Had a chance to watch a lot of college ball yesterday. Great comebacks, great plays made, key hits, etc. However the fundamental mistakes made in some games really stood out. Safety squeeze to the right side, then after that mistake the runner on third was standing on third base when the pitcher picked up the ball and threw to first.
I think it was the Louisville game, but not sure. Louisville was down one run in the last inning and had two outs with a runner on first base. The hitter hit a high fly ball that bounced off the fence in centerfield about half way up the wall. The center fielder sprinted for a long ways but the ball just barely got over him and went for a triple, tying the game.
That should never happen in that situation. With the tying or winning run at first base there is no way that any fly ball directly over an outfielders head hit the wall without being caught. That outfielder was playing normal distance when he should have been deep enough to disallow a fly ball in his direction to fall in behind him. Just a mistake that no one said anything about that cost them the game. It didn't appear that anyone even noticed the huge mistake.
