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11:40
If Texas wins their last 2 conference series and wins the Big 12 conference tournament, will they host a regional?
Kendall Rogers
11:40
Robert -- highly unlikely. Unfortunately, the Longhorns have so many Q4 losses that it has really dragged down its RPI -- whether fair or not is to be debated. Texas is 50 right now and would need to get to about 20-25 to even have a shot. That's going to be tough to accomplish. I do really like the way the offense looks, and the pitching staff is piecing things together about as well as they can right now.
 
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More of a general comment/question, but would love to hear some thoughts on the overall state of college pitching? ERA's feel very high this year nationwide. It's eye opening to see only a handful of teams have ERA's under 4.00. Is the pitching quality taking a step back? Are the hitters just getting better and better? Strike zones getting smaller?
 
Kendall Rogers
12:36
Jim -- great question. We are in the TrackMan era when it comes to strike zones. I think umpires have very tight zones, and when you have very tight windows to throw into, hitters know that. Combine that with a current ball that absolutely flies and it's the perfect storm for the offense ... and the pitching. That's what makes what guys like Hagen Smith are doing seem remarkable -- and Paul Skenes last year.
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Texas wins both final series and wins a couple of games in the big 12 tourney= Not a shitty 2 seed

At the moment, I see us in Arkansas's regional as a 2 seed most likely. But could also see us in Aggy's. We need to play ourselves out of that situation. 

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  On 5/6/2024 at 10:14 PM, Had Enough said:

So we’d rather be a 3 seed in a bottom half national seeds region than a 2 in a top half national seeds region, correct?

Any advantage of being a 2 seed overs 3?

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On paper, yes I agree with you. But in order for us to have any sort of momentum as a team (and any real shot at taking a regional), we will need a strong finish to the season. So if we are losing to the likes of UCF and Kansas and end up as a 3 seed, we probably arent even beating Indiana State/ECU in their regional anyways; so the point will be moot. 

 

I would rather weasel our way into a strong 2 seed by making a run in the Big 12 tourney and winning 5 of our last 6 games to close the season. 

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  On 5/6/2024 at 11:27 PM, TrashMaster G said:

If we are a strong 2 we aren't getting to aggyville.

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UC IRVINE SANTA BARBARA WHATEVER!!!!    WEST COAST BEST COAST LET'S GO!!!

Corvallis a tough ticket during the season, I can't imagine it for regional.  

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Without doing any math, I was thinking take 2 of 3 in the next two series.  #2 in the conference in the regular season.

 

conference tourney who knows.  Don’t think a deep run helps us with the pitching staff.

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  On 5/6/2024 at 9:24 PM, The_Great_Hornsby said:

Texas wins both final series and wins a couple of games in the big 12 tourney= Not a shitty 2 seed

At the moment, I see us in Arkansas's regional as a 2 seed most likely. But could also see us in Aggy's. We need to play ourselves out of that situation

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IF we aren't paired with aggy in their regional, we will definitely be put in the regional that pairs with them for a Super. Right now, I believe that is a SoCal regional. There is no way that the NCAA misses out on the possibility (especially last yr of different conferences) of us and them squaring off to get to Omaha. 

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Is Mike Bianco going to be fired at Ole Miss two years removed from a national title? They have been absolutely horrible two straight years. Just lost to Murray State tonight.

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  On 5/9/2024 at 3:48 AM, Hookem2147 said:

Is Mike Bianco going to be fired at Ole Miss two years removed from a national title? They have been absolutely horrible two straight years. Just lost to Murray State tonight.

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Ole Miss's run to the title was the absolute definition of getting hot at the right time. That team was shit during the regular season, barely scraping into the tournament. And then the whole squad just catches fire.

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  On 5/9/2024 at 3:51 AM, TrashMaster G said:

Ole Miss's run to the title was the absolute definition of getting hot at the right time. That team was shit during the regular season, barely scraping into the tournament. And then the whole squad just catches fire.

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There was talk that year in 2022 he was going to be let go if he missed the tournament and they were the last team in the field. So this is really three straight years where they have been not good in the regular season.

Of course he was extended after the title so no idea what his buyout might look like. They might have to suck it up for one more year.

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  On 5/9/2024 at 9:55 PM, NeverMarryAStripper said:

So what happens if a fly ball travels over the corner jutting out in left field and lands in the square part of center field?  Is it a home run because it went over the fence, or is it still in play?

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They fence it off for both softball and baseball. That's the softball side. I assume that doesn't happen because the softball fences are closer in. The baseball side looks more predictable based on this video:

 

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  On 5/10/2024 at 7:40 PM, Had Enough said:

There’s still time for that 2024 number to drop a team or two.  It’d be interesting to see that same breakdown for team REAs under 5.00.

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I just looked it up. Teams with ERA's under 5.00

2017- 161

2018- 176

2019- 150

2021- 127

2022- 91

2023- 62

2024- 59

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I feel like you see fewer pitchers now who can command a good breaking ball and change up.    They say the best pitch is a good fastball but I've never thought that was true, at least not until you get up in the upper 90s   There's so much focus on throwing with velocity that the art of pitching has gone by the wayside a little bit.  Meanwhile there are more hitters who are geared up to hit high velocity fastballs out of the park.   The game has become higher skilled on both sides but in a very narrow way.  You have guys throwing 95 to hitters who can hit anything up to 95 out of the park.  But a guy who can command a good curve and changeup with a 89 fastball can still get anybody out.  In other words the Pete Hansens of the world are fewer and farther between.

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  On 5/11/2024 at 4:43 AM, TrashMaster G said:

Umpires being pressed to favor smaller strike zones?

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I think that definitely plays a role. I know in the SEC they grade umpires based off TrackMan so the pressure is there to be have a good zone all 9 innings regardless of score. And good zones often mean smaller zones compared to the college umps we complain about who are giving 6 inches on both sides of the plate.

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I'm a terrible person, I want Cal, Stanford, or UW to win the autobid for the pac-12.

 

Yes, I'm a hater and a big part of the reason we can't have nice things...

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  On 5/18/2024 at 5:03 AM, petscii said:

I'm a terrible person, I want Cal, Stanford, or UW to win the autobid for the pac-12.

 

Yes, I'm a hater and a big part of the reason we can't have nice things...

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Tree?  That’s a big fat no 

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