BB: General New England Discussion

[kscer]

First NCAA Rankings
NEW ENGLAND            
1   Wheaton (Mass.)   28-3   30-4   
2   Keene State   24-6   25-9   
3   St. Joseph's (Maine)   32-5   32-5   
4   Trinity (Conn.)   19-6   23-8   
5   Western New England   22-7   23-9   
6   Rhode Island College   20-10   20-11   
7   Amherst   16-5   19-7   
8   Bowdoin   16-11   18-13   
9   Eastern Connecticut State   13-6   22-8   
10   Tufts   12-5   20-8

[wordsmith]

First NCAA Rankings
NEW ENGLAND            
1   Wheaton (Mass.)   28-3   30-4   
2   Keene State   24-6   25-9   
3   St. Joseph's (Maine)   32-5   32-5   
4   Trinity (Conn.)   19-6   23-8   
5   Western New England   22-7   23-9   
6   Rhode Island College   20-10   20-11   
7   Amherst   16-5   19-7   
8   Bowdoin   16-11   18-13   
9   Eastern Connecticut State   13-6   22-8   
10   Tufts   12-5   20-8

So ladys, lets go out on a limb. Which team of this group goes to Wisconsin?

Wheaton is my pick - chalk!

[kscer]

First NCAA Rankings
NEW ENGLAND            
1   Wheaton (Mass.)   28-3   30-4   
2   Keene State   24-6   25-9   
3   St. Joseph's (Maine)   32-5   32-5   
4   Trinity (Conn.)   19-6   23-8   
5   Western New England   22-7   23-9   
6   Rhode Island College   20-10   20-11   
7   Amherst   16-5   19-7   
8   Bowdoin   16-11   18-13   
9   Eastern Connecticut State   13-6   22-8   
10   Tufts   12-5   20-8

So ladys, lets go out on a limb. Which team of this group goes to Wisconsin?

Wheaton is my pick - chalk!

My choice is Keene State

[KSCfan]

Im taking Keene State.  Wheaton gets upset early and plays the loser bracket game and runs out of pitching

[WNECalum222]

First NCAA Rankings
NEW ENGLAND            
1   Wheaton (Mass.)   28-3   30-4   
2   Keene State   24-6   25-9   
3   St. Joseph's (Maine)   32-5   32-5   
4   Trinity (Conn.)   19-6   23-8   
5   Western New England   22-7   23-9   
6   Rhode Island College   20-10   20-11   
7   Amherst   16-5   19-7   
8   Bowdoin   16-11   18-13   
9   Eastern Connecticut State   13-6   22-8   
10   Tufts   12-5   20-8

How is ECSU #9? lol I mean I don't like them as much as the next guy but that is pretty low.

My pick for Appleton is either Wheaton or WNEC

[ECSUalum]

I think it will be St Joe's (Maine) year to go to the show.  Wheaton has great pitching, but may not be strong enough offensively, while St Joes is hitting .336 as a team and has a 3.06 team era.  I am afraid Keene does not have the pitching or defense to win,while Eastern has a young team which may not have strong enough pitching/hitting to sustain a NCAA NE Regional Championship, (unless someone gets real hot).  WNEU would be my 3rd pick to win it.  But.... predictions are only predictions, and it is all about the final result, so good luck to all our fine New England teams.

BTW I am just happy that ECSU will have, (and well deserved), the NCAA NE Regional vs crappy Whitehouse Field on the Cape  

[ECSUalum]

I think it will be St Joe's (Maine) year to go to the show.  Wheaton has great pitching, but may not be strong enough offensively, while St Joes is hitting .336 as a team and has a 3.06 team era.  I am afraid Keene does not have the pitching or defense to win,while Eastern has a young team which may not have strong enough pitching/hitting to sustain a NCAA NE Regional Championship, (unless someone gets real hot).  WNEU would be my 3rd pick to win it.  But.... predictions are only predictions, and it is all about the final result, so good luck to all our fine New England teams.

BTW I am just happy that ECSU will have, (and well deserved), the NCAA NE Regional vs crappy Whitehouse Field on the Cape  

Just to back up my comments on how nice the ECSU Baseball Stadium is, I have attached a video put together by Tristan Hobbs, former Eastern star 1B and publisher of New England D3 College Baseball Sports, and currently Assistant Sports Information Director at Bryant University.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNEXzSD4hqw

[rob]

First NCAA Rankings
NEW ENGLAND            
1   Wheaton (Mass.)   28-3   30-4   
2   Keene State   24-6   25-9   
3   St. Joseph's (Maine)   32-5   32-5   
4   Trinity (Conn.)   19-6   23-8   
5   Western New England   22-7   23-9   
6   Rhode Island College   20-10   20-11   
7   Amherst   16-5   19-7   
8   Bowdoin   16-11   18-13   
9   Eastern Connecticut State   13-6   22-8   
10   Tufts   12-5   20-8

How is ECSU #9? lol I mean I don't like them as much as the next guy but that is pretty low.

My pick for Appleton is either Wheaton or WNEC

ECSU, although one of the best teams in New England only played 19 in-region games, and that winning % isn't that good.  Lucky to get in at #9.  I am an ECSU fan, but they need to do better.

[kscer]

Colby Sawyer has just completed their second win in the NEAC East conference tournament.  This team entered the tourney with an 18-20 record, but with one of the deepest pitcuing staffs in the NE. Tomorrow the play the winner of Castleton - Thomas. Go Colby Sawyer

[Old Man]

I am seeing alot of predictions for the weekend in the LEC and who will host depending on results.  _ does anyone know where we can find the "official" tiebreakers for final regular season standing in the LEC for 2012?

OM

[wordsmith]

I am seeing alot of predictions for the weekend in the LEC and who will host depending on results.  _ does anyone know where we can find the "official" tiebreakers for final regular season standing in the LEC for 2012?

OM

Ed Flaherty and Bill Holywater are the only owners of the official tiebreaker rules and they store them in a sealed mayonnaise jar on Funk and Wagnalls' front porch (Sound familiar Boomers?).

[Old Man]

Word -

AS always  +++ karma if i could - you are the heart and soul of LEC baseball.

OM

[wildthngvaughn]

Ok I am deeply confused with what happened at the Bridgewater St. vs Salem St. MASCAC 1st Round game.  Is the Salem St. coach a moron or was their a misprint in the box score.  Instead of starting the MASCAC Pitcher of the Year Matt Kerr, he started a freshman with only 7 innings pitched this year.  He allowed the freshmen to face 2 batters (a double and a sac fly to right)  He then brought Kerr in.  Bridgewater then hit another sac fly to score the guy on third and won the game 1-0.

Somebody please explain what happened.  Was Kerr not able to arrive on time (possibly because of finals) or something like that?  I just don't get it.

[kscer]

Interesting factoid-

New Hampshire has 5 schools competing in NCAA regional tournaments in Baseball-three in Div lll and two in Div ll. A lot of NH kids on those teams...I can think of six off the top of my head without doing any research from Keene High school alone. IMHO I think that is great for a town and state where spring starts in July most years.

[wordsmith]

Interesting factoid-

New Hampshire has 5 schools competing in NCAA regional tournaments in Baseball-three in Div lll and two in Div ll. A lot of NH kids on those teams...I can think of six off the top of my head without doing any research from Keene High school alone. IMHO I think that is great for a town and state where spring starts in July most years.

Keene has a great Cal Ripken, Babe Ruth and Legion system. I had the privledge to coach in those systems for many years.

The talent that is delivered to the High School level is remarkable. Year in and year out quality kids go into the program, only to be chewed up in the meat grinder that has been allowed to exist there for years. Kids regress in baseball skills and abilities as they progress through their high school years and end up playing college despite the culture that exists in the athletic and baseball programs at KHS.

Congrats to those young men and their parents for their successes.