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re: Am I the only one that thinks college baseball ain't what it was!!
Posted on 4/17/17 at 9:39 pm to cra_cra
Posted on 4/17/17 at 9:39 pm to cra_cra
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have never, ever seen a statistic that showed pitchers are more safe.
A baseball traveling at a higher velocity does more damage to an object than a baseball traveling at a slower velocity.
More damage equals less safe than the lower velocity ball. Even if the difference is miniscule,there is a difference.
Posted on 4/18/17 at 8:45 am to classof72
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Am I the only one that thinks college baseball ain't what it was!!
The entire college baseball fan base knows it isn't what it use to be.
Ameritrade and the CWS are as boring as shite.
The homerun is part of the game. To almost completely remove that during the most important time of the year, the time where we separate the best teams, is ridiculous.
I don't care what anyone says, but a lot of the pitching stats you see in Omaha are fluffed.
The bats don't just take away the long ball, but also hard gap shots for extra base hits.
Bunting and stituational hitting are definitely part of the game, but it shouldn't be the only part.
The game was more exciting when a team down 3 could go up by 2 or 3 in one inning.
Watching runners be bunted over 11 times, shallow fly balls and a final score of 2-1 in Omaha is killing the game.
I love baseball, it's consumed most of my entire life, I love watching it regardless, but facts are facts.
The college game has become boring.
*someone mentioned the 2009 bats, those were perfect. As long as we have BBcore the game will suffer.
This post was edited on 4/18/17 at 8:48 am
Posted on 4/18/17 at 8:50 am to LSURussian
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LSURussian
You are insufferable. Are you the clapper?
Posted on 4/18/17 at 8:59 am to shawnlsu
quote:Thank you. Love you, too.
You are insufferable.
quote:Yes. I do it just to give the Rant something else to bitch about.
Are you the clapper?
And you're the guy who thinks the FICA tax doesn't include withholding taxes for Social Security.
Posted on 4/18/17 at 9:05 am to LSURussian
The more you know.
I'll admit I'm not a tax professional.
Doesn't make you any less of a PITA
I'll admit I'm not a tax professional.
Doesn't make you any less of a PITA
Posted on 4/18/17 at 9:09 am to shawnlsu
quote:It doesn't take a tax professional to know that FICA was established to fund Social Security. How can anyone who pays FICA not know that? You even claimed there was a separate tax you paid just for Social Security. That's a ignorant as it gets....
I'll admit I'm not a tax professional.
quote:Coming from someone as ignorant as you, I consider that a compliment. Thank you.
Doesn't make you any less of a PITA
Posted on 4/18/17 at 12:11 pm to classof72
I miss the gorilla ball days.
If they're not going to change the bats, at least move the fence in 10-15 feet (depending on the spot - not suggesting moving it in 15 at the left and right field line).
If they did that teams could actually play their game and play the game that got them there in the first place.
Plus, it's college baseball's premier event. It would generate more interest in the sport as a whole to have more Warren Morris walk off moments and more homeruns in general.
The steroid era of MLB proved that there is a direct correlation between fan interest and power hitting.
If they're not going to change the bats, at least move the fence in 10-15 feet (depending on the spot - not suggesting moving it in 15 at the left and right field line).
If they did that teams could actually play their game and play the game that got them there in the first place.
Plus, it's college baseball's premier event. It would generate more interest in the sport as a whole to have more Warren Morris walk off moments and more homeruns in general.
The steroid era of MLB proved that there is a direct correlation between fan interest and power hitting.
Posted on 4/18/17 at 12:15 pm to Number 31
quote:The steroid era was in college too. That was part of the problem.
The steroid era of MLB proved that there is a direct correlation between fan interest and power hitting.
Posted on 4/18/17 at 12:26 pm to Number 31
If the games were still at Rosenblatt the bats would be fine. They had to screw with a good thing. Even the name of the new ballpark sucks. TD Ameritrade. If I remember correctly, Hoover is either larger or at least the same size as TD Ameritrade. The ball just carries better at Hoover, as it used to also at Rosenblatt.
Posted on 4/18/17 at 2:02 pm to LSURussian
quote:Moving the fences in would increase homeruns a little, but it would be offset somewhat by decreasing the area the outfielders have to cover, which would lead to more fly ball outs, and fewer extra base hits. As exciting as a walk off homer is, a double that scores the winning run from first is probably more exciting. You can have both more home runs, and room for extra base hits, if you change the wind patterns.
Or, just move the fences in
Posted on 4/18/17 at 2:26 pm to twk
No, you are not the only one. College baseball is on a downward trend and the dead bats and balls are to blame. Some will argue that the pitching is better well its not.......when a pitcher makes a mistake now a days its usually a flyout to the warning track. Pitchers can make a lot more mistakes now a days then they could in the 90s.
I have a 14 year old son who plays a lot of travel ball. When they were 12 and 13 playing USSSA ball and allowed to use the -5 bats the games were a lot more exciting for the fans and players. Now at 14 they playing in Perfect Game tournaments and only allowed to use BBCOR bats and HRs have dropped way off while playing at the same ball parks. It definitely is a different game being played with the different bats and whomever thinks it makes the college game more realistic to the pro game is crazy because every pro team I watch has at least 8 hitters in the line up that can hit a long ball at any given time in the game while most college teams have maybe 4 or 5 in their line up that will hit 5 HRs for the entire season!!
High School teams don't even know what HRs are any more!!
I have a 14 year old son who plays a lot of travel ball. When they were 12 and 13 playing USSSA ball and allowed to use the -5 bats the games were a lot more exciting for the fans and players. Now at 14 they playing in Perfect Game tournaments and only allowed to use BBCOR bats and HRs have dropped way off while playing at the same ball parks. It definitely is a different game being played with the different bats and whomever thinks it makes the college game more realistic to the pro game is crazy because every pro team I watch has at least 8 hitters in the line up that can hit a long ball at any given time in the game while most college teams have maybe 4 or 5 in their line up that will hit 5 HRs for the entire season!!
High School teams don't even know what HRs are any more!!
Posted on 4/18/17 at 4:14 pm to classof72
Nobody cares what you think. The game is much better now than it was 10 years ago. First, there's parity all over the SEC. The teams are better, the pitching is better, and defense is much better. All this makes the competition better. The team that ends up winning the SEC West will deserve the title.
Posted on 4/18/17 at 9:44 pm to classof72
College baseball really never was except in the southeast region. I'd rather have a competitive, championship-caliber basketball team that a championship-caliber baseball team. MUCH more prestige in the former than the latter.
This post was edited on 4/19/17 at 9:00 am
Posted on 4/19/17 at 8:47 am to classof72
I just wish we could go back to Friday night and Saturday DH.
Posted on 4/19/17 at 8:50 am to classof72
I'd argue wood bats are better then the crappy bats they are using now.
Posted on 4/19/17 at 9:18 am to kack44blade
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Nobody cares what you think.
Yet here you are
quote:
The game is much better now than it was 10 years ago. First, there's parity all over the SEC. The teams are better, the pitching is better, and defense is much better. All this makes the competition better. The team that ends up winning the SEC West will deserve the title.
Wrong.
Notice how you mentioned everything but offense.
What was wrong with the game 10 years ago? LSU didn't deserve to win the west in '08,'09? Or all those years in the 90's? Go away, you're retarded.
This post was edited on 4/19/17 at 9:22 am
Posted on 4/19/17 at 10:58 am to LSURussian
Would make going to the games much easier and warrant people making longer trips to catch two games and not have to spend money staying overnight each time. Would help with attendance.
Posted on 4/19/17 at 11:12 am to rpg37
quote:That's the main reason DH are no longer used on weekends.
Would help with attendance.
A DH effectively eliminates a sold out game each weekend when one ticket is used to see two games.
Even if the stadium is cleared between games and a second ticket is needed for admittance to the second game of the DH, see below.
quote:Sitting through 5 or 6 hours of games every Saturday is easier? Nope.
Would make going to the games much easier
The attendance for each game would be drastically reduced from what separate games on successive days have. People are not going to want to sit through 6 hours of games on one day. And that's not just my opinion. It's what we've seen happen on those occasions when we have to play a DH to make up for a rain out.
quote:Only applies to a very small percentage of fans attending games.
and not have to spend money staying overnight each time.
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