BB: General New England Discussion

[Ralph Turner]

D3 Webcast is OUTSTANDING this year. Top quality all the way around.

I love it even more that the commentators call the Evil Empire EasternConn

Seriously great work on the cast.

I'll say it again: the work on the Webcasts are OUTSTANDING. Everyone associated should be very proud of the effort and more importantly the result.

On another matter. Before we go to much further down the pike>>> the D3 Web Site is GREAT. I have followed D3 college baseball for many years; I've coached D3 ball players before, during, and after their college careers, and had a son play D3 baseball. I did not think it could get much better, but this web site has really made my enjoyment all the more. Thank you folks who put this together and manage it. I for one really appreciate it.

Is there a method of making a financial contribution to this site?

Word

Jumping in on the conversation...

Yeah, buy the football preview in the fall, Kickoff 2007,

and, better yet, get your company to buy ads on the web sites.

Those are the first two that I can think of!   

Seriously, contact Jim Dixon for D3baseball.com or Pat Coleman for the D3sports.com family of web sites.

[wordsmith]

Keene State 6 Wheaton 3,

Webcast dude says this is an upset. Ahhh, no it isn't. KSC played Wheaton even at Sidell, and KSCer will tell you except for Ford the closer breaking down (typical of a Ford) KSC would have won. KSC also played the Evil Empire even for 18 innings.

So, Round III of the Evil Empire and the Federation. High Noon Friday.

PS Go Owls

[Paul Heering]

come on word, KSC over Wheaton is an upset, it isn't 1980 U.S. Hockey vs USSR but it is an upset.

[wordsmith]

come on word, KSC over Wheaton is an upset, it isn't 1980 U.S. Hockey vs USSR but it is an upset.

Sorry, I don't agree. I understand why you think that way though,and I hope all the other teams continue to think that way. One team I bet isn't thinking that way tonight and that is ECornSt.

Here is the line for the game earlier this spring. 10 inning duel at Sidell.

Score by Innings                      R  H  E
---------------------------------------------
Keene State College. 002 000 100 0 -  3  9  2
Wheaton College..... 100 000 002 1 -  4  7  2
---------------------------------------------

[Stump]

tough day for Curry, you have to be impressed with the way they hung tough!  9 errors by Wheaton in 2 games(ok almost 3 by innings-25 innings) they're lucky they're not headed home

[D3Cast]

Friday's games in the New England regional have been pushed back to Saturday due to rain. The rest of the schedule now -- tentatively -- looks like this:

Saturday, noon: Game 9
Saturday, 3:30pm: Game 10
Saturday, 7 p.m.: Game 11
Sunday, noon: Game 12

-steve

[Paul Heering]

Big days yesterday for the NESCAC and Little East. 

NESCAC
Williams beats St. Joe's and WNEC to stay alive
Trinity Upsets #3 team in the nation in what seems to be an epic battle

LEC
Eastern and Keene both win to move to the winner's bracket finals.


any predictions on how the rest of this plays out?

[hockeyfan77]

I would like for D3cast to put the games in the archives so I could  watch them...

[hockeyfan77]

Agreed totally on Curry.  They played the equivalent of nearly three games yesterday.  Despite going "two and BBQ" they continued to battle to the end.

As an aside, I was the Media Coordinator the first two years the regional was in Harwich.  D3Cast (then JumboCast) did the 2002 regional (audio only)--the first time it had been done.  Watching that last night, the improvements that have been made at Whitehouse Field press-wise (trust me on this one), have certainly added to what already was a very nice facility.  It is a great location to hold a regional tournament.

Better than Hadlock field in Portland Maine???  As I player I hated playing there(Harwich)...

[Pat Coleman]

I would like for D3cast to put the games in the archives so I could  watch them...

The NCAA doesn't permit archiving of postseason games.

[frank uible]

Another wonderful NCAA rule at work.

[wordsmith]

I would like for D3cast to put the games in the archives so I could  watch them...

The NCAA doesn't permit archiving of postseason games.

Is there a reason given by the NCAA for this rule? Are they concerned someone could market some of the images?

[hockeyfan77]

I would like for D3cast to put the games in the archives so I could  watch them...

The NCAA doesn't permit archiving of postseason games.

They have the games from last year's regionals up though? Do you have to wait for the seaosn to end?

[D3Cast]

Some quick thoughts and responses:

Hi to Bill Gorman -- it really doesn't seem like five years and one major press box expansion ago that I was waiting for the phone guy to show up at Whitehouse Field so that JumboCast could put the first phone line in its press box, to audiocast Tufts' games in the '02 regional... now the issues in the press box are WHICH wireless access point to connect to, and where we can put the TV monitor for the press box webcast feed. 

Re: archiving -- as independent videocasts of NCAA Championships events have grown, the NCAA has had to develop and formalize some guidelines about rights granting, and beginning this year, they have started to explicitly specify that internet video rights to the Championships do not include rebroadcast or archival rights. (I use the word "independent" above to differentiate an entity like D3Cast from CSTV (and CSTV.com), the official broadcast partners of the NCAA.)

So technically -- and a bit of a loophole here -- the 2006 regionals are up because the NCAA never said they couldn't be. We are currently working with the NCAA -- not fast enough, I totally understand -- to try and obtain archival rights (at least for a short period of time) for these webcasts, which we feel have showcased some great Division III Championship games in a professional and pretty watchable way.

Re: rain -- boo.

-steve

[wordsmith]

Enjoy

2007 NEIBA All-New England Division Three Teams

FIRST TEAM
C      Craig Turner         Sophomore     Eastern Nazarene
1B     Tristan Hobbes       Sophomore     Eastern Connecticut
2B     Alex Hurley          Senior        Johnson & Wales
3B     Phil Puleo           Senior        Castleton State
SS     Luke Enman           Junior        St. Joseph's (Me.)
SS     Melvin Castillo      Freshman      Eastern Connecticut
OF     Chris Scarola        Senior        Curry
OF     Randy Re             Senior        Eastern Connecticut
OF     Ryan Bourque         Senior        Southern Maine
DH     Nate Nelson          Junior        Worcester State
UT     Shawn Gilblair       Sophomore     Eastern Connecticut
P      Eric Smolin          Senior        Western New England
P      Chris McDonough      Junior        Wheaton
P      Ryan Fote            Senior        Williams
P      Jason LaVorgna       Junior        Eastern Connecticut

SECOND TEAM
C      Chris Kenney         Junior        Williams
1B     Nick Martinho        Junior        Suffolk
2B     James Chevalier      Sophomore     Keene State
3B     Josh Mackey          Freshman      Southern Maine
SS     Josh Cardoso         Sophomore     Rhode Island College
OF     Steve Tahmoush       Junior        Babson
OF     Justin Collett       Sophomore     Salve Regina
OF     Chris Gusha          Junior        Worcester State
OF     Mike Naylor          Senior        Rhode Island College
DH     Neal Allar           Junior        Amherst
UT     Brian Casey          Senior        Tufts
P      Louie Bernardini     Junior        Wheaton
P      Pat Foley            Senior        Southern Maine
P      Chandler Barnard     Junior        Trinity
P      Brad Mountain        Senior        Eastern Nazarene

THIRD TEAM
C      Matt Cooney          Senior        Eastern Connecticut
C      Tim Henault          Senior        Rhode Island College
1B     Bryan McDavitt       Senior        Tufts
1B     Kent Graham          Freshman      Trinity
2B     Kevin Casey          Sophomore     Tufts
2B     Jake Yagjian         Junior        Wheaton
3B     Kevin Simpson        Sophomore     Roger Williams
SS     Travis Bass          Freshman      Castleton State
SS     Ryan Kravontka       Junior        Western New England
OF     Mike Damiani         Junior        Albertus Magnus
OF     Steve Smith          Junior        Bridgewater State
OF     Matt Stafford        Junior        Trinity
OF     Greg DiMarco         Junior        Suffolk
DH     Davin Sirpenski      Senior        Salve Regina
UT     Max Arsenault        Senior        Southern Maine
P      Sam Whelan           Junior        Babson
P      James Lydon          Sophomore     Roger Williams
P      Sam Tupper           Senior        St. Joseph's (Me.)
P      Chris Judd           Junior        Curry

PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Shawn Gilblair, Eastern Connecticut

PITCHER OF THE YEAR
Eric Smolin, Western New England

COACH OF THE YEAR
Eric Podbelski, Wheaton