Episode 74: 2021 New York Region Preview

Welcome to Episode 74 of The Podcast About Division III Baseball. This is our eighth of eight regional preview pods -- this one covers the New York region and its four conferences. Before we begin, we do a brief check-in (at 1:30) on our respective alma maters and discuss why WashU's pitching staff is always so incredible and Wooster's 3-1 start to open the season. Also (at 11:30) another note about Bret Williams' chase for the all-time D-III HR record. Then, it's NY time: SUNYAC (at 14:30) Cortland is Cortland, so obviously they're gonna win a lot of games and have some exciting #Year5 guys returning Oswego State is still the Lakers, so we made more Lakers jokes but they have some key guys back as well and as always, watch out for Brockport! Liberty (at 23:35) Rochester impressed us a lot at the regional in 2019, and now look like the clear favorite in this conference with two strong starters Ithaca joined from the Empire 8 and are traditionally strong but there aren't many familiar faces on the roster so tough to know what to expect Other teams like Union, Clarkson, RIT are usually relevant in this conference race Empire 8 (or uh, the Empire 5? 6?) (at 34:00) St. John Fisher looks loaded, is already off to a hot start, and now they're in a barren wasteland of a conference...should be interesting! Skyline (at 37:40) Farmingdale State is always a rock solid bet to lead the Skyline pack but we've seen teams like like Manhattanville, St. Joseph's (Long Island) and Old Westbury in the mix CUNYAC doesn't appear to be playing but maybe we're wrong? No auto-bid, though. UAA (at 43:40) NYU doesn't seem likely to be playing this spring but let us know if that's not true! We concluded (at 45:30) 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