Vandy fans hate the whistler. Neutral site, no whistling, no cow bells!
@Smitty28 posted:It sounds like the Vanderbilt whistler is in Omaha so I'm going to have to root for Arizona tonight.
The Arizona HC is about as annoying as the Whistler. Can we get rid of both of them?!?
Not the start we wanted but still a dream come true. Tried to bring son when we lived in Missouri but he said no I want my first trip there to be in a uniform. It is Mecca of college baseball.
My goodness the pitching in that State win v Vandy. Remarkable ballgame.
He did it even though they were squeezing him. Can't squeeze a double play...
Strike zone was ridiculous and seemed to favor Vanderbilt especially late
Glad to see State did not get the same root that ECU got.
TX-TN is a helluva game, despite the constantly inconsistent strike zone.
Fenway must be in hiding. UVA ahead by 4 in the 6th. Anything is possible but the pitcher is THE MAN tonight.
If the VA-MSU game holds its a perfect example of how one team may be better on paper and a hot pitcher can ruin their season. Not that VA is a bunch of stiffs. But MSU was a home seed for Super Regionals. VA was #39 in RPI.
Edit: Talk about the wheels coming off! From no hitter to behind in one out.
Ya’ll are hurting my feelings! But seriously, sports has always been about who’s hot when and the UVA pitchers AND bats are on fire. Still gotta say it…#HailState! :-)
The CWS has to come up with a better replay approach. Maybe the umpires could stay on the field with the HPU holding a red/green indicator. Someone in the booth is watching close plays as they happen. The booth buzzes the HPU. Green light the play stands. Red light it’s overturned. Or limit the number of replays that can be requested.
It’s not so much about watchability as flow of the game and momentum for the pitcher. Pitchers shouldn’t have to stand around waiting for replays so frequently.
GO AMHERST!! MAMMOTHS TO THE LEFT OF ME, MAMMOTHS TO THE RIGHT! WOOOOOOOOLY! WOOOOOOLY!
OH, wait.....
I bow to your knowledge dear friend. And Smoke, my husband and I were Spiders but Wooly Mammoths take the cake. 😂
They SHOULD be the Wooly Mammoths, but they chickened out and stopped at Mammoths.
Maybe the admin saw this clip and decided to play it safe.
What a finish for Mississippi State and now I have to go research to see if there were NON-wooly mammoths or is the wooly part just redundant?
@TPM posted:Fenway must be in hiding. UVA ahead by 4 in the 6th. Anything is possible but the pitcher is THE MAN tonight.
To the contrary. I knew something was going to happen late in the game to make this more exciting. The MSU offense was making more and more hard contact as the game went on. However, I did not expect an end to a no-hitter like that when it did happen, and I didn't expect the UVA bullpen to fall apart. I do think the UVA bullpen was getting squeezed by the umpire, but far be it for me to defend the Cavaliers. There will no meatloaf this year, if they continue to blow leads like that!
I do feel bad for McGarry and especially his parents. I know what that feels like. He certainly did his job and gave UVA an opportunity to win that game.
Unbelievable ending in Vandy/Stanford game. Gotta feel for the kid on the mound for Stanford at the end of the game. What a gut punch to end your season on a wild pitch in the CWS.
That’s when you remember they are still so very young. Definitely a tough way to end it.
The CWS is in my mind the most underrated sporting event in the nation. So much drama, regional diversity, player and coach storylines.
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I couldn't agree more. Plus it is such fun to be there and it is so accessible (from the price point of the tickets to being able to meet players in the hotels). It's a great destination trip for any baseball lover but especially the next generation of players. I know it inspired my son to go when he was 12.
@adbono posted:Unbelievable ending in Vandy/Stanford game. Gotta feel for the kid on the mound for Stanford at the end of the game. What a gut punch to end your season on a wild pitch in the CWS.
No matter who I am rooting for, when you know a kid feels he had it all on his shoulders, I always feel terrible for them. The picture of Kershaw in the dugout with his head in his hands comes to mind. It's someone's kid out there and it's something you can't make better.
Feel terrible for Stanford, but man, you can't throw Vaz back to back breaking balls up 1-2. The kid is no threat to put it out of the park, so I'm challenging him with that 95 MPH heater. The game was lost on those 2 pitches IMHO.
My son lost the last game in Omaha.
He and his teammates felt bad for about a day, maybe less
Baseball is a team sport, or used to be. You can't blame it on one player. The coaches have to take responsibility as well.
JMO
@CTbballDad posted:Feel terrible for Stanford, but man, you can't throw Vaz back to back breaking balls up 1-2. The kid is no threat to put it out of the park, so I'm challenging him with that 95 MPH heater. The game was lost on those 2 pitches IMHO.
Bingo. Yahtzee. 100% CTbballDad. At that moment in time, my wife and I looked at each other thinking.....wtf?
@CTbballDad posted:Feel terrible for Stanford, but man, you can't throw Vaz back to back breaking balls up 1-2. The kid is no threat to put it out of the park, so I'm challenging him with that 95 MPH heater. The game was lost on those 2 pitches IMHO.
I agree. I don’t understand why he wasn’t attacking the hitter. Then the shortstop compounds the issue trying to do too much with his throw.
Up until that point Vanderbilt had handed Stanford the game with early, sloppy play. In the end Stanford handed the game back.
@baseballhs posted:No matter who I am rooting for, when you know a kid feels he had it all on his shoulders, I always feel terrible for them. The picture of Kershaw in the dugout with his head in his hands comes to mind. It's someone's kid out there and it's something you can't make better.
I haven’t even booed a professional player as long as they’re making an effort since my kid got ripped in a local paper. It’s when it hit home that’s someone’s kid out there.
It is a team sport but there is usually a player that feels the weight...justified or not. I hate to hear any kid getting heckled. I hate when people from our team do it. It is a kid out there...doing his best. How many people have strangers yelling at them and judging them while they do their job. That said, this is the greatest sport to watch. I got choked up a few times watching highlights from games the past few days. Great stories and watching guys put it all out there. It's pretty cool.
@baseballhs posted:It is a team sport but there is usually a player that feels the weight...justified or not. I hate to hear any kid getting heckled. I hate when people from our team do it. It is a kid out there...doing his best. How many people have strangers yelling at them and judging them while they do their job. That said, this is the greatest sport to watch. I got choked up a few times watching highlights from games the past few days. Great stories and watching guys put it all out there. It's pretty cool.
Hey, you bum! That’s the second time you’ve dropped your pen today. What’s next? Spilling your coffee?
@TPM posted:My son lost the last game in Omaha.
He and his teammates felt bad for about a day, maybe less
Baseball is a team sport, or used to be. You can't blame it on one player. The coaches have to take responsibility as well.
JMO
Totally agree. Son & I have had lots of conversations after lost games where we both point out all the different ways that they could have won. Player X gets a better jump on a ball and turns a double into a single, player Y doesn't get rung up on that ball that was clearly outside the zone. When he was young and frustrated with a player, it helped him see the bigger picture. And as he's gotten older, it's helped him keep the "every play matters" mentality, and remember that lost opportunities are just as costly as errors.
How Vandy and or Stanford don’t win every year is crazy. Endless money, and incredible institutions. I know baseball, the factors, upsets and pull against them for that reason if given the chance. It’s interesting to see teams that Clemson handled while son was there are back in the CWS and Clemson not make a regional this year. As I reminisce about the glory days, I think 2017 was a legitimate shot to make a run for them and we fell short. Love the action and feel of the CWS and miss that environment.
I’m on the ropes after seven innings. It’s 12:45. I don’t think I can go nine Coach.
Ridiculous. The NCAA showed their bias last night.
@Shoveit4Ks posted:How Vandy and or Stanford don’t win every year is crazy. Endless money, and incredible institutions. I know baseball, the factors, upsets and pull against them for that reason if given the chance. It’s interesting to see teams that Clemson handled while son was there are back in the CWS and Clemson not make a regional this year. As I reminisce about the glory days, I think 2017 was a legitimate shot to make a run for them and we fell short. Love the action and feel of the CWS and miss that environment.
If you look at Vandys pitching stats, you will see that it was uneven across the board. Plus, they had a tough time with offense.
Clemson will be back on top. They had a tough year due to Covid, just like a lot of programs did.