Friday, June 1, 2007
The Road to Omaha...
Hope everybody is ready for a great weekend! Well, it’s post-season time in the college baseball world! And I expect a few of you are on your way to Oxford as I write this, with both Southern Miss and Ole Miss in the Oxford Regional this weekend! And of course lets not forget about STATE out in Tallahassee, and they just may be the best team there!
Ole Miss by far has the toughest opening match-up. The post-season disappointments for the Rebels are well documented by now, and the Rebels face Sam Houston State in their opening round game, which will be no easy match-up. The Bearkats lineup has the tournament's best batting average of .319 – that’s the ENTIRE tournament people – from coast to coast. Not to shabby I’d say. The Rebs better store their bats in the furnace and come out on fire or else they may get shocked tonight.
Southern is by far the hottest team in their regional. And they should have no problem with Troy, a team that has struggled to put runs on the board at different times this year. Losing Trey Sutton is a major blow, but this team is on a roll and has the momentum on their side. Watch out for Corky and the boys… they may shock some people.
STATE is the wild card. Chad Crosswhite can throw the rock, so I look for them to take care of Stetson. But can they get enough out of their other starters on the bump to knock off a Florida State team that proved they are without a doubt a contender out of the ACC.
So here goes… drum-role please… I like USM to come out of the Oxford Regional, and I like STATE to win in Tallahassee. Call me crazy, but the Golden Eagles are simply rolling down hill these days. They went from 4 and 8 in the conference, to a final mark of 14 and 10. And who cares about the C-USA tournament, they knew they were in a regional, so it didn’t mean as much. I think USM may not even lose a game in Oxford.
As for STATE, there is no denying that Joseph McCaskill and Brian LaNinfa, as well as Ed Easley, could be the difference. McCaskill is simply solid, and LaNinfa has been driving the ball so well of late. I think Mr. Polk’s ball-club moves on and who knows…
In the tournament... Anything can happen
Christian
Ole Miss by far has the toughest opening match-up. The post-season disappointments for the Rebels are well documented by now, and the Rebels face Sam Houston State in their opening round game, which will be no easy match-up. The Bearkats lineup has the tournament's best batting average of .319 – that’s the ENTIRE tournament people – from coast to coast. Not to shabby I’d say. The Rebs better store their bats in the furnace and come out on fire or else they may get shocked tonight.
Southern is by far the hottest team in their regional. And they should have no problem with Troy, a team that has struggled to put runs on the board at different times this year. Losing Trey Sutton is a major blow, but this team is on a roll and has the momentum on their side. Watch out for Corky and the boys… they may shock some people.
STATE is the wild card. Chad Crosswhite can throw the rock, so I look for them to take care of Stetson. But can they get enough out of their other starters on the bump to knock off a Florida State team that proved they are without a doubt a contender out of the ACC.
So here goes… drum-role please… I like USM to come out of the Oxford Regional, and I like STATE to win in Tallahassee. Call me crazy, but the Golden Eagles are simply rolling down hill these days. They went from 4 and 8 in the conference, to a final mark of 14 and 10. And who cares about the C-USA tournament, they knew they were in a regional, so it didn’t mean as much. I think USM may not even lose a game in Oxford.
As for STATE, there is no denying that Joseph McCaskill and Brian LaNinfa, as well as Ed Easley, could be the difference. McCaskill is simply solid, and LaNinfa has been driving the ball so well of late. I think Mr. Polk’s ball-club moves on and who knows…
In the tournament... Anything can happen
Christian
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