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College baseball opens today 2/14/25

UVA chokes away the opener against Michigan 5-4 in 11 innings. We really do suck when we’re a front runner.
 
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della on a basketball board starting a thread on baseball trying to change attention or something.
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Yeah, I played baseball for many years, I totally get how it works, but Dallas Baptist?
You ever heard of Cal St Fullerton? I think they have won some championships back in the day.
 
You ever heard of Cal St Fullerton? I think they have won some championships back in the day.
Yeah, I know about that, but I could see how that could happen, we all know who they are and back then, NIL wasn't a thing, seeing Dallas-Baptist ranked in today's landscape, is just odd.
I wonder what their enrollment is?

Shoot, San Francisco has back to back basketball titles, so it's not totally out of the ordinary for CSF to have success.
 
Yeah, I know about that, but I could see how that could happen, we all know who they are and back then, NIL wasn't a thing, seeing Dallas-Baptist ranked in today's landscape, is just odd.
I wonder what their enrollment is?

Shoot, San Francisco has back to back basketball titles, so it's not totally out of the ordinary for CSF to have success.
They got a lot of Baptist in Texas, Jeff. Btw, I have played a lot of softball back in the day. I'm a switch hitter and you could call me a contact hitter. Let me on base and I'll steal you blind. Just sayin...
 
They got a lot of Baptist in Texas, Jeff. Btw, I have played a lot of softball back in the day. I'm a switch hitter and you could call me a contact hitter. Let me on base and I'll steal you blind. Just sayin...
I don't recall ever getting caught stealing. That’s not surprising, considering I ran the 100m in 10.9 and was all state in the 110 high hurdles.
But what you might find impressive, is in my final game in 8th grade, I hit a home run and pitched a no hitter. I only had a fast ball and a side arm cutter back then, but they couldn't hit em. Same team that beat us two weeks earlier 5-0.
 
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I don't recall ever getting caught stealing. That’s not surprising, considering I ran the 100m in 10.9 and was all state in the 110 high hurdles.
But what you might find impressive, is in my final game in 8th grade, I hit a home run and pitched a no hitter. I only had a fast ball and a side arm cutter back then, but they couldn't hit em. Same team that beat us two weeks earlier 5-0.
That is impressive. I ran track and cross country in HS. I still run to this day.
 
That is impressive. I ran track and cross country in HS. I still run to this day.
I don't run like I used to, but at 51, I can put 5 miles down no problem. I still play pick up football and basketball and even though I'm not 160lbs anymore, I still have some wheels.
I haven't hurdled in many years, but I know I could still do it.
Did you ever try your hand at 400 intermediate hurdles? Talk abput a grueling race. Ugh, I hated it, but nobody else wanted to do it, so I had to.
 
I don't run like I used to, but at 51, I can put 5 miles down no problem. I still play pick up football and basketball and even though I'm not 160lbs anymore, I still have some wheels.
I haven't hurdled in many years, but I know I could still do it.
Did you ever try your hand at 400 intermediate hurdles? Talk abput a grueling race. Ugh, I hated it, but nobody else wanted to do it, so I had to.

My college roommate was back to back 400 hurdle ACC champ. And he agreed that it was by far the hardest race. I was more of a 60-200 kind of guy. So running the 4x400 was tough. But he used to say it was a breeze after the 400h.
 
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My college roommate was back to back 400 hurdle ACC champ. And he agreed that it was by far the hardest race. I was more of a 60-200 kind of guy. So running the 4x400 was tough. But he used to say it was a breeze after the 400h.
I was the first leg of our mile relay team my senior year.
The only race I have found that is tougher than the intermediate hurdles, is the steeplechase. I saw that in the last Olympics. OMG, that race is ridiculous.
 
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I was the first leg of our mile relay team my senior year.
The only race I have found that is tougher than the intermediate hurdles, is the steeplechase. I saw that in the last Olympics. OMG, that race is ridiculous.

Steeplechase is def hard. But at least there’s some pacing to it. 400h is still treated like a sprint. At least at the level where guys are going 50 seconds or better.
 
I don't run like I used to, but at 51, I can put 5 miles down no problem. I still play pick up football and basketball and even though I'm not 160lbs anymore, I still have some wheels.
I haven't hurdled in many years, but I know I could still do it.
Did you ever try your hand at 400 intermediate hurdles? Talk abput a grueling race. Ugh, I hated it, but nobody else wanted to do it, so I had to.
I ran the 400.
 
Steeplechase is def hard. But at least there’s some pacing to it. 400h is still treated like a sprint. At least at the level where guys are going 50 seconds or better.
Yup, it's a sprint.
The steeplechase has you going over tough obstacles and running through water. By the time you finish that race, your feet would be notjing but blistered. Ugh.
 
I ran the 400.
The events I ran in a regular meet:
100m
200m
110 hh
Mile relay

That's all they would allow you to run, but jeez, when you have to run each race multiple times in sectionals/regionals/states, your legs go numb.

Good to know you ran track though, that’s awesome.

What's your best time in the 400? I was just over 50 seconds, I tried so hard to get to 49, but never did it.
 
The events I ran in a regular meet:
100m
200m
110 hh
Mile relay

That's all they would allow you to run, but jeez, when you have to run each race multiple times in sectionals/regionals/states, your legs go numb.

Good to know you ran track though, that’s awesome.

What's your best time in the 400? I was just over 50 seconds, I tried so hard to get to 49, but never did it.
A good bit slower than that.
 
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