05-14-2014, 10:34 AM
Well, I did not see that coming. Stanford inexplicably gave away a nonconference game to RPI 192 San Jose State, 10-8, last night. How do I operationally define "gave away"? Consider:
SJSU had 12 hits in 37 official at bats
Five Stanford pitchers collectively gave up 7 walks, 2 wild pitches and hit 3 (yes, three) batters
Stanford fielders committed 2 errors.
Of the 10 runs that SJSU scored, only 6 were earned
Stanford's RPI has tumbled to 42, and its postseason hopes are on life-support. According to the Stanford Daily, the team likely needs to win all of its seven final games. That's not impossible given the level of the competition, but it's also unlikely, considering that Stanford has not won more than three games in a row all season.
SJSU had 12 hits in 37 official at bats
Five Stanford pitchers collectively gave up 7 walks, 2 wild pitches and hit 3 (yes, three) batters
Stanford fielders committed 2 errors.
Of the 10 runs that SJSU scored, only 6 were earned
Stanford's RPI has tumbled to 42, and its postseason hopes are on life-support. According to the Stanford Daily, the team likely needs to win all of its seven final games. That's not impossible given the level of the competition, but it's also unlikely, considering that Stanford has not won more than three games in a row all season.
If there's one thing people have learned in Berkeley, it's that you can't put "Cal football" and "Rose Bowl" in the same sentence. The words just don't fit. You'd be better off linking "covered wagons" with "Mars travel." (Bruce Jenkins, Cal '70, SF Chronicle, Nov. 11, 2017)