BB: Regionals (New England) Harwich '08, '11, ECSU '09, '10

[KSCfan]

The bears of bridgewater 2-0 in the regionals. Madness, madness i say.  This regional has been a very fun one to watch.  I cant believe all the upets all around the country.  Its funny how in baseball more so than any other sport any team can win on any day.  It seems in basketball or football eventually over the game the cream will rise to the top and usually the better team wins.  Baseball its all about pitching and all it takes is one team to have a really good pitcher and it immediatly evens the playing field. 

Good luck to all teams left!!!

[fotoguy]

Whats up with these college coaches leaving their starters in one too many batters.  Husson coach must have been blind not to see his starter pitch very well for 6 innings but the kid was leaving one hanging curve ball after another and, gee what a surprise, the wheaton kid smacks a grannie that wins the game.....THEN he pulls the kid.  always one batter too late.  happens all the time with these college coaches...if you dont trust your bullpen, replace them with cheerleaders or position players.  husson home now becuase of bad coaching.

[wordsmith]

MIT nips Tufts 
Wheaties over Husson
Bridgewater over RIC   
WNEC over St. Joe's

3-4 but out smarted by MIT in yesterday's round:

Today our guest picker is Kareem Abdul Jabbar who tells me the only caveat to picking today is that he get a statue erected in the D3 hall of Fame if he gets all of them right. 

Wheaties down RIC (Sink or swim for the Anchormen)

Tufts over St. Joe's (this is a toss-up game & I want to say St. Joe's but the Jumbos were close last year to the Golden Ring & that might give them the edge this year)

WNEC over Bridgewater (WNEC usually slips up once per tournament in the early rounds is this the year they go all the way to The Little Apple?)


Word

[Niner]

Wheaton over RIC - Good run by RIC but I see them bowing out today.
Tufts over St Joes - Tough call and could go either way.
Bridgewater State over WNEC - **Upset alert!! If Bridgewater's bats stay hot they have a chance here.

[GBearsAlum15]

Wheaton over RIC
Tufts over St. Joe's
WNEC over Bridgewater St.

My picks have been pretty solid so far, so I hope to keep that up today. I see Wheaton being Wheaton by taking care of business and finally being able to hit their stride against RIC. Tufts should be able to handle St. Joe's, but you never know. And I can see Bridgewater St. giving WNEC some problems. WNEC beat Bridgewater St. 10-8 during the regular season, but I see this one as a lower scoring game. Gotta go with my Golden Bears though!

[hockeyfan77]

After   3        RIC    0      Wheaton     2

[KSCfan]

ric pushing self destruct button couple of errors back to back with a bunt and a double mixed in

4-0 wheaton

[KSCfan]

make that three errors rough inning getting rougher 5-0 wheaton

[KSCfan]

Losing 6-0  Wheaton hits a soft flair into right field.  THe right fielder pulls up and lets it fall in.  allowing the guys on second and third to both score easily.  Now with your season on the line, why not take a shot at that ball?  If you miss it they both score, you pull up they both score.  I know you dont really dive towards the line but that ball wasnt going to go far if it bounced by.  I think why not take a shot at it and keep the game within striking.  8-0 Wheaton

Am i being to hard on the RIC right fielder?

[wordsmith]

Yes

Outfielders are taught not to let anything "by them" unless it is do or die in the last inning.

Former outfielder Word

[hockeyfan77]

Final     RIC    6      Wheaton     10

[coachzilly]

Re: the RIC RF, Brent's an INF converted to OF this year because of his stick (7 HR .325 BA), he's a guts ball kid who has overcome some major hurdles, will run through a wall for the team.

[KSCfan]

Let me clearify my statement.  I was not trying to call out the player sorry if it came across harsher than i meant it, and i certainly meant no disrespect.  I just really wanted RIC to win and i thought maybe he could of taken a dive at it.  I think that RIC is a classy program with great kids that are not jerks, or a$$h@les and they play hard and play to win. I was just hoping that they would knock off wheaton, and i thought that might of been a big point in the game, espically cause they showed a lot of guts and battled back in the 9th.  Sorry if it came off worse than i meant it too. 

[hockeyfan77]

After    5    Tufts     1      St Joe's     0

[LEC Fan]

KSCFan stop stepping on other teams toes, Keene or Amherst didn't make the tournament, stick to words with friends...