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04-18-2014, 10:38 PM
#281
Originally Posted by
Todd4State
Meh. Welcome to the SEC. You can go 15-15 in the SEC and still have a very legit chance to win the National Championship. Winning a NC is really all I care about. We're actually built pretty well for the postseason. Deep pitching staff, play good defense. That will keep in games and at the very least give you a chance.
I think everyone should realize that as nice as it would be to win an SEC championship, all that matters is the post season, kind of like basketball. Granted that it makes your chances much greater at getting to Omaha if you are a national seed and host. Like I said earlier we were 16-14 last year. Were we a bit fortunate? Probably. I agree we SHOULD be expecting better than just north of .500 in SEC every year but let's not melt down when we are f we are still making the tourney.
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04-18-2014, 11:13 PM
#282
Originally Posted by
Bucky Dog
I think everyone should realize that as nice as it would be to win an SEC championship, all that matters is the post season, kind of like basketball. Granted that it makes your chances much greater at getting to Omaha if you are a national seed and host. Like I said earlier we were 16-14 last year. Were we a bit fortunate? Probably. I agree we SHOULD be expecting better than just north of .500 in SEC every year but let's not melt down when we are f we are still making the tourney.
You nailed it. Winning in SEC play simply makes our path easier.
My hope right now is that we pull a 2007. Win on the road somewhere and then hopefully host a SR because another 2 seed won in the opposite bracket.
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04-19-2014, 08:42 AM
#283
Originally Posted by
Bucky Dog
I think everyone should realize that as nice as it would be to win an SEC championship, all that matters is the post season, kind of like basketball. Granted that it makes your chances much greater at getting to Omaha if you are a national seed and host. Like I said earlier we were 16-14 last year. Were we a bit fortunate? Probably. I agree we SHOULD be expecting better than just north of .500 in SEC every year but let's not melt down when we are f we are still making the tourney.
I disagree. Post-season matters the most but its not all that matters. SEC titles in baseball are still great achievements especially with the strength of the conference. I would certainly take an SEC regular season championship over anything other than being among the last 8 standing in Omaha.
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04-19-2014, 10:39 AM
#284
Originally Posted by
LC Dawg
We not be a great team but we just gutted out a win on the road in extra innings so props to our guys tonight.
Missouri is ****ing horrible. Period. If we were worth a **** we could beat them on the road or on the god damn moon, but we barely did. Let that sink in. All of you.
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04-19-2014, 10:56 AM
#285
Originally Posted by
RougeDawg
Missouri is ****ing horrible. Period. If we were worth a **** we could beat them on the road or on the god damn moon, but we barely did. Let that sink in. All of you.
Missouri won their series with #24 ranked Kentucky last weekend. Let that sink in
Walk like the King or walk like you don't care who the King is
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04-19-2014, 11:02 AM
#286
Originally Posted by
RougeDawg
Missouri is ****ing horrible. Period. If we were worth a **** we could beat them on the road or on the god damn moon, but we barely did. Let that sink in. All of you.
I think I'll wait and see what happens today and tomorrow before I let it sink in.
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04-19-2014, 11:03 AM
#287
Originally Posted by
RougeDawg
Missouri is ****ing horrible. Period. If we were worth a **** we could beat them on the road or on the god damn moon, but we barely did. Let that sink in. All of you.
Overreact much? Lol
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04-19-2014, 11:07 AM
#288
mizzou is not a very good baseball team, arguing that they are would make one look dumb. With that said, the bottom line is we are just simply not that good of a baseball team either. Many of us have been saying that since the Holy Cross series. Our only hope is that somehow we get on a hot streak and start hitting the ball better situationally.
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04-19-2014, 11:16 AM
#289
Each year plenty of freaking awesome teams (which we're not) still have several close wins over "crap" teams. Baseball is a game where W-L is a lot more indicative than margin of victory.
The Liberation will not be televised--- when it arrives like lightning in the skies!
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04-19-2014, 11:25 AM
#290
Nobody is saying Missouri is good- but as evidenced by them beating Kentucky last weekend and Auburn in another series- they are capable.
Walk like the King or walk like you don't care who the King is
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04-19-2014, 11:32 AM
#291
Banned
Originally Posted by
BulldogBear
Each year plenty of freaking awesome teams (which we're not) still have several close wins over "crap" teams. Baseball is a game where W-L is a lot more indicative than margin of victory.
Run differential actually tells a lot.
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04-19-2014, 01:50 PM
#292
Originally Posted by
Will James
Run differential actually tells a lot.
In certain circumstances, yes, but for example:
I'm just making up some typical opponents for a fortnight period here:
USM (trustmark) W9-4
@Arkansas L2-4
@Arkansas W12-3
@Arkansas W10-2
South Alabama L3-5
Valley W19-1
Tennessee W7-0
Tennessee W14-4
Tennessee L1-3
Record for period: 6-3, 4-2 SEC (This is decent team with some good offense)
But this is a better team:
USM (trustmark) W8-6
@Arkansas W4-2
@Arkansas W9-8
@Arkansas W5-4 (12)
South Alabama L1-2 (11)
Valley W12-6
Tennessee W6-5
Tennessee W4-3
Tennessee W7-5
Record for period: 8-1, 6-0 SEC (I'll take this any day over the above regardless of run differential AND SO WILL THE SELECTION COMMITTEE)
The Liberation will not be televised--- when it arrives like lightning in the skies!
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04-19-2014, 01:51 PM
#293
You've done it now bulldogbear.
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04-19-2014, 03:11 PM
#294
Team 2 had a better week, but Team 1 is probably going to be better going forward. Run differential has more predictive power than W-L record.
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04-19-2014, 04:24 PM
#295
Banned
Originally Posted by
Quaoarsking
Team 2 had a better week, but Team 1 is probably going to be better going forward. Run differential has more predictive power than W-L record.
Especially when looking at just the SEC games. Here's the current run differentials entering this weekend. This will be way more relevant at the end of the year
Team |
RS |
R |
R+- |
Ole Miss |
84 |
50 |
34 |
Kentucky |
95 |
77 |
18 |
Alabama |
72 |
58 |
14 |
Texas A&M |
76 |
68 |
8 |
Arkansas |
57 |
51 |
6 |
LSU |
64 |
60 |
4 |
Georgia |
51 |
48 |
3 |
USCe |
61 |
60 |
1 |
Tennessee |
62 |
69 |
-7 |
MSU |
59 |
70 |
-11 |
Florida |
68 |
80 |
-12 |
Vanderbilt |
72 |
87 |
-15 |
Auburn |
46 |
62 |
-16 |
Missouri |
48 |
75 |
-27 |
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