quote:Agree with this tactical error, as well as the resultant inability to throw Lange twice or three times. But the shame of it is, had Poche not made those two errors, they may have pulled it off. Big if!
...they just didn't respect TCU and thought they could get by with Poche.
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I have never seen a luckier team than TCU in my life.
They go 0-2 in their conference tournament and still host SR, thanks to their buddy Hyman, wonder if there was some good payola for him.
NC State looks like someone (Schloss?)drugged their Gatorade in their regional and put on an absolute clown show in the last 2 innings, making every error that can possibly be made in the game, I think. Add a run scored on the worst balk call by the ump ever called in the history of baseball. TCU wins on 7 "UNEARNED" runs in the last 2 innings. NC State could not have done more to give it to them than if they had sat down in the outfield and watch TCU run the bases.
A&M has never played well at Lupton. But TCU wins the SR series on an A&M error in the third game.
And Hendrix was getting squeezed on calls. Ump was really bad for both but became one sided by about the 12th inning.
Lsu completely was looking past TCU first game of the CW series. Tonight, it just seems as though so many things go TCU ways. LSU catcher trips on the batter box losing a foul ball that should have been an out.
Not saying that TCU hasn't played well against LSU, they have, but man do they have that lucky charm somehow.
TCU moves on!
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What is so disconcerting for me is how'd they go 2 and Q in their conference tourney, then almost lose to NC State? Does not compute!
quote:Spot on!
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Wanna bet the Frogs get smoked? I saw tremendous pitching , total focus, solid defense, great base running, adequate hitting and good coaching...though the pine tar accusation was as bush league as I have seen. Their pitching will give them a chance. Not a TCU fan, just telling the truth. We were very good they were better in their park. In Olsen is another story. I will be pulling of the SEC but I think it will be Vandy and Florida in the final. Fire away.
quote:95% of the regional?
There's no hot streaks in baseball? No luck factor? How did Tech into the CWS last year? Tech played a 4 seed in the Supers last year. All I'm saying is there are outside factors that play in to who makes the CWS. o say that the 8 teams in Omaha are the best 8 teams in baseball is a stretch...there are definitely outside factors that play into this. Are they good teams? Without a doubt. Can they be one of the best 8 teams? Sure, and I think TCU is. NCST had TCU dead in the water before completely ****ting the bed. TCU had almost nothing to do with it. Is NCST better than TCU? No...they just played better for 95% of the regional and self imploded. They got hot after that, and they are one of the last 4 standing. What if Minter and Stubbs had been healthy all year? A&M most likely gets the NS over TCU. Did TCU have anything to do with that? Nope...it's an outside factor.
And claiming that 3 out of the past 5 years is just luck is a fool's argument that I never made.
BTW, using that c/lol is a discussion about baseball makes you come across as a jackass. This isn't Old Rivalries.
quote:quote:95% of the regional?
There's no hot streaks in baseball? No luck factor? How did Tech into the CWS last year? Tech played a 4 seed in the Supers last year. All I'm saying is there are outside factors that play in to who makes the CWS. o say that the 8 teams in Omaha are the best 8 teams in baseball is a stretch...there are definitely outside factors that play into this. Are they good teams? Without a doubt. Can they be one of the best 8 teams? Sure, and I think TCU is. NCST had TCU dead in the water before completely ****ting the bed. TCU had almost nothing to do with it. Is NCST better than TCU? No...they just played better for 95% of the regional and self imploded. They got hot after that, and they are one of the last 4 standing. What if Minter and Stubbs had been healthy all year? A&M most likely gets the NS over TCU. Did TCU have anything to do with that? Nope...it's an outside factor.
And claiming that 3 out of the past 5 years is just luck is a fool's argument that I never made.
BTW, using that c/lol is a discussion about baseball makes you come across as a jackass. This isn't Old Rivalries.
Let's take a closer look.
TCU beats Sacred Heart 10-0
NC State Beats Sacred Heart 11-6
NC State Beats Stony Brook 3-0
TCU Beats Stony Brook 8-3
NC State wins against TCU 5-4 on a ninth-inning, two-out, two-run homer
TCU Beats NC State 8-2
NC State leads a game for the majority of the time, in the 8th inning, TCU comes back to win.
Now, I can talk about how good our players are at drawing walks and capitalizing on mistakes etc etc, we know it was part luck and we've proven that you can't give TCU a chance to come back.
However, Say whatever you want about that specific game, but to say that NC State played better for 95% of the regional is absolutely false.
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Facts won't go over well here
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Facts won't go over well here
Agree with Swimmer, 95% was a bit of an exaggeration. But it still took 6 unearned runs to beat NCST in game 3. How is that for a fact?
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Facts won't go over well here
Agree with Swimmer, 95% was a bit of an exaggeration. But it still took 6 unearned runs to beat NCST in game 3. How is that for a fact?
quote:Rebel ran out of material last week. His responses have started to dwindle on occasion to "Oh?".
And another sarcastic response. Your argument was that I didn't care about the facts. I responded with a fact. And that's your only response? But you called Rebel an idiot? Wow....
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95% of the regional?
Let's take a closer look.
TCU beats Sacred Heart 10-0
NC State Beats Sacred Heart 11-6
NC State Beats Stony Brook 3-0
TCU Beats Stony Brook 8-3
NC State wins against TCU 5-4 on a ninth-inning, two-out, two-run homer
TCU Beats NC State 8-2
NC State leads a game for the majority of the time, in the 8th inning, TCU comes back to win.
quote:You could, but that would be incredibly stupid. Not hard to draw a walk when all you have to do is stand in the batters box and rest the bat on your shoulder. You could've had a little league team up there at the plate in the 8th and 9th and they probably would've had similar results the way NCST melted down.
Now, I can talk about how good our players are at drawing walks
quote:FIFY
The bottom line is that NC State played well enough that they were up 7 runs and 6 outs away from eliminating TCU in their house. Call that whatever percentage you want, but the fact remains that TCUshould not have evenmade it out of their regional.
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95% of the regional?
Let's take a closer look.
TCU beats Sacred Heart 10-0
NC State Beats Sacred Heart 11-6
NC State Beats Stony Brook 3-0
TCU Beats Stony Brook 8-3
NC State wins against TCU 5-4 on a ninth-inning, two-out, two-run homer
TCU Beats NC State 8-2
NC State leads a game for the majority of the time, in the 8th inning, TCU comes back to win.
The transitive property and comparing scores always works really well in sports discussions.
quote:You could, but that would be incredibly stupid. Not hard to draw a walk when all you have to do is stand in the batters box and rest the bat on your shoulder. You could've had a little league team up there at the plate in the 8th and 9th and they probably would've had similar results the way NCST melted down.
Now, I can talk about how good our players are at drawing walks
The bottom line is that NC State played well enough that they were up 7 runs and 6 outs away from eliminating TCU in their house. Call that whatever percentage you want, but the fact remains that TCU should not have even made it out of their regional.
quote:Except for when it's not....damn you rain!quote:quote:
There is a rule in baseball that the game is 9 innings long.
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Did you read my post? Never said it wasn't a 9 inning game. Never said TCU didn't win. Have they taken full advantage of the circumstances since? Definitely. But would they even be in Omaha without extenuating circumstances? Absolutely not.
You frog apologists are getting real tiresome.
quote:Yep.
Is TCU a good team? Absolutely.
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The really fascinating thing for TCU is that they've made this run despite their closer being in meltdown mode since the conference tournament--he's a big reason they were down 6 to NCSU. They couldn't have overcome Phelps arsonist act without some really impressive depth in the bullpen. They would have been in quite the quandary as to what to do last night had it been closer in the 9th.
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LSU catcher trips on the batter box losing a foul ball that should have been an out.
The game was 8-3 at this point.
TCU was on a mission tonight. Either way, TCU outscored LSU 18-7 in two games. That's not luck.
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LSU catcher trips on the batter box losing a foul ball that should have been an out.
The game was 8-3 at this point.
TCU was on a mission tonight. Either way, TCU outscored LSU 18-7 in two games. That's not luck.
If I remember right, that dropped foul had zero bearing on the game. 2 pitches later that same batter popped out on a foul ball to 1st base.
