Episode 59: 2020 Mid-Atlantic Region Preview

Welcome to Episode 59 of The Podcast About Division III Baseball. This is our fourth of eight regional preview pods -- this one covers the Mid-Atlantic region and its eight conferences. Topics include: AEC Cabrini (at 2:20) is still a very young program but has put themselves at the top of this fresh new conference Centennial Johns Hopkins (at 4:40) will have to replace their top four pitchers but might also keep hitting enough home runs for it not to matter Swarthmore (at 9:30) still has several key pieces in place from its 2018 World Series run, and may be the favorite again Other teams (at 14:30) such as Franklin & Marshall, Haverford, Washington (MD), and Ursinus will all need a lot of things to go right to contend for the conference title Landmark Susquehanna (at 17:10) showed well in the postseason last year, and will look to defend its Landmark title Catholic (at 19:20) should be right up there as always MAC Freedom Misericordia (at 21:30) is going for its 10th straight conference title, and we should all respect how good they are a lot more MAC Commonwealth Alvernia (at 25:40) has an exciting arm returning but will need to replace some big-time hitters Hood (at 27:30) might not have the track record, but is right up there in this conference in terms of talent NEAC Penn State-Harrisburg (at 29:30) found a new home and is about to put up some absolutely obscene numbers Other contenders (at 32:15) will be Keuka, Penn State-Abington, and Penn State-Berks (despite graduating Toby Welk #WelkWatch) NJAC (at 33:20) -- before we get into the teams, we explain why the reality show-level drama in this conference makes us love it so much Kean (at 35:30) was already returning a lot of talent but has brought in some elite reinforcements as well TCNJ (at 39:05) is always reliably Very Good, and could totally win this conference again after its 2019 title Rowan (at 41:30) essentially graduated a D-III All-Star team but it's not like they don't have more good baseball players Ramapo (at 45:10) lost some key players to NJAC rivals but you can never count out the Roadrunners William Paterson (at 48:40) is a sneaky selection to crash the NJAC party with a lot of exciting offensive talent CSAC Keystone (at 51:30) is always fascinating to watch, and might be an intriguing new addition to the Pool B race We concluded (at 53:45) with a few other notable player shout outs , our player and pitcher of the year picks for the region, and our teams to beat. Then we say goodbye. Thanks for listening! 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 + rate/review on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-podcast-about-division-iii-baseball/id1342691759