Spring Break
Here's my 3-peat
Kye Johnson
Issue date: 5/30/08 Section: Sports
Oregon State baseball got screwed this week. Point blank. There's no other way to cut it. The NCAA just "dude"-slapped OSU, if you will, and it really disappoints me.
I'm not aggravated by the fact that an Oregon State team that barely mustered up a winning record didn't make it into the postseason for another shot at a College World Series title. No, it's not that at all, because OSU really dug its own grave this year by losing more than one game in key situations to inferior opponents.
It's the fact that the NCAA selection committee (or whatever Duck alum was on that selection board) picked Western Kentucky and Oklahoma - teams that just barely had better records than OSU - over the two-time defending national champions to play in the post-season.
Yes, OSU would have had the worst record out of any non-automatic bid in the tournament, but would anyone question it? The Beavers are the two-time defending champions - the sheer idea of having the two-time champ in the tournament gives it life, does it not? I guess we won't find out, because the Beavers will be sitting at home watching other okay teams who haven't done squat the past few years play for a bid at the crown instead.
Forget picking the "best" teams; pick the teams who deserve it.
OSU has been the face of college baseball for nearly the past three years, and the Beavers get shunned out of a bid because they lost a few too many games? Give me a break, NCAA. You never cease to amaze me.
Speaking of things that never cease to amaze me, NBA league officials apparently met this week to discuss rule changes for next year. According to espn.com, NBA vice president of basketball operations Stu Jackson essentially said, "Look, we know Hack-a-Shaq is a pretty ridiculous tactic that opponents use, but we feel like if we changed the rule, we would be rewarding players that are poor free-throw shooters."
Dude. Stu. Let me remind you of one thing: When a player is mugged at half court, before his team can even get the ball a third of the way up the floor, that is called intentionally going out of your way to foul someone.
I'm not aggravated by the fact that an Oregon State team that barely mustered up a winning record didn't make it into the postseason for another shot at a College World Series title. No, it's not that at all, because OSU really dug its own grave this year by losing more than one game in key situations to inferior opponents.
It's the fact that the NCAA selection committee (or whatever Duck alum was on that selection board) picked Western Kentucky and Oklahoma - teams that just barely had better records than OSU - over the two-time defending national champions to play in the post-season.
Yes, OSU would have had the worst record out of any non-automatic bid in the tournament, but would anyone question it? The Beavers are the two-time defending champions - the sheer idea of having the two-time champ in the tournament gives it life, does it not? I guess we won't find out, because the Beavers will be sitting at home watching other okay teams who haven't done squat the past few years play for a bid at the crown instead.
Forget picking the "best" teams; pick the teams who deserve it.
OSU has been the face of college baseball for nearly the past three years, and the Beavers get shunned out of a bid because they lost a few too many games? Give me a break, NCAA. You never cease to amaze me.
Speaking of things that never cease to amaze me, NBA league officials apparently met this week to discuss rule changes for next year. According to espn.com, NBA vice president of basketball operations Stu Jackson essentially said, "Look, we know Hack-a-Shaq is a pretty ridiculous tactic that opponents use, but we feel like if we changed the rule, we would be rewarding players that are poor free-throw shooters."
Dude. Stu. Let me remind you of one thing: When a player is mugged at half court, before his team can even get the ball a third of the way up the floor, that is called intentionally going out of your way to foul someone.
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Suzanne Vesely
posted 5/31/08 @ 4:46 PM PST
Regarding having replays in baseball.
It's impossible to use replays because of those who are already on base. Baserunners and coaches will spontaneously make base running decisions based on the umpire's call real-time. (Continued…)
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Suzanne Vesely
posted 5/31/08 @ 4:59 PM PST
Regarding having replays in baseball.
It's impossible to use replays because of those who are already on base. Baserunners and coaches will spontaneously make base running decisions based on the umpire's call real-time. (Continued…)
Suzanne Vesely
posted 6/01/08 @ 12:43 PM PST
Here is an example: With instant replay, if the ball is hit right on or very near the foul line or post, and the umpire signals fair, you risk an outfielder stopping with the ball and insisting it is foul, and then asking for an instant replay, meanwhile the guy who was on 2nd base is now home and a run scores. (Continued…)
SuzanneVesely
Suzanne Vesely
posted 6/01/08 @ 12:45 PM PST
As a followup to the previous post:
Here is an example: With instant replay, if the ball is hit right on or very near the foul line or post, and the umpire signals fair, you risk an outfielder stopping with the ball and insisting it is foul, and then asking for an instant replay, meanwhile the guy who was on 2nd base is now home and a run scores. (Continued…)
Suzanne Vesely
posted 6/01/08 @ 1:54 PM PST
As a followup to the previous post.
Here is an example: With instant replay, if the ball is hit right on or very near the foul line or post, and the umpire signals fair, you risk an outfielder stopping with the ball and insisting it is foul, and then asking for an instant replay, meanwhile the guy who was on 2nd base is now home and a run scores. (Continued…)
SuzanneVesely
Suzanne Vesely
posted 6/01/08 @ 1:55 PM PST
As a followup to the previous post.
Here is an example: With instant replay, if the ball is hit right on or very near the foul line or post, and the umpire signals fair, you risk an outfielder stopping with the ball and insisting it is foul, and then asking for an instant replay, meanwhile the guy who was on 2nd base is now home and a run scores. (Continued…)
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