BB: General New England Discussion

[OshDude]

Peace ya'll and in the words of Randy Moss  "These shoulders that I have on my body, you could put the earth on it." "Just to let you know, I bounce back."

Moss must have been speaking figuratively. I know children with bigger shoulders than him. Go Pack go (yes, Moss still tilts me from his MN days).

Yep, by the way OshDude, way to D-Up that last minute desparation pass play by Toothless-Berg and the Steagles yesterday. At least Favre crashed and burned yesterday and it wasn't a total loss for TitleTown.

Go Fuzzy Thurston, Jerry (I jumped the snap) Kramer, Paul (Me and Alex will take the points for a G apiece) Horning, and Forrest (Eyes still twitching?) Gregg.

Word

That dude got lit up all day. Pretty frustrating year for Packers fans. Seeing 4 in purple, and atop the standings, doesn't help. But I'm still a Favre guy. Hard to believe there are so many antiFavres in these parts. Dude only turned the franchise around. No big deal.

[wordsmith]

Peace ya'll and in the words of Randy Moss  "These shoulders that I have on my body, you could put the earth on it." "Just to let you know, I bounce back."

Moss must have been speaking figuratively. I know children with bigger shoulders than him. Go Pack go (yes, Moss still tilts me from his MN days).

Yep, by the way OshDude, way to D-Up that last minute desparation pass play by Toothless-Berg and the Steagles yesterday. At least Favre crashed and burned yesterday and it wasn't a total loss for TitleTown.

Go Fuzzy Thurston, Jerry (I jumped the snap) Kramer, Paul (Me and Alex will take the points for a G apiece) Horning, and Forrest (Eyes still twitching?) Gregg.

Word

That dude got lit up all day. Pretty frustrating year for Packers fans. Seeing 4 in purple, and atop the standings, doesn't help. But I'm still a Favre guy. Hard to believe there are so many antiFavres in these parts. Dude only turned the franchise around. No big deal.

Yea, but the drama he creates, and it has been that way for years.....I'm thinking of retiring, no wait, now I'm in, nope out, nope back in. He should be renamed Brett Hokey-Pokey.

Ya put your retirement papers in,
Ya pull your retirement papers out,
Ya put your retirement papers in,
And ya shake the media about,
Ya do the Hokey Favre,
And Ya turn your franchise around,
Let's what we're talking about

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[DougiesGoinDeep]

From Baseball America today:

DIVISION III
TOP 5—HOW THEY'LL FINISH
Rank   Team   2009 Record
1.   St. Thomas (Minn.)   41-13
2.   Trinity (Conn.)   26-5
3.   Kean (N.J.)   39-11
4.   Wooster, Ohio   43-11
5.   Eastern Conn. State   39-8
PLAYERS TO WATCH
C—Patrick Reardon, Sr., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, N.Y. (.409-10-54). 1B—Mike Celenza, Sr., Salisbury, Md. (.469-12-57). 2B—Mike Moceri, Sr., Kean, N.J. (.433-2-59). 3B—Eric Groff, Sr., Keystone, Pa. (.445-13-58, 16 3B). SS—Javier Arrieta, Sr., Sul Ross, Texas, State (.461-17-51, 15 SB). OF—Bo Bell, Sr., Mississippi College (.425-13-73); Bobby Doyon, Jr., Keene, N.H., State (.435-13-72, 12 SB); James Wood, Sr., Trinity, Conn. (.361-4-38, 13 2Bs). DH—Kent Graham, Sr., Trinity, Conn. (.409-10-54). UT—Greg Van Sickler, Jr., Shenandoah, Va. (.411-7-66, 10 SB; 9-2, 2.69).
SP—Andrew Mondo, Sr., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (11-3, 3.03); Matt Schuld, Sr., St. Thomas, Minn. (12-1, 3.25); Noah Solomon, Jr., Trinity, Texas (5-1, 1.94). RP—Steve Matre, Sr., Mount St. Joseph, Ohio (0-1, 0.41, 13 SV, 22 IP/32 SO).
Player of the Year: Greg Van Sickler, rhp/1b, Shenandoah (Va.).
Championship: Eight regionals, campus sites, May 19-23. Eight regional champions advance to CWS, May 28-June 1 at Appleton, Wis. (Fox Cities Stadium).

TOP PROSPECTS, 2010 DRAFT
1. Greg Van Sickler, rhp/1b, Shenandoah (Va.)
2. James Wood, of, Trinity (Conn.)
3. Ryan Demmin, lhp, Wisconsin-Oshkosh

QUICK HITS
• St. Thomas (Minn.), the defending national champion, will have a new coach in 2010, as nine-year assistant coach Chris Olean was named interim coach in January. Dennis Denning, 65, retired in December after having led the Tommies to national titles in 2001 and 2009. St. Thomas either won the regular-season or tournament title in the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) in each of the last 14 years. Denning's clubs went 522-157 (.769) at St. Thomas over 15 seasons. This year's Tommies team returns 20 players from last year's 41-13 club, led by 6-foot-3 senior RHP Matt Schuld, who set a school record with 12 victories last season; closer Brandon Stone, and senior OF Matt Olson (.380-2-25, 10 SB), the Most Outstanding Player of last year's Division III CWS.

• Independent power Chapman (Calif.) returns a pair of key players in two-sport athlete 2B Tyler Hadzinsky and senior OF Ryan Prechtl. Hadzinky was named the athlete of the year for 2008-2009 by D-III independents, doubling baseball player (he batted .376 with a team-best 18 doubles) and soccer goalkeeper (he's posted 0.62 and 0.68 goals against averages the last two seasons). Prechtl hit .315 with seven home runs and is a four-year starter in center field.

• Anderson (Ind.) coach Don Brandon has announced that the 2010 season will be his last. Brandon ranks second among D-III active coaches in wins and is fifth on the all-time list with a 1,075-562 record, after the 2009 club went 22-18.

• Mount St. Joseph senior closer Steve Matre is closing in on some records, as he has racked up 32 saves in three seasons while going 3-7, 1.29 overall. Matre, who has a 110-17 strikeout-walk ratio over 91 innings in three seasons, led the nation in saves a year ago. The Division I career saves record of 53, set by Blair Erickson (UC Irvine), is probably safe. But the D-III record is just 35, set in 2002 by Mike Spavento of Wheaton (Mass.).


Congrats to all of the NE players who made this list, I'm a little surprised Castillo got left off this list, considering Baseball America tends to favor players who play in major wood bat summer leagues. Thoughts?

[hockeyfan77]

Congrats to all of the NE players who made this list, I'm a little surprised Castillo got left off this list, considering Baseball America tends to favor players who play in major wood bat summer leagues. Thoughts?

Isn't Castillo like in his mid-30's...     Seems like he has been around forever...

[Rick Vaughn]

Bored at work so...My Preseason All-NE picks.

C - Barrett - Suffolk
1B - Graham - Trin
2B - Fatse - WNEC
3B - Castillo - ECSU
SS - Bass - ECSU
OF - Doyon - KSC
OF - Wood - Trin
OF - Bruinsma - Curry
P - Moran - St. Joes (ME)
P - Musson - ECSU
P - Aizenstadt - Babson

Pretty good competition for all spots...except for SS.  Surprising small number of returning top notch SS's.

[ecfaninri]

RickVaughn...
Pretty good assessment of all new england. It's nice to see three ECSU players in the mix without even mentioning Parke, Perry, and Fontaine. I know you can't have an entire all new england team of Eastern players  - but it just shows how talented this group of returning players for Eastern is and it is no wonder they are a #4 pre-season rank nationally.

Nice job Rick

[dgilblair]

RickVaughn...
Pretty good assessment of all new england. It's nice to see three ECSU players in the mix without even mentioning Parke, Perry, and Fontaine. I know you can't have an entire all new england team of Eastern players  - but it just shows how talented this group of returning players for Eastern is and it is no wonder they are a #4 pre-season rank nationally.

Nice job Rick

Schult needs to be in that conversation also.  If he takes the steps he took last year he is going to have a really good run.  The heck with it it is just easier to make it all ECSU. you might have a better percentage correct when it's all said and done with this team.  Abundance of bats with this team. 

[ecfaninri]

DGilblair....
You're right about Schult.... I don't know how he slipped by me. He had a number of key wins last year.
I hope Tingley is fully recovered and if they move Wojick into a starting weekday slot it could be quite a staff.

[dgilblair]

DGilblair....
You're right about Schult.... I don't know how he slipped by me. He had a number of key wins last year.
I hope Tingley is fully recovered and if they move Wojick into a starting weekday slot it could be quite a staff.

I thought he really progressed through the season and from where he was in 08.  I expect him to have a nice year on the mound and at the plate.  I  hope Tings has a good year.  You have a strong team there this year.

[dgilblair]

Bored at work so...My Preseason All-NE picks.

C - Barrett - Suffolk
1B - Graham - Trin
2B - Fatse - WNEC
3B - Castillo - ECSU
SS - Bass - ECSU
OF - Doyon - KSC
OF - Wood - Trin
OF - Bruinsma - Curry
P - Moran - St. Joes (ME)
P - Musson - ECSU
P - Aizenstadt - Babson

Pretty good competition for all spots...except for SS.  Surprising small number of returning top notch SS's.

I think Moran with get it at the Utility spot. Need another pitcher now?  Armstrong,  Raymond, LeBrun, Pelkey?  I'm taking .....you guessed it Fontaine.


Levesque for RIC may give Moran a run for utility spot if he improves on the mound.

[Hobbesy]

Hey guys,

I am thinking about starting a blog this spring that is all about Division 3 baseball in New England.  The d3baseball website is a great resource for everything D3 baseball but I want to give fans in New England something more.

My goal is to have analysis and coverage from the first pitch in March through the last pitch of the New England Regional tournament.  I am going to try and get to as many games as I can this spring without having a car.  Luckily, almost every conference has a team in the Boston area.

My blog will have weekly analysis of the region, stories from games I cover, interactive live blogs during the game and also video interviews and highlights from the games I cover.

This idea came to me one night and I thought it would be fun and informative for all of us. 

I would love to hear what you guys think.  Please respond with any thoughts, positive or negative.

Thanks,

Tristan Hobbes

[ECSUalum]

Hey guys,

I am thinking about starting a blog this spring that is all about Division 3 baseball in New England.  The d3baseball website is a great resource for everything D3 baseball but I want to give fans in New England something more.

My goal is to have analysis and coverage from the first pitch in March through the last pitch of the New England Regional tournament.  I am going to try and get to as many games as I can this spring without having a car.  Luckily, almost every conference has a team in the Boston area.

My blog will have weekly analysis of the region, stories from games I cover, interactive live blogs during the game and also video interviews and highlights from the games I cover.

This idea came to me one night and I thought it would be fun and informative for all of us. 

I would love to hear what you guys think.  Please respond with any thoughts, positive or negative.

Thanks,

Tristan Hobbes

Without a car??  Hobbesy, your a saint!!!

Outstanding idea

[ecfaninri]

Hobbesy,

Great idea.... maybe your mom can be the roving photographer and you can hook up a ride with her. What is she going to do now that you are done playing? She has plenty of time on her hands now and she is used to traveling all over the place anyway.

[dgilblair]

How nice it would be to be 20 something again......oh the energy and gumption.  You go Hobbes.

[OshDude]

Hey guys,

I am thinking about starting a blog this spring that is all about Division 3 baseball in New England.  The d3baseball website is a great resource for everything D3 baseball but I want to give fans in New England something more.

My goal is to have analysis and coverage from the first pitch in March through the last pitch of the New England Regional tournament.  I am going to try and get to as many games as I can this spring without having a car.  Luckily, almost every conference has a team in the Boston area.

My blog will have weekly analysis of the region, stories from games I cover, interactive live blogs during the game and also video interviews and highlights from the games I cover.

This idea came to me one night and I thought it would be fun and informative for all of us. 

I would love to hear what you guys think.  Please respond with any thoughts, positive or negative.

Thanks,

Tristan Hobbes

Without a car??  Hobbesy, your a saint!!!

Outstanding idea

TH,
If you want to co-opt any ideas, here's my Midwest blog. I don't do gamers or profiles. I just keep tabs on stats, "in the news" stuff, and other numbers that pertain to bids (in-region records, OWP's, etc.). I do most of the "I saw ..." stuff on these boards, especially for my crazy-long ones during the CWS and regionals.

There's a poster on the Mideast boards who started a nice blog (covers Ohio baseball, including a lot of D-III) that has interviews, previews and the things it seems you want to do. Would be awesome to have another region represented. I'm – I assume we all are – looking forward to seeing what you come up with. Good luck!

And I didn't know there was another person who didn't drive to cover games. I'm one of those weirdos who never got a license.