The high here on Tuesday is 74 and meaningful baseball is happening. Praise the Lord!Got swept at Fresno. Positives? 3 of the 4 losses we're by 1. Real problem is the last couple years MSU did surprisingly well non conference, then collapsed in Big Ten play. Now they aren't even putting themselves in position non conference.
Hopes? Expectations? MSUs ace looks like the future pro he was expected to be. Rest of the team looks rough. Not sure how good Fresno State is supposed to be, but MSU is starting down an 0-3 start.
Defending BTN tournament champion Iowa starts 3-0 with one win over Oakland, and two wins over Old Dominion.and they have 2 good kids from the Sioux City area - I went to high school with the Cropley kid's father and uncle - I also know the Neustrom kid's father and uncles
I don't follow this sport at the college level carefully, but I thought Iowa lost some good pitchers to graduation and MLB draft.
Iowa has come back from decades of less than mediocrity after ISU and UNI gave up scholarship baseball, and after Iowa hired a very good head baseball coach, Rick Heller. He is in approximately his 4th or 5th season.
Nebraska lost its first home opener in 40 years (that seems impossible, not sure if they loaded up on Doane or something) in dropping 14-8 to Cal Poly. They made up for it by beating them, 4-0, 22-3, and 13-2 to close the weekend series.I think they'd trade two of the 3 wins for a win in the opener just to save the streak
In scores of other games, Penn St baseball stinks.Computer rankings agree.
Computer rankings agree.Anyone who is anyone who is anyone that I ever played with or against was either drafted or went south. Period. There is ZERO baseball heritage at PSU, even with the fact they play in that nice stadium (they share with the A level Spikes) and recruiting territory isn't fertile remotely. Can't be good in everything, and PSU just isn't in townball.
Right now the conference looks a little upside down. Maryland and Michigan are having REALLY disappointing seasons, and MSU seems to have bottomed out. But OSU is back, and Rutgers looks to be fielding their best team.
Northwestern and Penn State are well behind the rest of the conference, but MSU, UM and Maryland make up the group immediately in front of them.
Smoked 12-3 by UM. All the momentum Boss seemingly built when he arrived is gone.Followed that by blowing a 9th inning lead in a 3-1 loss today.
OSU survived a midweek nail biter vs Toledo 19-4.Could be worse, you could be getting pounded in the midweek MAC games like MSU is.
Iowa's 4-game series against Indiana went 1-1. The other games were canceled by snow.my golf game has been cancelled by snow
Florida plays a spaced-out 3-game series each year vs FSU. One game early, then one in Jacksonville mid-year, and a third game later on. After sweeping the Noles last year and the year before, Florida has won the first 2 this year. If you include the 2016 Super Regional, which UF took 2/3, the Gators have beaten the Noles 10 of the last 11 times.
That is an impressive record against a good NCAA baseball program.
the forecast for saturday's game against the Hawks is worseAre you afraid that the games will get cancelled?
I have 4 tickets to Saturday's and Sunday's games - wish I didn't
So now you have tickets for one of the Friday games, and the game that might be on Sunday?@Husker_Baseball
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Team | Record | Win % | GB | Overall | Overall % | Streak |
(https://cdn.d1baseball.com/logos/teams/128/michigan.png) Michigan (https://d1baseball.com/team/michigan) | 8-0 | 1.000 | - | 21-11 | 0.656 | W17 |
(https://cdn.d1baseball.com/logos/teams/128/minnesota.png) Minnesota (https://d1baseball.com/team/minnesota) | 7-1 | 0.875 | 1 | 23-10 | 0.697 | W7 |
(https://cdn.d1baseball.com/logos/teams/128/indiana.png) Indiana (https://d1baseball.com/team/indiana) | 6-2 | 0.750 | 2 | 26-6 | 0.813 | W6 |
(https://cdn.d1baseball.com/logos/teams/128/illinois.png) Illinois (https://d1baseball.com/team/illinois) | 9-3 | 0.750 | 1 | 23-8 | 0.742 | W5 |
(https://cdn.d1baseball.com/logos/teams/128/ohiost.png) Ohio State (https://d1baseball.com/team/ohiost) | 6-3 | 0.667 | 2.5 | 24-10 | 0.706 | W4 |
(https://cdn.d1baseball.com/logos/teams/128/iowa.png) Iowa (https://d1baseball.com/team/iowa) | 6-4 | 0.600 | 3 | 21-11 | 0.656 | L1 |
(https://cdn.d1baseball.com/logos/teams/128/purdue.png) Purdue (https://d1baseball.com/team/purdue) | 4-4 | 0.500 | 4 | 15-15 | 0.500 | L5 |
(https://cdn.d1baseball.com/logos/teams/128/rutgers.png) Rutgers (https://d1baseball.com/team/rutgers) | 4-5 | 0.444 | 4.5 | 18-14 | 0.563 | L3 |
(https://cdn.d1baseball.com/logos/teams/128/maryland.png) Maryland (https://d1baseball.com/team/maryland) | 3-5 | 0.375 | 5 | 16-19 | 0.457 | L2 |
(https://cdn.d1baseball.com/logos/teams/128/michiganst.png) Michigan State (https://d1baseball.com/team/michiganst) | 3-5 | 0.375 | 5 | 10-21 | 0.323 | L1 |
(https://cdn.d1baseball.com/logos/teams/128/nebraska.png) Nebraska (https://d1baseball.com/team/nebraska) | 3-7 | 0.300 | 6 | 16-17 | 0.485 | W1 |
(https://cdn.d1baseball.com/logos/teams/128/nwestern.png) Northwestern (https://d1baseball.com/team/nwestern) | 1-11 | 0.083 | 9 | 9-20 | 0.310 | L3 |
(https://cdn.d1baseball.com/logos/teams/128/pennst.png) Penn State (https://d1baseball.com/team/pennst) | 1-11 | 0.083 | 9 | 7-22 | 0.241 | L11 |
OSU got spanked by the Bearcats.Last I saw MSU was down 11-2 on Senior Day to CMU. Should he a great weekend series. Glad this is the first time all year BTN has televised us.
Nothing like heading into the stretch run on a hot streak.
Purdue just might make the tournament this year...I think Minnesota, Michigan, Purdue and Illinois are in.
corngrats to the spartansSame here. Good job, Sparty. Michigan State earned it and deserves to be in the B1G tournament. I thought Maryland had that last spot nailed down going into the rain delay Thursday night. But Indiana is a much better team than Maryland, and so is Michigan State. The right teams advanced.
I though Big Red was supposed to come in here, and teach us all how to play baseball?Nebraska had been as good as ever in the 2000s, but they've dropped off, and the Big Ten is MUCH better than it was a decade ago. It's not a power league at all, but it's typically not a one bid league either. MSU had a year in like 2010ish where they won the regular season title, and made it to the conference tourney final, before losing to Illinois, and still didn't get an at large. That wouldn't happen today.
I though Big Red was supposed to come in here, and teach us all how to play baseball?Should have...
IU walks it off in the 10th. What a shitty way to have your season ended.Could be worse, You could be like Michigan and have a loss because you walked a guy who stole second because that ball 4 was actually thrown behind the catcher, and then since third base wasn't manned, he proceeded to go all the way to third. One RBI later.....
Could be worse, You could be like Michigan and have a loss because you walked a guy who stole second because that ball 4 was actually thrown behind the catcher, and then since third base wasn't manned, he proceeded to go all the way to third. One RBI later.....Eh, that was a tie game, it's not like they were tasting victory. MSU was up 5-0 and rolling, and was still up 5-2 with 2 outs in the 9th. Plus, not an elimination game for UM, and they are already in the NCAA tourney either way.
I think Minnesota, Michigan, Purdue and Illinois are in.Wow, so much for that. Michigan and Illinois left out, Indiana and OSU are in
Plus, not an elimination game for UM, and they are already in the NCAA tourney either way.(https://www.cfb51.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.elevenwarriors.com%2Fsites%2Fdefault%2Ffiles%2Fc%2F2014%2F03%2F34398_h.jpg&hash=439fb691a2257faaf9af3951e43b905b)
Game times have been announced as well, check your local listings. :)Tigers just took your 2B at the top of the 3rd round. Clemens' son. May have to watch the Horns now this weekend to get a glimpse.
Horns are playing SAT 2 PM Central, SUN 2 PM Central, and MON noon Central (if necessary). Those gametimes will leave the stadium awfully... toasty... but that's the way it goes sometimes.
I might even have to drink LIGHT beer just to stay hydrated!I have done this on the golf course when temps are near triple digits
Tigers just took your 2B at the top of the 3rd round. Clemens' son. May have to watch the Horns now this weekend to get a glimpse.He's fun to watch and really loves the game. He's improved greatly each year he's been here, and won B12 POY this season. Gonna miss him but certainly wish him all the best.
He's fun to watch and really loves the game. He's improved greatly each year he's been here, and won B12 POY this season. Gonna miss him but certainly wish him all the best.Seemed like a bit of a reach, but they should be able to sign him below slot value, but above where he was projected (6th-7th round) and use the extra money to sign the high school outfielder they took later, where signability was supposedly an issue.
I'll take your word for it. I know absolutely nothing about the MLB draft, or MLB in general.Yeah, I think you have your total pool you can use, with suggested slot value. So to sign a guy for way over slot, you have to sign a guy for way under. So to free up the money to do that, they draft a kid in the 3rd, who is projected lower, but who they value somewhat higher, and then sign him for under slot, but still above what he would have gotten had he fallen to where he was expected, then you can use your unused money to sign someone else (in this case their 2nd round OF pick) for above slot value.
But I love college baseball and always like to see our guys excel if they get to the next level.
Makes sense. I hope he gets paid whatever he might be worth, but of course it's not like he really needs the money given his family name... :)Well they just signed the HS OF for double his slot value to keep him from going to San Diego, so the money has to come from somewhere.
Anyway, Horns win game3 against Tennessee Tech and advance to the College World Series, back home in Omaha.
I like the current 64 teams down to a sweet 16, then Omaha setup.Did you ever get to attend one of the old 6-team regionals? Preferably with your own favorite school hosting? You might be too young, they killed that format in 1998.
Did you ever get to attend one of the old 6-team regionals? Preferably with your own favorite school hosting? You might be too young, they killed that format in 1998.No.
It was really, really special. Way more fun than a 4-team regional.
Florida's good enough to do it, but I'd think the pitching rotation has got to be stretching thin at this point? Your 1 and 2 are as good as any in the country (probably better than any in the country), but Kowar pitched a lot against Texas. Maybe Singer could come back in a potential game 2?I always find the 2-for-1 games fascinating. Does the team that’s down have the arms? Does the one that’s up throw it’s best first to try to ice it, hold off looking ahead a little bit? Can an offensive surge in a big spot swing it?
MSU has been fun to watch, good for them pulling it together after all their troubles this season. Oregon State has some grit, but I think the Bulldogs have more at this point. Should be a fun final couple days of bracket play.
I always find the 2-for-1 games fascinating. Does the team that’s down have the arms? Does the one that’s up throw it’s best first to try to ice it, hold off looking ahead a little bit? Can an offensive surge in a big spot swing it?The team in the winner's bracket generally has the luxury of throwing its 3rd weekend starter, and should definitely do so, because then its rotation is set up once again for the best-of-3 in the final series. The team in the loser's bracket is most likely already burned, being forced to throw a midweek starter in game 4, and then scrape together some kind of Johnny All-Staff if they're able to take it to Game 5.
Florida's good enough to do it, but I'd think the pitching rotation has got to be stretching thin at this point? Your 1 and 2 are as good as any in the country (probably better than any in the country),All the more remarkable after having 3 first round pitchers drafted the last two years.....Sully's a helluva recruiter and pitching guru. He hasn't shied away from pitching the 'other' guy rather than pushing Singer up a day for a big game this year, so we'll see if that holds in Omaha.
Well they just signed the HS OF for double his slot value to keep him from going to San Diego, so the money has to come from somewhere.Signed for about 3/4 of slot value, Mize (#1 overall) signed for slightly under, and allowed them to pay over slot to keep their 2nd round pick from going to college.
My guess is Clemens doesn't get 3rd round money, but gets more than 6th/7th round money, and the Tigers reached to take a kid in the 3rd, they wanted in the 5th, still saved enough money to sign the high school kid, and all parties make out.
To pull that off you have to find a kid you already have rated above consensus, and then take him even higher than you want him. Seems like that's what they did with Clemens. And so far in this tourney the kid ain't disappointing. I'm excited to have him in the fold.
The Beavers really know how to handle those bats.Bad dum, tsssss