BB: General New England Discussion

[Hobbesy]

Sorry for the delay in the third installment but here is my look at New England's best third basemen--

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Tough to choose four because it's tough to find a good third basemen.  Haugh was the only one off the top of my head.

[Stump]

Sorry for the delay in the third installment but here is my look at New England's best third basemen--

http://ned3baseball.wordpress.com/


Tough to choose four because it's tough to find a good third basemen.  Haugh was the only one off the top of my head.

I like your point that defense may improve a little with a little less velocity coming off the bats.

Speaking of bats: Have you heard that DI schools are heating the new bats supposedly to give more pop?  I guess you could see something like that coming to try to gain some advantage.

[Tarheel0550]

Sorry for the delay in the third installment but here is my look at New England's best third basemen--

http://ned3baseball.wordpress.com/


Tough to choose four because it's tough to find a good third basemen.  Haugh was the only one off the top of my head.

I like your point that defense may improve a little with a little less velocity coming off the bats.

Speaking of bats: Have you heard that DI schools are heating the new bats supposedly to give more pop?  I guess you could see something like that coming to try to gain some advantage.

Stump< Bat heating has been around for quite some time My travel team has been doing it for years and they even sell covers that you microwave to keep bats warm.That being said,I dont think it ever gave us that big of an advantage it just helped to keep the bats from denting and cracking when the boys were playing in colder climates.But,I am also no scientist so if it works either on the bat or even mentally Until its banned I say go for it.

[Hobbesy]

Fourth installment of "New England's Finest"

This one looks at the top shortstops in the region

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[mainebaseball11]

Great Job with the Shortstops. One change is that Pisani for Southern Maine is only a Junior

[Stump]

Early observations:
Biggest surprise so far: UMB and St. Joes starts in Fl. Both seem unable to get the clutch hit or avoid the error at the worst time. Beacons are batting .261 and 17 errors in 8 games. Monks hitting .262 and 12 errors including 2 by the pitcher on back to back plays against Wheaton leading to a five run inning in a 6-1 loss.  They are both losing close games so you assume they will both come out of their early season funk.  St. Joes would seem to have a little advantage as they move along, they are in a much weaker conference.  UMB still has to face the LEC conference schedule plus they play all the better teams in the GNAC(Suffolk, St. Joes, J&W, Lasell probably the top 4 in GNAC) St. Joes faces UMB, has already lost to KSC, and 2 games with USM(a great local rivalry!!!) A long road for both to get back to the Regionals if they don't shake off the winter rust quickly.

second biggest surprise: big 2 returning hitters for Monks are collectively not hitting their weight.  Again both should come out of it but these are slumps they have never seen.

third biggest surprise: I don't think anybody has lost a game to weather in Fl. this spring. Let's hope that continues as the teams all come North and begin the season in earnest.  Good luck to all and bring on the baseball!!!

[Wally]

Another solid win for Keene. UMB gets back on track. And St. Joe's about to go 2-7. Good to see KSC's pitching coming together. Nice job by the coaching staff to mix and match to get the most out of the staff and hopefully come home saturday 7-2? See you saturday boys!

[Hobbesy]

MIT sweeps Wheaton 1-0 and 5-3

I have watched MIT twice this season and I must say I am very impressed by this team.  They are not effected by the new bats because they dont have much power and they pitch extremely well.  They do everything right and play the game the way it is suppose to be played

[Stump]

MIT sweeps Wheaton 1-0 and 5-3

I have watched MIT twice this season and I must say I am very impressed by this team.  They are not effected by the new bats because they dont have much power and they pitch extremely well.  They do everything right and play the game the way it is suppose to be played

The new bats do seem to be working as advertised.  I haven't seen any games yet but from live stats, box scores and game summaries, the numbers look a lot more like wood bat numbers.  Power numbers are definitely down and averages seem to be also.  I'd be interested in what people who have actually seen games think.  I heard some players complain about the balance but I don't know if this is from kids who have only used the old metal all their life and not wood or what. 

[Hobbesy]

MIT completes the sweep of Wheaton with a 9-5 victory today.

Engineers roughed up Corr for 6 runs on 11 hits.

MIT now 6-1, 3-0 and Wheaton falls to 4-4, 0-3...is that a first???

[wordsmith]

MIT completes the sweep of Wheaton with a 9-5 victory today.

Engineers roughed up Corr for 6 runs on 11 hits.

MIT now 6-1, 3-0 and Wheaton falls to 4-4, 0-3...is that a first???

An the Wheaties will STILL be ranked in the Top 25 nationally next week 

Word

[BigPoppa]

MIT completes the sweep of Wheaton with a 9-5 victory today.

Engineers roughed up Corr for 6 runs on 11 hits.

MIT now 6-1, 3-0 and Wheaton falls to 4-4, 0-3...is that a first???

An the Wheaties will STILL be ranked in the Top 25 nationally next week 

Word

Don't blame me... I didn't vote for them at all this season.

[Hobbesy]

Trying something new today with Conference Call...

Hope you guys like it!

http://ned3baseball.wordpress.com/

[ECSUalum]

Hey Hobbesy,

Key to any good publication is keeping it "fresh" so to speak!!  Nice Job with the Conference Call, and the cool play on words!!!  

Re ECSU in first 8 games you can say freshman ss Danny O'Connell BA -.480, FP -1.000 and Junior RHP Jim Dimon ERA- 2.42 W/L- 2-0, 16 SO in 22.1 inning have been two standouts and will be impact players for the Warriors over the next couple years!!  I think after Andrew Dewings big hit vs Hopkins, he is starting to come out of his batting slump. Shult fantastic as always both at the plate and on the mound.  Also looking for standout years from OF Robert Perry, 3B Tyler Turgeon and OF Joe Cousineau!!!

I feel ECSU's defense may be the best in quite a few years, hoping to see their FP in the .970's

[Stump]

Hobbesy,
I also like the play on words!  Nice first effort on Conference Call!
Now if you can do something about the weather