LSU=Champions

I’m shocked nicholastiger had yet another asinine idea in this legitimate, annual thread. RA’d for shitposting.

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Jacksonville state & Virginia aren’t bad either (seriously)

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Jax State is pretty good.

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Wow, really some hard hitting analysis in here.

You can only do so much prep for it. I think it’s mostly intuitive, and subjective to the individual catcher. The catchers who have baseball brains are going to be naturals at it. I’m not sure that’s Cade. Think more of a Milazzo type.

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Jeff Head had only 5 calls overturned by challenge. 308 total pitches in the UK vs Vandy game (77 batters). Some are hit/fouled off and some are swung on and missed, but 5 out of 200 or so that were taken is not bad.

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I’m not so sure that’s a good ratio. There is way more than meets the eye here.

The denominator - that is, the number of pitches that are essentially subject of umpire discretion - is much fewer than 200ish in a 308 pitch game. As you noted, we’re not considering the pitches that are swung on (hit and put into play, hit and out of play, or missed and auto strike), as those are auto calls. There are also a significant number of pitches that are blatant balls and strikes where the any guy with a pulse standing on the rafters could make the call. Those pitches aren’t really part of the calculus. The denominator really is only the close, marginal pitches within a few inches around the strike zone where you’re relying upon someone who’s supposed to be an “expert” in his field to objectively determine a borderline ball or strike. The number of those pitches in a given game is not 3 figures, it’s 2 figures, and I’d suggest it’s somewhere around 50-75.

Then there are also pitches that are erroneously called a ball or strike that are not challenged for any number of reasons, so the missed call number very likely should be much higher.

TLDR version: Jeff Head does not get the benefit of the doubt from me.

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Theoretically, LSU should have an advantage in that they have to have these games and the other teams, most of them do not. They are looking to get guys work to prepare for the regional. LSU, in theory, should be grinding every pitch in every at bat.

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This may be the definition of overthinking it.

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I hope one of arrambide or Serna hit 30 homers

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Bruh, I feel like I’m going mental. This guy’s GOT to be trolling. :lol:

We’re cut from the same cloth. I made a pretty sizable multi-tabbed Excel spreadsheet back in 2024 ahead of the SECT as we were squarely on the bubble. It was essentially a historical RPI analysis for all teams finishing with 12, 13, 14, and 15 regular season SEC wins, charting each team’s RPI, SEC regular season wins, SECT wins, combined SEC wins, and whether or not that team got a postseason bid.

Obviously had no reason to update it last year.

Well, after our series win vs Tenn earlier this year, I spent a considerable amount of my time updating it with the full 2024 and 2025 data. What a waste of time that was :lol:

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Guys like Tommy White and Skenes probably got really good deals to come.
Someone like Caraway probably not as much.
Schmidt was given a pretty good deal to get him out of the draft.
Evans was getting recruited by the big name schools as well so it probably took a nice deal to get him to come.

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Just a fantastic job comparing apples to oranges and apples to bananas. You really are an idiot.

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I miss rosenblatt

The new stadium at Omaha is a joke

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Have you been to both stadiums?

They both have their own pros and cons. I deleted a long rant analyzing the two, but I think it’s fair to say Charles Schwab Field/TD Ameritrade Park is far from a “joke.”

I understand people being frustrated and even angry with the destruction of an Americana landmark like Rosenblatt. I was one of those people years ago and remained of that opinion for several years after the move. But there’s a lot of positives that have come from the changes. LSU has benefitted from it. Omaha has certainly benefited from it. And while the quality of the game definitely regressed after BBCOR bats were implemented but before the transition to the flat-seamed balls, the sport of college baseball is in a much better place now and has a much better future with the current park in Omaha.

Thank you for posting this. Was hoping to find a picture of our old seats, and was pleased to able to spot my father and I sitting in grandstand at the place where so many foundational memories were made.

This season certainly sucks, but - for those of us old enough to have lived through and remember it - we are all very fortunate to have the life experiences watching the growth and rise of the LSU baseball program that reigned in a dynasty in the 90s and eventually became the preeminent college baseball program in the country, which it remains today. This is a mere bump in tRoad. :cheers:

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You’re right, Reaves accounted for 10% of the offense. Show the work, and what makes up the other 90%, and I’ll buy everyone in this thread a beer. F it, a case of beer.

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It would mean that Reaves played a role in 10% of the team’s runs, subject to the understanding that other players could also be responsible for having a role in some of those runs. The percentage is not mutually exclusive of others and every players’ respective percentages will not add up to 100%.