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Post by beaver1989 on Mar 10, 2024 14:23:59 GMT -8
And it's a sweep of a very good team. It’s a sweep, but that’s not a good team. Are they a middle of the conference Big West team? I admit I don't know much about them. |
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Post by Judge Smails on Mar 10, 2024 14:26:13 GMT -8
It’s a sweep, but that’s not a good team. What's your criteria? the 9-2 record and 8 game win streak they had before they came to Corvallis? The conference they play in? What? I love when OSU beats someone in whatever sport there's always one or two posters who have to downplay the quality of opponent. CSUN could have been 20-0 and ranked #1 and someone on this board would still say they weren't a good team lol Exaggerate much? They’ve beat nobody that’s any good. They were better than NDSU, but still not a very good team. They had about two decent hitters. We don’t give up all of the free passes and none of the games would’ve been close. |
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Post by ag87 on Mar 10, 2024 14:30:18 GMT -8
Someone was complaining about radio calling them CSUN instead of Cal State University Northridge. Turns out they request media to call them CSUN. How do they say it? Sea-sun? or the four letters individually, like C S U N? I've always just said Northridge or Northridge State. When I spent a lot of time in San Bernardino, young people would say "state" when referring to Cal State San Bernardino. In the mid 2000's they were the Coyotes, but I think now they are known as the Yotes. They are DII in the California Collegiate Athletics Association along with the Humboldt State Lumberjacks, Cal Poly Pomona Broncos, Chico State Wildcats, Cal State Dominguez Hills Toros, Cal State East Bay Pioneers, Cal State LA Golden Eagles, Cal State Monterey Bay Otters, Cal State San Marcos Cougars, Cal State Stanislaus Warriors, San Francisco State Gators, and the Sonoma State Seawolves. UC Merced will join next year. Cal State LA was DI for a while in the 70's. |
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Post by spudbeaver on Mar 10, 2024 14:35:24 GMT -8
Someone was complaining about radio calling them CSUN instead of Cal State University Northridge. Turns out they request media to call them CSUN. How do they say it? Sea-sun? or the four letters individually, like C S U N? I've always just said Northridge or Northridge State. When I spent a lot of time in San Bernardino, young people would say "state" when referring to Cal State San Bernardino. In the mid 2000's they were the Coyotes, but I think now they are known as the Yotes. They are DII in the California Collegiate Athletics Association along with the Humboldt State Lumberjacks, Cal Poly Pomona Broncos, Chico State Wildcats, Cal State Dominguez Hills Toros, Cal State East Bay Pioneers, Cal State LA Golden Eagles, Cal State Monterey Bay Otters, Cal State San Marcos Cougars, Cal State Stanislaus Warriors, San Francisco State Gators, and the Sonoma State Seawolves. UC Merced will join next year. Cal State LA was DI for a while in the 70's. Maybe the CSSF folks need to take a geography/biology class! Gators?? |
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Post by nuclearbeaver on Mar 10, 2024 14:53:30 GMT -8
Its completely dependent on what your offense can do, weather, and situation. We won, we have won all but 1 game. The pitching is good enough so far. If you guys want to find a loss in a win go for it. I was simply asking him what an acceptable number was since he was the one that stated the number of free passes OSU gave up these 4 games was "unacceptable" Pretty sure CSUN is Quad 4 so whatever the 75th percentile of Q1 vs Q4 in 45 degree rain with 10+ mph wind over the last 5 years. That would be pretty appropriate expectation for a top tier program. |
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Post by Henry Skrimshander on Mar 10, 2024 14:54:24 GMT -8
That's an even stupider comment. Some walks/HBP are unavoidable. This many is unacceptable, especially when playing an outmatched opponent with a five- or six-run lead. Whats an acceptable number then? We are averaging 6.31 walks/HBP per game 71 walks, 30 HBP =101 in 16 games). Let's compare that to our CWS teams. 2005: 4.43 2006: 4.7 2007: 3.9 2013: 3.49 2017: 3.08 2018: 4.4 So, at least two, sometimes three more walks per game than our best teams (best, as in CWS). Three more per game than 2017. That's a lot more scoring opportunities in each game, an extra 12 for this four-game series. So, I would say somewhere within 3-4 walks/HBP per game is acceptable. This team also does not have high-strikeout pitchers like Buck, Nickerson, Boyd, Moore, Heimlich, Stutes and Wetzler, like those CWS teams did. Walks hurt more when you don't strike out as many people. Buck was a HBP machine, Stutes only slightly less so, even Heimlich hit 20 in his final season. But they struck a lot of guys out, minimizing the damage. And be that as it may, the bottom line for success at any level of pitching is consistently throwing strikes. You can't get anyone out if you can't throw strikes. |
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Post by nuclearbeaver on Mar 10, 2024 14:54:25 GMT -8
It’s a sweep, but that’s not a good team. Are they a middle of the conference Big West team? I admit I don't know much about them. expected to be 5th this year. Returning quite a few players from I believe the 3rd ranked team last year. They are a good Q4 team but not elite Q4 |
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Post by nuclearbeaver on Mar 10, 2024 14:56:35 GMT -8
Whats an acceptable number then? We are averaging 6.31 walks/HBP per game 71 walks, 30 HBP =101 in 16 games). Let's compare that to our CWS teams. 2005: 4.43 2006: 4.7 2007: 3.9 2013: 3.49 2017: 3.08 2018: 4.4 So, at least two, sometimes three more walks per game than our best teams (best, as in CWS). Three more per game than 2017. That's a lot more scoring opportunities in each game, an extra 12 for this four-game series. So, I would say somewhere within 3-4 walks/HBP per game is acceptable. This team also does not have high-strikeout pitchers like Buck, Nickerson, Boyd, Moore, Heimlich, Stutes and Wetzler, like those CWS teams did. Walks hurt more when you don't strike out as many people. Buck was a HBP machine, Stutes only slightly less so, even Heimlich hit 20 in his final season. But they struck a lot of guys out, minimizing the damage. Is that at the end of the season or 16 games in? Is winning only based on pitching? Seems like pitching can be worse if your offense is better. Also did you catch our strike rate today? Last I looked it was hovering around 60% in the 7th. |
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Post by Judge Smails on Mar 10, 2024 15:12:40 GMT -8
Are they a middle of the conference Big West team? I admit I don't know much about them. expected to be 5th this year. Returning quite a few players from I believe the 3rd ranked team last year. They are a good Q4 team but not elite Q4 There are no “elite” Q4 teams. That’s why they’re Q4. They will do OK in the Big West this year because after Irvine, there is a big drop off and the league is not very good this year. |
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Post by nuclearbeaver on Mar 10, 2024 15:18:18 GMT -8
expected to be 5th this year. Returning quite a few players from I believe the 3rd ranked team last year. They are a good Q4 team but not elite Q4 There are no “elite” Q4 teams. That’s why they’re Q4. They will do OK in the Big West this year because after Irvine, there is a big drop off and the league is not very good this year. All perspective. You can be an elite Q4 team by being the best Q4 team. Hell some are so good they are Q3 teams! |
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Post by bvogrande on Mar 10, 2024 15:22:58 GMT -8
National Update Wake on upset alert to lose the series 2-1 to Duke (3-1 Duke B4th) TAM on upset alert to drop their first game. This one at home against Rhode Island. (11-8 T8th) Virginia about to avoid the sweep (14-11 B9th) TCU Avoid the sweep against Kansas. Florida takes the series against St Marys (mercy ruled them) LSU drops game 3 for a sweep against Xavierhuh? |
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Post by nuclearbeaver on Mar 10, 2024 15:24:27 GMT -8
National Update Wake on upset alert to lose the series 2-1 to Duke (3-1 Duke B4th) TAM on upset alert to drop their first game. This one at home against Rhode Island. (11-8 T8th) Virginia about to avoid the sweep (14-11 B9th) TCU Avoid the sweep against Kansas. Florida takes the series against St Marys (mercy ruled them) LSU drops game 3 for a sweep against Xavierhuh? Sorry. Meant they dropped the sweep by losing game 3 |
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Post by Henry Skrimshander on Mar 10, 2024 15:37:25 GMT -8
We are averaging 6.31 walks/HBP per game 71 walks, 30 HBP =101 in 16 games). Let's compare that to our CWS teams. 2005: 4.43 2006: 4.7 2007: 3.9 2013: 3.49 2017: 3.08 2018: 4.4 So, at least two, sometimes three more walks per game than our best teams (best, as in CWS). Three more per game than 2017. That's a lot more scoring opportunities in each game, an extra 12 for this four-game series. So, I would say somewhere within 3-4 walks/HBP per game is acceptable. This team also does not have high-strikeout pitchers like Buck, Nickerson, Boyd, Moore, Heimlich, Stutes and Wetzler, like those CWS teams did. Walks hurt more when you don't strike out as many people. Buck was a HBP machine, Stutes only slightly less so, even Heimlich hit 20 in his final season. But they struck a lot of guys out, minimizing the damage. Is that at the end of the season or 16 games in? Is winning only based on pitching? Seems like pitching can be worse if your offense is better. Also did you catch our strike rate today? Last I looked it was hovering around 60% in the 7th. Pitching is generally considered to be 75-80% of baseball. If you can pitch, you can win. Pitching (and defense) travels. Offense always doesn't. We won't go far in the postseason, or win the conference, averaging more than 6 free passes per game. |
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Post by nuclearbeaver on Mar 10, 2024 15:45:16 GMT -8
Is that at the end of the season or 16 games in? Is winning only based on pitching? Seems like pitching can be worse if your offense is better. Also did you catch our strike rate today? Last I looked it was hovering around 60% in the 7th. Pitching is generally considered to be 75-80% of baseball. If you can pitch, you can win. Pitching (and defense) travels. Offense always doesn't. We won't go far in the postseason, or win the conference, averaging more than 6 free passes per game. We probably won't. Our free base rate almost always improves after March. It's also natural for a team to be higher free base rate at the begining of the season as the bullpen settles out and starters are found. |
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Post by nuclearbeaver on Mar 10, 2024 15:57:05 GMT -8
On a 70 degree no wind day we have 4 more homers lol Two of our homers only went out because of the wind. It was howling to left. I was there freezing my ass off. Just saw that MMDs was 42 degrees at 103 mph. Dude caught a jet stream to get that out lol |
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