Ok.
Something was fishy about the rescheduling....IJS
Concerning the Clemson field and dims down the line …….. both teams played in the same park.Ok.
My RPI rant last time this weekend
I talked to tech baseball dads and they are both ticked off by the RPI. I agree that it is based on formula's and heavily weighted to road games and SOS but the formula's need tweaking.
Here's the issue....You will have SIGNIFICANT SEC bias in the selection committee and I guarantee you that the committee will use anything to benefit and/or hinder a non sec team.
Most projections have tech in as a 3 seed and winning one at Clemson only strengthens that but here we sit at 48. They will use that to justify keeping us out.
I've been told the RPI is just a tool for the committee. True until they need to put in a SEC team.
So here is the latest that is confusing...
Nc State
RPI- 22
Worse overall record than tech @ 26-18
Tech is 28-17
Acc record is - 13-10
Tech is 12-12
We are 26 spots behind them and swept them.
Another one is Alabama
RPI- 16
28-18
Sec 9-14
32 spots ahead of us
Last one is UCF
RPI- 31
SOS-41
29-15 and 11-12 in Big 12
They are 17 spots higher
In the end Jackets, win and get in cause if the SEC committee can screw you, they WILL. Go Beat Duke and FSU and shut em ALL UP!!!!
Ga Navy Nuke
Gotta agree about our relentless hitting this weekend at Clemson and you are right...our pitching took it on the chin this weekend. Some pitching bright spots though
Carson Ballard was solid in relief against a touch Clemson lineup
Terry Busse had a shutdown inning
Cam Jones pitched well over all as I just think they dinked and dunked him most of the day
That short porch in LF is ridiculous. Look at our hr's. Everyone of our hr's were way out of the yard. Multiple Clemson hr's barely cleared that lf wall. Many times I thought that's an easy fly ball to Yunger. Nope....gone! It's a bit silly
My experience at Doug Kinsmore Stadium
Most gimmick filled stadium I've ever been to
Down the lf line- 310 (that's high schoolish)
Down the rf line- 320
I went to Pope and our dimensions are bigger.. Multiple hr's that Clem's Son hit down that lf line barely cleared 310. If that was hit at the Rusty C, it is a double or an out.
Both dad's I spoke to this weekend have pitcher's on the team and they thought the playing of that silly music after EVERY single ball all the way up till the pitcher went into his motion was complete garbage. I agree. Bush league baseball. Add to the garbage about trying to confiscate Beccheti's bat was just stupid.
I will now root against clem's son against every team they play including the regionals they host.
Their home field gimmick is so pronounced that we win with regularity at the Rusty C but rarely win there. Why...I have my opinions on that. We took 2 of 3 from Clemson last year at home and they were the #3 national seed. I'm just saying....
Ok...time to move on to Awbarn and Puke.
HUGE with a capital H games coming up.
I think we go 3-1 this week.
I can't make Tuesday against the Barn as my son has his playoff game but bring em home boys!
We accomplished what we needed to in Clemson by winning at least one. We solidified our # 3 seed imo. Just hoping committee doesn't use rpi to screw us over. I'll say it now cause it has more impact knowing what these jokers will try to do
I would also note that those dimensions down the lines are similar to Yankee Stadium. Yankee Stadium is 314 down the left field line and 318 down the right field line. I know Techcaster is saying Kinsmore is 310 and 320 respectively, but it is listed at 320 and 330. He could be right, I'm not sure, but it's in the same neighborhood as Yankee Stadium. I would also note that we have the short porch in the RCF power alley at 355 feet, and we typically (not this year) build our team around that. IMO teams should construct their fields to advantage a certain style of play and then build their team around that. But that's just my opinion. I know that the Tampa Rays intentionally look for pull hitters who hit flyballs at a high rate in order to take advantage of Tropicana Field's dimensions down the lines, which are 315' and 322'.
I agree that both teams played in the same park however Clemson practices there
If we do make a regional, anything beyond that will be gravy. You can argue this team has already overachieved relative to expectations. Getting into the post-season ... no argument.
I know we talk a lot about the failures of the program in the Regionals, but the team is due to "get lucky" in one. I agree with Techcaster that our most likely matchup is getting sent to Athens. Looking at D1Baseball's projections from last Wednesday, but substituting UGa as the host instead of South Carolina, in Game 1 we would get Coastal Carolina. With a decent performance from Finateri we could certainly beat them in this game, as they have no stud pitchers. Then in the all-important Game 2 I could see Cam Jones stepping up with the performance of a lifetime. Then you still have Tate McKee and a deeper bullpen than we are used to to get one more win. Last year Arizona proved in the MLB postseason that, in baseball, just get in. There's a lot of variance then in play over a short weekend.
We won't match up well with teams with 3 good pitchers in a 3 game series. If a team only has 1 or 2 good pitchers, I like our chances.
Cam Hill
There a couple of themes here:
I suspect that Fred is noting that, to this point, the team has been slightly better than most pre-season prognostications. My memory told me, and I confirmed with a couple of DDG searches, that the expectation was for a 10th or 11th place finish in conference and missing the NCAA Tournament. Baseball America had us picked as "The Next Four Out", meaning somewhere in the 5th - 8th spot of teams missing the tournament. TBH, a 10th place finish in conference and one of the top teams out of the NCAAs is still a possibility if we falter in these last two weekends, so I don't think we can count our chickens just yet, but so far the team has slightly exceeded expectations.
) will never quit. I don't blame the players at all.
Exactly. I am attempting to make a point about this season ONLY. Nobody believes Ga Tech's baseball program should set the bar where we are (or will be at season's end) in general. However, you have to dance with the girl that brung you. When this season started, I had no clue what to expect. One (Geisler) returning regular player. A mix-match of transfers from places like Ga State, Wofford, Maryland, Indiana, Fairfield and NC State. Our pitching has always been a liability... and we were starting anew with Coach Taylor. All that... gave me at best "not good info" (maybe it'll work) and at worst... a "rebuild/development" year (could be a pretty bad record)
