The Official FSU @ #1 Tennessee CWS Game 1 Thread (Fri. June 14) (7PM EST) (ESPN)

[DC_Vol]

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The list of lists I’m on is substantial. Thick files everywhere I go. Get in line.

 

[TechnoVol]

It shouldn't be lost in the late 9th inning rally, that Kavares Tears lead off the 9th by burning the FSU center fielder with a triple. I think that is what jump started the whole rally.

 

[Switch 625]

How locked in do you have to be to not know you just hit for the cycle in Omaha! Man CMo is just different!

I once threw a no-hitter and didn’t realize it until after the game. I just wondered why no one would sit next to me in the dugout.

 

[BigALWiLson]

That was a photo taken from the replay on TV. It's 50/50 for sure, complete judgement call by the ump.

I remember seeing a better view of the plate than that. You can't really distinguish where he is in the box nor the true location of the plate.

 

[StarRaider]

The list of lists I’m on is substantial. Thick files everywhere I go. Get in line.

do i write it as wing nut, wingnut, or wing-nut?

 

[volplaya8]

I remember seeing a better view of the plate than that. You can't really distinguish where he is in the box nor the true location of the plate.

Exactly…taking a pic from the dugout area has nothing to do with a damn thing….homeplate ump and third base ump dont have that viewpoint nor should it even come into play…

 

[StarRaider]

Good morning WINNERS!!! Off to the Knoxville Zoo with the boys!

and a Happy Fathers Day (eve) to you!

 

[jdogvol]

John Wilkerson is to Vols Baseball what John Ward was to Vols Football…a treasure!

 

[fryeguy93]

Kudos to the freshman for keeping up with the Muffin Man in the weirdness

 

[KptVFL]

50 50 call all day long…

Have rewatched many times.

Agree!

Glad it was our 50.

Was my initial reaction.

 

[Sudden Impact]

As Tennessee Fans, we should celebrate actually getting a controversial call out way. We have suffered through the Florida Gaffney „touchdown“, the North Carolina extra play after time expired against Dooley, the theft of the 2021 Music City Bowl against Purdue.
We were owed one of these.

Without all that talk about a half swing or not it is not whether or not it was not. If this had happened in the 5th inning we would not be talking about it today.

The biggest accomplishment is 4 hits with 2 outs and the team deserves that credit as it was the game difference. Other contributors and this was a team win.
So this disputed call should not be a point of emphasis because it doesn't make a difference and the team as a whole made this happen. Uphill climb.

Fat lady sung but not as it appeared.

 

[MAD]

This graph also matched the roller coaster of emotions last night.

 

[Lefteye]

I’d bet you $5 that atleast 3 balls leave the yard tonight

You been paid yet? lol
@Christian Lowe

 

[MAD]

Kudos to the freshman for keeping up with the Muffin Man in the weirdness

This is fantastic

 

[AthensVol2007]

I don’t always agree with the boys at D1, but UNC is built like an SEC team. That I agree with.

I’m not discounting they’re good and it may be a terrible metric to use, but when you’ve only PLAYED as many total Q1 games as we’ve WON and you split those 50/50 I’m not a firm believer in their long term viability. They lost the 3 toughest series they played in ECU, NCSU and UVA as well as a mid-week to SCar. Their best quality series win was maybe WF. If you made it this far you’re more than capable of winning it all. But I would rather face them than UVA or FSU again.

 

[volfan102455]

Regarding the check or no check opinion - folks always remember those type of things, especially if they happen towards the end of the game, but the reality is a game is filled with many of those "what if" moments that could have "if the if had been different" changed the outcome in the game.

But in almost every sport, unless the situation is obvious (i.e. 100% the correct call), down the stretch in those last-minute situations where the game is truly on the line those that make the decisions typically go into the "let the players decide the outcome" mode as they should.

Both teams had opportunities after that call to change the outcome. Our beloved Vols seized the opportunity and won the game. FSU did not.

 

[theroyz71]

If we end up playing 5 more games then it is more than doable. Would only have to average 2.6 HR/gm.

That's a lot for that ball park.

 

[volfan102455]

Without all that talk about a half swing or not it is not whether or not it was not. If this had happened in the 5th inning we would not be talking about it today.

The biggest accomplish is 4 hits with 2 outs and the team deserves that credit as it was the game difference. Other contributors and this was a team win.
So this disputed call should not be a point of emphasis because it doesn't make a difference and the team as a whole made this happen. Uphill climb.

Fat lady sung but not as it appeared.

THIS!

 

[volfan102455]

That's a lot for that ball park.

We can do it! Never doubt these young men!

 

[VolPack22]

That's a lot for that ball park.

All it takes is one big game to skew the stats. It can be done.

 

[MAD]

You been paid yet? lol
@Christian Lowe

There were 3 HR’s 2 by Tennessee and 1 by FSU.

 

[StarRaider]

All it takes is one big game to skew the stats. It can be done.

["so you are telling me there's a chance" meme goes here]

 

[volfan102455]

There were 3 HR’s 2 by Tennessee and 1 by FSU.

And for most of the game, both teams were not really trying for the HR but to hit the ball into the gaps.

 

[volfan102455]

If we end up playing 5 more games then it is more than doable. Would only have to average 2.6 HR/gm.

But for me personally I only want us to play 4 more games - 4 straight WINS. If we play a 5th along the way that implies, we lost a game.

 

[StarRaider]

I had to change mine in the ninth.

tell me about it brother.... something tells me I am going to get a whole pew to myself tomorrow morning.