OT: Baseball

I'm pleasantly surprised.

arkansas being pushed to the losers bracket only makes the path that much easier (for the time being)

https://247sports.com/college/michigan/Article/Amid-College-World-Series-run-Michigan-baseballs-Erik-Bakich-named-national-coach-of-the-year-132903491/


Deserved

Arkansas losing was a surprise. What concerns me now is the fact that FSU's 1b guy goes tomorrow. CJ Van Eyk is a real stud, check out his stats:

https://d1baseball.com/player/eOzJiXgF/cj-van-eyk/

Van Eyk has better stats than Parrish but Parrish is a Junior and has been the Friday night starter all year so.

For comparison's sake here are Parrish's stats.

https://d1baseball.com/player/YFpXnPLM/drew-parrish/

sandyeggo_blue wrote:

https://247sports.com/college/michigan/Article/Amid-College-World-Series-run-Michigan-baseballs-Erik-Bakich-named-national-coach-of-the-year-132903491/


Deserved

I fully agree.

Henry cruisers through eight. No one warming up. Let's see what happens...

'woody you've gotta be going nuts.  I mean you played for Michigan.  These guys are representative of you and they are winning.  This is unreal.  Michigan baseball, who knew?  Let's just hope the three day layoff doesn't hurt them.  Kauffman starts Friday in my opinion.

I played baseball for a few years but never for Michigan and actually was a better runner and switched to track. But, I love the game, especially the pitch-to-pitch drama in a late, close game. The pace only increases the tension. One of my lasting memories is the great Carlton Fisk home run in the '75 series. Some of my best memories are playing, watching, and photographing baseball.

dwoody wrote:

I played baseball for a few years but never for Michigan and actually was a better runner and switched to track. But, I love the game, especially the pitch-to-pitch drama in a late, close game. The pace only increases the tension. One of my lasting memories is the great Carlton Fisk home run in the '75 series. Some of my best memories are playing, watching, and photographing baseball.

I'm right there with you. Baseball is my #1 love. I was very lucky to have all the instincts needed to be a great player. Unfortunately I ended up at 5'9" and 160 pounds. And I was nowhere near Jose Altuve.

I love watching defense and base running and outfielders throws.

I hate that you can make a perfect run and slide and because you lose contact with the base for .001 of a second and they call you out. Because slo slo slo motion replay caught you. That was not what replay was meant for.

They always said "It'll be used for game situations deciding the outcome and for sidelines issues." Now it's used if a shortstop breathes too hard. And it still doesn't always get it right.

Ok that's my annual rant about IR.

I love it from first pitch to the last. I'm the one whose team is down by 9 in the bottom of the 9th with 2 strikes on my hitter and I still believe my team can win.

I know the difference when an umpire misses a call and it goes to 1-2 instead of 2-1.

I could go on and on about baseball. I love it.

But

joe wrote:

dwoody wrote:

I played baseball for a few years but never for Michigan and actually was a better runner and switched to track. But, I love the game, especially the pitch-to-pitch drama in a late, close game. The pace only increases the tension. One of my lasting memories is the great Carlton Fisk home run in the '75 series. Some of my best memories are playing, watching, and photographing baseball.

I'm right there with you. Baseball is my #1 love. I was very lucky to have all the instincts needed to be a great player. Unfortunately I ended up at 5'9" and 160 pounds. And I was nowhere near Jose Altuve.

I love watching defense and base running and outfielders throws.

I hate that you can make a perfect run and slide and because you lose contact with the base for .001 of a second and they call you out. Because slo slo slo motion replay caught you. That was not what replay was meant for.

They always said "It'll be used for game situations deciding the outcome and for sidelines issues." Now it's used if a shortstop breathes too hard. And it still doesn't always get it right.

Ok that's my annual rant about IR.

I love it from first pitch to the last. I'm the one whose team is down by 9 in the bottom of the 9th with 2 strikes on my hitter and I still believe my team can win.

I know the difference when an umpire misses a call and it goes to 1-2 instead of 2-1.

I could go on and on about baseball. I love it.

But

I agree, well I'm not against IR so much but I do see your point.

Mike is our Mich baseball alum.