College Baseball

[Tank]

pretty awesome for coastal carolina. this was also their first trip to the CWS.

[Vegas Halo Fan]

4 hours ago, Tank said:

pretty awesome for coastal carolina. this was also their first trip to the CWS.

Their coach has been there for 21 years. He oversaw the program when it wasn't one, when the entire operation was run out of a small trailer. This year's group of seniors dedicated themselves to getting him to Omaha this season. They had fallen short in two previous Super Regionals, and they were one strike away from being sent home from a third this season. They came back from the brink so many times that it had to be destiny. It doesn't get much tighter than the deciding game, one run lead, bottom of the ninth, two out, 3-2 count and the tying and winning runs in scoring position.

[HaloNArizona]

On Sunday, June 26, 2016 at 8:26 AM, Angel Oracle said:

Okay, who had UofA and CCU in their baseball brackets?

Since May 5, Uof A and CCU had the best records in baseball

[Angel Oracle]

Bump

Can LB get a #1 seed and host their own regional?    Ranked in the Top 10 in all 3 major college baseball polls, and has a current rpi of 20.

Might need to sweep Hawaii at Blair Field and take two at Fullerton, to have a chance.  

[Tank]

why are there 3 major college baseball polls? did the ncaa learn nothing from all the college football nonsense?

[Angel Oracle]

LB clinches the Big West title, before playing Fullerton.    RPI is 17 and ranked in the Top 10 in the 3 polls = close to getting that #1 seed regional hosting bid? 

[Vegas Halo Fan]

Florida clinches the SEC, so they can go back to Omaha and get swept again.

[Lou]

On May 22, 2017 at 10:38 AM, Angel Oracle said:

LB clinches the Big West title, before playing Fullerton.    RPI is 17 and ranked in the Top 10 in the 3 polls = close to getting that #1 seed regional hosting bid? 

Watching them right now. 

0-0, with CSJM up in the bottom of the 7th and bases loaded 

Edited May 28, 2017 by Lou

[Lou]

btw, Go Beach! 

[Angel Oracle]

LB's regional includes #2 seed Tejas, #3 seed UCLA, and #4 seed San Diego St.      A brutal regional

Fullerton's chances are every bit as good.   #2 seed in Stanford regional with BYU the #3 seed 

[Lou]

We were beat 3-2 by Texas in a great pitcher's duel. Scored a run in the top of the 9th to pull to within a run and had runners on 1sr & 2nd with 1 out but couldn't score ( sound familiar).

LB looked good. Definitely the team to beat in that regional. If they win they match up with the winner of the Stanford regional. It surprised me to hear that LB hadn't hosted a regional in 9 years. 

i knew Oregon State had a good season, but 49-4??? (now 50-4) Holy crap. Their pitching has been phenomenal. 

Edited June 3, 2017 by Lou

[Lou]

Re: the Beavs

SP Jake Thompson went 12-0  with a 1.31 ERA in 103 ip. (96 Ks 31 BB) 

An obvious lock for conference pitcher-of-the-year.  Not so fast. That award went to his teammate: 

SP Luke Heimlich who was 10-1 with a 0.81 ERA in 111.1 ip (120 Ks 21 BB)

If that weren't enough, 2015 ace Drew Rasmussen returned at the end of April from TJ surgery. He pitched in 5 games, starting 3. He had an ERA of 0.51 in 17.1 ip

All 3 had BAA of .190 and under 

[AngelsLongBall]

1 hour ago, Lou said:

Re: the Beavs

SP Jake Thompson went 12-0  with a 1.31 ERA in 103 ip. (96 Ks 31 BB) 

An obvious lock for conference pitcher-of-the-year.  Not so fast. That award went to his teammate: 

SP Luke Heimlich who was 10-1 with a 0.81 ERA in 111.1 ip (120 Ks 21 BB)

If that weren't enough, 2015 ace Drew Rasmussen returned at the end of April from TJ surgery. He pitched in 5 games, starting 3. He had an ERA of 0.51 in 17.1 ip

All 3 had BAA of .190 and under 

That's bananaland type stuff. Unreal

[Angel Oracle]

And of course Heimlich elicits the classic gloss on the opponents.

So close to a LB/UCLA clash today.   Time for LB to beat Texas and be in a great position.

I had an inkling that Fullerton would beat both BYU and Stanford.   Their pitching is really solid too, with Eastman's return.

[Vegas Halo Fan]

Watched part of the SDSU-Long Beach game last night. Long Beach is playing well.

[AngelsLongBall]

UCLA and SDSU tied into the 13th! I apparently don't get espn tres, but I can hear the crowd cheering whenever something happens 

[Lou]

SDSU scored in the top of the 13th to win. They had 3 hits after the 2nd inning.

Watching CSJM vs Stanford right now. Titans up 3-1 after 2 innings. 

Stanford needs a win to force a championship game tomorrow. 

Edited June 4, 2017 by Lou

[Lou]

LB vs Texas starting soon. Another expected battle of two good pitchers. 

 

[Lou]

Best sight of the tourney is watching 6'11" Kentucky starting pitcher.

[Lou]

NC State's two SP went a combined 2/3 of an inning.

They are 2-0 

[AngelsLongBall]

LB-UT tied at 3 going to the9th

[AngelsLongBall]

LB tried for inside the parker and thrown out at home to end the 10th! UT 3 up 3 down in the 11th. Let's go Beach!

[yk9001]

On 6/3/2017 at 7:11 PM, Lou said:

Best sight of the tourney is watching 6'11" Kentucky starting pitcher.

A Maryland pitcher yesterday had a mullet for the ages, and the Terps were wearing camo hats.  It looked like something from the Hillbilly Hall of fame.

He get lit up and didn't even complete an inning.

[yk9001]

On 6/3/2017 at 10:52 PM, AngelsLongBall said:

LB tried for inside the parker and thrown out at home to end the 10th! UT 3 up 3 down in the 11th. Let's go Beach!

This has been a crazy weekend for Beach, and a four day advertisement for the team and city.

My friend was there last night, said they were jeering the hell out of Roger.

[red321]

So, Texas and Long Beach play today to see who gets to play Fullerton in the supers?