W.TN.Orange Blood
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coolCollege baseball has become like pinball. Balls absolutely fly off the aluminum bats, and everybody is scoring double-digit
runs /regularly/.Look at yesterday's game: In four of the five, the winning team scored 11, 11, 12 and 15 runs. Ridiculous. We lost 10-8 two days ago. Georgia got beat two days ago by 17 runs! Absurd. I was pleased to see Oregon State and Kentucky engage in an old-school 3-2 game. We still see the occasional great pitchers, to be sure--but the game is now about out-slugging your opponent.
And speaking of slugging and homers, didn't we lead the nation in homers, what, two or three years ago--but that did not work in our favor when we got to Omaha because it's a big park? The same dynamic could come into play again. Let's hope not. Certainly, most of the home runs we hit at L. Nelson would go out of any park, but the dimensions in Omaha could be a factor.
I know our side of bracket played Super regional games on Friday but I have not seen anything official we are playing this Friday. Is there an possibility we could land on Saturday?
If we're hittin' em 400 yards, it won't matter what ballpark they put us in.I realize the field depth is greater than what most college teams typically see. But most of the long balls the Vols have been hitting are well outside of the park.
Here are the dimensions left to right:
335 - 375 - 408 - 375 - 335 (Omaha)
The official LNS website has the following: 320 - 360 - 390 - 360 - 320
Another source has LNS as 335 - 373 - 404 - 358 - 330
Most of the long balls have been well over 400 yards and typically not straight away center. Is it really the ballpark or the fact that these are the top teams and thus typically have the best pitchers?
However, the wind tends to blow in more than not………..that what makes it so big, which is good for our pitchers too.I realize the field depth is greater than what most college teams typically see. But most of the long balls the Vols have been hitting are well outside of the park.
Here are the dimensions left to right:
335 - 375 - 408 - 375 - 335 (Omaha)
The official LNS website has the following: 320 - 360 - 390 - 360 - 320
Another source has LNS as 335 - 373 - 404 - 358 - 330
Most of the long balls have been well over 400 yards and typically not straight away center. Is it really the ballpark or the fact that these are the top teams and thus typically have the best pitchers?
2 years ago and we didn't make it to Omaha so it didn't matter.College baseball has become like pinball. Balls absolutely fly off the aluminum bats, and everybody is scoring double-digit
runs /regularly/.Look at yesterday's game: In four of the five, the winning team scored 11, 11, 12 and 15 runs. Ridiculous. We lost 10-8 two days ago. Georgia got beat two days ago by 17 runs! Absurd. I was pleased to see Oregon State and Kentucky engage in an old-school 3-2 game. We still see the occasional great pitchers, to be sure--but the game is now about out-slugging your opponent.
And speaking of slugging and homers, didn't we lead the nation in homers, what, two or three years ago--but that did not work in our favor when we got to Omaha because it's a big park? The same dynamic could come into play again. Let's hope not. Certainly, most of the home runs we hit at L. Nelson would go out of any park, but the dimensions in Omaha could be a factor.
I disagree about winning 1 and being in the driver's seat. Need to win the first 2 for the driver's seat position. And if that happens I don't think I will be able to back my expectation down from a championship.A loss to Florida State and their "Ace" will not kill our chances; but a win? A Win, would put Tennessee in the driver's seat the rest of the first week and allow the Vols to possibly keep their 3-man rotation all the way through the tourney.
I saw in several places this morning that Tennessee is supposedly in the hardest side of the bracket. I say the only reason the top half of the bracket is tough is because Tennessee is in it. The rest of the teams have been wildly inconsistent. The big hitters not on Tennessee are in the "SEC half" of the bracket.
And man! If we could face Kentucky in the finals, with the color orange living in all their fans and school's nightmares, I'll be there with bells on, and playing FIGHT! VOLS FIGHT! on a kazoo. Just knowing the somewhere Pookie Jones will be sitting in a threadbare recliner watching the Vols clinch yet another game and series on an overmatched and undercoached Kentucky squad just give me goosebumps.
Does anybody want me to request tickets? I’m thinking I’m just going to get cheap seats.