Looking at our stats compared with UCLA's I found something really interesting. Even though their team batting average is only .011 points lower than ours they only have TWO players with over 100 Total Bases on the year where as we have SEVEN. I thought this disparity was rather drastic after seeing that our team batting averages are not that far apart - even though we are obviously the superior hitting team.

UCLA
Tyler Rahmatulla....108
Blair Dunlap...........104
Team Total.............918

LSU
Mikie Mahtook........146
Micah Gibbs...........142
Blake Dean.............134
Matt Gaudet...........125
Leon Landry...........118
Austin Nola.............116
Tyler Hanover...........104
Team Total..............1102

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Posted by clamdip

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Posted on 6/5/10 at 3:21 pm to LSU=Champions

meaning... UCLA gets relatively few extra base hits?

is their ballpark bigger or smaller than Alex Box?

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Posted by CRAZY 4 LSU

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Posted on 6/5/10 at 3:21 pm to LSU=Champions

How many runs do they average compared to us?

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Posted by LSU=Champions

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Posted on 6/5/10 at 3:25 pm to CRAZY 4 LSU

UCLA runs total at 404. That's 7.08 a game.

LSU runs total at 491. That's 8.05 a game.

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Posted by LSU=Champions

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Posted on 6/5/10 at 3:26 pm to clamdip

Their ballpark is much shorter in the power alleys and center field. The corners at 330 are the same as the Box.

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Posted on 6/5/10 at 3:29 pm to clamdip

quote:
is their ballpark bigger or smaller than Alex Box?

smaller

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Posted by MOT

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Posted on 6/5/10 at 3:31 pm to LSU=Champions

What is it in the alleys?

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Posted by Cajuns Rifle

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Posted on 6/5/10 at 3:33 pm to MOT

330' - down the lines
370' - power alleys
395' - straight away center

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Posted by LSUAce007

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Posted on 6/5/10 at 3:33 pm to LSU=Champions

quote:
Their ballpark is much shorter in the power alleys and center field.

I know the box is 10 ft. deeper in center, but I thought theirs was 10 ft. deeper in the alleys.

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Posted by Cajuns Rifle

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Posted on 6/5/10 at 3:36 pm to LSUAce007

They are only 5' deeper in the alleys versus the Box.

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Posted by LSU=Champions

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Posted on 6/5/10 at 3:36 pm to LSUAce007

Theirs is 5 feet deeper in the alleys, my mistake.

But the porch in center is 10 shorter.

This post was edited on 6/5/10 at 3:37 pm

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Posted by LSUAce007

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Posted on 6/5/10 at 3:37 pm to Cajuns Rifle

quote:
330' - down the lines
370' - power alleys (I thought it was 375')
395' - straight away center

And Alex Box is 330, 365, and 405 if I'm not mistaken. So there's not a drastic difference in total field surface.

This post was edited on 6/5/10 at 3:38 pm

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Posted by LSU=Champions

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Posted on 6/5/10 at 3:38 pm to LSUAce007

BIG difference though in coming from the Hoover Met which is

quote:
Left Field: 340. Left-Center: 385. Center Field: 405

I mean a 15 foot difference in the power alleys in one week changes the approach from pitchers I'm sure.

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Posted by Cajuns Rifle

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Posted on 6/5/10 at 3:42 pm to LSUAce007

The source I used is 2 years old LINK, but another Rant thread also gave the same dimensions as the ones I provided.

Another difference in the ball making it out of the park is the height of the outfield fence. Theirs is a uniform 8' height while the Box is 10' - 15'.

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