Welcome to Episode 111 of The Podcast About Division III Baseball. It's time to talk about the Central region AKA Region 7, previewing all the favorites in each conference. In order:

• CCIW (at 1:25)
  • North Central (IL) looks to bounce back with another loaded squad after an injury-plagued 2022
  • Augustana is going to Florida two different times?! and also looks pretty damn good, especially on the mound
  • Millikin should be solid again, we trust this program
• HCAC (at 14:30)
  • Earlham are the defending champs and also one of our new favorite teams for understandable reasons
  • Franklin should be good again but have some elite talent to replace
  • Rose-Hulman and Transylvania should be competing in a very balanced middle of this conference
• NACC (at 29:15)
  • Aurora continues to mystify us in some ways but we think they'll be pretty awesome again
  • Benedictine has some good pieces back, including a big HR threat
  • MSOE looks to defend their title with some elite pitching
• SLIAC (at 42:30)
  • Webster is as good a regional bet as any in all of D-III and now looks more offense-heavy than pitching for the first time in a while
• UAA (at 55:37)
  • It was tough to follow the 2021 World Series team but we're hoping (and believing) the 2022 campaign was just a down year for the WashU Bears

We conclude (at 1:02:20) with our player and pitcher of the year picks, and our teams to beat. Then we say goodbye.

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