BB: General New England Discussion

soxfan42585 · April 17, 2007, 08:12:59 PM

I can imagine many high school teams have had home seasons cancelled- and its forseeable that a team has lost a season as well.

It is interesting you say fall baseball.

Not Having lights makes it very difficult to get games in mid afternoon in october... playoffs into november would be miserable.
at least for those lucky enough to continue into postseason play the weather keeps getting warmer and better baseball is played in warmer weather.

Lets be honest- how fun is it to hit or pitch whens its wet and rainy and 38 degrees?

I dunno- its interesting- you would lose those dreary weeks upon weeks and months upon months of preseason training in the gym.

wordsmith · April 17, 2007, 08:32:51 PM

Well I actually was somewhat serious about Fall being college baseball season.

Fall tends to be a drier season, generally speaking; the cold is an issue either time of year and most of NE must deal with it in the spring as well, the fields are dry and thawed; most players are coming off a summer season and are in decent "baseball" shape, at least more so than in the spring after 4 months of beer, pizza and girlfriends.

I know it will never change but it is interesting to consider.

soxfan42585 · April 17, 2007, 08:42:10 PM

But a player who has been training under his coach all preseason is a different player than one who played summerball- and perhaps hurt themselves

Stump · April 17, 2007, 09:05:31 PM

I've always thought that baseball in the fall is better in New England. The drawback is that you run into the cold just as playoffs should be starting. September through Columbus Day are usually great after that it can get a little iffy. sorry to hear the KSC has damage to their field but they're probably not alone after this latest round of weather. Hope it's easily repaired. Pray for clearing weather and extended sunny and dry. It would be nice to have something resembling baseball weather before playoff season starts.

wordsmith · April 17, 2007, 09:13:06 PM

I'd have the pre-season start mid-August. Season could start late August. A 40 game schedule could be completed by Oct 15-20th. Conf. tournaments could get dicey in NE, Wisconsin area. Heck, teams could go to Fla or Ariz. to end their seasons.

Very few D-III players "train" in the summer. The top players, a dozen or so, get to play in the Cape or NECBL; the rest scratch around in Legion to age 19, or the Cranberry League or a twilight league.

Again, the fall is not going to happen, and it has some problems, but weather would not be the factor it has been 2 of the past 3 years as it has in NE.

Stump · April 17, 2007, 09:26:00 PM

interesting proposal! they start football around that time, don't they? I know it won't fly but it makes a good discussion.

Old Spartan · April 17, 2007, 09:36:40 PM

I say we move New England to southern California!

soxfan42585 · April 17, 2007, 10:59:38 PM

Nice! We'll just rent a U-HAUL and pack it all up!

We might be slowed by poor driving conditions however...

Maybe we can play some games along the way as well! That'd be awesome!

wordsmith · April 18, 2007, 01:07:12 PM

Quote from: kscer on April 17, 2007, 07:36:32 PM
Keene State Athletic fields are built on wetlands and a flood plane. The Corps of Engineer had to reduce the level up river so they opened the dam. Well, the flood plane flooded. The weather looks good starting sometime tomorrow lasting forever. The dam was closed by 3:30, but I heard there is damage to the mound and home plate. However priorities at KSC seem to be Softball, Lacrosse, Track, then baseball.

But I think we'll be cutting grass and playing baseball within a week.

Keene State has a track team? Where is the track? I know they have a X-Country and a spring running team, but do they actually have a track? The times I have been there I never saw any actual track. How come baseball plays 4th fiddle? They seem to have a quailty program that continues to improve.

kscer · April 18, 2007, 07:31:55 PM

Keene State has a track team? Where is the track? I know they have a X-Country and a spring running team, but do they actually have a track? The times I have been there I never saw any actual track. How come baseball plays 4th fiddle? They seem to have a quailty program that continues to improve.
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They run and throw and put and all the other things track partccipants do. There is no outdoor running track. Baseball is expensive, requires a lot of attention, brings in no money and until the last few years had little distinction. They are definitely on the right track now, and should get more financial and physical support, with Howe a full time Head coach and Testo employed by the college full time.

To any one who knows Marty... His daughter Madison came home today...great news

wordsmith · April 18, 2007, 08:35:10 PM

Western New England swept Daniel Webster in DH action today.

Daniel Webster used a female pitcher in one game. Christal Fitzgerald, I attached a link to an article about her. Interesting.

http://www.dwc.edu/athletics/Baseball/FitzgeraldNashuaFeature.shtml

Ralph Turner · April 18, 2007, 10:27:20 PM

+1 wordsmith! Good article!

wordsmith · April 19, 2007, 03:19:52 PM

Thanks, I try.

By the way University of Southern Maine (EEIT) vs St. Joe's @ 3 today.

This is Maine's version of a backyard brawl. See ya after the game.

Paul Heering · April 19, 2007, 03:56:14 PM

Wordsmith,

not sure i really even want to know but why is USM EEIT?

wordsmith · April 19, 2007, 08:17:13 PM

Quote from: don mattingly on April 19, 2007, 03:56:14 PM
Wordsmith,

not sure i really even want to know but why is USM EEIT?

Oh that. Well EEIT stands for Evil Empire in Training, see EConn already holds the Evil Empire title-(with all due respect EConnAlum). But HOFEF and the USM program is there ready to take the throne, sort of in training.