2017 College World Series Thread

[Bizarro Frog]

Florida will get smoked in the finals. We seem to get paired with the one team that can beat us every year. Maybe not the champ but they have a pitcher that has our number.

Just need to keep going to Omaha every year and luck will fall our way.

Thank you Frogs for making baseball matter.

 

[TCURiggs]

The bad news is, we lose a lot of starters on offense. The good news is, we lose a lot of starters on offense.

Lol. I needed that chuckle.

 

[Pharm Frog]

I hate that JJ went out with back-to-back losses in Omaha. He didn't pitch all that well in game 1, but he was great tonight. Once again, we just ran into a buzzsaw.

He received precisely zero run support in two games. I thought he pitched well in both games and better tonight for sure. Some of that due to G1 ump. He was destined to lose those games and other than throwing extra inning shutouts there was nothing he could do about it. Do feel bad for the kid.

 

[OmniscienceFrog]

IMO he's right in a way but perhaps for the wrong reason. I think baseball is a game much more suited for series play than tournament play. If you are eliminated by one pitcher in a double elimination tournament, that's kind of unfortunate for the way baseball is best played. Just my opinion. I don't like this format (I do like the final series concept)

True. Would love to see the CWS be all 3-game best of series', and it could technically be done, but the logistics wouldn't really work.

 

[LisaLT]

Our pitchers deserve special recognition this post season. Wymer, King, Howard, JJ, Traver, Lodolo, Feltman were lights out. Looking forward to watching them next season too (minus Howard and MT).

I'm pleased Traver and Howard went out with big wins. Both are amazing. They will be missed.

 

[Pharm Frog]

We were on a roll until Maniac arrived in Omaha. Just sayin'

 

[LisaLT]

Good season!

Next up, who's fault? Kenny Hill or the wide receivers.

Football can't come soon enough.

I CRACKED up at this. You know this will be its own thread by Labor Day!

 

[funkytownfrog]

ESPN is about to cream their jeans at an all SEC finals.

Aggy's hanging another Championship banner.

 

[Pharm Frog]

True. Would love to see the CWS be all 3-game best of series', and it could technically be done, but the logistics wouldn't really work.

It could be done but wouldn't be "made for TV". I do wonder if they should return to sending losers across the bracket to avoid repetitive matchups.

 

[LisaLT]

Florida will get smoked in the finals. We seem to get paired with the one team that can beat us every year. Maybe not the champ but they have a pitcher that has our number.

Just need to keep going to Omaha every year and luck will fall our way.

Thank you Frogs for making baseball matter.

lol imagine how A & M feels

 

[RollToad]

Miami went 5 years in a row and didn't win to the 5th. TCU will eventually break through.

Florida State has been 20+ times and still hasn't won it all.

 

[RollToad]

lol imagine how A & M feels

Delusions of grandeur, probably.

 

[Frogs1983]

Hate like Hell Frogs lost, but really proud that they got this far w/o their best Offensive player after mid-May. Schloss and team again represented TCU with class while in Omaha. I know most (myself definitely included got frustrated with the team during the game. Some of us are not getting any younger and would like to see some TCU National Championships before we bite the dust).That being said, very disappointed with the result but extremely proud of the team .Go Frogs!

 

[Pharm Frog]

lol imagine how A & M feels

They feel like they are God's chosen people destined for unearned greatness.

 

[jake102]

LSU is going to smoke Florida without Faedo

 

[Purp]

Yep. Told my wife that he just had our number. His stuff was our criptonite.

I don't agree tonight. He gave us plenty of opportunities tonight, especially early on. We waved at a lot of pitches that had nothing to do with his stuff and would have put runners on base instead of batters in the dugout. He made a lot of bad pitches tonight and we bailed him out.

This where I think Luken would have made a huge difference bc we had too many guys pressing bc they didn't seem confident anyone else would step up. I think Luken would relieve some of that pressure and we'd have swung at fewer of those bad pitches.

He's certainly an excellent pitcher, but if we faced him again with the same stuff he had tonight I think we beat him more often than we lose even without LB. They got some fortunate bounces and we got some balls melted right at gloves. It happens in baseball and sucks it had to happen tonight.

 

[Pharm Frog]

I don't agree tonight. He gave us plenty of opportunities tonight, especially early on. We waved at a lot of pitches that had nothing to do with his stuff and would have put runners on base instead of batters in the dugout. He made a lot of bad pitches tonight and we bailed him out.

This where I think Luken would have made a huge difference bc we had too many guys pressing bc they didn't seem confident anyone else would step up. I think Luken would relieve some of that pressure and we'd have swung at fewer of those bad pitches.

He's certainly an excellent pitcher, but if we faced him again with the same stuff he had tonight I think we beat him more often than we lose even without LB. They got some fortunate bounces and we got some balls melted right at gloves. It happens in baseball and sucks it had to happen tonight.

Agree with almost all of this. Where I disagree is that I think they'd have just pitched around Baker and still forced the rest of the team to produce. Having him up in the 8th would have been real nice though.

 

[Kyle101011]

LSU is going to smoke Florida without Faedo

This is just like 2010 where UCLA never got to throw Trevor Bauer in the final series because they had to throw him against us in a winner take all game.

 

[LeisureFrog]

That 8th inning moment was divinely intended for Baker. OU interfered with destiny. They are already experiencing the fallout from messing with destiny. Stoops gone. What's next? Expect a long year for the Sooner Nation.

Simply put, blame OU.

 

[Pharm Frog]

That 8th inning moment was divinely intended for Baker. OU interfered with destiny. They are already experiencing the fallout from messing with destiny. Stoops gone. What's next? Expect a long year for the Sooner Nation.

Simply put, blame OU.

Hughes gone too.