The Podcast About Division-III Baseball

Welcome to Episode 52 of The Podcast About Division III Baseball. This is the first podcast in the history of the universe to preview the super regional round of the D-III baseball tournament. We are here to make history, folks. All eight super regionals are discussed, in the following order: UMass-Boston Super Regional UMass-Boston (at 1:57) The Beacons rolled through their own regional; can they...

We loved the first day of the new regional format so much that we decided to record our thoughts on EVERY SINGLE GAME FROM DAY 1 (with some more lengthy thoughts on some games more than others) in order from the top of the bracket (Southern Maine) to the bottom (Christopher Newport). Our favorite performances, biggest surprises, biggest disappointments, and more. You can find the order we discusse...

Welcome to Episode 50 of The Podcast About Division III Baseball. This is the eighty of eight regional preview podcasts in which we break down two regionals paired up for a super regional. This episode focuses on the Salisbury and Christopher Newport regionals. Topics include: Salisbury regional 1. Rowan (at 1:43) The Profs have got some serious dudes in the lineup and on the mound -- now they hav...

Welcome to Episode 49 of The Podcast About Division III Baseball. This is the seventh of eight regional preview podcasts in which we break down two regionals paired up for a super regional. This episode focuses on the Kean and Johns Hopkins regionals. Topics include: Kean regional 1. Ithaca (at 1:10) The top-ranked New York region team, the Bombers have one of the deepest rosters in the tournament...

Welcome to Episode 47 of The Podcast About Division III Baseball. This is the fifth of eight regional preview podcasts in which we break down two regionals paired up for a super regional. This episode focuses on the UW-Whitewater and Concordia-Chicago regionals. Topics include: UW-Whitewater regional 1. Webster (at 1:01) The Gorloks won't be hosting unlike the last few years, but a strong defense...

Welcome to Episode 48 of The Podcast About Division III Baseball. This is the sixth of eight regional preview podcasts in which we break down two regionals paired up for a super regional. This episode focuses on the Wooster and Adrian regionals. Topics include: Wooster regional 1. Wooster (at 0:50) The Fighting Scots are looking to send head coach Tim Pettorini out with another strong postseason r...

Welcome to Episode 46 of The Podcast About Division III Baseball. This is the fourth of eight regional preview podcasts in which we break down two regionals paired up for a super regional. This episode focuses on the WashU and Birmingham-Southern regionals. Topics include: WashU regional 1. WashU (at 2:25) The Bears have the best pitching staff in the country -- that seems like that could be helpf...

Welcome to Episode 45 of The Podcast About Division III Baseball. This is the third of eight regional preview podcasts in which we break down two regionals paired up for a super regional. This episode focuses on the Chapman and Texas Lutheran regionals. Topics include: Chapman regional (best-of-5) 1. Chapman (at 0:50) The offense is mildly underwhelming -- fortunately, the pitching staff is ridicu...

Welcome to Episode 44 of The Podcast About Division III Baseball. This is the second of eight regional preview podcasts in which we break down two regionals paired up for a super regional. This episode focuses on the Trinity (CT) and Cortland regionals. Topics include: Trinity (CT) regional 1. Babson (at 0:44) The Beavers are a damn good baseball team and you've got to be on your super-duper A-gam...

Welcome to Episode 43 of The Podcast About Division III Baseball. This is the first of eight regional preview podcasts in which we break down two regionals paired up for a super regional. This episode focuses on the Southern Maine and UMass-Boston regionals. Topics include: Southern Maine regional 1. Southern Maine (at 2:29) What makes the Huskies one of the top teams in the entire country 4. New...

Welcome to Episode 42 of The Podcast About Division III Baseball. We made it, folks. Monumental Monday is upon us. May Madness is here. We present our projections for the 18 at-large bids to the 2019 D-III baseball tournament and explain our methodology behind our picks. We will post our final projected field on Twitter on Sunday evening. This episode includes: Explaining how the committee picks a...

Hey everyone,  For some reason the last podcast got cut off at the end just before we were able to run through a list of teams we saw as just below the bubble. Here's the last 8 minutes of that pod.  The conversation begins just after when we talk about Spalding and where they fit in. Teams mentioned: Hendrix, UW LAX, La Verne, Occidental, Piedmont, St. John Fisher, Concordia Texas (but they've si...

NOTE:  Sorry the episode cuts off in the middle. Had some technical difficulties recording in separate places. We will have a full bubble podcast on Sunday before Selection Monday! Welcome to Episode 41 of The Podcast About Division III Baseball. As we record on the afternoon of the final Thursday of the regular season, 12 automatic bids have been claimed and a ton of conference tournaments are un...

Welcome to Episode 40 of The Podcast About Division III Baseball. With the second edition of the regional rankings released , we take our first in-depth look at the potential 2019 postseason picture. First, we discuss the important terms to know when discussing postseason resumes of each team, as well as the new format which features SUPER-REGIONALS OMG THIS IS GOING TO BE FUN. Then, we go region-...

Welcome to Episode 39 of The Podcast About Division III Baseball. It's almost May, which means IT IS ABOUT TO GET REAL. Here's what this episode includes: Top 25 rundown (at 3:20) Giving our brief thoughts on every team in the latest Top 25 and how the rankings have shifted over the last few weeks. Including: A lacrosse team ended Concordia-Chicago's win streak, yikes Jordan saw Rowan and TCNJ in...

Welcome to Episode 38 of The Podcast About Division III Baseball. The regular season is in full swing, and there's a whole lot juicy D-III action to talk about. Here's what this episode includes: Top 25 spotlight (3:00) checking in on each of the top 10 teams in the latest Top 25 poll  plus a couple bonus teams from 10-25 (Piedmont, Denison, Wheaton (Ma.), Salisbury) Midseason awards -- this is a...

Welcome to Episode 37 of The Podcast About Division III Baseball. After completing our eight regional previews, this is our first podcast of the 2019 regular season, as 90% of D-III teams have started their seasons and we finally have some results to discuss! Our show this week is broken into a few segments, as follows: Top 25 chat (at 1:30) Checking in on the dropouts: Misericordia, Babson, Osweg...

Welcome to Episode 36 of The Podcast About Division III Baseball. This is the final regional preview podcast -- this episode focuses on the loaded New England region. We start with the CCC (at 2:10) where the Western New England Golden Bears will look to repeat as champions with Salve Regina closely behind them. Next, it's GNAC time (at 8:55), as the Suffolk Rams will be going for their fifth stra...

Welcome to Episode 35 of The Podcast About Division III Baseball. This is the seventh of eight regional preview podcasts -- this episode focuses on the Midwest region. But before getting into the frigid tundra of the Midwest, we discuss the latest Top 25 poll (at 0:30) and which teams have surprised and disappointed so far. Then we put on our parkas and head north to the MIAC (at 5:03), where the...

Welcome to Episode 34 of The Podcast About Division III Baseball. This is the sixth of eight regional preview podcasts -- this episode focuses on the Mideast region. But before getting into the beasts of the Mideast, we have a brief discussion (at 0:45) about the first Top 25 poll  of the season and why we should probably all just relax for a few weeks. We then begin our regional preview (at 4:00)...

Welcome to Episode 33 of The Podcast About Division III Baseball. This is the fifth of eight regional preview podcasts -- this episode focuses on the New York Region. We begin (at 1:30) with the New York-iest New York region conference, the SUNYAC, where the Cortland Red Dragons appear to be primed for another run of dominance, but we should probably stop doubting the team that has been to the Wor...

Welcome to Episode 31 of The Podcast About Division III Baseball. This is the third of our eight season preview podcasts highlighting each region -- this episode focuses on the four conferences in the Central region, and of course, Jake's beloved WashU Bears. We begin (at 2:45) with the newly-minted American Rivers Conference, where Dubuque and Luther seem to have overtaken Wartburg as the favorit...

Welcome to Episode 32 of The Podcast About Division III Baseball. This episode focuses on the super-duper loaded Mid-Atlantic region, and covers the numerous teams that we see as legitimate contenders in each conference. We begin (at 2:10) with the newly-formed Atlantic East Conference, which is a new collection of teams, most of which have left the CSAC. We suggest Gwynedd Mercy as the slight fav...

Welcome to Episode 30 of The Podcast About Division III Baseball. The first official weekend of the 2019 season is here . This is our second of eight regional preview podcasts, and focuses on the four conferences in the South region, where many teams will be starting their seasons over the next week or so. We begin with the CAC (at 2:05), where Christopher Newport and Salisbury remain the clear fa...

Welcome to Episode 29 of The Podcast About Division III Baseball. The 2019 season is upon us, which means it's about time we get back to podcasting. Before we dive into our first regional preview, we give our quick reactions (at 4:10) to the Preseason Top 25 poll  and why you probably shouldn't care all that much about preseason polls. Then we begin our comprehensive look at the West region, start...