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re: Great NYT Article re: Bats, Scoring at TDA Park; and not from LSU perspective
Posted on 6/23/13 at 10:07 pm to drizztiger
Posted on 6/23/13 at 10:07 pm to drizztiger
No LSU fans in their right minds are arguing to bring gorillaball back. If you watched the CWS, you'd see that legitimate power hitters are crushing baseballs and they're not reaching the warning tracks. They've gone from making it harder to being freaking unfair. It's hard to enjoy the event when one of the two finalists knows they should have legitimately lost both of their first two games in the 9th or gone to extra innings on home runs.
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Posted on 6/23/13 at 11:12 pm to NutHanger Farm
Tracy Smith is a bitch.
Posted on 6/24/13 at 12:10 am to TFS4E
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It's turning in to hockey or soccer which is boring as frick.
Whoa whoa whoa... let's settle down for a second.
this.
Posted on 6/24/13 at 5:40 am to WackyChris
Title IX ruined college baseball for me. It's been on a steady decline since then, IMHO. I still watch it, don't get me wrong. I'd just enjoy it more if we could watch the kind of teams we'd have if teams awarded full rides to all worthy players.
Posted on 6/24/13 at 9:11 am to loweralabamatrojan
Why don't they make college basketball teams play with deflated basketballs?
It would cut down on selfishness, one on one hotdogging, and allow the "fundamentally sound" white teams that like to pass the ball to reach the Final Four!
It would cut down on selfishness, one on one hotdogging, and allow the "fundamentally sound" white teams that like to pass the ball to reach the Final Four!
Posted on 6/24/13 at 9:13 am to lsutigers1992
Because player safety isn't a concern with inflated basketballs 
Posted on 6/24/13 at 9:25 am to NutHanger Farm
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Indiana Coach Tracy Smith said the change gave fundamentally sound teams from cold-weather states a better chance against traditional Sun Belt powers.
So, this is what's it's really all about. Bunch of damn yankees jealous of southern superiority again.
Posted on 6/24/13 at 9:27 am to harry coleman beast
Just change the balls and be done with it. Those balls they are using seriously look like some shite you buy off the shelf at wal-mart
Posted on 6/24/13 at 9:29 am to burke985
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Just change the balls and be done with it. Those balls they are using seriously look like some shite you buy off the shelf at wal-mart
What if the majority wants to keep the same balls?
Posted on 6/24/13 at 9:29 am to burke985
NCAA is getting what it wants...a more even playing field for northern teams IMO.
Posted on 6/24/13 at 9:32 am to MontanaTiger
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So, this is what's it's really all about. Bunch of damn yankees jealous of southern superiority again
No. It's about ESPN being pissed off that they have a product that only caters to one top-twenty television market (Los Angeles). ESPN doesn't care if they get big numbers in Baton Rouge and Jackson Mississippi.
If one percent of the NYC TV market watches Stony Brook, it matches their entire Baton Rouge audience.
Posted on 6/24/13 at 9:33 am to lsutigers1992
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What if the majority wants to keep the same balls?
Did the majority wanna change the bats again after 2010?
Posted on 6/24/13 at 9:33 am to burke985
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Just change the balls and be done with it.
If this stops people from bitching I say go for it......nobody on this damn board complained about the balls until they heard Peterson say something about it at the SEC tourney. Hell even the complaining about the bats was down.
If changing the balls stop people from complaining again I say go for it. However, when people start seeing strikeouts go up because the minor league ball moves more than the current ball I expect to see the same type of bitching again.
Posted on 6/24/13 at 9:36 am to LSU316
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Minor league ball moves more
No it doesn't. That's the whole reason it goes farther. The seams are .5mm lower which means less drag which means 20 feet more distance and 20% less movement on breaking balls.
Posted on 6/24/13 at 9:36 am to harry coleman beast
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What if the majority wants to keep the same balls?
Sometimes the majority is wrong and 99.6 percent of America doesn't give a frick about this anyway. The people are for this aren't talking about injuries. They're saying "IT'S NOT FAAAAAIIIIIIIRRRRRRR.! WE'RE NOT GOOD ENOUGH!"
Posted on 6/24/13 at 9:37 am to burke985
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Did the majority wanna change the bats again after 2010?
Well since they were changed, i'd say yes the majority of people who matter wanted to change them.
Posted on 6/24/13 at 9:37 am to JJ27
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No it doesn't.
I'll take the word of dudes that have actually thrown both balls in games at a high level over someone on this board.....no offense.
Posted on 6/24/13 at 9:39 am to LSU316
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Well since they were changed, i'd say yes the majority of people who matter wanted to change them.
Did they ask coaches around the nation or was it something the NCAA decided.
Posted on 6/24/13 at 9:39 am to burke985
Im sure it was the NCAA, you know the people who make the rules.
Posted on 6/24/13 at 9:40 am to JJ27
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.5mm lower which means less drag which means 20 feet more distance
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20% less movement
I'm sure some damn smart people came up with those numbers....and I'm sure there is some physics to back that up....but it doesn't make good common sense.
Like I said I'll take the word of guys that have thrown both balls in games.
This post was edited on 6/24/13 at 9:41 am
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