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Post by BearClause on Jun 13, 2011 23:24:25 GMT -5
Just last fall the Cal baseball program was on the chopping block until it was saved via donation pledges. Now they're the only Pac-10 team to make it to the College World Series. Cal baseball comes back from extinction to the cusp of CWSsportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/writers/ann_killion/06/10/cal.baseball/index.htmlWhat was crazy is that I think they were down to their last strike against Baylor in the regional, and came back to win the game with a walk-off single. The two wins in the Super Regional against Dallas Baptist were laughers, but Dallas Baptist managed to win their regional. |
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Post by mikegarrison on Jun 13, 2011 23:56:55 GMT -5
What was crazy is that I think they were down to their last strike against Baylor in the regional, and came back to win the game with a walk-off single. Buckner? |
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Post by Thrill of the 'ville on Jun 14, 2011 7:31:46 GMT -5
I really wish Cal and Dallas Baptist had been in different super regionals because both had stories that people could appreciate and root for them (Cal almost losing their program and Dallas Baptist being an independent school in baseball)
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Post by BearClause on Jun 14, 2011 11:42:26 GMT -5
What was crazy is that I think they were down to their last strike against Baylor in the regional, and came back to win the game with a walk-off single. Buckner? Check the video. It was a clean groundball single hit between 1st and 2nd. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 14, 2011 13:53:51 GMT -5
Check the video. It was a clean groundball single hit between 1st and 2nd. uh oh -- alzheimers alert -- i don't seem to recall it that way...  |
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Post by BearClause on Jun 14, 2011 14:57:16 GMT -5
Check the video. It was a clean groundball single hit between 1st and 2nd. uh oh -- alzheimers alert -- i don't seem to recall it that way... No - the Cal player had a clean single. MG was asking if the play was a Buckner like moment for Dallas Baptist. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 14, 2011 15:21:12 GMT -5
my bad, bear. i thought mike was having a flashback, and then i got concerned...
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Post by Mocha on Jun 14, 2011 15:32:35 GMT -5
All I know is Brandon Morrow was a big disappointment for the Mariners. And to think they passed on Tim Lincecum.  |
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Post by mikegarrison on Jun 14, 2011 15:50:36 GMT -5
uh oh -- alzheimers alert -- i don't seem to recall it that way... No - the Cal player had a clean single. MG was asking if the play was a Buckner like moment for Dallas Baptist. I can see how you might think that, but in fact I was just referring to the whole 1986 Game 6 moment. Several times, including but also before the Buckner play, the Mets were down to their final strike of the series but they actually had a string of hits. By the time of the Buckner play they had already come back from a two-run deficit. That play only gave them one of the three runs they needed that inning. |
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Post by BearClause on Jun 14, 2011 16:15:39 GMT -5
No - the Cal player had a clean single. MG was asking if the play was a Buckner like moment for Dallas Baptist. I can see how you might think that, but in fact I was just referring to the whole 1986 Game 6 moment. Several times, including but also before the Buckner play, the Mets were down to their final strike of the series but they actually had a string of hits. By the time of the Buckner play they had already come back from a two-run deficit. That play only gave them one of the three runs they needed that inning. Oh yeah - I remember that. However - I'm still not sure what that has to do with the topic at hand. This single was cleanly hit between two fielders and in fact ended the game and determined who won the regional. |
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