On this whole bats/seams/TD Ameritrade problem.....

[messageboardsuperhero]

Agreed. Next year on him totally breaking out IMO...

Sure wish Humphreys was getting ABs this summer...

That does suck. I had extremely high hopes for Humphreys when it came out that he was going to SLO to work with Chal Fanning. Hopefully Fanning can work his magic with Hudson and Tatum- those are two huge pieces for next year.

[scottycameron]

Let me add that flatter seams will also mean less bite on offspeed pitches translating into less break on pitches and more hanging offspeed pitches. Hanging offspeed pitches are the easiest pitches in baseball to hit for a Homerun. Pitcher has already provided the backspin for carry, all you need to do it make solid contact.

Whoa, big daddy. I ain't the smartest dude in the world but I do have a degree in physics. Physics is pretty simple. What you said is so wrong in so many ways.
Not that I disagree with you outside of that.

[Dawg61]

Can't they just block the wind or redirect it somehow? I agree that TD Ameritrade is a huge problem with how the wind knocks down everything so just block the wind or build a retractable roof somehow. They fu*ked up and now they need to pay to fix it. Bats are AWFUL too. Go MLB wood.

[justwin]

This is the best post I've ever read of yours. Yes, that piece of shit amusement park is the problem. Not the bats or balls or none of this other nonsense that consumes college baseball talk. If MSU plays in Rosenblatt last year, we're NCs by a long shot.

Am I the only one who can see that TD Ameritrade is the problem? Not the bats, not the balls.

Yes, home runs are down overall from the gorilla ball years, but they should be. The new bats are safer, and more resemble MLB bats, so that's good. Guys still hit home runs too. Dudy Noble, Swayze, all of them are similar. Hoover is a little bit tougher, but home runs still are hit there. Hardly any balls go out at TD Ameritrade. THAT is the problem. Changing the seams won't help that. You can't change a constant to help a variable. That's getting it backwards. When we change the seams, there will still be less HRs in TD Ameritrade. So I don't know why people are saying to change the bats or the balls, it makes zero sense.

The problem lies in Omaha. They are going to have to change something, or they may risk losing the CWS. What a stupid, stupid, decision. How were the prevailing winds overlooked? Why didn't they orient the park similar to Rosenblatt? They really better consider moving the fences in, but I don't see how you can do that. Hoover is only 3' shorter than TDA, but 10' longer in the power alleys. Yet you can still hit a home run there. You simply can't at TDA unless you absolutely crush it down the the lines.

Bottom line, it's not the bats, and it's not the balls. We have teams winning titles who really don't deserve them.

[Todd4State]

Speaking of Collins, if his start to the summer in the Cape is any indicator- he could be primed for a big year.

It's nice to look at the Cape Code League statistical leaderboard and see our freshman catcher at the top with bunch of rising seniors/juniors. I think his blocking will get much better as well with the extra experience and Lindgren moving on. Collins is going to be a star at some point, IMO.

Most of Collins blocking problem was Lindgren. I'm not worried about Collins defense at all at this point. I think he is going to have a chance to play for the Team USA college team next year. Adam Frazier was the last player that we had to do that.

[Todd4State]

Can't they just block the wind or redirect it somehow? I agree that TD Ameritrade is a huge problem with how the wind knocks down everything so just block the wind or build a retractable roof somehow. They fu*ked up and now they need to pay to fix it. Bats are AWFUL too. Go MLB wood.

Having been there, I'm not sure that it is just the wind to be honest with you. It seems to me like the stadium was built in a pit and it's weird because you can see the wind from the flags blowing, but I sure couldn't feel it. It's kind of weird. The best way to hit a home run there is to do what Renfroe did- hit a line drive that is high enough to get over the fence, but not too high so that it gets knocked down by the wind and caught in the huge outfield. Wes Rea almost hit one the exact same way that Renfroe did- except the guy for Oregon State made an unreal catch.

[engie]

Bump to unhijack the golf thread. http://www.elitedawgs.com/showthread...MSU-Golf/page2

[TheRef]

Bump to unhijack the golf thread. http://www.elitedawgs.com/showthread...MSU-Golf/page2

Thanks, engie