BB: General New England Discussion

[ECSUalum]

Osh,

Great blog!!

OshDude and Hobbesy, what a great 1/2 punch!!

Good Luck guys, will be looking forward to your output going forward

[coachzilly]

Is the 2009 WPI ACE playing anywhere?

[ecfaninri]

coach zilly... not sure where fahey ended up but what do you hear about RIC and their new coaching staff?

[coachzilly]

Not too much, pretty quiet on the hill.  All three coaches have been there for a while so not many changes. 

The situation with Coach Grenier, was done in a pretty "class-less" fashion.  Not a surprize with the Adminisration there! By the way Coach Grenier is at Wheaton as a hitting coach in addition to his duties on the Cape with Chatham. 

Looking forward to a trip to Willy to catch the big fella on the bump.  I'll be in touch!

[ecfaninri]

Coach Zilly... Good for Grenier. I always thought he did a good job at both RIC and CCRI.  By the way....I was just watching PC and West Virginia on the Big East network and they showed a flashback of "the game" at the Ryan Center and the big fella coming up a little bit short - again. What memories. He says he can wait to get started.

[Hobbesy]

OshDude,

Your website is amazing.  I dont know if I can keep up with all of those kind of stats haha.  But I want to give fans a chance to follow games on the weekend and also give coaches and players a chance to receive some recognition (interviews).

I am hoping that my blog will help stimulate discussion on these boards as well.

[coachzilly]

"The Game"..."The Shot"...still never watched the replay.  Once was enough! 
West vs Hendy friday night at West, We Have a Shot once again!

Check out the RIC spring trip, Friday pm flight, double headers Sat, Sun, Mon, Wed, return on Thursday. 
Talk about LOW rent.  As you can tell I'm not a big fan any longer!

[ecfaninri]

Coachzilly... That is a killer of a trip for RIC but it will be a good indicator how good they can be with doubleheaders against Suffolk, Westfield and Fitchburg.

[willows478]

Hey guys,
There was a lot of change in power in the NEWMACs last year with Wheaton not making the tournament and both WPI and Babson making a splash in regionals (especially Babson's win over ECSU, what a game!). How do you think the NEWMAC teams will fair in NE this year?

[Rick Vaughn]

Babson is tough with young talent and the NEWMAC's best pitcher, but Wheaton should be the top dog going in every year with the way they reload.  WPI will be down some losing Fahey, but the Wheaton-Babson battle should be tight.

[coachzilly]

They feel they have pitching depth but lost 2 starters to grades, a 2b and an OF...ouch!  Levesque is now slated to play 3rd full time.

[ECSUalum]

Hey guys,
There was a lot of change in power in the NEWMACs last year with Wheaton not making the tournament and both WPI and Babson making a splash in regionals (especially Babson's win over ECSU, what a game!). How do you think the NEWMAC teams will fair in NE this year?

Babson and Wheaton always seem to be strong in NEWMAC, however I see WPI and MIT strengthening and  attracting excellent talent.  2010 will be interesting to see if WPI can reload after a fantastic 2009 season, ( Fahey was unreal!!) and if MIT can continue to improve.

I wonder if Babson's Aizenstadt goes Pro before he graduates???  He should have another great season this year!!

PS, If he puts on another 10-20 lbs on that 6'5" frame, he could be real interesting for MLB scouts!

[16Anglers]

What's the feeling about Clark this year?

[changeupsd3]

Hey guys, I followed a little d3 baseball in New England the past couple of years and it seems in the NEWMAC that the power tide may be shifting however Wheaton has to be considered the favorite year in and year out.  Just the overall dominance they have displayed since they've been a team has been unthinkable.  What is it now, something like 9 out of the 11 NEWMAC championships have gone there (I'll dig it out after).  I will say Babson will have another deep run with returning pitching but losing those two key guys at 2b and the OF will hurt.  Wheaton also has their own problems but it will not be on the offense side, they lost one position player in All-New England selection Nick Pecora, but return every position player from a team who won 30 games last year. Their struggles will come from pitching from both the starting and bullpen aspects.  They lost 3 starting pitchers most notable All-American Adam Gingras (playing anywhere??).  They also lost their All-New England closer in Josh Simmons as well.  WPI may be in the mix depending how they recruited in their off-season however you can't replace All-American Conor Fahey, he was their ace starter and closer for that matter, without that kid WPI doesn't win much of anything, but we will see.  As for Clark I just don't see them reloading and recruiting enough talent on both the pitching and hitting side of the game to keep up with Wheaton and Babson, unless they bring in a couple of big bats and one go to ace I think this comes down to Wheaton and Babson and whether or not some of the Wheaton young kids can step up.

[Hobbesy]

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