re: Hey look, another shutout in TD Ameritrade Park

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Blaming it all on the park and the wind is just silly

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Blaming? Blaming what?

LSU lost and would lose the contest being played with that team almost every time.

The brand of baseball being played in LSU's heyday was extraordinarily slanted to the hitters. Pitchers were making good pitches that hitters could miss and still achieve a good result outside of normal limits.

In the name of safety, the bats and balls have been changed. For the average college ballpark, the pitchers now have more of an advantage.

But, the combination of BBCOR, seam size on the balls, and prevailing winds in Omaha, has now tilted the scales so far in the direction of pitching and defense, that the game is out of balance, especially for deciding a national champion.

On top of that, the umpires are compounding these effects by using a liberal strike zone.

I'm guessing for someone to bother responding in a thread of this manner, they have spent some time around the ballparks. The beauty of the game and its dimensions, and the way the timing of ground balls and fly balls are played with distance of the bases, etc. is perfect in its harmony.

The game starts with a pitcher's approach to the batter. Speed and location are key. They've all been taught since childhood to keep the ball down for a reason. As they get older and the game gets more complicated, they realize there are some hitters in a normal lineup that you will get penalized more if you make a mistake high, yet some hitters it's worth the risk to make them chase.

The pitchers in Omaha are not getting penalized enough, just as it used to be for hitters. The game is out of balance. It will be addressed, I'm 100% sure of it. Mostly because it will eventually result in loss of revenue. ESPN will demand it.

If it's all about safety, I propose we introduce these existing conditions to MLB. There has been 3 recent incidents involving skull fractures using wooden bats. Does anyone think this will happen? Of course not.

I think the most telling sign that these games in Omaha are out of whack is positioning of the outfield. Without having to respect consistent deep power, they have so much less ground to cover, thereby reducing the hitters' opportunities to drop one in front.

Outside of my children's travel ball teams playing on oversized and undersized fields, I have never seen it this bad. You might see normal depth for one hitter in a team's entire lineup. Honestly, outside of 1 or 2 ABs a game in this series, every game could be played without an outfield wall.

In conclusion of this long response, mostly for my benefit and sanity, what we are witnessing in Omaha relates more to 1900's baseball than it does to the game that multiple recent generations have come to know and love. The balance between pitcher, batter, and fielder does not exist in Omaha anymore.

to sum my post

2010 old bats at the blatt about 9.6 runs per game (4.8 per team)
2012 new bats at TDA 6 runs a game (3 per team)

park just took away another homerun.

that is probabyl up to at-least 10 homeruns in this park and only 2 actually ended up homeruns.

This team did not look prepared for Omaha,similar to the SR last season.The inability to make adjustments at the plate once again was their demise.

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Playing OF shallow would limit bloop singles but might allow some to be driven over their heads

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Except the ball doesn't fly there, it hangs up. So the threat of a ball over someone's head isn't what you normally think it would be.

Oregon St, not a good team. Only scored 1 run. Albeaver says the good teams adjust.

Pitchers aren't even trying to be cute they know if they get behind they can throw it down the middle and most likely worse case they give up a single. Also am I the only one that has noticed the strike zone is still huge like its gorilla ball days