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Offensive explosion at CWS! TCU manages SIX WHOLE RUNS...in just one game!
Posted on 6/22/16 at 6:58 am
Posted on 6/22/16 at 6:58 am
The Horned Frogs blasted through the previous series high of five runs scored by any team in any game so far. Total runs scored by the two teams was still only seven, though, so the almost inconceivable EIGHT scored in the TCU-Texas Tech and Miami-UCSB games still remains the gold standard of overall offensive excellence. TCU has exploded for five runs in one game and six in another for an incredible combined total of 11 runs in just two games, almost doubling Texas Tech's 2nd-best total of six. If TCU can keep up this avalanche of run scoring throughout the CWS, it could conceivably lift the average combined runs scored per game in Omaha this year up to FIVE!
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Posted on 6/22/16 at 7:23 am to Nuts4LSU
You mean to tell me that they are having BASEBALL scores at a BASEBALL championship?!?!
Why the hell is anyone surprised at low scores in baseball? That nonsense that was being put on by Clemson and Oklahoma State in the regionals is not baseball. These are supposed to be the best teams in the country. Why should the average runs per game be high?
If this was due to crap baseball, that is one thing. But teams are playing good defense and have good pitching going.
The old days of "Me Tarzan, me hit ball over fence" are gone. Get over it. Baseball takes a bit more skill and prowess at the college level now.
Why the hell is anyone surprised at low scores in baseball? That nonsense that was being put on by Clemson and Oklahoma State in the regionals is not baseball. These are supposed to be the best teams in the country. Why should the average runs per game be high?
If this was due to crap baseball, that is one thing. But teams are playing good defense and have good pitching going.
The old days of "Me Tarzan, me hit ball over fence" are gone. Get over it. Baseball takes a bit more skill and prowess at the college level now.
Posted on 6/22/16 at 7:26 am to Nuts4LSU
Go watch arena football if you don't enjoy good pitching and 4-3 games
Posted on 6/22/16 at 7:41 am to SirWinston
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Go watch arena football if you don't enjoy good pitching and 4-3 games
Except at least 2 of TCU's runs were walked in.
I didn't finish the game, had to be up early. Could've been more.
Posted on 6/22/16 at 7:44 am to Cowboyfan89
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You mean to tell me that they are having BASEBALL scores at a BASEBALL championship?!?!
Dude, batting averages are barely above .200 and the fielding % is aroun .975
That aint good baseball.
Posted on 6/22/16 at 8:27 am to SirWinston
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Go watch arena football if you don't enjoy good pitching and 4-3 games
I enjoy a good pitching duel as much as anybody, but in eight games involving eight teams, SOMEONE should score more than six runs in a game.
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You mean to tell me that they are having BASEBALL scores at a BASEBALL championship?!?!
These are not baseball scores, they are fricking World Cup Soccer scores.
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These are supposed to be the best teams in the country. Why should the average runs per game be high? If this was due to crap baseball, that is one thing. But teams are playing good defense and have good pitching going.
39 runs in 8 games is less than five runs a game. No game so far has seen more than eight runs scored. No Major League Baseball season in at least the last 25 years has had an average runs scored per game less than eight, and that's with wooden bats and half the league playing without a DH. So, I guess the major leaguers just aren't as good as these superstars in Omaha this year.
This post was edited on 6/22/16 at 8:44 am
Posted on 6/22/16 at 10:19 am to Nuts4LSU
So, you are comparing a 162 game season to 8 games?
Well, this conversation is pointless. What a dumbazz.
Well, this conversation is pointless. What a dumbazz.
Posted on 6/22/16 at 10:24 am to Nuts4LSU
You forgot one thing though, those MLB teams have pro hitters.
Most of the hitters in the CWS will ever make it to the mlb while on the other hand a lot of these pitchers have a good shot at making it
Most of the hitters in the CWS will ever make it to the mlb while on the other hand a lot of these pitchers have a good shot at making it
Posted on 6/22/16 at 10:38 am to YeahYeah
The CWS averaged 8.3 runs per game last season. If you look at the National rankings in runs scored and hits per game the teams in this year's field are way less talented offensively than last year. Combine that with better pitching and you are getting about half the runs per game.
Posted on 6/22/16 at 10:41 am to dgtiger3
As someone pointed out in another thread, hone runs were up during the regionals and super regionals. Pitching and defense eventually win in the end. You can't slug your way to a championship in baseball
Posted on 6/22/16 at 10:54 am to Nuts4LSU
So what is a suitable number of runs per game to you? What do the scores need to be for you to be satisfied? Maybe we can make a phone call to the coaches and tell them to step it up a notch.
Let's just forget the fact that Arizona struck out 26 batters in 2 games, which is going to severely limit run production for teams, while at the same time being shut down by Oklahoma State in the second game.
And hell, what about Beckwith absolutly shutting down Florida Sunday, going the distance to best the #1 Team. A team, I might add, that was supposedly the most complete unit in the country.
Let's just forget the fact that Arizona struck out 26 batters in 2 games, which is going to severely limit run production for teams, while at the same time being shut down by Oklahoma State in the second game.
And hell, what about Beckwith absolutly shutting down Florida Sunday, going the distance to best the #1 Team. A team, I might add, that was supposedly the most complete unit in the country.
Posted on 6/22/16 at 11:12 am to Nuts4LSU
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No Major League Baseball season in at least the last 25 years has had an average runs scored per game less than eight, and that's with wooden bats and half the league playing without a DH. So, I guess the major leaguers just aren't as good as these superstars in Omaha this year.
don't forget half of the league was on steroids...
Posted on 6/22/16 at 11:18 am to chalmetteowl
what a horrible cws this has been
all teams no one gives a rats arse about
all teams no one gives a rats arse about
Posted on 6/22/16 at 11:21 am to Jack Bauer7
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what a horrible cws this has been
all teams no one gives a rats arse about
I've actually enjoyed the CWS. It's what makes baseball a great sport. You can have all the 1st round picks in the world but that doesn't mean you will win.
Posted on 6/22/16 at 12:41 pm to Nuts4LSU
Based upon my rough calculations for combined runs per game during playoffs:
Regionals (101 games) - 11.20 runs per game
Supers (20 games) - 8.40 runs per game
CWS - (8 games) - 4.88 runs per game
Regionals (101 games) - 11.20 runs per game
Supers (20 games) - 8.40 runs per game
CWS - (8 games) - 4.88 runs per game
Posted on 6/22/16 at 2:01 pm to tigers102886
Skip has always said,since going to the new park, that runs will always be down, at times drastically, due to the configuration of the park in relation to the way the strong winds blow. He says that the only way to improve offenses in Omaha is to bring the fences in. Fla. had the best staff in Omaha, in the whole country, yet managed to score only 4 runs, 2 on a 2 run HR in the bottom of the 9th of their last game. Their pitching, good or bad, had nothing to do with their defeats. As a whole, way too many balls that were turned into simple fly outs would have been HR's in most college parks.
Posted on 6/22/16 at 2:07 pm to More beer please
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batting averages are barely above .200
Yeah, good pitching tends to cause that.
Posted on 6/22/16 at 2:17 pm to double d
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Yeah, good pitching tends to cause that.
Or a large pitchers park, errors, terrible stadium design, and generally bad baseball.
shite even Kendall Rogers is baggin on the offenses, especially UF.
Posted on 6/22/16 at 2:19 pm to SirWinston
amen
I went to a few games over the weekend and it is STILL ENTERTAINING
I went to a few games over the weekend and it is STILL ENTERTAINING
Posted on 6/22/16 at 2:35 pm to More beer please
OR 124 strikeouts in 508 at-bats. You know, when everyone is striking out nearly 1 out of every 4 at-bats, that tends to hurt the average. Just sayin'.
Four games have seen teams combine for 18+ strikeouts. In those four games, batters struck out 30% of their at-bats (77 times in 261 at-bats). And guess what? 14 of the 39 runs were scored in 2 of those games (36%).
So who is to blame here? Are we seeing good pitching? Or inconsistent hitting? Or both?
I would suspect any LSU fan would understand inconsistent hitting, because the tigers were hellaciously good at being inconsistent this year (and I'm a Tiger fan). And since OP is apparently a Tiger fan, he ought to be able to figure out which is the case with the CWS.
ETA: Add to that 162 groundouts, and you have 56% of outs attributed to groundouts or strikeouts.
Four games have seen teams combine for 18+ strikeouts. In those four games, batters struck out 30% of their at-bats (77 times in 261 at-bats). And guess what? 14 of the 39 runs were scored in 2 of those games (36%).
So who is to blame here? Are we seeing good pitching? Or inconsistent hitting? Or both?
I would suspect any LSU fan would understand inconsistent hitting, because the tigers were hellaciously good at being inconsistent this year (and I'm a Tiger fan). And since OP is apparently a Tiger fan, he ought to be able to figure out which is the case with the CWS.
ETA: Add to that 162 groundouts, and you have 56% of outs attributed to groundouts or strikeouts.
This post was edited on 6/22/16 at 2:47 pm
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