College baseball teams began their march to Omaha , Nebraska
NCAA top 8 seeded teams
Vanderbilt
Rice
NCAA Division 1 updates from Friday and Saturday
#1 seeds facing elimination games:
UCLA is 1-1 and faces an elimination game today.
TCU is 1-1 and faces an elimination game today.
Rice is 1-1 and faces an elimination game today.
Georgia Tech is 1-1 and faces an elimination game today.
Cal-State Fullerton is 1-1 and faces an elimination game today.
Eliminated #4 seeds:
Sacred Heart
Navy
Bethune Cookman
Eliminated #3 seeds:
Upsets and surprises:
#2 seeded Oklahoma
#2 seeded Oklahoma State
# 2 seeded Southern Mississippi is out of the tournament.
#2 seeded Fresno State
#2 seeded Florida International University
#3 seeded Dallas
#3 seeded UC Irvine is 2-0 in the UCLA/Los Angeles
#3 seeded Mississippi
#3 seeded Kent
Win-Loss breakdown per seeds thru Friday and Saturday games:
2-0 1-1 0-2
#1 seeds 10 6 0
#2 seeds 2 9 5
#3 seeds 4 11 1
#4 seeds 0 6 10
How are the “power conferences” performing?
Teams Wins/Losses
ACC 7 11-3
Big East 3 3-3
Big 12 6 5-7
Big 10 1 1-1
PAC 10 6 9-3
SEC 7 11-3
How are the new bats affecting play?
Home runs are down in the NCAA tournament this year. During the first day of play in 2010 (32 games) 87 home runs were hit. This year only 38 home runs were hit on the first day of play (32 games).
A full season perspective:
Offense was down this year in Division 1 baseball primarily due to the new bats. The new bats are said to have a smaller “sweet spot”, 3 inches as opposed to the 5 inches on the older bats, and the weight of the bat is throwing hitters off. The average distance of home runs has changed from 400 ft. in 2010 to 375 ft. in 2011. Teams have complained that the weight of the bat is not centered properly like a wooden bat. More weight is given to the barrel of the bat used this year in college baseball. This causes players to change their swing and go through the strike zone too fast. The NCAA plans to change the style of bats for the 2012 season.
The one thing they got right with the bats is the sound the ball makes on contact. The “PING ” sound of the old aluminum bats is gone, replaced with the sound a wooden bat makes upon contact.
1998 was a record setting year offensively in Division 1 baseball. Compare 1998’s stats to 2011 for yourself.
Comparing numbers
1998 2011
Home runs/game 1.00 .52
Runs/game 7.12 5.62
Batting avg. 3.06 2.82
ERA 6.12 4.70
Just to clarify, it was a clean play, get over it!
San Francisco Giants’ fans and their team management need a little baseball education. On May 25th Florida Marlins rookie, Scott Cousins, made a clean baseball play when he collided with Giants’ catcher Buster Posey at the plate. It is unfortunate that Posey was hurt and is out for the rest of the season due an ankle injury that occurred from their collision. Fans have been sending Cousins death threats and Giants management has been harsh in their words and also threatening to Cousins. Cousins apologized twice to Posey, the Giants organization, and their fans publicly. Still Cousins receives death threats from fans for a clean play at the plate. Posey was blocking the plate preventing Cousins from making a clean slide to the plate. Shoe on the other foot, anyone of the Giants players would’ve run over a Marlins’ catcher.
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