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CWS 80's 90's teams vs today. Who was better?
Posted on 6/14/19 at 1:57 am
Posted on 6/14/19 at 1:57 am
Referring to teams in general, not just LSU
How would these old teams have fared with current format of super regional, 3 game final?
Recall many teams make CWS on tails of 1 pitcher. Fresno State in 91, The Citadel in 90?
How would these old teams have fared with current format of super regional, 3 game final?
Recall many teams make CWS on tails of 1 pitcher. Fresno State in 91, The Citadel in 90?
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Posted on 6/14/19 at 2:06 am to BGLAVI2
Skip over Paul
Posted on 6/14/19 at 2:08 am to BGLAVI2
Gorilla ball in the 90's was legit but watching skip build the program was fun in the 80's. We have had very talented teams in the 2000's but honestly we have underachieved well except for 2009 Imho. College baseball is such a toss up though with the mlb draft and the scholarship limits so who knows.
Posted on 6/14/19 at 2:26 am to BGLAVI2
I'm going to go a little of tangent here so apologies in advance, but I think the '97 LSU Baseball team was one of the great college baseball teams of all time.
It was a team that literally defined the era of "gorilla ball", as they were the biggest gorillas in the jungle.
It's a team that is not only anecdotal as college baseball's most powerful team, but it also won the natty, and that alone for me makes it one the great college baseball teams of all time, as subjective as such notions exist...Subjective as to mean, how many people dismiss the '07 Patriots as the greatest NFL team because David Tyree made an improbable catch?
It was a team that literally defined the era of "gorilla ball", as they were the biggest gorillas in the jungle.
It's a team that is not only anecdotal as college baseball's most powerful team, but it also won the natty, and that alone for me makes it one the great college baseball teams of all time, as subjective as such notions exist...Subjective as to mean, how many people dismiss the '07 Patriots as the greatest NFL team because David Tyree made an improbable catch?
This post was edited on 6/14/19 at 2:28 am
Posted on 6/14/19 at 2:33 am to BGLAVI2
I'll take the steroid era vs today's boring baseball.
Posted on 6/14/19 at 2:35 am to saint tiger225
It's not necessarily boring, just not as exciting as bombs flying around
Posted on 6/14/19 at 2:47 am to BGLAVI2
Its not just steroids. The bats were completely different. I believe the players today must be just as skilled. I catch myself all the time saying "that would have been a homer" etc etc. At a lot of fly balls/fly outs
Posted on 6/14/19 at 5:17 am to BGLAVI2
Depends. They playing with this?
Posted on 6/14/19 at 5:24 am to BGLAVI2
The older teams were better, they had less competition back then so their rosters were more stacked.
Posted on 6/14/19 at 5:29 am to BGLAVI2
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Recall many teams make CWS on tails of 1 pitcher. Fresno State in 91, The Citadel in 90?
Teams had to win a 6 team double elimination tournament that lasted from Thursday-Sunday. At the minimum teams had to win 4 games in 4 days to advance. Teams making the CWS “on the tail of one pitcher” is much easier in today’s format where your ace can throw game 2 of a regional and then win the first game of a Super Regional.
Posted on 6/14/19 at 5:47 am to saint tiger225
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I'll take the steroid era vs today's boring baseball.
Me too! Hahaha
Posted on 6/14/19 at 6:13 am to josh336
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The older teams were better, they had less competition back then so their rosters were more stacked.
This. The # of colleges investing $ in their baseball program is much larger now then in the 80/90s.
Posted on 6/14/19 at 6:56 am to BGLAVI2
Today’s teams would slaughter them - no matter what bats and balls were used. The top two or three old.teams could hold their own, and win if they used the old equipment, but the bottom four teams mostly could not make the NCAA tournament.
The talent in college baseball is way greater today.
The talent in college baseball is way greater today.
Posted on 6/14/19 at 7:08 am to BGLAVI2
BSER vs BBCR
Steroids vs Non-steroids
Rosentblatt vs TD Ameritrade
Big ball vs Small ball
One is far more dominant than the other.
Give me 80/90’s over today, no doubt.
Steroids vs Non-steroids
Rosentblatt vs TD Ameritrade
Big ball vs Small ball
One is far more dominant than the other.
Give me 80/90’s over today, no doubt.
Posted on 6/14/19 at 7:19 am to BGLAVI2
Irrelevant. The bats..
Posted on 6/14/19 at 7:56 am to Yeahright
I used those bats in high school and I was a 5'8 2B and I hit one off the wall at the old box during a tournament and I had no chance to play college baseball.
Those bats were a difference maker.
Those bats were a difference maker.
Posted on 6/14/19 at 7:59 am to Penrod
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Today’s teams would slaughter them - no matter what bats and balls were used. The top two or three old.teams could hold their own, and win if they used the old equipment, but the bottom four teams mostly could not make the NCAA tournament.
The talent in college baseball is way greater today.
Never go full retard!!!
Average Velocity is up a couple of mph in the last 30 years due to kids pitching year round, that's about it. Kids aren't any bigger, faster, or stronger than they were back then, in fact they are probably weaker as a hole since so many were juicing back then.
Pick any bat you want and any park you want and the 91,93,96, or 97 team would of swept this LSU team and probably 10 run ruled them in both games. You honestly think Marceaux, Henry, or Walker could hold any of those lineups down? And how would the 2019 team fair against Big Ben or Laxton in their prime throwing 95-97 with devastating breaking balls or Byrd, Ogea, Sorotka, Coogan, or Ainsworth?
Posted on 6/14/19 at 8:00 am to BGLAVI2
Referring to college baseball as a whole? I think today's teams are far better than the old days. I think tons more talent is going to college these days and being developed very well in college.
Posted on 6/14/19 at 8:02 am to Amadeo
I think a serious argument can be made that the 98 team was better than the 97 team
Posted on 6/14/19 at 8:38 am to FLBooGoTigs1
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College baseball is such a toss up though with the mlb draft and the scholarship limits so who knows.
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