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

[AlleyCat]

Cortland over Mitchell  13-2
Clarkson over Farmindale  6-3
Keystone over Ramapo  11-4
Eastern Conn. over Brockport  4-2


Anybody else?

[Tarheel0550]

Dont think their is anyway Cortland throws Ratliff against Mitchell.It would be a complete waste of a good arm.I have said before no-one in the NECC would finish higher than last in the SUNYAC or a GOOD New England conference.The NECC is made up of teams that were either dropped from their old conferences or were independants because nobody wanted them.

[rolln2]

Saw the regional selection and a couple of things jump out at me.  NE Region is loaded!!!  Be interested to see how these teams fair in the NY Regional.  The Mid Atlantic regional looks to be a cake walk for Kean.  How the NJAC got 3 teams in...not sure.  I know it is a good conf but Ramapo???.  No E 8 team in the Regional......Dying Conf!!!  Note to those teams in it...GET OUT FAST!!!  All in all, could be some pretty good games in the NY Regional.

How do you justify the New England Regional as being loaded?  They only have three of the eight teams ranked in the ABCA poll.  Those three are ranked 17,22,28.  This is not a loaded regional.  I would say regionals w/ several top 5 or top ten teams would be loaded.  Like West, South and Mideast.

[rolln2]

Saw the regional selection and a couple of things jump out at me.  NE Region is loaded!!!  Be interested to see how these teams fair in the NY Regional.  The Mid Atlantic regional looks to be a cake walk for Kean.  How the NJAC got 3 teams in...not sure.  I know it is a good conf but Ramapo???.  No E 8 team in the Regional......Dying Conf!!!  Note to those teams in it...GET OUT FAST!!!  All in all, could be some pretty good games in the NY Regional.

How do you justify the New England Regional as being loaded?  They only have three of the eight teams ranked in the ABCA poll.  Those three are ranked 17,22,28.  This is not a loaded regional.  I would say regionals w/ several top 5 or top ten teams would be loaded.  Like West, South and Mideast.

Also forgot to add the Midwest regional w/ three in the top ten.

[reddragon00]

rolln2...the New England Region is loaded!!  They all play one another and if we were to measure the strength based on Top 25...well ...that is stupid!!!  The Marietta regional is loaded as well.  The West???Good but not loaded..They play there 40 spread out over 3 months.  Easy to run the same 3 arms out there to start all season.  To Me top 25 means nothing.  Been saying it for years.  New England baseball is very, very good.

[rob]

Dont think their is anyway Cortland throws Ratliff against Mitchell.It would be a complete waste of a good arm.I have said before no-one in the NECC would finish higher than last in the SUNYAC or a GOOD New England conference.The NECC is made up of teams that were either dropped from their old conferences or were independants because nobody wanted them.

I understand your point abouit Ratliff, but if you want to have one of your top starters available for Saturday (or Sunday) you need to pitch one early on.  Maybe try to limit innings in that first start too.  The other option is to try to hold onto Ratliff, Schuldt for Friday, Saturday and if you lose one game before that, accelerate the process.  Fortunately Cortland has Assman, Mahay and Hartling so you hope that is enough to get through this in 4 games.

[Tarheel0550]

Rob- good point on having a pitcher come back later in tourney.Ratliff and C-lands bats could make short work of Mitchell and thus leave him fresh for a later game.I kinda like your thinking on this one.

[KSCfan]

Mitchell is a joke, if i was cortland i would pitch your best guy and get him out after 5 or 6 with a big lead. Then you could hopefully bring him back friday or sat if needed.  I was looking at this region and Eastern is obviously a very good team, but i dont think they will beat Cortland.  I really cant see anyone beating Cortland in this region.  Crazy things happen in playoff baseball, thats why they play the games, and why Eastern is out here instead of back in NE. 

[wildthngvaughn]

New England isn't loaded, it is balanced.  Just like last year, pretty much any of the 8 teams could make a run.  New England was loaded back a couple years ago when it had Trinity, ECONN, and S.Maine all ranked in the top 6 in the nation.  That is what you call a loaded regional. 

[theguru25]

Mitchell is a joke, if i was cortland i would pitch your best guy and get him out after 5 or 6 with a big lead. Then you could hopefully bring him back friday or sat if needed.  I was looking at this region and Eastern is obviously a very good team, but i dont think they will beat Cortland.  I really cant see anyone beating Cortland in this region.  Crazy things happen in playoff baseball, thats why they play the games, and why Eastern is out here instead of back in NE. 

I think Brockport has the best chance to upset Cortland in this regional. Brockport lost 3 1-run games against Cortland this season and beat them once. The 1-run losses show they are right there with Cortland. Cortland is a great team, but with all due respect, they aren't as overpowering as they have been in the past few years. And as they say, anything can happen on any given day, that's why the game is played. Best of luck to all teams in the tournament, looking forward to seeing some good baseball this week!

[forheavendial4999]

rolln2...the New England Region is loaded!!  They all play one another and if we were to measure the strength based on Top 25...well ...that is stupid!!!  The Marietta regional is loaded as well.  The West???Good but not loaded..They play there 40 spread out over 3 months.  Easy to run the same 3 arms out there to start all season.  To Me top 25 means nothing.  Been saying it for years.  New England baseball is very, very good.

Glad someone agrees on the rankings' relative worth. New England's teams have a track record of doing well in the championship tournament with a variety of programs (USM, Trinity, Wheaton, ECSU).

[rob]

Through 7 in Auburn:
EasternCT       0  2  1
Brockport        0  4  0

[rob]

Eastern leading 2-0 bottom 8

[rob]

Final Game #1 in Auburn

EasternCT     2  5  1
Brockport      0  5  0

EasternCT advances to 4:30 game tomorrow

[John McGraw]

Final Game #1 in Auburn

EasternCT     2  5  1
Brockport      0  5  0

EasternCT advances to 4:30 game tomorrow

From the looks of the live stats, one hell of a pitchers duel between Eastern's Jim Schult and Brockport's Kyle Smith. Schult went the distance and struck out 12; Smith tossed a four-hit bid over eight and fanned six. Only runs for the Warriors came in the eighth on a two-out base hit with the bases loaded. The Golden Eagles stranded a runner on third to end their half of the eighth.

I have a hunch the second game won't be as close.