College baseball 2022 running thread

[micropolitan guy]

Tennessee is 30-1 and the obvious # 1. At the other end of the spectrum is Iona, which will lose today (down 12-4 in B8) and drop to 0-27. The will be the Gaels' 33rd consecutive loss over the last two seasons. Maybe they should have Pitino coach baseball too, like happened a lot in the old days.

St. Peter's had a winless season several years ago and lost 76 games in a row at one point; 0-38 in 2017, and then 0-38 again in 2018 until finally winning. The Peacocks finished 2-42 that year. They improved to 5-46 in 2019.

 

[Batman]

Alcorn State will not go winless. It is 1-21. But in all 21 losses it has given up at least 10 runs. Two of its losses were 32-1 and 32-10 (both against SWAC opponents, not exactly the strongest in the land) and another was 20-3 in a non-conference game. In its one win, the score was 8-7.
Alcorn scored 20 runs in its first 15 games, although it has at least scored a few more in recent games.

 

[Batman]

The Pine Tar Incident, college edition.

 

[Shropshire Slasher]

Did not expect to see Gonzaga at No. 17 in the last poll.

 

[BTExpress]

Great idea for a thread.

Tennessee is 30-1 and the obvious # 1. At the other end of the spectrum is Iona.

They actually played each other this year. One team outscored the other 68-3 over three games.

 

[tapintoamerica]

Miami runs winning streak to 13 by finishing sweep of previously omnipotent Virginia.
Re: Tennessee, When is the last time any college team won 30 of 31 at any point of a season?

 

[BTExpress]

Can Tony Vitello coach football and basketball? Please.

 

[Michael_ Gee]

The Pine Tar Incident, college edition.

That's the greatest. Oh. to have been the stringer there.

 

[micropolitan guy]

Miami runs winning streak to 13 by finishing sweep of previously omnipotent Virginia.
Re: Tennessee, When is the last time any college team won 30 of 31 at any point of a season?

Oregon State was 28-1 in 2017. It was 56-4 after winning its first two games at the CWS, with two 23-game winning streaks. Then the umps took over and it lost two straight and did not make the championship series.

That was rectified in 2018 when it snatched the championship trophy out of Arkansas' mouth. Three players (Steven Kwan, Trevor Larnach, Nick Madrigal) have already reached MLB and No. 4 (Adley Rutschman) should have last year and finally will this spring when Baltimore's management pulls its head out of its ass.

Gonzaga has had a solid program for quite some time, with 15 alums in MLB in this century, the most notable of whom are Jason Bay and Marco Gonzales.

 

[Batman]

Gonzaga has had a solid program for quite some time, with 15 alums in MLB in this century, the most notable of whom are Jason Bay and Marco Gonzales.

IIRC, Gonzaga was getting some talk as a potential regional host last year. They wound up as a No. 2 seed at Oregon's regional.

 

[Batman]

Tennessee is 30-1 and the obvious # 1.

Now 31-2 after a midweek loss to ... Tennessee Tech?
Oh, and they used wood bats although I can't seem to find a reason why other than they figured it might be fun.

https://www.tennessean.com/story/sp...see-tech-wood-bat-smokies-stadium/7276900001/

Vols to use wood bats against Tennessee Tech at Smokies Stadium

 

[dixiehack]

Now 31-2 after a midweek loss to ... Tennessee Tech?
Oh, and they used wood bats although I can't seem to find a reason why other than they figured it might be fun.

https://www.tennessean.com/story/sp...see-tech-wood-bat-smokies-stadium/7276900001/

Vols to use wood bats against Tennessee Tech at Smokies Stadium

Wings Up, *******!

 

[dixiehack]

Speaking of the OVC

(Oh, and 31-3)

 

[goalmouth]

The high school field where New Jersey holds its state baseball championship:

 

[tapintoamerica]

Speaking of the OVC

View attachment 13116

(Oh, and 31-3)

Wow. A mere 330 to dead center. About 305 to right-center. That’s some weird stuff.

 

[Shropshire Slasher]

The high school field where New Jersey holds its state baseball championship:

View attachment 13117

If the ball caroms off the building and back on the field, is it still in play?

 

[goalmouth]

If the ball caroms off the building and back on the field, is it still in play?

Yes.

 

[maumann]

Just checked D1's RPI page today. What in holy hell has happened to the traditional west coast power teams?

Southern Cal: 89.
Arizona State: 97.
Pepperdine: 103
Long Beach State: 106.

Not long ago, that would have made a kick-ass regional.

 

[micropolitan guy]

Just checked D1's RPI page today. What in holy hell has happened to the traditional west coast power teams?

Southern Cal: 89.
Arizona State: 97.
Pepperdine: 103
Long Beach State: 106.

Not long ago, that would have made a kick-ass regional.

They had to start playing by universal rules regarding season length, off-season workouts, scholarship limits, etc. For the Arizona/Southland schools, reunification of the Pac-10/12 meant they had to actually play some road games in weather under 75 degrees.

SC made some poor coaching choices after firing Mike Gillespie, who then went to Irvine and kept that program strong. They haven't competed for a Pac-10/12 title in nearly a decade.

The Dirtbags looked very uncomfortable playing in 50 degrees and occasional rain in Microville this past weekend, and got swept. It used to take dynamite to get the Arizona schools to play a road game. Now they have to, even though their schedules are still heavily tilted toward home games.

The same thing happened to Miami, to a lesser degree, when it joined the ACC. Competition got tougher and they had to start playing road games.

 

[Baron Scicluna]

Speaking of the OVC

View attachment 13116

(Oh, and 31-3)

I found this thread which shows all sorts of strange baseball field dimensions. My favorite one is the one in Hawaii.

https://community.hsbaseballweb.com/topic/schools-with-odd-shaped-fields-dimensions