Episode 68: 2021 South Region Preview

Welcome to Episode 68 of The Podcast About Division III Baseball. This is our second of eight regional preview pods -- this one covers the South region and its four conferences. Topics include: CAC -- oh just kidding it's the COAST 2 COAST NOW (at 4:00) Salisbury is loaded as usual but most importantly we just want another Justin Meekins roster photo Christopher Newport has a lot of dudes to replace but we're still pretty sure they'll hit a bunch of dingers ODAC (at 12:50) Randolph-Macon has most of their seniors back and you probably already know we think they are really good Shenandoah is gonna mash as usual but the pitching is questionable Other contenders like Virginia Wesleyan, Lynchburg, and Hampden-Sydney are a notch below USA South (at 20:00) LaGrange will try to prove that they are the best Panthers in the region Methodist has some big time senior hitters to replace but should still contend We still love Piedmont, Huntingdon should be good...but oh baby, watch out for Pfeiffer SAA (at 28:30) Birmingham-Southern has all their best pitchers returning as well as some All-Region-caliber hitters  Hendrix is super duper young but still has some intriguing guys Berry usually gets off to hot starts but there is more reason to believe in them this year Only Built 4 Rhodes Lynx...Pt. 4: Paul Giacomazzi Goes for Gold Glove #3 (and also this team should be legit)  UAA (at 37:00) Emory (and all the UAA teams) are hopefully going to be able to find enough games nearby to play since their conference is not feasible during a pandemic We concluded (at 41:50) with 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