The Road to Omaha: 2018 College Baseball Thread

Program tradition, you only dogpile once. In Omaha.

Complete domination. Clearly the best team, to win going through the loser's bracket, winning SIX elimination games with sub-par starting pitching, their best player going hitless in the finals, and playing five games without their starting center fielder/leadoff hitter. Arkansas was absolutely powerless in the three-game final.

 

If you told me Heimlich and Fehmel would pitch the way they did, that the Beavs would have the most errors of any team in Omaha, I wouldn't believe it. And still win the thing? No way. And Abel would end up with four wins? Hell no.
Glad they won, if only because living off of the 06-07 championships was looking kind of desperate at this point.

 

Is this the last year ESPN is doing the CWS? Putting the championship game on ESPN2 and wedging it before other live games rather than SportsCenter seems like they were giving it the bum's rush. Like when the Blazers won the NBA title and CBS cut to a golf tournament as soon as the trophy was presented. ESPN put the trophy presentation on the app - the December bowl trophy presentations make ESPN3.
Just kind of odd. I realize baseball isn't basketball (men or women's), or football - but you'd think a highlight reel ala One Shining Moment of the tourney would have been put together.

 

The wrong team won.

 

It didn't matter who won, they jammed these games up in front of other live games - not giving the broadcast some wiggle room with SportsCenter or taped studio shows. Heck - I don't know if ESPN does this with the LLWS.

 

It was because of Monday's postponement. Messed up with the schedule.

The best team won. 6-1 in the tournament against the vortex of domination, three double-figure wins, 54-12 run differential.

 

Just saw a clip of the last out: Strike three looked like it was at the ankles. Ump must've had a plane to catch.

 

When you consistently pound the strike zone, you get some leeway now and again. He retired the last 20 guys in order, I think.

It's the 12th NCAA team title for the Pac-12 this year, the most of any conference.

NCAA Championships

 

That’s nice and all, but the PAC-12 also participates in a bunch of sports no one else cares about.

And UCLA’s beach volleyball title should come with an asterisk.

 

So ... how y'all feel about 19-year-old freshman Kevin Abel — who was drafted out of high school, so he's certainly a pro prospect — throwing 152 pitches combined in Games 2 & 3?

 

Mike Martin wonders what the big deal is.

 

That poor horse is glue now. Leave him be.