BB: LEC: Little East Conference

[Jcon8958]

Ok i will be blunt i think morin deserved to be on the first team there is no doubt about that wat so ever he is a very good pitcher. But if you go with the pitcher that means the most to his ballclub then they got it right because if you take morin away from KSC and Espo from econn both those teams would still be fine But if you take Conway away from UMB thats a whole diffrent story.

[KSCfan]

JCon didnt you tell me all year that Maybe was grossly overrated, and that he wasnt that good, and that adriano is better than him.  If you want i can copy paste the posts for you that you do in.  According to JCon logic which we all know makes no sense and floats around one thing and thatis UMass Boston, then Morin means even more to the Owls than Conway to the Beacons.  You said that Adriano was going to pitch better than Maybe, so if you take Conway away from UMB and Morin away from KSC then Umass should be in better pitching shape.  Morin was pitcher of the year no doubt about it, feel good award is right, but i guess in the end it doesnt matter cause KSC is playing in the regional and UMB is thinking about how they are going to beat Albertus Magnus next year

[Jcon8958]

KSCER but you forget how good the rest of ure teams pitching in remember the great Keene State blew up UMB bullpen. Say wat u want Conway is a better pitcher then morin he has been going hrew the little east for 3 years and won POTY twice compared to morin who has only been a weekend starter for 1 year and not many of the littleeast teams have seen him. Not saying he is not a great picher but he is only his first year pitching in confrence.

[KSCfan]

Jcon- Conway was pitcher of the year twice now with losing records thats absurd.  It shouldn't matter how long you have been in the conferance at all.  The title is pitcher of the year, not pitcher of the last three years.  Morin had better numbers than Conway.  COnway had more strikeouts, but Morin had more apperances, a better ERA, a better record, more Innings pitched, less hits given up, less walks, and less earened runs.  Im willing to throw out the record cause UMB offense is terrrrrrrible, but earned run means UMB awful defense cant be accounted for either, im sorry this year 2008, Morin was better than Conway.  Im not saying that Conway isnt a great pitcher, and i would of loved for him to transfer to Keene is a second, im just saying that the pitcher of the year was Morin, if you want to give pitcher of the last three years to someone heck Conway is my choice, but pitcher of htis year is Morin no debate about it

[hockeyfan77]

USM beat Castleton 16-7 today to improve to 33-13...Next game tomorrow vs Keene State

[Jcon8958]

I was just told that the coachs vote on the awards before the tourney so none of the tourney has any affect and on that his sophmore year he was no doubt the best pitcher in the league so lets not even go there but the votes have been casted Conway is the pitcher of the year. Morin is a very good pitcher. But he didnt win and thats all there is to it. He deserved to be 1st team as well.

[ecfaninri]

JCon and anyone else who still cares,
The regular season is over... we know coaches try to lobby for their kids every chance they get..... records.... the love fest to make players feel good...... weekday starter/weekend starter..... good defense/bad defense ....... wha! Wha! Whaaaa! Pitching statistics that really matter are ERA, Hits, IP, GS, BB's, and K's.
4th in ERA behind Esposito and Morin
3rd in Batting Avg against behind Esposito and Morin
Not even in top 4 for innings pitched behind Fontaine, Jags and Thibeault
Only started 8 games behind Fontaine, Jags and Thibeault
Not even in the top 5 for hits allowed behind Esposito, Michael (UMB),Schmidt, and Morin
Not in the top five for Walks Allowed - behind Fontaine and Jags
2nd in K's - behind Fontaine and 1 ahead of Jags

7 weeks of press releases from the Little East- for Pitcher of the Week
Morin named twice
Fontaine named twice
Michael named once
Andriano named once
Scribner named once

Again ...... no disrespect of Nick,  but his own teammates were named pitcher of the week by the LEC more than him. Good luck i the future Nick, your presence within the league was appreciated and well watched. But this year - you were not the POTY.. sorry.  UMB and the LEC will miss you.

[JustAFan]

More to debate.  The NEIBA all-New England selections:

NEW ENGLAND INTERCOLLEGIATE BASEBALLL ASSOCIATION
Link: http://www.neiba.org/

ALL-NEW ENGLAND DIVISION 3 TEAMS

Player of the Year: Chris Burleson, SS, Southern Maine
Pitcher of the Year: Tim Kiely, Trinity
Coach of the Year: Bill Decker, Trinity

1ST TEAM
DH – Nick Martinho, Jr., Suffolk
C – Sean Killeen, Jr., Trinity
1B – Kent Graham, So., Trinity
2B – Ryan Piacentini, Jr., Trinity
3B – Joe Rousseau, Sr., Keene St.
SS – Chris Burleson, Jr., Southern Maine
OF – David Vincent, Sr., Curry
OF – Jim Wood, So., Trinity
OF – Anthony D'Alfonso, Jr., Southern Maine
OF – Bobby Doyon, Fr., Keene St.
UT – Steve Ragonese, Sr., Tufts
UT – Chandler Barnard, Sr., Trinity
P – Tim Kiely, Sr., Trinity
P – Jeremiah Bayer, So., Trinity
P – Adam Gingras, Jr., Wheaton

2nd TEAM
DH – Travis Schwamb, Sr., Western New England
C – Alex Perry, So., Tufts
C – Jeff Lienek, So., Wheaton
1B – Nate Nelson, Sr., Worcester St.
2B – Matt Delaney, Sr., Babson
2B – Jamie Chevalier, Jr., Keene St.
3B – Ryan Gaffney, Jr., Southern Maine
SS – Luke Enman, Sr., St. Joseph's (ME)
OF – Steve Tahmoush, Sr., Babson
OF – Steve Smith, Sr., Bridgewater St.
OF – Jesse Bruinsma, So., Curry
OF – Scott McNee, Jr., WPI
UT – Greg Ford, Sr., Keene St.
P – Mike Regan, Sr., Trinity
P – Dan D'Elia, So., Suffolk
P – Jason Pizzoferrato, Jr., Western New England
P – Jamie Morin, Sr., Keene St.

3rd TEAM
DH – Shawn Gilblair, Jr., Eastern Connecticut
C – Neal Allar, Sr., Amherst
C – Matt Gardiner, Sr., Western Connecticut
1B – Mark Shimrock, Jr., Middlebury
1B – Alex Perry, Jr., Roger Williams
2B – Brad Polcare, Sr., Castleton St.
3B – Dan Conley, Fr., Castleton St.
3B – Kevin Simpson, Jr., Roger Williams
SS – Brad Jackson, Sr., Johnson & Wales
OF – Max Pinto, Sr., Williams
OF – Chris O'Connors, Jr., Rhode Island College
OF – Chris Newell, Jr., Western New England
OF – Bob Foote, Jr., Wheaton
OF - Jeff Perkins, Jr., Keene St.
UT – John Parke, So., Eastern Connecticut
P – Andrew Aizenstadt, Fr., Babson
P – Chris Wojick, So., Eastern Connecticut
P – Dan Benz, Jr., Williams
P – Martin Anderson, Sr., Bridgewater St.

[Jcon8958]

Say wat you will he won nothing you can do about it 2 out of 3 and only the 2nd pitcher in history to do it in the little east (Only other was a 6th round pick and he was pretty good ryan dipetro) and in the 5 games he lost or got a no decision he got 2.4 runs per game so cant control it all.

[KSCfan]

Congratulations to all the LEC players on the All-New England team, espically nice to see Burleson as player of the year.  He works very hard and is a very good player.  He is also a lot of fun to watch, congrats to all

[wordsmith]

To Spark the Debate for 2009 (God Word 2009 already, 2008 ain't over yet!) I have listed the returning All-Stars for each team with along with the players lost to graduation. (I am assuming no one gets drafted or transfers to another school like Franklin Pierce).

This does not take into account other 'impact' players that did not make the 1st or 2nd Team.

2008 Little East All-Conference Teams First & Second Team           

Eastern Connecticut  - Returning
                Shawn Gilblair  Junior  Designated Hitter
       Andrew Dewing  Freshman  First Base   
       Melvin Castillo  Sophomore  Shortstop 
       John Parke  Sophomore  Outfield 
       Chris Wojick  Sophomore  Relief Pitcher 
                Jimmy Jagodzinski  Junior  Pitcher 
Eastern Connecticut - Losing
       Joe Esposito  Senior  Pitcher 
               

University of Southern Maine  - Returning
      Jordan Berthiaume  Freshman  Catcher 
       Chris Burleson  Junior  Shortstop 
       Anthony D'Alfonso  Junior  Outfield
       Andrew Stacy  Junior  Designated Hitter   
       Ryan Gaffney  Junior  Third Base
University of Sothern Maine - Losing
                NONE

Keene State College  - Returning
       Beau Darak  Sophomore  First Base 
       Jamie Chevalier  Junior  Second Base 
        Bobby Doyon  Freshman  Outfield 
       Jeff Perkins  Junior  Outfield 
       
Keene State College  - Losing
     Joe Rosseau  Senior  Third Base 
   Greg Ford  Senior  Outfield 
                 Jamie Morin Senior Pitcher

Rhode Island College  - Returning
      Chris O'Connors  Junior  Outfield 
      Eric Fama  Junior  Relief Pitcher
Rhode Island College  - Losing      
               Peter Olson  Senior  Second Base 
      Eric Thibault  Senior  Pitcher 

UMass Boston  - Losing
     Nick Conway  Senior  Pitcher

Western Connecticut  - Returning
               Nick Ross  Junior  Outfield 
Western Connecticut  - Losing
                Matt Gardiner  Senior  Catcher 

[hockeyfan77]

USM beats Keene State today 8-0 to improve to 34-13...Next game tomorrow against WNEC...

[kscer]

Word,
Morin is done for KSC. He was a senior this year. They also lose Jones at SS and Maybe.

[ECSUalum]

To Spark the Debate for 2009 (God Word 2009 already, 2008 ain't over yet!) I have listed the returning All-Stars for each team with along with the players lost to graduation. (I am assuming no one gets drafted or transfers to another school like Franklin Pierce).

This does not take into account other 'impact' players that did not make the 1st or 2nd Team.

2008 Little East All-Conference Teams First & Second Team           

Eastern Connecticut  - Returning
                Shawn Gilblair  Junior  Designated Hitter
       Andrew Dewing  Freshman  First Base   
       Melvin Castillo  Sophomore  Shortstop 
       John Parke  Sophomore  Outfield 
       Chris Wojick  Sophomore  Relief Pitcher 
Eastern Connecticut - Losing
       Joe Esposito  Senior  Pitcher 
                Jimmy Jagodzinski  Senior  Pitcher 

University of Southern Maine  - Returning
      Jordan Berthiaume  Freshman  Catcher 
       Chris Burleson  Junior  Shortstop 
       Anthony D'Alfonso  Junior  Outfield
       Andrew Stacy  Junior  Designated Hitter   
       Ryan Gaffney  Junior  Third Base
University of Sothern Maine - Losing
                NONE

Keene State College  - Returning
       Beau Darak  Sophomore  First Base 
       Jamie Chevalier  Junior  Second Base 
        Bobby Doyon  Freshman  Outfield 
       Jeff Perkins  Junior  Outfield 
       Jamie Morin  -Junior Pitcher
Keene State College  - Losing
     Joe Rosseau  Senior  Third Base 
   Greg Ford  Senior  Outfield 

Rhode Island College  - Returning
      Chris O'Connors  Junior  Outfield 
      Eric Fama  Junior  Relief Pitcher
Rhode Island College  - Losing      
               Peter Olson  Senior  Second Base 
      Eric Thibault  Senior  Pitcher 

UMass Boston  - Losing
     Nick Conway  Senior  Pitcher

Western Connecticut  - Returning
               Nick Ross  Junior  Outfield 
Western Connecticut  - Losing
                Matt Gardiner  Senior  Catcher 

Word,

I beliee Jags is a Junior this year, so he should be back

But nice review to give us a preview of next years LEC lineups

[wordsmith]

TEEalum,

Thanks for the correction, the LEC site lists him as a Senior, the TEE site has him as a Junior. The rest of the LEC wishes he were a Senior.

Word