Comments on: Arizona State 7, Arkansas 6 (Tempe Super Regional) http://www.razorbloggers.net/2010/06/arizona-state-7-arkansas-6-tempe-super-regional/ Arkansas Razorbacks Sports Blog Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:31:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Arizona State 7, Arkansas 6 – Fayetteville Flyer - News, Art & Life in Fayetteville, Arkansas http://www.razorbloggers.net/2010/06/arizona-state-7-arkansas-6-tempe-super-regional/comment-page-1/#comment-36024 Arizona State 7, Arkansas 6 – Fayetteville Flyer - News, Art & Life in Fayetteville, Arkansas Mon, 14 Jun 2010 01:15:48 +0000 http://www.razorbloggers.net/?p=8254#comment-36024 [...] Sun Devils rally back at Tempe Super Regional – Arkansas Traveler [...] [...] Sun Devils rally back at Tempe Super Regional – Arkansas Traveler [...]

]]> By: TipsterHog http://www.razorbloggers.net/2010/06/arizona-state-7-arkansas-6-tempe-super-regional/comment-page-1/#comment-36018 TipsterHog Sun, 13 Jun 2010 11:53:23 +0000 http://www.razorbloggers.net/?p=8254#comment-36018 Richard...good comment...welcome. As you said, there's not a lot of argument that the home plate umpire was all over the place. Even the ESPN announcers gave up trying to find his strike zone. The Hogs pitching staff have not walked many all year but it looked like to me they were trying to "place" a lot of pitches just to get a strike call. Not good when you're playing against a potent offense. With the poor umpiring and all the mistakes by the Hogs (baserunning, errors, walks), it really was surprising to me that they were still in the game in the end. You rarely win against very good teams like Arizona State with that many mistakes. No doubt the SEC is extremely competitive in college baseball but if you look at the last several CWS winners, there are quite a few from other conferences as well. I think it's going to be a pretty regular thing that the SEC has at least two teams in the CWS field every year. This year it does look like there might be even more. Richard…good comment…welcome. As you said, there's not a lot of argument that the home plate umpire was all over the place. Even the ESPN announcers gave up trying to find his strike zone.

The Hogs pitching staff have not walked many all year but it looked like to me they were trying to "place" a lot of pitches just to get a strike call. Not good when you're playing against a potent offense.

With the poor umpiring and all the mistakes by the Hogs (baserunning, errors, walks), it really was surprising to me that they were still in the game in the end. You rarely win against very good teams like Arizona State with that many mistakes.

No doubt the SEC is extremely competitive in college baseball but if you look at the last several CWS winners, there are quite a few from other conferences as well. I think it's going to be a pretty regular thing that the SEC has at least two teams in the CWS field every year. This year it does look like there might be even more.

]]> By: Richard Snead http://www.razorbloggers.net/2010/06/arizona-state-7-arkansas-6-tempe-super-regional/comment-page-1/#comment-36013 Richard Snead Sun, 13 Jun 2010 08:22:40 +0000 http://www.razorbloggers.net/?p=8254#comment-36013 I watched the game late last night. I can't recall ever seeing balls and strikes called in such a one-sided manner or in such an inconsistent manner across the game. One might think that in the late innings the ump couldn't see as well as earlier in sunlight but this doesn't explain why ASU got the high strikes called more than either Heaton (?) or Pratt. And eventually even the low strikes. In the end, putting pitches on platters was Arkansas's only option. Do you think it matters that so many SEC teams are still competitive at the super-regional level, that it could be an SEC College World Series? If so, why? Baseball is NOT a revenue sport, so why would someone care about regional distribution? VolFan Knoxville I watched the game late last night. I can't recall ever seeing balls and strikes called in such a one-sided manner or in such an inconsistent manner across the game. One might think that in the late innings the ump couldn't see as well as earlier in sunlight but this doesn't explain why ASU got the high strikes called more than either Heaton (?) or Pratt. And eventually even the low strikes. In the end, putting pitches on platters was Arkansas's only option.

Do you think it matters that so many SEC teams are still competitive at the super-regional level, that it could be an SEC College World Series? If so, why? Baseball is NOT a revenue sport, so why would someone care about regional distribution?

VolFan

Knoxville

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