With a disappointing end to last season, the Plymouth State Baseball team is extremely excited to start with a clean slate. After going 20-20 and not getting into the post season last year, the team has been working hard in the offseason, with that fact as their motivation.
After going 4-10 in the Little East Conference last season, the baseball team is ranked 7th in the pre-season polls. After only losing six seniors last season, The Panthers are returning 15 upperclassmen, and new comers like Curtis Arsenault (Berlin, N.H.), and Jarek Krajewski (Cranston, R.I.) who hope to make a huge difference. The team has the depth and talent to make a run at the conference title.
“I feel like we have high expectations for ourselves, not a lot of people have high expectations for us,” says Senior Captain Rob Madonna (Cranston, R.I.).
The pre-season is already underway for the Plymouth Panthers. They have played two games already and are undefeated in Brooklyn, NY. Their spring training games in Florida start Sunday March 16th, and their LEC regular season debut is Saturday March 29th against UMass Dartmouth. The Battle for New Hampshire starts April 15th at their rivals Keene State, and finishes a week later in Plymouth.
Entering his 30th season Dennis McManus needs only 32 more wins to reach the 500 win mark. This is his last season to try and reach that mark, and the whole team knows what they need to do to achieve it before he retires after the season.
“Play hard ball, that’s our motto. Do whatever we possibly can to make outs, score runs, and win games. We’re going to be the hardest nose team out there,” says senior Captain Tucker Regan (Niantic, CT).