Mercer University at Miami Series this weekend

There is a reasonable bit of parity within the top 100 teams, especially over a short series. Team quality is alot closer than in football or basketball. I don't think it is much of an upset. The Mercer folks probably disagree though.

LA Tech beat Arkansas 9-2 yesterday also.

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There is a reasonable bit of parity within the top 100 teams, especially over a short series. Team quality is alot closer than in football or basketball. I don't think it is much of an upset. The Mercer folks probably disagree though.

LA Tech beat Arkansas 9-2 yesterday also.

I have these same suspicions about parity in that teams appear closer in baseball than possibly in the other sports. I agree with the sentiment however that the big seperator between the top programs and others is depth.

One series I followed this weekend was UCLA versus Winthrop. On Friday night, Winthrop pitched their All-American sophmore yet still lost a heart breaker 2-1 on a late inning error. I figured it was going to be a long weekend for them after that but see they bounced back for a win yesterday. It will be interesting to see who wins the series.

Another team that has caught my eye early is Univeristy of San Diego. They opened up strong last weekend against Cal Poly and have followed that up nicely with their showing against Texas this weekend.

I love the fact that these games are not played on paper

Not a great way to open the season, but im sure you can agree that this is a very good team. They will get it rolling and will find themselves in omaha once again.

They are good. I watched them up close in March. I was not blown away watching UVA pound them at home. Lotta good teams out there. Apparently, Tennessee may not be one of them though, as they get swept convincingly by FSU losing today 19-7.

mercer sweeps Miami, Tenn get whopped on...Congrats

However...It's a long season I would write anyone off or crown anyone yet. Definitely a wake up call for Miami's bullpen...not a Miami fan but this could be a kick in the pants to them in case they were reading their pre-season press clippings.

Can't wait for next Friday to watch more ACC games online!

Miami was missing a top starter. Whether that made a difference, not sure.

Mercer is a very good team, not afraid to play against the best, they took a game away from Clemson last year.

Miami will come around, they have what many teams don't, an experienced coach who has just about seen it all.

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Mercer is a very good team, not afraid to play against the best, they took a game away from Clemson last year.

They also beat Florida and a couple other big teams didn't they?