Florida State Fan posted:Would love to see east vs west thing.
FSU vs OSU.
How about Florida v. Oregon State? It would be east-west. I even let out an evil laugh as I typed it. FSU and OSU are in the same bracket.
I was streaming the game at my son's game last night. It's cool to watch kids you know play in that atmosphere. A couple of those kids are from my son's club team. In fact, his club coach was there and posting lots of great pictures. Being around talent like Rutschman wears off on the younger kids. He is truly a special athlete. If OSU ever gets low on pitchers, they could always throw him out there for his 90+ stuff off the mound.
YoungGun - I hope the two teams get to play again on Friday. I think it will be a different game. Best of luck to your son.
I'm going to give a shout out to Kyle Boddy and Driveline here. OSU is a Driveline program and I believe they were pretty early adopters of some their stuff. Yeskie is an amazing pitching coach and has developed a top notch pitching program.
We've had a horrible winter and spring in the NW. Record snowfall and rain fall. It's not usually quite this bad, but the unofficial start to summer is July 5th. All the college fields around here are turf, so you learn to play in the rain. Heck, this year, we played in the hail a couple times.
Go Beavs!
Florida State Fan posted:Would love to see east vs west thing.
FSU vs OSU.
If FSU is ACC representation, I will too!
I spoke with a client in omaha today, i didnt realize opening ceremonies were canceled last week.
She told me that even though something is missing not being in Rosenblatt, she loves this time of year, and I told we do too!
kandkfunk posted:We've had a horrible winter and spring in the NW. Record snowfall and rain fall. It's not usually quite this bad, but the unofficial start to summer is July 5th. All the college fields around here are turf, so you learn to play in the rain. Heck, this year, we played in the hail a couple times.
Go Beavs!
As a youth player my son hated it when the coaches called outside practice while it was snowing!
Iowamom23 posted:kandkfunk posted:We've had a horrible winter and spring in the NW. Record snowfall and rain fall. It's not usually quite this bad, but the unofficial start to summer is July 5th. All the college fields around here are turf, so you learn to play in the rain. Heck, this year, we played in the hail a couple times.
Go Beavs!
As a youth player my son hated it when the coaches called outside practice while it was snowing!
Everything on the West side of the state completely shuts down with even 1 inch of snow. It's pandemonium. You wouldn't even be able to get to practice if it were held. The East side of the state is another story. Contrary to popular belief, Eastern Washington & Oregon are dry, high deserts with very low amounts of rain fall. They do, however, get a lot of snow in the winter. They probably practice in the snow over there.
Gators!
I am not adding in fans or crowds. I just enjoy OSU team this year. They are fun to watch.
Casey is tough and his players play old school grind it out baseball.
Plus I go for Pac 12 cause thats my sons conference. He thinks osu looks special as well. We will see
any team there is respected by me. Season is a grind and playoffs are funny because anything can happen.
When you see so many of these teans there every year thats a darn good program .
TPM, can you change the heading of this thread to "CWS-17" or something similar? This has become the defacto CWS thread and would allow others to potentially see it.
This is baseball at it's finest IMO, great players who are really enjoying the moment, and like FOG mentioned anything can happen.
BOF posted:TPM, can you change the heading of this thread to "CWS-17" or something similar? This has become the defacto CWS thread and would allow others to potentially see it.
This is baseball at it's finest IMO, great players who are really enjoying the moment, and like FOG mentioned anything can happen.
Done!
Nice TPM.
Rematch of LSU and FSU tonight. Edge to LSU IMO based on their pitching, but anything is possible.
Popcorn is ready!
FSU is digging themselves a hole right now, down 5-0 in the second.
The thing I always try to remember in these games is that, no matter what happens, every player is a parents son , who, is likely in the stands.
One thing I have learned, is that you never count Mike Martin out!
Crazy story McDonald just told about Cal Ripken calling his games from SS. Anybody ever heard of such a thing?
Freshman closer for LSU (Hess)....Damn, give 'em the heater Ricky!
And that curve ball is......filthy!
LOL
Kid is fun to watch
That was not a strike!!!!
JCG. That was a crazy story. Amazing.
TPM. I agree but the ump wanted to get home. 
Well we live to play at least one more time. Should be interesting with Lange on the bump. Hopefully our bats woke up tonight. If Lange is his usual self it should be a good game. We are having a blast!
For those who are not aware d1baseball.com does a great job reporting on the CWS. Here is a nice piece on Coach Martin from FSU. I was aware he was a great coach, but not fully informed on how impressive his accomplishments were. This is a must read for a college baseball fan.
JCG posted:Crazy story McDonald just told about Cal Ripken calling his games from SS. Anybody ever heard of such a thing?
I think George Will wrote about Cal Ripken Jr doing it in Men at Work.
Swampboy posted:JCG posted:Crazy story McDonald just told about Cal Ripken calling his games from SS. Anybody ever heard of such a thing?
I think George Will wrote about Cal Ripken Jr doing it in Men at Work.
Good call Swampboy!
Great read on Coach Martin. I love that guy. Ive read about him and followed him. He is a class act. If We had to do it over we would of looked more for a coach like this. He gets it all including the school part. Winning Omaha is the icing on a already great cake. Ive heard the experience alone is unforgettable. We need to hold these types of coaches and othere like him in high regard. Tim Corban and TCU coach and Virginias. There are others.
I do hope in my heart he wins it all beore he retires but he is great .
Just like watching Coastal coach win it last year was special.
I was just talking with my son last night when FSU was playing and we both really like Coach Martin. Ive watched him for years, his interviews, read about him. Hes one of my favorites.
Swampboy posted:JCG posted:Crazy story McDonald just told about Cal Ripken calling his games from SS. Anybody ever heard of such a thing?
I think George Will wrote about Cal Ripken Jr doing it in Men at Work.
I read that 25 years ago and completely forgot about that.
JCG posted:Swampboy posted:JCG posted:Crazy story McDonald just told about Cal Ripken calling his games from SS. Anybody ever heard of such a thing?
I think George Will wrote about Cal Ripken Jr doing it in Men at Work.
I read that 25 years ago and completely forgot about that.
It's worth re-reading. I'm overdue myself.
I 100 PERCENT agree on Coach Martin. What a great man. What a classy person. He loves his players and he builds a family at FSU. I hope one day he can win it all. But regardless if he does or not he is a winner and has done it the right way. We need more men like Coach Martin , period.
fanofgame posted:Great read on Coach Martin. I love that guy. Ive read about him and followed him. He is a class act. If We had to do it over we would of looked more for a coach like this. He gets it all including the school part. Winning Omaha is the icing on a already great cake. Ive heard the experience alone is unforgettable. We need to hold these types of coaches and othere like him in high regard. Tim Corban and TCU coach and Virginias. There are others.
I do hope in my heart he wins it all beore he retires but he is great .
Just like watching Coastal coach win it last year was special.
I was just talking with my son last night when FSU was playing and we both really like Coach Martin. Ive watched him for years, his interviews, read about him. Hes one of my favorites.
FSU was eliminated last night. I am not a fan of MM, but kudos to him for going out on top as ACC Champs and making it to Omaha.
Boy TCU is relentless. Love the way they play the game. Scoring 3 runs all with 2 outs and 3 stolen bases.
Coach Martin has always been a class act. I watched FSU play few times at Tallahassee when daughter was a student and here in Cary NC. Awesome group. We'll be back next year.
I can't help thinking if anybody can beat this Oregon State team. They are 56-4 on the season. That is absolutely ridiculous. LSU has to beat them twice to advance. That is one steep hill. Good luck to all the teams and their fans.
I just hope we can have some back and forth games and some late inning drama. It just seems one team gets the lead and it pretty much is over after that. OSU is really good. Don't beat themselves and they make things happen. What they have accomplished this year is simply amazing. That record is insane. I hope LSU wins and TCU wins so we can watch a couple of extra games.
I'm hoping they can find a replay system that works!! Louisville can't be happy after last night's debacle. Why bother having it if it's not going to work?
LSU beat OSU, no one is unbeatable. Its anyones game. Both face elimination tomorrow.
I thought Louisville would come close, but they play better at home.
So with the ACC teams eliminated, got to go with Florida.
Don't give up on us TPM. We need ALL the help we can get. Haha
younggun posted:Don't give up on us TPM. We need ALL the help we can get. Haha
I won't.... Go Tigers! Beat Beavers!
Tigers v Gators!!
Hope you are having a blast.
TPM posted:LSU beat OSU, no one is unbeatable. Its anyones game. Both face elimination tomorrow.
I thought Louisville would come close, but they play better at home.
So with the ACC teams eliminated, got to go with Florida.
Some of us are still at work waiting to watch it on the DVR...
All I know is TCU's pitcher is getting absolutely hosed by this umpire.
real green posted:TPM posted:LSU beat OSU, no one is unbeatable. Its anyones game. Both face elimination tomorrow.
I thought Louisville would come close, but they play better at home.
So with the ACC teams eliminated, got to go with Florida.
Some of us are still at work waiting to watch it on the DVR...
You can get scores at D1baseball.com.
Yes TPM, I can say this has to be as close to Heaven as I can get here on earth. Obviously I want to win it all but no matter, this has truly been the experience of a lifetime.
Told you guys not to count out LSU!!!! Gonna be tough to take 2 straight from Oregon State but they have the opportunity to do just that tomorrow.