Since no one else is posting on this site I thought I'd ramble for a while.....remember all in fun boys
About half-way through
the TCCC season. Any surprises here?
2009 TCCC Baseball Standings School
1. Curry 11-1 17-3
2. Wentworth 7-2-1 17-6-1
3. Roger Williams 5-2-1 10-8-1
4. Western New England 9-5 15-9
5. Eastern Nazarene 4-4 12-8
Salve Regina 4-4 8-15
7. Anna Maria 6-8 10-16-1
8. Nichols 4-6 9-11
Colby-Sawyer 4-6 8-13
10. Endicott 2-6 7-13
11. New England College 2-8 5-11
12. Gordon 1-7 2-13
Just some other thoughts on a rainy day.........Has there ever been any thought to having two divisions in
the TCCC? The logistics of playing 22 in-conference games seems cumbersome. And the methods to break into divisions are endless….Let’s skip the obvious ways like North/South or East/West.
You could divide the conference into teams with one name i.e. Endicott, Gordon, and teams with two names Salve Regina Colby-Sawyer. The two teams with three name Western New England and New England College could rotate between the one and two name conferences on a yearly basis.
Another way - divide the teams is by their mascots...ahhh one of my favorite topics. Those of you familiar with RIC-EE the Rhode Island College mascot - a 2nd generation Village People member, will know my fondness by previous posts on the LEC board. Speaking of mascots let’s have us a look.....
UNE- So we can take the Nor’easters - who names these teams, is their a committee to come-up with mascot names at UNE? “Let’s take a vote....OK it is unanimous we are now officially the Nor’easters, since it brings such warm and wonderful thoughts...Nor’easter drops 2 feet of snow, 7 die in powerful Nor’easter, power out to thousands…...But the baseball team won oops we don’t have a baseball team….
Anna Maria - AMCATS (what exactly is an AMCAT, is it related to a BOBCAT, or is this a lesson from a freshman English class at the college? -- ICCAT, IBCAT, IAMCAT
Custer College - Who??? --have a look at the Curry College’s mascot - I anoint them Custer College; or better yet KFC College - The Colonel’s Very Own Special College - I’ll have to see how that works.
Eastern Nazarene - the Crusaders - now there is a multi-cultural word for ya! Let’s go back to the 12th and 13th centuries for our name... sorry ENC this is all in fun... I really do know that crusade is a Latin term for Cross - by the way - Happy Easter
Endicott - Gulls - How clever, we have a campus on the ocean, these damned-able friggin’ birds are always swooping and crapping, crapping and swooping...let’s make something positive out of this and call ourselves the Damned-able Birds. I like the Endicott Chubb Peabody’s myself (there is another history lesson if you care to Google).
Gordon Fightin Scots- Another great name for a Christian school. The only fighting Scots I have ever encountered were in bars, in San Francisco bathhouses, or when money fell on the floor.
New England College Pilgrims- Yep, makes sense. I do remember from my history lessons the Pilgrim dudes landing at the head waters of the Contoocook River, stepping foot on Henniker Rock, cracked open a cold one and dined with the Native Americans on Pat’s Peak for Thanksgiving Dinner.
Nichols College Bison – yep, that’s right….the Pilgrims, on their way to landing at Henniker Rock, dropped off a big ol’ load of Bison in Dudley. The bison used to roam in huge herds on the Mass Pike before they put in the higher tolls.
Roger Williams – Hawks- Now here is smart name for the SID see they can use headlines like Hawks devour Custer; Hawks claw AMCATS, birds with sharp claws seem to be popular… although it has nothing to do with Roger Williams (see Endicott).
Salve Regina Seahawks - ….OK on the ocean, bunches of damn birds…. Damned-able Birds and Hawks are taken, so let’s go with ….real creative. I think a much better name is the Salve Regina Queens- all ya’ll Latin Majors on the campus know what I am saying???
Wentworth Leopards –I like the Wentworth
Leotards better
Western New England Golden Bears – Now the only sporting Golden Bear worthy of the name is Columbus’ own Jack Nicklaus, so that name is out… I have to work on a name for WNEC
Colby-Sawyer - The Chargers, hey isn’t that name already taken? Eye think Colby-Cheese-heads is a much better fit
Look forward to any suggestions from the peanut gallery.
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