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Post by Judge Smails on Mar 7, 2021 10:48:46 GMT -8
This is the problem with only looking at the stats. They had 34 runs in 2 games. Look at the other games and there are some issues with this team scoring runs. The fact that we are even having this conversation is a gift. Not long ago there were members of this board declaring the demise of the program and only after a 10 year rebuild could we talk of getting back to Omaha and a shot at a national championship. The 2017 team had some challenges scoring runs for the first 7 inning at times, thus the constant late innings heroics. I seem to remember a very cold night early in the year when Preston scored from second on a wild pitch in extra innings. Did we win that game 1-0 or was it 2-1? The great thing about baseball is the substantial volume of stats the game creates. The glass can be 3/4 empty or mostly full depending on how you look at them. I'm just having a great time watching these kids right now...and chuckling at the Canham doubters. I’m not doubting that this can be a very good team. Just not ready to declare that they’re going to win 56 games. |
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Post by irimi on Mar 7, 2021 11:33:00 GMT -8
This is the problem with only looking at the stats. They had 34 runs in 2 games. Look at the other games and there are some issues with this team scoring runs. The fact that we are even having this conversation is a gift. Not long ago there were members of this board declaring the demise of the program and only after a 10 year rebuild could we talk of getting back to Omaha and a shot at a national championship. The 2017 team had some challenges scoring runs for the first 7 inning at times, thus the constant late innings heroics. I seem to remember a very cold night early in the year when Preston scored from second on a wild pitch in extra innings. Did we win that game 1-0 or was it 2-1? The great thing about baseball is the substantial volume of stats the game creates. The glass can be 3/4 empty or mostly full depending on how you look at them. I'm just having a great time watching these kids right now...and chuckling at the Canham doubters. Good point. A lot of those games in 2017 that we won were nail biters! Especially in the first part of the season...or so my fading memory tells me. We look back and remember the wins in 2017 whereas right now, we’re not looking at the wins so much as the stats. |
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Post by mbabeav on Mar 7, 2021 15:55:36 GMT -8
The fact that we are even having this conversation is a gift. Not long ago there were members of this board declaring the demise of the program and only after a 10 year rebuild could we talk of getting back to Omaha and a shot at a national championship. The 2017 team had some challenges scoring runs for the first 7 inning at times, thus the constant late innings heroics. I seem to remember a very cold night early in the year when Preston scored from second on a wild pitch in extra innings. Did we win that game 1-0 or was it 2-1? The great thing about baseball is the substantial volume of stats the game creates. The glass can be 3/4 empty or mostly full depending on how you look at them. I'm just having a great time watching these kids right now...and chuckling at the Canham doubters. Good point. A lot of those games in 2017 that we won were nail biters! Especially in the first part of the season...or so my fading memory tells me. We look back and remember the wins in 2017 whereas right now, we’re not looking at the wins so much as the stats. I am still amazed by how we managed some of those wins in 2017 - all the breaks going our way. As Mully was quoted in today's local paper, we do not have the same level of talent as that squad, not many teams show up with 4 (a 5th really as well) 1st round draft picks and a 1/1 playing for them, but he said this is the grittiest group of guys he's played with and there are some kids with a high ceiling. |
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