BB: Regionals (New York) Auburn NY '08, SUNY-Old Westbury '09, Cortland State '10, '11

[airball55]

Good games all around today.  Congrats to Cortland, and great job by first year coach Potter and the Cardinals.  I think Cortland is going to be real dangerous in the world series, playing their best ball late in the season.  Kind of under the radar almost with the start Plattsburgh got off to and Brockport winning a shortened SUNYAC, sometimes teams get deeper when not really expected.

[scscoach]

Great job once again by Cortland SID Fran Elia for supplying the live stats and Cortland radio live audio feed.

I agree 100%

[OshDude]

As I was listening I thought SJF was surely going to walk Simone with two outs in the 9th and runners on second and third. It's easy to write that now, but I was surprised the two-time SUNYAC Player of the Year had a chance to win it.

[sjfcards]

Tough not to be proud of the effort Fisher put forth today. A great couple of games, and a great effort to come back against a really good Cortland team. Cortland is a really really good team, and I think they will have a chance in the world series next week. Fisher took a big step up this year, and I think today was a big shot in the arm for that program.

Congrats to Cortland. In my mind they were obviously the best team in the regional, and they will be the best representative for the region. Here is hoping that Fisher can get to that level some day. 

[John McGraw]

Good games all around today.  Congrats to Cortland, and great job by first year coach Potter and the Cardinals.  I think Cortland is going to be real dangerous in the world series, playing their best ball late in the season.  Kind of under the radar almost with the start Plattsburgh got off to and Brockport winning a shortened SUNYAC, sometimes teams get deeper when not really expected.

They open up with UW-Stevens Point and will be part it looks like of the UWSP/UMass Boston/Shenandoah grouping on the first two days. Cortland hasn't had a great track record against Wisconsin teams in the World Series.

[FranElia]

Magicman and Scscoach, thanks for the kind words. Sorry for the spotty live stats - some transmission problems that kept messing up the files every so often, but we got through it.

I can't take credit for Bobby Comstock and his radio crew. That's all Bobby's doing. Like John McGraw in the past, Bobby worked tiredlessly and took on games other than Cortland's - not an easy task to cover games when you don't know either team. Knowing Bobby, he would have done every game of the regional, but men's lax kept him away Wed. and he deferred to Brockport's radio when the Golden Eagles were playing.

Very interesting and exciting regional. Seemed like no ninth-inning (or 11th-inning) lead was safe!! I'm now back home and a little beat after 14 games over four days, but it was worth it. I hope the players and fans had a good experience.

Fran Elia
Cortland SID

[magicman]

Magicman and Scscoach, thanks for the kind words. Sorry for the spotty live stats - some transmission problems that kept messing up the files every so often, but we got through it.

I can't take credit for Bobby Comstock and his radio crew. That's all Bobby's doing. Like John McGraw in the past, Bobby worked tiredlessly and took on games other than Cortland's - not an easy task to cover games when you don't know either team. Knowing Bobby, he would have done every game of the regional, but men's lax kept him away Wed. and he deferred to Brockport's radio when the Golden Eagles were playing.

Very interesting and exciting regional. Seemed like no ninth-inning (or 11th-inning) lead was safe!! I'm now back home and a little beat after 14 games over four days, but it was worth it. I hope the players and fans had a good experience.

Fran Elia
Cortland SID

Fran,
The best part, for me anyways, was just being able to pull up the Cortland web site and instantly go to the tournament page you created and click on live stats for the game and the audio feed and have them both occur within seconds. You made it so easy to receive every single game. You did the same thing for the SUNYAC tournament (along with Men's and Women's Lacrosse and Women's Softball all on the same weekend) and those events along with this week's regional have set the standard for internet accessibility from a College web site. You should go on the road and give some of the other SUNYAC schools a few lessons in how it's done  

[jack31]

congrats to cortland.  As always, they had a great team this year. Now I just hope they represent the SUNYAC well.

And great job by SJF, too.

[Truthfinder]

Cortland does it right. The standard in the SUNYAC, for everything, and it isn't even close.

[Ralph Turner]

Magicman and Scscoach, thanks for the kind words. Sorry for the spotty live stats - some transmission problems that kept messing up the files every so often, but we got through it.

I can't take credit for Bobby Comstock and his radio crew. That's all Bobby's doing. Like John McGraw in the past, Bobby worked tiredlessly and took on games other than Cortland's - not an easy task to cover games when you don't know either team. Knowing Bobby, he would have done every game of the regional, but men's lax kept him away Wed. and he deferred to Brockport's radio when the Golden Eagles were playing.

Very interesting and exciting regional. Seemed like no ninth-inning (or 11th-inning) lead was safe!! I'm now back home and a little beat after 14 games over four days, but it was worth it. I hope the players and fans had a good experience.

Fran Elia
Cortland SID

Fran,
The best part, for me anyways, was just being able to pull up the Cortland web site and instantly go to the tournament page you created and click on live stats for the game and the audio feed and have them both occur within seconds. You made it so easy to receive every single game. You did the same thing for the SUNYAC tournament (along with Men's and Women's Lacrosse and Women's Softball all on the same weekend) and those events along with this week's regional have set the standard for internet accessibility from a College web site. You should go on the road and give some of the other SUNYAC schools a few lessons in how it's done  

By doing that, might he forfeit any advantage that he has among prospective student-athletes and their parents who value the services provided by Cortland as a mechansim by which the student and his/her family can follow the course of Cortland's teams?    

[BaseB13]

Well solid NY Regional and the best team appears to have won it.  As for the World Series... I think Hopkins is going to win it.  I think they're hands down better than every team left.  That being said anything can happened in baseball.  They're so deep so.  Seems they have two studs that can play every position.  Shenandoah can also swing it but if both teams win JHU and Shenandoah will face off in round 2.  I think Cortland can make some noise as well but I do think JHU and Shenandoah are both better. We'll find out!

[scuba16]

Great job once again by Cortland SID Fran Elia for supplying the live stats and Cortland radio live audio feed.

I agree 100%

Fran is the man.... He was when I played at Cortland and always will be. Thanks Narf!

[jack31]

Well solid NY Regional and the best team appears to have won it.  As for the World Series... I think Hopkins is going to win it.  I think they're hands down better than every team left.  That being said anything can happened in baseball.  They're so deep so.  Seems they have two studs that can play every position.  Shenandoah can also swing it but if both teams win JHU and Shenandoah will face off in round 2.  I think Cortland can make some noise as well but I do think JHU and Shenandoah are both better. We'll find out!

A very close friend of mine is a JHU baseball alum that is still very close to the team.  I talked with him recently and he said their lineup was stacked.  Like multiple players with more than 10 homers stacked.  As for pitching they have 2 studs, both are sophmores but i think the rest of their staff is good but not great.  Oh, and a closer that is getting looked at.  He didn't say anything about their D.

So thats my mini-scouting report.  They do sound very deep and like they'll bee hard to beat.  I think cortland may be able to give them a run for their money but they'll need to bring their A game to do it.   Cortland is a solid team and i wouldn't be surprised if they won it all but i agree JHU has to be the favorite going into it.

I just hope one of those teams wins it.  JHU for my buddy or Cortland to represent the SUNYAC.

[RSSmith]

Well solid NY Regional and the best team appears to have won it.  As for the World Series... I think Hopkins is going to win it.  I think they're hands down better than every team left.  That being said anything can happened in baseball.  They're so deep so.  Seems they have two studs that can play every position.  Shenandoah can also swing it but if both teams win JHU and Shenandoah will face off in round 2.  I think Cortland can make some noise as well but I do think JHU and Shenandoah are both better. We'll find out!

A very close friend of mine is a JHU baseball alum that is still very close to the team.  I talked with him recently and he said their lineup was stacked.  Like multiple players with more than 10 homers stacked.  As for pitching they have 2 studs, both are sophmores but i think the rest of their staff is good but not great.  Oh, and a closer that is getting looked at.  He didn't say anything about their D.

So thats my mini-scouting report.  They do sound very deep and like they'll bee hard to beat.  I think cortland may be able to give them a run for their money but they'll need to bring their A game to do it.   Cortland is a solid team and i wouldn't be surprised if they won it all but i agree JHU has to be the favorite going into it.

I just hope one of those teams wins it.  JHU for my buddy or Cortland to represent the SUNYAC.

Good hitting assessment.  Actually, the two sophomore starters got a little help from Senior Greg Harbeck.

Player                 era   w-l     app-gs    ip     bb    so     2b   3b  hr   b/avg  
Greg Harbeck      2.07     8-0     10-10    65.1   16    49     5     2    1    .227
Sam Eagleson      2.45     11-0     13-10      73.1    22    54    8     1    5    .207
Alex Eliopoulos      2.78     10-0     13-11    74.1    22    83    9     0    1    .216
Andrew Pevsner      2.88     3-0     19-0      34.1    18    39    3     0    2    .180  

[magicman]

Well solid NY Regional and the best team appears to have won it.  As for the World Series... I think Hopkins is going to win it.  I think they're hands down better than every team left.  That being said anything can happened in baseball.  They're so deep so.  Seems they have two studs that can play every position.  Shenandoah can also swing it but if both teams win JHU and Shenandoah will face off in round 2.  I think Cortland can make some noise as well but I do think JHU and Shenandoah are both better. We'll find out!

A very close friend of mine is a JHU baseball alum that is still very close to the team.  I talked with him recently and he said their lineup was stacked.  Like multiple players with more than 10 homers stacked.  As for pitching they have 2 studs, both are sophmores but i think the rest of their staff is good but not great.  Oh, and a closer that is getting looked at.  He didn't say anything about their D.

So thats my mini-scouting report.  They do sound very deep and like they'll bee hard to beat.  I think cortland may be able to give them a run for their money but they'll need to bring their A game to do it.   Cortland is a solid team and i wouldn't be surprised if they won it all but i agree JHU has to be the favorite going into it.

I just hope one of those teams wins it.  JHU for my buddy or Cortland to represent the SUNYAC.

Good hitting assessment.  Actually, the two sophomore starters got a little help from Senior Greg Harbeck.

Player                 era   w-l     app-gs    ip     bb    so     2b   3b  hr   b/avg  
Greg Harbeck      2.07     8-0     10-10    65.1   16    49     5     2    1    .227
Sam Eagleson      2.45     11-0     13-1      73.1    22    54    8     1    5    .207
Alex Eliopoulos      2.78     10-0     13-11    74.1    22    83    9     0    1    .216
Andrew Pevsner      2.88     3-0     19-0      34.1    18    39    3     0    2    .180  

Slight correction to John Hopkins pitcher's stats:

Sam Eagleson's 11-0 record should read 13 appearances with 10 starts.