The Podcast About Division-III Baseball

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 Con...

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...

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 an...

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: C...

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 amazi...

Welcome to Episode 97 of The Podcast About Division III Baseball. First, we apologize for our missing a week due to our real job covering MLB. Then it's time to run through all the teams in the latest Top 25 poll . We touch on all 25 teams (at 1:30) in order including discussions on: LaGrange should be closer to #1 than #4 North Central (IL) is still good but their future will depend on the return...

Welcome to Episode 96 of The Podcast About Division III Baseball. First, we announce our new D-I baseball podcast that we promise will not interfere with our D-III baseball podcast. The bulk of this pod is spent running through all the teams in the latest Top 25 poll . We touch on all 25 teams (at 3:00) in order including: Marietta being clearly #1 Our minor concerns about North Central (IL) Confu...

Welcome to Episode 95 of The Podcast About Division III Baseball. The first half of this pod is spent running through all the teams in the latest Top 25 poll . We touch on all 25 teams (at 2:30) in order but the discussion includes: Why we still have North Central (IL) at #1 Thoughts on Salisbury, Southern Maine, and Johns Hopkins after seeing them in person Lynchburg is the real deal + Grayson Th...

Welcome to Episode 94 of The Podcast About Division III Baseball. This is the first of a hopefully weekly series of podcasts reviewing all the teams in the latest Top 25 poll as well as discussing any other things that have caught our attention in the D-III baseball world. We give some broad thoughts on the poll and our own personal votes before running through (at 4:10) all 25 teams in order from...

Welcome to Episode 93 of The Podcast About Division III Baseball. We begin (at 1:45) with our thoughts on the upcoming Johns Hopkins opening weekend pod (which we hope to be at), before getting into the second of two New England preview pods, this one covering Region 2 . Preview finale! In order: CCC (at 3:50) Salve Regina has one of the best pitching staffs in the region and could really make som...

Welcome to Episode 92 of The Podcast About Division III Baseball. This is the first of two New England preview pods -- we begin with Region 1 . In order: GNAC (at 1:55) Johnson & Wales won the GNAC last year but were under .500 overall and are losing a good amount to graduation Anna Maria seems primed to take a step forward as the clear favorite with multiple All-Region candidates St. Joseph's (ME...

Welcome to Episode 91 of The Podcast About Division III Baseball. We begin (at 1:10) with a brief note about the strange career of Lakeland's Nathan Hemmerling before getting into the suddenly loaded Midwest Region. In order: ARC (at 3:00) Coe won a ton of games last year but lost in the conference tourney and were left out at-large; good thing they've still got two of the best two-way players in...

Welcome to Episode 90 of The Podcast About Division III Baseball. We begin (at 3:10) with some unfortunate news about one of the top players in the country. Next (at 4:05), some thoughts on the last weekend of action, including our actual in-person visit to see Catholic vs. Cabrini, the Birmingham jamboree featuring Birmingham-Southern, Trinity (TX), WashU, and Lynchburg, plus a couple other notes...

Welcome to Episode 89 of The Podcast About Division III Baseball. It's our second Mid-Atlantic pod, as we dig into the teams in Region 4 . In order: CUNYAC (at 1:45) We really aren't sure what to make of this conference at this point but it seems like they will still be playing baseball in 2022, so that's good MACF (at 5:30) Misericordia will look to continue their epic streak atop this conference...

Welcome to Episode 88 of The Podcast About Division III Baseball. It's time to talk about the traditionally loaded Mideast Region, now known as Region 7 , which is still basically the same minus the HCAC. In order: AMCC (at 2:20) We finally got a new champ in this conference as Penn State-Behrend won it last year and are the favorite again 2022 La Roche should still be contenders but a lot of new...

Welcome to Episode 87 of The Podcast About Division III Baseball. It's time to talk about the Mid-Atlantic -- well, half of what we've been used to being the Mid-Atlantic. We discuss (at 1:17) the changes to the region from last season before previewing all the favorites by conference. In order: AEC (at 3:57) Marymount won the first ever AEC title and look primed to defend their title Centennial (...

Welcome to Episode 86 of The Podcast About Division III Baseball. First (at 1:00) we shoutout Pacific Lutheran as the standouts of the opening weekend. Next (at 2:15) we make a very important announcement -- er, clarification -- about our "D-III College Gameday" idea that we tweeted about . Then (at 5:00) it's time to talk about the Central and the changes to the region from last season before pre...

Welcome to Episode 85 of The Podcast About Division III Baseball. We head to the South, home to some of the strongest teams in D-III, including the defending champs. We have a quick discussion about what Pool B is (at 3:50), why the C2C teams are now in it, and how that impacts the postseason field before previewing all the favorites in the South (Region 6). In order: C2C (at 8:45) Salisbury seems...

Welcome to Episode 84 of The Podcast About Division III Baseball. We are extremely excited to be back for another season and the games are just around the corner. We begin with some general info about how this year will be back to relatively normal, the 60-team postseason field, the return of super regionals, the restructured regions (mostly just NE and Mid-Atlantic) and a few other minor notes (a...

Welcome to Episode 83 of The Podcast About Division III Baseball. Jake is driving home from Cedar Rapids, but we wanted to check in before the championship series and give our thoughts about St. Thomas and Salisbury, as well as give a final farewell to the Bears after a remarkable season.  Follow us on Twitter @d3baseballpod (DMs are open if you want to reach us there) and @CespedesBBQ.  Send us y...

Welcome to Episode 82 of The Podcast About Division III Baseball. Jake is actually in Cedar Rapids, so he gave us a general World Series vibe check before we break down all the action from Day 1 in reverse-chronological order: Cortland vs. Salisbury (at 4:40) Wheaton (MA) vs. Rowan (at 10:20) St. Thomas vs. Adrian (at 15:47) Johns Hopkins vs. WashU (at 22:30) Then, we say goodbye.  Follow us on Tw...

Welcome to Episode 81 of The Podcast About Division III Baseball. We made it to the World Series. Wow. What a time to be alive. In this pod, we do a recap (at 3:00) of all the crazy regional action (in order: High Point, Marietta, Decatur, Auburn, Hartford, Whitewater, Collegeville, St. Paul) and give each regional a letter grade based on how entertaining it was. Then we preview our 8 World Series...

Welcome to Episode 80 of The Podcast About Division III Baseball. Regionals are here . This is a big one -- here's the agenda with timestamps so you can jump around and listen to the regional of your choice. Each regional is discussed in order of match-ups, so we talk about the teams in this order of seeding: 1, 6, 2, 5, 3, 4. Enjoy! We begin with a discussion of the at-large selections and our fr...

Welcome to Episode 79 of The Podcast About Division III Baseball. The bracket will be announced soon, so we hopped on to give our projected at-large bids. Here's the agenda: Explaining the 4-5 teams we believe to be locks (WashU, Eastern Connecticut, St. Thomas (MN), North Central (IL), Oswego State) A look at the bubble and the various ways it could shake out between Trinity (Texas), Gustavus Ado...

Welcome to Episode 78 of The Podcast About Division III Baseball. The third regional rankings were released on Wednesday afternoon so we wanted to hop on and talk about those before the last weekend of the regular season. Here's the agenda: an overview of what the postseason is going to look like AS FAR AS WE KNOW (because there is still somehow no championship manual) 48 teams, 42 AQs, it doesn't...