Author Topic: College World Series (Read 7626 times)

Nate Colbert · « **on:** June 14, 2014, 01:54:49 pm »

UCI at the Horns in a few minutes, followed later today by Louisville vs Vandy.

On tap tomorrow is Tech vs TCU and Ole Miss vs Virginia. Look for Astros' draft picks Derek Fisher and Aaron Greenwood in the latter.

austro · « **Reply #1 on:** June 14, 2014, 03:43:52 pm »

I hope that UT doesn't come to regret all of those early-inning LOBsters.

Nate Colbert · « **Reply #2 on:** June 14, 2014, 05:08:19 pm »

Anteaters rally late to beat UT 3-1.

austro · « **Reply #3 on:** June 14, 2014, 05:25:35 pm »

Quote from: Nate Colbert on June 14, 2014, 05:08:19 pm

Anteaters rally late to beat UT 3-1.

That was deeply unsatisfying. At least 12 LOBsters, I think. And somehow the UCI pitcher went the distance.

Nate Colbert · « **Reply #4 on:** June 14, 2014, 11:10:10 pm »

Longhorns now match up with Louisville in a losers bracket game on Monday afternoon.

Nate Colbert · « **Reply #5 on:** June 15, 2014, 10:55:50 pm »

Greenwood gives up winning run as Ole Miss loses to Virginia. Fisher was I believe 0-4 in the game. Rebs vs Red Raiders in elimination game on Tuesday afternoon while the Cavaliers play TCU in winners bracket game that evening.

Again, Horns in their own elimination game tomorrow afternoon.

Nate Colbert · « **Reply #6 on:** June 16, 2014, 03:25:51 pm »

Horns up 2-0 heading to the 5th. Parker French looking sharp.

Nate Colbert · « **Reply #7 on:** June 16, 2014, 04:11:18 pm »

Now to the 8th with UT on top of the Cardinals 3-0.

Nate Colbert · « **Reply #8 on:** June 16, 2014, 04:49:48 pm »

Cardinals go home as Horns win 4-1.

Nate Colbert · « **Reply #9 on:** June 17, 2014, 04:40:21 pm »

Red Raiders 3 outs from elimination unless they can overcome 1-0 deficit against Ole Miss.

Nate Colbert · « **Reply #10 on:** June 17, 2014, 04:52:04 pm »

Tie game!

1-1 heading to B9.

Nate Colbert · « **Reply #11 on:** June 17, 2014, 05:02:58 pm »

TT pitcher botches DP ball to put Ole Miss runners on 1st and 3rd with one out in B9.

Nate Colbert · « **Reply #12 on:** June 17, 2014, 05:11:17 pm »

Base hit wins the pitchers duel (then again, *all* games at TDAP are pitchers duels) for the Rebels and sends Tech home.

Ole Miss plays Thursday night versus the loser of tonight's TCU/UVA game.

Longhorns rematch with UCI tomorrow night.

Nate Colbert · « **Reply #13 on:** June 18, 2014, 01:03:30 am »

TCU loses in 15th to Virginia and Schlossnagle ain't happy:

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HR by year at #CWS, 2004-present: 17, 24, 20, 37, 38, 45, 32, 9, 10, 3, 0 (so far).

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For those complaining about TDAP, may I direct you to Minnesota coach John Anderson's comments at the Big Ten Tourney presser? He made the point that had they known the impact of the bats, they would have changed the design of the stadium. Was on the committee.

FYI, the NCAA has adopted a lower seam baseball for 2015 in order to generate more offense:

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The raised-seam ball has a seam height of .048 inches, compared to .031 inches for the flat-seamed ball. The flatter-seam height is consistent with the balls used in minor league baseball, but still higher than what is used in the major leagues.

MusicMan · « **Reply #14 on:** June 18, 2014, 08:21:14 am »

Quote from: Nate Colbert on June 18, 2014, 01:03:30 am

TCU loses in 15th to Virginia and Schlossnagle ain't happy:

WFW

Nate Colbert · « **Reply #15 on:** June 18, 2014, 02:08:19 pm »

Quote from: MusicMan on June 18, 2014, 08:21:14 am

WFW

No kidding. Had TCU won, pretty sure the "travesty" would have gone unmentioned.

AstroFrog · « **Reply #16 on:** June 18, 2014, 08:19:08 pm »

Quote from: Nate Colbert on June 18, 2014, 02:08:19 pm

No kidding. Had TCU won, pretty sure the "travesty" would have gone unmentioned.

Not so fast.

Sorry to link to another message board, but I could not find this anywhere else: http://www.csnbbs.com/thread-692666.html

Long and short of it is that ESPN's reporter is noting that Schlossnagle's was expressing this opinion well before the game was over. Considering that TCU has had to play 21 additional innings of baseball thus far in the postseason, isn't it hard to blame him?

Ron Brand · « **Reply #17 on:** June 18, 2014, 08:25:58 pm »

0-0 in the Texas-UC Irvine game with two outs in the last of the fifth.

I am now a fan of Jessica Mendoza.

austro · « **Reply #18 on:** June 18, 2014, 08:30:43 pm »

Those 3 or 4 innings last night when the UVa and TCU closers were facing off were really something. The UVa guy's combination of fastball and slider were practically unfair.

austro · « **Reply #19 on:** June 18, 2014, 08:37:00 pm »

Lot of credit to the UCI first baseman there for watching Johnson round the bag rather than watching the ball rattle around in the LF corner.

Ron Brand · « **Reply #20 on:** June 18, 2014, 08:52:32 pm »

Nice home run by Hinojosa, 1-0 Texas in the seventh.

Nate Colbert · « **Reply #21 on:** June 19, 2014, 12:40:32 am »

Quote from: Ron Brand on June 18, 2014, 08:52:32 pm

Nice home run by Hinojosa, 1-0 Texas in the seventh.

which holds up for the win. UCI out. Vandy and Texas the afternoon game on Friday.

Horned Frogs and Ole Miss tonight.

Nate Colbert · « **Reply #22 on:** June 19, 2014, 10:40:50 pm »

UT the lone Big 12 representative remaining as TCU loses to Ole Miss 6-4.

MRaup · « **Reply #23 on:** June 20, 2014, 11:41:57 am »

Quote from: austro on June 18, 2014, 08:37:00 pm

Lot of credit to the UCI first baseman there for watching Johnson round the bag rather than watching the ball rattle around in the LF corner.

Just as a note, as a career first baseman, that was one the first things that you learn on extra base hits. Watch the runner step on first, then react to the play.

Nate Colbert · « **Reply #24 on:** June 20, 2014, 03:09:03 pm »

Horns already up 4-0 in just the 3rd inning. Vandy starting pitcher Tyler Ferguson didn't even make it out of the 1st.

Nate Colbert · « **Reply #25 on:** June 20, 2014, 04:59:01 pm »

4-0 score stands up. Same two teams tomorrow.

austro · « **Reply #26 on:** June 20, 2014, 07:26:46 pm »

Quote from: Nate Colbert on June 20, 2014, 04:59:01 pm

4-0 score stands up. Same two teams tomorrow.

I only saw the first few innings. Did Vandy have to burn any more pitchers?

jbm · « **Reply #27 on:** June 20, 2014, 07:31:55 pm »

No. The second pitcher (side arm guy) finished it out.

Nate Colbert · « **Reply #28 on:** June 21, 2014, 05:49:36 pm »

Derek Fisher and his Cavaliers head to the CWS finals after knocking off Ole Miss 4-1. Those finals start Monday night.

Nate Colbert · « **Reply #29 on:** June 21, 2014, 11:16:29 pm »

Infield single with 2 outs and bases loaded wins it for Vandy, 4-3 over Horns in bottom of 10th.

Bench · « **Reply #30 on:** June 21, 2014, 11:41:28 pm »

Terrible swing and hit, but just effective enough. Rough way to go out for the horns.

jbm · « **Reply #31 on:** June 23, 2014, 07:49:22 am »

Watching UT for an extended period during the playoffs made me think how nice it would have been to sign Hinojosa. The guy is a really solid player.

drew corleone · « **Reply #32 on:** June 23, 2014, 10:01:33 am »

Quote from: Bench on June 21, 2014, 11:41:28 pm

Terrible swing and hit, but just effective enough. Rough way to go out for the horns.

Yeah, but is there really a GOOD way to go out? Hard to be upset at what that team did. One of the guys on Shaggy posted a side-by-side comparison of more than a dozen team stats between 2013 and 2014 and they were better, but they weren't a ton better this season. This team just had a lot of fight and peaked at a great time. That was a run all Texas fans can (and should) be proud of.

JimR · « **Reply #33 on:** June 24, 2014, 12:52:18 pm »

Quote from: drew corleone on June 23, 2014, 10:01:33 am

Yeah, but is there really a GOOD way to go out? Hard to be upset at what that team did. One of the guys on Shaggy posted a side-by-side comparison of more than a dozen team stats between 2013 and 2014 and they were better, but they weren't a ton better this season. This team just had a lot of fight and peaked at a great time. That was a run all Texas fans can (and should) be proud of.

Indeed.

Mr. Happy · « **Reply #34 on:** June 24, 2014, 01:02:30 pm »

Quote from: drew corleone on June 23, 2014, 10:01:33 am

Yeah, but is there really a GOOD way to go out? Hard to be upset at what that team did. One of the guys on Shaggy posted a side-by-side comparison of more than a dozen team stats between 2013 and 2014 and they were better, but they weren't a ton better this season. This team just had a lot of fight and peaked at a great time. That was a run all Texas fans can (and should) be proud of.

You're absolutely right that UT fans should be proud. Will Garrido be back?

drew corleone · « **Reply #35 on:** June 24, 2014, 07:16:12 pm »

No idea, but I'd be shocked if he were not.

Duke · « **Reply #36 on:** June 24, 2014, 08:15:13 pm »

Quote from: drew corleone on June 24, 2014, 07:16:12 pm

No idea, but I'd be shocked if he were not.

Accorgimg to BON, he want's an extension. No way Patterson doesn't offer.

Nate Colbert · « **Reply #37 on:** June 24, 2014, 08:48:21 pm »

Quote from: Duke on June 24, 2014, 08:15:13 pm

BON?

I probably should know this but am drawing a blank.

Burnt Orange Nation?

Duke · « **Reply #38 on:** June 24, 2014, 09:46:40 pm »

Quote from: Nate Colbert on June 24, 2014, 08:48:21 pm

I probably should know this but am drawing a blank.

Burnt Orange Nation?

Correct. Sorry.

Duke · « **Reply #39 on:** June 24, 2014, 09:51:08 pm »

BTW, Considering how long it took to garner the moniker should've quit 500 posts ago, I predict I will never achieve another plateau.

Lefty · « **Reply #40 on:** June 25, 2014, 02:17:55 am »

Who was the last big-time MLB quality hitter Augie brought to Texas? Does Brandon Belt count?

I understand why they play the way they do but damn, bring in some bats please.

Mr. Happy · « **Reply #41 on:** June 25, 2014, 04:21:51 am »

Quote from: Lefty on June 25, 2014, 02:17:55 am

Who was the last big-time MLB quality hitter Augie brought to Texas? Does Brandon Belt count?

I understand why they play the way they do but damn, bring in some bats please.

The problem in college baseball right now is that they so deadened the bats that you can't tell much any more. They over reacted.

drew corleone · « **Reply #42 on:** June 25, 2014, 09:10:03 am »

Kyle Russell was more of a dominant hitter in college than Belt.

HudsonHawk · « **Reply #43 on:** June 25, 2014, 10:36:20 am »

Quote from: Mr. Happy on June 25, 2014, 04:21:51 am

The problem in college baseball right now is that they so deadened the bats that you can't tell much any more. They over reacted.

I disagree...I think pitching should dominate, but I realize that I'm in the minority on that, especially when college baseball, in general, struggles to attract fans.

Mr. Happy · « **Reply #44 on:** June 25, 2014, 12:27:58 pm »

Quote from: HudsonHawk on June 25, 2014, 10:36:20 am

I disagree...I think pitching should dominate, but I realize that I'm in the minority on that, especially when college baseball, in general, struggles to attract fans.

I don't necessarily disagree with you. However, the best pitchers tend to be taken early in the amateur draft and sign, much more so than hitters. College baseball is primarily pitching thin, so hitters theoretically should dominate and did until they so deadened the bats that you can't tell any more.

Jacksonian · « **Reply #45 on:** June 25, 2014, 12:36:59 pm »

Quote from: Mr. Happy on June 25, 2014, 12:27:58 pm

I don't necessarily disagree with you. However, the best pitchers tend to be taken early in the amateur draft and sign, much more so than hitters. College baseball is primarily pitching thin, so hitters theoretically should dominate and did until they so deadened the bats that you can't tell any more.

It's not the bats alone. It's the combination of the bats and baseballs. The baseballs are changing next year with the expectation that the offense should go up.

subnuclear · « **Reply #46 on:** June 25, 2014, 12:40:39 pm »

The bats were engineered to behave more like wooden bats which makes sense to me.

Mr. Happy · « **Reply #47 on:** June 25, 2014, 01:02:44 pm »

Quote from: subnuclear on June 25, 2014, 12:40:39 pm

The bats were engineered to behave more like wooden bats which makes sense to me.

I don't disagree with you. However, I think that they went overboard. Look at the dramatic drop in home runs, particularly in the CWS. When a burly hitter solidly squares a ball up and it doesn't travel out of the yard, something is wrong.

HudsonHawk · « **Reply #48 on:** June 25, 2014, 01:28:58 pm »

Quote from: Mr. Happy on June 25, 2014, 12:27:58 pm

I don't necessarily disagree with you. However, the best pitchers tend to be taken early in the amateur draft and sign, much more so than hitters. College baseball is primarily pitching thin, so hitters theoretically should dominate and did until they so deadened the bats that you can't tell any more.

And I'm ok with all of that.

HudsonHawk · « **Reply #49 on:** June 25, 2014, 01:29:34 pm »

Quote from: Mr. Happy on June 25, 2014, 01:02:44 pm

I don't disagree with you. However, I think that they went overboard. Look at the dramatic drop in home runs, particularly in the CWS. When a burly hitter solidly squares a ball up and it doesn't travel out of the yard, something is wrong.

Weight room!!

drew corleone · « **Reply #50 on:** June 25, 2014, 02:35:56 pm »

Quote from: subnuclear on June 25, 2014, 12:40:39 pm

The bats were engineered to behave more like wooden bats which makes sense to me.

I know the reasoning, but this argument just makes me want twist someone's arm until they require wooden bats.

HudsonHawk · « **Reply #51 on:** June 25, 2014, 03:26:03 pm »

Quote from: drew corleone on June 25, 2014, 02:35:56 pm

I know the reasoning, but this argument just makes me want twist someone's arm until they require wooden bats.

This will never happen as 1) college baseball is too much in bed with the metal bat manufacturers, and 2) quality wood bats would be prohibitively expensive for all but the top college programs, creating a competitive disadvantage for smaller schools.

Mr. Happy · « **Reply #52 on:** June 25, 2014, 03:35:30 pm »

Quote from: HudsonHawk on June 25, 2014, 03:26:03 pm

This will never happen as 1) college baseball is too much in bed with the metal bat manufacturers, and 2) quality wood bats would be prohibitively expensive for all but the top college programs, creating a competitive disadvantage for smaller schools.

Agreed. It'll never happen.

drew corleone · « **Reply #53 on:** June 25, 2014, 04:28:23 pm »

Why I prefaced my wish with "I know the reasoning."