Today's Poll: Does the Road to the World Series Run Through Corvallis?
by Jake Bertalotto on May 4, 2009 11:30 AM PDT
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PrintConnorOSU's frequent references to Mitch Canham's "O State Ballaz" rap song from a couple years ago has gotten me thinking today. Here's the first verse of the song:
Hold up! Let me strap on my Nike cleats
Cause the next man coming is at 90 feet
Steady Omaha bound from the top of the Pack 10
Stepping in the box, tugging on my black brim
And if you're thinking that your team can challenge
The road to the World Series runs through Corvallis
And don't be mad, ‘cause they got your team shook
Just ask USC how that ring looks
So now, my question for you is this: Will the Beavers host a regional?
Does the Road to the World Series run through Corvallis?
And just for fun:
--Jake (jake.buildingthedam@gmail.com)
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Super Regional
I think if we are able to win the regional on the road, we will be able to host the Super Regional.
The blogger formerly know as OSU
It's completely dependent on what happens in the other Super Regional
But generally, the #1 seeds win the regional meaning that we wouldn’t host the SR
I support Takimoto in his effort to support Roger Kieschnick in his quest to becoming the best Kieschnick ever to play professional baseball.
by The VD Special on May 4, 2009 9:38 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm assuming we are a 2 seed
And we beat a 1 sead in the regional. Then I think our resimay will be good enough to host a Super Regional.
The blogger formerly know as OSU
If our counter regional is a #1 seed, then that's where it will be hosted
I support Takimoto in his effort to support Roger Kieschnick in his quest to becoming the best Kieschnick ever to play professional baseball.
by The VD Special on May 5, 2009 11:18 AM PDT up reply actions
No offense, but...
Hosting, really? When the west coast baseball scene is as weak as it’s been in eons, and OSU hasn’t been able to string together 3 good weekends in a row for most of the year, just like just about every conference team outside of Tempe?
Look, I absolutely tip my cap to what Pat Casey has done in Corvallis, and the fantastic atmosphere in Goss Stadium this past weekend in a hard fought series win over my Sun Devils. But given that ASU, UC-Irvine, and CS-Fullerton are all assured of hosting west coast regionals (and even likely top 8 national seeds), I have a hard time seeing the NCAA putting a 4th regional out on the west coast.
The exception to this is perhaps if some mid-major or midwestern team without adequate facilities is sent out west as a #1 (Cal Poly? Minnesota? Kansas State?), OSU charges to the finish line by winning out the rest of the season, and gets to host the regional as a #2 due to the strong gate support that the Beavers receive in Corvallis. Even that would be a stretch — Boyd’s World currently has the Beavers at #41 in the RPI ratings, though they certainly look stronger in the ISR ratings at #13. I don’t see this as a year where the west coast gets much love from the selection committee, just because not enough teams have been consistently performing at a high enough level to deserve it. I’m more than a little shocked that 2/3 of the readers here are so confident about OSU’s hosting chances.
We're flying right now
I think that because we beat you guys, now we think we’ll finish well and be able to host. We’ve just got a ton of confidence and that’s huge for a young team. The committee will do what’s right and not leave us out of the hosting picture just because there are other team’s on the west coast that are hosting.
The blogger formerly know as OSU
Also, it's a Beaver site man, you shouldn't be shocked about that
Besides, the average reader probably doesn’t really have a clue what’s going on in the college baseball landscape. I can say I’m one of those people. But from a simple math perspective, 16 teams will host a regional, and I don’t see why we wouldn’t be one of the top 16 teams in the country if we finish the season strong. We’ve got a decent resume, and we’ve got name recognition. Both are crucial.
I support Takimoto in his effort to support Roger Kieschnick in his quest to becoming the best Kieschnick ever to play professional baseball.
by The VD Special on May 5, 2009 3:23 PM PDT up reply actions
Fair enough
I certainly expect a certain amount of homerism — even though I haven’t commented here, I’ve read the site for long enough to get a pretty good sense of how things work around here, so I figured it’d be pretty optimistic, I just didn’t expect a 70/30 split. :)
In terms of the regional hosting…I think the problem is the committee generally tries to give a pretty good geographic split throughout the country with their hosting, to minimize travel when possible and keep things fairly equitable among conferences when possible. So for example, if you look at Baseball America’s top 25, here are your locks to host regionals regardless of what happens through the rest of the season: UC Irvine, Rice, North Carolina, ASU, LSU, Fullerton, Texas, Georgia Tech, Ole Miss, and Florida. That’s 10 spots, representing the Pac 10, Big West, ACC, SEC, C-USA, and Big 12, so 6 spots left. Usually they like to have 3 regionals in Texas, so you could see another spot go to either Texas A&M or TCU, plus quite likely one for Oklahoma. The southeast is so supportive of college baseball, you have to think that they will find a way to give another couple of spots to teams like Virginia, Clemson, or Miami. OSU I think is on the bubble with a bunch of other teams, but I think that slide going into the ASU series may have cost them. Checking out your schedule, the best win on your resume after ASU is…Hawaii? BYU? I don’t see a ton of meat out there to hang your hat on.
They would probably be a good candidate to host in the super regional round if they make it that far and the #1 seed in their opposite bracket doesn’t win, as a nod to Pat Casey’s postseason resume the last 5 years and the way OSU would absolutely pack Goss. But that’s probably the best case scenario. Wazzu, UDub, and Gonzaga are all fairly frisky squads and it’ll be a tough road to hoe.
Anyhow, those are just my thoughts, excuse my ramblings. I like what Jake has done with the site, I’m a big college baseball fan, and there hasn’t been enough baseball content on ASU’s SB Nation site thus far to fill my appetite. Hopefully you guys will go out there and prove me wrong, it’s good to have more recognition for west coast baseball and it’d be great for the Pac 10 to score a couple of regionals even in a down year.
Go Devils!
just wish though
that you all had a little tougher schedule coming in, but we can hope!
Go (cough cough) ducks…
-RVM
by rvm on May 8, 2009 9:11 AM PDT up reply actions
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