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Episode 59: 2020 Mid-Atlantic Region Preview

Feb 11, 2020

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!

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