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Title: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: Ralph Turner on December 31, 2005, 10:05:35 AM
Gordon Mann has graciously volunteered to help with the NESCAC baseball message board.

Thanks and Play Ball!
Title: Re: NESCAC -- New England Region
Post by: gordonmann on December 31, 2005, 01:52:40 PM
Thanks, Ralph, for setting up the page and leading this effort.

Here are some links for NESCAC baseball fans:

NESCAC Page: http://www.nescac.com/sports/baseball/home.htm

NESCAC EAST

Bates Bobcats (http://www.bates.edu/baseball.xml)
Bowdoin Polar Bears (http://www.bowdoin.edu/hoplite/displays?sport=1&method=dspSport)
Colby White Mules  (http://www.colby.edu/athletics/teams/baseball/0506/)
Trinity Bantams (http://www.trincoll.edu/athletics/main.aspx?mode=team&t_id=41)
Tufts Jumbos (http://ase.tufts.edu/athletics/teams/baseball/overview.html)


NESCAC WEST

Amherst Lord Jeffs (http://www.amherst.edu/sports/current/baseball/index.html)
Hamilton Continentals (http://www.hamilton.edu/athletics/teams.cfm?identifier=mbaseball)
Middlebury Panthers (http://www.middlebury.edu/athletics/sports/mens/baseball/)
Wesleyan Cardinals (http://www.wesleyan.edu/athletics/baseball/)
Williams Ephs (http://www.williams.edu/athletics/sport.php?sport=1)
Title: Re: NESCAC -- New England Region
Post by: gordonmann on December 31, 2005, 02:01:41 PM
Two more bits of news.  It's been a busy offseason for NESCAC alums in major league front offices.

Jim Duquette (Williams '88), who was previously with the Mets, is Baltimore's new V-P for Baseball Operations (http://baltimore.orioles.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/news/article.jsp?ymd=20051020&content_id=1255668&vkey=news_bal&fext=.jsp&c_id=bal).  As you may know another Williams alum owns the Yankees (George Steinbrenner, Class of '52).

Elsewhere in the AL East, the Boston Red Sox have named Jed Hoyer (Wesleyan '96) Co-General Manager (http://www.wesleyan.edu/athletics/sportsinfo/news/newshoyerredsoxGM1205.html).  The Cardinals just graduated a player who Yankee and Oriole fans will recognize with opposing emotions, Jeffrey Maier (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffrey_Maier).
Title: Re: NESCAC -- New England Region
Post by: formerbant10 on January 02, 2006, 11:50:02 PM
Let's not forget that Trinity grad Jonah Bayliss made his major league debut for the Royals this past summer.  Pitching rather well in his games at Fenway and Yankee stadium. 

Fellow Bantam Jeff Natale will be playing single A in the Red Sox organization, after a great fall with the Greenville Bombers.
Title: Re: NESCAC -- New England Region
Post by: Tezbaseball on January 22, 2006, 12:30:57 AM
Interesting site. You can see by where a MLB player went to school.

http://baseballreference.com/schools/
Title: Re: NESCAC -- New England Region
Post by: gordonmann on January 22, 2006, 01:12:16 AM
That is a cool site.

One night during the off-season (read summer) I went through all the Division III schools just to see which players I recognized.  Talk about too much time on my hands. :)
Title: Re: NESCAC -- New England Region
Post by: formerbant10 on January 23, 2006, 03:37:22 PM
Lou Masur, an American Studies Professor at Trinity has a great book out recounting the first ever world series b/t the Boston Americans and Pittsburgh Pirates.  It's called Autumn Glory.  If you call yourself a baseball fan, this is a must read.
Title: Re: NESCAC -- New England Region
Post by: buzztd on February 04, 2006, 11:33:53 AM
whats the historical pecking order in nescac baseball and do any teams travel for tournies down south
Title: Re: NESCAC -- New England Region
Post by: mrmike88 on March 07, 2006, 11:37:30 PM
Hoyer's new co-GM is no other than Amherst alum Ben Cherington, making it two NESCAC alums near the top of the Sox (with Theo still king).
Title: Re: NESCAC -- New England Region
Post by: Spencer Beaty on March 11, 2006, 10:58:26 PM
wow this regions message boards are kinda bad
Title: Re: NESCAC -- New England Region
Post by: Jumbos35 on March 28, 2006, 09:11:45 PM
Over the past 10 years it's been Amherst, Tufts, Trinity, and Williams beating each other up for the bid.

Cant speak for the others, but the Jumbos drive down south (practicing a coupletimes along the way) and play their way back home.  They have a rediculous schedule this year with only 6 home dates...nuts.

Title: Re: NESCAC -- New England Region
Post by: formerbant10 on March 29, 2006, 12:52:27 PM
That'll happen in the Northeast.  At least the winter wasn't so bad this year that the home games will be cancelled due to unplayable conditions.
Title: Re: NESCAC -- New England Region
Post by: gordonmann on March 29, 2006, 08:15:21 PM
I suppose this sort of fits here...

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2389391

It's about baseball and Mitchell is a Bowdoin alum.
Title: Re: NESCAC -- New England Region
Post by: Knightstalker on April 14, 2006, 09:41:05 AM
Every Baltimore Orioles favorite Yankee fan Jeff Maier has set the career hits record at Wesleyan.
Title: Re: NESCAC -- New England Region
Post by: Garnet on April 26, 2006, 10:34:45 AM
Quote from: knightstalker on April 14, 2006, 09:41:05 AM
Every Baltimore Orioles favorite Yankee fan Jeff Maier has set the career hits record at Wesleyan.

http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/5521778?GT1=8021
Title: Re: NESCAC -- New England Region
Post by: Ralph Turner on April 26, 2006, 12:09:35 PM
Quote from: Garnet on April 26, 2006, 10:34:45 AM
Quote from: knightstalker on April 14, 2006, 09:41:05 AM
Every Baltimore Orioles favorite Yankee fan Jeff Maier has set the career hits record at Wesleyan.

http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/5521778?GT1=8021

Great article...

D1 players try to play the game on the field.

D3 players go straight to the Front Office! ;) :D
Title: Re: NESCAC -- New England Region
Post by: TUrighty14 on June 28, 2006, 03:19:45 PM
anyone know of any NESCAC players playing in high level collegiate summer leagues?
i know there are a bunch in the NECBL, are any playing in the cape?

middlebury had a crop of really talented sophomores; was wondering if they were playing good summer ball?
Title: Re: NESCAC -- New England Region
Post by: chessdoc on January 14, 2007, 07:27:45 AM
go bobcats
Title: Re: NESCAC -- New England Region
Post by: Bostonian on January 20, 2007, 10:29:28 AM
I would love to hear thoughts on the NESCAC baseball season.

Seems like Middlebury will be the team to beat. Tufts has some strength on the mound. And Amherst, Trinity, Williams, and Bowdoin should be tough again.

Hopefully, there are some people that would like to talk NESCAC bball....
Title: Re: NESCAC -- New England Region
Post by: Old Spartan on February 16, 2007, 05:45:02 PM
would love to talk NESCAC bball, more to say when the games get going and the rosters come out
Title: Re: NESCAC -- New England Region
Post by: Rick Vaughn on February 20, 2007, 09:15:12 AM
Any thoughts on NESCAC preseason all-conference picks?
Title: Re: NESCAC -- New England Region
Post by: Bostonian on February 20, 2007, 10:32:27 AM
C- Kenny from Williams
1b- McDavitt from Tufts
2b- Bourdon from Trinity
3b- LAnahan from Middlebury
ss- Morgan from Williams
of- Koperniak from Bowdoin
of- Banner from Amherst
of- Pinto from Williams
ut- Lefebre from Middlebury
ut- Barnard from Trinity
P- Britton from Middlebury
P- Protano from Tufts
P- Donahue from Amherst
Title: Re: NESCAC -- New England Region
Post by: Old Spartan on February 20, 2007, 01:57:27 PM
I am a relatively new fan of college/NESCAC baseball.  Other than attending the games that you can, what is the best way of keeping track of the results etc.?  Clearly the school websites and the NESCAC site provide some information, but is there another source?
Title: Re: NESCAC -- New England Region
Post by: Bostonian on February 20, 2007, 02:30:00 PM
Unfortunately, no...this site will probably give the best info., although it does not seem like we have reps. from all the schools. I will see alot of Tufts games because my brother is there...not sure about you or anyone else's affiliations...
Title: Re: NESCAC -- New England Region
Post by: Old Spartan on February 21, 2007, 11:46:30 AM
So there are no secrets, my afiliation is with Trinity, though I do have some direct knowledge of several of the other teams as well.
Title: Re: NESCAC -- New England Region
Post by: Bostonian on February 21, 2007, 01:58:58 PM
We'll probably get to meet at Hartford.
Any idea how Rappaport and Kiely are doing? If Trinity has them back this year, they will be the team to beat in the NESCAC.
Title: Re: NESCAC -- New England Region
Post by: Old Spartan on February 21, 2007, 02:41:07 PM
I believe that they are both doing well.
Title: Re: NESCAC -- New England Region
Post by: Rick Vaughn on February 21, 2007, 02:50:07 PM
This year will be different in the NESCAC b/c we will be short two crazy coaches (Barnard and Hamilton's little league coach).  On that note, any opinions on the craziest coaches in the league?  Here are my rankings:

1.  Barnard -- The most antisocial person on the face of the earth
2.  Thurston -- The old two fingered hand shake
3.  Casey -- Don't know as much, but he just seems nuts
4.  Woodworth -- Low talker and Wes players say he is clueless
5.  Midd's pitching coach -- smokes cigs behind the dugout between innings
6.  Hamilton's little league coach -- hit fungoes last year with a metal bat...not a metal fungo, but just a regular bat

Any others feel free to add
Title: Re: NESCAC -- New England Region
Post by: Bostonian on February 21, 2007, 02:53:48 PM
I believe Coach Casey would be offended if you told him Barnard and Thurston were "crazier" than him...

Still, at least his "craziness" has a high degree of functionality to it...he's either very much liked or very much disliked, but he consistently puts a quality, tough team on the field for Tufts.

Title: Re: NESCAC -- New England Region
Post by: Old Spartan on February 21, 2007, 03:04:08 PM
The league will also be missing Coach Dexter, though i dont know that he is crazy.
Title: Re: NESCAC -- New England Region
Post by: slick on February 22, 2007, 05:21:01 PM
why will they miss Dexter? He' still at Trinity isn't he? Bostonian, hows your bro's arm? I don't think Kiely will be ready for awhile, the TJ wasn't done until late spring and it takes a year.

Bostonian, I'm RT, Greg Talpey's dad. Greg and all his buddies have called me "slick" for years.
Title: Re: NESCAC -- New England Region
Post by: Bostonian on February 22, 2007, 06:01:22 PM
Dexter is from Colby....he's on leave.

Ben is done...unless he comes back as a grad. player....which is probably not happening. His arm did not fully heal.

Tough way to end a career....
Title: Re: NESCAC -- New England Region
Post by: slick on February 22, 2007, 07:06:36 PM
Thats too bad about Ben, it is a tough thing to see. I went thru it all last year watching Greg throw at 50%. Ben did well, he has some great memories to hold on to. Good Luck!
Title: Re: NESCAC -- New England Region
Post by: Old Spartan on February 23, 2007, 08:39:16 AM
Wow, lots of arm problems.  What have you guys learned from your son's and brother's experience?  Is there a way to minimize the liklihood of an arm injury?

Title: Re: NESCAC -- New England Region
Post by: Bostonian on February 23, 2007, 09:43:36 AM
Ben's injury was a freak one. He broke his humoural bone in his pitching arm throwing a pitch during fall ball. There is no way to minimize the likelihood of that.

I thought Kiely threw WAY too many innings for Pittsfield the summer after his sophomore year. Not sure what happened to Greg, so I'll let slick answer that one.
Title: Re: NESCAC -- New England Region
Post by: slick on February 25, 2007, 05:13:46 PM
Same thing, too many summer innings. Greg was the summer before, twilight and NECBL. Then half way thru a good junoir year the elbow and the shoulder started acting up. Tried to pitch thru it, more summer ball did it. Tried to come back senoir year and had a torn UCL , as did Trinitys other 2 weekend starters,and tried to hide it (not very successfully). Young competitive pitchers need to know the warning signs of pain, and TELL somebody. I'm convinced cold weather had a part of this, throwing most of the season in 45 or less (Colby series was in the 20's) is not good.

Bostonian, tough news on Kevin Burr. Another son of mine played for him at Dean. He was always a gentleman when we spoke.
Title: Re: NESCAC -- New England Region
Post by: Old Spartan on February 25, 2007, 09:41:06 PM
thanks for that, I will pass that along.  The boys are in great physical condition, they need to learn to take care of the arm.  I know the season is short so if they get hurt they miss it, but etter to save the career.  Playing in two leagues at the same time, if that is what you mean is tough for a pitcher.

I would have thought that the summer ball coaches would have enough pitchers to give the guys a proper break.

OS
Title: Re: NESCAC -- New England Region
Post by: 363dp on February 28, 2007, 11:50:57 AM
Dale Plummer has accepted the head coaching position at Colby. This should improve the team with his knowlegde of pitching. With Bowdoin lossing so much from last year, Colby could win the CBB this year if their pitching improves.
Title: Re: NESCAC -- New England Region
Post by: spring07 on March 01, 2007, 06:43:36 AM
I wouldn't be so quick to dismiss Bowdoin. They still have some very good players and I don't think Colby or Bates are quite there yet.
Title: Re: NESCAC -- New England Region
Post by: 363dp on March 01, 2007, 03:10:16 PM
I didn't dismiss them, just think it will be much closer this year.
Title: Re: NESCAC -- New England Region
Post by: Rick Vaughn on March 01, 2007, 03:52:08 PM
Once again the NESCAC gets slighted on the national stage.  Returning POY doesn't even get a player to watch mention after being 2nd team All American and hitting .500 the year before.  Is that a Sports Info or coaches thing that team or individuals do not get any mention on any stage.  Collegiate Baseball, D3baseball.com, and ABCA only give Williams and Trin team to watch status in the New England preview. 

That's re-god damn-diculous.
Title: Re: NESCAC -- New England Region
Post by: Old Spartan on March 02, 2007, 08:57:39 AM
The truly accomplished do not care what others say about them, they are more concerned with their actions.  Let the established world underestimate the league so as to make their surprise all the greater in Appleton.  A nice showing in Florida/Arizona will also demonstrate the truth, though the weather cannot be changed and northern teams should be expected to have a slower start.

OS
Title: Re: NESCAC -- New England Region
Post by: Bostonian on March 06, 2007, 01:15:21 PM
I just took a look at Trinity's roster....where is Tim Bourdon? All league infielder last year but not on the roster?

Bowdoin adn Trinity both look very young...
Title: Re: NESCAC -- New England Region
Post by: Old Spartan on March 06, 2007, 03:00:19 PM
Young teams are the function of the ebbs and flows of school life.  Both teams probably needed to build up numbers due to graduations, injuries and etc.  It will be difficult to know how the frosh will perform until after the spring break trips.  Some freshmen I am personally familiar with in other leagues are doing quite well.  More to talk about soon, after they have a few games under their belts.

OS
Title: Re: NESCAC -- New England Region
Post by: Jim Dixon on March 06, 2007, 03:45:36 PM
Quote from: Rick Vaughn on March 01, 2007, 03:52:08 PM
Once again the NESCAC gets slighted on the national stage.  Returning POY doesn't even get a player to watch mention after being 2nd team All American and hitting .500 the year before.  Is that a Sports Info or coaches thing that team or individuals do not get any mention on any stage.  Collegiate Baseball, D3baseball.com, and ABCA only give Williams and Trin team to watch status in the New England preview. 

That's re-god damn-diculous.

Not to defend my opinions but with regard to the story on d3baseball.com, you will notice that the NESCAC was not the only conference without a "team to watch" mention.   

The process I went through was to look at conference winners (both tournament and regular season), playoff teams , and teams with a history of doing well.  I also weed through the early posts on the discussion board looking for any team with an early buzz. 

Once I have a list of about 10-15 teams, I look at the team's roster.  Who left, who has done well in the past.  If I have a schedule, I'll look at the matchups.  Some schools have tougher schedules, some are less so.  Trinity was one that comes to mind as being soft but for a young team could work to their advantage.

From this I start weeding out those teams that lost too much.  If I have information on a good recruiting class I consider that but for the most part I treat the freshmen class as complete unknowns. 

What you will notice in the teams to watch, they have better than average experience and better than average performance over the previous few years. 

I welcome all critiques and comments.
Title: Re: NESCAC -- New England Region
Post by: Defensive Indifference on March 07, 2007, 08:37:45 AM
Quote from: Rick Vaughn on February 21, 2007, 02:50:07 PM
This year will be different in the NESCAC b/c we will be short two crazy coaches (Barnard and Hamilton's little league coach).  On that note, any opinions on the craziest coaches in the league?  Here are my rankings:

1.  Barnard -- The most antisocial person on the face of the earth
2.  Thurston -- The old two fingered hand shake
3.  Casey -- Don't know as much, but he just seems nuts
4.  Woodworth -- Low talker and Wes players say he is clueless
5.  Midd's pitching coach -- smokes cigs behind the dugout between innings
6.  Hamilton's little league coach -- hit fungoes last year with a metal bat...not a metal fungo, but just a regular bat

Any others feel free to add

Stupid list.  Hamilton has a little league coach?  Wesleyans's players should look in the mirror.  The talent level there is lacking.  If you can fault Woodworth for anything, it's unfortunate recruiting.  They should kiss his a$$ for putting them in a uniform. 
Title: Re: NESCAC -- New England Region
Post by: Defensive Indifference on March 07, 2007, 01:06:30 PM
Quote from: Rick Vaughn on March 01, 2007, 03:52:08 PM
Once again the NESCAC gets slighted on the national stage.  Returning POY doesn't even get a player to watch mention after being 2nd team All American and hitting .500 the year before.  Is that a Sports Info or coaches thing that team or individuals do not get any mention on any stage.  Collegiate Baseball, D3baseball.com, and ABCA only give Williams and Trin team to watch status in the New England preview. 

That's re-god damn-diculous.

Rick Vaughn, you're a bit of a whiner, eh?
Title: Re: NESCAC -- New England Region
Post by: Defensive Indifference on March 07, 2007, 01:09:38 PM
Quote from: Rick Vaughn on March 01, 2007, 03:52:08 PM
Once again the NESCAC gets slighted on the national stage.  Returning POY doesn't even get a player to watch mention after being 2nd team All American and hitting .500 the year before.  Is that a Sports Info or coaches thing that team or individuals do not get any mention on any stage.  Collegiate Baseball, D3baseball.com, and ABCA only give Williams and Trin team to watch status in the New England preview. 

That's re-god damn-diculous.

Hey Rick Vaughn, it sound like the NESCAC should be slighted they way they mock its programs...

Quote from: Rick Vaughn on March 01, 2007, 03:52:08 PM
1.  Barnard -- The most antisocial person on the face of the earth
2.  Thurston -- The old two fingered hand shake
3.  Casey -- Don't know as much, but he just seems nuts
4.  Woodworth -- Low talker and Wes players say he is clueless
5.  Midd's pitching coach -- smokes cigs behind the dugout between innings
6.  Hamilton's little league coach -- hit fungoes last year with a metal bat...not a metal fungo, but just a regular bat

Title: Re: NESCAC -- New England Region
Post by: Old Spartan on March 11, 2007, 03:46:20 PM
Trinity opened the season taking two from Worcester State with an impressive display from several freshman.  Baseball Heaven in Yaphank, New York (Long Island) is a great facility that will be fantastic when completed.

OS
Title: Re: NESCAC -- New England Region
Post by: JeffRookie2 on March 13, 2007, 02:23:56 AM
Any word on where some of the better NESCAC players played over the summer? Did any get invited to wooden-bat leagues? I heard that Joe Vladek was disappointed that he didnt get drafted. Is he going to play semi-pro ball anywhere?
Title: Re: NESCAC -- New England Region
Post by: Bostonian on March 13, 2007, 07:32:37 AM
I know that Protano, from Tufts, was very impressive in Colorado. I also know that Driscoll, from Bowdoin, got hurt playing in the NECBL with Pittsfield. I would assume Donahue, from Amherst, played in the Cape, but I heard he was hurt, too.

I think Vladeck deserved a shot, too, but his velocity never got to where it needed to be. Lemieux, from Bowdoin, was signed to play independent ball. I think that was it from the NESCAC.
Title: Re: NESCAC -- New England Region
Post by: dIIIball on March 14, 2007, 09:59:03 AM
Quote from: JeffRookie2 on March 13, 2007, 02:23:56 AM
Any word on where some of the better NESCAC players played over the summer? Did any get invited to wooden-bat leagues? I heard that Joe Vladek was disappointed that he didnt get drafted. Is he going to play semi-pro ball anywhere?


Dan Benz from Williams pitched for the Genesee Valley Riverbats of the NYCBL last summer, and is on the roster again for this upcoming summer.
Title: Re: NESCAC -- New England Region
Post by: Defensive Indifference on March 14, 2007, 10:44:47 AM
Quote from: JeffRookie2 on March 13, 2007, 02:23:56 AM
Any word on where some of the better NESCAC players played over the summer? Did any get invited to wooden-bat leagues? I heard that Joe Vladek was disappointed that he didnt get drafted. Is he going to play semi-pro ball anywhere?

Vladeck pitched in Belgium for the freaking Brussels Kangaroos...

http://www.brusselskangaroos.org/index.php?pg=news&step=article&id=56 (http://www.brusselskangaroos.org/index.php?pg=news&step=article&id=56)
Title: Re: NESCAC -- New England Region
Post by: Bostonian on March 19, 2007, 07:03:41 PM
Tufts took 2 in N.C. today. Adam Telian shut out Lawrence and the bats came alive against Guilford. they lost their opener to Endicott yesterday. If Tufts is going to challenge for the NESCAC, they'll need consistency from their starting pitchers. Telian could have a breakout season, but Protano, Rice, and Lopez are also going to have to get guys out.
Title: Re: NESCAC -- New England Region
Post by: JustAFan on March 20, 2007, 11:34:56 PM
The Tufts box scores indicate the Jumbos got solid contributions from two freshman pitchers in their first two wins--Jordan Goldberg and Thomas Hill. Absent from the box score (and not listed on the Tufts roster) was Brian McDonough, one of their better hitters last year as a freshman. Is he hurt or did he transfer?
Title: Re: NESCAC -- New England Region
Post by: Bostonian on March 21, 2007, 07:35:25 AM
Brian McDonough transferred to Marist...not sure why...I don't think he leaves the bench there.
The killer for Tufts was Mike Colebrook transferring after one semester to Assumption. He was supposed to be a key pitcher this year. Couple that with Simon and Narva being out for the year and it makes for a thin staff...and Greensboro took advantage of that thinness yesterday.

Goldberg has pitched veyr well, as has David Gibbs, Tommy Hill, and Alex Perry. Casey brought in a good group of pitchers this year...even though the best one left after a semester.
Title: Re: NESCAC -- New England Region
Post by: JustAFan on March 21, 2007, 12:56:03 PM
You're right about Colebrook being a big loss for Tufts.  In Assumption's spring trip he had a 0.64 ERA allowing just one earned run in 14 innings in games against St. Rose and Stonehill.  He would have been the leader of Tufts' pitching corps the next 4 years. Now he's the #2 on a solid Assumption team in a program that's really on the upswing in DII. McDonough has 7 at bats in Marist's first 13 games. 
Title: Re: NESCAC -- New England Region
Post by: JustAFan on March 22, 2007, 10:59:17 PM
A quick summary of games of note played by NESCAC teams during their  spring trips over the past 10 days (recognizing you shouldn't read too much into spring trip games):

In the only games to date pitting NESCAC opponents against each other, Bowdoin split with Hamilton, losing the first game 5-3 and winning the second game, 9-8.

NESCAC teams have mixed success in spring trip games against teams from other New England conferences. 

Tufts lost to a good Endicott team 7-4 in the Jumbos' opener. Later in the week Tufts lost to Methodist 3-2 the day after Endicott beat Methodist 6-5. Tufts' loss to Methodist dropped its record to 3-3.

Williams split with UMass Boston, 4-8 and 6-1, and then beat Eastern CT 7-4 to move to 3-1 on its trip.

Amherst lost to Babson, 17-16 in 10 innings. Babson finished its spring trip with a 5-1 record, with its only loss coming to Trinity, 4-3, in the first game of a doubleheader in which Babson bounced back to beat Trinity in the second game, 5-2.  Amherst drops to 2-4 with the loss, including a 2-1 10 inning loss to a good St. Lawrence team.

In addition to its split with Babson, Trinity beat St. Lawrence 10-4, swept  a good Worcester State team 2 weeks ago, and also beat Plymouth State yesterday 9-3 to move to 6-1 on its spring trip and perhaps establish itself as the early season NESCAC favorite.

Wesleyan swept UMass Dartmouth 12-3 and 4-3 to up its record to 5-6 on its two week spring break trip.

Bowdoin played several state colleges, losing to Fitchburg State 5-4 but then beating MCLA (10-4) and Westfield State (12-5).  Yesterday Bowdoin lost to Western New England College, 5-3.  The loss dropped Bowdoin's record to 4-4 but it might still be characterized as a good loss since WNEC is once again very good this year, and proved that yesterday by beating the preseason #1 team in DIII, Otterbein, 4-1. 

Finally, Bates split with the Elms, 4-5 and 3-1, in its spring break opener.

Colby and Middlebury open up their spring break trips this Saturday.

Title: Re: NESCAC -- New England Region
Post by: Old Spartan on March 23, 2007, 03:32:29 PM
Trinity is now 9 and 1.  Following their split with Babson they defeated North Central 10-5, St. Lawrence 10-4, took two from Plymouth St 9-3 and 9-4 and also swept Fredonia St.

The Bantams take on Hamilton in a double header tomorrow.

ranted its hard to read Spring Break results, but they are consistently scoring a lot of runs.

OS
Title: Re: NESCAC -- New England Region
Post by: Bostonian on March 24, 2007, 08:28:33 AM
Trinity's Florida schedule is pathetic... Plymouth St, Fredonia, Hamilton....why on Earth Decker schedules so many awful teams is beyond me. It serves no purpose whatsoever to be scheduling doubleheaders with teams that are so weak...even the wins won't help much in strengthening their index.
Title: Re: NESCAC -- New England Region
Post by: Old Spartan on March 24, 2007, 08:28:43 PM
I am new to the D3 world and am not familiar with the talent levels of the various programs.  I do question the wisdom of Northern teams opening their seasons against opponents that have 15+ games under their belts.  Granted it is always better to play superior competition in general, but in many cases I would think D3 coaches havent seen all of their players in action, escpecially if there are a lot of freshman on the roster.  It is a good thing I imagine to play a schedule that allows you to see your new kids play so as to see how they might fit into the program.

If you had a lot of players returning (healthy players as opposed to guys recovering from surgery) it would make more sns to dial up the competition and improve the index.  Otherwise it might be smart to get your players ready for conference play rather than walking into a buzz saw.  Time will tell.

OS
Title: Re: NESCAC -- New England Region
Post by: Bostonian on March 25, 2007, 08:25:59 AM
It never makes sense to schedule the bulk of your early games against the tier 4 (uner .333 winning %) teams. It hurts your ability to get a pool c bid and offers little in terms of testing your team. You look at the best Northern programs in the country and they are eithewr playing top notch teams on their spring trip or they are playing teams in Calfornia or NC/Virginia so thatthey can best prepare their team for the year ahead.
Title: Re: NESCAC -- New England Region
Post by: candyman on March 25, 2007, 09:23:37 AM
Middlebury update -
Took two from Colby yesterday to start their season winning 12-2 and 12-4. I believe both their aces through, britton and the lefty.
If their pitching holds up, they should be a contender again this year to repeat as nescac champs. lost a lot of talent from last year offensively, but did not lose a single contributor on the mound. we'll see if they continue to score runs at this clip.
Title: Williams falls to Southern Maine
Post by: wordsmith on March 25, 2007, 11:10:40 AM
Trust Fund Babies fall to Manufactured Housing residents 7-5

Just kidding, just kidding.

So. Maine could reach #1 in the next poll if they are not careful.
Title: Re: NESCAC -- New England Region
Post by: candyman on March 25, 2007, 04:28:39 PM
if midd can somehow revenge their loss against souther maine in the ncaa regionals last year, it would be a huge upset. the williams midd series at the end of the week is going to be enormous, primarily for nescac playoff implications, but for also further on down the line in regional rankings
Title: Re: NESCAC -- New England Region
Post by: Bostonian on March 25, 2007, 05:49:24 PM
Tufts defeated Virginia Wesleyan today to finsih 7-4 on their trip. Considering their inexperienced pitching staff, this trip has to be considered a big success for the Jumbos. Telian looks like a potential pitcher of the year and the freshmen add some key depth. If Rice, Lopez, and Protano find their form, the Jumbos could definitely contend foe the championship this year. In the East, it looks like Trinity and Tufts will battle it out, and Bowdoin could suprise. The West looks more competetive....should be another great year.
Title: Re: NESCAC -- New England Region
Post by: candyman on March 26, 2007, 07:17:09 PM
Midd beats Southern Maine 14-7 in a rematch from last years NCAA regional. S. Maine scored 3 in the last inning, otherwise a relative blowout. Big win for middlebury and will factor in down the road if they are a player in the nescac playoffs and in terms of regional rankings. however, they lost 2 to gustavus adolphus yesterday. we'll see what happens this weekend against williams.
Title: Re: NESCAC -- New England Region
Post by: Bostonian on March 26, 2007, 09:27:29 PM
Looks like pitchers that don't have their best stuff are going to get ripped again this year by the Mid....those guys just feast on bad pitches. My favorites are Lefebre and Lanahan....they foul off every tough pitch and rip it when they get something good to hit...
Title: Re: NESCAC -- New England Region
Post by: Bostonian on March 28, 2007, 07:39:30 AM
I guess Midd still has very little pitching depth...they lost yesterday 29-5 to MIT. I think they have enough depth to win the NESCAC tourney but they'll never win the regional if they don't find some pitching behind Britton and Wright.
Title: Re: NESCAC -- New England Region
Post by: Bostonian on March 31, 2007, 08:02:18 AM
Interesting first day in the NESCAC.
Tufts beat bates 4-2...26 combined strkeouts...both team had a lot of very bad at bats...
Trinity beat Bowdoin 15-8....seems like without Driscoll, Bowdoin is going to have some trouble keeping teams from scoring on them.
Williams beat Middlebury 8-7...for some reason, Britton did not pitch. Mid made 6 errors, outhit Williams 16 to 8, but managed to lose.
Amherst beat Wesleyan 6-3.

What is so interesting is that Bowdoin's ace (Driscoll), Tufts' ace and closer (Simon and Narva), Amherst's #2 (Edgar), and Wesleyan's ace (Sternberg) are all not pitching.
Title: Re: NESCAC -- New England Region
Post by: Bostonian on April 02, 2007, 02:19:09 PM
Looks lke Edgar is pitching...he and Donahue blanked Wesleyan on sunday...

Two big series last weekend...Bowdoin swept Trinity on sat. and took a big series from them. I thought Trinity would be the team to beat this year. Kiely and barnard did not pitch this weekend, so I'm not sure if injuries are hitting them, too.
Williams took 2 of 3 from Middlebury. That means that the Mid will have to take the Amherst series to have a decent shot at the NESCAC playoffs.

Tufts bats finally found their groove on Saturday, and Amerst showed why their starting pitching has to be considered the best in the league...or maybe Wesleyan just can't hit...

Title: Re: NESCAC -- New England Region
Post by: Old Spartan on April 02, 2007, 03:16:39 PM
Barnard pitched on friday.
Title: Re: NESCAC -- New England Region
Post by: Bostonian on April 02, 2007, 04:07:59 PM
Thanks, spartan..the stats page on Trin.'s website says that Meehan pitched that game...
Title: Re: NESCAC -- New England Region
Post by: Old Spartan on April 02, 2007, 04:12:50 PM
I have noticed that the stats are not always accurate from the games I have seen.  I assume the home team is responsible, because the same errors appear on both school's websites.
Title: Re: NESCAC -- New England Region
Post by: Bostonian on April 02, 2007, 04:22:41 PM
I think the home team submits the stats for both teams, but updates are usually made when errors are found...and they are found very often.
Title: Re: NESCAC -- New England Region
Post by: Old Spartan on April 06, 2007, 09:59:34 AM
On a topic unrelated to baseball, but specific to this board, how do the rankings (such as jv/second stringer) and karma get set?  Is that something the moderator does of its own accord?

Just curious.

I expect to freeze outside this weekend watching baseball, think warm thoughts everybody!

OS
Title: Re: NESCAC -- New England Region
Post by: soxfan42585 on April 06, 2007, 10:44:48 AM
I'm not sure about karma- but I think your ranking is directly related to the number of posts.
Title: Re: NESCAC -- New England Region
Post by: Paul Heering on April 06, 2007, 12:23:22 PM
yes, rankings is just how many posts you have made.

karma is controlled by other posters, once you post a certain number of times ( i think 150 or 200) you then have the ability to give people karma points (or take them away)

watch yours, if you post something that is knowledgable and insightful someone may give you karma points and if you say something dumb and offensive someone may take them away.

at first i thought the karma points thing was lame but i love it now, it really helps.  if i read somebody's post and think "holy crap what is this person talking about, are they nuts" then i see they have -22 karma, it all makes sense and i know to take the points with a grain of salt.
Title: Re: Tufts
Post by: JustAFan on April 09, 2007, 01:48:47 PM
I caught some of the Tufts-Williams doubleheader on Jumbocast Saturday and noticed that senior Kyle Backstrom isn't in the line-up after perhpas being Tufts' best hitter during its spring trip. Is he hurt, and if so when is he expected to return? This might be Casey's best coaching job in some time given all of his injuries (Simon, Narva, Backstrom) and losses (Colebrook, McDonough).  He's got freshmen starting at catcher, 3B and DH and 3 frosh coming out of the bullpen as well. Good thing he had a good recruiting year last year or else this could have turned into a very difficult season.
Title: Re: NESCAC -- New England Region
Post by: Bostonian on April 09, 2007, 03:52:38 PM
Kyle broke his hand in Virginia. He is done for the year.
Tufts is still managing to play very well even without Kyle, Simon, Narva, and the others. They are not a dominating team, but they do all of the little things the right way. This weekend will be be big for the Jumbos. If they can take the Bowdoin series, they could be rolling.
Title: Re: NESCAC -- New England Region
Post by: Bostonian on April 13, 2007, 08:29:32 AM
Big weekend in the NESCAC...should go a long way to figuring out the seeding in the NESCAC tourney.
Bowdoin-Tufts in the East
Williams-Amherst in the West
Title: Re: NESCAC -- New England Region
Post by: formerbant10 on April 21, 2007, 08:38:12 PM
Trinity's Tim Kiely threw a perfect game in the 1st of the doubleheader today.  First one in the history of Trinity's program.
Title: Re: NESCAC -- New England Region
Post by: Bostonian on April 22, 2007, 07:33:07 AM
Dominating...great to see Kiely back healthy again.

Tufts somehow managed to take the series from Trinity and pretty much ended their NESCAC playoff hopes. I thought Trinity was the most talented team in the league, so not making the playoffs must be killing them. John Casey should be the NESCAC coach of the year by a landslide. He loses his top starter, his top reliever, and his cleanup hitter to injuries. He loses his top recruit from last year who started the whole year and his top recruit from this year who was penciled in as the midweek starter, yet he somehow gets this team ready to play every day and they are on the verge of winning the NESCAC East.

Looks like it'll be Tufts and Bowdoin in the East and Amherst and Williams in the West. I wonder if Trinity will get an NCAA at large bid even if they miss the NESCAC playoffs.
Title: Re: NESCAC -- New England Region
Post by: Col. Partridge on April 22, 2007, 09:31:59 AM
Why are you penciling Bowdoin getting in the playoffs over Trinity?   I don't know the ins and outs of the NESCAC baseball playoffs, but there are two more weeks in the regular season and nescac.com shows Trinity in 2nd place in NESCAC East, and Bowdoin in 3rd place.:

http://www.nescac.com/2006-07/sports/baseball/standings.htm
Title: Re: NESCAC -- New England Region
Post by: Bostonian on April 22, 2007, 09:54:14 AM
Bowdoin has 4 games left...3 against Bates and 1 against Colby. They need to win 3 of these 4 in order to beat out Trinity for 2nd place. Now, I am not saying this is a sure thing, but I would be shocked if Bowdoin slips up even once against Bowdoin or Colby.
Title: Re: NESCAC -- New England Region
Post by: eclinchy on April 23, 2007, 01:14:23 AM
Barring a miracle, it looks like Tufts finishes 10-2, Bowdoin 9-3, and Trinity 8-4.  Those three teams have looked WAY better than Bates and Colby so far... I'd be shocked if Tufts or Bowdoin slipped up.  Good year for Trinity, but if you lose two out of three in both of the year's two biggest series, it's hard to recover from that.
Title: Re: NESCAC -- New England Region
Post by: ECSUalum on April 24, 2007, 06:56:45 PM
ECSU over Trinity 14-3 today
Title: Re: NESCAC -- New England Region
Post by: Bostonian on April 24, 2007, 07:16:20 PM
It is becoming apparent that this is a down year in the NESCAC. Amherst lost to Brandeis today. and Bowdoin got beat by St. Joe's yesterday. Trinity started off hot, but now that they are playing tougher teams, they don't look as strong....this is one of the problems that can arise when you play such a soft early schedule.


Title: Re: NESCAC -- New England Region
Post by: speedy on April 29, 2007, 05:41:21 PM
The NESCAC play-offs are basically set. It's Tufts and Bowdoin from the east (in that order) and Williams and Amherst from the west. The play-offs are scheduled to begin on May 11 at either Williams or Amherst.
Title: Re: NESCAC -- New England Region
Post by: Bostonian on April 29, 2007, 06:10:21 PM
Williams will host. They clinched first place today.
Williams-Bowdoin
Tufts-Amherst
Title: Re: NESCAC -- New England Region
Post by: JustAFan on April 29, 2007, 08:06:09 PM
Amherst (6-3NESCAC record) still has to play a 3 game series against Hamilton (2-7) next weekend. Even though it's a remote possibility, if Hamilton sweeps Amherst, Middlebury (7-5) would go into the playoffs from the West in place of the Lord Jeffs. Amherst won its series with Middlebury earlier this season, and consequently has to win one of the 3 games with Hamilton to qualify for the tournament.
Title: Re: NESCAC -- New England Region
Post by: Bostonian on April 29, 2007, 08:31:37 PM
If amherst gets swept by Hamilton, Thurston will probably have a stroke...
Title: Re: NESCAC -- New England Region
Post by: eclinchy on April 29, 2007, 11:16:25 PM
Wouldn't Amherst getting swept be the biggest choke in NESCAC sports history?  That just seems absolutely unthinkable to me.

NESCACs should be interesting this year... Tufts and Williams split their doubleheader earlier this year, and they look like the two favorites in the playoffs.  Should be some good games.
Title: Re: NESCAC -- New England Region
Post by: JustAFan on April 30, 2007, 09:57:47 PM
Eastern CT nipped Tufts this afternoon, 3-2, in a playoff caliber game.  With the game tied 2-2 with one out in the top of the ninth, ECSU's Trey Bongiovanni tripled and then, after one failed attempt went foul,  Eastern executed a suicide squeeze to score the game winning run. Tufts got its leadoff batter on in the bottom of the ninth and bunted him over to second but Eastern closer Jason LaVorgna struck out the next 2 Tufts batters for the save.  All in all a very good game between two of New England's best teams.
Title: Re: NESCAC -- New England Region
Post by: JustAFan on May 01, 2007, 10:36:17 PM
Williams showed up for today's game at Western New England with only 12 players.  A couple of other players joined the team mid-game. The short bench didn't matter as the Ephs pounded out 19 hits and en route to a 9-7 win over WNEC in 10 innings. Williams led 7-5 going into the ninth but WNEC rallied against Williams closer Sam Tuttle to tie the game.  Williams responded with 2 of their own in the top of 10th and Tuttle pitched a scoreless bottom of the inning to preserve the Ephs win.
Title: Re: NESCAC -- New England Region
Post by: Bostonian on May 02, 2007, 08:55:23 AM
If Tufts doesn't get McDavitt and/or Backstrom back for the playoffs, they'll have a very tough time scoring runs. They were already a so-so offensive team. Take out their top hitters, and they become alot weaker.
Title: Re: NESCAC -- New England Region
Post by: JustAFan on May 02, 2007, 11:41:01 AM
McDavitt's been out since the 23d. That'll give him almost 3 weeks to heal before the NESCAC playoffs begin. I don't know the nature of his injury but hopefully that'll be enough time for him to recover sufficiently to play. I didn't think Backstrom would be back at all this season--getting his bat back into the lineup would be a huge lift for Tufts. Casey's done an unbelievable job this year overcoming key player injuries and transfers, and several Tufts freshmen have made solid contributions both in the field and on the mound, but you're right, you can't count on that in the playoffs, and you need major contributions from your juniors and seniors to have success.
Title: Re: NESCAC -- New England Region
Post by: eclinchy on May 02, 2007, 03:23:37 PM
I would imagine that Tufts starts the playoffs with McDavitt back but not Backstrom.  I've been told that McDavitt's injury was just a feeling of tightness in his calf... I think they're just resting him now to avoid risking him for the playoffs.  I don't think his injury is serious.  Backstrom on the other hand... he broke his hand, right?  I don't see him coming back from that in a matter of weeks.
Title: Re: NESCAC -- New England Region
Post by: Old Spartan on May 04, 2007, 10:50:55 AM
Quote from: Bostonian on April 22, 2007, 07:33:07 AM
Dominating...great to see Kiely back healthy again.


Looks like it'll be Tufts and Bowdoin in the East and Amherst and Williams in the West. I wonder if Trinity will get an NCAA at large bid even if they miss the NESCAC playoffs.

Will it be May 13 at midnight when we learn what the NCAA picture is?  Is there a way to figure out what the bids might be from the current poll?

OS
Title: Re: NESCAC -- New England Region
Post by: Ralph Turner on May 04, 2007, 11:24:50 AM
Quote from: Old Spartan on May 04, 2007, 10:50:55 AM
Quote from: Bostonian on April 22, 2007, 07:33:07 AM
Dominating...great to see Kiely back healthy again.


Looks like it'll be Tufts and Bowdoin in the East and Amherst and Williams in the West. I wonder if Trinity will get an NCAA at large bid even if they miss the NESCAC playoffs.

Will it be May 13 at midnight when we learn what the NCAA picture is?  Is there a way to figure out what the bids might be from the current poll?

OS
OS, I took a look at the Pool B and C candidates on the "Pool C board, National Topics."
Title: Re: NESCAC -- New England Region
Post by: Pat Coleman on May 04, 2007, 09:22:39 PM
There will be one more poll before Selection Sunday.

The handbook says to expect bids more like 2 a.m.
Title: Re: NESCAC -- New England Region
Post by: grady on May 07, 2007, 10:45:10 AM
So who will win NESCAC's this weekend? It's being hosted by Williams and starts Friday.
Amherst v. Tufts
Williams v. Bowdoin
Title: Re: NESCAC -- New England Region
Post by: JOUL on May 07, 2007, 01:33:53 PM
I think Williams and Amherst win first round games, then Williams taking down Amherst.

In the Losers Bracket, Ill take Tufts running the table getting into a matchup with Williams in the championship, where Williams is left with more pitching and takes the title.
Title: Re: NESCAC -- New England Region
Post by: Bostonian on May 07, 2007, 02:00:09 PM
Some interesting matchups...
Bowdoin and Williams are probably the deepest offensive teams, but I give the edge to Williams because the Morgan-Kenny-Pinto middle is so scary and also because their pitching is a little stronger.
I'm not sure if Amherst will throw Edgar or Kehoe. Donahue is done for the year due to an injury. Telian will look to shake off a rusty start vs. Babson. Amherst likes to run, but running against Telian is next to impossible because of how good his pick off move. Tufts is definitely a team that has trouble against good pitching, so if Amherst is throwing strikes and playing mistake-free baseball, they could definitely get by Tufts.

Out of all the teams, Tufts has the most pitching depth. After Telian, Rice, and Protano, Lopez, Goldberg, Gibbs, and Casey have all thrown the ball well lately. The key to Tufts is offense. They will need to get some sort of production out of the bottom of the lineup. An interesting note is that Kyle Backstrom's hand has healed, but unbelieveably, he pulled a hammy during the alumni game on Saturday and could not play Sunday vs. Babson.

I think Williams has to be considered the favorite. None of their pitchers have A+ stuff, but they keep the ball down, they throw strikes, and they play fundamental defensive baseball. Offensively, they are very strong 1-9. If their bullpen and pitching depth holds up, I think they win it, but I definitely don't think there is a clear cut favorite for this tourney.
Title: Re: NESCAC -- New England Region
Post by: JustAFan on May 12, 2007, 06:42:02 PM
The top 2 seeds have advanced to the NESCAC finals. Williams remained unbeaten with a 6-3 win over Amherst this morning while Tufts eliminated Bowdoin 11-6  in the second morning game. Tufts then avenged Friday's 8-7 loss to Amherst with a 9-4 win over the Lord Jeffs this afternoon in an elimination game. Willams and Tufts play tomorrow at 10:00 am in Williamstown. Watch out for Bowdoin next year--they used 2 freshmen in their opening round game 1-0 loss to Williams and brought back one of them today. They're a young team on the rise. 
Title: Re: NESCAC -- New England Region
Post by: eclinchy on May 13, 2007, 05:37:40 PM
Williams rallies to beat Tufts 8-5, clinching the NESCAC championship.

So where does this leave Tufts and Trinity in terms of Pool C bids?  Both teams appear to be near the bubble...
Title: Re: NESCAC -- New England Region
Post by: Bostonian on May 13, 2007, 05:38:30 PM
Neither will get a bid.
Title: Re: NESCAC -- New England Region
Post by: Bostonian on May 14, 2007, 06:13:38 AM
Looks like I was dead wrong on Trinity...absolute joke. Worst screw job I could imagine. Decker must have pictures of someone...team does not deserve to be there one bit.
Title: Re: NESCAC -- New England Region
Post by: JustAFan on May 14, 2007, 07:22:14 PM
Couldn't agree with you more, Bostonian. Neither Tufts nor Trinity deserved to go, in my opinion, but as between the two Tufts was far more deserving than Trinity. Trinity played a very weak schedule, and didn't win the two series in its NESCAC division that mattered (Tufts and Bowdoin) and this is its reward for playing patsies and not getting the job done in the NESCAC? Doesn't make any sense, and it penalizes schools like Tufts that play the best New England teams they can find, not to mention a MUCH tougher spring break schedule. For some reason, the NCAA has much better luck selecting the right teams for the DIII basketball tournament, taking into account subjective criteria like strength of schedule both in and out of conference, not just numeric data, but when it comes to the baseball tournament it really makes some poor choices, this being Exhibit A.  Who you play should be as important as how many wins you have, but it's not under the current NCAA selection criteria.  If it was, then Trinity would/should be watching the tournament on DIIICast. 

I give Casey big props for not dumbing down his schedule like Trinity to play weak regional teams to boost his team's winning percentage. Casey likes to challenge his kids by playing the best as often as he can--maybe that's why he attracts the kids he does. And my sense of the guy is that he won't compromise that principle going forward to win points come tournament selection time notwithstanding this year's selection of Trinity. 

Even though his team didn't make the tournament, Casey deserves at least NESCAC coach of the year for overcoming all of the injuries and key transfers he suffered this year and still having the success he did with the kids available to him. Tufts is a fairly young team, and its future looks promising, like Bowdoin's, although I also think Trinity will be the team to beat next year given the talent it will bring back in its senior class, especially on the mound.



Title: Re: NESCAC -- New England Region
Post by: JustAFan on May 30, 2007, 06:21:14 PM
NESCAC baseball recruits for next year--anyone have any idea what high school seniors and transfers will be enrolling at NESCAC schools next fall? I heard Trinity has a very good catcher coming in and Tufts has a pitcher named Bernstein from Foxboro HS and possibly a kid from BB&N (Sam Bean) but I also heard that he may go to Dartmouth instead. Others?

Title: Re: NESCAC -- New England Region
Post by: Bostonian on May 31, 2007, 07:49:23 AM
Tufts' top recruits are a CF from Chicago, Bernstein, a pitcher from Worcester Academy, and an infiedler from Arizona.
Title: Re: NESCAC -- New England Region
Post by: Old Spartan on November 07, 2007, 04:48:02 PM
Since the NESCAC does not have Fall games it makes it difficult for us to have off season discussions.   That said, is anyone aware of something interesting to post?
Title: Re: NESCAC -- New England Region
Post by: BoomerIL on November 18, 2007, 09:23:05 PM
Bostonian......

Just curious, what is the name of the CF from Chicago that Tufts recruited?
Title: Re: NESCAC -- New England Region
Post by: Paul Heering on November 19, 2007, 10:35:38 PM
I had some time so I went through some stats I had lying around.

Here are some stats based on 2007 NESCAC baseball results

Here are the figures for the production that teams got out of their underclassman pitchers (I didn't go through and check to see who was back, this is just based on their 200 statistics and roster)

To explain further, if Starts = 63% that means that in 2007 63% of their games were started by underclassmen (this is just pitching stats)

Amherst (20-14, 9-3) Team ERA 4.86
Starts = 59%
Wins = 70%
Innings Pitched = 72%
Appearances = 82%
Average of these = 71%

Bates (7-22, 1-11) Team ERA 7.28
Starts = 72%
Wins = 43%
Innings Pitched = 67%
Appearances = 79%
Average of these = 65%

Bowdoin (18-16, 9-3) Team ERA 4.51
Starts = 65%
Wins = 89%
Innings Pitched = 66%
Appearances = 70%
Average of these = 72%

Colby (7-22, 2-10) Team ERA 8.23
Starts = 76%
Wins = 71%
Innings Pitched = 75%
Appearances = 81%
Average of these = 76%

Hamilton (8-16-1, 2-10) Team ERA 7.02
Starts = 76%
Wins = 88%
Innings Pitched = 79%
Appearances = 86%
Average of these = 82%

Middllebury (19-11, 7-5) Team ERA 4.79
Starts = 100%
Wins = 100%
Innings Pitched = 100%
Appearances = 99%
Average of these = 100%

Trinity (30-8, 8-4) Team ERA 3.52
Starts = 66%
Wins = 67%
Innings Pitched = 64%
Appearances = 60%
Average of these = 64%

Tufts (25-12, 10-2) Team ERA 3.68
Starts = 59%
Wins = 64%
Innings Pitched = 64%
Appearances = 67%
Average of these = 64%

Wesleyan (12-23, 3-9) Team ERA 6.56
Starts = 83%
Wins = 67%
Innings Pitched = 77%
Appearances = 69%
Average of these = 74%

Williams (27-10, 9-3) Team ERA 3.51
Starts = 97%
Wins = 93%
Innings Pitched = 91%
Appearances = 89%
Average of these = 92%

Williams led the conference in ERA last year with a lot of underclassmen.  Middlebury seems to be getting a lot back and Britton had an all star summer in the NECBL
Title: Re: NESCAC -- New England Region
Post by: Bostonian on November 27, 2007, 11:40:14 AM
Boomer,
I believe his last name is Goldberg.

Paul,
Middlebury and Trinity should be the class of the NESCAC. Williams definitely has the potential to be strong again, but they lost alot of offensive firepower. Look for Bowdoin to be solid, too...
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: Rick Vaughn on March 05, 2008, 11:40:58 AM
It's been too long.  Let's get some thoughts flowing about the '08 season.  Wes Tech is about to head to Cali to get NESCAC teams in action.  Trinity appears head and shoulders above the rest of the East.  The West is a little more wide open, but Williams and Midd should rise to the top.  A few questions out of the west:  Where did Andrew Thal go for Amherst?  He disappeared from the website after a promising rookie season.  Who is going to catch for Williams?  Kenney leaves a huge hole in the Eph lineup (literally).

All Conference Predictions:

C: Nick Lefeber - Midd
1B: Neil Allar - Amherst
2B: James DiCosmo - Williams
SS: Tom DiBenedetto -  Trinity
3B: John Lanahan - Midd
OF: Max Pinto - Williams
OF: Steve Ragonese - Tufts
OF: Jim Wood - Trinity
P: Tim Kiely - Trin
P: Jack Britton - Midd
P: Dan Benz - Williams

PlayerOY: Pinto - Williams (biggest upside of any player in the league)
PitcherOY: Kiely - Trin (healthy and ready to repeat)

Predicted finish:

East:  Trinity, Bowdoin, Tufts, Colby, Bates

West:  Midd, Williams, Wes Tech, Amherst, Hamilton

I see a down year for the Lord Jeffs.  They lost a lot and will rely on a large amount of freshman.  Let the games begin.
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: darkhorse on March 05, 2008, 11:54:12 AM
Whats your reasoning for Wesleyan finishing in the 3 spot?  They lost their entire middle of their line up and have marginal pitching at best, what puts them ahead of both Amhers and Hamilton?
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: DougiesGoinDeep on March 05, 2008, 01:40:02 PM
Disagree with some of your All-Conference predictions....

Sean Killeen of Trinity is hands down better that Nick Lefeber, not even comparable.
Robin Allemand of Williams should be at 3rd instead of Lanahan.
Kent Graham of Trinity should have a big season at 1B in a potent Trinity line-up. Not saying he should be there instead of Allar, but both are very good hitters.

As far as pitchers, hard to believe you could leave off Chandler Barnard of Trinity, who went 9-1 with 66 K's in 68 innings.

I agree I think Pinto will have a big year, lot of good hitters this year in the NESCAC, but as always, the team with the best pitching at the end will be NESCAC champs.

Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: Rick Vaughn on March 05, 2008, 02:44:06 PM
No real reason for putting Wesleyan 3.  I just was trying to display that I believe that Amherst will be down this year. 

I have never seen Kileen, Graham, or Barnard play and I didn't want to simply list the Trinity starting nine which is why I left them off.  The dominance that Trinity should have this year can be seen by looking at the All-NESCAC teams from last year.  Trin had 7 all-conference players and ALL of the them return, including 2 frosh and 2 sophs. 

Kiely and Britton are going to the be the two best pitchers going in this year.  Telian lost some steam after getting lit by Amherst in the tourney last year.  Barnard was OK in regionals.  Benz on the other hand, threw a one-hitter vs Bowdoin in NESCAC's.  If all holds to form it will be those three battling for the thirds pitchers slot.

Forgot to add a utility guy to the list:  Joe Pace - Bowdoin or Barnard.   
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Post by: Bostonian on March 07, 2008, 06:58:49 AM
Some things to consider...
1. Trinity is actually playing baseball teams on their Florida trip rather than their usual lineup of cupcakes. I don't expect to see the same gaudy offensive numbers that alot of their hitters had last year. I noticed that anytime they faced a semi decent pitcher, (which was extremely rare because of their not so ambitious schedule) they really didn't hit too much.

2. With that said, Trinity should be the class of the NESCAC and maybe the NE region. Their pitching is deeper than any NESCAC team I've ever seen. With Barnard, Kiely, Bayer, Rapp, and Regan, Decker has amazing options to work with. The lefties can sling it, too. Plus, they get the Bourdon kid back who is an on base machine.

3. Mid should win the west. While Britton is a stud, the lefty Wright finished veyr strong last year. That's a solid 1-2. There's amost nothing after that, but Mid crushes bad pitching like it's nobody's business, so the 3rd game is always winnable.

4. Tufts has some very good freshmen, but Protano and Telian will need to be on every time they pitch. They have to go to Bowdoin this year and that's a huge weekend. There's very little pitching depth.

5. I like some of the Bowdoin young players, but their pitching was unimpressive last year. They get the Driscoll kid back, so they now have a bonafide ace. they could surprise this year, because they always seem to play Trinity tough.

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Post by: Rick Vaughn on March 08, 2008, 12:23:23 AM
Allemand will be playing short this year, providing more competition to DiBenedetto in All-NESCAC honors.

Any predictions for Rookie of the Year?  Thurston loves to bring in 6'4 right handers that throw in the upper 80's.  I could see one of them winning.  Just not sure who.  Trinity is too deep to have a frosh win the honors this year.  McKillops, the football ROY, is on the Midd roster.  Could he make it a double? It could likely be a player from one of the weak teams getting a lot of time and putting up good numbers.

A few breakout players to look for:  Chad Brown and Ben Horwitz from Williams, Errich Enns from Midd, Alex Perry and Caleb Simms from Tufts, and Ryan Platzberger from Amherst. 
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Post by: Bostonian on March 08, 2008, 05:16:16 PM
Ian Goldberg could be starting in CF for Tufts on Day 1. He has a tremendous pedigree coming from a top Connie Mack program in Illinois. He could end up the ROY.

If Kevin Collins gets a chance to show hmself at Trinity, he could have a very good shot, too.
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Post by: Nuke LaLoosh on March 09, 2008, 12:37:43 PM
From what I've heard, Tufts will be using Goldberg out of left field this year. Katzman will be in center and Catalanotti will be in right.

Tufts line-up will be interesting this year. They lost a lot with McDavitt, Backstrom, Casey, and Decembrele all graduating. Kevin Casey is a tough out and a tough kid. It's his team for two years.

I think Tufts will be fine with pitching, only because Casey manages his pitchers so well. No one in Medford expected Jordan Goldberg and Tommy Hill to do what they did last year, and David Gibbs is the most talented out of all three. They have enough arms to compete.
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Post by: espinoza on March 09, 2008, 03:12:58 PM
Telian really struggled at the end of last year, especially against Amherst. It will be interesting how he starts this year. They lost a lot, however, and McDavitt will be very difficult to replace.

I could see Williams struggling after having lost so much from last year, especially top-end performers like Fote and Kenney.
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Post by: Rick Vaughn on March 09, 2008, 08:16:31 PM
Williams is certainly a good candidate to struggle this year.  But who in the West will beat them.  Amherst lost Kehoe and Donahue, and Wes and Hamilton do not have the pieces coming back to knock off the Ephs.  Assuming Midd wins the West, the second team in (Amherst or Williams) would likely be the fourth best team in the East. 

It seems this year more than most that a lot of teams, outside of Trinity and Midd, have a lot of holes to fill and the clubs whose underclassmen fill those roles the best will rise to the top.
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Post by: espinoza on March 09, 2008, 09:52:52 PM
Amherst will be very unpredictable, but full of potential. In addtion to Donahue and Kehoe, they also don't have their closer from last year who is out for the season after shoulder surgery. But they have a strong group of freshmen pitchers and a solid offensive core.
I just think Williams will have trouble in the infield, and behind Benz they are pretty inexperienced on the mound. I would think Amherst and Williams would battle for second place, with Wesleyan fourth.
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Post by: Rick Vaughn on March 10, 2008, 10:21:17 AM
Amherst returns Powers and Allar.  A solid middle of the lineup, but everything else is either unimpressive (Card and Schaller) or inexperienced.  Williams brings back DiCosmo, Allemand, and Pinto.  The rest of the group is, like Amherst, inexperienced.  But not as inexperienced as you think.  Chad Brown started for Williams in the NESCAC and NCAA tournaments and hit well, and Taylor Mikell took Kehoe deep last year. 

Behind Benz on the mound they return Horwitz, who beat WNEC, RPI, and WNEC (in NCAA's), in his last three starts of the season.  They also bring back Gustafson, who won the NESCAC championship game.  After that they are thin and will need underclassmen to step in.
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Post by: Nuke LaLoosh on March 10, 2008, 10:40:02 AM
Gustafson got a ND in the NESCAC championship game pitching against a tired Tufts team. He did look solid though in the outing and should help them.

I'd say the west is wide open, I don't see how Middlebury is automatically the 1. Britton has the goods but I'm not sold on Wright. When they won it back in 06 it was because nobody could get them out. I think people need to take into account that they lost Noah Walker, a very good shortstop and even better hitter. He was just as valuable to Midd as McDavitt was to Tufts and Kenney to Williams.

The fact is with NESCAC baseball one really good or really bad weekend can change the fate of a season. I say Trinity easily looks the strongest, but looking the strongest and playing that way are two different things. Bowdoin and Tufts showed them that last year.
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Post by: cawcdad on March 10, 2008, 02:39:20 PM
Pictures of yesterday's Wesleyan at Menlo game have been posted, click here (http://www.pictureprints.net/albums.php?gallery=2134)
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Post by: Rick Vaughn on March 10, 2008, 11:24:52 PM
The assumption that Midd is the top team in the West is just a preseason prediction and obviously not set in stone.  Midd is favored because of the returning players are more established than those from Williams or Amherst.  Lefeber, Broughton, Lanahan, Shimrock, and Enns were all important contributors to the club. They need this years SS to be able to catch and throw the ball and provide a little bit of offense.  Nobody expects him to be Walker, but the loss of last seasons NESCAC POY will be felt less than the loss of Kenney or McDavitt because a) Midd returns more and b) Williams and Tufts lost other big pieces besides those two.

It took three tries, but the NESCAC is in the win column for the first time this year.  Wes over Menlo College.


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Post by: Nuke LaLoosh on March 11, 2008, 05:18:30 PM
Wild Thing,

Good points all around.

I'd say the two hardest positions to replace are catcher and short, and both Williams and Tufts will have to do so. Lefeber being back is big for Midd. I have no idea what he's like as a kid but I'm sure being the Senior leader he'll know how to handle a staff.

Replacing a catcher, especially ones like Decembrele and Kenny that caught the majority of Tufts and Williams' games, will be tough at first. I know Alex Perry will see the majority of time behind the dish for the Jumbos, but don't know what Williams has.

Brian Casey was also very valuable last year for Tufts, being able to come in to close games on the mound. I'm curious to see how TU fares offensively. They lost some boppers, but they also shed a crazy amount of K's. Having guys in the lineup that make more contact should help them score runs in different ways than years past.

Congrats to Port Chester U on their first win, I've noticed some of their west coast trips in the past they've come up empty.
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Post by: Rick Vaughn on March 11, 2008, 09:41:07 PM
Ebby Calvin,

Agreed on replacing catching and SS for position players.  But, returning pitching reigns over all.

Williams problem is that they do not have anyone who can even replace Kenney defensively.  Obviously nobody expects anyone to replace Kenney's offense, but they are reportedly looking at moving good athletes from other positions behind the plate.  Not a good idea. 

That's the biggest piece to replace in the conference (I know recycled line), both literally and figuratively. 

Despite that loss, I still like Williams over Amherst because they return more quality pitching.
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Post by: BoSoxDemocrat on March 13, 2008, 02:40:49 AM
Over in the East, Bowdoin preemptively solved their shortstop problem a year early by moving their existing shortstop, a senior, to 2nd to make way for freshman Adam Marquit, who is a stud in the field and will be batting ninth to start off the season. He certainly made his mark today picking up 2 hits and 4 RBIs in their second game against Pitt-Bradford.
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Post by: Rick Vaughn on March 13, 2008, 10:50:04 AM
I really like the talented young players Bowdoin has, but they are likely a little too young to make and true noise this year.  Marquit sounds like a player.  We will find out today as the NESCAC faces it's first test of the year when Bowdoin takes on #3 Cortland St. 

One other note: Bowdoin has a really weird spring break schedule.  Who travels from Wednesday to Wednesday?   
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Post by: Nuke LaLoosh on March 13, 2008, 12:36:37 PM
Tufts' spring trip begins tomorrow. Their southern trip is extremely unforgiving, with the Jumbos only playing one other northern school (SUNY-Purchase) and playing some extremely tough programs from VA and NC. Casey likes facing teams more towards the middle of their schedule that will make fewer mistakes than a team just starting out. Every year the Jumbos are very battle-tested when they return north.

Lynchburg, Averett, Methodist, Greensboro, NC Wesleyan, and Virginia Wesleyan are all NCAA-caliber teams year in year out, and even teams like Randolph-Macon and Guilford would do well in the NESCAC.

Bowdoin getting Driscoll back is huge for them, if he can stay healthy. He could be the true ace that their staff needs and missed last year. With him, Pace, and Turgeon they have a solid weekend rotation.
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Post by: Old Spartan on March 14, 2008, 10:02:23 AM
Lots of NESCAC action starting soon, Trinity opens in Florida tomorrow.  Now the discussions can relate to actual games rather than predictions, always more interesting.
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Post by: Nuke LaLoosh on March 14, 2008, 07:16:37 PM
Tufts lost 13-9 to Lynchburg in season opener in VA.

Steve Ragonese, who hit 9 home runs last year, went deep in his first at bat for Tufts.


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Post by: JustAFan on March 15, 2008, 07:00:48 PM
Trinity sweeps its opener against Denison today, winning the first game 5-0 and the second game 3-2.  No box scores have been posted yet on the Trinity website.

Tufts freshman outfielder Ian Goldberg went 3-5 with 3 RBI's in his debut for the Jumbos and he also pitched an inning of relief.  Tufts non-pitching starters included only one senior (Ragonese) along with 3 juniors, 4 sophs and a freshman.
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Post by: Nuke LaLoosh on March 15, 2008, 08:30:34 PM
JustAFan,

Tufts has two Goldbergs: Ian and Jordan (not related I don't think)

Ian plays LF and Jordan is a pitcher. I'm not sure if Ian pitches, but I would guess it was Jordan who threw an inning in relief. Correct me if I'm wrong, I only checked the box score.

Tufts only has 3 seniors on its roster, with Ragonese and the two pitchers Telian and Protano. Their sophs and freshmen are their best classes.
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Post by: JustAFan on March 16, 2008, 02:59:55 PM
The box score listed Ian Goldberg as the pitcher but I think you're right that it was Jordan Goldberg since no one subbed for Ian in the outfield. This won't be the last time this mixup occurs this season.

Other NESCAC scores from Saturday:

Amherst dropped its opener to Babson, 11-4.  Amherst was down 1-0 after 5 innings on the strength of some strong pitching by senior Chris Edgar (5 IP, 0 earned runs, 4 hits, 4 K's) but Amherst didn't give junior Ryan Platzbecker any support when he came on in the sixth, surrendering 5 more unearned runs.  Babson posted 5 more runs in the next 2 innings to take an 11-0 lead heading into the ninth before Amherst got on the board.  Amherst only had 6 hits for the day.

Bowdoin ran its Arizona trip record to 4-2 with a 15-6 win over Dickinson to go along with 2 wins over Pitt-Bradford, a split with Central and a loss to Cortland State. After its opening 8-0 shutout of Pitt-Bradford the Polar Bears' pitching staff has given up 10, 8, 9, 13 and 6 runs but its potent offense has scored 17, 11, 10, 18 and 15 runs.  No box scores have been posted giving details on individual performances.

Wesleyan is having its best spring break trip in several years, posting a 5-3 record so far. After going 1-4 in its opening set of games against Menlo College and Westmont College, Wesleyan beat La Sierra College, swept Occidental on Friday (12-4 and 12-11) and yesterday beat Rutgers-Camden 9-7 in 10 innings.  Like Bowdoin, the Cardinals are flexing their offensive muscles down south, averaging 10.5 runs a game so far and batting .365. They already have hit 8 home runs, which surpasses their season total for 2007.  Senior Graham Douds is batting .520 with 2 home runs while 3 other Cardinals are hitting over .400 (senior Louis Gabel (5 doubles, 1 triple and 1 HR, 3-4 on stolen bases), junior Drew Dominguez (5 doubles) and soph Brice Kelly).   Junior Jonathan Sargent is 2-0 with a 0.00 ERA in 9 innings of work, while senior Kit Tholen is 1-1 in 2 starts and junior Dusty Mones 1-0 in 2 starts.

Bates opened its season yesterday with a split against the Elms, winning the first game 11-7 and losing the second game 7-5.






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Post by: JustAFan on March 16, 2008, 05:38:05 PM
Tufts continues to get tested early by southern teams that are in mid-season form.  Friday the Jumbos lost to a 13-6 Lynchburg College team that had won 8 of its last 9 outings. This afternoon Tufts dropped a 5-3 decision to Averett College (10-14)  in a game the Jumbos probably should have won.  Tufts outhit Averett 10-8 but left 12 men on base, hit into 2 rally-ending double plays and committed 4 errors. Tufts senior Jason Protano pitched well, strking out 9 thru 5 innings, including 6 of the first 7 hitters, and only gave up 2 hits and one unearned run thru 5, but he ran out of gas in the sixth and was touched up for 3 runs on 4 hits. Freshman pitcher Ed Bernstein pitched a scoreless seventh for the Jumbos and freshman pitcher Jack Dilday also had a scoreless inning of relief for the second game in a row.  Sophomore Alex Gryzmala led Tufts with 3 hits while senior Steve Ragonese went 2-5 and freshman Ian Goldberg had 2 RBI's.
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Post by: JustAFan on March 17, 2008, 10:32:04 PM
Scores from Sunday and today:

Williams opened its season with a sweep of Albertus Magnus, 11-2 and 5-4 (8 inn.) Three freshmen had key hits in the Ephs come from behind win in the second game, led by first year Pat Barren, who went 3-4. First year Dan Marcet got the start for Williams and threw 3 scoreless innings.  In the opening game, junior Dan Benz picked up where he left off last year, pitching a complete game 3 hitter and carrying a no hitter into the 5th. 

More impressive showings by first years:  Amherst upped its record to 3-1 with a sweep of Plymouth State today, 17-3 and 8-3, behind starting efforts by freshmen pitchers Mike Sutton and Jeff Keenan.  And yesterday first year pitcher James Cetkovski led the Jeffs to a 23-4 win over Nichols College.

Tufts got its first win this morning, beating SUNY-Purchase 15-10.  The Jumbos then lost a heartbreaker to a good (12-11) Guilford College team in the afternoon by a 14-13 score in 13 innings in a game that saw 3 Tufts freshmen pitchers see significant action.  After spotting Guilford an 8-1 lead on 5 unearned runs after 3 innings, the Jumbos fought back and ultimately tied the score at 11-11 with 3 runs in the top of the ninth.  Tufts then scored 2 more in the tenth to take a 13-11 lead.  After getting the first two batters in the bottom of the tenth, Tufts let up 2 runs that tied the score, and Guilford quickly scored the winning run in the bottom of the eleventh. The Jumbos defense continues to be surprisingly porous, as they committed 5 errors against Guilford and several more against Purchase.  With better defense Tufts might be 3-1 right now rather than 1-3.

Bates finished up its brief Florida trip at 1-4 with losses to Clarkson (3-10) and Grove City College (2-8 and 4-5).   

Bowdoin kept up its hammering ways with a 15-6 win over Dickinson yesterday that upped the Polar Bears record to 4-2.

Not to be outdone by Bowdoin on the offensive front, Wesleyan spotted Franklin & Marshall a 10-4 lead yesterday after 5 innings and saw a 6 run rally in the bottom of the ninth just fall short on a deep fly to center as the Cardinals dropped a 16-15 decision to drop to 5-4 on the season. Wesleyan pounded out 17 hits but 5 errors proved costly.  Is it time to return to wood bats in DIII? The two teams play a rematch tomorrow.

In contrast to all of these early season slugfests, Trinity showed off the incredible strength of its pitching staff with season opening wins over a good (7-2) Denison team, 5-0 and 3-2 (Tim Kiely and Chandler Barnard combined for 15 K's in 14 innings), and Scranton, 14-3 (Michael Regan 2 hits, 6 K's in 6 innings).  Today the Bantams swept 1-2 Carroll College of Wisconsin, 8-3 amd 10-0. 





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Post by: Nuke LaLoosh on March 18, 2008, 10:48:30 AM
I think with this particular young and inexperienced Tufts team Casey might try to use his Southern trip more to figure out what 9 guys are going to be the everyday players when the team returns North. He's already shown he's not afraid to shuffle a variety of different players into his line-up.

It seems freshmen outfielder Ian Goldberg is the real deal. He went yard in his first AB at Guilford, and has multiple multi-hit games thus far.
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Post by: Rick Vaughn on March 24, 2008, 06:50:42 PM
Nice start across the board by the NESCAC. 

The league can really hit it:

Allemand and Pinto have combined for 8 triples in 10 games following a split with Gustavus Adolphus

Ragonese, Berte (Bowdoin), Simpson (Wes Tech) and Augustyn (Hamilton) all already have three bombs.

And Wes Tech with 12 bombs in 14 games.  They must put something in the pot in Middletown.

Best early win: Williams over Keene St.
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: Bostonian on March 24, 2008, 07:52:37 PM
Tufts' win against NC Wesleyan and Trinity's win over St. Thomas are also extremely impressive wins...
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Post by: Old Spartan on March 25, 2008, 09:20:05 AM
I have to second Bostonian:

In the NCBWA Top 25 on this very website, St Thomas is ranked 16th (defeated by Trinity), NC Wes is ranked 24th (defeated by Tufts) and Keene ST is ranked 25th (defeated by Williams).  Polls aren't everything but we should report the whole picture.

Also left out of the post on hitting was kent Graham of Trinity (who was named NESCAC player of the week see http://www.nescac.com/sports/bsb/2007-08/reports/NESCAC_BASE_032408.pdf?dec=) with 4 doubles, 3 triples and a home run notching 13 runs scored and 19 RBIs.

Don't mean to be partisan, but all of the facts should be presented.

Now that the NESCAC season is about to start we will see the true test of head on competition.
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Post by: Rick Vaughn on March 25, 2008, 11:23:44 AM
St. Thomas and NC Wes maybe ranked higher, but the Keene St. win is an in-region win and holds more water for a possible at large. 

It will be interesting to see how much of a dip in production there is across the league once teams return to 35 degree temperatures and slower infields.
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Post by: Old Spartan on March 25, 2008, 12:03:57 PM
I see what you mean about the "in region" game and agree that the hitting production is likely to decline.  It is also true that more pitchers get a chance to see action on the Spring Break trips than during the regular conference games which will also likely contibute to lower scoring contests.  Some teams are in action today and we should know for sure over the weekend.
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Post by: Rick Vaughn on March 25, 2008, 10:12:01 PM
Williams taking advantage of their two week spring break and playing some good ball.  A tough four game in two days stretch against two good teams (Gustavus Adolphus and So Maine) ended in a 2-2 split.  One more game before a huge weekend vs Midd in Arizona. 

Any picks this weekend in league and possible pitching matchups?  I will go with what I know best.

Williams over Midd: 2 out of 3

Game 1: Benz (W) vs Wright (M)
Game 2 (7 innings): Horwitz (W) vs Britton (M)
Game 3: Gustafson (W) vs Palladino (M)

Midd has really been struggling and is 1-4 on their spring trip so far.  This series could be a bit of a chess match.  Since Britton will always start the 7, should Williams throw Gustafson and essential concede a game or really go after that game with Horwitz.  For me it would depend on if Benz can beat Wright in the first game.

To start the convo for other league series:  Trin sweeps Bowdoin, Wes 2 of 3 from Amherst (going out on a limb), and Tufts sweeps Bates (and they have to in order to stay in the playoff hunt).
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Post by: Bostonian on March 26, 2008, 07:40:16 PM
Trin sweeps Bowdoin.
Tufts sweeps Bates.
Amherst wins 2 and ties once vs. Wesleyan (because it's Wesleyan)
Mid takes 2 of 3 from Williams.
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: Old Spartan on March 28, 2008, 08:30:57 AM
What are the field conditions in Maine, Vermont and Northern Mass at this point?
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Post by: frank uible on March 28, 2008, 10:11:20 AM
Williamstown is currently having a snow (very wet) storm.
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Post by: Nuke LaLoosh on March 28, 2008, 11:03:24 AM
Tufts field I know has a tarp, I'd guess there will be baseball in Medford this weekend.

No idea how Trinity's field looks, must be hard keeping a field that has a right field ten feet higher than it's infield.

On a baseball note, has anyone else taken notice that Colby, yes Colby, is 6-1...New coach up in Waterville may mean new times for the Mules.
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Post by: Rick Vaughn on March 28, 2008, 11:15:48 AM
The weather in Williamstown does not matter for another few days.  Williams is playing Midd in Arizona.
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Post by: speedy on March 28, 2008, 02:51:18 PM
Trinity-Bowdoin  series has been delayed by a day due to poor weather conditions in Hartford (moved from Friday-Saturday to Saturday-Sunday).
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Post by: frank uible on March 28, 2008, 02:56:07 PM
Today's weather in Williamstown may matter if it contributes to, or causes, unplayable wet grounds next week.
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Post by: Bostonian on March 28, 2008, 08:45:45 PM
Looks like Williams isn't missing the offense they lost to graduation...10-4 over the Mid in game 1. Would love to know if Britton pitched...
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Post by: frank uible on March 28, 2008, 10:05:21 PM
Britton started - no box score yet.
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Post by: Rick Vaughn on March 28, 2008, 11:08:23 PM
Benz threw 7 allowing one earned run for Williams and really outpitched Britton.  This is big for Williams b/c after such a great freshman year, Benz was pretty inconsistent early last year.  Surprising to see Britton start the first game.  He started the seven inning game in every series last year.
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Post by: Rick Vaughn on March 29, 2008, 08:27:40 PM
Scores up on the NESCAC site.  Trinity 1-0 over Bowdoin.  Kiely with a four-hit shutout with 12 K's.  Wood with a solo shot.  Bates HUGE upset over Tufts 8-6.  No box score, but very unexpected win for Bates because it is likely either Protano or Telian started that game.  Wes and Amherst split.  The Herst frosh Keegan continues to impress.  All for now. 
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Post by: Rick Vaughn on March 29, 2008, 09:02:37 PM
Williams sweep: 8-3 and 11-10.  Horwitz K'd 11 in six innings in the first game.  Williams wins a slugfest in the 2nd game.  Huge for playoff positioning.  Williams still needs more pitching depth, but they can hit their way to victory against lesser pitching and battles good pitching.
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Post by: espinoza on March 31, 2008, 10:47:06 AM
What happened to Midd? It seems like williams dominated offensively as well as defensively. Midd now has some serious work to do to get into the tournament.
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Post by: Rick Vaughn on March 31, 2008, 02:49:31 PM
After losing the first game to Bates, Tufts got mad.  26 runs in one game and a DH sweep to come back.  The Jumbos have some serious work to do against Bowdoin and Trinity. 

Midd really misses Noah Walker at shortstop.  He was such a strong defender and provided a lot of pop in the middle of that line-up. 

Wes will not lay down for anyone.  They have gotten a lot better this year, at least with the bats.
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Post by: espinoza on March 31, 2008, 10:23:42 PM
you're right, walker is a huge hole in their team. I did not think that he would be missed that much, but I was wrong. Wesleyan is a better hitting team, but they are still very susceptible to good pitching. Dominguez is a good hitter though.  Woodworth left his starters in too long, and let a 2-0 game slip to 4-0 even when it was obvious the starter was losing steam. Wes came back in the game, but his handling of the pitching staff throughout the series put them in bad situations. They should use Gabel more. He shut down Amherst in the first game and then did not pitch again until the end of game 3, when Wes had little hope of coming back.
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Post by: Rick Vaughn on April 04, 2008, 09:03:18 AM
The winner this weekend appears to be the weather.  Colby vs. Bowdoin is the big series of the weekend, but the Friday game has already been pushed back as well as Saturday's DH.  They are scheduled to play Sunday in Medford.  The fact that they didn't schedule on Saturday makes me think that the Tufts-Williams DH on Saturday maybe be moving to Tufts.  This weather is brutal.
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Post by: JustAFan on April 04, 2008, 10:58:21 AM
The Williams/Tufts DH has been pushed to Sunday but it's still in Williamstown, while Colby/Bowdoin will be playing their DH Sunday at Tufts. Tomorrow is forecast to be a washout everywhere.
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Post by: Bostonian on April 06, 2008, 07:25:05 PM

great pitching by the Jumbos today as they sweep Williams...2-1 and 2-1.

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Post by: frank uible on April 06, 2008, 10:04:46 PM
Or possibly bad hitting by Williams - a superficial examination of Tufts scores this season before the Williams games, by itself, does not reasonably lead to the conclusion that Tufts pitching has been good.
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Post by: JustAFan on April 06, 2008, 11:20:02 PM
Pretty grouchy reply, Frank. No one suggested Tufts pitching has been great this season. But it was very good today, as Bostonian noted, and I wouldn't denigrate the Jumbo's performance on the mound this afternoon by attributing today's results to poor Williams batting. Let's give the Tufts pitchers some credit for some gutsy efforts in two tight games both of which could have gone the other way.  And let's not forget that Williams got some great pitching efforts today as well from Benz and Horwitz. Benz in particular looked very good, and Gustafson did a very job in relief in the second game as well. Two tight, well played and well pitched games by both teams today in breezy 42 degree, and falling, weather.
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: frank uible on April 06, 2008, 11:49:56 PM
Williams 2 games today vs. Tufts plus its game last Wednesday against Springfield underscore 3 possibilities, among others - namely 1) Williams as a team generally will hit poorly against pitching at or above a certain level which can be readily found in Williams' NESCAC and NESCAC-type opposition; 2) Williams hitting is in a slump against such pitching; and 3) a little bit of both (1) and (2).
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: Rick Vaughn on April 07, 2008, 09:21:00 AM
Williams has already displayed that they can hit good pitching this year, hitting Britton (top 3 in the NESCAC) and Maybe, a weekend guy from Keene, around this year.  It is more a mix of a slump and cold weather.  Tufts did throw well, but Williams squandered some golden opportunities in Game 1 of the DH.  Should have been a split, taking nothing away from Tufts.
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: Bostonian on April 07, 2008, 10:30:48 AM
Tufts' pitching has been weak this year, but Protano and O'Donnell have both looked good. If they can get Telian back to his old self, they could be alright. You can't discount what O'Donnell did yesterday. 2 hits with 7 k's against that lineup is a very impressive outing. The 40 degree weather makes it tough to hit, but it sure as heck doesn't make it all that easy to pitch either.

Regardless, it's Trinity and everybody else this year in the NESCAC. Tufts could take 1 of the 3 in that series, but they are going to be almost impossible to beat come tourney time. Their staff is right up there with most Ivy League staffs...

Bowdoin-Tufts this weekend will probably decide 2nd place in the East.
If Williams takes 2 of 3 from Amherst this weekend, they'll have pretty much locked up the West.

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Post by: Rick Vaughn on April 10, 2008, 10:02:09 AM
Williams-Amherst and Tufts-Bowdoin are obviously the big series this weekend, but Wes-Hamilton could have some playoff implications if Wes sweeps. 

Predictions:

Williams 2 of 3 from Amherst
Tufts 2 of 3 from Bowdoin
Wes Tech 2 of 3 from Hamilton
Trinity sweeps Colby
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Post by: frank uible on April 10, 2008, 10:26:32 AM
Those banjo hitters from Williams will need to wake up. With respect to Trinity bring back Moe Drabowsky!
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Post by: Rick Vaughn on April 10, 2008, 02:20:55 PM
That entire post was over my head...Never heard the term banjo hitters and have no idea who Moe Drabowsky is. 

The biggest problem for the Williams bats was an inability to hit in big situations.  Allemand had the lone two out RBI for the Ephs in 14 innings.  As is true in all baseball games, which ever team hits better with runners in scoring position will win the series.  The Ephs lineup will have more chances to hit in those situations. 

Another side story from the Tufts-Williams DH last weekend.  Ragonese had a great week and has, in my opinion, moved ahead of Pinto in the NESCAC Player of the Year talks. NESCAC coaches would never do it, but Kiely should win both Pitcher and Player of the year.  ZERO walks in 34.2 innings.  Wow.
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Post by: formerbant10 on April 10, 2008, 02:25:47 PM
Quote from: Rick Vaughn on April 10, 2008, 02:20:55 PM
That entire post was over my head...Never heard the term banjo hitters and have no idea who Moe Drabowsky is.   

Another side story from the Tufts-Williams DH last weekend.  Ragonese had a great week and has, in my opinion, moved ahead of Pinto in the NESCAC Player of the Year talks. NESCAC coaches would never do it, but Kiely should win both Pitcher and Player of the year.  ZERO walks in 34.2 innings.  Wow.

Drabowsky was a Bantam pitcher who threw for 17 seasons in the majors!  I've also heard that he was quite the practical jokester in the locker room.

Kiely is having another very good season....glad to see the Bants doing well.
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: Old Spartan on April 10, 2008, 05:29:27 PM
Yes, but what is a banjo hitter?
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Post by: Pat Coleman on April 10, 2008, 09:06:12 PM
Picture the power generated by someone hitting with a banjo. :)
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Post by: Old Spartan on April 11, 2008, 01:28:09 PM
Gotcha thanks, they may not hit it far but perhaps they could string together a few infiedl singles.   ;D
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Post by: Rick Vaughn on April 12, 2008, 11:11:58 AM
Any analysis on the Tufts-Bowdoin game from yesterday?  Most impressive line:  Pat Driscoll 2 innings and 6 K's for the save.  He struck out 1, 2, 3 of the Tufts lineup in the 9th to seal it. 
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: Bostonian on April 13, 2008, 09:15:55 PM
Looks like it'll be Trintiy and Tufts in the East and Amherst and Williams in the West..
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Post by: Rick Vaughn on April 14, 2008, 08:47:34 AM
The banjo hitting continues for Williams.  Nobody hit in the clutch for the second weekend in a row, and they get swept for the second weekend in a row.  Benz and Horwitz must be getting frustrated.  The one seed in the west this year is so important this year because that means you get to avoid Kiely in game one of the playoffs.  The Ephs need to sweep WesTech and Hamilton, and win the third game of the Herst series in order to do so.
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Post by: frank uible on April 14, 2008, 10:05:43 AM
An Amherst loss to Midd would take a little pressure off Williams - but Williams would still need to take game 3 vs. Amherst unless, of course, Amherst should lose a second game to Midd.
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: Rick Vaughn on April 20, 2008, 10:23:40 AM
Trinity displayed it's dominance in a big way this weekend.  Kiely was dominate on Friday and the offense took off and crushed on Saturday.  They did show a chink in their armor as Kiely walked his first batter of the year.

Big sweep by Williams over an improving Hamilton program.  Because AmHerst was unable to sweep Hamilton, the Ephs still have a shot to earn the one seed in the west.  Midd taking a game from Amherst also gives back a game to Williams. 

What happened to Midd this year?  They returned a lot of talent, but they miss Noah Walker a lot more than expected.  They played some ugly baseball this weekend against Amherst.  Bad pitching and worse defense.
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: Bostonian on April 20, 2008, 04:30:22 PM
Britton has been weak this year, too. I thought he was absolutely fantastic 2 years ago.

Kiely was not dominant on Friday. He definitely did not have his A stuff. His breaking ball was not consistently sharp. But his C stuff is better than anyone in the NESCAC and he made big pitches when he needed to. I wonder if he'll get drafted. He doesn't throw that hard, he's not that big, and he has had arm troubles, which will all work against him. Still, I'm assuming at least the Red Sox will draft him and maybe even the Dibenedetto kid, as they are usually very accomodating to management children.

Trinity is the best NESCAC team I've ever seen. Killen, Graham, Wood is a deadly 3-4-5. They don't strikeout. They play solid defense. And they aren't even starting their 2nd best pitcher yet. I would guess that Decker will use Bayer before Barnard in the regionals. He will definitely dominate the NESCAC in the next 2 years.

I won't be surprised if Williams loses 2 of 3 to Wesleyan...but only because nothing surprises me in the West....and if Williams finishes 2nd to Amherst, the Benz-Kiely matchup will be a fantastic one.
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: ECSUalum on April 21, 2008, 06:34:54 PM
Quote from: Old Spartan on April 10, 2008, 05:29:27 PM
Yes, but what is a banjo hitter?

Old Spartan,

Check your e-mail for directions to ECSU baseball park.

Hope they help as facility is noth of the main campus
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Post by: Rick Vaughn on April 21, 2008, 10:38:03 PM
Not really a midyear All Conference team, but here is how I see it as of right now.

Player of the Year: Ragonese
Pitcher of the Year: Kiely
Rookie of the Year: Keenan

C: Killeen-Trin
1B: Graham-Trin
2B: Piacentini-Trin
SS: Dominguez-Wes
3B: Lanahan-Midd
OF: Wood-Trin
OF: Pinto-Williams
OF: Ragonese-Tufts
P: Kiely-Trin
P: Regan-Trin
P: Keenan-Amherst
P: Bayer-Trin

Hon Mention: DiCosmo-Williams, Shimrock-Midd, Sullivan-Trin, Barnard-Trin, Berte-Bowdoin, Douds-Wes, Allar-Herst, Benz-Williams, O'Donnell-Tufts, Foster-Ham

That really sucked.  I was trying to find others to fill the 7 slots that Trinity filled, but their numbers did not match up. 
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Post by: gordonmann on April 22, 2008, 08:27:28 AM
Who knows how much longer the Bants' run lasts, but they are getting noticed by other outlets, like the New York Times (http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/22/sports/22trinity.html?ref=sports).

NOTE: You may need your own log-in to access this story.
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Post by: frank uible on April 22, 2008, 11:27:43 AM
The NYT must be short of writing subjects. At this time Trinity is about 10-14   games against tough opposition (as opposed to its games vs. not-so- tough opposition) short of an undefeated season.
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Post by: Bostonian on April 22, 2008, 12:30:51 PM
I predict Trinity won't lose untill the regionals. I think emory may have done that a few years ago.
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Post by: met_fan on April 22, 2008, 02:10:28 PM
When do the first regional ranking come out?
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Post by: Nuke LaLoosh on April 22, 2008, 03:24:20 PM
Good article about Trinity, but I agree, this was a bit premature for this article to appear. The Bants still have to go through ECSU tonight, as well as Amherst and Brandeis before the NESCACS, where again they could have some trouble. Going 27-0 thus far is very impressive, but the best team they've played so far is a young pitching depleted Tufts team.

Most impressive Bant this weekend was Wood, taking Telian deep opposite field (for those who haven't been to Huskins that is a poke to left center) and then going yard for the game winner on Saturday. After this weekend I'm kind of curious as to how this kid is even on a DIII roster.

I see them losing a game to Amherst and then again in the NESCACs, especially if they have to face Benz. I Still believe he's got the best stuff in the league.

Will be interesting to see if the Jumbos can recover and sweep Colby. If they do make the playoffs then their three Seniors (Telian, Protano, and Ragonese) will be the only players in the league to play in four NESCAC playoffs.
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Post by: dubbc on April 23, 2008, 12:00:53 AM
Can someone explain to me why trinity doesn't play more in region games?  Playing only 28 games up to this point seems like a low number.  Does it have to do with the way their conference is set up?  If someone could fill me in i'd appreciate it, just seems like they only have one week day game then weekend games while the other teams in the region are playing upwards to 6 games per week. Thanks
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: Rick Vaughn on April 23, 2008, 12:13:14 AM
It's a combination of things.  First, NESCAC professors get all fussy when students miss classes for games.  Hence, fewer midweek games.  Also, the timing of a teams spring break also impacts how many games they can play.  In NE, teams rarely play a game before they head south for spring break, therefore a team with an earlier break may play 3 or 4 more games than a team that has their spring trip a week later, because they can usually get in some games that first week back.  Also, 28 is not that low of a number. Eastern Conn has played just four more games.
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Post by: dubbc on April 23, 2008, 12:18:13 AM
thanks for the explanation mr vaughn, makes better sense now
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Post by: OshDude on April 23, 2008, 12:36:07 AM
Quote from: Rick Vaughn on April 23, 2008, 12:13:14 AM
It's a combination of things.  First, NESCAC professors get all fussy when students miss classes for games.  Hence, fewer midweek games.  Also, the timing of a teams spring break also impacts how many games they can play.  In NE, teams rarely play a game before they head south for spring break, therefore a team with an earlier break may play 3 or 4 more games than a team that has their spring trip a week later, because they can usually get in some games that first week back.  Also, 28 is not that low of a number. Eastern Conn has played just four more games.
No Midwest Region team has played 28 in-region games. The leader has 26 through tonight. And that's with Oshkosh playing (and winning) eight nine-inning games last week, although we have a 10-run rule after seven that limited Oshkosh's innings in one game. Then again, two UWO games last week went 11 innings for a 74-inning work week. And still Oshkosh has only played 25 games.

Point being, 28 games is pretty good right now and ahead of the pace of a few regions.
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Post by: frank uible on April 23, 2008, 09:03:57 AM
In New England like the midwest the number of games actually played can be easily much affected by the luck of the weather.
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Post by: Rick Vaughn on April 24, 2008, 11:19:12 PM
Nice midweek efforts by the NESCAC.  Trin slaughtered EConn, Tufts did the same to D2 Bentley, Amherst beat Brandeis, and Williams squeaks past Southern VT, a team roughly the quality of a bad HS JV team. 
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Post by: ECSUalum on April 25, 2008, 09:10:48 AM
Quote from: Rick Vaughn on April 24, 2008, 11:19:12 PM
Nice midweek efforts by the NESCAC.  Trin slaughtered EConn, Tufts did the same to D2 Bentley, Amherst beat Brandeis, and Williams squeaks past Southern VT, a team roughly the quality of a bad HS JV team. 

Except that ECSU beat Wesleyan, correct?
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Post by: Rick Vaughn on April 25, 2008, 09:41:34 AM
Yes, but did anyone actually expect WesTech to beat ECSU?
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Post by: Rick Vaughn on April 26, 2008, 06:18:11 PM
Ephs jump on WesTech in Game 1.  Complete game two-hit performance by Benz.
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Post by: espinoza on April 26, 2008, 08:29:36 PM
amherst gave trinity a real battle in the doubleheader today. the first game went 11 innings, and for awhile, it seemed the jeffs might pull out the victory. they had many chances to win, but ultimately could not get a big hit in the clutch. Bayer pitched very well for Trin, but Kiely struggled.
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Post by: Bostonian on April 27, 2008, 09:33:27 AM
Congrats to the Tufts seniors...first recruiting class to make the NESCAC playoffs 4 straight years.

The last Amherst-Williams game will be huge. Winner probably gets easy road to 2st round win...loser has to face Kiely.

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Post by: Nuke LaLoosh on April 27, 2008, 11:16:50 AM

I think a lot of people will be interested to see what Decker does with his pitching rotation in the NESCACs. Who does he throw in the second game??? Barnard's been his boy all season but Mike Reagan has been absolutely lights out all season. I'm thinking he keeps Bayer in the pen until regionals when we seem him make the same transformation from closer to starter that Keily did in the 2005 season.
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I really thought Amherst was going to take a game yesterday, and it sounds as if they came pretty close. It also sounds as if they were pretty comfortable facing TK. Should be an interesting rematch if Williams ends up winning the West and its Amherst-Trinity on the Friday game.

Congrats to Telian, Protano, and Ragonese for joining the legendary Greg Hickey as the only players in league history to play in four NESCAC playoffs.
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Post by: Rick Vaughn on April 27, 2008, 12:48:55 PM
Another encouraging sign for Amherst is how well Keenan fared against the Trin line-up.  If that is the game one matchup in the tournament it would be crazy to start Edgar over Keenan.  I think Trin would much rather face Benz and Williams than Amherst in the playoffs.  Amherst has had Trinity's number in the past in the tournament.
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Post by: ECSUalum on April 27, 2008, 02:09:10 PM
Just a real quick look at NCAA D-III Team stats through 4/20 for Trinity CT:

Statistic                     Ranking                1 st place                   Trinity  As of 4/27
                                  top 30

BA                           not ranked               .393 Johns Hopk.           .342
Scoring                           14th                  12.1 Johns Hopk             9.6
Runs                       not ranked                439  Salisbury                290
Hits                         not ranked                523 La Grange               352
ERA                                 1st                     1.90 Trinity CT               1.98                   SO                                   7th                     373 Trinity TX                242
hits/9inn                          1st                     6.62 Trinity CT                 --
walks/9inn                       5th                    2.11 John Carroll              ---
fielding %                       18th                   .975  Linfield                  .962         


From Stats, Trinity is the best or up close on Pitching, fielding should be OK, (middle of pack of top 30, Hitting will be where Bantams will be weaker.

So if good pitching overcomes good hitting, the Bantams should be in pretty good shape for the GRAND SHUTE WISCONSIN

Only other question mark would be Trinity's SOS (Strength of Schedule)
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: JustAFan on April 27, 2008, 05:52:17 PM
Wesleyan's 4-1 win over Williams this afternoon finalizes the NESCAC tournament pairings as Williams falls to 8-3, tied with Amherst in the West, but since Amherst won the first 2 games of its series with Williams it makes Friday's final matchup between these Little 3 rivals meaningless from a standings point of view.  As a result, #1W Amherst will square off against #2E Tufts and #1E Trinity will face #2W Williams in the opening round of the league tournament in 2 weeks.  Since both of these games are scheduled to be played at the same time, I assume the Trinity game will be played at Trinity. Any idea where the other game will be played? Wesleyan?
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: JustAFan on April 27, 2008, 07:11:09 PM
Trinity remains undefeated, taking two from Brandeis 1-0 and 7-4 this afternoon. Great weekend for the Bantams against some quality opponents. As they did against Tufts last weekend, they showed the ability to both come from behind when needed and hold a lead in a tight game against a good opponent.
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: Bostonian on April 27, 2008, 08:18:08 PM
The West is undecided....Amherst and Williams play 1 game next week to decide 1st and 2nd...my guess is Wesleyan will be the other site.
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: ECSUalum on April 27, 2008, 08:40:46 PM
Quote from: ECSUalum on April 27, 2008, 02:09:10 PM
Just a real quick look at NCAA D-III Team stats through 4/20 for Trinity CT:

Statistic                     Ranking                1 st place                   Trinity  As of 4/27
                                  top 30

BA                           not ranked               .393 Johns Hopk.           .342
Scoring                           14th                  12.1 Johns Hopk             9.6
Runs                       not ranked                439  Salisbury                290
Hits                         not ranked                523 La Grange               352
ERA                                 1st                     1.90 Trinity CT               1.98                   SO                                   7th                     373 Trinity TX                242
hits/9inn                          1st                     6.62 Trinity CT                 --
walks/9inn                       5th                    2.11 John Carroll              ---
fielding %                       18th                   .975  Linfield                  .962         


From Stats, Trinity is the best or up close on Pitching, fielding should be OK, (middle of pack of top 30, Hitting will be where Bantams will be weaker.

So if good pitching overcomes good hitting, the Bantams should be in pretty good shape for the GRAND SHUTE WISCONSIN

Only other question mark would be Trinity's SOS (Strength of Schedule)

If anyone is interested, Boyd's World has DI, DII, DIII historical ( up to 2007) ISR Iterative Strength Rating including one with a combined  D-I, DII, DIII at below site:

http://www.boydsworld.com/baseball/isr/
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: JustAFan on April 27, 2008, 09:40:39 PM
Correct, as usual, Bostonian--my bad.  The West is still undecided and will hinge on Sunday's Amherst-Williams game.
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: Rick Vaughn on April 29, 2008, 08:48:44 PM
Williams with a big win over RPI today in Troy, NY.  That is their second win of the season over a top 15 team in the country.  Does the win put them into position to pick up an at-large if they can win the West?  I think if they can make it to the NESCAC championship game, or knock off Trin in the tourney it would push them in. 

Williams now has to balance their pitching for Saturday vs MIT and preserving a possible at-large spot, and having all arms available for the winner-take-all (except for the Little 3, which Amherst already locked up) Sunday vs Amherst.  They need big outings from their Saturday starters to keep everyone as fresh as possible for Sunday's game.
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: Bostonian on May 04, 2008, 04:25:31 PM
Williams beats Amherst to win the NESCAC West.

Tufts vs. Williams and Trinity vs. Amherst.
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: Rick Vaughn on May 05, 2008, 09:08:00 AM
After giving up an absolute lazer to Allar in the first, Benz settled in and dominated from there on out.  The Williams lineup looked very good, but what has hurt them in the past and could get them next weekend is their lack of power.  They have to string together 3 or 4 hits to score, and outside of Pinto, Allemand, and Mathews, they are a singles hitting team.  It should be a very good NESCAC tourney.  Amherst always gives Trinity trouble, and Tufts and Williams already played two very close games this year.
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Post by: Nuke LaLoosh on May 05, 2008, 11:02:55 AM
Adding to that, Williams will be facing Telian, who is tough to run on.

Feel as though the pressure is off Tufts this weekend. They are really the only team playing with nothing to lose. They're a young team that did just enough to get to playoffs, while Amherst and Williams are both fighting for at-larges and Trinity is the host team. Oh, and they're undefeated, too.

I think the Jumbos will play well this weekend.

We'll see if Trinity or Tufts can end the West dominance in this tournament over the past four years.
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: Old Spartan on May 07, 2008, 01:56:47 PM
Does anyone know the league policy on rain delays for the this weekends games?  Personally, I am rooting for the sun.
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: Nuke LaLoosh on May 07, 2008, 05:24:28 PM
Spartan,

Not too sure about what the policy is, but there have been a couple instances where rain has affected the NESCAC tourney.

The most recent was '06 at Bowdoin, where it was just a monsoon basically all day Friday, pushing the games back a day. Tufts would have had to win 3 games on Sunday to win the tournament, but Midd won the first Championship game so it didn't matter.

Back in '02 Tufts won the title because the last game between them and Trinity could not be completed due to rain. They won on a tiebreaker rule.

I think the league also has the option of turning the tournament into a 4-team single elimination if both Friday and Saturday are rained out.

To answer your question, I believe if the entire tournament is rained out the league champ is determined by either head-head results of the East and West winners (which in this case is 0-0) and then NESCAC Divisional records, which would give Trinity the championship.

Let's hope this is not the case...
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: Old Spartan on May 08, 2008, 08:28:41 AM
At the moment the forecast is for rain on Friday with Saturday and Sunday likely to be fine.  I would thik they could fit it all in, and the school year will be done at some places so a delay of a day shouldnt hurt.
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: Bostonian on May 08, 2008, 08:40:05 AM
There will be no delay untill Monday. The tourney must be completed on Sunday for NCAA selection committee purposes.

The teams will play on Saturday morning. The winners will play each other and the losers will play each other in the afternoon. The remaining games will happen on Sunday.

Some things to consider.
1. Whoever loses on Saturday will need to win 3 games on Sunday to win it. Whoever wins twice on Saturday will need to win 1 game on Sunday.
2. Whoever moves on to the NCAAs will have a major disadvantage in that their #1 will be throwing on 3 days rest.
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: Wydown Blvd. on May 08, 2008, 12:15:08 PM
Link to Article on ESPN.com with blurb about Trinity Baseball:
http://proxy.espn.go.com/espn/blog/index?entryID=3381811&name=ncaa_baseball

Link to AP Article on ESPN.com about Trinity Baseball:
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/news/story?id=3380256
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: speedy on May 09, 2008, 03:38:41 AM
Trinity makes the national media - pretty good article in USA Today:

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/baseball/2008-05-08-trinity_N.htm
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: Nuke LaLoosh on May 10, 2008, 11:35:45 AM
Update: Trinity 5-0 after 4
              Tufts 1-0 after 6
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: Nuke LaLoosh on May 10, 2008, 12:17:01 PM
It's over in Middletown. Tufts wins 1-0 behind a complete game shutout from Adam Telian.

Classic pitchers duel between Telian and Williams' Matt Gustafson, who pitched into the ninth as well. Tufts scored their only run on a bases loaded walk in the second after a error extended the inning.

Trinity is all over Amherst, up 7-0 in the 5th.

Doesn't look good for the Ephs NCAA hopes now.
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: Rick Vaughn on May 10, 2008, 07:15:04 PM
Bad losses for Williams.  I thought coming in that someone might have a chance to beat Trinity, but this team is so much better than everyone else in the NESCAC it's scary.  The box score says that Regan followed Bayer today, so it will likely be Barnard tomorrow.  Even if they some how lost the first championship game to a depleted Amherst or Tufts they still have Regan, Rappaport, and McGrath left in the tank.  They can lose a game early in regionals and have enough pitching in the tank to still come back and win.   

Amherst could still grab an at-large, but Williams had a better shot at the bid if they made the championship game.
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: Bostonian on May 11, 2008, 09:04:43 AM
Question for any Trinity folk here...
Is Bayer a sophomore or a junior? He's listed as a soph. on the online roster, but he pitched for 2 seasons at UVM before transferring to Trinity.
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: gordonmann on May 11, 2008, 03:26:08 PM
Trinity leads Amherst 11-8.  I couldn't hear much since the audio quality was really, really rough.

The broadcast is available here:

http://www.teamline.cc/free_listen?teamcode=2055&eventcode=5&status=FFU

Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: JustAFan on May 14, 2008, 11:46:17 PM
All-Conference selections announced, and Trinity dominates, deservedly so:

2008 NESCAC Baseball All-Conference Team   
             
First Team 

1B/C     Neal Allar                   Amherst    Sr.       Floyds Knobs, Ind. 
P/OF     Chandler Barnard      Trinity        Sr.       Lubbock, Texas 
P          Jeremiah Bayer          Trinity        So.       Greenfield, Mass. 
P          Dan Benz                   Williams     Jr.        Cicero, N.Y. 
2B        James DiCosmo          Williams    Sr.        Fair Lawn, N.J. 
1B        Kent Graham              Trinity        So.       Longmeadow, Mass. 
P          Tim Kiely                     Trinity        Sr.       Swampscott, Mass. 
C          Sean Killeen               Trinity       Jr.         Greenfield, Mass. 
OF        Max Pinto                   Williams    Sr.        Palo Alto, Calif. 
1B/2B   Steve Ragonese         Tufts         Sr.        Upper Saddle River, N.J. 
OF         Jim Wood                   Trinity      So.        Windham, N.H. 
               
Second Team 

C         Josh Card                    Amherst      Sr.      North Adams, Mass. 
SS       Drew Dominguez         Wesleyan    Jr.      Braintree, Mass. 
OF       Pat Duchette               Bowdoin      Sr.     Wales, Mass. 
C         Nick Lefeber                Middlebury   Sr.     Branford, Conn. 
OF       Al Mathews                 Williams       So.     North Hampton, N.H. 
P         Patrick O'Donnell         Tufts            Fr.     Worcester, Mass. 
2B       Ryan Piacentini            Trinity          Jr.      Portland, Maine 
3B       Brendan Powers          Amherst      Jr.      Walpole, Mass. 
P         Michael Regan             Trinity          Sr.     West Roxbury, Mass. 
OF/DH  Chase Rose                Tufts            Fr.      Scottsdale, Ariz. 
OF/DH  Angus Schaller            Amherst       Jr.      Leucadia, Calif. 
1B        Mark Shimrock            Middlebury   Jr.      Lansdale, Pa. 
               
Player of the Year           
Steve Ragonese   Tufts    Sr.   
               
Pitcher of the Year           
Tim Kiely    Trinity     Sr.   
               
Rookie of the Year           
Chase Rose     Tufts   
               
Coach of the Year           
Bill Decker  Trinity     


 

Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: Rick Vaughn on May 15, 2008, 09:07:02 AM
The league switched it up this year.  In years past they have stuck to the best at each position, but this year it was more of a hodgepodge of the top talent.  I'm fine with either way.

Also, what's the deal with Ragonese being listed as a 1B/2B?  I thought he was a RF. 
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: Nuke LaLoosh on May 15, 2008, 11:10:49 AM
He started out playing first base this year, then once Nate Bankoff went down for the year, Ragonese switched to second base. He actually arrived at Tufts as a second baseman, but was such a good athlete, that he easily made the transition to outfield for his junior year.

Congrats to Steve on having a great year and winning POY. I'm surprised with NESCAC politics being what they are that a Tufts player actually won the award.
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: Rick Vaughn on May 15, 2008, 12:35:06 PM
NESCAC politics?  There was a disdain for Barnard at Williams and that didn't stop Scialabba, Bergeron, and Kenney from winning the award.  I've heard grumblings of "politics" before, but would love to be further enlightened.
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: Nuke LaLoosh on May 15, 2008, 01:18:13 PM
Casey is either strongly liked or strongly disliked by everyone.

The fact that he did not win coach of the year last year is kind of a joke. Barrale did do a fine job last year, but for Casey to inherit season-ending injuries of two of his top pitchers and your clean-up hitter, have your top freshmen pitcher and your top returning sophomore transfer, and deal with the death of an assistant coach two weeks before the season starts...to deal with all that and still lead your team to a 25-12 record was nothing short of amazing.

Honestly, if you know anything about the guy you'd know Casey couldn't give two you-know-whats about winning NESCAC coach of the year, and frankly, neither could I, but a whole lot of people in this league would love to see him fail, and when he pulled a rabbit out of his hat last year and won the NESCAC East, he was passed over. And his hated rival was given an at-large to the NCAA's after not making the NESCAC tourney.

Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: JustAFan on May 15, 2008, 06:07:27 PM
More honors, this time from the New England Intercollegiate Baseball Association.  The players voted to the first team get to play in the DII/DIII vs. DI all-star game at Fenway Park in June. Link:
http://www.neiba.org/

NEW ENGLAND INTERCOLLEGIATE BASEBALLL ASSOCIATION

ALL-NEW ENGLAND DIVISION 3 TEAMS

Player of the Year: Chris Burleson, SS, Southern Maine
Pitcher of the Year: Tim Kiely, Trinity
Coach of the Year: Bill Decker, Trinity

1ST TEAM
DH – Nick Martinho, Jr., Suffolk
C – Sean Killeen, Jr., Trinity
1B – Kent Graham, So., Trinity
2B – Ryan Piacentini, Jr., Trinity
3B – Joe Rousseau, Sr., Keene St.
SS – Chris Burleson, Jr., Southern Maine
OF – David Vincent, Sr., Curry
OF – Jim Wood, So., Trinity
OF – Anthony D'Alfonso, Jr., Southern Maine
OF – Bobby Doyon, Fr., Keene St.
UT – Steve Ragonese, Sr., Tufts
UT – Chandler Barnard, Sr., Trinity
P – Tim Kiely, Sr., Trinity
P – Jeremiah Bayer, So., Trinity
P – Adam Gingras, Jr., Wheaton

2nd TEAM
DH – Travis Schwamb, Sr., Western New England
C – Alex Perry, So., Tufts
C – Jeff Lienek, So., Wheaton
1B – Nate Nelson, Sr., Worcester St.
2B – Matt Delaney, Sr., Babson
2B – Jamie Chevalier, Jr., Keene St.
3B – Ryan Gaffney, Jr., Southern Maine
SS – Luke Enman, Sr., St. Joseph's (ME)
OF – Steve Tahmoush, Sr., Babson
OF – Steve Smith, Sr., Bridgewater St.
OF – Jesse Bruinsma, So., Curry
OF – Scott McNee, Jr., WPI
UT – Greg Ford, Sr., Keene St.
P – Mike Regan, Sr., Trinity
P – Dan D'Elia, So., Suffolk
P – Jason Pizzoferrato, Jr., Western New England
P – Jamie Morin, Sr., Keene St.

3rd TEAM
DH – Shawn Gilblair, Jr., Eastern Connecticut
C – Neal Allar, Sr., Amherst
C – Matt Gardiner, Sr., Western Connecticut
1B – Mark Shimrock, Jr., Middlebury
1B – Alex Perry, Jr., Roger Williams
2B – Brad Polcare, Sr., Castleton St.
3B – Dan Conley, Fr., Castleton St.
3B – Kevin Simpson, Jr., Roger Williams
SS – Brad Jackson, Sr., Johnson & Wales
OF – Max Pinto, Sr., Williams
OF – Chris O'Connors, Jr., Rhode Island College
OF – Chris Newell, Jr., Western New England
OF – Bob Foote, Jr., Wheaton
OF - Jeff Perkins, Jr., Keene St.
UT – John Parke, So., Eastern Connecticut
P – Andrew Aizenstadt, Fr., Babson
P – Chris Wojick, So., Eastern Connecticut
P – Dan Benz, Jr., Williams
P – Martin Anderson, Sr., Bridgewater St.
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: Rick Vaughn on May 15, 2008, 10:38:25 PM
The SENIORS voted to the first team get to play in the all-star game at Fenway.  The D1 team has a bunch of underclassmen as does the D2 portion of the "College" team, but all the D3 players in the game are seniors. 

This team confuses me every year.  Alex Perry was not even All-NESCAC, but was 2nd team All-NE?  Piancentini is 2nd team NESCAC and first team NE at 2B, while first team all NESCAC 2B DiCosmo does not even show up on the New England teams. 
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: Nuke LaLoosh on May 16, 2008, 12:05:58 PM
All New England is done by statistics I believe. There are so many teams in NE that it would be impossible for a coach from one league to vote on a player from another, so they have an index for how they rank guys. They factor in offense and defense, which I'm guessing is why Perry made it because he threw out a lot of guys this year.

NESCAC awards are votes from coaches. It happens every year that a few guys make 1st team all NESCAC and then don't get all NE. Not a surprise. Lot of NESCAC coaches know Dicosmo is a solid player but his stats, either offensively or defensively, probably didn't run level with the other guys.
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: frank uible on May 16, 2008, 12:22:58 PM
Better than solid.
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: Nuke LaLoosh on May 16, 2008, 12:50:47 PM
Excuse me. Yes, he's better than solid. Wrong adjective.
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: YagsUMB on May 17, 2008, 10:50:09 PM
It seems to me, the further you get outside of your conference (All-region, All-district, All-American) the more politics plays a role and the teams who have a deeper tradition always seem to be well represented. Piacentini should have been 1st team NESCAC, I have no idea what happened there. Sometimes when a team is so loaded an individual player takes a hit because it seems strange to have 7-8 guys out of a starting lineup representing your all-conference team. If you look at situations like Nick Conway and Joe Esposito being 1st team All Little East and not making any of the All New England Teams and the 2nd team All Little East P Jamie Morin was 2nd team all new england, things get lost somewhere and trying to make sense of it useless. A few years ago Nick Conway from UMB was the LEC pitcher of the Year and Shawn Gilblair was a 1st team All-American. Go figure.
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: dgilblair on May 18, 2008, 12:22:13 AM
Quote from: YagsUMB on May 17, 2008, 10:50:09 PM
It seems to me, the further you get outside of your conference (All-region, All-district, All-American) the more politics plays a role and the teams who have a deeper tradition always seem to be well represented. Piacentini should have been 1st team NESCAC, I have no idea what happened there. Sometimes when a team is so loaded an individual player takes a hit because it seems strange to have 7-8 guys out of a starting lineup representing your all-conference team. If you look at situations like Nick Conway and Joe Esposito being 1st team All Little East and not making any of the All New England Teams and the 2nd team All Little East P Jamie Morin was 2nd team all new england, things get lost somewhere and trying to make sense of it useless. A few years ago Nick Conway from UMB was the LEC pitcher of the Year and Shawn Gilblair was a 1st team All-American. Go figure.

This is how it figures.
Player                        ERA   W-L   APP  GS  CG SHO/CBO SV    IP   H   R  ER  BB  SO  2B  3B  HR   AB B/Avg   WP HBP  BK
S. Gilblair, ECSUBB........  1.65   8-1    14   9   3   0/2    0  81.2  66  20  15  11  88   5   1   2  306  .216    0   5   0
N. Conway, UMBBB...........  2.83   5-7    14  11   5   2/0    0  86.0  76  37  27  24  82  16   2   3  326  .233    8  16   0

Plus MVP of the LECT and MVP of the of the NY regional with 2 wins pitching, One in the championship game against Cortland in relief along with
a 2nd inning grand slam in that game.  I like NIck as a pitcher but for you to hint that Shawn didn't deserve All America over Nick is silly at best.  GO FIGURE.           
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: Jcon8958 on May 18, 2008, 01:28:51 AM
DGILBLAIR I have alot of respect for you but are u trying to say that Conway did not deserve the pitcher of the year that year?

4-2 In LEC play one loss coming in the bottom of the ninth vs keene state after 145 pitches. not to mention a 2.22era dnt get me wrong Shawn is a great pitcher but we all full well kno who deserved the POTY that year and deserved to be all region for carrying a ball club he came back from florida that year 0-3 with an 0.87 ERA in 25 innings I MEAN COME ON. he should have mad The new englanfd team at least that is on all stats and nothing else not to take anythingt away from shawn.
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: MSG77 on May 18, 2008, 02:16:48 AM
Err...

Just to throw my $.02 in here.  I don't think that YagsUMB was trying to suggest that Conway was better than Gilblair in 06.  Just that some of the selections don't always seem to make sense.  And for the most part, I'd agree with that statement.

Its very hard to compare stats when teams don't play anywhere near the same schedules as other teams, even within a region.  So of course campaigning and politics comes into play for selections.  At the end of the day, does it really matter?  Are people losing sleep over not making 2nd team All-NE in DIII?  Its a nice honor and I'm sure it makes your mother proud, but is it really that meaningful?  I think there should be other things in life that are more important when you look back.

Anyway, all that aside, using Shawn Gilblair in 06 as an example is foolish anyway, because for the most part, he was an exception to the rule.  I don't think there have been many 1st team All-Americans who didn't make 1st team All-Conf or 1st team All-Region.  And that isn't to say he didn't deserve it, because he did.

Its just that he BECAME an All-American in May, mainly after most teams had already finished their seasons.  All-Conference teams are based on the regular season, and heavily rely on performance in conference games.  Well, Gilblair wasn't even pitching in conference games.  So why should he have made All-Conference?

At the end of the day on May 1st 06, Gilblair was a promising freshman who had pitched well against Suffolk and was 3-1.  He was on a team that was 8-4 in conference and 23-14 overall.  Honestly, I don't think there was too much buzz about anything to do with that Eastern team.  A few days later, he completely shut down #4 Wheaton, ending their 24 game win streak.   He commanded 3 pitches very well and Eastern won easily, 8-0.  That was probably when a bit of buzz really started.

Had Eastern not won 4 games in 27 hrs in Maine a few weeks later, it probably wouldn't have mattered.  Gilblair would have finished maybe 4-2 or 5-1 with a very good ERA.  It would have been a very good freshman year, but nothing really out of the ordinary and certainly not an All-American season.

All of this, of course, is a bit chicken-and-egg.  If Gilblair was not an All-American (especially when it counted in May), Eastern would not have won the LECT or the NY Regional.  But if Eastern didn't win the LECT and the NY Regional, Gilblair would not have been an All-American.  The two were dependent on each other.

Here are Gilblair's pitching stats from that Wheaton game on May 4th thru getting the win vs Cortland St in NY on 5/21

ERA   W-L App GS CG Sho/CBO Sv  IP    H    R   ER  BB  SO
1.54  5-0    5    4    2     0/1     0  35.0  26  8    6   5    35

He beat Wheaton (top 5), RIC, Keene St., St Lawrence, and Cortland St (top 5)

I can't be bothered going thru all the stats to see how he hit in May 06, but it was very well.  He certainly was helping with his bat as well.

Gilblair was fully deserving to be an All-American at the time those awards came out.  But to be honest, he wasn't exactly snubbed by not being named 1st team All-Conference, due to the criteria and timing of those awards.  It is a rather unique situation, one which I haven't heard or come across elsewhere.
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: Rick Vaughn on May 18, 2008, 08:00:56 AM
People do care about these teams, especially seniors.  If a senior gets snubbed from the the NE team they lose a chance to play at Fenway.  I'd like to think that is a pretty big deal.  I would certainly lose sleep if I were selected to play at Fenway.
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: dgilblair on May 18, 2008, 09:22:37 AM
Jcon, I never said or hinted that Shawn should have been 1st team all conference.  I know who the pitcher of the year in the LEC was that year and it was a no brainer.  Nick was by far the best I saw in the LEC in 06. 

MSG, First of all you are dead on in your comments except I never expected him to be first team LEC in 06 just for the reasons you stated nor did I say in my earlier post he should have been.

I did get out of YagsUMB post that he thought Shawn only got AA in 06 because he played for ECSU and "politics" played a role in his selection and he may not of been as deserving as possibly Nick. I may have read to much into that if I did I'm sorry Yags.  I did just finish my five an a half hour drive back from Auburn.  May have been a little cranky. 

Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: ecfaninri on May 18, 2008, 10:02:38 AM
DGilblair, I know what that 5 and a half hour drive feels like. You are correct.... Auburn regional - 1st class. A little long. but that's the kind of thing a fan and a parent look for. 1st class. It's tough with exams, graduations, world series dates, to get everything into a 4-5 tourney with potential weather issues. An 8 team regional is a lot tougher than a 6 team tourney, but it just goes to show how deep you have to be in pitching. You mentioned to me a number of occasions this season as it was coming to a close, how eary the season of 08 was resembling the season of 06. I'm sure Cortland was getting a little antsy yesterday, and even breathe a little, just a little pyse of relief when EConn fell just a run short. here's hoping Shawn gets healthy for next year and is a big help to the young pitchers in 09 like he was this season.  Good luck seniors,,, may your future be as bright as the joy you have given us fans.

On another note.... I know you try to be as gracious as possible in the whole Shawn-Conway debate, but it is what it is... Shawn has helped EConn for three years attain goals that can only be measured by his stats. His stats.. whether be in March, April, or May they all add up. He has nothing to be ashamed of and no one to apologize to. Every ball player in D-3 wants to excel.... they all choose baseball programs for certain reasons. It takes a special player with a certain amount of understanding to want to play for Eastern. Not many people could even get through their fall practices let alone four seasons. Once again Shawn is one of those players that makes everyone around him want to be better. Look forward to seeing you in 09. We have to admit - it won't be the same next year without all the unbiased post of JCon on UMB baseball
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: Jcon8958 on May 18, 2008, 12:09:55 PM
I agree that shawn is a great player i will never ever debate that. And ecfan ure not getting rid of me I will be back next year why would I ever stop posting. ;D
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: ecfaninri on May 18, 2008, 12:44:50 PM
Jcon.. That's good that you'll be around next year. Maybe you'll be able hook up to another pony to talk about. It's fun when there is no bias involved. See you in March.
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: Jcon8958 on May 18, 2008, 12:50:36 PM
Hahahahah nah its more fun whern u talk about just one team...kinda like you?
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: ecfaninri on May 18, 2008, 01:16:41 PM
You're right. I may be a fan of Econn but I also can be objective about teams and stats... numbers don't lie. All kidding aside... I do enjoy your takes. Keep em going. As the song goes... "Don't stop believin"

USM still trailing 7-1 into the 5th .. doesn't look good right now. Trinity continues to look good even when balls get richoted off the pitcher. USM can't be too disappointed with their efforts this year.
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: ECSUalum on May 18, 2008, 01:50:05 PM
Quote from: ecfaninri on May 18, 2008, 01:16:41 PM
You're right. I may be a fan of Econn but I also can be objective about teams and stats... numbers don't lie. All kidding aside... I do enjoy your takes. Keep em going. As the song goes... "Don't stop believin"

USM still trailing 7-1 into the 5th .. doesn't look good right now. Trinity continues to look good even when balls get richoted off the pitcher. USM can't be too disappointed with their efforts this year.

Jcon,

You know we all love you for generating so many interesting discussions on the LEC board.

Please continue to post for the Chowda' heads.   However can I ask you a favor?  Check your spelling before posting!  Sometimes, I can fiqure out what the heck your trying to say!!

Looks like Sullen Maine is coming to a close to their season with score I see vs Trinity.

Congratulations to USM and Coach Flaherty for a great effort @ Harwich

I will start a discussion...  which LEC seniors will be drafted by MLB  this year?



Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: YagsUMB on May 18, 2008, 02:08:32 PM
MSG, you got my point when I was talking about the LEC 1st team and the All American teams. I was using Gilblair as an example because it seemed like the most glaring case in this region over the past few years. I wasn't comparing him with Conway that year.

DGilblair, I realize that you may have ties that might affect the way you react to some posts but if you look at the context in which my last post was written you could tell I was not trying to compare stats, I was just trying to make the point that All Conference, All Region and All American teams are chosen with different purposes, different views and sometimes different agendas. If you don't think long time, HOF coaches like Holowaty and Flaherty have more pull in terms of getting their players on these teams, you're simply naive. They have earned the right to do this and I don't have any problem with it, but it is what it is. They should, and do, have more pull than any other coaches in NE, but that is because of the way they have built their programs over the years. Its a token to their great coaching careers and I'm cool with it. Before you overreact I am not taking anything away from ESCU guys who have been named to these teams in the recent years.
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: dgilblair on May 18, 2008, 04:58:04 PM
That was not overreacting.  This morning I was giving you the benefit of the doubt about your comments and now I'm not sure I should have. 

Yags Quote:
"MSG, you got my point when I was talking about the LEC 1st team and the All American teams. I was using Gilblair as an example because it seemed like the most glaring case in this region over the past few years. I wasn't comparing him with Conway that year."

Gilblair the most glaring example of what?  If you don't make first team LEC you can't be All America or if your first team LEC you should be All America?  I just don't get it! 

LEC awards are just that.  They are voted on by the coaches in the LEC.  Players may be selected for reasons other that pure stats.

And I'm not sure MSG got your point fully either.  But I'm not trying to put words in his mouth.

Quote: MSG
"Anyway, all that aside, using Shawn Gilblair in 06 as an example is foolish anyway, because for the most part, he was an exception to the rule."

Yags Quote:
"DGilblair, I realize that you may have ties that might affect the way you react to some posts but if you look at the context in which my last post was written you could tell I was not trying to compare stats."

Of course I have ties he is my son but whats the big deal there.  Jcon sticks up for Nick as well as many other posters stick up for players and teams.  By posting the stats I was showing you facts as to why Shawn was an All America and Nick was not.  Which you didn't seem to get, that is the way I read the post anyway. Go figure.

Yags Quote:
"I was just trying to make the point that All Conference, All Region and All American teams are chosen with different purposes, different views and sometimes different agendas."

Just exactly what are these different purposes, views and agendas?
Do the coaches get a bonus if they have more players with awards at the end of the year?  Do the get Hall of Fame votes. 
Your right one purpose would be they can attract more quality players in the future and be successful for 40 years and manipulate all those post season award votes.  That way no other New England teams can ever become good or have All America players.  Does Wheaton ring a bell?

Yags Quote:
"If you don't think long time, HOF coaches like Holowaty and Flaherty have more pull in terms of getting their players on these teams, you're simply naive. They have earned the right to do this and I don't have any problem with it, but it is what it is."

This one really makes me laugh......hahahahaha.  So you think because you play for Holowaty or Flaherty you have a better chance of getting a post season award.  Well, again you are correct but not for the reasons you have expressed.  You have a better chance because you are playing for coaches that know what they are doing and they have built great programs and can recruit great players for years and years.  Not because they have more pull or they have earned the right.

When you say something like that you  just give a slap in the face to all the players in those programs that win awards.  Not nice.  Not only that, you are questioning the integrity of those coaches and really all the coaches and or selection commitees for such awards.  Not to mention the percieved inability of all the other coaches to lobby for their players in the awards process.  Do you honestly think the selection committees are swayed by Holowaty or Flaherty?  Now thats NAIVE!

Yags Quote:
"Before you overreact I am not taking anything away from ESCU guys who have been named to these teams in the recent years."

In my opinion thats exactly what those statements do.  Those players earned those awards on the field not because their coaches have pull.  This is not a youth organization with the good ole boy stuff going on behind closed doors is it?   

Last but not least.  What do you think these coaches do after the games or in the off season, have crumpets and tea together?  These guys have as many foes as they do friends, if not more.  I don't think to many send Christmas cards to each other, but I could be wrong.
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: YagsUMB on May 18, 2008, 05:25:43 PM
OH BOY!!!
Your son is an excellent college ballplayer and deserves all of the accolades that he recieves. Happy?

I have no idea how you get me arguing for Nick Conway to be an All American in 2006 out of my last post. That is the farthest thing from my point. I'm from CT. I was recruited to play at ECSU and other LEC schools. I chose UMB so I could play right away and reep the benefits from the plethera of college girls in the Boston area. You are looking for things to piss and moan about. I was pointing out the differences in voting for each team, which was a subject a few days ago. I played in the LEC, I saw first hand the cloat that each of these coaches had. They deserve to have that cloat.

There are players who are drafted every year from smaller schools who don't recieve the accolades but are clearly head and shoulders better than some of the players that are named to All American teams from these schools. Their stats are similar but when one player is from ECSU and one player is from Calvin, you go with ECSU. Its human nature. The ECSU player is still a very good college player. Your son is a very good college player. Unfortunately, you miss points because you are entirely too caught up with defending this fact. You don't need to. His program needs no defending nor does his coach. ECSU shouldn't have an inferiority complex. Now UMB on the other hand, we should. But we're too dumb to even think about it and we walk out to the field like we should win regardless of who we're playing. Sometimes it happens and most times it doesn't.

Do you think Manny Ramirez has the same strike zone as Dan Uggla? That Greg Maddux and John Danks get the same strike calls? No! And those player sdeserve what they get from past performance.
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: ecfaninri on May 18, 2008, 05:59:51 PM
DGilblair, unless some of these guys have been in a program like Eastern or Southern Maine with 2 coaches combining for 62 years and 1800 plus wins.... you can't comprehend the tradition and the coaching that takes place. I don't know about you but I haven't lost a game from the bleachers in years. These two coaches attract some of the best athletes in NE.... it's their job to make them gel. Post season awards are voted on by the coaches based on stats. But the bottom line is that EConn and USM both win 30 plus games a year and when you win that many chances are you have the players to do that. Dah ! Why can people see that?

YagsUMB, you had the chance to play at ECXU and other LEC schools but chose UMB for specific reasons. Both reasons were what you chose. But it doesn't detract from the fact in which you wanted to play right away. It  was your choice. But when players are selected for awards it still comes down to stats. Any when you are surrounded by more talented players your talent may be showcased a little more. Hence playing at ECSU or USM in NewEngland as well as KSC it will only be more natural to be in the running for post season awards IF - IF you have the stats.
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: dgilblair on May 18, 2008, 06:34:41 PM
Yags, I know my kid is a good player. Thats not by any means what I was looking for or need. I just don't get what you are saying with all that pull and agenda blah.  And it did sound like you were pushing for Conway in the one before that, being a UMB guy.  I must just have Jcon on the brain.

Hell I push for Conway on the boards.  You didn't hear me saying a word when he was POY this year.  

You being an ex player know that if Calvin goes to the post season they too will have players that earn those awards.  Thats because the players got Calvin there.

I agree those awards are a reflection of the team and who that team plays against also but they are still earned by the players and not by the coach. Thats all I'm saying. I just don't agree with you thats all.  Not looking for a fight here, sorry I pissed you off.

Man, you really think there is that much bias in baseball.  You think the umps say to themselves this is Manny and I should give him the benifit of the doubt on a close pitch.  Maybe but I don't see it.  

How did that plethera work out for you?  
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: Pat Coleman on May 18, 2008, 08:21:40 PM
Quote from: Jcon8958 on May 18, 2008, 12:09:55 PM
I agree that shawn is a great player i will never ever debate that. And ecfan ure not getting rid of me I will be back next year why would I ever stop posting. ;D

Glad to hear that -- we like when people stick around after the people they are connected to graduate. We're still building our D3baseball.com community and we need people to stick around and help make this into what we have on D3football.com and D3hoops.com.
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: YagsUMB on May 18, 2008, 08:44:51 PM
I am the first one to give credit to the players and not the coaches! Hell, I'm only three years removed from being a player myself and I hated when my coaches took credit for victories in which they never threw a single pitch or never swung a bat. But, when it comes to accolades I'll never be convinced that coaches don't have pull inside the conference or throughout the country. More so nationwide because a particular coach can be hated by his immediate peers. Even during their rare down years, ECSU and USM flooded the regional and all-american teams.

When I played 3B at UMB I did not have the best stats and we did not have the best record. I did however build good relationhips with most of the coaches by B-S-ing with them throughout the game and telling them I wasn't coming back for my SR year because I was taking a job as a fireman in CT (part of conversation between our multiple pitching changes). Low and behold, I was voted 2nd team LEC my JR year even though a couple 3B had stats that were far better than mine. That's politics. I definitely think the process extends to regional and all american voting. Coaches talk. Coaches patronize eachother. Do they order 1 milkshake with 2 straws? Of course not.

When you play at, or are a parent at, a program like ECSU, USM and now even Keene, sometimes you might be too close to the forest to see the trees. I've played in games in which the tempo was totally dictated by Coach Holowaty and umpires were completely manipulated by Coach Flaherty. (Coach Howe was an absolute gentleman and if I could have played for one other guy, that's who it would have been) Again, I see nothing wrong with this and relished the challenge of playing against them in these circumstances. Young coaches don't have the sack to stand up to these guys and rightfully so. Umpires give them more leeway because they have EARNED it.

I definitely think that some players in the MLB get the benefit of call, just like the NBA. It's not a conspiracy but throughout their career, they have EARNED the benefit of the doubt. If a great hitter lays off of a pitch I believe some umpires think "Hey, he's got a great eye. If he's not swinging at it, it probably aint a strike!" That's almost a given in some situations. Great pitchers are the same way.

As for the large quantity of females in the boston area, lets just say I did alright. I was known to show up to a saturday DH with a story or two from the night before. That might explain my career .250 BA. Lucky for me, I'm still young and being a fireman doesn't exactly hurt my situation these days. Thanks for asking.
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: dgilblair on May 18, 2008, 09:06:35 PM
ecfaninri

It's all good. The further you go in accolades the more the stats count thats for sure.  A lot of that is going to come in post season play, thats just the way it is.  

If you look at the history of All America players, at least the recent history, all the teams that make it to Appleton have at least one AA player on the team.  Some teams with 2 or 3.  It's become a given that if your in Appleton you have an AA or two on your team.  

Thats because you are going to have a player or two or three that have excelled on the big stage.  That in turn will improve that players stats and status.  It only makes sense right? Thats why when people say a player could never have gotten their if they played for UMD it's true.  It takes a team in most cases to make an All America player but like yoou said you still need the stats when you get there.

Now does that mean a player could get there on Calvin,  probably not most of the time.  That is unless Calvins surrounds that play with other quality players.  But ECSU and others can recruit yaer after year their players will get more awards.

I think the point I was missing from Yags is that you can be a great player on a team like Calvin and even go on to a MLB career and never be an AA player in college.  

That is what I think the Holowatys, Howes and Flahertys have over these other coaches more than anything.  They have history of winning, going to regional's and Appleton.  Players may even turn down lower tier DI or DII schools to play for a DIII because they know they will be playing in those big spots.  Not to mention playing at a great park like ECSU or USM.  That has to attract some lookers.  

I know if I was a recruiter I would being saying look at where your going to play your home games,  look at the competition you will going up against in the LEC and look at your chances of going to the Appleton.  Thats what those coaches do the best and why they and their player have so much success.  

Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: dgilblair on May 18, 2008, 09:48:01 PM
Quote from: YagsUMB on May 18, 2008, 08:44:51 PM
I am the first one to give credit to the players and not the coaches! Hell, I'm only three years removed from being a player myself and I hated when my coaches took credit for victories in which they never threw a single pitch or never swung a bat. But, when it comes to accolades I'll never be convinced that coaches don't have pull inside the conference or throughout the country. More so nationwide because a particular coach can be hated by his immediate peers. Even during their rare down years, ECSU and USM flooded the regional and all-american teams.

When I played 3B at UMB I did not have the best stats and we did not have the best record. I did however build good relationhips with most of the coaches by B-S-ing with them throughout the game and telling them I wasn't coming back for my SR year because I was taking a job as a fireman in CT (part of conversation between our multiple pitching changes). Low and behold, I was voted 2nd team LEC my JR year even though a couple 3B had stats that were far better than mine. That's politics. I definitely think the process extends to regional and all american voting. Coaches talk. Coaches patronize eachother. Do they order 1 milkshake with 2 straws? Of course not.

When you play at, or are a parent at, a program like ECSU, USM and now even Keene, sometimes you might be too close to the forest to see the trees. I've played in games in which the tempo was totally dictated by Coach Holowaty and umpires were completely manipulated by Coach Flaherty. (Coach Howe was an absolute gentleman and if I could have played for one other guy, that's who it would have been) Again, I see nothing wrong with this and relished the challenge of playing against them in these circumstances. Young coaches don't have the sack to stand up to these guys and rightfully so. Umpires give them more leeway because they have EARNED it.

I definitely think that some players in the MLB get the benefit of call, just like the NBA. It's not a conspiracy but throughout their career, they have EARNED the benefit of the doubt. If a great hitter lays off of a pitch I believe some umpires think "Hey, he's got a great eye. If he's not swinging at it, it probably aint a strike!" That's almost a given in some situations. Great pitchers are the same way.

As for the large quantity of females in the boston area, lets just say I did alright. I was known to show up to a saturday DH with a story or two from the night before. That might explain my career .250 BA. Lucky for me, I'm still young and being a fireman doesn't exactly hurt my situation these days. Thanks for asking.


Not bad Yags, sounds like you enjoy your stay in Boston. 

It's fine you think they can affect the game with the umps.  Don't really disagree with that once in a while.  I do think most of the coaches and umps in the LEC are on to them.   

Knowing many umps on the high school and college level, they talk too and their onto these coaching antics.  Only the new young umps would be affected and in most of those games the coach gets ejected because the umps don't know what else to do.

Who does the ump go with when it's Greg against Manny in the world series?  DOes he just try to split the favored calls that they have earned?  Maybe it doesn't count then.  Would it count in inter-league or the All Star game?  Damn thats got to be a had job. In a nano second think of who is at bat or who is pitching and figure out wheather to call  it a ball or strike.  Thats why it takes those umps so long to make the call.  Just kidding.

I can just hear Joe Morgan now.  You know Jon, it is Greg Maddox pitching and if your Greg Maddox you get those calls.  Shut up Joe.  So Greg gets those calls everytime he throws it an inch or two off the black....please.  That umpire has never called it a strike for anyone but Greg or maybe Roger or RAndy.  I just dont see it.

Now you want to tell me a certain ump may like a certain pitcher or hitter more that another I could agree with that.  Still don't think its wide spread or provable.  Now that would be human nature.

I have always said the two best jobs are umpires and weathermen.  You can be wrong a lot and not lose your job.
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: Jcon8958 on May 18, 2008, 10:14:00 PM
I will try to work on my typing boys that I promise
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: dgilblair on May 18, 2008, 10:45:30 PM
Quote from: Jcon8958 on May 18, 2008, 10:14:00 PM
I will try to work on my typing boys that I promise

We all need to do that.  I think I would give you most improved this past year.  The effort has been noted.
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: ECSUalum on May 19, 2008, 12:20:14 PM
Quote from: DGilblair on May 18, 2008, 10:45:30 PM
Quote from: Jcon8958 on May 18, 2008, 10:14:00 PM
I will try to work on my typing boys that I promise

We all need to do that.  I think I would give you most improved this past year.  The effort has been noted.

Yea me too, I have been known to be unreadable some times as well
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: Jcon8958 on May 22, 2008, 04:55:29 PM
Go figure I got a LEC AWARD most improved hahaha thanks boys.
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: ECSUalum on May 22, 2008, 08:12:22 PM
anyone know a good website to see where high school seniors have declared where they will play college baseball?
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: Rick Vaughn on May 24, 2008, 10:37:05 AM
http://www.pgcrosschecker.com/hsprospects/2008/college_commitments_08class.aspx?gyear=2008

Not great, but there are some D3 commits mixed in.
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: ECSUalum on May 24, 2008, 03:21:26 PM
Quote from: Rick Vaughn on May 24, 2008, 10:37:05 AM
http://www.pgcrosschecker.com/hsprospects/2008/college_commitments_08class.aspx?gyear=2008

Not great, but there are some D3 commits mixed in.
Rick,  Many thanks
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: JustAFan on May 25, 2008, 01:29:52 AM
Trinity survives tonight against Linfield but it should have been easier. The Trinity bats are struggling (14 K's last night, 9 tonight), and for the second game in a row Trinity committed 3 errors (4 of the 6 errors so far by the 2Bman), and that eventually will catch up with them if it persists no matter how good the Bantams pitching continues to be. 

While the Trinity 2B is really struggling defensively, it was good to see him have a big hit tonight in the 7th to drive in what proved to be the game winning runs. What happened in the 9th, though, after Abbott led off the inning with a double? Did Decker want Piacentini to bunt Abbott over but he couldn't get it done?

I was a little surprised to see Decker go to Reagan rather than McGrath or Anderson in the 9th, although he did the same thing against Tufts in the NESCAC tournament. That certainly means that Barnard will get the ball tomorrow, not Reagan. I believe McGrath hasn't pitched since the NESCAC tournament--got to wonder how sharp he'll be if/when needed.

While Trinity certainly has shown that it can win the close games thus far in the Wisconsin, both games would/should have been a lot easier if they'd had some more timely hitting, but I guess I'm just getting greedy to expect easier games at this level, where all wins are good wins given the level of competition and quality of pitching!  Let's hope they tighten things up defensively and get the bats going against the #3 and #4 pitchers they will soon face.

Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: Ralph Turner on May 26, 2008, 11:29:36 AM
Quote from: JustAFan on May 25, 2008, 01:29:52 AM
...

While Trinity certainly has shown that it can win the close games thus far in the Wisconsin, both games would/should have been a lot easier if they'd had some more timely hitting, but I guess I'm just getting greedy to expect easier games at this level, where all wins are good wins given the level of competition and quality of pitching!  Let's hope they tighten things up defensively and get the bats going against the #3 and #4 pitchers they will soon face.
Very mature assessment of the competition.  I am grateful for the respect that you are showing the teams in WI.  +1!  :)
 
Trinity maybe facing a #3 or a #4 tomorrow, or even "pitching by committee".  They are in excellent shape now.

Mr Ypsi has already proclaimed them prohibitive favorites.  This should be fun!
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: Rick Vaughn on May 26, 2008, 03:23:03 PM
What makes Trinity even dangerous is what they have waiting for whatever team slugs their way through today.  Tim Kiely on three days rest, or if he isn't ready, Regan, who has already made two relief appearance this week and went 8-0 with a sub-two ERA.  I'd like to think they are in OK shape.

Quote from: JustAFan on May 25, 2008, 01:29:52 AM
I was a little surprised to see Decker go to Reagan rather than McGrath or Anderson in the 9th, although he did the same thing against Tufts in the NESCAC tournament. That certainly means that Barnard will get the ball tomorrow, not Reagan. I believe McGrath hasn't pitched since the NESCAC tournament--got to wonder how sharp he'll be if/when needed.


I doubt getting McGrath or Anderson innings are much of a concern at this point.
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: JustAFan on May 26, 2008, 09:02:47 PM
Trinity has to hope that Kiely is ready tomorrow on 3 days rest. If not, then it'll be interesting to see who Decker goes to in relief in game 1.  Decker is going to have some very tough decisions to make if Kiely gets knocked out early--in particular, does he keep Reagan his back pocket for game 2 or use him in game 1?  I don't believe Trinity's pitching is as deep, or as tested, as many say it is once you get beyond its iron-man starting 4 rotation, who deserve all the plaudits they've received. However, the only other proven starter after Kiely/Beyer/Barnard/Reagan is Rappaport, and he's only pitched 18 innings all year. So if Kiely's not ready, or starts and doesn't have it, Decker will have some interesting decisions about what to do next.  If Hopkins forces a game 2, Trinity probably is going to have to pitch by committee from among Reagan, Anderson, McGrath, Rappaport and Beyer (assuming he has 2-3 innings left in him on 2 days rest), depending on who's not used in game 1. While Trinity has some other arms on the bench, none of them are proven since Decker hasn't had any innings to give them this year. If Kiely can go deep into game 1, things look a lot better for Trinity even if they lose game 1.

Incidentally, of the best arms on the Trinity bench is right fielder James Wood, who was a very good pitcher in high school but has not had an opportunity to take the mound for the Bantams thus far in his career. Look for that to change next year.

Hopkins will most likely start 6-4 senior Ryan Kealy tomorrow. Kealy came on in relief in game 1 vs. Adrian and pitched the last 5 innings of Hopkins 14 inning win, only giving up 1 hit and no runs.  He only faced 17 hitters, so he should be pretty fresh even though he'll be going on 3 days rest like Kiely (who faced 34 batters on Friday). Hopkins also has sophomore Greg Harbeck available (2-0, 2.78 ERA, 22.2 IP, 2 GS), who threw .1 of an inning against Trinity Sunday, and 6-6 junior Dave Fiorettie (2-0, 2.41 ERA, 4 GS, 18.2 IP).  Bottom line: There's still some depth left in the Hopkins pitching staff, enough to make it interesting if Trinity can't get it done in game 1. Let's hope they can!

Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: Rick Vaughn on May 26, 2008, 09:48:02 PM
Fan-- Good info on the Hopkins pitching situation.  I think you are looking way too far into the Trinity situation.  If Kiely isn't ready for tomorrow, it's Regan.  The ony pitcher unavailable for the championship should be Barnard.  If they need a closer I would expect Bayer over anyone else, unless Kiely starts then Regan should be the first one out of the pen if it's a close game.
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: KSCfan on May 28, 2008, 09:30:51 AM
Congrats on Trinity and the NESCAC for thier first d3 baseball championship.  NESCAC on a roll latley with Amherst basketball last year and Trinity baseball this year, Congrats again
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: speedy on May 28, 2008, 01:21:32 PM
Amazing performance by the Bantams - 45 straight wins, topped off by 4 consecutive 1-run wins in the NCAAs. This season will not be topped for a very long time to come .  .
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: Ralph Turner on May 31, 2008, 01:03:27 PM
Quote from: KSCfan on May 28, 2008, 09:30:51 AM
Congrats on Trinity and the NESCAC for thier first d3 baseball championship.  NESCAC on a roll lately with Amherst basketball last year and Trinity baseball this year, Congrats again

:D :D :D
We football fans look forward to a successful run to the Stagg Bowl in the near future.

:D  ;)
Title: internet broadcast
Post by: fen1der on December 14, 2008, 12:45:39 PM
anyone out there know of any type of internet broadcast of NESCAC baseball games?
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: ECSUalum on December 15, 2008, 09:44:39 PM
Many of the NESCAC schools will have audio broadcasts streamed over the internet from thier local radio stations.  Go to the individual school baseball websites to determine if/when the games are webcast
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: Old Spartan on January 28, 2009, 12:25:14 PM
NESCAC Fans:

We are getting close to the official start of practice and soon thereafter we should have access to the updated rosters and "outlook" summaries.  I hope that will get this Board going with some substantive discussion.  I think the relocation of the NCAA Regionals will be a good thing:  more accessible to fans and perhaps warmer too.  Cape Cod has more hotels and is a sexier place to be, but it was cold and hard to get to.

Any thoughts or info?
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: ecfaninri on January 28, 2009, 02:35:04 PM
Old Spartan..
I think that the Harwich site was meant to be good site with regards to local groups getting ready for the Cape Cod League. Most players come from D1 programs however, there may be a diamond in the rough from one or two schools to supplement a roster while the D1 players are still in the College World Series tournament.  EConn will be a better site, somewhat warmer, but not a heat wave. Easier travel for eastern schools.
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: Rick Vaughn on February 18, 2009, 02:35:09 PM
The NESCAC start date was February 15...How the teams looking any impact freshman around?  Is Trinity still the dominate force, or does anyone else have a chance?

Normally Williams has a great advantage with their two week Spring Break, but this year it's backfiring.  Nobody else is on break that late, so they are stuck playing Thomas College three times their second week before heading home.  This also forces them to pack in their schedule in the first week and play four DH's in five days.

Hope we can hear some team breakdowns.
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: darkhorse on March 03, 2009, 12:39:47 PM
Anyone have any early season predictions on how the east and west will end up in 2009?
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: fen1der on March 10, 2009, 02:38:44 PM
by my estimation, it looks like a few teams start up OOC games this week in the South...
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: Rick Vaughn on March 26, 2009, 11:23:42 AM
Pretty quiet on the NESCAC baseball board - Very competitive year across the board in NE.  Trin appears to still be the class of the league, but I would be surprised if they don't drop a game to Bowdoin or Tufts.  Amherst looked as if they would be the class of the West, but a bad loss to Westfield St. makes me skeptical.  Williams started 0-5 against tough competition, but has won three straight heading into this weekend vs Midd in AZ. 

League Weekends start up tomorrow!!

My Predictions:
East
1) Trin 11-1
2) Bowdoin 8-4
3) Tufts 7-5
4) Bates 3-9
5) Colby 1-11

West
1) Williams 9-3
2) Amherst 8-4
3) Midd 6-6
4) Hamilton 4-8
5) Wes Tech 3-9

Hamilton hung in there with Trinity down FL, and I think might avoid the cellar (Suprise!).

To further the convo:

All Conference Picks
C - Killeen 1B - Graham, 2B - Piancentini, SS - Allemand, 3B - Powers, OF - Wood, Rose, Heller (Amh), P - Bayer, Benz, Foster (Ham)

POY - Killeen, PitchOY - Bayer, FOY - Heller 
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: ECSUalum on March 26, 2009, 11:48:54 AM
Quote from: Rick Vaughn on March 26, 2009, 11:23:42 AM
Pretty quiet on the NESCAC baseball board - Very competitive year across the board in NE.  Trin appears to still be the class of the league, but I would be surprised if they don't drop a game to Bowdoin or Tufts.  Amherst looked as if they would be the class of the West, but a bad loss to Westfield St. makes me skeptical.  Williams started 0-5 against tough competition, but has won three straight heading into this weekend vs Midd in AZ. 

League Weekends start up tomorrow!!

My Predictions:
East
1) Trin 11-1
2) Bowdoin 8-4
3) Tufts 7-5
4) Bates 3-9
5) Colby 1-11

West
1) Williams 9-3
2) Amherst 8-4
3) Midd 6-6
4) Hamilton 4-8
5) Wes Tech 3-9

Hamilton hung in there with Trinity down FL, and I think might avoid the cellar (Suprise!).

To further the convo:

All Conference Picks
C - Killeen 1B - Graham, 2B - Piancentini, SS - Allemand, 3B - Powers, OF - Wood, Rose, Heller (Amh), P - Bayer, Benz, Foster (Ham)

POY - Killeen, PitchOY - Bayer, FOY - Heller 

Rick,

Good to have some insight into the NESCAC teams.

Thanks for the update
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: Rick Vaughn on March 29, 2009, 10:23:19 PM
Some surprises in the NESCAC this weekend.  The biggest surprise was definitely Wes taking two of three from the Herst.  I think this was a combination of Amherst not being as good as most thought and Wes being much better than predicted.  The spanking Tufts took from Bates in game 3 of their series was just as unexpected.  The Jumbos are really struggling record-wise and that loss could hurt them down the road in the battle for the 2 seed in the East.  Williams and Trin with sweeps.

Biggest story is Trin's Kent Graham. This is only speculation, but he appeared to have injured himself during game 2 of their series with Bowdoin.  That lineup is still very potent, but Graham has been swinging it the best of their big three.  While Trin's pitching is still strong, they will definitely have to slug their way to victories this year more than last.
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: JustAFan on March 30, 2009, 11:58:58 PM
Graham was back in the lineup for Trinity today in its loss to WPI.

I wouldn't count out Amherst.  Wesleyan got career pitching starts from its seniors, Mones and Dominguez, but the question is whether the Cardinals can get similar performances from them over the next 4 weekends to offset their lack of pitching depth.  Amherst's pitching depth may ultimately prove to be the difference over the course of the season.

The key for Trinity will be who emerges as its #3 starter and how its freshman #2 starter holds up over the course of the season. Both of these weekend starters should expect a lot of run support, however, and that should allow them to pitch relaxed even if they fall behind on the scoreboard.

Watch out for Bates the next couple of years--they're young and they have a strong sophomore class that is getting lots of playing time.  Same for Amherst as its sophomore class of pitchers (Healy, McKenna and Keenan plus Cetkovski and Harris) continues to develop .

Tufts is in for a long season unless it starts hitting soon (the Jumbos are dead last in team batting average, only one of 2 NESCAC teams batting under .300) and finds some pitching depth. The Jumbos are really feeling the loss of graduated offensive star Steve Ragonese.

Looks like there are several promising freshmen pitchers in the league this year.  Trinity used a first year (James Ramsey) as its #2 this weekend against Bowdoin and another Bantam frosh (Ed Donovan) threw well today against WPI. Wesleyan started a freshman (Brett Yarussi) in its weekend series with Amherst and Bates did so as well vs. Tufts (Karl Alexander).

Williams may have the strongest set of weekend starters in the league and they showed it this past weekend against a good hitting (and league leader in team batting average) Middlebury squad.  It's also a seasoned bunch of pitchers, led by seniors Dan Benz and Ben Horwitz along with juniors Paul Burgdorf and Tom Coleman.

Despite being swept by Trinity, Bowdoin gave Jeremiah Bayer, the Bantams #1, a run for his money in a 5-3 loss in the series opener.  Bowdoin senior Pat Driscoll pitched very well for the Polar Bears in what was a back and forth one-run game until the final inning.  Bowdoin also got strong pitching from junior Carter Butland in game 2 (5.1 innings, 3 runs, 7 K's).  The open question is who will emerge as Bowdoin's #3 starter.  Right now Bowdoin's bats and the strength of its first 2 starters give it the edge over Tufts for second place in the East division.

Eric McGrath, Trinity's quarterback and a talented pitcher, is not listed on the 09 roster.  Is he injured or not playing this spring?





Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: JustAFan on March 31, 2009, 09:10:07 PM
Great win by Bowdoin this afternoon over #23 ranked USouthern Maine, 7-4.  Junior Joe Pace bounced back from a tough outing Saturday vs. Trinity to pitch 7 strong innings and stake the Polar Bears to a 7-1 lead over what might be the most potent offense in New England.  In Saturday's start vs. Trinity Pace couldn't get out of the first inning, giving up 2 runs on 4 walks and a hit before he was relieved with 2 outs in the inning.  Today he showed his real stuff, and together with Pat Driscoll (who came on in relief in the 9th today to save the victory) and Carter Butland he gives Bowdoin a strong and veteran weekend rotation.
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: NESCAC FAN on April 02, 2009, 07:29:04 AM
Weekend predictions...
Tufts manages to take 1 from Trinity
Hamilton takes 2 of 3 from Amherst
Bates takes 2 of 3 from Colby
Wesleyan takes 2 of 3 from Middlebury
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: Rick Vaughn on April 02, 2009, 10:46:01 AM
Amazingly, I actually could see all those happening.  For Tufts to take one from Trin, Casey should think about throwing O'Donnell in the 7 and avoid matching him up with Bayer.  That's their best chance to swipe a game from the Bants.

After this weekend playoff positioning should be a lot easier to sort out.
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: KSCfan on April 02, 2009, 12:08:15 PM
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=simmons/090401

Bill Simmons from ESPN throws out a NESCAC in his mailbag part 2.  Its talking about academics vs sports at Holy Cross. About a quarter of the way down the page
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: Rick Vaughn on April 06, 2009, 09:10:30 PM
Trin sweeps, Ham/Herst split, Wes/Midd split, Bates 2 games to 1 over Colby.  Still a lot up in the air...The pitching around the league is down this year.  Trinity leads the league with a 4.00 team ERA, but after that the rest of the league is over 5. 
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: Rick Vaughn on April 07, 2009, 08:41:16 PM
Williams with a win over DI Fordham today...This along with Bowdoin's win over USM go down as the best wins by NESCAC teams this year.  Win #11 in a row for the red hot Ephs. 
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: frank uible on April 08, 2009, 04:07:52 AM
Last year Williams' two shortcomings were spotty fielding and lack of hitting power. So far this year the fielding seems to be better, but the lack of power hitting continues.
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: Rick Vaughn on April 10, 2009, 09:07:50 AM
Williams has fielded much better recently, but they are still statistically the worst fielding team in the NESCAC.  The lack of power has not hurt them too bad because Barrale has them running much more (34/39) compared to the team that won the league two years ago.  While they may lack that big bat that can change the game with one swing, they will be much more likely to manufacture runs using their speed.

Predictions for the weekend:

Trin sweeps Bates (locks down #1 in the East)
Bowdoin takes 2 of 3 from Colby
Wes takes 2 of 3 from Hammy
Williams sweeps Amherst (just a DH this weekend)

The final game of this series will be on ESPNU in early May.

http://williams.prestosports.com/sports/bsb/2008-09/news/0407_150th_anniversary_of_1st_college_baseball_game_--_Williams_vs._Amherst_to_air_on_ESPNU_from_Pittsfield-s_Wahconah_Park


Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: frank uible on April 10, 2009, 10:56:05 AM
Tuesday Williams produced no errors under the pressure of playing against D1 and  for the season may be able to win sufficiently playing "small" ball if its fielding continues to hold up. I will be interested to see it play tomorrow for my first time this year.
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: Rick Vaughn on April 11, 2009, 07:18:04 PM
Williams got killed by both it's poor defense (4 E's in game 1) and it's lack of power hitting (one extra base hit over both games) in it's losses to Amherst today.  The standings in the West are a mess.
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: frank uible on April 11, 2009, 08:28:45 PM
They have become a mess only if one is a Williams fan, otherwise they are an interesting 4 team scramble.
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: Rick Vaughn on April 11, 2009, 09:24:14 PM
A mess, as in it is impossible to predict who will get the playoff spots.  I'm also an underdog loving sports fan and would love to see perennial doormat Hamilton make a run.
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: NESCAC FAN on April 12, 2009, 06:42:14 AM
Hamilton could make thigns interesting. Foster is one of the most talented pitchers in the league and they've got some guys that can hit. If they can find a few more effective arms, they could definitely slip into the playoffs.

The East gets settled next weekend. Whoever wins Bowdoin-Tufts series gets 2 seed.
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: Rick Vaughn on April 12, 2009, 08:33:51 PM
Wes takes two from Ham...In the driver's seat for the top seed in the West.   Now it's Williams, Ham, and the Herst for the final spot.  The league appears  to be a one-horse race again.  Trinity is feasting on the bottom of the East.
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: NESCAC FAN on April 12, 2009, 08:44:25 PM
This seems to be a very weak year in the NESCAC. Trinity lost 3 of their top 4 arms from last year, yet they are still cruising over NESCAC teams.
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: Rick Vaughn on April 13, 2009, 09:55:00 AM
The NESCAC is down this year.  Teams are very inconsistent.  Examples: Bowdoin beats So Maine and St. Joes, but loses to Thomas.  Williams beats DI Fordham, then gets overmatched by what was thought to be a struggling Amherst squad.

Mid Year Update:

PlayOY East - Killeen (Tr), PlayOY West - Dominguez SS/P (Wes)
PitchOY East - Bayer (Tr), PitchOY West - Foster (Ham)
CoachOY East - Decker (Tr), CoachOY West - Woodworth (Wes)
FrOY East - Janiga (Tr), FrOY West - Heller (Amh)

C - Killeen (Tr), 1B - Graham (Tr), 2B - Piancentini (Tr), SS - Dominguez (Wes), 3B - McKillop (Midd), OF - Choate (Ham), Mathews (Will), Heller (Amh), P - Bayer (Tr), Foster (Ham), Driscoll (Bowd), Mones (Wes)
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: JustAFan on April 13, 2009, 12:34:55 PM
Good mid-season list.  Hard to keep Trinity's James Wood off the outfield list.  Also, for freshman POY I think you meant James Ramsey from Trinity rather than Janiga, who's a sophomore.

Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: darkhorse on April 13, 2009, 01:52:07 PM
What about the Choate kid from Hamilton?  His numbers aren't that much different than Heller's plus Choate hits lead off, which will lead to fewer RBI's.....A lot of games left before the voting tho so I know alot can change.......Plus people should take into consideration the park that Foster has to pitch in at home, he gave up 2 homeruns to amherst kids that would at best be doubles in almost every other park, to have an ERA in the 2.61 range is pretty impressive..........
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: Rick Vaughn on April 13, 2009, 08:53:17 PM
Definitely weird not to see Wood on my list.  He was likely the first OF counted out.  Heller's numbers have been too impressive so far, but Choate has been a huge impact for the Hammy lineup.  My bad on the Janiga/Ramsey mix up.  Trin would sweep the West's awards either way. 
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: NESCAC FAN on April 19, 2009, 08:28:56 AM
Looks like it's Amherst and whoever wins the Wesleyan/Williams series next weekend although lots of odd scenarios are still possible in the West.

Tufts somehow took 2 of 3 vs. Bowdoin, so they are looking good for the 2 seed in the East, although they still might not be able to sweep Colby, which would allow Bowdoin to get in with a sweep of Bates.

Still looks like everyone's fighting for 2nd place, though. Trinity is just getting better talent these days. The Wood, Piacentini, Killeen, Graham part of the lineup is scary good.
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: wordsmith on April 20, 2009, 07:35:51 PM
I'll play a little Jeopardy with all you NESCAC

The answer is : Who is Mike Sweeney?

Word :D
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: RSSmith on April 20, 2009, 07:57:06 PM
Quote from: wordsmith on April 20, 2009, 07:35:51 PM
I'll play a little Jeopardy with all you NESCAC

The answer is : Who is Mike Sweeney?

Word :D

All Star first baseman/DH for the Royals.  As far as I know, he was drafted out of high school.
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: wordsmith on April 20, 2009, 08:21:29 PM
Quote from: RSSmith on April 20, 2009, 07:57:06 PM
Quote from: wordsmith on April 20, 2009, 07:35:51 PM
I'll play a little Jeopardy with all you NESCAC

The answer is : Who is Mike Sweeney?

Word :D

All Star first baseman/DH for the Royals.  As far as I know, he was drafted out of high school.

RSSmith,

Sorry, no, not that Mike Sweeney.  :P

Word
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: Rick Vaughn on April 20, 2009, 08:44:52 PM
Who is Amherst's next baseball coach?

I'll take the WIAC for $2000, word.
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: wordsmith on April 20, 2009, 08:52:06 PM
Quote from: Rick Vaughn on April 20, 2009, 08:44:52 PM
Who is Amherst's next baseball coach?

I'll take the WIAC for $2000, word.


Ding Ding Ding Mr. Vaughn has just hit the daily double.

Very well done.  ;D ;)

Word

Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: Rick Vaughn on April 20, 2009, 08:58:48 PM
Where you hearing this information Word?  Is this an educated guess or an inside source.  Sweeney would be my guess as well, but I have also heard rumors of Duncan Webb floating around.  If you have been around as long as Thurston you have plenty of assistant's who would love to take over for you.
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: wordsmith on April 20, 2009, 09:04:49 PM
Quote from: Rick Vaughn on April 20, 2009, 08:58:48 PM
Where you hearing this information Word?  Is this an educated guess or an inside source.  Sweeney would be my guess as well, but I have also heard rumors of Duncan Webb floating around.  If you have been around as long as Thurston you have plenty of assistant's who would love to take over for you.

I'll just say -Just a wild guess ;) 8)

Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: frank uible on April 21, 2009, 08:32:55 AM
How does this projection square with the 4/10/09 Amherst press release announcing Thurston's reirement and also Brian Hamm's selection as Amherst's interim head coach for the academic year 2009-2010? Isn't Sweeney available for 2009-2010? If he is, it appears that Hamm has the inside track.
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: wordsmith on April 21, 2009, 09:45:48 AM
Quote from: frank uible on April 21, 2009, 08:32:55 AM
How does this projection square with the 4/10/09 Amherst press release announcing Thurston's reirement and also Brian Hamm's selection as Amherst's interim head coach for the academic year 2009-2010? Isn't Sweeney available for 2009-2010? If he is, it appears that Hamm has the inside track.

This statement below was taken directly from that announcment and is currently on the Amherst website. My suspicion is they cannot, in these economic times, put a Head Coach 'package' together and attract the 'guy' they want. If Hamm were the guy, would they have named him interim and made this statement. Now, he might end up being 'the guy', and would be well deserving. But is Amherst looking for an Amherst guy?

While Amherst had planned to announce a national search for a new baseball head coach this spring, the College has elected to postpone this search process (along with many other major searches throughout the College) until economic conditions improve.


Word :)
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: Old Spartan on April 21, 2009, 11:55:51 AM
Not naming a head coach makes for difficult recruiting conditions, even at an academic powerhouse. 
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: ECSUalum on April 21, 2009, 02:51:53 PM
Showers moving into HTFD.  Will they play ECSU @ Trinity game?
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: Old Spartan on April 21, 2009, 02:54:35 PM
No, postponed.  No make up date released as of yet.
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: wordsmith on April 21, 2009, 03:07:35 PM
By the way I wanted to go on record as saying Best Wishes to Bill Thurston in retirement.

I sat through countless seminars and clinics that Coach conducted over the past 20+ years and they were all excellent. Thorough, knowledgable and always willing to share his knowledge. And he and I share the same opinion of Dan Duquette. :P

I only wish he would have had more success in getting college ball back to wood bats. Lord knows he tried. So a tip of the hat to a class guy and a true gentleman (even though he is a graduate of Michigan). Good Luck

Word 8)

Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: ECSUalum on April 21, 2009, 03:22:18 PM
Thanks Old Spartan
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: RSSmith on April 21, 2009, 04:29:01 PM
Quote from: wordsmith on April 21, 2009, 03:07:35 PM
By the way I wanted to go on record as saying Best Wishes to Bill Thurston in retirement.

I sat through countless seminars and clinics that Coach conducted over the past 20+ years and they were all excellent. Thorough, knowledgable and always willing to share his knowledge. And he and I share the same opinion of Dan Duquette. :P

I only wish he would have had more success in getting college ball back to wood bats. Lord knows he tried. So a tip of the hat to a class guy and a true gentleman (even though he is a graduate of Michigan). Good Luck

Word 8)

For all the old Dalton, Mass. guys out there, I assume that your shared opinon of Duquette held nothing but the highest of esteem.


Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: Rick Vaughn on April 23, 2009, 03:09:02 PM
I've heard recent info favoring Hamm as the man for the job at Amherst.  With their history of great pitching and Trinity's recent success, it shows that a place like Amherst could become a force on the national level, not just the regional level. 

Huge weekend in the west with the winner of the Williams-Wes series locking up a birth in the NESCAC and possibly home field.  Benz will be the key for Williams.  He returned to form last weekend against Hamilton and if he can throw that way again it will set the tone for the series. 
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: Old Spartan on April 24, 2009, 02:28:25 PM
The W v W series is Saturday/Sunday as opposed to the standard.  Any thoughts as to why?
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: Rick Vaughn on April 26, 2009, 09:24:13 AM
No idea as to why the series is Saturday/Sunday.  Possibly a big on campus event at Williams on Friday?

Things have sorted out this weekend.  Tufts sweep of Colby earned them the #2 seed in the East via their series win earlier this year over Bowdoin.  In an East/West game Amherst split with Trin.  Great win for the Lord Jeffs after Bayer no-hit them in game one, Amherst pitching shutout the Bantams in game two.  Even more impressive is holding the Killeen, Graham, Wood combo hitless.  Williams swept Wes pretty comfortably on the road yesterday.  Williams needs to win today to still have a realistic chance to host. 
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: dIIIball on April 26, 2009, 12:20:52 PM
Congrats to Williams Seniors Howitz, Benz, Stone, Mikell, and B. Allison for having now matched Tufts seniors from last year and again this year for reaching the NESCAC playoffs each of their four years in the always-competitive NESCAC West.
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: NESCAC FAN on April 26, 2009, 04:50:11 PM
Last year's senior class at Williams did not make the NESCAC tourney eveyr year. They missed in their freshman year when Amherst and Wesleyan made it.
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: Rick Vaughn on April 26, 2009, 07:11:10 PM
I was wrong about Williams needing to win today.  All they need is to beat Amherst on May 3rd to host NESCAC's. 

Also, dIII didn't say that last years Williams senior class accomplished the feat.  He said the senior classes from Tufts the last two years have done so...not even Trin's past two senior classes (Kiely's group and Kileen's group) can say that.
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: JustAFan on April 26, 2009, 09:34:52 PM
Although Williams has clinched a tournament berth from the NESCAC West the other West representative is still up in the air, as is the tournament host. Here's how I think it lays out:

If Amherst beats Hamilton next Saturday (at Hamilton) then Amherst clinches a tournament berth.

If Amherst also beats Williams next Sunday then the Lord Jeffs will host the tournament by virtue of winning the season series vs. Williams.

If Amherst beats Hamilton but loses to Williams then Williams will host the tournament as the West's #1 seed and Amherst will be the #2 seed.

But if Amherst loses to both Hamilton and Williams next weekend and Wesleyan beats Middlebury next Saturday (at Middlebury), Wesleyan goes to the tournament as the West's #2 seed rather than Amherst since Wesleyan holds the tie-breaker vs. Amherst as a result of winning their season series.

Amherst will have some interesting pitching decisions to make for next weekend. Do they throw their #1 on Saturday or save him for Sunday?  They're likely to face Max Foster, Hamilton's #1, on Saturday in a game in which Hamilton will be loose and carefree with nothing to lose in its senior's final home game.  Do they pull out all of the stops to try to win that game to clinch a tournament spot and treat Sunday's game, and the opportunity to host the tournament, as gravy? Or do they save their top arms for Sunday's Little Three contest? I assume they'll do whatever it takes to get a win on Saturday and then take their chances on Sunday, especially since they've got a deep pitching staff.



Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: Rick Vaughn on April 26, 2009, 10:06:38 PM
Thanks for the great breakdown Fan!  If I could give you +K, I would.  Really helps clarify for me.

As for who to throw - Platzbecker and Healy have both been very good this year, so they will split those games.  Since both games are very important, I would look at what gives you the better matchup.  Healy dominated both Hamilton and Williams this year, while Platzbecker threw much better against Williams (albeit out of relief).  I would go with Healy against Hamilton, 10 K's in the first outing, and Platzbecker against Williams to combat the left handed hitting middle of the lineup (Mathews, Mikell, Stone). 

Just one man's opinion - after 40+ years Thurston knows who to throw when and I am sure he knows what he is doing. Either way facing Benz and Foster is no easy task.
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: NESCAC FAN on April 27, 2009, 06:15:45 AM
Amherst can lose to Hamilton and beat Williams to get the 1 seed. They would both be 8-4 in that scenario.

Tough spot for the Jeffs..Hamilton, with Foster, is a legitimate team. Then, after battling him, you have to face Benz the next day?!?!? That's a tough weekend...
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: darkhorse on April 27, 2009, 10:49:43 AM
Great stuff boys! 

Any thoughts on post season accolades?  Your thoughts on POY and ROY? 

Things are very tight between Heller and Mayberry in terms of #s for ROY, any input? 

Also what are everybody's all NESCAC 1st and 2nd teams at this point?

Always a pleasure reading all of your post!
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: Rick Vaughn on April 27, 2009, 09:45:59 PM
I'm going to wait for all the games to get sorted out this weekend before I put out my opinions on all-NESCAC.

One thing heading into this weekend - Williams has a pretty busy week heading into the Amherst game Sunday.  Tuesday at Skidmore, Wednesday vs RPI, and two Saturday against MIT.  They better have a deep staff or they might get spanked around going into Sunday.  I would have all the dogs ready for Sunday (Burgdorf, Horowitz, Marino) to follow Benz, so it will be interest to see how Barrale works his staff this week.
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: frank uible on April 28, 2009, 08:22:25 AM
Williams has 15 pitchers on its roster.
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: Rick Vaughn on April 28, 2009, 12:41:24 PM
They may have 15 pitchers, but they may get beat up a little bit on Saturday by a pretty good MIT team if they save their pitching for Sunday.  Do you start Horowitz and Burgdorf Saturday, or do you save them for the pen on Sunday?  I feel like I'm making it more of a deal than it actually is, but I don't know how arms recover.
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: frank uible on April 28, 2009, 02:18:24 PM
Since Bill Barrale always takes my advice, it is recommended that he risk getting beat up to any extent by any and all others except for Amherst.
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: Rick Vaughn on April 28, 2009, 05:46:52 PM
Agreed.  Frank do you sit in the dugout or is it merely pregame suggestions?  Was Barnard as receptive of you advice? 
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: frank uible on April 28, 2009, 11:15:58 PM
Both Barrale and Barnard have used my advice in about the same way - which is rendered from my luxury box.
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: dgilblair on May 01, 2009, 05:42:38 PM
Good story.........http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/baseball/2009-04-30-amherst-williams_N.htm
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: JustAFan on May 02, 2009, 03:27:57 PM
Hamilton beats Amherst, 9-3, this afternoon on the strength of 4 home runs off Amherst starter Ryan Healy, who pitched 7 innings, followed by Teddy Blank. Foster did not pitch for Hamilton.

Despite today's loss, Amherst can still host the tournament by beating Williams tomorrow.  The open question, which will be decided later today, is whether tomorrow's game is a do or die game for Amherst.  That will depend on the result of today's Wesleyan game at Middlebury, which begins at 3:00. If Middlebury beats Wesleyan then Amherst clinches a tournament spot and tomorrow's game is "only" for the right to host the tournament (and also to avoid a opening round tournament game vs. Trinity).  If Wesleyan beats Middlebury later today then Amherst must win tomorrow to make the tournament.

Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: frank uible on May 02, 2009, 03:42:19 PM
If tomorrow's Amherst-Williams game should be canceled (not postponed) for weather,  flu or other reasons, then Amherst goes, but Williams hosts, irrespective of Wesleyan's outcome vs. Middlebury.
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: JustAFan on May 02, 2009, 06:23:29 PM
Wesleyan rallies with 4 runs in the 8th to beat Middlebury 9-6.  Senior co-captain Dusty Mones (5.1 IP, 11 hits, 5 ER) and freshman Brett Yanusi (3.2 IP, 4 hits, 1 run) pitched the Cardinals to victory, with Yarusi getting the win to even his record at 3-3.  Eight of the 9 Wesleyan starters had at least 2 hits.

Let's hope the weather cooperates tomorrow and Williams and Amherst can get the game in so that tournament berths are earned on the field rather than by application of tie-breaker rules.
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: Rick Vaughn on May 03, 2009, 09:26:14 PM
Williams clinches the top spot and pushes Amherst out of the NESCAC tourney with an 8-5 win today.  Sad to see a legend like Thurston have it end like that. 

The Williams freshman class was very impressive.  Grossman was great out of the pen throwing 5.1 only allowing one run on a Powers' bomb.  Marino followed him and showed good stuff, but did give up a homer.  At the plate, 3B Susk and CF Maier hit the ball hard all day.  Allemand was hitting 9th, but still displayed the potential that made him FOY two years ago with a HR and a 3B.  Williams will be a tough team next year even without Benz and Horwitz.

Final note: The game was played at a newly renovated Wahconah Park.  The place used to be falling apart and the field surface was awful, but they replaced the whole field and it looks great.  They also fixed up the bathrooms and adjusted the park fences.  The facility looks fantastic and I could see it being used as a possible NE Regional Site down the road.  The only issue is it plays small with metal bats, but the field is in great shape.  All around good day of baseball for the Williams-Amherst rivalry, especially for an Eph fan. 
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Post by: frank uible on May 03, 2009, 09:58:36 PM
Only three home runs were hit today at Wahconah. If that is too many, then take down the new drawn-in outfield fences, and return to the prior deeper ones.
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Post by: Rick Vaughn on May 03, 2009, 10:17:46 PM
Didn't say it was too many...I just thought that the porches were a little short down the line.  The high fence makes up for center field being just 380.  I was nitpicking either way the yard looked great.
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: darkhorse on May 04, 2009, 09:40:32 AM
Rick,
Now that the regular season has wrapped up how about your thoughts on the 1st and 2nd team all NESCAC's, POY, ROY and Pitcher of year? 

Also anyone else who has an opinion on this I would love to hear it....
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Post by: Rick Vaughn on May 04, 2009, 11:06:34 AM
These awards are hard to predict because the coaches don't name someone from each position on both teams.  This is my take on where they may end up.

POY  Killeen (Tr)                     Runners Up - Dominguez, Graham
PitchOY - Bayer (Tr)                Runner Up - Nobody is even close
COY - Thurston (Amh) - For sentimental reasons, but the winner should be Decker or Woodworth
FOY - Heller (Amh)                 Runners Up - Maier, Choate, Ramsey

1st Team
C - Killeen (Tr), 1B - Graham (Tr), 2B - Piancentini (Tr), SS - Dominguez (Wes), 3B - McKillop (Midd), OF - Enns(Midd), Mathews (Will), Heller (Amh), P - Bayer (Tr), Foster (Ham), Pace (Bowd), Stefaniak (Tufts)

2nd Team
C - Brown (Will), 1B - Shimrock (Midd), 2B - Zikaras (Bowd), SS - Leresche (Tufts), 3B - Sonnenfeld (Wes), OF - Choate (Ham), Burke (Bat), Lamborn (Wes), DH - Mikell (Will), UTL - Augustyn (Ham), P - Janiga (Tr), Yarusi (Wes), Ramsey (Tr), DeGoti (Tufts)
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: darkhorse on May 04, 2009, 01:48:03 PM
Rick,

Why no mention of Mayberry from Hamilton for rookie of the year?  He is listed as a So. but this is his first year playing in college.  He has better #'s than Choate and more hits than Heller?  Plus the kid can flat out play SS....Just wondering what your thoughts were?
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Post by: Rick Vaughn on May 04, 2009, 02:16:24 PM
I didn't know that Mayberry was a rookie. 

I didn't give him 2nd team SS because Leresche was Tufts most important player all year and Ham already had a few other guys receiving recognition.
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Post by: darkhorse on May 04, 2009, 06:35:09 PM
What about Al Mathews for POY?  He had a great season putting up some awful nice #s across the board.....

Also I don't think Thurston wins COY, too many other deserving guys!  COY should go to either Williams or Wesleyan in my opinion. 
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: Rick Vaughn on May 04, 2009, 07:31:47 PM
Mathews hit for little power.  While if you look at Killeen he combines defense, patience (26 BB's to 9 K's), and power (10 HR's).  Best player on the best team.  I gave Dominguez consideration because he threw so many innings and played short for the leagues most improved team.
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: ecfaninri on May 06, 2009, 08:43:20 AM
nebaseball44...
As I posted on the Eastern Conn. Regional site, I wouldn't be so quick to dismiss Williams. I know the popular pick is Trinity but there have been some upsets in other conferences and there is no telling that it can't happen here this weekend. Good Luck to Trinity, Tufts, Wesleyan and Williams.
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Post by: frank uible on May 06, 2009, 10:16:41 AM
But the smart money is on Trinity.
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Post by: Rick Vaughn on May 07, 2009, 09:28:07 AM
NESCAC Tourney Predictions - I am just guessing on starting pitching matchups:

DAY 1 - Trin (Bayer) vs. Wes (Mones) - Trin has to go with Bayer Game 1 and that should be end of story.  Wes had some success last weekend and played the Bantams close in both games of a DH.  That said, Bayer has been the best pitcher in the COUNTRY this year and with the playoff experience he has from last year that should continue.  I think this will be a close game because Wes has shownt he ability to hang around no matter the opponent.  WINNER - Trinity

Williams (Benz) vs. Tufts (Stefaniak) - Coach Barrale surprised people (well at least me) last weekend starting Horwitz, the going quickly to the pen vs. Amherst.  Benz's track record, his 1-hit shutout vs. Bowdoin in 2007, show that he is a big game pitcher and the guy to go to in this spot for the Ephs.  Last year these two teams played two low scoring close games, both won by Tufts.  I expect more of the same, especially since Williams is such a young squad and the game changes in the playoffs.  After Leresche the Jumbo lineup is very thin. WINNER - Williams

DAY TWO - Tufts (Yarusi) vs. Wes (O'Donnell) - It is very tough to come out of the losers bracket, but I think Wes could do it because they have depth in starting pitching.  I like Woody's club here, just scrappy squad.  I could see this as a blowout because after O'Donnell and DeGoti, Tufts pitching gets very thin. WINNER - Wesleyan

Williams (Burgdorf) vs. Trin (Janiga) - I think this game comes down to the experience in these big games.  I think the starting pitching matchup is relatively even, but Killeen, Graham, Wood, and Piancentini all have the ability to hit the ball out of the yard at anytime.  The heart of Williams lineup (Mathews, Susk, Brown, Mikell) lack that ability and are forced to string hits together.  That is very hard to do in postseason play.  WINNER - Trinity

Williams (Horwitz) vs. Wes (Dominguez) - Horwitz was roughed around by Wes two weeks ago and Amherst last weekend.  I think it might be a repeat performance with Barrale going to Grossman again early.  Dominguez may not have overwhelming stuff, but he has been the most versatile and toughest player in the NESCAC this year.  He is the difference maker on the hill.  WINNER - Wesleyan

DAY THREE - Championship Game - Trin (Ramsey) vs. Wes (Sargent) - Trin should win this easily, but Wes is a tough team to shake.  Sargent threw 7 innings last weekend vs the Bantams, but was hurt by shaky defense.  I would not be shocked if Wesleyan were to force a second game Sunday, but I think Trinity is just too strong and too experienced.  WINNER - Trinity

I also wouldn't be shocked if Trinity went out and sent a message to NE by dominating the tourney from the start.  I will be rooting for the home team, but it is tough to pick anyone but the Bantams.  Now the weather in the Berkshires needs to cooperate, hopefully there won't be any tripleheaders this year.

   
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: frank uible on May 07, 2009, 10:13:37 AM
The weather forecast for Williamstown on Friday, Saturday and Sunday is for at least some rain on each of the three days. Both Joe Wolfe Field in North Adams and also Wahconah Park in Pittsfield have lights to accomodate night games and would be suitable for play, barring unusual circumstances. They both also have covered stands. Williams' field has neither lights nor covered stands.
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: frank uible on May 07, 2009, 02:57:58 PM
Will the recent killing on the Wesleyan campus affect Wesleyan's participation in the conference playoffs?
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Post by: Col. Partridge on May 07, 2009, 10:52:45 PM
I don't think so.  Luckily, the suspected killer recently turned himself in.
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: Rick Vaughn on May 08, 2009, 04:25:22 PM
Good to see the Wesleyan out there playing ball.  I have to imagine it's tough to play after what happened on that campus yesterday. 

On the baseball side: Trin flexes their muscle early and Ramsey starts.  A little surprising seeing how important it is to win Game 1.  Benz continues to walk people and it comes back to hurt him, but he has started to settle in.
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: Rick Vaughn on May 08, 2009, 09:20:12 PM
The 1B's shine today - Mikell and Graham each with 4 hits and 5 RBI for the winning squads.  Williams bats have been hot, but they get to face the best pitcher in NE - possibly the nation - tomorrow morning.  Bayer has been virtually unhittable this year, but Williams hit anything that Tufts threw at them today.  Big matchup.
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Post by: RSSmith on May 09, 2009, 04:51:08 PM
Tufts scores 9 in the bottom of the 4th to take an 11-6 lead over Williams.
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: Rick Vaughn on May 09, 2009, 05:28:34 PM
Williams walked in 3 runs in the inning and Tufts has 6 errors in the game.  Not exactly what I would call good baseball.
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Post by: Rick Vaughn on May 09, 2009, 06:22:44 PM
Williams/Tufts must be in the rain.  Gamecast and Video have stopped and the radar looks ugly.  13-9 Tufts leading - Williams has two guys on with one out and Mathews up.  The winner in all this - Trinity.
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Post by: ECSUalum on May 09, 2009, 07:34:11 PM
Game postponed due to weather
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: NESCAC FAN on May 10, 2009, 09:44:41 AM
Tufts vs. Trinity in the finals as Tufts beats Williams 15-9.

Interesting that even if Trinity wins, the Tufts senior class will have won more NESCAC tourney games than all other senior classes in the league.

Can't imagine their being a bigger underdog in a championship than Tufts right now. Casey manages to get his boys to compete every year, but the last step is a monstrous one.
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: Rick Vaughn on May 10, 2009, 10:03:11 AM
Who will Tufts throw this afternoon? 

Quote from: Rick Vaughn on May 07, 2009, 09:28:07 AM

I also wouldn't be shocked if Trinity went out and sent a message to NE by dominating the tourney from the start.  I will be rooting for the home team, but it is tough to pick anyone but the Bantams.  Now the weather in the Berkshires needs to cooperate, hopefully there won't be any tripleheaders this year.
  

This is looking to be very true.  I'd assume Janiga to throw today.  Against Williams yesterday, Trin played pretty poorly (4 E's, Bayer walked 5) and still won easily.  They just know how to win.  The best example of this was when Williams cut the lead to 3 runs in the sixth.  Trin immediately went out scored the next half to extend the lead back to 4. 
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: Nuke LaLoosh on May 10, 2009, 10:16:01 AM
You'll probably see a committee, Mike Stefaniak didn't throw too much Friday so he will most likely throw at some point.



Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: Stump on May 10, 2009, 04:30:31 PM
Did Trinity really survive committing 8 errors? ???  Wow!
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: ECSUalum on May 10, 2009, 05:11:29 PM
Looks like the big D may be the Bantams achilles heal, I think thier team FP is 0.945 ish.

Pitching is excellent and they can certainly hit!!!
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: dgilblair on May 10, 2009, 05:56:57 PM
Quote from: ECSUalum on May 10, 2009, 05:11:29 PM
Looks like the big D may be the Bantams achilles heal, I think thier team FP is 0.945 ish.

Pitching is excellent and they can certainly hit!!!

That can be said about a few of the top ranked teams.

After looking at the feilding % of the top ten or so teams it appears I was wrong, all with the exception of ECSU (.949) and Trinity are in the .960's one was .958 I think.  I guess exactly when E's come has a lot to do with it hurting you or not.  A .968 team can still make an error in a big spot as well as a .940 team can.
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: ECSUalum on May 10, 2009, 07:33:02 PM
D, 

Maybe look at total runs - Earned runs, (unearned), divided by total runs or calculate unearned run average:

Player   era    w-l  app-gs  cg  sho  sv  ip         h      r      er    bb    so   2b  3b  hr  ab    b/avg
Totals   3.09  34-6  40-40  0    3/3  8  349.0  301  173  120 129  377  64  3  15  1319  .228 
For ECSU as of today:
53 unearned runs/173 total runs =  .306  (lower is better)
Unearned run average = 1.37

Totals  5.09  35-7  42-42   3    2/0  6  359.0  402  249  203  159  302  79  3  25  1439  .279
For USM as of today
46 unearned runs/249 total runs = .185
Unearned run average = 1.15

Could run the numbers on top 10 teams for example.

Or calculate some kind of ratio using total unearned runs and total team errors??

Any flaws in this?
Just some thoughts :)

Sorry NESCAC fans, this probably should be in LEC thread :-\
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: ECSUalum on May 10, 2009, 07:56:43 PM
Interesting,

While I  was posting above, CBS 60 Minutes was running a article on Bill James, the Red Sox Statistical Guru

Pretty cool guy 8)
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: dgilblair on May 10, 2009, 07:59:41 PM
Quote from: ECSUalum on May 10, 2009, 07:33:02 PM
D, 

Maybe look at total runs - Earned runs, (unearned), divided by total runs or calculate unearned run average:

Player   era    w-l  app-gs  cg  sho  sv  ip         h      r      er    bb    so   2b  3b  hr  ab    b/avg
Totals   3.09  34-6  40-40  0    3/3  8  349.0  301  173  120 129  377  64  3  15  1319  .228 
For ECSU as of today:
53 unearned runs/173 total runs =  .306  (lower is better)
Unearned run average = 1.37

Totals  5.09  35-7  42-42   3    2/0  6  359.0  402  249  203  159  302  79  3  25  1439  .279
For USM as of today
46 unearned runs/249 total runs = .185
Unearned run average = 1.15

Could run the numbers on top 10 teams for example.

Or calculate some kind of ratio using total unearned runs and total team errors??

Any flaws in this?
Just some thoughts :)

Sorry NESCAC fans, this probably should be in LEC thread :-\

Your scaring me now Alum......you trying to be the next Bill James?
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: ECSUalum on May 10, 2009, 08:11:41 PM
Maybe I will ask coach H to be the ECSU stat guru as part of his recruiting program ;)

This subject interesting, as very important to pick the future "All Americans" for ECSU.   Or for any team for that matter.

James advises BoSox who to draft, who to sign, who to resign, (ie they think he recommended not resigning Pedro and J. Damon based on his stats that say best years are 25-29 yrs old!!  All based on his statistical analysis.  OBP, slugging P were his I believe :)
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: Rick Vaughn on May 10, 2009, 09:23:26 PM
8 Errors?!?!  Wow! LEC Board guys - I'll forgive you if you give me an unearned run average for Trinity...It would be interesting to see how the three top teams in NE matchup in that fashion. 

Not sure if the poor performance this weekend shows how good this team is at winning time, or how down the NESCAC was this year outside of Trinity.
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: ECSUalum on May 10, 2009, 10:15:54 PM
Quote from: Rick Vaughn on May 10, 2009, 09:23:26 PM
8 Errors?!?!  Wow! LEC Board guys - I'll forgive you if you give me an unearned run average for Trinity...It would be interesting to see how the three top teams in NE matchup in that fashion. 

Not sure if the poor performance this weekend shows how good this team is at winning time, or how down the NESCAC was this year outside of Trinity.


Player                 ERA   W-L   APP  GS  CG SHO/CBO SV    IP     H      R    ER  BB  SO
Totals..............  2.90  26-5    31     31   7      1/0    1     251.0 206 134  81 112 221
For Trinity as of May 3rd stats off TrinBB website:
53 unearned runs/134 total runs = .396
unearned run average 1.90

Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: Rick Vaughn on May 10, 2009, 10:35:04 PM
That is ugly - Graham and Killeen are great defensively, but INF defense is key and Trinity will not repeat in the NE Regional without stepping up their game.
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: Stump on May 10, 2009, 10:42:16 PM
Quote from: Rick Vaughn on May 10, 2009, 10:35:04 PM
That is ugly - Graham and Killeen are great defensively, but INF defense is key and Trinity will not repeat in the NE Regional without stepping up their game.

Rick-- do you see Trinity staying in NE or going to NY?  I originally thought they'd be shipped to NY but now I'm thinking they stay in NE(keeping them on campus) and USM gets shipped to NY
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Post by: JustAFan on May 10, 2009, 10:52:36 PM
The NESCAC may have been a bit down this year but I saw a bright future for the league this weekend.  Williams batted freshmen at the 1, 2 and 4 spots in its lineup this weekend (Maier, Oliva and Susk)and Susk in particular has the tools to develop into a real power hitter. Plus an Eph freshman (Grossman) threw well in relief against Trinity. Wesleyan started 3 freshmen (Meadow, Rosenblum and Cooper)  and sophomore Julian Sonnenfeld was one of its top hitters this weekend. I thought Wesleyan freshman Brett Yarusi has some of the most electric stuff I've seen in many years in the NESCAC and has the potential to develop into a dominant pitcher. Add in fellow freshman pitcher Mike Barsotti and the Cardinals have some young talent to build upon.

With the exception of Mike Stefaniak, Tufts only pitched sophomores and a freshman all weekend, and started a bunch of freshmen and sophs in the field as well.  And let's not forget that Trinity got it done this weekend with a freshman (Ramsey) and 2 sophs (Yaniga and O'Sullivan-Pierce) on the mound in key situations.  

I'd also note that Amherst has 3-4 of the top young pitchers in the league in sophs Healy, McKenna and Keenan as well as the likely rookie of the year in Heller, Bowdoin is loaded with juniors and sophs, Bates started 5-6 sophs in the field most of the year, and Colby soph Will Hartigan may be one of the most under-appreciated pitchers in the league.  All in all, I think the NESCAC was in transition this year, perhaps down from past years, but not for long with the young talent coming up the ranks.  Trinity's upperclass experience certainly gave it an edge this year, but the Bantam's sloppy and unenthused performance this weekend should be of concern to the Trinity faithful.

Finally, a tip of the hat to the Tufts team for a gritty performance this weekend.  A Tufts parent told me that a bug ran thru the team the past 2 weeks and that Laresche, Rose and O'Donnell were in the infirmary thru Thursday and played sick all weekend but they and their teammates showed a lot of resilience and heart after their opening game shellacking from Williams.  


Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: ECSUalum on May 11, 2009, 09:15:33 AM
Quote from: Rick Vaughn on May 10, 2009, 10:35:04 PM
That is ugly - Graham and Killeen are great defensively, but INF defense is key and Trinity will not repeat in the NE Regional without stepping up their game.

Rick,

For those infielders, it is just about FOCUS,FOCUS,FOCUS. ECSU has to focus as well!

Trinity has the pitching and the bats to keep them competitive in the NE Regionals.

However, what I wonder sometimes is, in Appleton, where the creme of the crop defensively is playing.

IMO, Defense is really the third leg that separates the CWS participant from the CWS National Champion
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: Rick Vaughn on May 11, 2009, 09:36:43 AM
Agreed on the focus...to commit 8 errors that is a serious downward spiral.  At that point infielders are dreading the next ground ball and pitchers start to try to strike everyone out because they don't trust the defense behind them. 

I think it is important to see WHEN errors are made.  Those errors cannot be compoued by walks.  That's where Trinity's solid staff comes in.  Trin made 3 on the infield in the last two innings, but got out of it because Conor OSP was great.  The one knock on them last year was their defense but they made the plays when it counted.  I wouldn't be shocked if Coach Decker has his boys refocused defensively and doing the same thing again this year.
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: d3baseballnut on May 11, 2009, 09:56:17 AM
Dude-

I had no idea Bayer's numbers were as good as they are. He has been unhittable.....literally.

I would not burn him on Westfield state. Although that also allows you to use him again later in the tournament, he is your ticket to get past USM in the second round.....
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: ECSUalum on May 11, 2009, 04:11:08 PM
Yes, walks on top of errors are a killer, however Trinity pitching staff has a good walk to strikeout  ratio, so good control around the plate.  Some of the lower quality teams in the LEC really got into trouble with poor control, a lot of walks, and a poor fielding % to boot.  This is a recipe for disaster.

I agree, when an infielder loses confidence, it can be bad for the pitcher on the mound, especially if the infielder in the ss and 2b slots. Pitcher can start to try to be too fine re pitch  placement, which results in base on balls.  Additionally, it is a blessing if your pitching staff are good defensively, as they can help themselves alot and prevent a lot of "pain" re unearned runs.

I don't know about in the NESCAC, but at least in the LEC, there seemed to be A LOT of hit batsmen this year vs prior years!!  Not good from baserunner standpoint and safety to players!!!

By the way, were the Trinity Bantams hoping they had been shipped out to the NY regional?  I think if they had been and if seeded #1, which was IMO a shoe in,  they would have rifled through the NY Reg. straight to Grand Chute WI.  Courtland St, which is ususally the only really strong team, was having a down year in 2009.
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: Rick Vaughn on May 14, 2009, 03:50:35 PM
Trin would have liked to head to NY and face weaker comp.  That said they are happy to be staying at home and are confident that they can win the region no matter where they were sent.
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: Rick Vaughn on May 14, 2009, 04:08:52 PM
All NESCAC Team are out:

http://nescac.com/sports/bsb/2008-09/honors/allconference

Too much love: Benz (2nd team better fit), Bowdoin on the 2nd team (too many guys)

Not enough love: Hamilton hitters (Choate & Mayberry), Taylor Mikell (compare him to the Bowdoin underclassmen who were recognized), Andrew Janiga (only Bayer and Foster had better #'s), Tufts (just one player recognized)
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: ECSUalum on May 14, 2009, 07:09:55 PM
Quote from: Rick Vaughn on May 14, 2009, 03:50:35 PM
Trin would have liked to head to NY and face weaker comp.  That said they are happy to be staying at home and are confident that they can win the region no matter where they were sent.

Thats the confidence that comes with being the National Champs!!!!
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: ECSUalum on May 15, 2009, 12:57:38 PM
Just saw Coach Decker interview after the victory over USM.
Now there is a class act!!!  Soft spoken, not arrogant like some coaches I know 8)

It seems that Trinity is building on there National Championship with another great team, excellent recruiting and of couse J. Bayer is nasty!!  Got to be a prime candidate for high draft pick next summer.

Congrats to Trinity on a superbly pitched game.  The D was flawless!!

Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: Rick Vaughn on May 15, 2009, 02:19:27 PM
He certainly gets it!

I know DIII players are not ones to leave early, but I could see Bayer being drafted this year.  Also, the defense came to play today.  One game away from sittin pretty.
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: DougiesGoinDeep on May 15, 2009, 03:07:03 PM
This is actually Bayer's last year of eligibility even though he is considered a junior academically after transferring from Vermont. He should definitely hear his name called in this year's draft though, and Coach Flaherty of USM said of Bayer after the game, "Bayer is the best pitcher I've seen at this level in quite some time." Unbelievable performance by him and Trinity today, hope they can keep it rolling against WPI tonight.
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: frank uible on May 15, 2009, 05:21:01 PM
I saw Bayer pitch 9 innings this spring. He kept the ball low and threw strikes but gave up 5 hits and 5 walks against a better than average but not great D3 team. If my eyeballs are correct, his maximum velocity was 87-88 mph. His roster height is listed as 6'2" which I believe is a little generous. And of course he plays D3 ball. If his performance on that day was representative of what he can do and if my eyes haven't deceived me, there will be hundreds of high school pitchers  and scores of college pitchers, all eligible for this year's draft, all as tall or taller than he, all capable of throwing with more velocity than he did that day and with respect to the vast majority of those college pitchers having played at a higher level than D3.
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: NESCAC FAN on May 15, 2009, 05:56:06 PM
Kiely wasn't throwing much harder than 89-90 when I saw him.

I think Bayer will be a late draft pick or minor league signing like Randy Newsom was 6 years ago.
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: TRhit on May 15, 2009, 07:59:57 PM
To those speaking on Coach Decker

I have known Coach for a number of years and a number of our kids have played for him, Kent Graham is there now, and I have to tell you he is one of the finest gentlemen I have ever met---he is no different in person that what you saw in the interview--I am proud to say I know him

He will be one of our speakers at our seminat this summer
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: ECSUalum on May 16, 2009, 06:48:53 PM
Quote from: TRhit on May 15, 2009, 07:59:57 PM
To those speaking on Coach Decker

I have known Coach for a number of years and a number of our kids have played for him, Kent Graham is there now, and I have to tell you he is one of the finest gentlemen I have ever met---he is no different in person that what you saw in the interview--I am proud to say I know him

He will be one of our speakers at our seminat this summer

TRhit,

Had a chance to just say hellow to Coach Decker this week.

As I stated earlier, JUST A CLASS ACT ALL THE WAY.  Trinity BB is very very lucky to have such a coach and personality!!!!!!!!!!!!

Does anyone see him going D-I some day? I do.
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Post by: TRhit on May 16, 2009, 08:05:32 PM
At the present time I do not see him leaving Trinity---he is from the area and has a son in HS , I believe he is a soph---thru history in this region we have not seen many guys move around
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Post by: Trincoll14 on May 20, 2009, 11:26:20 AM
Congrats to Jeremiah Bayer on being names the DIII Pitcher of the Year by D3baseball.com! Also kudos to Sean Killian for being named a First All-American!
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Post by: d3baseballnut on May 20, 2009, 01:06:34 PM
Quote from: ECSUalum on May 16, 2009, 06:48:53 PM
Quote from: TRhit on May 15, 2009, 07:59:57 PM
To those speaking on Coach Decker

I have known Coach for a number of years and a number of our kids have played for him, Kent Graham is there now, and I have to tell you he is one of the finest gentlemen I have ever met---he is no different in person that what you saw in the interview--I am proud to say I know him

He will be one of our speakers at our seminat this summer

TRhit,

Had a chance to just say hellow to Coach Decker this week.

As I stated earlier, JUST A CLASS ACT ALL THE WAY.  Trinity BB is very very lucky to have such a coach and personality!!!!!!!!!!!!

Does anyone see him going D-I some day? I do.

Coach Decker is a great coach. He structures his teams around great pitching, solid defense, and timely hitting. He has some big boppers, but not like the other teams they face.....and they still win.

Why?

Because winning is not about mashing. Winning is about pitching, defense, and good situational hitting.

Coach Decker understands this and as long as he is at Trinity, they will always be a successful program......a great coach indeed.
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: darkhorse on May 21, 2009, 02:24:55 PM
I know the season is far from over, but what are peoples thoughts on the NESCAC as we look towards next spring?  Without knowing who everyone is bringing in as far as freshman, who has he most coming back, which teams are ready for a break out and which teams are ready for a fall?  Does anyone know any big names coming in? 

Personally I think that Williams could be very good next year especially if the young pitching continues to develope......early pick here for next year is the Ephs......
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: iamhuge on August 09, 2009, 09:35:11 AM
He wants to go NESCAC:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1cmXHYtEzQ
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: Rick Vaughn on December 29, 2009, 10:55:31 AM
Not a ton of action on the message board - Any updates on impact freshman or transfers?

Trin should come back down to earth a little this year losing Bayer and Killeen, but will still be the favorite in the East.  The West is a little tougher to read...Williams, Wes, and Amherst all lost important arms.  If Midd can pitch they could be the top team with McKillop and Enns in the middle of that lineup. 
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Post by: Hobbesy on March 01, 2010, 03:22:46 PM
Guys,

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Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: Rick Vaughn on March 06, 2010, 10:21:32 PM
Spring Trips approaching fast...Midd and Trin aren't willing to wait.  DH next weekend on U of Hartford's turf field.  Very cool and good idea.

The other big question is the Williams coaching situation.  Is Barrale in line for the head football job recently vacated by Whalen?  Could be a shake up there...
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: Hobbesy on March 06, 2010, 10:35:52 PM
Wesleyan starts the season with two wins over Pitt-Bradford in Arizona
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: Rick Vaughn on March 22, 2010, 11:26:51 AM
Not much action on the board...All teams but Colby have played.  Best wins so far in the NESCAC:

Midd & Williams over Southern Maine
Bowdoin over Curry
Amherst over Suffolk

Williams and Trinity have a chance to make big statements against ECSU and Wisc-SP in the next two days.  Bowdoin looking like a major threat this year.  Trin could be challenged for the first time in two years.

All-Conf Predictions:

C: Auger - Bowd 1B: Graham - Trin 2B: Zikaras - Bowd SS: Leresche - Tufts 3B: McKillop - Midd OF: Mathews - Will, Wood - Trin, Enns - Midd P: Foster - Ham, Pace - Bowd, Ramsey - Trin
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: RSSmith on March 23, 2010, 09:15:10 AM
Tufts is out to a quick start, avenging 2009 losses to Lynchburg and Guilford and knocking off the defending ODAC champ.  Is this going to be a big year for the Jumbos?
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: Rick Vaughn on March 25, 2010, 02:32:22 PM
Tufts could be very good if O'Donnell returns to freshman year form...The East appears to be stronger from top to bottom this year, so that makes it even tougher on the Jumbos. 

Amherst opens up north with a thud...24-5 vs Westfield St.  Hard to figure out both them and Wes (9 W's followed by 6 L's.   With Midd and Williams struggling to pitch in AZ, the West is wide open.  Could be three teams in the East better than the top team in the West.
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: Rick Vaughn on March 26, 2010, 09:25:10 AM
Appear to be talking to myself here, but league play opens up this weekend.  Trin already slammed Colby yesterday and play two today.  Other matchups include Amherst/Wes up north and Williams/Midd in AZ.  Some predictions based off of nonconference games:

East:
Trin (11-1) - Their reign continues, but I think that either Bowdoin or Tufts will get them once this year.  That will be the first league loss for the Bantams in two years.
Bowdoin (9-3) - Some impressive out of conference wins.  Always tough to go to Brunswick and beat them.  With Pace, Welch, and Butland their starting pitching could equal Trin's.
Tufts (6-6) - Could be the third best team in the whole league, but since only to can make it from the East.  They are on the outside looking in.  Leresche could turn into a star for the Jumbos.
Bates (3-9) - Impressive out of league record against a week schedule, but the sweep of Husson looks good.  Still can't get past the top three in the East.
Colby (1-11) - Improved...but not that much.  Remain in the cellar.

West:
Wes (8-4) - Off to a smoking start, then cooled greatly.  Have a legit ace in Yarusi and a POY candidate in Sonnenfeld.  With the West so wide open this year, I like the Cards to step up.
Amherst (7-5) - Some nice wins to go with some ugly losses early.  Hamm will sneak the Jeffs into the playoffs, but it won't be easy or pretty.  Need some arms to step up.
Midd (6-6) - Can really rip in the middle of the lineup with McKillop and Enns, but the pitching and defense will kill them.  Have some OK arms, but nobody to really shut down teams in league.
Williams (5-7) - Down year - None of the starters looked good first time around.  Mathews and Allison have been carrying the offense.  They need pitching and defense to step up.
Hammy (4-8) - With Foster at the front end of the rotation, they should be in good shape.  See them winning a game in each league weekend.  But no more than that.
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: RSSmith on March 26, 2010, 10:51:26 AM
Quote from: Rick Vaughn on March 26, 2010, 09:25:10 AM
Appear to be talking to myself here, but league play opens up this weekend.  Trin already slammed Colby yesterday and play two today.  Other matchups include Amherst/Wes up north and Williams/Midd in AZ.  Some predictions based off of nonconference games:

East:
Trin (11-1) - Their reign continues, but I think that either Bowdoin or Tufts will get them once this year.  That will be the first league loss for the Bantams in two years.
Bowdoin (9-3) - Some impressive out of conference wins.  Always tough to go to Brunswick and beat them.  With Pace, Welch, and Butland their starting pitching could equal Trin's.
Tufts (6-6) - Could be the third best team in the whole league, but since only to can make it from the East.  They are on the outside looking in.  Leresche could turn into a star for the Jumbos.
Bates (3-9) - Impressive out of league record against a week schedule, but the sweep of Husson looks good.  Still can't get past the top three in the East.
Colby (1-11) - Improved...but not that much.  Remain in the cellar.

West:
Wes (8-4) - Off to a smoking start, then cooled greatly.  Have a legit ace in Yarusi and a POY candidate in Sonnenfeld.  With the West so wide open this year, I like the Cards to step up.
Amherst (7-5) - Some nice wins to go with some ugly losses early.  Hamm will sneak the Jeffs into the playoffs, but it won't be easy or pretty.  Need some arms to step up.
Midd (6-6) - Can really rip in the middle of the lineup with McKillop and Enns, but the pitching and defense will kill them.  Have some OK arms, but nobody to really shut down teams in league.
Williams (5-7) - Down year - None of the starters looked good first time around.  Mathews and Allison have been carrying the offense.  They need pitching and defense to step up.
Hammy (4-8) - With Foster at the front end of the rotation, they should be in good shape.  See them winning a game in each league weekend.  But no more than that.

I know what you mean about the echo.  Take a look at all of the boards in the Mid-Atlantic region if you want to see a vast wasteland.  As a transplanted New Englander, I check these boards frequently to see how the old favorites are doing.
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: Hobbesy on March 26, 2010, 01:59:59 PM
Rick-

Like the breakdown and I have to agree/slash take your word for it because you know alot more than I do at this point.  I will be learning the NESCAC from you as the season progresses.

Wesleyan won alot early but against some no-name schools.  0-4 against top West Region teams is no good but a big three games with Amherst this weekend.

Also, that Bowdoin-Trinity weekend next week will be huge.  I think the early season matchup favors Bowdoin but I dont see them taking more than one from the Bantams.

Tough way the league works with only two teams from each division advancing.  Alot of ppl have said Tufts will be third best team in league and possibly not get in.  That makes the regular season games that much more exciting!


My thoughts so far...

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Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: Hobbesy on March 26, 2010, 03:38:56 PM
Rick-

Would you say Metz is a key for Amherst this year??  Looks like it from the stats so far but we all know how those can be deceiving.
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: Rick Vaughn on March 29, 2010, 11:05:40 AM
Hobbesy - Metz will be key for Amherst this year, as he will team with Blank to be Amherst's best pen guys.  He is not as important as Healy.  In the NESCAC with the league weekend format of 9-7-9, teams will frequently throw their ace in the 7 in an attempt to even further shorten the game.  This weekend, Healy is Amherst's 7-inning guy and he did not pitch like it versus Wes.

I still like Wes to win the West, but Williams showed better this weekend than they had.  This may just mean that Midd has no pitching past Angstman.  Either way - good things from the Ephs this weekend.

Trin blasted past Colby.  Impressive with the bats, but Colby hit Trin pretty hard.  Trin will need to pitch better to get back to Wisconsin this year.  A slip is to be expected when you lose the National pitcher of the year.  That said, Ramsay, Janiga, and Anderson are good, but none of them are a sure thing like Bayer last year. 
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: Hobbesy on April 01, 2010, 08:19:21 PM
Rick-

Huge weekend for Bowdoin and Trinity!  Should be an amazing three-game set.  Also looking forward to Midd-Wes set.


Whats your key this weekend in the Trin-Bow series???


What I think and a preview of this weekends big games!!

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Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: Hobbesy on April 03, 2010, 06:04:07 PM
Bowdoin and Trinity split!

Polar Bears take 2 of 3 from the Bantams...
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: Rick Vaughn on April 03, 2010, 09:14:53 PM
Oliver Van Zant K's 11 Bantams in Game 3!  Huge upset...Bowdoin shows that their out of conference record is for real.  One thing that slipped through the cracks is Graham missing from the middle of the Trin lineup.  Any insider info available on that? Any team will struggle losing an All-American.

Wes keeps it's hold on the West lead taking 2 of 3 from Midd.  Tufts wins it's series with Bates, but gets a very good fight from the Bobcats.  Edwin Thompson has made some great strides with that program.
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: Hobbesy on April 03, 2010, 09:58:01 PM
Actually,

Heard that Graham is out for the year with broken elbow  :( 

Very, VERY big loss for the Bantams.

NESCAC will be a battle to the end this year
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: Rick Vaughn on April 10, 2010, 10:30:38 PM
Teams separating out in the NESCAC...Williams sweeps a DH at Amherst, Wes sweeps Hammy, Bates takes a game from Trin. 

The Bobcats seem to be the most improved team in the conference, possibly New England.  Williams and Wes have likely locked up the slots in the West with the series in two weekends deciding the one-seed.  The Trin-Tufts series next weekend will likely determine the two-seed in the East.

Coming next week: Mid season All-Conference and Awards
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: Hobbesy on April 12, 2010, 10:34:20 AM
It is looking like a real possibility that Trinity may not make the NESCAC playoffs.  Obviously that does not eliminate them from an NCAA bid but it doesnt help.

I have been very impressed by the league as a whole this year and I am hoping to catch 1 or 2 of those games this weekend at Tufts.

Should be an exciting finish.
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: Rick Vaughn on April 12, 2010, 02:52:46 PM
In 2007 (the year before they won it all), Trinity made it without making the tourney.  Right now Wes, Tufts, Trin, and Bowdoin are all in the running for at-larges and with some of the struggles from other teams around the region it seems like a real possibility the NESCAC could be a 3-bid league.
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: RSSmith on April 12, 2010, 02:56:02 PM
Quote from: Rick Vaughn on April 12, 2010, 02:52:46 PM
In 2007 (the year before they won it all), Trinity made it without making the tourney.  Right now Wes, Tufts, Trin, and Bowdoin are all in the running for at-larges and with some of the struggles from other teams around the region it seems like a real possibility the NESCAC could be a 3-bid league.

If they keep beating up on each other, they may all be out of Pool C.
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: Rick Vaughn on April 12, 2010, 10:49:05 PM
RS - Agreed that Tufts, Trin, and Bowdoin may beat up on each other, but as long as none of those teams sweeps another, I expect at least two.  Also, Wes should be good for a Pool C if they can win the West. 
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Post by: changeupsd3 on April 13, 2010, 09:10:33 AM
Hey guys, I just wanted to chime in on the 3 at large bids.  I'm pretty sure 3 at larges has NEVER happened before and will probably never happen because of d3's lack of fincial support from the NCAA shipping teams out and so forth.  Last year was probably the best instance of it was last year with Curry, Wheaton, Southern Maine or EConn (I forgot who won the LEC), and WPI all deserving of an at large. Curry had a very decent win total, Wheaton had a 30 win season and was at one point number 2 in the poll, EConn and Southern Maine were EConn and Southern Maine, and WPI (eventually getting the at large) had a great season but was bounced by Wheaton in the NEWMAC tourney. It's all about money in the NCAA and in my opinion you will NEVER see a 3 at-large team region, no matter rankings, RPI, win totals and all that jazz. If you did New England last year could have very serioulsy had 4 teams with at large bids.
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: wordsmith on April 13, 2010, 11:38:41 AM
Is this the year a New York Region team gets shipped to New England? In past years we have seen the reverse, WConn, I think, went to the NY Regionals back in the early '2000's, and WNEC last year.

I doubt it would happen if such 'big-name' programs as EConn, Wheaton, Trinity did not win automatic bids and still had good years. However, should those programs win auto-bids, and a highly ranked school(s) in the NY region lose in their Conf. Tourney, well, Lookout Mountain here comes Grant!

Word
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: ECSUalum on April 13, 2010, 03:17:01 PM
Based on a little research from NCAA D-III Baseball Championship data,

New England Teams shipped to NY Regionals,2000-2009:

2000...U Mass Dartmouth
2001...none
2002...WCSU
2003...Trinity College
2004...none
2005...Rhode Island College
2006...ECSU
2007...Trinity College
2008...ECSU
2009...WNEC

New England Teams shipped to Mid Atlantic Regionals:

1994...ECSU
1996...Amherst
1997...Bridgewater St

Dont remember any team shipped into NCAA New England Regional from NY or Pennsylvania/NJ regions.

NOTE:  NCAA "New England" Regionals started in 1993, I believe, prior to this it was NCAA "Northeast" Regionals where Ithaca College participated from 1988 to 1990.  Only New England teams participated in Northeast Regionals of 1991 and 1992
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: wordsmith on April 13, 2010, 04:32:29 PM
Quote from: ECSUalum on April 13, 2010, 03:17:01 PM
Based on a little research from NCAA D-III Baseball Championship data,

New England Teams shipped to NY Regionals,2000-2009:

2000...U Mass Dartmouth
2001...none
2002...WCSU
2003...Trinity College
2004...none
2005...Rhode Island College
2006...ECSU
2007...Trinity College
2008...ECSU
2009...none

New England Teams shipped to Mid Atlantic Regionals:

1994...ECSU
1996...Amherst
1997...Bridgewater St

Dont remember any team shipped into NCAA New England Regional from NY or Pennsylvania/NJ regions.

NOTE:  NCAA "New England" Regionals started in 1993, I believe, prior to this it was NCAA "Northeast" Regionals where Ithaca College participated from 1988 to 1990.  Only New England teams participated in Northeast Regionals of 1991 and 1992

ECSUalum,

Great research, I do believe WNEC was shipped to the NY Regionals on LI (Farmingdale site) in 2009.

Word
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: ECSUalum on April 13, 2010, 04:56:10 PM
Word,  

Correct as usual :-[

Corrected

Just shows strength of New England Region in general and LEC in particular 8-)
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: Rick Vaughn on April 14, 2010, 11:31:23 AM
Despite all this talk that there is no way three NESCAC teams get in, I think it is still very possible.  If Wes takes two of three from Williams and can beat ECSU mid-week and split that Trin DH then it would be tough to keep them out with 25 plus wins.  I also think that Trin and Bowdoin (#1 in NE right now) would also be in too, just because their tough schedule.  That said Bowdoin still has to play 9 conference games,  so they have opportunities to prove they are worthy!

As advertised - midseason All-NESCAC team:

C: Auger - Bowd
1B: Graham - Trin (despite injury)
2B: Lawton - Amh
SS: Beaton - Bates
3B: Rogers - Trin
OF: Sonnenfeld - Wes, Wood - Trin, Lynd - Bates
P: Van Zant - Bowd, Yarusi - Wes, O'Donnell - Tufts

Hon Mention: Garner (OF) & Welch (P) - Bowd; Mathews (OF) & Allison (2B/DH) - Will; Samela (C) & Metz (P) - Amh; Goldberg (OF), DeGoti, & Bernstein (RP) - Tufts; Kelly (OF) & Bersotti (P) - Wes; McKillop (3B) & Enns (OF) - Midd

Player of Year: Sonnenfeld - Wesleyan
Pitcher of Year: Van Zant - Bowdoin
Rookie of Year: Van Zant - Bowdoin
Coach of Year: Thompson - Bates

Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: ECSUalum on April 15, 2010, 01:39:24 PM
My prediction for the 8 teams playing in the NCAA NE Regional @ Mansfield CT:

ECSU wins LEC Tourney
Bowdoin wins NESCAC Tourney
WNEC wins CCC
Wheaton wins NEWMAC
Castleton wins NAC
Worcester St wins MASCAC
Trinity College gets pool C
WPI gets pool C
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: RSSmith on April 15, 2010, 02:19:22 PM
Quote from: ECSUalum on April 15, 2010, 01:39:24 PM
My prediction for the 8 teams playing in the NCAA NE Regional @ Mansfield CT:

ECSU wins LEC Tourney
Bowdoin wins NESCAC Tourney
WNEC wins CCC
Wheaton wins NEWMAC
Castleton wins NAC
Worcester St wins MASCAC
Trinity College gets pool C
WPI gets pool C


I think GNAC gets an AQ and the New England Region gets 1 Pool C.
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: ECSUalum on April 15, 2010, 02:28:36 PM
Quote from: RSSmith on April 15, 2010, 02:19:22 PM
Quote from: ECSUalum on April 15, 2010, 01:39:24 PM
My prediction for the 8 teams playing in the NCAA NE Regional @ Mansfield CT:

ECSU wins LEC Tourney
Bowdoin wins NESCAC Tourney
WNEC wins CCC
Wheaton wins NEWMAC
Castleton wins NAC
Worcester St wins MASCAC
Trinity College gets pool C
WPI gets pool C


I think GNAC gets an AQ and the New England Region gets 1 Pool C.

Thanks RSSmith,

Yes, Correct, I overlooked GNAC, Sorry GNACers.  In that case St Joseph ME and WPI out
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: Hobbesy on April 18, 2010, 10:42:58 PM
Good sweep today for Tufts and a tough two losses for both Trinity and Bowdoin...


Here are two in between game interviews with Coach Casey and Coach Decker.

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Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: Rick Vaughn on April 19, 2010, 09:16:58 AM
Tufts is now in the drivers seat in the NESCAC...Bowdoin and Trinity's at large chances take a major hit this weekend.  Bowdoin will likely have to win two of three from Tufts to even get in the tourney, but they still hold they tie breaker over the Bantams.  Wesleyan was out of conference this weekend, but now have an excellent chance for an at large with those other teams struggling.  If they take two of three from Williams next weekend and do not go two and out in the NESCAC tourney, I see them in the tournament as well.

In the West - Wes and Williams sit at 7-2...Amherst is 5-4.  The only way Amherst gets in is if they sweep Midd and Wes or Williams sweeps the other next weekend.  I see Wes beating Williams two of three next weekend to take the #1 seed.

In the East - Tufts has locked up a playoff spot at 7-1 with one Trin game and the Bowdoin series left.    The best Trinity can finish is 7-5, so if Bowdoin can go 4-2 over the next two conference weekends they are in (they hold the tie breaker over Trinity).  If Tufts can win one of the next four they should be set to host the NESCAC tourney.
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: JustAFan on April 24, 2010, 11:17:06 PM
Tufts clinches first place in the East division and the right to host the NESCAC championship with its split today at Bowdoin while Williams clinches first place in the West division with its sweep of Wesleyan today.  After that, things are as clear as mud. Here's how I think it shapes up (but I could easily have some/all of this wrong):

Second place in the East division will depend in large part on the make-up of the rained out third game of last weekend's Tufts/Trinity series, now scheduled for Thursday afternoon at Tufts. If Trinity wins that game, it will finish 7-5 and will finish in second place unless either Bates sweeps Bowdoin next weekend or Bowdoin sweeps Bates.  If Bates sweeps Bowdoin next weekend it will finish 8-4 but if it only wins 2 of 3 and finishes 7-5 Trinity will advance since it owns the tie-breaker with Bates by virtue of winning their regular season series.  If instead Bowdoin sweeps Bates and ends up with the same 7-5 record as Trinity Bowdoin will advance since it won its regular season series with Trinity. 

If Trinity loses this week's game with Tufts, it will finish 6-6 and be eliminated from the league championship series and whoever wins the Bowdoin/Bates series next weekend will claim second place.  Neither team will need to sweep the series to advance under this scenario; two wins will be enough.  If Bates wins 2 of 3 under this scenario it ends up 7-5 vs. Trinity at 6-6 while if Bowdoin wins 2 of 3 under this scenario it ends up 6-6 and Trinity and Bates also end up 6-6 but Bowdoin would advance because it would have won both its league series vs. Bates and Trinity.

Things are only a little less confusing in the west.  Williams clinched first place with today's sweep of Wesleyan. If Wesleyan wins the final game of the series vs. Williams at home tomorrow it will finish 8-4 and clinch second place even if Amherst sweeps Middlebury next weekend to also finish 8-4 since Wesleyan owns the tie-breaker with Amherst by virtue of winning their regular season series.  If Wesleyan loses tomorrow's game vs. Williams and finishes 7-5 , it opens the door for Amherst to claim second place but in order to do so Amherst will have to sweep next weekend's series vs. Middlebury; if Amherst only wins 2 of the 3 games in that series and finishes tied with Wesleyan at 7-5 Wesleyan will advance because it won its regular season series against Amherst. If Wesleyan loses tomorrow and Middlebury sweeps Amherst next weekend to finish 7-5 Wesleyan also advances since it won its series with Middlebury.











Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: Rick Vaughn on April 25, 2010, 10:23:21 AM
Thanks for the breakdown Fan...It is clear now that I got way ahead of myself when thinking the NESCAC could possibly receive three bids.  Right now the league will only receive one unless Tufts is upset in the conference tourney.  I believe the Jumbos are a lock for an at large. 

I am rooting for Bates in the race for second in the East...Like to see someone outside of Tufts, Bowdoin, and Trin make it for a change.  It's been at least since 2002 that someone besides those three have qualified for the conference tourney (I'm gonna guess much further back than that).  Either way Edwin Thompson is a lock for Coach of the Year.
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: JustAFan on April 30, 2010, 06:46:33 PM
Bowdoin fights off a 4 run rally by Bates in the bottom of the 9th for an 8-4 win this afternoon.

Tufts breaks open a 7-6 game with 7 two-out runs in the bottom of the 8th to take a 14-6 lead vs. Trinity, then survives 3 Trinity home runs in the top of the ninth to win 14-9.

If Bowdoin wins one of its 2 games tomorrow vs. Bates I think it will claim second place in the East division and advance to next week's playoffs.

Middlebury is leading Amherst 17-7 in the 8th.  If that result holds, I think it allows Wesleyan to clinch 2d place in the West division even if Wesleyan loses tomorrow's game vs. Williams since Wesleyan owns the tie-breaker vs. Amherst.

Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: Rick Vaughn on May 03, 2010, 09:21:17 AM
Things are set...Bowdoin wins the tie-breaker in the East with a 4-2 record against Trin and Bates.  Bates came a long way this year, it's too bad they won't have a chance to play in the tourney.  Hope they can carry it over to next year - it's great to see some new faces at the top of the conference.

A quick preview for next weekend.  E1 Tufts vs. W2 Wesleyan & W1 Williams vs. E1 Bowdoin.  No prediction yet, but my rankings for top offenses and pitching staffs.

Pitching:  Tufts, Bowdoin, Williams, Wesleyan
Offense: Williams, Bowdoin, Wesleyan, Tufts
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Post by: KSCfan on May 03, 2010, 12:17:16 PM
I am watching the nescac tourny this year with great interest. I am rooting for tufts to take it as it would help the LEC and my beloved owls of Keene state. I'd tufts gets upset than they will take the pool c bid foe sure but if tufts wins then that pool c is looking like Williams or the lec runner up if it's Keene or eastern. Keene Williams tied earlier in the year so I don't know how that will factor. Is the nescac tourny single or double elimination? And is there any lice stats or video for me to keep track of it with???? Go jumbos
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Post by: Rick Vaughn on May 03, 2010, 03:22:23 PM
KSCfan...I like the sound of that.  Not sure that Williams is in the running for a Pool C, but losing in the title game would likely leave them at 24-12-1.  Very good not great.

As far as coverage, Tufts usually has the best through Jumbo Cast...just search it online.
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: wordsmith on May 04, 2010, 02:34:37 PM
Here is a link to the Amherst College website seeking a Head Baseball Coach -interesting timing, but I guess we knew after Coach Thurston retired last spring and an interim was named this was in the offing.

https://jobs.amherst.edu/view/opportunity/id/222

Word
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Post by: Rick Vaughn on May 07, 2010, 10:52:26 AM
Very surprised to see this job opening back up...Hamm has a great resume and had a successful year one in Amherst.

KSCfan - Here is the link to JumboCast (http://www.jumbocast.com/index.php).  It says they will cover every game played on campus.  That means the Williams v. Bowdoin game and the first loser's bracket game will be the only games not covered.  Hope the weather holds around Boston.
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: Rick Vaughn on May 07, 2010, 03:56:59 PM
Tufts 5 Wesleyan 4 Final
Williams 15 Bowdoin 5 Final

Tufts vs. Williams & Wes vs. Bowdoin tomorrow at 10 am.
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: Rick Vaughn on May 08, 2010, 07:00:43 PM
Both NESCAC tourney games today halted with the West teams in command...

Tufts leads Williams 8-2 Bottom 5
Bowdoin leads Wesleyan 7-2 Top 4

This delay is big time in favor of Tufts - unless they blow this lead.
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: Rick Vaughn on May 09, 2010, 10:18:04 AM
Williams has made a big comeback, but Tufts still leads 13-11 in the 8th.
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: KSCfan on May 09, 2010, 12:38:24 PM
They are chanting lets go jumbos in NH
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Post by: JustAFan on May 09, 2010, 03:08:01 PM
Bowdoin leads Williams 6-1 after 5 complete. The winner plays Tufts in the title game at 4:30.
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: JustAFan on May 09, 2010, 04:20:26 PM
Bowdoin eliminates Williams 7-3 and now faces Tufts in the title game. Not certain if they're playing 7 or 9.  Under some bizarre tie breaker rule if Bowdoin beats Tufts they will be NeSCAC champs even though it would be Tufts first tournament loss since they are not going to play an "if" game...the tour ament ends with this game.
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Post by: JustAFan on May 09, 2010, 07:09:03 PM
Tufts beats Bowdoin 6-1 to win the NESCAC title and free up the at large berth.
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Post by: KSCfan on May 09, 2010, 08:57:16 PM
And they are dancing in the streets of the Little East!
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: Rick Vaughn on May 09, 2010, 10:54:34 PM
Tufts playing very good ball heading into Regionals...Curious to see that the likely Freshman of the Year in the conference, Bowdoin's Oliver Van Zant, did not throw at all during the tournament.  Does anyone have any insider information?
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Post by: speedy on May 09, 2010, 11:08:55 PM
Quote from: Rick Vaughn on May 09, 2010, 10:54:34 PM
Tufts playing very good ball heading into Regionals...Curious to see that the likely Freshman of the Year in the conference, Bowdoin's Oliver Van Zant, did not throw at all during the tournament.  Does anyone have any insider information?

Van Sant has an arm injury . .
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: Rick Vaughn on June 10, 2010, 02:15:04 PM
http://athletics.trincoll.edu/sports/bsb/2009-10/news/Baseball_90910

Good to see - Wood had an unreal year and was the only NE DIII player drafted!
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: Rick Vaughn on April 04, 2011, 02:40:59 PM
It's been a terrible spring in the Northeast for the weather, but the NESCAC didn't lose any league games this weekend.  Trinity and Tufts sweep Colby and Bates respectively.  Trin swept, but it was a close series with two one-run games. 

Wesleyan took two of three from Hamilton and in the biggest shock of the weekend Midd sweeps Williams.  Midd came in 2-4 while Williams came in 12-2 and riding a ton of momentum.  Looked like the Ephs had a big edge, until Midd whacked them in all three games.  10-3, 17-9, 9-0 beatdowns! 

My take on the NESCAC this year (before seeing this weekends results):
West (winner hosts): Williams, Amherst, Midd, Wesleyan, Hamilton
East: Bowdoin, Tufts, Bates, Trin, Colby

After this weekends results:
West: Midd, Amherst, Wes, Williams, Hamilton
East: Bowdoin, Tufts, Trin, Bates, Colby
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: ECSUalum on April 04, 2011, 09:01:43 PM
Rick,

Saw Hobbesy's video clips of Coach Casey and his top players, and of course watched the team play @ Mansfield in the NCAA NE Regional.  Its obvious that Tufts has a Class Act coach, class players and class program!!!  Best of Luck to the Jumbos in 2011
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Post by: Rick Vaughn on May 13, 2011, 04:07:48 PM
How does the NESCAC tournament not have live stats?  Typical Amherst amateurism...

Anyone at the games?  I would love updates!
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: Rick Vaughn on February 01, 2012, 06:52:32 PM
Baseball America's Small Colleges preview...Not too sure about the validity of this ranking, but they should be pretty good.  BA just wanted to write about AmHerst's MLB pedigree.

http://www.baseballamerica.com/today/college/season-preview/2012/2612881.html
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Post by: ECSUalum on March 08, 2012, 02:11:27 PM
Nice article on Kevin Heller of the Lord Jeffs:

http://www.ncaa.com/news/baseball/article/2012-03-08/heller-ready-lead-lord-jeffs
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Post by: JustAFan on March 13, 2012, 12:06:25 AM
Great start for Bowdoin today, sweeping Commonwealth Coast Conference pre-season favorite Endicott 3-1 and 3-0. Christian Martin picked up where he left off last year in the first game, giving up just 4 hits and 0 earned runs in 6 innings, and Oliver Van Zant did him one better in the second game, pitching a 1 hit complete game 7 inning shutout. Junior Dan Findley had 2 hits in each game to lead the Polar Bears attack.

Bates is also off to a good start, coming back from its Georgia trip with a 5-2 record and then sweeping an always solid Worcester State team this past weekend in the cold at Central Connecticut, 15-4 and 3-0.  Freshmen Nate Pajka and Mekae Hyde combined for 3 home runs for Bates in the opener while senior Kyle Alexander upped his record to 2-1 with 6 innings of 3 run ball.  In the second game junior Mike Antonellis pitched a complete game 7 inning shutout for his first win of the season.

Finally, MIT took a pair of 7 inning games from Trinity this weekend in the Bantam's season opener, 4-0 and 4-2.  Sophomore Peter Burrows pitched 4 innings of shutout ball in the opener for Trinity, but 3 walks and 3 errors resulted in 4 unearned runs being charged to senior Ed Donovan in the final 3 innings of the opener in a game in which MIT only had 4 hits to 3 by Trinity. In the second game Trinity sophomore starter Ryan Carr was charged with the loss, giving up 4 runs, only 1 earned, over 4 innings on 5 hits and 4 K's. Senior James Ramsey did not pitch for Trinity this weekend. The Bantams open up their southern trip this coming weekend against Endicott.

Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: JustAFan on March 18, 2012, 09:00:26 PM
Red hot Bowdoin came back from 2 days off and swept Suffolk yesterday 8-2 and 6-2 to run its record to 7-1. The Polar Bears threw their #1 and 2 (Martin and Van Zant) against Suffolk rather than holding them back a day to face Amherst and each picked up their second wins of the season.

Amherst rebounded from its season opening 4-2 loss yesterday against UMass Dartmouth to sweep its big early season series against Bowdoin today, 7-3 and 7-1.  Junior Bob Cook pitched a complete game 6 hitter in game 1 for the Lord Jeffs.  Freshman John Cook pitched a 4 hitter over 6 2/3 innings in his first collegiate start in the second game, striking out 8 after the Lord Jeffs staked him to a 4-0 lead in the first inning. Senior Kevin Heller went 5-7 in the doubleheader for Amherst.

In the loaded NESCAC East, Bates ran its recored to 9-4 with splits at Haverford (9-7 and 2-16) and Swarthmore (0-13  and 7-2) while Trinity began its week down south with a spit vs. Endicott yesterday (5-2 and 2-7) followed by sweep of Worcester State today (4-0 and 6-0) to even its record at 3-3.

Tufts opened Friday at 12-4 Lynchburg and handed the hosts their 5th loss of the season 9-4 on the strength of David Ryan's 7 innings of 5 hit, 1 run and 8K ball. The Jumbos ran their record to 2-0 today, breaking host Washington and Lee's 5 game win streak with an 18-4 win. 

Wesleyan resumed week 2 of its trip to Arizona with an 8-3 loss to Marian (Wisc.) that dropped the Cardinal's record to 3-4.

Hamilton wrapped up its week down south with 8-1 and 11-4 doubleheader losses to Washington & Jefferson that dropped the Continental's record to 2-8, with the wins coming against Lesley College and MCLA.

Finally, Colby got its season underway with a split yesterday vs. Gettysburg (8-19 and 2-0). Junior Brady Hesslein pitched the Mules to the win in the nightcap. Colby got another split today, losing its first game against Lawrence 8-7 and then bouncing back to beat New Paltz State 12-9.

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Post by: Trincoll14 on May 02, 2012, 11:52:22 AM
The playoffs are set for next weekend at Trinity. On Friday May 11th at 3PM at Trinity it will be The Bantams taking on Williams and at Wesleyan it will be Bowdoin v Amherst.
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Post by: Trincoll14 on May 11, 2012, 08:39:25 PM
Two great games this afternoon to kick off the NESCAC tourney, at Trinity the Bants down 5-3 heading to the bottom of the 8th score one but leave the bases loaded and trail 5-4 heading to the 9th. Williams returns the favor and leaves the bases loaded in the top of 9th. The Bants score two in the their final at bat, one on a Mike Rueger RBI double and the winning run on sac fly by Jim Ramsey. Down at Wesleyan, Bowdoin scores in the top of the 9th to send their game with Amherst to extras and wins it in the 11th. Van Zants all the way for the Polar Bears, Oliver going the first 8 innings and brother Henry going the last three for the victory. Aaron Rosen with an RBI single to knock in the game winner for Bowdoin. Saturday morning at 10:30 at Trinity, it's a NESCAC East showdown with Trinity and Bowdoin and at Wesleyan, it's a west battle between Williams and Amherst fighting to stay alive. Looking forward to another great day of baseball.
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Post by: ECSUalum on May 14, 2012, 11:28:19 AM
Congrats to Coach Decker and the Bantams on winning the NESCAC!!  Good Luck in the NCAA's
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Post by: Trincoll14 on May 16, 2012, 12:09:01 PM
All conference announced:

2012 NESCAC Baseball All-Conference Team
     
FIRST TEAM                 Institution    Yr         Hometown
DH            Matt Collins    Tufts     Sr.    Hopkinton, Mass.
P/1B     Bob Cook            Amherst    Jr.    Winnetka, Ill.
1B/OF    Joe Giaimo      Wesleyan    Gr.    Gillette, N.J.
OF/DH    Kevin Heller    Amherst    Sr.    Brooklyn, N.Y.
3B            Mike Mastrocola    Colby    Sr.    Southbury, Conn.
1B/C      Kevin Mortimer    Trinity    Sr.    Spencer, Mass.
SS/3B    Stephen Rogers    Trinity    Jr.    Watertown, Mass.
OF            Michael Rueger    Trinity    Jr.    Teaneck, N.J.
SS            Sam Sager     Tufts    Sr.    Cranston, R.I.
C/OF            Mike Samela    Amherst    Sr.    Westport, Conn.
2B            Griff Tewksbury    Bates    So.    Concord, N.H.
P            Oliver Van Zant    Bowdoin    Jr.    Westport, Conn.
                    
     Second Team         Institution    Yr.     Hometown
1B            Robb Arndt            Colby    Sr.    Yarmouth, Maine
OF            Jason Buco      Colby    Fr.    Methuen, Mass.
OF            David Casanova    Trinity    Sr.    Bristol, Conn.
OF            Donnie Cimino    Wesleyan    Fr.    Westwood, N.J.
3B            Wade Hauser    Tufts    Fr.    Palo Alto, Calif.
1B/OF    Gabe Klein           Hamilton    Jr.    Mamaroneck, N.Y.
P            Harry Marino    Williams    Sr.    Westfield, N.J.
P            Christian Martin    Bowdoin    So.    Lake Forest, Ill.
3B            Adam Moossmann Trinity    Fr.    East Northport, N.Y.
3B            Tom Rafferty    Middlebury    Jr.    Chicago, Ill.
C            Zachary Roeder    Middlebury    Sr.    Keene, N.H.
P            Tim Welch      Bowdoin    Sr.    Portsmouth, N.H.
                    
     Player of the Year              
P/1B    Bob Cook     Amherst        Jr.     Hopkinton, Mass.
                    
     Pitcher of the Year              
P    Oliver Van Zant  Bowdoin   Jr.    Westport, Conn.
                    
     Defensive Player of the Year         
C/OF    Mike Samela      Amherst  Sr.     Westport, Conn.
                    
     Rookie of the Year              
P    Sean Meekins   Trinity        Fr.     Rockville Center, N.Y.
                    
     Coach of the Year    
Mike Connolly           Bowdoin          
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: amh63 on June 06, 2012, 10:31:15 PM
Kevin Heller of Amherst was the only Div 3 player drafted in this year's MLB draft by the Red Socks.  Info on his selection is posted on the Amherst Website today.  Heller, a recent graduate had been a life-long fan of the Yankees.....past tense!.  It might be an coincidence that the GM of the Red Socks is an Amherst grad. and that the caller to Kevin of his selection, is also an alum. of both Amherst and Kevin's high school.
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: Pat Coleman on June 07, 2012, 01:28:01 PM
Quote from: amh63 on June 06, 2012, 10:31:15 PM
Kevin Heller of Amherst was the only Div 3 player drafted in this year's MLB draft by the Red Socks.  Info on his selection is posted on the Amherst Website today.  Heller, a recent graduate had been a life-long fan of the Yankees.....past tense!.  It might be an coincidence that the GM of the Red Socks is an Amherst grad. and that the caller to Kevin of his selection, is also an alum. of both Amherst and Kevin's high school.

Actually, 12 Division III players were drafted:

http://www.d3baseball.com/notables/2012/06/draft-day2
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: amh63 on June 08, 2012, 05:44:10 PM
Pay C......you are so right.  I stand corrected.  I did not read the article carefully.  The Amherst story stated that K. Heller was the only D3 player drafted from the New England region.
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: mwilk413 on September 10, 2012, 05:52:16 PM
Keep an eye out for some of DIIIs best talent this year coming from the NESCAC

1. Fred Shepard (Amherst) LHP - 89-92 in outing I saw this summer with very impressive slider. Strong season in the cape. Lone dIII player to be allowed to stay through the summer. started championship game and did it in impressive fashion, sitting allowing only 2 hits through 5 innings and 1 earned run.
2. Kevin Gilchrist (Tufts) LHP - Another LHP from the North East, building off of a strong previous season look for him to emerge once again. Velocity last year ranged from 82-85
3. Oliver Van Zant (Bowdoin) RHP - Not really sure what his role was last season, not pitching as much as one would expect, swung the bat this summer in the NECBL. Keep  your eyes open.
4. Bob Cook (Amherst) RHP/1B - Played the summer in NECBL, went 0-4 with high era but showed some strong points. Defending NESCAC player of the year, RHP peak velocity in game I saw this summer was 84 but showed poise on the mound. Look for him to be a presence in the Amherst lineup as well.
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: BBFan62 on September 10, 2012, 06:21:59 PM
Quote from: mwilk413 on September 10, 2012, 05:52:16 PM
Keep an eye out for some of DIIIs best talent this year coming from the NESCAC

1. Fred Shepard (Amherst) LHP - 89-92 in outing I saw this summer with very impressive slider. Strong season in the cape. Lone dIII player to be allowed to stay through the summer. started championship game and did it in impressive fashion, sitting allowing only 2 hits through 5 innings and 1 earned run.
2. Kevin Gilchrist (Tufts) LHP - Another LHP from the North East, building off of a strong previous season look for him to emerge once again. Velocity last year ranged from 82-85
3. Oliver Van Zant (Bowdoin) RHP - Not really sure what his role was last season, not pitching as much as one would expect, swung the bat this summer in the NECBL. Keep  your eyes open.
4. Bob Cook (Amherst) RHP/1B - Played the summer in NECBL, went 0-4 with high era but showed some strong points. Defending NESCAC player of the year, RHP peak velocity in game I saw this summer was 84 but showed poise on the mound. Look for him to be a presence in the Amherst lineup as well.

mwilk413,
Glad to hear Cook is doing well. I'm surprised you saw him at only 84, as he threw that hard in high school. My son (now at UR in New York)  played against Cook in high school and they went head to head on the mound. Cooks team won the 4A state championship their senior year. One of his school teammates is on Trinity (TX) and two others play at Denison. Cook is a nice guy and played hard.
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: mwilk413 on September 15, 2012, 11:45:21 AM
Cook was a two way player this summer, I saw he had a few ABs. Velocity is a tricky thing and without proper arm maintenance it can be tough to maintain it throughout an entire 50 game season.
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: Trincoll14 on September 26, 2012, 05:27:48 PM
Congratulations to Coach Decker and thanks for 22 great years!!

http://athletics.trincoll.edu/sports/bsb/2012-13/releases/Baseball_21213
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Post by: Bishopleftiesdad on September 27, 2012, 11:24:29 AM
Great news for Coach Decker and Harvard. They should be a good match. Any Idea who is in line to replace him at Trinity?
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: ECSUalum on January 19, 2013, 11:16:03 AM
Congrats to Coach Decker on his new D-I coaching job at Harvard.  Looks like they are in need of a good baseball coach based on their 12-30 2012 W/L record.
Coach Decker will turn things around!!  Best of luck to him!!
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: amh63 on May 12, 2013, 10:36:04 PM
For the record......Amherst wins it first title since 2005 in a 7-0 shutout of the Cardinals in Middletown, CT. today.  Gets automatic bid to the NCAA!
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: amh63 on July 11, 2013, 11:21:59 AM
Trinity has a new coach...B. Adamski.  He was an assistant at Amherst the past 6 seasons.
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: Bishopleftiesdad on July 11, 2013, 12:55:13 PM
Quote from: amh63 on July 11, 2013, 11:21:59 AM
Trinity has a new coach...B. Adamski.  He was an assistant at Amherst the past 6 seasons.

Here's The article about it.
http://www.d3baseball.com/notables/2013/07/adamski-named-bantam-hc
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: amh63 on November 02, 2013, 09:36:47 AM
FYI...the Amherst Baseball team will take a "tour"to Japan in August '14.  Been in the planning stage for a year.   A quick story was on the Amherst website...still on the Athletic site.
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Post by: ECSUalum on November 02, 2013, 08:11:10 PM
What wonderful experience that will be for the players!!  Great opportunities at Amherst College 8-)
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: lewdogg11 on March 20, 2014, 08:20:31 PM
I just heard a crazy rumor that Tufts is still 'unbeated'. Any truth to this magnificent feat?
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: ECSUalum on March 23, 2014, 03:54:58 PM
Quote from: LewDogg11 on March 20, 2014, 08:20:31 PM
I just heard a crazy rumor that Tufts is still 'unbeated'. Any truth to this magnificent feat?
Yes they were but now, Tufts are 10-1, lost 8-1  to Lynchburg 8-1 on 3/21
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Post by: NothingButNESCAC on March 27, 2014, 10:03:31 PM
Not sure how many people read this board, but here's a link to our blog covering NESCAC sports. We have season previews for each team up as well as our projected conference standings for this weekend.

http://nothingbutnescac.wordpress.com/
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Post by: NothingButNESCAC on March 31, 2014, 10:22:46 AM
Weekend recap on the first weekend of conference play is presented in the form of a stock report on various players and teams. Hope you enjoy.
http://nothingbutnescac.wordpress.com/2014/03/31/stock-report/
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Post by: Ralph Turner on April 01, 2014, 09:56:25 PM
Quote from: NothingButNESCAC on March 31, 2014, 10:22:46 AM
Weekend recap on the first weekend of conference play is presented in the form of a stock report on various players and teams. Hope you enjoy.
http://nothingbutnescac.wordpress.com/2014/03/31/stock-report/
Welcome to the Boards. This season has been horrible, because of the weather.  The New England message boards are pretty good and have good quality fans.

Thanks for posting.  +1!
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Post by: NothingButNESCAC on April 03, 2014, 10:50:17 AM
Thanks for the encouragement! Hopefully this board wakes up a little and we get some quality banter going back and forth. In the mean time we made a couple of predictions for the upcoming weeks. Most of them are silly, and you should enjoy.
http://nothingbutnescac.wordpress.com/
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Post by: NothingButNESCAC on April 04, 2014, 12:27:18 PM
Not to monopolize this board, but wanted to say that our preview of this weekend is up. To try to prompt a little discussion, anyone have thoughts about the biggest surprise so far in the NESCAC?
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Post by: NothingButNESCAC on April 07, 2014, 07:26:23 AM
Another good weekend of baseball action in the NESCAC, and it wouldn't be complete without our weekly stock report.
http://nothingbutnescac.wordpress.com/2014/04/07/stock-report-47/
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Post by: NothingButNESCAC on April 11, 2014, 09:06:43 AM
A lot of new material has gone up on the blog this week including our divisional power rankings, a first year spotlight, and a weekend preview. Hope everyone enjoys and has a great weekend!

http://nothingbutnescac.wordpress.com/
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Post by: Stump on April 11, 2014, 08:55:34 PM
Quote from: NothingButNESCAC on April 11, 2014, 09:06:43 AM
A lot of new material has gone up on the blog this week including our divisional power rankings, a first year spotlight, and a weekend preview. Hope everyone enjoys and has a great weekend!

http://nothingbutnescac.wordpress.com/
Great job with your coverage of all things NESCAC.  Very informative. Great way to keep up with what's happenimg in the conference.   Wish some of the other conferences would do something like this.  Keep up the great work!
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Post by: NothingButNESCAC on April 14, 2014, 10:46:38 AM
Thanks Stump! We are just a couple of college kids with way too much time on our hands who are trying to do something productive with it. Nice to know someone out there is reading and enjoying.

And of course since it's Monday that means the weekly stock report is out.
http://nothingbutnescac.wordpress.com/2014/04/14/stock-report-april-14/
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Post by: booyakasha on April 14, 2014, 01:03:16 PM
I'm reading too. Good work and keep it up
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Post by: ECSUalum on April 14, 2014, 02:41:46 PM
ECSU @ Amherst @ 4pm today.  Should be a great game!!  Already made some comment in response to amh63 over on Little East thread.

ECSU over the Lord Jeffs 18-5.
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: NothingButNESCAC on April 16, 2014, 09:28:31 PM
Quote from: booyakasha on April 14, 2014, 01:03:16 PM
I'm reading too. Good work and keep it up

Thanks for the support guys; we will keep trying our best. Related to that, if any of you know of any current students at NESCAC schools possibly interested in writing, let us know. Know it's a long shot, but thought I would put it out there since we are always looking for writers.

Also won't be posting links too often anymore, but will always be on the lookout for chatter on the boards.
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: NothingButNESCAC on April 30, 2014, 11:08:36 AM
Obviously not a chatter going on here, but thought I would post on here anyway. We keep churning out material and thanks again to everyone who is reading consistently. If you haven't been checking it out lately, the latest post is about the turning points of the regular season. We will have tons of other stuff in the week leading up to the playoffs as well.

http://nothingbutnescac.wordpress.com/
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Post by: Stump on April 30, 2014, 07:48:23 PM
Quote from: NothingButNESCAC on April 30, 2014, 11:08:36 AM
Obviously not a chatter going on here, but thought I would post on here anyway. We keep churning out material and thanks again to everyone who is reading consistently. If you haven't been checking it out lately, the latest post is about the turning points of the regular season. We will have tons of other stuff in the week leading up to the playoffs as well.

http://nothingbutnescac.wordpress.com/
not much chatter on any of the boards this year.  Your posts and links are a very positive spot. Keep up the great work!
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: amh63 on May 12, 2014, 11:49:04 AM
Wesleyan wins the conference title over Tufts.

More current is that Tufts, Wesleyan and Amherst all are selected into the NCAA post season tournament!
Amherst is headed to the Newark,NY region hosted by Ithaca.  Tufts is in the NE Region, while Wesleyan is going to the PA region.
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: ECSUalum on May 12, 2014, 01:48:40 PM
Quote from: amh63 on May 12, 2014, 11:49:04 AM
Wesleyan wins the conference title over Tufts.

More current is that Tufts, Wesleyan and Amherst all are selected into the NCAA post season tournament!
Amherst is headed to the Newark,NY region hosted by Ithaca.  Tufts is in the NE Region, while Wesleyan is going to the PA region.

Great job by the NESCAC getting 3 teams in the NCAA regionals.  A special congrats to amh63 and his Lord Jeffs for a fine season and NCAA ticket and to the Wesleyan Cardinals for their NESCAC championship, (the Cardinals have a couple of former ECSU coaches, (Bob and Chris Wojick), on their staff)!!!
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: amh63 on May 14, 2014, 08:06:36 PM
Amherst the 3rd seed in the NY region..after Cortland and Kean...wins 4-3 over Stevens this afternoon.  On another board, seems that top seed Cortland State's top pitcher left after the 3rd in mining due to an injury.  Cortland still wins 6-1.
Tufts in an evening game at 7:45 pm.
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: amh63 on May 18, 2014, 05:55:32 PM
Amherst loses to Kean and is eliminated today.   
Wesleyan battles back and is still on the World Series road....Go Nescac champ.
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: amh63 on July 31, 2014, 11:41:04 AM
As posted at the end of the school year....Amherst baseball team will leave in a historic trip to the Far East on the 3rd of August.  particulars of the trip are on the Amherst web page..athletic section.  There will be photos and a running blog for fans to follow events/read.
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: NothingButNESCAC on September 03, 2014, 10:44:23 AM
Haven't posted on here lately, but great article about Middlebury pitcher Calvin McEathron by our lead writer Peter Lindholm. McEathron is running for the Vermont state legislature and has stopped for now going to school.

Also on the site are a few articles detailing the summers of some NESCAC players.

http://nothingbutnescac.com/2014/09/03/middleburys-mceathron-puts-his-athletic-career-on-halt-to-run-for-state-office/
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: gordonmann on October 07, 2014, 02:55:49 PM
When I was a freshman at Trinity in 1996-1997, I had a classmate who ran for the British Parliament while attending Trinity in Hartford.  He didn't win. :)
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: MENESCACFAN on February 14, 2015, 10:24:41 AM
Anyone know enough to put out a preseason power ranking?  Would be very interested to read.
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: JustAFan on March 14, 2015, 11:51:46 AM
Impressive win by Wesleyan yesterday during their 2 week trip to Arizona, defeating #5 Cal Lutheran 8-4 to improve their record to 5-0.  Wesleyan faces #21 Linfield College on Sunday.

Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: amh63 on May 10, 2015, 06:57:54 PM
The CAC title was won by Wesleyan this afternoon...4-3 in 12 innings!  The defending champs tied the game in the 9th inning and won the game with a Homer in the 12th..  The two West Div. two teams had to go to a double hitter after Amherst won the Morning game 3-1.....first loss for the Cardinals to a conference team.  Repeat of last season.  Wes gets the automatic bid to the NCAA.  Hope Amherst gets a bid.
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: Ralph Turner on May 11, 2015, 09:56:32 AM
Quote from: amh63 on May 10, 2015, 06:57:54 PM
The CAC title was won by Wesleyan this afternoon...4-3 in 12 innings!  The defending champs tied the game in the 9th inning and won the game with a Homer in the 12th..  The two West Div. two teams had to go to a double hitter after Amherst won the Morning game 3-1.....first loss for the Cardinals to a conference team.  Repeat of last season.  Wes gets the automatic bid to the NCAA.  Hope Amherst gets a bid.
Amherst gets a bid, apparently at the expense of Rutgers-Camden who had a 10-8 record against Regionally Ranked teams including sweeping Amherst 2-0 in head-to-head.
Imagine 18 games out of 44 against Regionally Ranked teams, winning 10, and you still don't get a bid?
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: amh63 on December 12, 2015, 11:00:43 AM
FYI....on the Amherst baseball website...on flicker...there is a number of pix of the the upgrades to the baseball " field/ facilities ".   Rebuilt infield, Players dugouts, etc.  started in October...ready for SPring.
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: ECSUalum on December 15, 2015, 07:17:44 PM
Quote from: amh63 on December 12, 2015, 11:00:43 AM
FYI....on the Amherst baseball website...on flicker...there is a number of pix of the the upgrades to the baseball " field/ facilities ".   Rebuilt infield, Players dugouts, etc.  started in October...ready for SPring.
Nice,  These student athletes should have the best facilities possible!!  Glad to see it.. I was appalled when I first saw ECSU play Wesleyan, ie equivalent to a high school field, just benches no dugouts little seating for spectators ???
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: P'bearfan on March 13, 2016, 01:47:01 PM
Good luck to the Bowdoin baseball team as the kick off their season this week against Utica in Winter Haven, FL.  Normally these early season games are a break from the long Maine winter.  However, it's 56 degrees in Brunswick today and most  of the week will be in the upper 40's to low 50's - positively balmy in any other year.

GoUBears!!
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: P'bearfan on March 22, 2016, 02:10:25 PM
The Polar Bears are off to a hot start; they are 7-0 including taking a double header from Greenville on Monday by scores of 4-2 and 16-3!

GoUBears!!
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: P'bearfan on March 24, 2016, 10:36:48 AM
Congrats to the Polar Bears advance to 8-1 as they split a double headed with Hamilton (8-14; 4-1).  Bowdoin will wrap up the southern tour with games against Salve Regina on Thursday (today) and Friday (tomorrow). 

GoUBears!!
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: P'bearfan on March 25, 2016, 11:22:48 AM
Bowdoin falls to Salve Regina 1-10 yesterday.  Ouch!!

Let's hope the Polar Bears can bounce back today in the second game against them.

GoUBears!!
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: P'bearfan on March 26, 2016, 03:15:39 PM
Bowdoin falls a second time to Salve Regina by a score of 15-4.  These two losses marred what was otherwise a very successful southern swing for the Polar Bears.

Hopefully Bowdoin can build on this success.

GoUBears!!
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: amh63 on March 31, 2016, 11:43:22 AM
Watched my first game online at the "new" Amherst field/ facility.  Maybe not...since I switched between baseball and softball games being played on a sunny, mild day. Several comments.
Announcer was excellent!  Mentioned that though Amherst fell behind 3-0, suggested that Amherst potent offense would come through.  Sure enough, the score was 10-3, Amherst before Springfield scored 4 in the 9th inning....final score Amherst in a 10-7 win.
Announcer appeared to be a student...professional one at the softball games...and would point out players that played other sports, etc.  Both coaches used a number of pitchers and both sides left 9 on base.
One pitcher I will note here for several reasons...Ferrero, a freshman pitcher from the San Fran. Area.
He pitched an inning and retired the side in his debut.   He was warmly greeted as he headed back to the dugout.  Announcer pointed out he has received a nickname.."the Kid".  Struck out his first batter on 4 pitches.  He does not have jersey number on the roster or a facial pitcher.  Interesting in that this year's squad is very large!
Second reason, is that I spoke to his father at an early football game.  Ferrero was a highly recruited football player with a reported number of Div1 offers in football.  His father mentioned at the time that his son came to Amherst because he had an opportunity to play baseball.  Guess his pic can be found on the football roster.
Need to find out why the nickname! :)
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: P'bearfan on March 31, 2016, 01:25:38 PM
Good luck to the Polar Bears as they travel to Hartford tomorrow to take on the Bantams.  One game Friday and a double-header on Saturday.

GoUBears!!
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: amh63 on March 31, 2016, 04:56:12 PM
Hamilton comes to Amherst on Friday for a game and a double hitter on Sat.  However, the weather report is iffy for the games,  IMO.   Seems there is wet AND cold weather in the forecast in the area.  Wet weather in Ithaca area and around the Metro NYC region.  Wife checking on the kids as they travel about. 
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: amh63 on April 05, 2016, 09:18:41 AM
Surprising Spring weather is postponing a number of games.  Hope it improves soon. Williams comes in for a double header this weekend. 
There is a tweet on the Amherst website that stats the Amherst team is presently the top ranked D3 team in NE. 
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: P'bearfan on April 06, 2016, 09:48:25 AM
Bowdoin hit a bit of a road bump last weekend losing Friday's game to Trinity and then splitting Saturday's double header.  The team now stands at 9-5 overall and more importantly just 1-2 in the NESCAC.  Here's hoping they can get back on track this week as the travel to USM tonight and play Bates this weekend (home Friday away for a double header Saturday).
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: P'bearfan on April 07, 2016, 08:33:23 AM
It looks like the Polar Bears troubles on the diamond are continuing.  They dropped a game 2-7 to USM last night.  Both teams had 5 hits but USM also had 5 stolen bases.  USM pitching was a bit stronger as they recorded 16 strikeouts vs 9 for Bowdoin. 

Here's hoping Bowdoin can rebound for the conference games this weekend vs Bates.

GoUBears!
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: amh63 on April 10, 2016, 12:10:38 PM
See that the Spring weather is modifying the schedules.
Amherst's baseball won  2 of the scheduled three games at Memorial field.  The Friday game had Williams as the home team :).  First game for Williams in NE.  The Sat. Double header honored the Armed Services...appropriate since Memorial field, is overlooked by the Memorial for Amherst alums that died while serving in the Armed Services.  Williams won the 2nd game of the day 5-4 in the ninth inning.
Over on the softball field, Hamilton won the third of three scheduled games.  The Friday game had Hamilton, the home team.  The first two games were somewhat blow outs. However, Hamilton returned the favor, 10-5 in the third game, in the late innings. 
The fans were dressed warmly and the wind directions sometimes affected the outfield fielding.
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: amh63 on April 14, 2016, 06:27:22 PM
On a NICE Spring afternoon, Amherst won a game over a tough ECSU team on Memorial Field...3-1.
A rare game without an Announcer.  Eastern Conn State always field a team that contends for the Little East conference...and plays competitively against Amherst...in several sports.
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: P'bearfan on March 23, 2017, 07:08:13 AM
Bowdoin's 2017 season is off to a tough start.  The P'bears now stand at 4-8 on the young season.  Hopefully the double header the play Friday will be the catalyst for a turn around.
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: P'bearfan on March 28, 2017, 07:02:14 AM
Good news!  Bowdoin managed to sweep their double header with Keuka which brings their overall record to 6-8.  Nice way to build some momentum as they return north.
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: P'bearfan on April 06, 2017, 06:46:36 AM
The weather is wreaking havoc with Bowdoin's schedule.  The P'bears had to postpone two games with Amherst and now have moved four games to Waterville due to un-playable field conditions in Brunswick.  Bowdoin dropped one of those games to USM 0-6.  . 
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: P'bearfan on April 07, 2017, 06:57:52 AM
Bowdoin had a tough outing yesterday losing to USM, 0-6.  Hopefully they can bounce back this weekend as they play 3 games against Bates in Waterville.

GoUBears!!
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: P'bearfan on April 24, 2017, 07:46:20 AM
Congrats to the Polar Bears for defeating nationally ranked Tufts on Sunday, 3-2.  With the win Bowdoin still has a shot at the NESCAC tournament.  Well done!
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: D3SportsFan on April 24, 2017, 11:16:50 AM
Big series between Bates and Tufts this weekend in Medford to determine NESCAC East champion!
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: middhoops on May 13, 2017, 05:47:11 PM
No matter how many times I pinch myself, it seems that Middlebury (a school not known for its baseball for a long time, if ever) is playing tomorrow for the NESCAC title.
Doesn't seem possible, but it's true.
Blessed with a great first year class by the previous coach, former Bates coach Mike Leonard has his Panthers playing their best ball in May.
Midd can lose a game and take a Mulligan tomorrow morning at 9 as they've won 2 games while the winner of the Tufts-Amherst game has one loss already.
Wishing the Panthers all the good karma possible.  If they falter, it's still been an exciting season for NESCAC baseball in Vermont. 
No one I've spoken with saw this season coming.
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: middhoops on May 14, 2017, 04:17:02 PM
Congrats to Tufts.
They came back on Sunday and beat Middlebury twice to win the NESCAC title.
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Post by: Pat Coleman on May 14, 2017, 09:58:06 PM
Here's our projected playoff field:
http://www.d3baseball.com/playoffs/2017/2017-playoff-projections
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: amh63 on April 08, 2018, 05:42:22 PM
Strange....No one has posted on this board....except Middhoops...for a 120 day's....wow!
Watched the third game between Amherst and Williams today at Amherst.  It was a sunny but cool day in a game between arch rivals...that started college baseball so long ago in Pittsfield Ma......almost a 150 years ago.  Amherst won the three game series 2-1...Nescac West Division over the weekend.
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: amh63 on July 06, 2018, 07:19:22 AM
An off-season post.  Amherst's fine head coach for the past nine years has resigned for personal reasons.  Nation wide search for a new coach has started.  Particulars are on the Amherst website.
Seems the Midd alum has been commuting from New Haven for the past 3 seasons.
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: amh63 on August 15, 2018, 06:50:53 PM
On the eve of a new Nescac football season, a note and a follow up of my last post here.
Amherst has hired a new baseball coach...the former HC of Clark Un.  The particulars are on the Amherst Athletic website.  The new HC is a NE native and will join the Amherst staff in Sept.
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: amh63 on April 07, 2019, 09:52:11 AM
Interesting warning as I started to reply....about the length of time of last topic reply. About a year ago, I posted on the Amherst vs Williams games....Amherst won two out of three.  It had been about 120 days from the last reply made.
Oh well.   
Amherst Under it's new HC won his first two Amherst vs Williams games on Saturday in Willytown. 
This is noted since, Amherst and Williams played the first college baseball in baseball history just down the road in Pittsfield, Ma.  Remembered the replay of that first game in Pittsfield in my lifetime.  There is a ballpark near the spot of the first game.  Watched a game in the ballpark awhile back.
Today, Amherst will play the third game against Williams at Memorial Field in Amherst...a postponed game.  It is noted that Robert Frost when he was teaching at Amherst, would often join his faculty friends in watching baseball on Memorial Field.  There is a large statue of Robert Frost placed in the main quad...Freshman Quad...just overlooking the field and close to the Frost Library.  JFK came up to Amherst to dedicate the Library in the Fall of 1963...soon afterwards JFK would lose his life.
Will be watching the third game today online.  Important game in the standings in the West Division for both teams.
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: jumpshot on April 08, 2019, 03:24:12 PM
amH63 failed to finish his post by reporting Williams crushed the former lord jeffs 14 to 4 ....
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: Mammoths Fan on April 09, 2019, 07:14:47 PM
How does the song go...."Two out of three ain't bad....";  it's actually surprising to me how few sweeps there are in conference play.  Every winning pitcher in the series was a senior which is telling.  Big weekend for both programs coming up.
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: Ralph Turner on April 09, 2019, 10:18:45 PM
Quote from: Mammoths Fan on April 09, 2019, 07:14:47 PM
How does the song go...."Two out of three ain't bad....";  it's actually surprising to me how few sweeps there are in conference play.  Every winning pitcher in the series was a senior which is telling.  Big weekend for both programs coming up.
Welcome aboard.

My rule of thumb is your team must sweep the series against the "non-post-season-conference-tournament" teams and then win the 3-games series against the rest, especially when playing at home.  "Defend your house". If you only halve the 2-game or 4-game series, you make no progress.
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: NothingButNESCAC on July 31, 2019, 05:16:52 PM
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Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: Cards Fan on February 25, 2020, 08:02:44 PM
45 runs allowed in 5 games for Bates. Not exactly the ideal start to the NESCAC baseball season.
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: Jim Dixon on March 10, 2020, 10:58:03 PM
Amherst first to cancel baseball season.
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: mr_b on March 11, 2020, 01:21:10 PM
Quote from: Jim Dixon on March 10, 2020, 10:58:03 PM
Amherst first to cancel baseball season.
Now all NESCAC sports have cancelled their spring seasons.  How very sad for all involved.

https://www.d3sports.com/notables/2020/03/amherst-closes-campus-for-spring?fbclid=IwAR1lICsZlebOKTTt70aVexTNMevDEd5aiukZGnHUR2eXe3QcL_AaUkhcbyc
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: BigPoppa on March 11, 2020, 04:11:17 PM
Quote from: mr_b on March 11, 2020, 01:21:10 PM
Quote from: Jim Dixon on March 10, 2020, 10:58:03 PM
Amherst first to cancel baseball season.
Now all NESCAC sports have cancelled their spring seasons.  How very sad for all involved.

https://www.d3sports.com/notables/2020/03/amherst-closes-campus-for-spring?fbclid=IwAR1lICsZlebOKTTt70aVexTNMevDEd5aiukZGnHUR2eXe3QcL_AaUkhcbyc

Grinnell (Iowa) just cancelled all spring sports as well.
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: amh63 on April 04, 2021, 09:49:45 AM
Several points to make....as baseball & softball return to the Nescac.
First....the third WES VS AMHERST game will be played at Memorial field in Amherst at 1 pm.  The two teams split the first two games yesterday in Ct.  Hope it will be a sunny day in New England.
Second point.  Bowdoin has cancelled all its remaining games.....no reason given on Bowdoin's site.   
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: hockeyfan77 on April 04, 2021, 05:43:07 PM
Quote from: amh63 on April 04, 2021, 09:49:45 AM
Several points to make....as baseball & softball return to the Nescac.
First....the third WES VS AMHERST game will be played at Memorial field in Amherst at 1 pm.  The two teams split the first two games yesterday in Ct.  Hope it will be a sunny day in New England.
Second point.  Bowdoin has cancelled all its remaining games.....no reason given on Bowdoin's site.

I'm pretty sure Bowdoin is not playing baseball at all this season: not included here...Also, Bates may have trouble as they just has the whole campus shut down do to COVID

2021 NESCAC Baseball ChampionshipMay 8th - 9th, 2021TBA
Sat.-Sun., May 8-9 Championship Series (best 2-of-3 series)
Location: TBA
Championship Stories
Format
In 2021, the NESCAC Baseball Championship will be a best 2-out-of-3 series based on the final conference divisional standings.

East Division: Bates, Colby, Trinity, Tufts
West Division: Amherst, Hamilton, Middlebury, Wesleyan, Williams

Selection
Details to be announced

Tournament Schedule
Details to be announced
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: amh63 on May 08, 2021, 05:57:19 PM
Amherst wins the NESCAC title against Tufts at Tufts today....wining the double header.  The third game at Tufts is not nescessary :).  Amherst won it's division and Tufts won its division.  Amherst's seniors were all smiles.  First title for the Amherst coach who came from Clark recently.
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: maineman on April 17, 2022, 06:42:23 PM
For 2022, The NESCAC baseball playoffs will involve 4 teams each from both the East and West Divisions.  For the first weekend the top two teams from each division will get home field and play a best of three series against the number 3 and 4 teams in the opposing division. The four surviving teams will play a double elimination tournament on the following weekend at Trinity to determine the NESCAC champion and autobid to the NCAA's.  Unless my memory has betrayed me, involving 8 teams in the playoffs is a departure from what happened pre-Covid, when only 2 teams from each Division were involved in the NESCAC tournament.
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: maineman on May 19, 2023, 10:10:08 AM
Tufts and Middlebury both open their NCAA play today (5/19} at 130p against Mitchell and Johnson and Wales, respectively.
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: Ralph Turner on May 20, 2023, 10:12:11 AM
Quote from: maineman on May 19, 2023, 10:10:08 AM
Tufts and Middlebury both open their NCAA play today (5/19} at 130p against Mitchell and Johnson and Wales, respectively.
... and both lost! That surprised me.
Title: Re: BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Post by: Jack Parkman on May 20, 2023, 01:46:49 PM
Quote from: Ralph Turner on May 20, 2023, 10:12:11 AM
Quote from: maineman on May 19, 2023, 10:10:08 AM
Tufts and Middlebury both open their NCAA play today (5/19} at 130p against Mitchell and Johnson and Wales, respectively.
... and both lost! That surprised me.

I watched some of the Tuft's game and the plate ump had the tightest zone I have ever seen. Svadgis was not happy with him and both sides pitchers just stood there with their hands up on about 15 pitches that were called balls.