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utee94

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Re: 2026 beisbol
« Reply #14 on: February 18, 2026, 01:48:37 PM »
Quote from: MikeDeTiger on February 18, 2026, 12:36:50 PM
Hmm, I checked the score and that went about as well as I thought it might.  Horns knocked them around pretty good.  Tonight KU comes to town, kinda wish I could stay to see that.  My office is right next door to the baseball field and the entire parking lot is full today.  The game is on SEC+ and I wonder how much in advance do camera crews have to get here to broadcast a game, and how many of them there are.  Could be another explanation for why the lot is packed today, but I don't know what it would be.  Us usual employees don't fill the place up nearly like this. 

Also, why would a B12 team bother coming to a place like this, I wonder. 
Because it's cold and miserable in yankee-land in February.  Lots of yankee teams come down and do week-long tours in the South during February before their conference seasons get started.  They'll play all comers, large or small, and try to pack in as many games as they can to make their time away from home worth it.
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Re: 2026 beisbol
« Reply #15 on: February 19, 2026, 09:11:43 AM »
Hmm, not bad.  I'm not much for reading too much into midweek games, but knocking off a B12 team is still something, I guess.  
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Re: 2026 beisbol
« Reply #16 on: February 19, 2026, 09:21:42 AM »
Man every college baseball team in Texas has some dudes.  I consider them all to be dangerous.  And it's good competition for those midweek games to keep everyone sharp.

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Re: 2026 beisbol
« Reply #17 on: February 19, 2026, 10:03:53 AM »
How much would you say pitching dominates beisbol in college vs MLB?
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Re: 2026 beisbol
« Reply #18 on: February 19, 2026, 11:45:52 AM »
I'm defiitely not qualified to answer that since I don't follow MLB, but hopefully one of our other posters around here could help.

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Re: 2026 beisbol
« Reply #19 on: February 19, 2026, 05:42:18 PM »
I've been told that, for an arbitrary value of "elite", that an elite pitcher has the edge over an elite hitter.
However...

There are only 30 MLB teams. Each need 4 or so starters, plus 6 or so competent relievers. At all levels, from high school through college through minor ball, MLB teams are ready to write sizeable checks to anyone who shows promise as a pitcher.
Anyone left over is likely in college.

There's umpty gazillion collegiate teams using not-quite-MLB ready talent. I'd therefore be willing to bet that collegiate hitters have a substantially narrowed gap in relation to their pitching counterparts. I've seen more 15-12 competitive collegiate scores where both teams trust their offense over their pitching.
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Re: 2026 beisbol
« Reply #20 on: February 19, 2026, 06:03:11 PM »
I wonder in college is a team stacked with pitching and mediocre hitting is going to prosper more than the reverse.

I understand the best is balance, but consider the zero sum game.  In MLB, elite pitching can usually shut down elite hitting.  Usually.

I could see some college pitchers developing from age 18 into being "elite" with great coaching.  I was a pretty good HS pitcher before my arm went, with no coaching.  I finally got coaching more recently and was amazed and what I had been doing wrong.  A lot of smaller things, just technique, it really helped even me.
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Re: 2026 beisbol
« Reply #21 on: February 23, 2026, 05:13:06 PM »
Wow, we're playing at Texas A&M tomorrow (#24), we'll see if it goes any better than at Texas, who I did not realize was #3.  

Then starting 4/2, Oregon State is coming here for a weekend series :o  I know the PAC is basically dead, but the Beavers have some good baseball history and are currently ranked #11.  Seems like quite something to host them here.  Since that starts on a Thursday evening while I'm still on campus, I definitely want to try to go to that.  

The Tuesday before that they play at #7 TCU.  Quite a little schedule we got going.  
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Re: 2026 beisbol
« Reply #22 on: Today at 03:59:40 PM »
I'm a bit surprised you're playing such high level comp this early in the season.
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Re: 2026 beisbol
« Reply #23 on: Today at 04:05:27 PM »
Quote from: Cincydawg on Today at 03:59:40 PM
I'm a bit surprised you're playing such high level comp this early in the season.
Small schools like Lamar play top teams whenever they can.  It's usually either for a midweek game, or maybe in an early-season weekend tournament with several teams playing a roundrobin.

Not to be disparaging but it's not like they've got an SEC-level schedule to look forward to.  So they'll go on the road to play Texas and Texas A&M if they can, sometimes maybe even twice in a season.

What's really cool for them, though, is that their schedule against Oregon State is not just a midweek one-off but rather a full weekend series, and it's at HOME.  That's going to be a fun series for them.

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Re: 2026 beisbol
« Reply #24 on: Today at 04:57:27 PM »
Yeah, I'm definitely going to G1.  I've seen some west-coast baseball royalty at The Box before, but I've never seen Oregon State.  Our stadium is not that big, but I'm curious to see what kind of fan turnout we have.  In early April, as long as it's not raining, the weather should be great to take in a ballgame.  
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