Ping! College Baseball Thread

Nonlinear FC · Post by **Nonlinear FC** » Fri Jun 09, 2023 9:00 am

Yeah, that was a bummer. Way too many runs given up by the Jays.

(Lynchburg fans were a hoot behind home plate. Good for them. (not being sarcastic).

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Sat Jun 10, 2023 10:29 pm

Pretty epic bed-shitting today by Stanford, stealing a defeat from the jaws of victory, versus Texas.

9th inning, leading 5-2, closer enters game to start the inning. Proceeds to two walks and one hbp on the first three batters to load the bases. New pitcher. Next batter hits fly to right-centerfield. Either outfielder could catch it, but confusion on who - so neither catches it and ball ends up rolling to the fence. Etc. Texas wins. Or rather, Stanford loses.

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Sat Jun 10, 2023 11:25 pm

Uk down 11-0 last I saw so have to win two on the trot.

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Mon Jun 12, 2023 10:50 pm

sancarlos wrote: Sat Jun 10, 2023 10:29 pm Pretty epic bed-shitting today by Stanford, stealing a defeat from the jaws of victory, versus Texas.

9th inning, leading 5-2, closer enters game to start the inning. Proceeds to two walks and one hbp on the first three batters to load the bases. New pitcher. Next batter hits fly to right-centerfield. Either outfielder could catch it, but confusion on who - so neither catches it and ball ends up rolling to the fence. Etc. Texas wins. Or rather, Stanford loses.

Turnabout is fair play, I guess. Stanford advances as winning run scores in bottom of 9th, because Texas outfielder doesn’t catch routine fly ball.

Reaper · Post by **Reaper** » Tue Jun 13, 2023 11:24 am

sancarlos wrote: Mon Jun 12, 2023 10:50 pm
sancarlos wrote: Sat Jun 10, 2023 10:29 pm Pretty epic bed-shitting today by Stanford, stealing a defeat from the jaws of victory, versus Texas.

9th inning, leading 5-2, closer enters game to start the inning. Proceeds to two walks and one hbp on the first three batters to load the bases. New pitcher. Next batter hits fly to right-centerfield. Either outfielder could catch it, but confusion on who - so neither catches it and ball ends up rolling to the fence. Etc. Texas wins. Or rather, Stanford loses.
Turnabout is fair play, I guess. Stanford advances as winning run scores in bottom of 9th, because Texas outfielder doesn’t catch routine fly ball.

To be fair, none of the outfielders or the 2nd baseman looked like they knew where it was, only the shortstop, who was obviously too far away to make a play.

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Tue Jun 13, 2023 11:28 am

But, I don’t know why they couldn’t find it. It was after twilight, in early evening. Lights were on, no glare. No issues for either team before that.

Nonlinear FC · Post by **Nonlinear FC** » Tue Jun 13, 2023 11:49 am

I've played about dozen baseball games under the lights and probably... conservatively about 100 soccer games at night.

Especially with baseball, if the ball gets up above the main focus of the lights, you can absolutely lose the ball for a second or two. For it to happen with multiple outfielders is what's odd about that play. Usually it has something to do with the height and the angle. Not about glare, but about the ball literally going out of sight. But for what looked like the entire outfield and the 2b to lose it is weird. You can see the SS tracked it the whole time.

Nonlinear FC · Post by **Nonlinear FC** » Tue Jun 13, 2023 11:56 am

I was looking for a quote from one of the players and (not surprisingly) can't find it.*

But I did see from D1Baseball.com that Texas A&M lost two balls in the twilight at that stadium/field earlier in the month. Apparently, it's a known thing that twilight games cause issues for the uninitiated.

* - Unlike with the pros, college players are (usually) only made available at the discretion of the coaches/admins.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Tue Jun 13, 2023 12:13 pm

Assuming these are smaller stadiums, I assume that's right. The ball goes up, through the lights, then just into the night, then back through the lights and into your focus. There are a lot of places to lose it when its not simply a white ball on black or blue sky.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Tue Jun 13, 2023 12:17 pm

Just watched the video. CF never saw it, RF saw it then lost it and the batter seems to say "OH SHIT!" when he realizes neither OF can find it and won't have time to recover.

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Fri Jun 16, 2023 6:54 pm

It was an exciting moment, but espn’s Karl Ravech really messed up the call.

cerranoredux · Post by **cerranoredux** » Fri Jun 16, 2023 7:03 pm

sancarlos wrote: Fri Jun 16, 2023 6:54 pm It was an exciting moment, but espn’s Karl Ravech really messed up the call.

Happened to have this on in the background and saw the ball go out. As Ravech was saying “walk-off” I was confused as to why the pitcher was asking for another ball.

Post by **brian** » Fri Jun 16, 2023 8:51 pm

My favorite team is whoever is playing Oral Roberts.

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Fri Jun 16, 2023 9:36 pm

Ping!

Rush2112 · Post by **Rush2112** » Sat Jun 17, 2023 12:56 am

New England college baseball is almost as weak as New England college Football.

HaulCitgo · Post by **HaulCitgo** » Sat Jun 17, 2023 8:16 am

You can go ahead and toss the high schools in there too. Terrible. My brother was a pretty good baseball and football player. Then they went to Florida for spring practice. Might as well have been different sports

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Sat Jun 17, 2023 11:14 am

Stanford is the only team in this year’s CWS not from south of the Mason-Dixon Line.

rass · Post by **rass** » Thu Jun 22, 2023 8:33 pm

Extra innings…

Post by **brian** » Sun Jun 25, 2023 4:30 pm

Post by **brian** » Sun Jun 25, 2023 4:31 pm

Statcast era is only about 15 years or so, right? Still impressive tho.

EnochRoot · Post by **EnochRoot** » Sun Jun 25, 2023 4:58 pm

What's interesting here is because the pitch was elevated somewhat, his swing didn't really jump out as a massive uppercut. Mike Ford's first HR at OPCY yesterday, while less of an uppercut (46°), looked like he was swinging a pitching wedge because the pitch scraped the lower edge of the K zone.

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Sun Jun 25, 2023 5:24 pm

Caglianone just hit one with a 56 degree launch angle. After a tough extra innings loss yesterday dem Gators came to play today. 20-3 in the top of the ninth. Tomorrow night should be great.

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Sun Jun 25, 2023 5:24 pm

Make it 21.

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Sun Jun 25, 2023 5:29 pm

Veintidos

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Sun Jun 25, 2023 5:40 pm

Make it a Griffey's worth.

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Sun Jun 25, 2023 9:07 pm

Will the CWS match the Rockies/Angels series from this weekend? The former won the series with a -20-plus run differential.

Nonlinear FC · Post by **Nonlinear FC** » Mon Jun 26, 2023 9:04 am

Jebus. I stopped keeping track of this game at 8-3.

Post by **brian** » Mon Jun 26, 2023 6:50 pm

Bet big on over 9.5 runs in this game.

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Mon Jun 26, 2023 6:52 pm

Looking good.

Post by **brian** » Mon Jun 26, 2023 7:01 pm

I put another $100 on over 16.5 in-game. My guess is these pitchers are gassed.

Post by **brian** » Mon Jun 26, 2023 7:09 pm

Let’s get this baby to 8-8 because I love close games and money.

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Mon Jun 26, 2023 7:41 pm

brian wrote: Mon Jun 26, 2023 7:09 pm Let’s get this baby to 8-8 because I love close games and money.

These fucking Cajuns all look like men's league softball players.

Post by **brian** » Mon Jun 26, 2023 8:58 pm

I’ve been wrong on bets before and I’ll be wrong again but still not sure where the logic on 9.5 for the total was.

rass · Post by **rass** » Fri Feb 02, 2024 7:26 am

Former Alabama baseball head coach violated wagering, ethical conduct rules

On April 28, 2023, prior to Alabama's baseball game against Louisiana State University (LSU), Bohannon sent several electronic messages via the Signal encrypted messaging application to a bettor that Bohannon knew was involved in sports wagering activities. The electronic messages indicated that an Alabama baseball student-athlete (student-athlete 1), the scheduled starting pitcher for that evening's contest against LSU, would not start the contest due to an injury. Bohannon provided this information to the bettor before reporting the starting lineup (with student- athlete 1 replaced as the starting pitcher) to the LSU coaching staff. Specifically, Bohannon texted the bettor: "HAMMER … [Student-athlete 1] is out for sure … Lemme know when I can tell LSU… Hurry."

Shortly after receiving the electronic messages from Bohannon, the bettor attempted to place a $100,000 wager on the LSU baseball team at the BetMGM sportsbook at the Great American Ballpark in Cincinnati but the sportsbook staff limited the bettor to a $15,000 wager. The bettor then attempted to place additional wagers involving the April 28 Alabama vs. LSU baseball game, but the sportsbook staff declined the wagers due to suspicious activity. This suspicious activity included the bettor's insistent demeanor to get the bet placed and statements to sportsbook staff that the bet was "for sure going to win" and "if only you guys knew what I knew." The suspicious activity also included the bettor showing sportsbook staff messages from Bohannon and explaining that the messages were Bohannon informing bettor that Alabama was scratching its starting pitcher before the game and before Bohannon alerted LSU.

h/t Defector

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Fri Feb 02, 2024 7:33 am

Just the absolute dumbest

Post by **brian** » Mon Mar 11, 2024 6:21 pm

UNLV scored 15 runs against New Mexico yesterday.

And lost by 16 runs.

HaulCitgo · Post by **HaulCitgo** » Fri Jun 07, 2024 5:39 pm

UConn calling into question northeast baseball. 24-4

Post by **brian** » Fri Jun 07, 2024 6:25 pm

HaulCitgo wrote: Fri Jun 07, 2024 5:39 pm UConn calling into question northeast baseball. 24-4

Winning a regional is impressive. Doesn’t matter what happens after that for a mid-major.

HaulCitgo · Post by **HaulCitgo** » Fri Jun 07, 2024 7:33 pm

Maybe. But they're all mid majors in New England.

Post by **brian** » Fri Jun 07, 2024 7:52 pm

HaulCitgo wrote: Fri Jun 07, 2024 7:33 pm Maybe. But they're all mid majors in New England.

Every school north of the Mason-Dixon Line is a mid-major in college baseball, the Big Ten included.