The Podcast About Division-III Baseball

Welcome to Episode 106 of The Podcast About Division III Baseball! Another season in the books. The Eastern Connecticut State Warriors are your 2022 D-III national champions. We give hearty salute to all of the eight teams who competed in Cedar Rapids last week, with broad thoughts on their seasons before celebrating the incredible season that Eastern Connecticut was able to complete in spectacular fashion. We discussed the teams in this order:

• Catholic
• Marietta
• UW-Stevens Point
• Baldwin Wallace
• Trinity (TX)
• LaGrange
• Salisbury
• Eastern Connecticut

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Welcome to Episode 105 of The Podcast About Division III Baseball! We did it, friends. It's World Series time. Only 8 teams remain, and we're gonna talk about 'em:

• 1. Marietta (at 5:10)
• 8. Catholic (at 10:50)
• 4. Salisbury (at 16:40)
• 5. UW-Stevens Point (at 24:25)
• 2. Eastern Connecticut (at 28:40)
• 7. Baldwin Wallace (at 36:10)
• 3. LaGrange (at 42:10)
• 6. Trinity (TX) (at 51:10)

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Welcome to Episode 104 of The Podcast About Division III Baseball! After a wild weekend of regional action, only 16 teams remain. We preview all 8 super-regional match-ups and make our picks for who we think will advance to the World Series in Cedar Rapids. In order (hosts in bold):

• Oswego State vs. Marietta (at 2:30)
• UW-Stevens Point vs. UW-Whitewater (at 7:49)
• Catholic vs. Ithaca (at 16:00)
• Trinity (TX) vs. Birmingham-Southern (at 22:15)
• Baldwin Wallace vs. Endicott (at 29:10)
• Wooster vs. Salisbury (at 34:20)
• Rowan vs. Eastern Connecticut (at 41:20)
• Chapman vs. LaGrange (at 45:40)

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Welcome to Episode 103 of The Podcast About Division III Baseball! In this episode, we talk for three hours about all 60 teams in the 2022 D-III baseball tournament. You know, as people do. First we offer our general takeaways from the bracket reveal and our biggest surprises and disappointments with the selections and the process. Then, we discuss all 16 regionals in the following order, with each regional covering seeds 1, 4, 2, 3 in that order:

• Arcadia (at 8:00)
  • Arcadia, Husson, Oswego State, Elizabethtown
• Marietta (at 20:50)
  • Marietta, Kalamazoo, Christopher Newport, Mount Aloysius
• Whitewater (at 33:55)
  • UW-Whitewater, MSOE, Aurora, Augustana
• Stevens Point (at 43:00)
  • UW-Stevens Point, Lawrence, North Central (IL), Coe
• Immaculata (at 55:30)
  • Immaculata, Keystone, Montclair State, Ithaca
• Shenandoah (at 1:04:10)
  • Shenandoah, St. Joseph's (L.I.), Catholic, Stevens
• Lynchburg (at 1:13:50)
  • Birmingham-Southern, Earlham, Lynchburg, Salve Regina
• UT-Dallas (at 1:31:30)
  • Trinity (TX), UT-Dallas
• Cortland (at 1:37:10)
  • Cortland, Bridgewater State, Endicott, St. John Fisher
• Brockport (at 1:46:20)
  • Wheaton (MA), Johnson and Wales, Baldwin Wallace, Brockport
• Denison (at 1:57:50)
  • Denison, Penn-State Harrisburg, Salisbury, William Paterson
• Webster (at 2:08:50)
  • Webster, Crown, Wooster, Bethel
• Rochester (at 2:23:00)
  • Eastern Connecticut, Swarthmore, Rochester, Middlebury
• Lebanon Valley (at 2:33:20)
  • Rowan, Mitchell, Washington & Jefferson, Lebanon Valley
• Chapman (at 2:43:00)
  • Chapman, Pacific, Pomona-Pitzer, Cal Lutheran
• LaGrange (at 2:52:20)
  • LaGrange, Centenary (LA)

We conclude (at 3:00:30) with our rapid-fire picks for all 16 regionals which will surely be incorrect!

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Welcome to Episode 102 of The Podcast About Division III Baseball! In this episode, we do our best to project which teams will receive the 19 at-large bids (really just 18 Pool C bids since Salisbury is definitely getting the Pool B) to the 60-team tournament field. We perform a mock selection of all the teams just as the national committee will do ahead of the official selections at noon ET on Monday, May 16. This was extremely difficult but we did our best! Good luck, everyone!!! Follow us on Twitter @d3baseballpod (DMs are open if you want to reach us there) and @CespedesBBQ. Send us your best D-III stories or any other comments or questions to [email protected] Subscribe/follow + rate/review on Apple: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-podcast-about-division-iii-baseball/id1342691759 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5uk8q4iUrMUZRriKM1Akfx?si=3ed6cccd25d44c2a

Welcome to Episode 101 of The Podcast About Division III Baseball! Before we dive into the bracketology based on the latest regional rankings, we had to address two things. First (at 2:20), the end of Ryan McCarty's season, one of the greatest D-III seasons of all time and why it's ridiculous that people are hating on it. Next (at 6:40), we address the complete debacle that was the Centennial Conference tournament cancellation and why nobody wins whatsoever, including Swarthmore. Then (at 12:30) we move onto the fun stuff, which is a breakdown of the at-large picture as we record on Thursday afternoon with just 10 of the AQs clinched, discussing which teams are in best shape to snag one of the 18 Pool C at-large bids come selection day on May 16. Then we say goodbye.

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Welcome to Episode 100 of The Podcast About Division III Baseball!!! 100 podcast episodes about D-III baseball!!! They said it couldn't be done!!!!!!!

Jake is back and the second regional rankings were released and this time they are actual rankings and not just alphabetical! We discuss how we go about analyzing these rankings and what they can tell us about the likelihood of teams being selected at-large. We begin with a quick Pool B discussion (at 5:55) before going rapid-fire through all 10 regions (at 7:10) in order with some general thoughts on which conferences have the best chance to receive multiple bids. Then, we present THE BUBBLE as it currently stands (at 18:30), discussing which teams are in best shape to snag one of the 18 Pool C at-large bids come selection day on May 16. Then we say goodbye.

(minor correction: I said 40 automatic qualifiers at the end of the episode but that was a mistake, it's 41)

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Welcome to Episode 99.5 of The Podcast About Division III Baseball. Jake had jury duty (no, seriously) which meant that I had to take this one solo! The first regional rankings were released and they...aren't actually rankings! Still, there is a decent amount to be gleaned from the teams included. I provide some caveats for discussing the rankings at this point, and then I went region-by-region and discussed how I think the teams are currently lined up and which teams are in best shape to get in at-large. In order:

• Region I - New England (at 4:40)
• Region II - New England (at 7:25)
• Region III - New York (at 10:30)
• Region IV - Mid-Atlantic (at 12:50)
• Region V - Mid-Atlantic (at 16:50)
• Region VI - South (at 19:35)
• Region VII - Mideast (at 22:15)
• Region VIII - Central (at 26:20)
• Region IX - Midwest (at 28:40)
• Region X - West (at 31:40)

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Welcome to Episode 99 of The Podcast About Division III Baseball. It's time once again to run through all the teams in the latest Top 25 poll. For the first time in 2022, we start to turn our attention to the postseason picture and which teams in the Top 25 are in best position to receive an at-large bid should they not win the conference based on the current SOS rankings. Discussions include:

• Cortland is in good shape to make its 473rd postseason appearance in a row even if they don't win the SUNYAC tourney
• We're already worried about North Central (IL) again but it's been good to see them winning lately
• UW-Whitewater's resume could be lighter than normal
• Salisbury vs. CNU vs. the top of the UAA will be a fascinating Pool B race
• Could the NJAC get 3 teams in? 4?
• UT-Dallas will probably need to win the ASC
• Arcadia's resume is going to be nearly impossible to deny
• Tufts is legit but how good is the NESCAC? We don't know yet
• The SCIAC always deserves 2 bids talent-wise but the SOS might not allow for it this season
• UW-Stevens Point's resume doesn't look as good as we would've expected when we looked at the schedule before the season
• Trinity (TX) should have a much more convincing at-large case than last year...but keep an eye on TLU, too
• and more!

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Welcome to Episode 98 of The Podcast About Division III Baseball. It's time once again to run through all the teams in the latest Top 25 poll. We touch on all 25 teams (at 1:40) in order including discussions on:

• What did LaGrange do with their weekend off?
• Baldwin Wallace establishing themselves as the 2nd elite OAC team
• North Central (IL) with a much-needed series sweep
• Kean's pitching is amazing
• Arcadia continues to prove to be legit
• CNU should be getting way more respect
• UW-Stevens Point could definitely challenge UW-Whitewater
• La Verne looks like the best team in the SCIAC but we're still not sure
• Is Oswego State better than Cortland? We'll find out soon!
• Other teams outside the Top 25 we are watching closely: Roger Williams, Denison, Brockport!!!, UMass-Boston, Texas Lutheran, Catholic

Then (at 33:30) we take a look at the statistical leaderboards to project who some possible All-Americans, including another insane Ryan McCarty update and a Misericordia HBP update. Finally, we shoutout an exciting return for a hitter on Jake's WashU Bears.

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