The Podcast About Division-III Baseball

Welcome to Episode 4 of The Podcast About Division III Baseball. This is the third of our eight regional preview podcasts -- this one focuses on the Mid-Atlantic region. We run through the best teams from each of the seven Mid-Atlantic conferences.

• NJAC (at 2:25): It's TCNJ, Ramapo, and Rowan at the top. Who will emerge as the favorite?
• Centennial (at 8:20): How good is Hopkins? Can anyone challenge them? (plus a Haverford mascot tangent)
• CSAC (at 14:48): Keystone Against the World
• Landmark (at 16:36): We have no idea who the favorite should be...Susquehanna, Drew, Catholic, and Elizabethtown all in the mix
• MACF (at 18:50): Misericordia looking good again
• NEAC (at 20:22): The favorites are all Penn ___________
• MACC (at 21:19): Alvernia or Arcadia? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

We conclude (at 24:57) by running through some other notable players to keep an eye on in the Mid-Atlantic region, before giving our official TEAMS TO BEAT and our Player and Pitcher of the Year contenders.

Thanks for listening!

Follow us on Twitter @d3baseballpod and @CespedesBBQ.

Send us your best D-III stories or any other comments or questions to [email protected]

Subscribe + rate/review on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-podcast-about-division-iii-baseball/id1342691759

Welcome to Episode 4 of The Podcast About Division III Baseball. This is the third of our eight regional preview podcasts -- this one focuses on the Mid-Atlantic region. We run through the best teams from each of the seven Mid-Atlantic conferences. 

• NJAC (at 2:25): It's TCNJ, Ramapo, and Rowan at the top. Who will emerge as the favorite?
• Centennial (at 8:20): How good is Hopkins? Can anyone challenge them? (plus a Haverford mascot tangent)
• CSAC (at 14:48): Keystone Against the World
• Landmark (at 16:36): We have no idea who the favorite should be...Susquehanna, Drew, Catholic, and Elizabethtown all in the mix
• MACF (at 18:50): Misericordia looking good again 
• NEAC (at 20:22): The favorites are all Penn ___________
• MACC (at 21:19): Alvernia or Arcadia? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

We conclude (at 24:57) by running through some other notable players to keep an eye on in the Mid-Atlantic region, before giving our official TEAMS TO BEAT and our Player and Pitcher of the Year contenders.

Thanks for listening!

Follow us on Twitter @d3baseballpod and @CespedesBBQ. 

Send us your best D-III stories or any other comments or questions to [email protected]

Subscribe + rate/review on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-podcast-about-division-iii-baseball/id1342691759 

Welcome to Episode 3 of The Podcast About Division III Baseball. This is the second of our eight regional preview podcasts -- this one focuses on the South region. We run through the best teams in the four South conferences -- the USA South, the SAA, the ODAC, and the CAC -- before giving some love to the UAA southern representative as well.

We begin (at 1:43) with the USA South and the reigning conference champs, the LaGrange Panthers, and whether they can remain on top after losing much of their pitching staff and a few big bats. Next (at 5:10), we discuss the SAA and the perennial power known as the Birmingham-Southern...Panthers...and why we think these are the Panthers that could truly contend come regional time. We then move (at 10:14) to the all-powerful ODAC, which features perhaps the two strongest teams in the region in Shenandoah and Randolph-Macon, as well as one of the stories of the 2017 season in Roanoke. We then turn to the CAC (at 18:34) and discuss how good Salisbury could be even after losing Player of the Year Pete Grasso. Finally (at 22:18), we discuss the Emory Eagles, and how they stack up in a UAA conference that lost a lot of talent to graduation.

We conclude (at 28:00) by running through some other notable players to watch down South, before giving our official TEAMS TO BEAT and our Player and Pitcher of the Year contenders

Thanks for listening!

Follow us on Twitter @d3baseballpod and @CespedesBBQ.

Send us your best D-III stories or any other comments or questions to [email protected]

Subscribe + rate/review on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-podcast-about-division-iii-baseball/id1342691759

Welcome to Episode 3 of The Podcast About Division III Baseball. This is the second of our eight regional preview podcasts -- this one focuses on the South region. We run through the best teams in the four South conferences -- the USA South, the SAA, the ODAC, and the CAC -- before giving some love to the UAA southern representative as well. 

We begin (at 1:43) with the USA South and the reigning conference champs, the LaGrange Panthers, and whether they can remain on top after losing much of their pitching staff and a few big bats. Next (at 5:10), we discuss the SAA and the perennial power known as the Birmingham-Southern...Panthers...and why we think these are the Panthers that could truly contend come regional time. We then move (at 10:14) to the all-powerful ODAC, which features perhaps the two strongest teams in the region in Shenandoah and Randolph-Macon, as well as one of the stories of the 2017 season in Roanoke. We then turn to the CAC (at 18:34) and discuss how good Salisbury could be even after losing Player of the Year Pete Grasso. Finally (at 22:18), we discuss the Emory Eagles, and how they stack up in a UAA conference that lost a lot of talent to graduation.   

We conclude (at 28:00) by running through some other notable players to watch down South, before giving our official TEAMS TO BEAT and our Player and Pitcher of the Year contenders

Thanks for listening!

Follow us on Twitter @d3baseballpod and @CespedesBBQ. 

Send us your best D-III stories or any other comments or questions to [email protected]

Subscribe + rate/review on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-podcast-about-division-iii-baseball/id1342691759 

Welcome to Episode 2 of The Podcast About Division III Baseball. This is the first of our eight regional preview podcasts -- this one focuses on the West region, AKA the region that has weather nice enough to start their seasons in early February. First, we lay out the obvious disclaimers and caveats about whatever flaming hot takes we present about teams in the West -- mainly that we haven't seen any of these teams, so we're giving the most educated and researched insight we can give based on the information we've got. We discuss the strongest regional contenders from each of the four West conferences -- the ASC, the NWC, the SCAC, and the SCIAC.

First (at 4:14), we talk about the favorites in the ASC, and why we love Texas-Dallas this year (despite their inconveniently timed 0-2 start!). Next (at 11:03), we discuss the teams of the beautiful Pacific Northwest, AKA the NWC, and whether any other teams have what it takes to take on Linfield. Next (at 16:36), we discuss the SCAC and Centenary's chances to dominate the region (especially after their hot start). We then head to California (at 22:54) to discuss the favorites way out west, including that purple and gold team that may or may not have won the national championship last year. Finally (at 31:10), we run through some other notable players to watch in the West, before giving our official TEAM TO BEAT and our Player and Pitcher of the Year.

Thanks for listening!

Follow us on Twitter @d3baseballpod and @CespedesBBQ.

Send us your best D-III stories or any other comments or questions to [email protected]

Subscribe + rate/review on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-podcast-about-division-iii-baseball/id1342691759

Welcome to Episode 2 of The Podcast About Division III Baseball. This is the first of our eight regional preview podcasts -- this one focuses on the West region, AKA the region that has weather nice enough to start their seasons in early February. First, we lay out the obvious disclaimers and caveats about whatever flaming hot takes we present about teams in the West -- mainly that we haven't seen any of these teams, so we're giving the most educated and researched insight we can give based on the information we've got. We discuss the strongest regional contenders from each of the four West conferences -- the ASC, the NWC, the SCAC, and the SCIAC.

First (at 4:14), we talk about the favorites in the ASC, and why we love Texas-Dallas this year (despite their inconveniently timed 0-2 start!). Next (at 11:03), we discuss the teams of the beautiful Pacific Northwest, AKA the NWC, and whether any other teams have what it takes to take on Linfield. Next (at 16:36), we discuss the SCAC and Centenary's chances to dominate the region (especially after their hot start). We then head to California (at 22:54) to discuss the favorites way out west, including that purple and gold team that may or may not have won the national championship last year. Finally (at 31:10), we run through some other notable players to watch in the West, before giving our official TEAM TO BEAT and our Player and Pitcher of the Year. 

Thanks for listening!

Follow us on Twitter @d3baseballpod and @CespedesBBQ. 

Send us your best D-III stories or any other comments or questions to [email protected]

Subscribe + rate/review on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-podcast-about-division-iii-baseball/id1342691759 

Welcome to Episode 1 of The Podcast About Division III Baseball. It may be hard to believe that this is something we are actually doing, but here it is, in real life, free to be consumed by the public. We wanted to spent the first episode of setting some very clear expectations about what we want this show to be for us, the lunatics who are deciding to host it, and you, the listener, the fellow D-III baseball enthusiast.

Our first official segment (at 10:20) is a discussion about a particularly preposterous hypothetical: what would a D-III player have to do to get invited to the MLB Draft? Next (at 20:06), we read a couple e-mails, one about the remarkable story of the Lesley University baseball team, and another about an outrageous (and surely unhealthy) in-game ritual performed by the Linfield College pitching staff.

We concluded the inaugural podcast (at 26:30) with the ultimate cop-out for the inevitable complaints from people that "we don't talk about their team." (Sorry it took so long. It was a long list. Usually the podcast will stay under 30 minutes).

Thanks for listening!

Follow us on Twitter @d3baseballpod and @CespedesBBQ.

Send us your best D-III stories or any other comments or questions to [email protected].

Subscribe + rate/review on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-podcast-about-division-iii-baseball/id1342691759

Welcome to Episode 1 of The Podcast About Division III Baseball. It may be hard to believe that this is something we are actually doing, but here it is, in real life, free to be consumed by the public. We wanted to spent the first episode of setting some very clear expectations about what we want this show to be for us, the lunatics who are deciding to host it, and you, the listener, the fellow D-III baseball enthusiast. 

Our first official segment (at 10:20) is a discussion about a particularly preposterous hypothetical: what would a D-III player have to do to get invited to the MLB Draft? Next (at 20:06), we read a couple e-mails, one about the remarkable story of the Lesley University baseball team, and another about an outrageous (and surely unhealthy) in-game ritual performed by the Linfield College pitching staff.

We concluded the inaugural podcast (at 26:30) with the ultimate cop-out for the inevitable complaints from people that "we don't talk about their team." (Sorry it took so long. It was a long list. Usually the podcast will stay under 30 minutes). 

Thanks for listening!

Follow us on Twitter @d3baseballpod and @CespedesBBQ. 

Send us your best D-III stories or any other comments or questions to [email protected]. 

Subscribe + rate/review on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-podcast-about-division-iii-baseball/id1342691759