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MikeDeTiger

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Re: College World Series
« Reply #84 on: June 08, 2026, 10:07:30 AM »
Bulldogs can play baseball. 

Since this weekend was the first college baseball I've watched all year, I was puzzled whether UGA is really that good or if Clanga's pitching wasn't up to it.  A team that scores literally almost every inning makes me suspicious.  

Incidentally, people have complained about The Box being a hitter's park over the years.  Sheesh.....our place ain't got nothing on UGA's field.  

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Re: College World Series
« Reply #85 on: June 08, 2026, 10:10:50 AM »
there musta been some voodoo in the air

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Re: College World Series
« Reply #86 on: June 08, 2026, 10:12:26 AM »
The dimensions of the UGA field are pretty standard, RF is closer at 314.  A lot of the HRs hit out would have left anywhere.  The Al bats are a factor overall.



LF: 350 ft (106.7 m)
LC: 370 ft (112.8 m)
CF: 404 ft (123.1 m)
RC: 365 ft (111.3 m)
RF: 314 ft (95.7 m)




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Re: College World Series
« Reply #87 on: June 08, 2026, 10:18:58 AM »
I saw somewhere that UGA will be matched with Texas in Omaha, probably the two best teams left.  I don't understand how they work seeding, or if it matters.  It's double E, no?  I don't know the scheme.
Well, they don’t reseed. So it matches the winner of the 1/16 regionals with the winner of the 8/9 regional, then 2/15 vs 7/10. 

It just happens that would mean the winner of the 6/11 regionals plays the 3/14 winner (that’s UGA and Texas), and doesn’t shift things if 1/2 are eliminated. 

Also, 5 seed UNC (ranked ahead of Texas) is in, and 7 seed ‘Bama likely going as well. 

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Re: College World Series
« Reply #88 on: June 08, 2026, 10:20:28 AM »
Yeah, kinda funny, all the top seeds that got beat in the regional or super.

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Re: College World Series
« Reply #89 on: June 08, 2026, 10:22:36 AM »
Oh and as for the seeding, the top 16 teams are seeded nationally, and they host the regionals.  After that, there is no re-seeding, so if a non-national-seed wins a regional or a super-regional, it attaches to the seeding of the original host.

So Georgia and Texas were the #3 and #6 national seeds and will play in the first game in Omaha.

But #16 national-seed West Virginia has won through what should have been #1-seed UCLA's spot, and unranked Troy won through what should have been #8 national seed Florida, so they'll be meeting in Omaha representing the 1 and 8 seeds.

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« Reply #90 on: June 08, 2026, 10:30:49 AM »
It does seem dumb, but nobody has ever suggested doing that in basketball, because everyone filled out a bracket, but you could just as easily do it there.

When MSU won in 2000, their region was complete chalk, I think they face 16-8-4-2 to get to the Final 4.  And every other region went to hell.  The other 3 teams in the Final 4 were a 5 seed and 2 8 seeds.  MSU's two "toughest" opponents were in the Sweet 16 and Elite 8.

In 2018 one side of the bracket in the Final 4 was #1 Villanova (who beat #3 in the Elite 8) vs. #1 Kansas (who beat #2 in the Elite 8).  The other side was #3 Michigan (who beat #9 in the Elite 8) vs. #11 Loyola (who beat #9 in the Elite 8).  So one side of the Elite 8 was 1-1-2-3.  The other side was 3-9-9-11.  It is what it is.

(But it is always helpful to remind Michigan fans that the highest seed they beat on their run to the title game was a 6 seed, on a half court buzzer beater in the Round of 32) :57:

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Re: College World Series
« Reply #91 on: June 08, 2026, 10:31:07 AM »
Since this weekend was the first college baseball I've watched all year, I was puzzled whether UGA is really that good or if Clanga's pitching wasn't up to it.  A team that scores literally almost every inning makes me suspicious. 

Incidentally, people have complained about The Box being a hitter's park over the years.  Sheesh.....our place ain't got nothing on UGA's field. 
Yeah the Horns didn't play Georgia this year so I can't provide a direct personal review.

Texas lost two series all season, on the road against the Ags, and on the road against the Vols.  Neither of those teams will be in Omaha.  Of the ones that will be, or might be, Texas is 3-0 against the Sooners, 2-1 against Alabama, and 2-1 against Ole Miss.

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Re: College World Series
« Reply #92 on: June 08, 2026, 10:38:08 AM »
The dimensions of the UGA field are pretty standard, RF is closer at 314.  A lot of the HRs hit out would have left anywhere.  The Al bats are a factor overall.



LF: 350 ft (106.7 m)
LC: 370 ft (112.8 m)
CF: 404 ft (123.1 m)
RC: 365 ft (111.3 m)
RF: 314 ft (95.7 m)

Yeah, that right side seems to be where I saw a lot of the balls leave, and though it extends to the same length as our power alleys by RC, that RF is short.  Also, the wall is only 8 feet, which is shorter than ours, at 10 ft., and 15 ft. in center field.  

Anyway, the park may not have mattered at all.  The Bulldogs and Clanga might be that powerful, that's plenty believable.  It was just quite something to see one or both of them homer almost every inning across two games.    

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Re: College World Series
« Reply #93 on: June 08, 2026, 10:50:07 AM »
I think it's the bats coupled with hanging breaking balls.  I was pondering the difference between an MLB pitcher and an above average college pitcher, it could well be a combination of control and being able to change speeds effectively when needed.  The breaking stuff in college usually LOOKS pretty sharp, to me on TV, but at times they leave them UP in the zone, and they leave the zone with alacrity.

The velo seems about comparable.  

We see even elite MLB pitchers at times have a bad game, it often seems, to me, to be 3-4 pitches misplaced by a few inches.

We use wooden bats in my league.  The fences are pretty short, like 300 down the line.  I've seen one HR so far, a slam.  It was a shot, I was playing 1B at the time.


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Re: College World Series
« Reply #94 on: June 08, 2026, 10:59:42 AM »
The bats are still the deadened ones, but the difference from wooden is a larger sweet spot.  So the pitchers don't even need to badly miss their spot, because the hitters don't need to fully barrel it up to get the same pay off

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Re: College World Series
« Reply #95 on: June 08, 2026, 11:08:29 AM »
I saw an Al bat explode in the UGA game, never seen that before.


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Re: College World Series
« Reply #96 on: June 08, 2026, 11:51:05 AM »
It does seem dumb, but nobody has ever suggested doing that in basketball, because everyone filled out a bracket, but you could just as easily do it there.

When MSU won in 2000, their region was complete chalk, I think they face 16-8-4-2 to get to the Final 4.  And every other region went to hell.  The other 3 teams in the Final 4 were a 5 seed and 2 8 seeds.  MSU's two "toughest" opponents were in the Sweet 16 and Elite 8.

In 2018 one side of the bracket in the Final 4 was #1 Villanova (who beat #3 in the Elite 8) vs. #1 Kansas (who beat #2 in the Elite 8).  The other side was #3 Michigan (who beat #9 in the Elite 8) vs. #11 Loyola (who beat #9 in the Elite 8).  So one side of the Elite 8 was 1-1-2-3.  The other side was 3-9-9-11.  It is what it is.

(But it is always helpful to remind Michigan fans that the highest seed they beat on their run to the title game was a 6 seed, on a half court buzzer beater in the Round of 32) :57:
Outside the NFL, does anyone reseed?

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Re: College World Series
« Reply #97 on: June 08, 2026, 12:19:30 PM »
I reseeded my lawn a while back a few times.

 

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