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My bad, Fred. I was going to say 9-0, and relented. Is it basketball or ?, where it’s 1-0?
Still, my point is a forfeit probably hurts the RPI worse.
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Still, my point is a forfeit probably hurts the RPI worse.
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I don't know, how did aTm do it? They're not shying away from the reason publicly. They're gaming the RPI and admitting it.
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Everyone games the rankings / RPI to some extent with the scheduling that they do. The difference here is that would be a late in the season change. I really think the games will be played since the weather is ok. Two staff days on paper, but little difference since most of our recent games turn out to be staff days anyway.
Bummer with no baseball for us this weekend.
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Don't hate the playa, hate the game.
Pretty sure TAM coach is an OK and honorable guy.
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You can hear why here....
Texas A&M baseball team cancels midweek matchup with Incarnate Word
The Texas A&M baseball team will not play Incarnate Word next Tuesday in what was slated to be the final regular season game at Blue Bell Park. The cancelation is
Texas heat and humidity (big difference from Fort Worth to College Station) (not that it is an excuse). It's already broken 100 a few times this last few weeks.
Taking time to rest, recovery. Hydration and being prepared on the player.
If they're in the hunt for playoffs, hosting, and regionals it wouldn't be a dumb idea to play the RPI came.
Win or lose, they drop in RPI.
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On the bright side, a couple of those in the books would help the team ERA, correct??
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On the bright side, a couple of those in the books would help the team ERA, correct??
Also on the bright side, our ERA isn't going up this weekend.
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Maybe the reason to play at Akron was charity and since they play on a rug. As does Kent State ........
So we are scrimmaging on rugs after being on grass all year. (tic)
So we are scrimmaging on rugs after being on grass all year. (tic)
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The thing that bothers me is we should have scheduled THESE the weekend after finals if we were going to do this. Finals (and midterms to a lesser degree) always seem to have an effect on every sport.
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Perhaps for Kent State. I will see what the playing surface looks like when I get there.
But the game against Akron is noted as being at Canal Park, which is where the Akron minor league team plays. Not sure if that is grass or rubber, but again, will find out when I get there tomorrow afternoon!
Edit: Sorry, grass or plastic! The Rubber Ducks play there. Grass, plastic, rubber, who knows what the surface is...
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Pretty sure that was our best weekend pitching performance of the year...
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Parada needs 1 more HR to tie the school record for HRs in a season.
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How was the park in Akron, @CINCYMETJACKET ?
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Not bad. Typical minor league stadium. Grass. Game was free to get into.
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I'll take that all day long. Would be cool to play in Stillwater. Great fans that are loud and fill the place up. Would be a great atmosphere. At this point just want to be anywhere as long as we are in.
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OK, here's some more thoughts on CancelGate.
The fundamental problem is that college baseball teams are inconsistent through the short season and there are ~300 teams to rank. The Northern teams don't get as much pre-season practice and thus develop more. So any mathematical algorithm cannot accurately measure the relative comparison when the constituents are changing so much and will be severely limited. When the eyeball test is applied, then there is human bias entered.
As long as we are in, great. uGag not making it last year shows the system works. (tic)
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The fundamental problem is that college baseball teams are inconsistent through the short season and there are ~300 teams to rank. The Northern teams don't get as much pre-season practice and thus develop more. So any mathematical algorithm cannot accurately measure the relative comparison when the constituents are changing so much and will be severely limited. When the eyeball test is applied, then there is human bias entered.
As long as we are in, great. uGag not making it last year shows the system works. (tic)
On The Mark: A Solution to CancelGate • D1Baseball
Should we change the RPI to offset the rash of canceled games? Mark offers a less drastic alternative.
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OK, here's some more thoughts on CancelGate.
The fundamental problem is that college baseball teams are inconsistent through the short season and there are ~300 teams to rank. The Northern teams don't get as much pre-season practice and thus develop more. So any mathematical algorithm cannot accurately measure the relative comparison when the constituents are changing so much and will be severely limited. When the eyeball test is applied, then there is human bias entered.
As long as we are in, great. uGag not making it last year shows the system works. (tic)
On The Mark: A Solution to CancelGate • D1Baseball
Should we change the RPI to offset the rash of canceled games? Mark offers a less drastic alternative.
Human bias v Mathematical (algorithm) bias.
An interesting distinction; but ultimately no difference in this case. One is no better (or worse) than the other. After field is set... some teams will have legitimate grounds to complain.
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True every game day.
And @FredJacket , there is no need for legitimate grounds to complain in my experience. The algorithms are written by humans, so is there a distinction? (tic)
Going to have some beers before the game and try and enjoy it as @YodaFred teaches us grasshoppers.