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Post by irimi on Jan 31, 2024 15:50:20 GMT -8
OK, I'll play. At least a home run in every game. I'd like to see that. It may have been done before, but I don't care about that. I'd just like to see the Beavers be able to hit any pitcher. At least a home run in every game or on average? The last time that Oregon State averaged a home run every game was 2002. The last time that Oregon State averaged more than a home run every game was 2000. Oregon State's record for homers/game was 1.22 back in 1998. Oregon State has never hit a home run in every game. Just by way of example, in 2018, in which Oregon State hit 67 home runs in 68 games, the best homer/game average since 2002, the Beavs hit home runs in 40 of 68 games, 60.61% of all games. That is a higher percentage of games than 2000 or 2002. It would be impressive for Oregon State to homer in 41+ games in 2024. Not an average. A literal home run in every game. I think it would mean that we can hit any pitcher in any weather. It would be so cool to see. |
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Post by wilkyisdashiznit on Jan 31, 2024 20:27:57 GMT -8
For anyone not in the know in 2023 we had 89 HR in 61 games. Based on the interviews coming out I would not be shocked if 3 players go over 15 (Turley, Kasper, and Guerra would be my bet). Yep....did Wilky forget to look at last year? 2023 was the greatest home run hitting season in program history. 1.46 homers/game. 42 games with at least one home run. My apologies. I was looking at what I thought was the 2024 Media Guide, but it was the 2023 Media Guide. |
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Post by beaver1989 on Jan 31, 2024 21:22:25 GMT -8
If we get 9 HRs in a game period, we break the Pac-12 record. Need 5 in an inning to break that Pac-12 record. I doubt we beat UCLA in 97 getting 142 HRs. Stanford hit 117 and 118 in 2022 and 2023 are 2nd/3rd on the list. As a point of reference, the Beavs led the Pac-12 in HRs in 2018 with 67 which was 23 more than the previous year. Games in Tuscon, SLC and Reno might be the games to see single game records go, at least for Beaver team records. You need to disregard the 1997 numbers. That was in the hot bat era, before they regulated the bats. I like the bats now. The college game is now fair for both hitter & pitcher. The gorilla ball era was too much of an advantage for hitters, then the pendulum went to far the other way, when guys like Conforto were hitting shot puts around. I still remember Hayes in 2013 at Omaha against Mississippi St. The only thing better would be going back to wood bats, like the pro game. |
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Post by 56chevy on Feb 1, 2024 4:56:44 GMT -8
I hope the team has no home run goals. I prefer line drives and high on base percentages. Do that and the home runs will take care of themselves. In addition, if you are going to try to win in Omaha a team best not show up there relying on hitting it over the fence.
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Post by irimi on Feb 1, 2024 7:04:22 GMT -8
I hope the team has no home run goals. I prefer line drives and high on base percentages. Do that and the home runs will take care of themselves. In addition, if you are going to try to win in Omaha a team best not show up there relying on hitting it over the fence. Unless you are named Larnach. |
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Post by ag87 on Feb 1, 2024 7:51:04 GMT -8
I hope the team has no home run goals. I prefer line drives and high on base percentages. Do that and the home runs will take care of themselves. In addition, if you are going to try to win in Omaha a team best not show up there relying on hitting it over the fence. Unless you are named Larnach. Larnach hit a screaming line drive that had enough elevation to carry out. I was sitting about 25 rows up, a little to the 3rd base side from behind the plate. The ball was almost directly away from me. When it came off the bat, it was obviously squared up. My first hope was for it to not be directly at the right fielder. After maybe a half second I saw it either had more elevation than I initially thought or maybe even a higher exit velocity. Anyway, Larnach was not thinking launch angle. He was thinking getting his hands through and exploding the ball off the bat. |
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Post by BeaverG20 on Feb 1, 2024 9:15:43 GMT -8
Unless you are named Larnach. Larnach hit a screaming line drive that had enough elevation to carry out. I was sitting about 25 rows up, a little to the 3rd base side from behind the plate. The ball was almost directly away from me. When it came off the bat, it was obviously squared up. My first hope was for it to not be directly at the right fielder. After maybe a half second I saw it either had more elevation than I initially thought or maybe even a higher exit velocity. Anyway, Larnach was not thinking launch angle. He was thinking getting his hands through and exploding the ball off the bat. He also knew how to hit dingers. He got ahead in the count, and knew a fastball was likely, got one and smashed it. What a great moment! |
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Post by irimi on Feb 1, 2024 11:33:08 GMT -8
Unless you are named Larnach. Larnach hit a screaming line drive that had enough elevation to carry out. I was sitting about 25 rows up, a little to the 3rd base side from behind the plate. The ball was almost directly away from me. When it came off the bat, it was obviously squared up. My first hope was for it to not be directly at the right fielder. After maybe a half second I saw it either had more elevation than I initially thought or maybe even a higher exit velocity. Anyway, Larnach was not thinking launch angle. He was thinking getting his hands through and exploding the ball off the bat. I'm not so sure we had time for a first hope or a second. That ball got out of town pretty quickly. |
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Post by irimi on Feb 1, 2024 11:33:40 GMT -8
Larnach hit a screaming line drive that had enough elevation to carry out. I was sitting about 25 rows up, a little to the 3rd base side from behind the plate. The ball was almost directly away from me. When it came off the bat, it was obviously squared up. My first hope was for it to not be directly at the right fielder. After maybe a half second I saw it either had more elevation than I initially thought or maybe even a higher exit velocity. Anyway, Larnach was not thinking launch angle. He was thinking getting his hands through and exploding the ball off the bat. He also knew how to hit dingers. He got ahead in the count, and knew a fastball was likely, got one and smashed it. What a great moment! I enjoy revisiting that game or at least that inning this time of the year. It gets me psyched for the upcoming year. |
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Post by wilkyisdashiznit on Feb 1, 2024 14:16:28 GMT -8
Larnach hit a screaming line drive that had enough elevation to carry out. I was sitting about 25 rows up, a little to the 3rd base side from behind the plate. The ball was almost directly away from me. When it came off the bat, it was obviously squared up. My first hope was for it to not be directly at the right fielder. After maybe a half second I saw it either had more elevation than I initially thought or maybe even a higher exit velocity. Anyway, Larnach was not thinking launch angle. He was thinking getting his hands through and exploding the ball off the bat. He also knew how to hit dingers. He got ahead in the count, and knew a fastball was likely, got one and smashed it. What a great moment! Matt Cronin was throwing on fumes. I think that he only threw one pitch, which was not a fastball in the ninth, and Zak Taylor was able to lay off of it for a ball in his epic at bat to lead off the ninth. Larnach is Pedro Cerrano. When Larnach knows it is going to be a fastball, he has the ability to hit moonshots. |
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Post by 56chevy on Feb 1, 2024 20:59:43 GMT -8
If I heard him correctly, Adley on Saturday night talked about the Arkansas pregame infield/outfield for game 3. It was pretty bad and an additional boost of confidence for the Beavs as they approached game time.
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Post by flyfishinbeav on Feb 1, 2024 21:36:14 GMT -8
If I heard him correctly, Adley on Saturday night talked about the Arkansas pregame infield/outfield for game 3. It was pretty bad and an additional boost of confidence for the Beavs as they approached game time. I told my wife when we won game 2, game 3 was going to be a formality. Their spirit was crushed in game 2.....they lost the series that night. |
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Post by flyfishinbeav on Feb 1, 2024 21:40:09 GMT -8
He also knew how to hit dingers. He got ahead in the count, and knew a fastball was likely, got one and smashed it. What a great moment! Matt Cronin was throwing on fumes. I think that he only threw one pitch, which was not a fastball in the ninth, and Zak Taylor was able to lay off of it for a ball in his epic at bat to lead off the ninth. Larnach is Pedro Cerrano. When Larnach knows it is going to be a fastball, he has the ability to hit moonshots. A little aside.... I got to chat with Zak about his AB in the ninth at a recent baseball camp my son attended.....Zak is running the camps, and doing a fine job. He's a very decent human being, and that was a hell of an AB! |
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Post by wilkyisdashiznit on Feb 1, 2024 23:40:29 GMT -8
If I heard him correctly, Adley on Saturday night talked about the Arkansas pregame infield/outfield for game 3. It was pretty bad and an additional boost of confidence for the Beavs as they approached game time. I told my wife when we won game 2, game 3 was going to be a formality. Their spirit was crushed in game 2.....they lost the series that night. All of the Arkansas guys say that you're right. The Razorbacks were done. Game Two of the College World Series Championship Series was the only time in his three years that Cronin entered a game with a lead in the eighth or ninth, and Arkansas lost. |
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Post by rainmanrich on Feb 2, 2024 9:32:35 GMT -8
Did the one he hit at LSU over the batters eye land yet? Rumor is it's still seen in the sky during full moons. Not to geek out this claim or anything (ok maybe a little bit but OSU is a fine engineering school) ... In order to orbit a baseball from earth, the initial velocity would need to be at least around 17,500 mph. This assumes no atmosphere lol. Ok,Im done. |
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