American East Conference

I sent you a Private Message.

LJ, send me the private message also. I would be interested to see what you have to say about those programs

LJ -

Is there any info you could post publicly for the rest of us to learn from?

Thanks

Rich
www.PlayInSchool.com

co2013 and CELDDAD,

Typically folks post items about colleges in the "Ask About Colleges" forum. You can search that forum for information about these schools.

Additionally, there is a poster named "GoingWithThePitch" who wrote a book about his college baseball experience at Binghampton called: "Going with the Pitch - Adjusting to College Athletics". He played for Binghampton a few years ago and it is a good read. I haven't seen him post here in a while but I know he was eager to start another book when I spoke with him last. BTW - If your son is seriously considering college baseball, his book is a great of what to expect, and not expect.

http://goingwiththepitch.com/

My son's college plays both Binghampton and Albany in mid-week games and they are typically competitive games. So I would judge the American East to be somewhat at the middle to bottom of D1 along with my son's team. Obviously, Stony Brook is the class of the conference with a CWS appearance last year. WarrenNolan.com has the America East conference ranked 26 out of 32 for D1 in 2011.

Facilities & coaching staff at Binghamton are first class. In addition to a new baseball field the indoor hitting cage, weight room and indoor gym were as good as any we saw in the Northeast and much better than most. 2013 was not recruited by Albany or Hartford.

the author you note is a didgrunled player take what is said in the book with a huge grain or grains of salt

ALBANY


BINGHAMTON HARTFORD


STONYBROOK is now the king in the league where baseball is concened

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Originally posted by TRhit:
ALBANY


BINGHAMTON HARTFORD


STONYBROOK is now the king in the league where baseball is concened

Heck TR, Stoney Brook is now king of all Northeast baseball!

not necessarilly true

I sent a PM to the two people asking for information.

Thanks, LJ for info. Birdman, not sure they are kings, but I think they can compete with anyone in the northeast with success. They play you guys 4 games this year.

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Originally posted by CELTDAD:
Thanks, LJ for info. Birdman, not sure they are kings, but I think they can compete with anyone in the northeast with success. They play you guys 4 games this year.

In my son's first 2 years, they hammered us the 3 times we played them. They are looking to turn it around this year! Hopefully it is a little different playing them in a weekend series.

nd do not overlook MAINE

TR, anyone who plays Maine in conference doesn't overlook them. They are well coached and are funded with nice facilities. Also get many good players from Canada like Stony Brook.

FWIW... A year ago, I never even heard of Binghamton University and the American East, but last weekend we had my son's official visit to Binghamton. The more I see and learn, The happier I am with my son's decision. My son really liked the coaches from the first time they met, the facilities are much better then we imagined and the school is very good academically.

A HS teamate of my son was a freshman at Albany last year and is very happy with his decision.

American East baseball seems to be getting better and better each year with wins in the regionals the last three years and Stony Brook's run to Omaha last year. Maybe it's just blind optimism from a naive parent, but it seems like a good option.

 I guess it was really wishful thinking...11-39 start for the American East. I know it is early, but still... wow?