2024 Baseball Mega Thread

[AppSt94]

Must admit for the last couple years this team gets better as the season progresses, hope they keep the train rolling.

We did achieve the 20 win plateau two weeks earlier than last years squad.

[BambooRdApp]

Boyd! He’s Mr Clutch as of late.
Big win. ETSU was 47th in RPI. Hope our arms are ready for Ga State, rest up men!

Maybe Boyd = Joey Votto..takes half a season or so to get hot

[Appmountaineers19]

What is the difference between RPI and SOS? The "live" statistics show APPs NC RPI at 52 (very good) but NC SOS at 243 (bad). Does that mean the teams in the NC play tough opponents but because maybe their records aren't good the SOS is lower? The overall RPI is 82 and SOS is 135. Just confused.

[BUTCH1991]

What is the difference between RPI and SOS? The "live" statistics show APPs NC RPI at 52 (very good) but NC SOS at 243 (bad). Does that mean the teams in the NC play tough opponents but because maybe their records aren't good the SOS is lower? The overall RPI is 82 and SOS is 135. Just confused.

I think it means there are too many nerds getting involved in figuring out how good a baseball team is without actually watching them.

[AppFan11]

It’s similar to the NET system in basketball… four Quads…..quad four losses are bad and probably worse than quad one wins….. NC Record=no conference record, SOS stregnth of Schedule…. there is a formula in figuring out the soup….can’t just go by a teams record…… the SOS is is important .., ours is in the 130’s….. CC, JMU, ULL, GAST, GASO, ODU are in the low to mid double digits……three of our final four series are against them so we’ll have our chance.

[311neers]

It’s similar to the NET system in basketball… four Quads…..quad four losses are bad and probably worse than quad one wins….. NC Record=no conference record, SOS stregnth of Schedule…. there is a formula in figuring out the soup….can’t just go by a teams record…… the SOS is is important .., ours is in the 130’s….. CC, JMU, ULL, GAST, GASO, ODU are in the low to mid double digits……three of our final four series are against them so we’ll have our chance.

They most likely played a series v a big team early in the year where we did not. The game against Wake will bump our NC SOS up some.

Man, we need to payback Wake in a bad way. Football, then basketball, then Spillers. If Tujetsch pitches like last night we’ve got a shot. Wake got smoked by Elon yesterday! 9-0

[311neers]

What is the difference between RPI and SOS? The "live" statistics show APPs NC RPI at 52 (very good) but NC SOS at 243 (bad). Does that mean the teams in the NC play tough opponents but because maybe their records aren't good the SOS is lower? The overall RPI is 82 and SOS is 135. Just confused.

This is a really good site and link for RPI stuff. Here’s our team RPI sheet. JMU still in the 20s. We missed a huge opportunity there and it was away.

https://www.warrennolan.com/baseball/20 ... hian-State

[311neers]

D1 baseball just put out a field of 64 projection.

https://d1baseball.com/postseason/2024- ... -april-24/

LaLa- 2 seed
Southern Miss- 3 seed
Coastal- 1 seed hosting
JMU- 3 seed

No mention of Troy but they're still in the hunt.
We've got the next best overall record in the SBC behind those 5 teams. Who knows, get hot at the right time!

[WVAPPeer]

The middle schooler calling the game with Witten is annoying too.

the "color" guy adds nothing, just talks in cliches - states the obvious

[AppinVA]

The middle schooler calling the game with Witten is annoying too.

the "color" guy adds nothing, just talks in cliches - states the obvious

And sniffs constantly on mic.

[Stonewall]

I’m being too hard on him but yes , Captain Obvious and the halting within each statement..I had to mute them.

[WVAPPeer]

I muted as well -

[spacemonkey]

I know money is an issue but I could get behind giving money to making our broadcasts on ESPN better. It is embarrassing compared to others. Football,basketball and baseball. I think it reflects on the brand.

[WVAPPeer]

I'm not in agreement for football - David Jackson and Avery Hall - not sure we could ever find better -

[BambooRdApp]

With exception of football, I play Spotify music and TV volume in zero. Hard to listen to bball and basketball.
For baseball, I wish we had more cameras to get more shots.. although Arky state facilities may not have been great, they had more cameras or seemed. I have not watched all locations...but seem to remember LaLa having a good showing on ESPN+

[AppFan11]

CC spends like $4M on baseball ULL like $2.7….. Apps is like a little over $1M….. I personally think JMU guys were the best I heard this season and they regularly used the velo speeds…. I think Mat Present does a nice job……

[SlappyAppy72]

I try not to complain too much about the broadcast because anything is better than nothing. But I agree on the production quality - it's lacking. I'd put it last of all productions that we've been on this year. A couple more camera angles and a showing some replays, especially on a call that's being reviewed, would be very nice to have.

[311neers]

Georgia State baseball stadium is an absolute joke. SBC needs to force Ark State and Ga State to improve the facilities. The Beav looks like Fenway compared to these.

[Stonewall]

Nice ballpark.

[Stonewall]

And ugly uniforms.