neither are ready, then and only then, go to a #4 like LaPlante.

I learned a looooong time ago when it comes to pitching in the tournament you must go with your best horses when they are ready. Quahogs cannot be taken lightly.

Game Predictions: Chalk was the word for Wednesday. Thursday the word from Word is more chalk.

9am             Chowdas march the Colonels out of the Tournament in an error-filled game
Noon            Swampies 'dice'  the Quahogs -->big bats from Marion's boys
3pm             The Muskies over TEE in a very tight game

Word

Chowdas prevail; Swampies roll; Muskies romp.

Friday Game predictions:

9am           Muskies pop KSC
Noon         TEE has more talent than a scrappy UMESS team (but it would not shock me to see an upset here.
3pm           Swampies down TEE

Word
3pm           TEE

[kscer]

My prediction:
Keene watches Eastern get revenge in the 3PM games as both USM and ECSU devour each others pitching.

[ECSUalum]

Nice job by the Muskies beating up on TEE's best pitcher!!

Expected a big W today from Jags and got a big L.

As stated on previous posting, w/o Shawn it will be tough for TEE

However, it's not over until its over.

what ever happens i will be looking for Sullen Maine or the Swampies to move through the NE reg. and make the LEC proud

[ECSUalum]

Oh by the way, any bets on who gives the Bantams thier first loss??

I would like it to be Keene or Southern Maine!!!, but if not I predict Wheaton

[Jcon8958]

BIG win for umb today coming back from 7-2 and winning the game in the top half of the ninth they got ECONN again tommorow they win 2 games tommorow they will have there top 3 pitchers coming back for the championship round and you can rest assure conway is going to come back with a gem.

[ecfaninri]

Jcon....Let me get this straight....the Beacons are going to beat Eastern tomorrow and right after that they are going to beat the loser of the Keene/USM game and will have their top 3 pitchers coming back for the championship round. One small question, who pitches against Eastern? Wait ,,, another question, then who takes on the loser of USM/Keene?  I realize Conway is a very good pitcher and has pitched a lot of good/great games in the history of the LEC, but that may be asking a lot from him. Eastern will probably throw Esposito tommorow. It won't be like facing WConn.   But I have to give it to the Beacons... they don't quit.

[thelatenighter]

Another day of baseball, this day however not as pretty as the first.  First of all Jconn, I just have a question...REALLY? No seriously, Really.  I am just assuming you did not watch that massacre of what those two teams called a baseball game.  Each team had already checked out and the busses were warm.  Never mind the errors, walks, wild pitches, but the mental mistakes. Really.
Second game started really well, well pitched by both squads, good defense, but Laplante then blew out his shoulder, the son of 1986 Pats QB lost it suddenly, and it was a shootout the rest of the way.  Keene's middle relief a little scary but 2 key points, del buono 2 perfect against w conn, chev gets out of a bases loaded jam up by 2 in the 7th.  Gotta love the keene st winds.
Then a shocker, but then again not as USM bats came to life in windy keene and easterns did not, but once again was just one big inning, but as expected burleson stepped up.
So who has the big inning tomorrow, keene or usm, or will the game actually come down to pitching and defense like a good baseball team between two teams should.  Who knows whos pitching, who cares with these offenses, whoever makes the least mistakes wins.  One note is that Keene is set up with m&m as you say, no team has that pitching(not bad for the 5th ranked offense in the country) so you might be right Jconn, pitching may prevail.
east conn will send boston back after a day late, and eastern will be warmed up for the next game for whoever they face, so all should beware of that. 
Sorry for the long one, took me a while to get on here, good day of baseball tomorrow with teams goin home

Goodnight