BB: LL: Liberty League

baseballislife · March 29, 2011, 04:13:59 PM

Quote from: airball55 on March 28, 2011, 10:53:53 PM
Skidmore vs. Vassar 2-2 (was going to lean towards Skidmore here, but I have a hunch)
St. Law @ Union 2-2 (Not very adventurous here, St. Law. has the better arms)
Clarkson @ UR 3-1 (I know the Rochester boys will be upset here, tough place to play, but I am going with the Knights here)

Tough weekend to call. Usually I would never go against UR in the regular season, but, maybe just maybe they reverse the trend a bit this year and do better in the post season??

Haha....you won't get any upset comments from this UR fan, airball55! It's not necessarily a bad thing to fly under radar a little this time of year instead of being the odds on favorite. I still like UR at home vs. a Clarkson team that has not really found its stride yet either. Obviously the end goal is to win the tournament. UR will have its doubters until they get over that hump. Just like the '04 Red Sawx.

As for the weather, the forecast is improving as the week goes on.....still cold as hell out there, but at least the field is visible!

UR 3-1
Skidmore/Vassar 2-2
Union/SLU 2-2

airball55 · March 29, 2011, 09:15:18 PM

Anytime the Jackets are home, I usually like their chances. This league is as balanced as I have ever seen it. There seems to be a divide still, Vassar is improving but until they can at least split at home regularly they have a long way to go. Clarkson, Rochester, RPI and Skidmore are all good enough to come out of this league which is a nice change from the early days of RPI dominating, then the past decade Clarkson, Rochester and Skidmore have caught up. U R right (that was lame I know) about the Jackets and the postseason. You wouldn't think that a stigma like that would stick considering the turnover in players, but it certainly has. Let's hope it warms up this weekend.

djm222ball · March 29, 2011, 10:40:48 PM

Vassar looks to be tough, gave Clarkson abattle every game, I would not sleep on them...solid offense! Union looked solid in Florida with a big win over Alleghney and battles with Hope College...need more arms, but heading in the right direction.

Clarkson 2 UR 2
Vassar 2 Skidmore 2
Union 3 STL 1

DefenseWins · March 30, 2011, 09:54:16 PM

I am going by strictly numbers and articles I have seen posted on team's webistes. RPI's Ciesko and Skidmore's Laracuente seem to be the front runner (IMO) for Pitcher of the Year. Saw Ciesko pitch last year and he was down right dominate and appears to have not lost a step. RPI seems to be back to their normal ways, winning. They appear to have the deepest staff in the league and they swipe bags and swing the bats. LL tourny in Troy NY this year where everyone's favorite RF fence is?

airball55 · March 31, 2011, 12:19:37 AM

Goerold from Clarkson and Cook from St. Lawrence had great years last year as well. Cook got roughed up a bit last season. Ciesko is good, he will go right at you in the upper 80's with a decent breaking ball. LL is underrated a bit when it comes to pitching, as is the region in general.

DefenseWins · March 31, 2011, 09:34:26 AM

Everyone ready for this snowstorm??? This weekend looks dismal for most sites, it appears the most well off will be St Lawerence, Clarkson, UR. Mother Nature sure does not care much about northeast baseball this year. Skidmore and UR are already two games short of a normal LL season. How will other teams most likely missing games this weekend impact the end of the season?

Also, league standing tie breakers does it go-
1. Win % (with some teams having different number of games does the higher win % get in over a team say with maybe more wins but a few more losses?)
2. Head to Head
3. Record vs top 4 teams
4-?

??

Anyone have the LL tie breakers?

BBFan62 · March 31, 2011, 10:10:28 AM

Quote from: airball55 on March 31, 2011, 12:19:37 AM
Goerold from Clarkson and Cook from St. Lawrence had great years last year as well. Cook got roughed up a bit last season. Ciesko is good, he will go right at you in the upper 80's with a decent breaking ball. LL is underrated a bit when it comes to pitching, as is the region in general.

With respect to LL games, UR has 3 guys from last year that were pretty good in Menke, Ludwig, and the closer King. Anything can happen year to year, but these 3 were dominant in conference games and put up numbers on par or better than some of the notable names. Hopefully, they can repeat.

Just need good old fashion baseball weather to prevent them all from getting rusty.
This weekend looks like chaos will reign, as rain/snow mix will mess everything up for this weekend at UR.

baseballislife · March 31, 2011, 03:41:35 PM

Quote from: BBFan62 on March 31, 2011, 10:10:28 AM
Quote from: airball55 on March 31, 2011, 12:19:37 AM
Goerold from Clarkson and Cook from St. Lawrence had great years last year as well. Cook got roughed up a bit last season. Ciesko is good, he will go right at you in the upper 80's with a decent breaking ball. LL is underrated a bit when it comes to pitching, as is the region in general.

With respect to LL games, UR has 3 guys from last year that were pretty good in Menke, Ludwig, and the closer King. Anything can happen year to year, but these 3 were dominant in conference games and put up numbers on par or better than some of the notable names. Hopefully, they can repeat.

Just need good old fashion baseball weather to prevent them all from getting rusty.
This weekend looks like chaos will reign, as rain/snow mix will mess everything up for this weekend at UR.

Actually, I have it on good authority that the field at UR should be fine this weekend. plus, the forecast just changed with sun on both Friday and Saturday now. I'm upgrading my prediction from 30% (playing) to 65% in favor...haha. Not hearing good things about the weather out east this weekend, though.

BBFan62 · March 31, 2011, 06:16:23 PM

Quote from: baseballislife on March 31, 2011, 03:41:35 PM
Quote from: BBFan62 on March 31, 2011, 10:10:28 AM
Quote from: airball55 on March 31, 2011, 12:19:37 AM
Goerold from Clarkson and Cook from St. Lawrence had great years last year as well. Cook got roughed up a bit last season. Ciesko is good, he will go right at you in the upper 80's with a decent breaking ball. LL is underrated a bit when it comes to pitching, as is the region in general.

With respect to LL games, UR has 3 guys from last year that were pretty good in Menke, Ludwig, and the closer King. Anything can happen year to year, but these 3 were dominant in conference games and put up numbers on par or better than some of the notable names. Hopefully, they can repeat.

Just need good old fashion baseball weather to prevent them all from getting rusty.
This weekend looks like chaos will reign, as rain/snow mix will mess everything up for this weekend at UR.

Actually, I have it on good authority that the field at UR should be fine this weekend. plus, the forecast just changed with sun on both Friday and Saturday now. I'm upgrading my prediction from 30% (playing) to 65% in favor...haha. Not hearing good things about the weather out east this weekend, though.

We're coming in regardless.it cost $150 per ticket to cancel last week. At least the hotels and car rental agencies aren't as smutty as the airlines! We're bring a blanket and heavy jackets. Probably 3 boxes of kleenex as well!

DefenseWins · April 01, 2011, 12:19:20 PM

Only about an inch of snow in the Capital District area and most of it is slushy stuff. I think most teams in the area are going to try and play tomorrow.

BBFan62 · April 01, 2011, 09:02:46 PM

Finally!!!!!!!!!! Live stats and live audio for Rochester home games!!!!!!

baseballislife · April 01, 2011, 09:21:42 PM

Now we just need that new stadium! In any case, pretty decent night in the ROC tonight. We should be good for the home opener tomorrow....Play Ball!

airball55 · April 02, 2011, 09:07:56 PM

Interesting day today. Clarkson sweeps the Jackets at U of R. Skidmore drops two at Vassar. Nice sweep for the Brewers. St. Lawrence splits at Union with a blowout in game two. Rochester is getting some tough teams out of the way earlier this season, but, better not dig too big a hole. Go easy on your Jackets tonight on here fellow posters.

baseballislife · April 02, 2011, 09:53:13 PM

I guess they (UR) will just have to keep lacin' 'em up and working through their issues. Some bright spots again today, but they have had trouble getting the big hit when they need it. Another 1 run loss, but tough to compete when you go in the hole 5-0 and have to play catch up all the time. Not time to panic.

Nice bounce back day for Vassar after dropping 4 of 5.

I think we will see a lot of back and forth this year. Clarkson is off to a good start in the league, but with 4 of the 5 wins by one run.

DefenseWins · April 03, 2011, 01:00:22 AM

Quote from: baseballislife on April 02, 2011, 09:53:13 PM
I guess they (UR) will just have to keep lacin' 'em up and working through their issues. Some bright spots again today, but they have had trouble getting the big hit when they need it. Another 1 run loss, but tough to compete when you go in the hole 5-0 and have to play catch up all the time. Not time to panic.

Nice bounce back day for Vassar after dropping 4 of 5.

I think we will see a lot of back and forth this year. Clarkson is off to a good start in the league, but with 4 of the 5 wins by one run.

Goes for any team at any level, good teams win the close games ( Clarkson winning 4 of 5 one run games).