Episode 110: 2023 Mideast (Region 7) Preview

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 solid offense that should challenge the Mounties for the title again
  • La Roche what happened?!?!?!
• MIAA (at 10:10)
  • THE OLDEST CONFERENCE IN AMERICAN COLLEGIATE ATHLETICS finally has some real competition at the top, with Hope and Kalamazoo now legitimately challenging Adrian who ran the show for over a decade
• NCAC (at 19:20)
  
  • Denison has a ton to replace but still looks capable of being a legit regional contender
  • Wooster also lost a lot to graduation but the offense should be elite once again
  • Wittenberg continues to ascend and should be in the mix at the top of this conference sooner rather than later
• OAC (at 32:18)
  • Marietta just had one of the most dominant seasons in D-III history and now has to replace almost the entire lineup; good thing the entire rotation is back!
  • Baldwin Wallace is loaded again and may be primed for another World Series run
  • The rest of this conference has seen some serious shuffling recently making it very difficult to know who the next batch of teams will be pushing for spots in the conference tournament
• PAC (at 46:20)
  • Washington & Jefferson continues to be the class of this conference
  • don't you dare sleep on Grove City, though!!!
  • Allegheny comes in from the NCAC and should compete right away
  • LET'S TALK ABOUT WAYNESBURG ALUM MASON MILLER
• UAA (at 58:50)
  • Case Western has some extremely exciting young talent and has most of the offense back; they should challenge for another UAA title and have a great chance to get back to the postseason

We conclude (at 1:03:00) with our player and pitcher of the year picks, and our teams to beat. Then we say goodbye. 

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