Clearing the bases
Wednesday, February 20th, 2008An exciting time where in the D3baseball.com’s home office. Just fresh into our second year, tonight the last regional preview gets posted, and the new weekly poll gets its start next week. Like everyone else who has snow piling up outside, listening to a game or two on the internet was a good way to spend a holiday weekend (thanks to Washington and Lincoln).
It appears that everyone in the South and West regions are playing and getting in their games. A few Mid-Atlantic and New York region teams are venturing into warmer climes to get a game or two in on the weekends. By the end of Sunday, 29 the teams who received votes in our preseason poll will have ventured on to the diamond to face a D-III foe. Eight of those teams were ranked in the Top 25.
I have neglected to give my picks for the championship round until now. I am expecting Eastern Connecticut, Cortland State, Johns Hopkins, Rhodes (yeah even with their slow start), Wooster, Illinois Wesleyan, St. Thomas and Chapman. Ever since there were automatic bids, the championship round included one team made their first appearance. Rhodes is my pick for this team in 2008. If you look at the collective wisdom of the top-25 voters, you will see a different list: Eastern Connecticut, Cortland State, Kean, Emory, Wooster, Carthage, Wisconsin-Stevens Point, Chapman. We will only know in May who is right. Who are you favoring for the final tournament of the year?
