BB: General New England Discussion

[KSCfan]

Word i think you ment Jconn with that list when he would say

1.  Umass Boston starters
2.  Umass Boston reserves
3. Umass Boston bullpen catchers
4.  Umass Boston Mascot
5.  Nick Conway


really though im going

1.  Trinity
2.  WPI
3. Babson
4. Wesleyan
5. To early to tell

Who do i think will get knocked out of the top five in two weeks?  Wesleyan  Who is going to be in the top five in the next two weeks, Eastern and Keene State, maybe Wheaton

[wordsmith]

Hobbesy,

Good to hear, that's one of the reasons I'm here on this earth.

If Johns Hopkins were located in New England it would not be much of a discussion, eh? My top 5 would have to include

1) Trinity
2) EConn
3) WPI
4) Winner of the Curry/WNEC battle this weekend
5) Bowdoin, Babson or RIC/UMESS Beacons (JCon - please know Word has R-E-S-P-E-C-T  for the Beacons!)

Could not include Westfield St as they lost 2 to RIC; Records are so deceiving at this point. But fun to project.

Where oh where is USM, KSC, Wheaton, will they be there in the end, only time will tell.

Word

[RSSmith]

It's always a little hard to tell with Trinity, becuse they don't do much heavy lifting until tournament time.  The sauce, as they say, is in the pudding, however, and you have to give the Bantams the benefit of the doubt.

[Hobbesy]

Its going to be easier to guess once teams start playing conference games as you have WNEC/Curry winner in at #4.

The same holds true for the battles to come in the NEWMAC and the Little East.

Its hard to argue but the TCCC, NEWMAC, NESCAC and LEC are going to be the top four conferences this year and those teams will be going at it tooth and nail all year long. 

Keene is in a rut right now but with the way New England baseall works (5 games a week), they and any other team that is struggling can turn it around with two good weeks.

[Hobbesy]

Aizenstadt out with an elbow injury.  Not rushing anything.  Some thought he would be back this weekend but they want to make sure. 

[Hobbesy]

Two good games over at Babson today...

Check out a short recap and interviews here

http://ned3baseball.wordpress.com/

[KSCfan]

Hobbesy your blog gets better and better my friend.  Keep up the good work loved the videos from the Babson games.  Give me in your opinion the best games coming up in NE this week.  Being a LEC guy myself im excited for Wheaton vs UMB today because of UMB strong start and Wheaton consistantly being a power team, also Im excited for Keene State vs Wheaton later in the week.  What good games am I missing else where that i need to go see?

[Hobbesy]

KSCfan-

Thank you.  I met some parents at the Babson game yesterday as well that said they have been following along. 

Wheaton supposedly has live stats for today's game against the Beacons.  That is a good test for Boston and also for Wheaton's second tier pitchers who will have to deal with a good offense.

As for other games,

Big DH today between Suffolk-St. Joe's and Monday between Curry-WNEC.  Havent had the chance to look any farther ahead but I will let you know by Monday what to look for. 

Lots of rain in the forecast so baseball this week is not looking good.   

[ecfaninri]

Hobbesy....
Great stuff on the Babson game. I know its bball season but are you taking in the BC - Yale hockey game today? Just to let you know that their is a new "31" at Eastern - a left handed batter as well but doesn't all the taps at the plate down just yet.

Really missed you out in Phoenix as well as your parents. However, your new "career" seems to keep you in the action. Interesting to see how all the teams in NE react to returning from spring trips and how they fare during week-day games. Everyone seems to get the boxers in a bunch about weekend conference games and forget about those all inmportant in region games during the week. Eastern returns this morning from Arizona and then gets back to back road games in Manhattanville and Amherst before the home opener on Friday with West Conn.

[KSCfan]

Ecfan good point about the midweek region games as these are often where your at large bids are won. The at large bids for those lucky teams are seemed to based off largely your region record making that wed game really important to a lot of teams

[wordsmith]

Player check-in/update:

Some of you may remember last year a Freshman at WNEC by the name of
Matt Fleishman. He was named TCCC Rookie of the Year. Over the summer he transfered to Villanova.

He is starting for Villanova in LF and after 21 games he is hitting .327 with 9RBI.

Word

[Hobbesy]

Ecfan-

That young man has a lot to learn about tapping the plate haha.  Seems a fire really got lit under them after dropping the first two out there.  It was weird not being out there but I am hoping this "job?" fills the hole.

And a great point about mid-week games.  Very important games to win and also very important games to strengthen your pitching staff. 

On length of game,

NEWMAC does a 7 and a 9 during doubleheaders and GNAC, I went to Suffolk-St Joes today, does two 7's.

It just doesnt feel right to not play a full nine but boy do they make for long days!

[Hobbesy]

Checked out St. Joes-Suffolk game today in Quincy.  Only was able to stay for the first but was able to get some interviews afterwards.

Pat Moran hit a two-run homer in the top of the sixth to break a 1-1 tie and the Monks won 6-1.  Pretty good game I thought.  Both Moran and Suffolk starter Babb threw well.  Babb hurt by an infield error that extended the inning and allowed Moran to bat in the sixth.

Check out the interviews here!

http://ned3baseball.wordpress.com/

[Jcon8958]

Hobbesy any chance you will be at the ECSU vs UMB DH saturday blogging it??

[LEC Fan]

Hobbesy,

Good stuff with the interviews and blog. It really gives a great opportunity to watch/read about the other conferences outside the LEC. Keep up the good work!