Love watching all the Regional and Super Regional action. So, the NCAA clip during the commercial break has the cool brick and mortar graphic with the mortar being sloshed onto the brick. The theme is "Road to Omaha". Problem is they are building a wall, not a road.
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When I was watching the games yesterday I was thinking the exact same thing. Like the commercial though. Should have used brick pavers going horizontal, not vertical! 
Love watching all the Regional and Super Regional action. So, the NCAA clip during the commercial break has the cool brick and mortar graphic with the mortar being sloshed onto the brick. The theme is "Road to Omaha". Problem is they are building a wall, not a road.
Brick and mortar means college...thats all I could come up with.
Pretty obscure, but maybe it's based on the statue at TD Ameritrade Park?
To me the bricks represent all the games they've played all year and "building a program" (recruiting the right players) and hard work. I actually worked for an Italian brick contractor for a summer job....it takes a lot of teamwork.
Things that bug me. The over the top celebration during the game when a guy gets a hit or makes a nice play. LSU has taken it to a new level this post season. Vandy's black pinstripe uniforms. Mike Patrick calling any game. Ben McDonald calling any SEC game. I will stop there.
Mike Patrick calling any game. Ben McDonald calling any SEC game.
Thank goodness for the volume button. During games, audio aspect frequently set to "mute" or music on the stereo.
By the way, wasn't it a joy watching both Matt Kent and Preston Morrison pitch for Texas A&M and TCU, respectively, yesterday?
Yes it was!
Mike Patrick calling any game. Ben McDonald calling any SEC game.
Thank goodness for the volume button. During games, audio aspect frequently set to "mute" or music on the stereo.
By the way, wasn't it a joy watching both Matt Kent and Preston Morrison pitch for Texas A&M and TCU, respectively, yesterday?
Some good games this weekend. The celebrations are a tad over the top.
I wish there was a way to selectively turn off announcers and/or crowd noise. It is interesting to a point to hear what the players are getting on field, but I think some of the home teams know where the microphones are setup and plant their most annoying fans in front of them.
Announcers who don't know the rules of the game.
On the obstruction call in the Vanderbilt-Illinois game, the announcer repeatedly called it interference, and his commentator sidekick seemed to think that the fact that the contact took place on the infield grass should have negated the call because the runner was "out of the baseline."
I thought there could have been a discussion as to whether the Vanderbilt runner was obstructed or if he just found a hapless bystander to run into, but the announcers had no idea what the call was or why it was made or what considerations went into it.
This had me yelling at my TV last night…
I pull up the listings on the screen…menu indicates Illinois vs Vanderbilt game being telecast… I hit the select button and it’s a girls softball game…( not that there’s anything wrong with that) Its just not the same or as advertised.
The Vandy-Illinois series has had Weather issues to contend with. Vandy probably could have hosted the series by rights, but I think that would have then been 5 of 8 Supers hosted by an SEC school. Good to see Illinois rewarded for it's commitment to baseball and facilities (Too bad they had to run into Vanderbilt).
Agree on the announcing... There are a couple who are obviously just not baseball guys who shouldn't be in the booth. On the other end of the spectrum: The Great Kyle Peterson... clearly the gold standard in college baseball coverage.
