The lead question of the 2021 CWS ...

@TPM posted:

Where are you that you dont get english on espn3?

TPM - I don't think it is a where question.  It is a who question.  My internet provider is Comcast/Xfiunity and when I click on the English button nothing happens.

All - How about that Grand Slam in the bottom of 7.  The Spanish commentators were going crazy.   Clutch.  I'm telling ya, UVA baseball are cockroaches.  They shouldn't even have qualified for the tournament, yet here they are on the verge of CWS.   Great defensive plays by both teams.

Weird Fenway. That's how I'm watching and it's in English.

@fenwaysouth posted:

TPM - I don't think it is a where question.  It is a who question.  My internet provider is Comcast/Xfiunity and when I click on the English button nothing happens.

All - How about that Grand Slam in the bottom of 7.  The Spanish commentators were going crazy.   Clutch.  I'm telling ya, UVA baseball are cockroaches.  They shouldn't even have qualified for the tournament, yet here they are on the verge of CWS.   Great defensive plays by both teams.

That's weird. Game on my comcast/xfinity is espnu . On other devices on ESPN 3 its in english. You need to change your battery or get a new remote.

When we went to Omaha, the Beavers won for the first time. No one could even figure out how they got there.  It's that time of the year when anything can happen.

@fenwaysouth posted:

TPM - I don't think it is a where question.  It is a who question.  My internet provider is Comcast/Xfiunity and when I click on the English button nothing happens.

All - How about that Grand Slam in the bottom of 7.  The Spanish commentators were going crazy.   Clutch.  I'm telling ya, UVA baseball are cockroaches.  They shouldn't even have qualified for the tournament, yet here they are on the verge of CWS.   Great defensive plays by both teams.

In reply to the “All” portion : it seems like there is a team like this every year - often California teams (like Fullerton, Fresno, UCSB) and they always seem to go a long way in Omaha.

TPM and PTWood,

So, I was watching on my computer (two screens) not on Smart TV.   When I watch ESPN3 (no ESPNU) on my computer, it asks for my Internet provider (Xfinity), registered email address and password.  Once I'm in I was prompted for English or Spanish.   I picked English and it just sat there for minutes.   I tried a number of times, and it wouldn't work.   So, Plan B was Spanish.  I actually found the Spanish announcers to be far less annoying than the English speaking ones when I had the volume on....I had to jump on a few business calls.  It turned out to be a pretty good game.

All,

I'm very interested to see how the 2 x 4 team brackets are broken out.   I can't find anything on how they do this.  Is this predetermined based on the Super Regional locational results (Ie. Columbia Super Regional winner is predetermined to play the Tuscon Super Regional winner) or do they wipe the slate clean and seed the CWS based on the previous Regional and Super Regional seedings?  Is this a State secret because I can't find this anywhere.

https://www.ncaa.com/brackets/baseball/d1/2021

Pre determined by region. So bracket one (let's call it the red bracket) has Stanford, Vandy, AZ and NC State. Bracket 2 (the orange bracket LOL) has TX, UVA, TN and Mississippi State or ND.

Yes, it’s predetermined. PT Wood knows that because she had the highest possible security clearance and therefore has access to that information

Thanks PTWood.   Sometimes I can't see the forest from the trees.....I recall seeing that chart when the tournament first started.

Based on the teams (whether MSU or Notre Dame wins) in their current brackets, it looks pretty balanced to me.  Both brackets are nightmares which makes it fair for everybody.

LOL @adbono. Just an unhealthy obsession with brackets going back to the 1990s. Nothing better than front row seats to one of the original men's basketball NCAA bracket busters! ;-) 

@fenwaysouth everyone's been saying this year would be something special...we are certainly seeing it play out. For the most part, the quality of play has been incredible.

@PTWood posted:

@fenwaysouth everyone's been saying this year would be something special...we are certainly seeing it play out. For the most part, the quality of play has been incredible.

My personal opinion is that this is not the end result NCAA folks were hoping for.

But....the best story of the week. Link Jarrett's son, JT, plays for NC State. Good thing they weren't in the same bracket!

Are these announcers at the ball park?  There have been some bad camera selections that didn't show the play on the field until instant replay, and the announcers are silent when this happens.  I've noticed this all weekend and in particular tonights ND vs MSU game.  Is it possible they are hanging out at home or a local studio and not at the ball park?

@Smitty28 posted:

Are these announcers at the ball park?  There have been some bad camera selections that didn't show the play on the field until instant replay, and the announcers are silent when this happens.  I've noticed this all weekend and in particular tonights ND vs MSU game.  Is it possible they are hanging out at home or a local studio and not at the ball park?

I do no not believe they are. This gives them ability to do multiple games in a day, especially Scott Peterson.

Well, regardless of tonights game, all teams going are P5 and big money programs. Just too much depth for mid D1 programs to win. They can get close but will always fall short of their goal.

@TPM posted:

I do no not believe they are. This gives them ability to do multiple games in a day, especially Scott Peterson.

You have your Peterson’s mixed up.

Scott Peterson killed his wife Laci and is in jail.

Kyle Peterson is the ex-player and current ESPN college baseball analyst that attempts to save every broadcast from being killed by Ben McDonald’s incoherent Cajun rants.

@TPM posted:

Well, regardless of tonights game, all teams going are P5 and big money programs. Just too much depth for mid D1 programs to win. They can get close but will always fall short of their goal.

Coastal, Fresno St and Fullerton have won titles in the last 17 years. 

@d-mac posted:

Coastal, Fresno St and Fullerton have won titles in the last 17 years.

Yeah, I like it better when there are a couple teams like those in Omaha. They are often fun teams to watch & pull for

@adbono posted:

You have your Peterson’s mixed up.

Scott Peterson killed his wife Laci and is in jail.

Kyle Peterson is the ex-player and current ESPN college baseball analyst that attempts to save every broadcast from being killed by Ben McDonald’s incoherent Cajun rants.

I am innocent!    I typed Kyle and Scott showed up!

@adbono posted:

Yeah, I like it better when there are a couple teams like those in Omaha. They are often fun teams to watch & pull for

I was hoping DBU would make it.  NC state plays 14 guys total in meaningful games. They are probably the best story of the teams left.

LOL!

Fenway "listening" in Spanish and Scott Peterson posing as Kyle from a remote location!

Who said the pandemic is over?!