2014 College World Series Thread

#26
#26
CunningLinguist said:
With the exception of Beede's second inning, Vandy dominated Irvine tonight. They are in the drivers seat now for a spot in the finals. If they win a National Championship, I will vomit.
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Even if they make it to the finals only to run out of gas at the last second, this would unfortunately still be an historic season for them even if they don't bring home the trophy.

To go from well over 200 teams vying to be good enough for post season action at the beginning of the season, to being one of 64 teams vying for a trip to Omaha when post season play begins, to potentially be one of two remaining teams that will battle for the title, that's impressive for any team.

With proper recruiting and the fact that they've proved that 2011 wasn't a fluke, I would not be surprised if they not only make another trip to Omaha next year, but I also wouldn't be surprised if they have a real shot at either the SEC regular season title, or possibly winning their 3rd SEC tournament title, or both.
 
#27
#27
For some reason, in baseball, I tend to pull for the other conference teams. I don't live in Nashville, so pulling for Vandy in baseball is not so tough. In football and in basketball, it's a totally different story.
 
#28
#28
drvenner said:
For some reason, in baseball, I tend to pull for the other conference teams. I don't live in Nashville, so pulling for Vandy in baseball is not so tough. In football and in basketball, it's a totally different story.
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Of all the major sport programs at Vandy, Tim Corbin and the baseball team are probably also the only group that can and have backed up their talk with wins. Say what you want about em, right now they're poised to be one of the final four teams and may be one of the last two teams.
 
#29
#29
ChattaVoll said:
Of all the major sport programs at Vandy, Tim Corbin and the baseball team are probably also the only group that can and have backed up their talk with wins. Say what you want about em, right now they're poised to be one of the final four teams and may be one of the last two teams.
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They have won a lot of games, but have faltered when it came to the postseason with the talent they have had over the years. This is not one of Corbin's better teams, but he still has good pitching and they got a favorable draw in regionals and a number of upsets happened to water down the field. The team with Price that got upset in regionals is better than this one, but got a tough draw in Michigan that year. It's all about matchups and luck to an extent. This year they've gotten both.

It is funny to watch Candy fans jump on the bandwagon like they have the football team though. You couldn't hardly find a Candy baseball fan back when Schmittou or Mewbourne was the coach.
 
#30
#30
What do you guys think the fatter seams to the baseball will do for the game?

I think we see more strikeouts like never before. I don't think 20% in distance is going to make a huge difference.
 
#31
#31
The seams (really the stitching) are not getting fatter, they are actually going to be thinner causing the raised portion of the ball around the seams to be a few millimeters lower.

The impact to the flight distance should be about 10 - 15 feet farther on ball that went 300 feet with the current ball. This will be due to the lack of wind resistance during flight. The ball will actually have the same exit speed off of the bat but go farther because of less drag.

How many balls did we hit this year that reached the warning track or hit the fence?

For pitching, while it will allow for a slight increase in the MPH as it reaches the plate, I believe that the ball will break less for curve balls and sliders due to that same reduction in wind resistance / drag. Hitters at this level can hit fastballs that are straighter and tend to have more trouble with the breaking balls (especially the late breaking stuff).
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Just my 2 cents
 
#32
#32
Wow, I remember when Vandy lost to Texas in the Super Regional, but I didn't realize it was 2004. I can't believe that was 10 years ago.
 
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#33
#33
MIH_Baseball said:
The seams (really the stitching) are not getting fatter, they are actually going to be thinner causing the raised portion of the ball around the seams to be a few millimeters lower.

The impact to the flight distance should be about 10 - 15 feet farther on ball that went 300 feet with the current ball. This will be due to the lack of wind resistance during flight. The ball will actually have the same exit speed off of the bat but go farther because of less drag.

How many balls did we hit this year that reached the warning track or hit the fence?

For pitching, while it will allow for a slight increase in the MPH as it reaches the plate, I believe that the ball will break less for curve balls and sliders due to that same reduction in wind resistance / drag. Hitters at this level can hit fastballs that are straighter and tend to have more trouble with the breaking balls (especially the late breaking stuff).
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Just my 2 cents
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Kinda lame. I say just use wood bats. We will have maybe five more homers this year.
 
#34
#34
Turner, Vandy's 3rd basemen, is ineligible the rest of the World Series.
 
#37
#37
So vandy finds a way to blow in major game seems predictable like cowboys repeatedly being mediocre.

The texas longhorns a team representing the other t state also with orange spefically burnt orange as their main color and they embarrass freakin vandy in a major game.
The horns share a similarity with the ut vols with these characteristics, its dejavu all over again vandy blows it or chokes in two and three vs ut vols of regular season, and happens again on friday vs horns at the worst time in the cws.


Yes it seems playing the two ut teams both orange colors is vandy's kryptonite with imploding and choking.
Even when it could go right still it goes wrong for vandy.


Cant wait for sequel with doors vs horns round two.
 
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#38
#38
VolsSportsFan said:
Wow, I remember when Vandy lost to Texas in the Super Regional, but I didn't realize it was 2004. I can't believe that was 10 years ago.
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Vandy is who we thought they were a team that blows or chokes in major games.
Also losses in harrowing ways to the two ut teams the vols and horns.

Shut out loss to the horns that was x men 3 awful maybe game two will be Battllefield earth or Jaws the revenge awful for vandy if they blow again on saturday.

Vandy the sd chargers or dallas cowboys of the Sec baseball.
 
#39
#39
So Dave Serrano has been to the college world series twice, once at Irvine( 1st in school history ), and Once at Fullerton. Corbin has only been there twice during his tenure at Vandy. Lolz.
 
#42
#42
Burger said:
What do you guys think the fatter seams to the baseball will do for the game?

I think we see more strikeouts like never before. I don't think 20% in distance is going to make a huge difference.
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More strikeouts? Really? Lower seems means hitters advantage. All those balls to the warning track that were outs are now home runs. You will see a difference.

And as I type this Vandy beats Texas. I guess Go SEC?
 
#43
#43
That was one of the most nail biting games I've seen in a long time. Kudos to Texas for playing their hearts out and good job on making it all the way to the Final Four stage.

For the finals, I think Virginia has the best shot at winning it all, but considering how lackluster their regular season was, and after going 1-2 in Hoover, the fact that Vanderbilt is even in the finals at all is pretty impressive.

I call Virginia in 2 games, with at least one of them being a shutout.
 
#44
#44
vol66 said:
Battle of the V's

Vandy and Virginia make it to the finals...
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Both in title round first time ever, and one will cws championship for 1st time.
Cant complain and say no originality.
Uv cavs in mens basketball had a great prosperous year, and mens baseball team can have a greater prosperous year with winning a cws mens title.

2nd game was topnotch to leave after 9th because it went to extras would be a injustice to not see finish.

1960 last time four walk off wins.
Long freakin time.
 
#45
#45
ChattaVoll said:
That was one of the most nail biting games I've seen in a long time. Kudos to Texas for playing their hearts out and good job on making it all the way to the Final Four stage.

For the finals, I think Virginia has the best shot at winning it all, but considering how lackluster their regular season was, and after going 1-2 in Hoover, the fact that Vanderbilt is even in the finals at all is pretty impressive.

I call Virginia in 2 games, with at least one of them being a shutout.
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Goes to show dont look at conference tournament as flawless predictor.
im damn pleased we took two of three vs a vandy team in title round. If i were to say that at start of the year i think there would be shocked people not because vandy is astromical long shot with no talent exact opposite but because of their infamousness of close but no cigar and damn underachieving.
 
#46
#46
firestorm said:
So vandy finds a way to blow in major game seems predictable like cowboys repeatedly being mediocre.

The texas longhorns a team representing the other t state also with orange spefically burnt orange as their main color and they embarrass freakin vandy in a major game.
The horns share a similarity with the ut vols with these characteristics, its dejavu all over again vandy blows it or chokes in two and three vs ut vols of regular season, and happens again on friday vs horns at the worst time in the cws.


Yes it seems playing the two ut teams both orange colors is vandy's kryptonite with imploding and choking.
Even when it could go right still it goes wrong for vandy.


Cant wait for sequel with doors vs horns round two.
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Firestorm- Since Virginia is also Orange, Vanderbilt should just pack up and go home according to your thinking. I will take underachieving every year if it gets you into 4 out of the last 5 Super Regionals and 2 of the last 4 CWS. Vanderbilt loses 4-5 top notch players to the draft every year and Corbin was able to put it together with a lot of young players and get them to this point.

Hopefully, the early season T. Beede shows up and gets the important 1st game of the series.
 
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#47
#47
Burger said:
So Dave Serrano has been to the college world series twice, once at Irvine( 1st in school history ), and Once at Fullerton. Corbin has only been there twice during his tenure at Vandy. Lolz.
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You do realize that Corbin's accomplishments at Vanderbilt are pretty darn good from where that program was when he started 12 years ago.

I would take the next 12 years of UT baseball looking like this:

3 SEC Titles and 1 SEC-T Title
2 CWS appearances (including playing for a title)
6 Super Regionals
10 NCAA-T appearances
 
#48
#48
TNSportsman said:
You do realize that Corbin's accomplishments at Vanderbilt are pretty darn good from where that program was when he started 12 years ago.

I would take the next 12 years of UT baseball looking like this:

3 SEC Titles and 1 SEC-T Title
2 CWS appearances (including playing for a title)
6 Super Regionals
10 NCAA-T appearances
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I want a championship in the future.
 
#49
#49
Vandy wins, 1 more is all the need. That Frosh Kilichowski did well, saw him versus MTSU this year...the pitching VU has is just sick.

Weil made a couple of great plays, may have saved the game for VU.
 
#50
#50
CommodoreCapital said:
Firestorm- Since Virginia is also Orange, Vanderbilt should just pack up and go home according to your thinking. I will take underachieving every year if it gets you into 4 out of the last 5 Super Regionals and 2 of the last 4 CWS. Vanderbilt loses 4-5 top notch players to the draft every year and Corbin was able to put it together with a lot of young players and get them to this point.

Hopefully, the early season T. Beede shows up and gets the important 1st game of the series.
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I'm not saying don't be happy with the success but seems like you would be highly pissed off because you have multiple seasons where they look great but then proven to be fools gold.
It's like a movie with a amazing trailer but then you see it and it's fool's gold.

I don't want vandy to win but can still be damn pleased if it does happen that the vols played topnotch in the two other games to win the series in impressive fashion including game 2 vs the cws champions.
If I said that before the start of the year I think most would say oh you mean the gamecocks if I said vandy what are you on I want some.

Deeply optimistic vols are headed back on the winning track.

That was a serious observation and in regards to the orange it's mainly teams with orange as their main color not any team with the color orange.

On a unrelated note why are you a member on volnation?
 
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