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Welcome to Episode 126 of The Podcast About Division III Baseball! WE'RE BACK! FINALLY! While our real life jobs made it difficult to find time to do our usual research ahead of the season, we didn't wanna just disappear. Our first episode of 2024 takes a closer look at the 25 teams in the latest Top 25 poll, and offers some bonus thoughts on sever…
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Welcome to Episode 125 of The Podcast About Division III Baseball! We did it, friends -- we made it to Cedar Rapids. Together. Okay, not really, we aren't in Iowa, but we are here in podcast form to preview what should be a very fun World Series. We preview the eight teams competing for a national title, in order: Johns Hopkins (at 3:20) Misericord…
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Welcome to Episode 124 of The Podcast About Division III Baseball! We begin with our quick reactions to the regional weekend and which moments stood out the most. Then, we preview all eight super regionals. In order: Wheaton (MA) at Johns Hopkins (at 2:55) Ithaca at Endicott (at 8:50) Misericordia at Marietta (at 14:15) Baldwin Wallace at Aurora (a…
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Welcome to Episode 123 of The Podcast About Division III Baseball! We begin with our reaction to the field of 60 and how we felt about our projections, and the surprising exclusion of UW-Whitewater (but also why it made sense). Then, we discuss all 16 regionals, with each regional covering seeds 1, 4, 2, 3 in that order: Baltimore (11:38) Johns Hop…
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Welcome to Episode 122 of The Podcast About Division III Baseball! In this episode, we do our best to project which teams will receive the 19 at-large bids to the 60-team 2023 NCAA tournament field. We perform a mock selection of all the teams just as the national committee will do ahead of the official selections at noon ET on Monday, May 15. This…
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Welcome to Episode 121 of The Podcast About Division III Baseball. The third and final public regional rankings were released, giving us one final look at how the committee views the best teams in each region. Some regions deserve far more conversation than others, but we touch on all the teams we deem at-large relevant during our bubble talk at th…
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Welcome to Episode 120 of The Podcast About Division III Baseball. The second regional rankings were released and this time they are actually in a real order instead of alphabetical! We provide some caveats about how we go about this exercise projecting the at-large picture at this stage before discussing all 10 regions and the teams ranked within.…
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Welcome to Episode 119 of The Podcast About Division III Baseball. The first regional rankings were released and while they aren't in a particular order, the teams included are the ones we know are in best position to receive at-large bids should they not win the conference tournament. We set the stage for this year's postseason picture before disc…
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Welcome to Episode 118 of The Podcast About Division III Baseball. This week, we take a look at the latest Top 25, sharing our thoughts on every team in the poll, how much we believe in each team long-term, and where we had them roughly ranked in our personal Top 25s. We then hit some of the other teams just outside the current Top 25 including UW-…
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Welcome to Episode 117 of The Podcast About Division III Baseball. This week, we take our first look at the Top 25, sharing our thoughts on every team in the poll and where we had them roughly ranked in our personal Top 25s. We then discuss the hot starts of Claremont-Mudd-Scripps and Lewis & Clark and the challenges of judging West region teams ea…
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Welcome to Episode 116 of The Podcast About Division III Baseball. It's time for the second of two New England preview pods, this one covering Region 2. Preview finale! In order: CCC (at 1:00) Endicott might be the most (re-)loaded team in the region if not the country and is primed for a World Series run Salve Regina looks more impressive on offen…
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Welcome to Episode 115 of The Podcast About Division III Baseball. It's our second Mid-Atlantic preview pod, as we dig into the teams in Region 4. In order: CUNYAC (at 2:00) This isn't a relevant conference as long as they don't have an AQ but they are still playing baseball and that's cool MAC Freedom (at 5:35) Arcadia had one of the more surprisi…
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Welcome to Episode 114 of The Podcast About Division III Baseball. If you can make it in Region 3, you can make it anywhere. We do a random tangent on the Netflix series "Blown Away" and then we preview the four conferences in the New York region, in order: Empire 8 (at 4:00) St. John Fisher should continue to dominate this league with an elite off…
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Welcome to Episode 113 of The Podcast About Division III Baseball. It's way too cold to start playing baseball in the Midwest Region (Region 9) but that's not gonna stop us from previewing all the D-III baseball teams within it. In order: ARC (at 2:40) Loras was definitely good but not "16-0" to start the year good; how will they keep the momentum …
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Welcome to Episode 112 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) St. Joseph's (ME) is usually a good bet to win 30 games but has a lot of offense to replace Anna Maria has some All-Region returning talent that could push the Monks for 1st place J…
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Welcome to Episode 111 of The Podcast About Division III Baseball. It's time to talk about the Central region AKA Region 7, previewing all the favorites in each conference. In order: CCIW (at 1:25) North Central (IL) looks to bounce back with another loaded squad after an injury-plagued 2022 Augustana is going to Florida two different times?! and a…
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Welcome to Episode 110 of The Podcast About Division III Baseball. It's time to talk about the Mideast Region, now known as Region 7 and home to some of the best teams in the nation. In order: AMCC (at 2:40) Mount Aloysius looks to defend their title with one of the best two-way players in the entire region Penn-State Behrend has a deep staff and a…
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Welcome to Episode 109 of The Podcast About Division III Baseball. Before we go conference-by-conference (at 2:00), we address the newest team in Region 5 -- just a little program called SALISBURY -- and why we think they were moved into this region from the South and what it means for the region moving forward. Then we proceed with the rest of the…
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Welcome to Episode 108 of The Podcast About Division III Baseball. It's our second of ten 2023 regional preview pods as we head to the South, home to some of the strongest teams in D-III. We review them all, in the following order: C2C (at 5:30) An enormous percentage of the Salisbury team that has made back-to-back championship series is back in 2…
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Welcome to Episode 107 of The Podcast About Division III Baseball. It's the sixth season we're doing this and we're busier than ever but as excited as ever to get to do this ridiculous exercise all over again. We give our usual caveats about how we plan to preview each region before previewing the West. In order: ASC (at 3:33) It may finally be Eas…
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Welcome to Episode 106 of The Podcast About Division III Baseball! Another season in the books. The Eastern Connecticut State Warriors are your 2022 D-III national champions. We give hearty salute to all of the eight teams who competed in Cedar Rapids last week, with broad thoughts on their seasons before celebrating the incredible season that East…
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Welcome to Episode 105 of The Podcast About Division III Baseball! We did it, friends. It's World Series time. Only 8 teams remain, and we're gonna talk about 'em: 1. Marietta (at 5:10) 8. Catholic (at 10:50) 4. Salisbury (at 16:40) 5. UW-Stevens Point (at 24:25) 2. Eastern Connecticut (at 28:40) 7. Baldwin Wallace (at 36:10) 3. LaGrange (at 42:10)…
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Welcome to Episode 104 of The Podcast About Division III Baseball! After a wild weekend of regional action, only 16 teams remain. We preview all 8 super-regional match-ups and make our picks for who we think will advance to the World Series in Cedar Rapids. In order (hosts in bold): Oswego State vs. Marietta (at 2:30) UW-Stevens Point vs. UW-Whitew…
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Welcome to Episode 103 of The Podcast About Division III Baseball! In this episode, we talk for three hours about all 60 teams in the 2022 D-III baseball tournament. You know, as people do. First we offer our general takeaways from the bracket reveal and our biggest surprises and disappointments with the selections and the process. Then, we discuss…
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Welcome to Episode 102 of The Podcast About Division III Baseball! In this episode, we do our best to project which teams will receive the 19 at-large bids (really just 18 Pool C bids since Salisbury is definitely getting the Pool B) to the 60-team tournament field. We perform a mock selection of all the teams just as the national committee will do…
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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…
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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 tel…
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 stil…
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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 …
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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 …
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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 ru…
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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 pitchi…
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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 wit…
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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 the…
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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…
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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 t…
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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 R…
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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 …
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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 …
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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 (…
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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 N…
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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 wan…
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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…
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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 enter…
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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…
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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 cou…
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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…
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