BB: CCC: The Commonwealth Coast Conference

[wordsmith]

We'll see you at the Tre tomorrow at 9:45am

Go WNEC

[wordsmith]

WNEC vs Curry for all the marbles. Kind of knew it would come to this.

The first game of the WNEC Rodger Dodger game was like watching paint dry, or a Yankee-Red Sox game. Long, slow and many pitching changes. The second game had a much more brisk pace.

WNEC needs to play smart ball to take down Curry. Otherwise eye see an ECAC bid for da Bears and an NCAA bid for the Custers.

WNEC has the horses but they gotta run a smart race. Curry is legit.

See ya'll in Milton at 1.

Word

[ECSUalum]

Congrats to WNEC on thier CCC Championship.

Word, See you in Mansfield in a couple weeks!!

[wordsmith]

Congrats to WNEC on thier CCC Championship.

Word, See you in Mansfield in a couple weeks!!

Yes, WNEC punches their ticket to another NCAA. WNEC 10-2 all over Custer College.
Custer's bullpen had to be wasted after playing 6 in 6.
Bizzzzzaro place to watch a baseball game. Tailgating along the parking lot, foul balls flying into cars, face-painted coeds, phew!!!

No marking on the outfield fences, don't know if it is 350 or 385 to center, or left or right??? Franklin Park Zoo is right down the road, was waiting for a friggn' giraffee or a gorilla to roam by; did spot a couple of jackasses though.

For what it is worth, I have now seen Curry up close and personal as well as KSC, TEE, USM, & Wheaton. We shall see if they get an at-large (Pool whatever??).

LEC may well determine whether Curry gets a bid.

Word 8)

[Stump]

Congrats to WNEC!

Word: sounds like quite an interesting trip to Milton.
           what's your thought? if Sullen Maine & TEE are top 2 in LEC tourney, probably leaves Curry out?

I saw part of a Curry game in FL, they mashed the ball but they didn't pitch or field terribly well. Just my impression from a small sample and it was early in the year, but they didn't seem to have the pitching they would need to win a regional. 

[Paul Heering]

Word--I was at the game today also and agree it was a little strange set up.  Not a bleacher anywhere and the "best" vantage point I got of the game was when I stood in straight away center field on top of the back of the football bleachers. 

From up there you could tell that the wind was really blowing out, which you would think would have helped Curry more than WNEC as Curry had twice as many home runs on the season as WNEC did coming into the game--but then again maybe the wind always blows out there and that played a role in the high HR total

Stump--You bring up an argument that my friends and I always have (even though you probably didn't mean to) when it comes to the D-I Basketball tournament selection.  You asked if Curry had the pitching to win the regional, that brings me to the debate my friends and I have, who do you give an at large bid to....

A--The team that has the best chance to win the tournament / go farthest in the tournament

or

B--The team that has the most impressive season resume.

I vote for option A

Not saying that means Curry should be in or that you were saying you would pick option A

[wordsmith]

Congrats to WNEC!

Word: sounds like quite an interesting trip to Milton.
           what's your thought? if Sullen Maine & TEE are top 2 in LEC tourney, probably leaves Curry out?

I saw part of a Curry game in FL, they mashed the ball but they didn't pitch or field terribly well. Just my impression from a small sample and it was early in the year, but they didn't seem to have the pitching they would need to win a regional. 

Stump,

This is a difficult question. I saw Curry at the end of 6 games in 6 days. Congrats to their team and coaches on a great year, by the way. They just seemed like they ran out of gas and pitchers and could not answer WNEC blow for blow after the 4th inning. But I also look at their quality wins, and well ya'll have a look for yourselves at that one.

I am a huge LEC fan and have been for many years, not to mention I have several people in the LEC I truly like and respect and have even shared a dugout with. I also have ties to the TCCC now and would like to see the top teams in that conference continue to gain the respect they deserve.

I have some strong opinions but will hold comment for now...I have faith the committee will make the right decisions, but Curry should probably hope for the LEC to hold true to form.

By the way, I need to call out the umps in today's WNEC Curry game---> they did a really fine job, best job by an Ump crew all year. They had the game in hand, were consistently consistent , and kept the game moving in good order. Good job gents.

Word

[Stump]

Paul
  That is the eternal debate, isn't it. Option A or Option B?  Legitimately it should the best resume but in reality many of the at large candidates will have very impressive resumes.  So for an at large it almost needs to be teams that can seriously compete far into the tourney. But the ability to compete far into the tourney is a very subjective observation. Everyone is going to have a different opinion on a team's ability to go far and who has seen enough of all the teams to truly evaluate each team's chances.  So in the end it has to come down to some objective measurement of the resume.
  See, it's quite a debate! I've gone around in a circle and can't even answer it for myself   As Word says have faith in the committee to make the right decisions. I'm not sure I would want to do it.

Word:
  I'm glad to hear you praise the umps today. I've seen a lot of games this year when I couldn't do that. It seems that there were far more crews that I would at best call inconsistent. I try to give the umps the benefit of the doubt(it is a tough job) but I don't remember a season(except maybe Little league) where I was so often questioning the talent and/or commitment of the umpiring crews.  Several times it was like they had a cab waiting with the meter running

[rbgosfan]

Congrats to WNEC for their TCCC championship. Prior committments prevented me from making any games last week but I was very happy to see the results.  Special congratulations to the 4 seniors; Chris Newell, Jason Pizzoferrato, Bryan Calzone and Mike Beck for being the first graduating class to play in 4 NCAA tournaments at  WNEC. Coach LaBranche is a class act who has quietly built a very stong program. They play the game the way it is supposed to be played and that starts with the coach. They can hit with almost anyone and have depth in pitching. 

Good luck at the regionals!

Go BEARS!

[Ralph Turner]

Sorry, Curry.  I was surprised that things changed between Thursday and Sunday.

[wordsmith]

WNEC Fans,

Off to NY. Not a total surprise. I kind feel bad for the 3 big boys in NE left to fight it out. 3 of the top 6 teams in America are all stuffed into one regional.

Now instead of TEE, USM, and Trinity the boys must face-off against the likes of Cortland, Ithaca, and NY traffic.

Anyone know
1) The start date of the tourney (Wed or Thursday) as this is a 6 team regional
2) Any video/audio coverage?

Word 8)

[KSCfan]

Word if you go over to the NY boards and the regional thread, i had asked some of the NY guys for a little bit of a scout on the teams, i got some pretty good info.  You and all the WNEC people might want to check it out to see what you got.  Good luck to Word Coach Jr and the golden bears!!!!

[d3baseballnut]

WNEC Fans,

Off to NY. Not a total surprise. I kind feel bad for the 3 big boys in NE left to fight it out. 3 of the top 6 teams in America are all stuffed into one regional.

Now instead of TEE, USM, and Trinity the boys must face-off against the likes of Cortland, Ithaca, and NY traffic.

Anyone know
1) The start date of the tourney (Wed or Thursday) as this is a 6 team regional
2) Any video/audio coverage?

Word 8)

WOW. WNEC gets a terrific draw in this whole thing.

The NY region is by far the weakest region with Cortland St. as a #1 with 12 losses.

No doubt WNEC has a legit opportunity to win it

[wordsmith]

WNEC Fans,

Off to NY. Not a total surprise. I kind feel bad for the 3 big boys in NE left to fight it out. 3 of the top 6 teams in America are all stuffed into one regional.

Now instead of TEE, USM, and Trinity the boys must face-off against the likes of Cortland, Ithaca, and NY traffic.

Anyone know
1) The start date of the tourney (Wed or Thursday) as this is a 6 team regional
2) Any video/audio coverage?

Word 8)

WOW. WNEC gets a terrific draw in this whole thing.

The NY region is by far the weakest region with Cortland St. as a #1 with 12 losses.

No doubt WNEC has a legit opportunity to win it

Cortland, Ithaca, RPI, are all legit. WNEC played RPI earlier this year and lost. We shall see. Committee still thinks they are a huge underdog seeding them 5th out of 6 teams.

Word

[wordsmith]

Congratulations to Andrew Fatse of WNEC for being named to the 3rd Team All-American Team.

Word