Gunner Mack Jr. posted:RJM posted:Bates is a great college in a mediocre town. There no there there. It’s a dying mill town being rejuvenated by low income immigration. It’s created hostility between the long timers who remain and the immigrants. It’s about forty miles to Portland in one direction and forty miles to the Downeast coast in another. The baseball weather sucks in the spring into May. Except for a three year run early in the decade the baseball program is a perennial :loser.
Don't hold back.....
My son has an ex hs teammate there. He likes playing there despite the weather.
Good place for bright kids who don’t necessarily test well. No ACT/SAT required.
As mentioned above Bates has had a good record of late.
Ex. Record last two years against Trinity: 5-1. Trinity is very good, qualifying for the D3 regionals last year even though they didn’t qualify for the NESCAC tournament.