Chisoxfn Posted May 28, 2006 Share Posted May 28, 2006 Fullerton, ranked #2 in the country, clinched the league title on Friday. Saturday's game was cancelled because of a light tower catching fire just before the game (odd eh). This week and weekend will be a great time for people to catch out the conference tourneys and see some of the collegiate level's best. I know I remember Josh Fields standing up for OSU a couple years back in the Big 12 tourney. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenksd Posted May 28, 2006 Share Posted May 28, 2006 Using an acronym such as "CWS" for something other than the Sox is bound to confuse more than just me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitesoxfan101 Posted May 28, 2006 Share Posted May 28, 2006 The CWS is great, and will be awesome as soon as they wake up and make the kids use wood bats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo's Drinker Posted May 28, 2006 Share Posted May 28, 2006 MY Jayhawks are currently up 8-2 in the big 12 finals. They were the 6 seed coming in and beat OU, OSU, Mizzou and now up on Nebraska...holy f***in s***.. GO JAYHAWKS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heads22 Posted May 29, 2006 Share Posted May 29, 2006 I rented MVP 06 today. Created ISU, replaced Kansas State. 0-3 so far, losing all 3 by 1 run, two on walkoff hits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danman31 Posted May 29, 2006 Share Posted May 29, 2006 The conference tourneys ended today. The brackets come out tomorrow. Mizzou is right on the bubble. They lost to Kansas by giving up a run in the bottom of the 8th on an infield hit and 2 errors on groundballs. They probably needed that win to get in the tournament, but we'll see. I was looking forward to Scherzer mowing some team down in a regional opener to pull an upset. Either way I'm still excited for the playoffs. College baseball is a lot of fun when played well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chisoxfn Posted May 29, 2006 Author Share Posted May 29, 2006 QUOTE(danman31 @ May 28, 2006 -> 09:01 PM) The conference tourneys ended today. The brackets come out tomorrow. Mizzou is right on the bubble. They lost to Kansas by giving up a run in the bottom of the 8th on an infield hit and 2 errors on groundballs. They probably needed that win to get in the tournament, but we'll see. I was looking forward to Scherzer mowing some team down in a regional opener to pull an upset. Either way I'm still excited for the playoffs. College baseball is a lot of fun when played well. Yep, tomorrow at 9:30 on ESPN (or ESPN 2) they will have the selection show. Fullerton just finished off a double header sweep of arch nemesis Long Beach State and our coach moved in as the 2nd winningest coach in conference history (our prior head coach is kicking ass at Texas). Also, I would love to see them move to wood bats but people always cite cost. I've long said MLB should just step up to the plate and pay for the costs of the bats because these guys playing with wood bats for 3-4 years will make them more prepared for the adjustments to the professional level and scouts will be able to better evaluate guys since they won't have to make assumptions of how they will handle wood bats. I will be hitting up one of the games this weekend, now its just a matter of seeing who Fullerton will be hosting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danman31 Posted May 29, 2006 Share Posted May 29, 2006 QUOTE(Chisoxfn @ May 28, 2006 -> 11:42 PM) Yep, tomorrow at 9:30 on ESPN (or ESPN 2) they will have the selection show. Fullerton just finished off a double header sweep of arch nemesis Long Beach State and our coach moved in as the 2nd winningest coach in conference history (our prior head coach is kicking ass at Texas). Also, I would love to see them move to wood bats but people always cite cost. I've long said MLB should just step up to the plate and pay for the costs of the bats because these guys playing with wood bats for 3-4 years will make them more prepared for the adjustments to the professional level and scouts will be able to better evaluate guys since they won't have to make assumptions of how they will handle wood bats. I will be hitting up one of the games this weekend, now its just a matter of seeing who Fullerton will be hosting. Yeah thanks for f***ing up a bubble team in LBSU. I don't see how they could make it over Mizzou, but there are a lot of other teams that Mizzou has to get in ahead of. While I like the ping and uniqueness that brings, wood bats would help to push along the quality of college baseball. More high schoolers would go to college as opposed to the pros. Honestly, I wouldn't mind seeing a rule where teams can't draft high schoolers after the first 5 rounds or something. In the long run it will help both college and pro baseball. College baseball will be improved and will therefore gain popularity. Pro baseball will benefit from the easier predictability of the draft. If the draft becomes more predictable than more people will care about it and that will also add to the popularity of college baseball. It works both ways and builds on itself IMO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo's Drinker Posted May 29, 2006 Share Posted May 29, 2006 Jayhawks are tourney bound...i dont think i have ever said that in baseball!!!!!! Big 12 champs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danman31 Posted May 29, 2006 Share Posted May 29, 2006 QUOTE(Jimbo @ May 29, 2006 -> 12:27 AM) Jayhawks are tourney bound...i dont think i have ever said that in baseball!!!!!! Big 12 champs It was their first Big 12 tournament title (which has only been around for maybe 10 years, think basketball). They would have gotten into the tournament in all likelihood anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo's Drinker Posted May 29, 2006 Share Posted May 29, 2006 QUOTE(danman31 @ May 29, 2006 -> 01:39 AM) It was their first Big 12 tournament title (which has only been around for maybe 10 years, think basketball). They would have gotten into the tournament in all likelihood anyway. as a 6 seed in big 12 tourney, they would have gotten in?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danman31 Posted May 29, 2006 Share Posted May 29, 2006 QUOTE(Jimbo @ May 29, 2006 -> 02:03 AM) as a 6 seed in big 12 tourney, they would have gotten in?? They were on the bubble before the Big 12 tourney. Most of what I read said that after the first two wins over OSU and OU they were very likely to get in and the win over Mizzou practically locked it up. They tied Baylor in the conference standings and Kansas was playing better ball before Baylor towards the end of the year. Baylor was viewed as the 6th Big 12 team in terms of getting in the tourney. There's still an outside shot that the Big 12 gets 7 teams with Missouri being the 7th. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chisoxfn Posted May 29, 2006 Author Share Posted May 29, 2006 Selection show on right now. Clemson was the top seed with Rice and Texas following them. Alabama at 4 and Fullerton as a 5th top seed. Also for those that don't know the format: Regionals - 4 teams play here and you can lose once (double elim) Super Regional - Best of 3 College World Series - Again you have a few teams here and its double elim College World Series Championship - Best of 3 Good news for Dan. If LBSU was going ot make it, I figured they would have been in the Fullerton or Pepperdine Regional. Sucks cause LBSU has a lot of talent, they just waited a while to turn it on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnB Posted May 29, 2006 Share Posted May 29, 2006 QUOTE(Chisoxfn @ May 29, 2006 -> 10:36 AM) Selection show on right now. Clemson was the top seed with Rice and Texas following them. Alabama at 4 and Fullerton as a 5th top seed. Also for those that don't know the format: Regionals - 4 teams play here and you can lose once (double elim) Super Regional - Best of 3 College World Series - Again you have a few teams here and its double elim College World Series Championship - Best of 3 I've always been confused about the selection rules. I assume if you win your conference tourney, you're automatically in, right? And then the rest is just a selection comitee like basketball? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chisoxfn Posted May 29, 2006 Author Share Posted May 29, 2006 QUOTE(SnB @ May 29, 2006 -> 09:38 AM) I've always been confused about the selection rules. I assume if you win your conference tourney, you're automatically in, right? And then the rest is just a selection comitee like basketball? Ya, I think thats how it happens. And there are also certain requirements to be a host (IIRC). Especially when it comes to Super Regionals. Jeff Smardzta (who will be a guy the Sox could look at) will be on ESPN after the break. Here are a list of the host cities: REGIONAL HOST CONFERENCE Alabama Southeastern Arkansas Southeastern Cal State Fullerton Big West Clemson Atlantic Coast Georgia Southeastern Georgia Tech Atlantic Coast Kentucky Southeastern Mississippi Southeastern Nebraska Big 12 North Carolina Atlantic Coast Oklahoma Big 12 Oregon State Pacific-10 Pepperdine West Coast Rice Conference USA Texas Big 12 Virginia Atlantic Coast Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heads22 Posted May 29, 2006 Share Posted May 29, 2006 Go Iowa State. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chisoxfn Posted May 29, 2006 Author Share Posted May 29, 2006 QUOTE(Heads22 @ May 29, 2006 -> 10:21 AM) Go Iowa State. They got in? On a sidenote, I am UCLA in MVP (just brought out the Xbox during finals week for the first time in a while) and they are horrid. I have so much trouble and my only good players just got hurt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heads22 Posted May 29, 2006 Share Posted May 29, 2006 They still don't have a team. I don't know if they have made the CWS since the 70s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danman31 Posted May 29, 2006 Share Posted May 29, 2006 Mizzou got in as the 4 seed in the Pepperdine region. They'll be headed to Cali for the 2nd straight year. Apparently the committee views Missouri as a western state because last year Mizzou was sent to Fullerton. This year Mizzou is sent to Malibu and St. Louis is sent to Fullerton. Go figure. Either way, it's time to f*** up some west coast baseball. Pepperdine has to face Scherzer in the regional opener, good luck with that lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chisoxfn Posted May 29, 2006 Author Share Posted May 29, 2006 QUOTE(danman31 @ May 29, 2006 -> 11:04 AM) Mizzou got in as the 4 seed in the Pepperdine region. They'll be headed to Cali for the 2nd straight year. Apparently the committee views Missouri as a western state because last year Mizzou was sent to Fullerton. This year Mizzou is sent to Malibu and St. Louis is sent to Fullerton. Go figure. Either way, it's time to f*** up some west coast baseball. Pepperdine has to face Scherzer in the regional opener, good luck with that lol. Pepperdine can hit, but I'd hate facing a heatlhy Scherzer. That alone gives Mizzu a shot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daa84 Posted May 29, 2006 Share Posted May 29, 2006 I went down to the SEC tourney at the Hoover Met, where the barons play, saw some great baseball. It was a tough one as my vanderbilt commodores lost in the championship. Runners up 2 outa the last 3 years. Still, nevertheless, college baseball is such a great sport that so many major league baseball fans need to see. Tons of talent on display that will be drafted soon. SEC got 5 of the 16 regional host sites which is pretty amazing. Looking forward to regionals. Anyone who follows big ten baseball, can you give me a rundown on Michigan? thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted May 29, 2006 Share Posted May 29, 2006 Go SIU...if they're still playing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danman31 Posted May 30, 2006 Share Posted May 30, 2006 QUOTE(daa84 @ May 29, 2006 -> 02:12 PM) Anyone who follows big ten baseball, can you give me a rundown on Michigan? thanks I followed the Big Ten a little and I could have sworn Michigan was an offense heavy team, but some of their pitchers have good numbers. They've gone through a lot of starters that would confirm my view that they had a good offense, but lacked pitching. Maybe they've finally found some decent starters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rex Hudler Posted May 30, 2006 Share Posted May 30, 2006 QUOTE(SnB @ May 29, 2006 -> 11:38 AM) I've always been confused about the selection rules. I assume if you win your conference tourney, you're automatically in, right? And then the rest is just a selection comitee like basketball? Teams have to bid to be a host, which means they have to be competitive enough on the field to earn it as well as put up enough $$. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo's Drinker Posted May 30, 2006 Share Posted May 30, 2006 KU is a 2 seep in Corvalis with Wright State, Oregon State and a first round match against Hawaii. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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