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College Baseball Park Factors
The idea that the park in which a game is played affects baseball statistics, both individual and team, has been accepted for years. There is plenty of literature available on park effects at the major league level, but to my knowledge only Boyd Nation has tackled the idea at the college level. ...
Tossing projectiles
Had enough rumor mongering about conference realignment? If so, there is some quality discussion to be had regarding the upcoming College World Series. The regular season is winding down and there are a boatload of possibilities for postseason positioning. In addition to the traditional seeding,...
College World Series Legends Team
The NCAA And CWS, INC., recently announced their College World Series Legends Team. The 28 members of the Legends Team, pared down from an original list of 95 nominees, were selected after more than 100,000 votes were cast by college baseball fans, college baseball writers and Division I head...
South Carolina Gamecocks Win The Last CWS At Rosenblatt Stadium
After losing their first game in Omaha (it's double elimination), the South Carolina Gamecocks stormed back and ran through the College World Series and beat UCLA two games to zero in the Championship Series.It was an epic, 11 inning match-up that resulted in a walko-ff hit in between first and...
A College Baseball Hater Goes to Omaha
I like to think I have an open mind. I'm willing to have any and all preconceived notions I have demolished by actual experience. Last year, I went to Atlanta thinking the Crimson Tide faithful would be among the worst college football fans I'd ever have to deal with and I couldn't have been more...
Reliving the Omaha Dream
The Beavers didn't get a chance to defend their back to back titles this year, we know that. But while this year's field is battling it out in Omaha, we'll take the opportunity to look back at the incredible event that was the 2007 College World Series. Now, I realize that that 2006 trip was just...
"Road to Omaha" Selection Show Open Thread
Today's the big day. Our postseason fate will be announced. In a slight scheduling note, the "Road to Omaha" Selection Show will now air on ESPN, not ESPN2. All along we thought that the show would air on ESPN2, but I guess the worldwide leader decided to change their minds. Anyway, our hopes...
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