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Post by valleyvolley1 on May 29, 2022 15:57:07 GMT -5
1st game was maybe the best. Early 60s, my dad was painting dodger stadium and we got tickets. Against the Phillies went 16 innings. 2 outs and 0-2 on the pitcher. Willie Davis stole home. We ended up getting free tickets a couple of years after for all games for over 20 years when my dad worked there full time. To top that, my brother and I drove the Zamboni for the kings and took care of the Lakers court (among other things at the Forum...Great gig for college.
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Post by trojansc on May 30, 2022 11:43:52 GMT -5
If anyone was just watching the NCAA Baseball Selection Show — that was amazing explanation on committee decisions by the chairman.
Whether you agree or disagree with the criteria, rationale, and decision-making, he pretty clearly explained WHY this team over that team and what were deciding factors for last at larges and last seeding spots and that should be respected
I am incredibly jealous women’s softball and volleyball do not get that same treatment.
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Post by bbg95 on May 30, 2022 12:30:11 GMT -5
If anyone was just watching the NCAA Baseball Selection Show — that was amazing explanation on committee decisions by the chairman. Whether you agree or disagree with the criteria, rationale, and decision-making, he pretty clearly explained WHY this team over that team and what were deciding factors for last at larges and last seeding spots and that should be respected I am incredibly jealous women’s softball and volleyball do not get that same treatment. You weren't impressed when the volleyball chair couldn't recall who the last four in/first four out were? Edit: Actually, the chair of the CFP had terrible explanations too, and there is no more important sport than football.
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Post by nowhereman on May 30, 2022 14:22:52 GMT -5
Just progressed to the point in this book where the as beat the Tigers in game 5 of the 1972 ALCS and advanced to the World Series. Blue moon odom and vida blue combined to shut the Tigers down. Great stuff.
It really is pathetic how poor attendance is in Oakland given their history. Even the Seattle Mariners who haven't accomplished squat in their history draw better than the As.
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Post by bbg95 on May 31, 2022 13:32:50 GMT -5
If anyone was just watching the NCAA Baseball Selection Show — that was amazing explanation on committee decisions by the chairman. Whether you agree or disagree with the criteria, rationale, and decision-making, he pretty clearly explained WHY this team over that team and what were deciding factors for last at larges and last seeding spots and that should be respected I am incredibly jealous women’s softball and volleyball do not get that same treatment. I just watched this after I realized that this committee took a vastly different approach than the softball committee did. They left out NC State, which had an RPI of 32, and they took Grand Canyon, which had an RPI of 50. RPI is garbage, so I actually appreciate when committees don't rely so heavily on it. Selection chair Mike Buddie also is a former MLB pitcher, so he has more credibility than some of the chairs I've seen over the years.
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Post by nowhereman on May 31, 2022 14:03:34 GMT -5
I've lost a lot of interest in NCAA baseball because my school - Washington - never makes the tourney. They do just enough to win more games than they lose, but never good enough for at large berth. They play a garbage non conference schedule every single season and instead of dominating these teams, struggle to beat them.
I don't think being one of 64 tournament teams EVERY single season is an unrealistic expectation. It's not like I expect them to make the college World Series....but when I see teams like Grand Canyon or Stony brook or Kent state, I always ask, why not Washington? What the hell is wrong with husky baseball? I think it's the coach. For many years he had his guys sacrificing in the very first inning. If I'm a recruit no way do I even consider UW, Small ball has its virtues, but not in the first inning. . Baseball isn't softball where one run is huge.
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Post by trojansc on Jun 1, 2022 15:51:53 GMT -5
If anyone was just watching the NCAA Baseball Selection Show — that was amazing explanation on committee decisions by the chairman. Whether you agree or disagree with the criteria, rationale, and decision-making, he pretty clearly explained WHY this team over that team and what were deciding factors for last at larges and last seeding spots and that should be respected I am incredibly jealous women’s softball and volleyball do not get that same treatment. I just watched this after I realized that this committee took a vastly different approach than the softball committee did. They left out NC State, which had an RPI of 32, and they took Grand Canyon, which had an RPI of 50. RPI is garbage, so I actually appreciate when committees don't rely so heavily on it. Selection chair Mike Buddie also is a former MLB pitcher, so he has more credibility than some of the chairs I've seen over the years. NC State did have 10 top 25 wins. Along with their RPI, it is a little shocking they didn't get an at-large. I'm not sure Grand Canyon has a significant enough case to top that - along with their RPI deficiency. NC State did lose all three in a series to Northeastern - I wonder how that happened. Both UTSA-Old Dominion probably had arguments too, but, I'm not sure they top NC State.
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Post by bbg95 on Jun 1, 2022 16:22:56 GMT -5
I just watched this after I realized that this committee took a vastly different approach than the softball committee did. They left out NC State, which had an RPI of 32, and they took Grand Canyon, which had an RPI of 50. RPI is garbage, so I actually appreciate when committees don't rely so heavily on it. Selection chair Mike Buddie also is a former MLB pitcher, so he has more credibility than some of the chairs I've seen over the years. NC State did have 10 top 25 wins. Along with their RPI, it is a little shocking they didn't get an at-large. I'm not sure Grand Canyon has a significant enough case to top that - along with their RPI deficiency. NC State did lose all three in a series to Northeastern - I wonder how that happened. Both UTSA-Old Dominion probably had arguments too, but, I'm not sure they top NC State. Hmm, I think the committee rewarded GCU for its non-conference strength of schedule (10th) and penalized NC State for the same (181st). Edit: Baseball America's bracketologist feels the same. I agree that if this is a consistent trend, then it's good for the sport (and I feel that way about most of the other team sports as well). But the concern is that it will be a one-off, and next year's committee will revert to just lazily going by RPI or whatever.
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Post by nowhereman on Jun 10, 2022 0:48:16 GMT -5
Angels snapped a 14 game losing streak with a 5-2 win over the bosox while the Phillies beat the brew crew 8-3 to extend their win streak to 7. Why these teams in particular? Well the Phillies and Angels just recently gave their skippers the heave ho and are going in opposite directions. Of course the Phillies started their streak against.......the Angels.
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Post by nowhereman on Jun 17, 2022 1:39:29 GMT -5
The Angels are my favorite MLB team (though I'm no die-hard and don't watch the MLB religiously). Looks like they have a decent shot at making the playoffs this year though! Until the inevitable appearances on IR by Trout and Ohtani, that is. I'm not being snarky, those guys are great to watch, but they can't stay healthy (see also: Anthony Davis, Zion, Christian McCaffery, to name a few). Well the game between the Angels and Mariners has come and gone with the Angels winning 4-1. The marquee attractions aka trout and ohtani did not disappoint. Trout accounted for all four Angels runs with a pair of two ruin homers. The first came on the top of the third. With two outs Taylor Ward singled and trout drove a 1-0 pitch from George Kirby that just landed in the first row in right field for an opposite field two run dinger and a 2-0 lead. The second long ball came in the top of the seventh following another Ward single, Trout took Sergio Romo deep on a 1-1 pitch ro almost dead center field to put the Angels up 4-0. Judy landed in the first couple rows. Trout had a chance to make it a three homer seven RBI night in the top of the ninth but struck out swinging with two runners on. For his part ohtani came through on the mound firing Six shutout innings, allowing only three hits while walking two and striking out six. For the home team Kirby Aldo went six innings, giving up two runs on six hits while walking one and striking out six. Both ohtani and Kirby threw 93 pitches. So a great night to hit the ballpark. Got to see a future hall of famer and arguably the best player in baseball hit two HR,nos. 17 and 18 for the season. Pretty good deal.
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Post by nowhereman on Jun 17, 2022 10:38:47 GMT -5
Mike trout 4, Seattle 1....as mentioned in Friday's Seattle times. Guy owns Seattle with 49 career home runs against the Mariners, 30 in Seattle and 19 in Anaheim.
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Post by gotonemos on Jun 19, 2022 0:28:59 GMT -5
San Diego Padres having a great season, but getting freaking owned by basement dwelling Colorado Rockies.
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Post by nowhereman on Jun 19, 2022 1:34:47 GMT -5
Trout hit two more home runs against the Mariners on Saturday so now he has 51 all time against Seattle. 32 on the road and 19 at home. Did I mention he's the best player in the game and a future hall of FAmer?
He did strike out four times but it's okay now to whiff instead of making contact.
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Post by gotonemos on Jun 20, 2022 0:37:07 GMT -5
What the frick, Padres?! Swept by the Rockies. Machado out for how long? Lucky for them LA Dodgers haven’t been so hot the last couple of weeks. But don’t look now, here comes San Francisco.
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Post by nowhereman on Jun 20, 2022 11:51:22 GMT -5
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