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Post by gnawitall on Jun 15, 2024 20:38:39 GMT -8
In 2018 we had 66 successful sac bunts in 67 games, or .985 per game. In 2024 we had 23 successful sac bunts in 61 games, or .377 per game. That's a difference of .608 per game, or about 35 bunts over a 60 game season. Less than one per game. Believe analytics or not, but the numbers show most of the time a sac bunt is essentially a wasted out. I was fortunate enough to play varsity as a sophomore and batted second. I agree with your analysis Henry. |
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Post by wilkyisdashiznit on Jun 19, 2024 12:39:29 GMT -8
Kentucky was eliminated making the Final Four: Florida, Florida State, Tennessee, & Texas A&M.
Oregon State has played each team at least once except for Florida State.
Oregon State is 0-1 all-time against Florida, losing the winners' bracket game against #3 Florida 10-2 in 2010. The Gators went 2&Q in Omaha.
Oregon State is 3-2 all-time against Tennessee. Oregon State and Tennessee split two games to start the 2009 season. (I believe the lack of a third game is what motivated Pat Casey to stop scheduling home-and-homes with SEC teams in February.) Oregon State then won two-of-three at Goss in 2010. The Beavs outscored the Vols 18-9 in 2009 and 21-11 in 2010.
Oregon State is 5-4 all-time against Texas A&M. Texas A&M won the first game 16-11 in Fresno in 1988. Texas A&M won the second game 9-4 in Albuquerque in 2000. Oregon State split the next two games in College Station in 2000: Texas A&M winning 3-0 and Oregon State winning 6-1. Oregon State split the next two games in College Station in 2007: Texas A&M winning 5-2 and Oregon State winning 6-5. Oregon State swept the two meetings in the 2009 Fort Worth Regional: 9-6 and 13-5. The most recent meeting was in the 2013 Corvallis Regional Championship Game, Oregon State winning 6-1.
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Post by wilkyisdashiznit on Jun 19, 2024 13:56:48 GMT -8
The College World Series' schedule was altered, due to rain yesterday. Florida has to win the second game against Texas A&M tonight and then win tomorrow to stay alive.
A fun fact is that the last two College World Series that featured a game be rescheduled for the following day were the 2018 and 2019 College World Series.
The first 2018 College World Series delay was the delay in the Oregon State v. Washington game:
Much like in 2024, the delay was on June 18th. The delay pushed the Mississippi State v. North Carolina game to the next day, the Bulldogs winning 12-2. Rain the next day pushed the Arkansas v. Texas Tech game back a day, as well. And then the Arkansas v. Texas Tech game also had an additional 3½ hours of delay the following day. Fortunately, the delays did not impact the Oregon State v. North Carolina game. The upshot was that Oregon State got to play a slightly less-fresh North Carolina, and dispatched them 11-6. Florida, with an extra day of rest, beat Texas Tech 9-6 the day following. Oregon State was able to beat a slightly less-fresh Mississippi State twice over the next two days to punch their ticket. The first game of the Championship Series was also rained out.
All-told, the 2018 College World Series featured the most rain delays of any College World Series in more than 20 years.
The 2019 College World Series also featured a rainout on June 18th again. The entire day was lost. That pushed the two lower bracket games to the 19th. The top bracket losers' bracket game was delayed 50 minutes but was played on the same day as originally scheduled. The schedule got back on track thereafter with no additional delays that moved a game to the following day.
Florida is the first College World Series team that has to play in a doubleheader in Omaha since South Carolina in 2012. The Gamecocks won both games and the bracket championship game the next day to advance to Championship Series before getting swept by Arizona.
Florida and South Carolina are the only two games to play a double-header at Omaha since 1980, when Michigan lost two on June 2nd. Arizona, coming out of the losers' bracket, was able to beat a tired Michigan 8-0 and then won three straight after a day off to win the National Championship over Hawaii.
Between 1950-1952, the old true double elimination bracket was different, which set up for more doubleheaders.
In 1952, Holy Cross beat both Western Michigan and Penn State on June 15th and then beat Missouri on the 16th and 17th to win the National Championship.
In 1951, Tennessee won twice on the 16th against Utah and USC to set up a series with Oklahoma. The Sooners only had to win once and did so on the 17th to win the National Championship.
In 1950, Wazzu beat Rutgers 3-1 in 10 innings but lost to Texas 12-1. Three days later, Texas beat Wazzu 3-0 to win the National Championship.
Before 1949, only the Championship Series was known as the College World Series. There were Eastern and Western Playoffs to set the Championship Series.
In 1948, after USC beat Yale 3-1 on the 25th, Yale beat USC 8-3 on the 26th. USC won the Championship Game on the same day 9-2.
Florida is looking to win a double-header and then subsequently win a Championship Series for the first time since 1952.
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Post by wilkyisdashiznit on Jun 19, 2024 14:30:50 GMT -8
#1 Tennessee is looking to become the first #1 seed to play in a Championship Series since 2009. #3 LSU beat #1 Texas twice in three games to win the National Championship.
#8 Florida State is looking to become the first #8 seed to play in a Championship Series since 2008. Fresno State beat #8 Georgia twice in three games to win the National Championship.
#1 Texas was swept in two games back in 2004.
#8 Stanford lost the Championship Game to #2 LSU back in 2000.
#1 Miami won the National Championship over #2 Florida State back in 1999.
Since they started handing out seeds back in 1988, no #8 team has ever won the College World Series and only 2000 Stanford and 2008 Georgia have advanced to the Championship Series.
On the other side of the bracket, the last three-seed to win the National Championship was Oregon State in 2018. Florida won the National Championship out of the three-seed in 2017.
The last team out of the six seed to win out of the losers' bracket was Arizona in 2016. USC did the same thing in 1995, South Carolina did the same thing in 2002, and Stanford did the same thing in 2003. No team out of the six-seed has ever won a National Championship out of the losers' bracket.
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Post by messi on Jun 19, 2024 20:24:01 GMT -8
Its an all SEC final
#1 Tennessee is still alive
And the winners for both pools went 3-0 (Has that happened before?)
What to do with two consecutive open dates? The Storm Chasers are at home.
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Post by clydebeav on Jun 19, 2024 20:59:31 GMT -8
Kendall Rogers pointed out today how crazy it is that Florida has made the CWS in 9 of the last 14 years. There’s no denying how impressive that is (we’ve been there 3 times in that span).
However, go back 5 more years to 2005. Florida has 10 CWS appearances and 1 championship. We have 6 CWS appearances and 3 championships. I’d like to get there more consistently but we’ve been blessed with some great baseball teams. I wouldn’t trade our history for theirs.
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Post by wilkyisdashiznit on Jun 19, 2024 21:35:31 GMT -8
Its an all SEC final #1 Tennessee is still alive And the winners for both pools went 3-0 (Has that happened before?) What to do with two consecutive open dates? The Storm Chasers are at home. Both teams went 3-0 in 2009, 2011, 2013, and 2019. But each of those College World Series were in the old format, meaning that there were no games on Saturday and Sunday, rather than no games on Thursday and Friday. Both teams went 3-0 in 1994, 1996, 2000, 2001. However, each of those College World Series were in the older formats, meaning that there was only day off, rather than two. Both teams went 3-0 in 1991 but that was two weeks earlier in June. Those are the other nine instances in the past 75 years. |
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Post by rgeorge on Jun 19, 2024 22:35:16 GMT -8
If A&M wins 2 straight vs UT they will match the 2012(?) Arizona team with a perfect postseason.
Arizona won their 4th title in 2012 going a perfect 10-0 in the NCAA tourney. It makes them the only team in the history of the College World Series to have an undefeated record in a single postseason.
Weirdly that Arizona team had no hitter with more than 5 HRs and their pitching staff gave up 8 total runs in 5 CWS games.
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Post by jefframp on Jun 20, 2024 6:05:30 GMT -8
Kendall Rogers pointed out today how crazy it is that Florida has made the CWS in 9 of the last 14 years. There’s no denying how impressive that is (we’ve been there 3 times in that span). However, go back 5 more years to 2005. Florida has 10 CWS appearances and 1 championship. We have 6 CWS appearances and 3 championships. I’d like to get there more consistently but we’ve been blessed with some great baseball teams. I wouldn’t trade our history for theirs. Statistically a final 8 Omaha team would have a 12.5% chance of winning the championship in a given year. To have a 50% record of winning the championships after making it to Omaha is just a crazy good record. There are currently 300 D1 baseball programs in the U.S. Statistically you should win one championship every 300 years. We have been truly blessed. Side note: Wife and I have spent 6 of our wedding anniversaries (June 18th) in Omaha. She's not about to let me forget that you can be sure. One year I kinda forgot our 30th back in 2013 and I was required to buy lunch for all 12 of our Omaha gang. I won't forget that again although the Olive Garden did let me use a 25% off coupon I happened to have with me.  |
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Post by 2ndGenBeaver on Jun 20, 2024 7:36:08 GMT -8
I don't know if anyone else does this, but I feel better in seasons where we are able to say "OSU was bumped from the tournament by eventual National Champion <team name here>" - actually has happened in basketball (Georgetown, I believe, in men's, and South Carolina/UConn in women's), and maybe in the CWS (LSU?). Won't happen this year, though I thought Kentucky looked almost that good.
I used to feel OK about being able to say "OSU was bumped from the tournament by a conference member of the eventual national championship-winning conference" but the way the selection committee loves on SEC teams that is a statement most every team that made the tournament can make :-).
Go Beavers!
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Post by flyfishinbeav on Jun 20, 2024 7:45:36 GMT -8
Vols vs A&M in the final is not surprising to anyone.
Don't really care too much either way, but I would like to see Vols go down. They make it easy to root against em.
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Post by messi on Jun 20, 2024 8:28:26 GMT -8
So Texas A&M and Tennessee only met once this season, a game in the SEC Tournament where Tennessee won 7-4 in an elimination game.
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Post by ftd on Jun 20, 2024 9:44:26 GMT -8
I don't know if anyone else does this, but I feel better in seasons where we are able to say "OSU was bumped from the tournament by eventual National Champion <team name here>" - actually has happened in basketball (Georgetown, I believe, in men's, and South Carolina/UConn in women's), and maybe in the CWS (LSU?). Won't happen this year, though I thought Kentucky looked almost that good. I used to feel OK about being able to say "OSU was bumped from the tournament by a conference member of the eventual national championship-winning conference" but the way the selection committee loves on SEC teams that is a statement most every team that made the tournament can make :-). Go Beavers! And let's not forget which other team from the Beaver state TAM eliminated in their SR. So go Vols? |
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Post by wilkyisdashiznit on Jun 20, 2024 10:36:17 GMT -8
I don't know if anyone else does this, but I feel better in seasons where we are able to say "OSU was bumped from the tournament by eventual National Champion <team name here>" - actually has happened in basketball (Georgetown, I believe, in men's, and South Carolina/UConn in women's), and maybe in the CWS (LSU?). Won't happen this year, though I thought Kentucky looked almost that good. I used to feel OK about being able to say "OSU was bumped from the tournament by a conference member of the eventual national championship-winning conference" but the way the selection committee loves on SEC teams that is a statement most every team that made the tournament can make :-). Go Beavers! And let's not forget which other team from the Beaver state TAM eliminated in their SR. So go Vols? Tennessee is a land- and sun-grant university. A&M is a land-, sea-, and space-grant university. That said, Tennessee is not eligible to be a sea-grant university, because it is too far away from a body of water. Vanderbilt is the space-grant university in Tennessee. Oklahoma State is the Sun Grant University for Oklahoma and Texas. During World War II, A&M produced 14,123 officers, more than any other university. It also is more than were produced by Army and Navy combined. 29 World War II generals were produced by A&M. Also, A&M is one of the first six universities to start up radar training in March 1942, churning out graduates beginning in June 1942. Plus, Oregon State has more of a history in baseball with A&M. I believe, also that the Beavs have won four straight and five of the last six against A&M. Plus, A&M played into the 2007 and 2013 College World Series runs, whereas all five games against Tennessee were early season affairs in 2009 and 2010. Additionally, I believe A&M hiring away Schlossnagle helped Oregon State almost make it to the 2021 Super Regional against Virginia. Having said the foregoing, Schlossnagle was the dude who knocked Oregon State out of the 2009 Fort Worth Regional. On par, I am rooting for A&M, but I generally dislike both head coaches. |
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Post by Henry Skrimshander on Jun 20, 2024 10:57:48 GMT -8
Tennessee and their coach are very unlikeable to me. They remind me of a softball team with all their chants and gesticulations on the bench. TAMU is a cult.
Not cheering for either team but I really don't want Tennessee to win.
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