(07-03-2021, 12:05 PM)oman Wrote: I don't watch any pro baseball. College baseball playoffs are about my favorite playoffs of all. Mostly because my two favorite teams tend to in the hunt. The games are stupidly long, yes, but that's baseball. But the regional playoffs are fantastic, followed by great best of threes and Omaha may be my favorite thing next to the World Cup. As much as I love March Madness, I kind of wish the games were done this way.
So I guess I really can't comment on the regular season, because I don't really follow, but given my limited diet of the stuff, I LOVE college baseball.
I'll echo what Oman said: I love college baseball and the kids are clearly having fun out there. Conversely, I saw a highlight of a towering home run by Ohtani (MLB) the other day and his teammates gave him a polite, tennis clap. Even during the regular season, the dugout for a college team goes crazy over the same thing. And if you're referring to Stanford's Alex Williams, the kid was going nuts after he struck out a dude to get out of the one jam he was in all game during his outing against Texas Tech.
P.S. After Stanford lost to Vandy, ESPN immediately switched to a Dodgers/Padres game. This was the first MLB game I'd seen live in years, so I wasn't aware that for MLB games, ESPN uses a "strike box." What an abomination. Truly, one of the most pathetic things I've ever seen on a TV screen, and that's saying something. The good news is that any temptation I had to watch another MLB game flew out the window - I'll gladly use my baseball watching time to see Stanford play!