30Duck Moderator No. 1 Share Posted June 9 It didn't start well for the Beavs in their winner takes all game against FSU in the Corvallis Super Regional. The Beavs started a freshman pitcher, he got the first guy out, the next hit a double of the left field wall, the next guy it over the wall. 2-0, Beavs coming to bat. Beavs scored 7, including back to back to back home runs. FSU put 1 up in the 2nd. In the 3rd, the Beavs scored 6, 4 on a grand slam. So far, the Beavs have a 1 run homer, a 2 run homer, a 3 run homer & the grand slam. Bottom of the 4th, 13-3. Tell me Jameis, could this one go either way? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duckluv No. 2 Share Posted June 9 Please just no stupid chainsaw Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles Fischer Administrator No. 3 Share Posted June 9 I'm Calling it Now, Oregon State is Winning the Natty, AGAIN... Yeah, I'm good with it... 3 Mr. FishDuck Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HDuck No. 4 Share Posted June 9 Seeds to Omaha 3-seed Arkansas 6-seed LSU 8-seed Oregon State 13-seed Coastal Carolina 15-seed UCLA Louisville (from 1-seed Vanderbilt) Arizona (from 12-seed Oregon) Determined on Monday Duke (from 7-seed Georgia) or Murray State (KY) (from 10-seed Ole Miss) Don't know much about the others, but Beavis definitely has a shot. A bunch of teams who will be sitting at home looking at this field say'in "damn, it coulda been us." 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nevada Dawg No. 5 Share Posted June 9 I watched more college baseball this year than I have in years and have had a hard time predicting who would beat whom. So I have pretty much decided to root for the underdogs. As a former pitcher, I have been surprised how nondominant college pitchers are--even when it seems they are throwing serious gas or otherwise have electric "stuff". I've decided it is the aluminum bats that give hitters a real sizable advantage. It is certainly not that way in the pros. When I watch the Giants, I am almost embarrassed for the number of starting position players hanging somewhere around or just north of the Mendoza line. Having said this, I guess I am too much of a traditionalist to advocate livening up the game by legalizing metal bats. Somehow hearing a hitter say, after hitting a 650 foot HR, "I really got good metal on that one" would grate on me. Plus, we would probably have to build much bigger ballparks, I fear, to prevent lazy 420 foot fly ball home runs. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
30Duck Author Moderator No. 6 Share Posted June 9 On 6/8/2025 at 10:21 PM, Nevada Dawg said: Somehow hearing a hitter say, after hitting a 650 foot HR, "I really got good metal on that one" would grate on me. Could not agree more! Part of baseball is the aesthetics. The sound of a solid hit is as good as there is in sports. Imagine this scene in "the Natural" if Roy Hobbs had an aluminum bat! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HDuck No. 7 Share Posted June 9 A Google search will lead to more aluminum bat stories than anyone could read in a week. But, this one was interesting because it claims one Ducks player was using wooden. Why does college baseball use metal bats? NCAA history, rules on bats heading into CWS WWW.KNOXNEWS.COM Why does college baseball use metal bats instead of wooden ones? Here's a look at the history of metal bats in college and... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nevada Dawg No. 8 Share Posted June 10 I think I saw that Murray State eliminated Duke to reach the World Series, thus giving me another underdog to root for. Plus as I am fond of nothing about Duke (except their academic standards) that outcome was doubly satisfying. So go Racers! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utki No. 9 Share Posted June 10 Hopefully not 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
30Duck Author Moderator No. 10 Share Posted Saturday at 10:45 PM So far, Oregon State beat Louisville, Coastal Carolina beat Arizona, Coastal Carolina and Oregon State play tomorrow, 4:00 PDT ESPN2, UCLA beat Murray State and Arkansas-LSU play today at 4:00 PDT ESPN. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
30Duck Author Moderator No. 11 Share Posted Sunday at 02:06 AM Down goes Arky! LSU 4 ARKY 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
30Duck Author Moderator No. 12 Share Posted Monday at 02:20 AM Well, it just got harder for the Beavs, Coastal Carolina 6 Oregon State 2, 4 of CC's runs were unearned, Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
