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skip75 - 03-15-2025
Sasski bomb #2!!!
Walk-off HR in an 11-1 run rule win in the bottom of the 8th
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TonyLima - 03-15-2025
Let’s welcome the ACC baseball teams to the big league.
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JJJ - 03-15-2025
Get ready for a barrage of bombs from Sasaki, now that the floodgates have been opened (as long as they pitch to him). Let’s do it again tomorrow!
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old spanish trail - 03-15-2025
(03-15-2025, 04:55 PM)JJJ Wrote: Get ready for a barrage of bombs from Sasaki, now that the floodgates have been opened (as long as they pitch to him). Let’s do it again tomorrow!
It had to start sometime. The sound off his bat is almost one of a kind...witness the first blast to right today. Plus, he has a beautiful swing. It will be fun to watch, methinks.
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Spiny_Norman - 03-15-2025
Sasaki Bomb #1 -
https://x.com/MLBPipeline/status/1901045653523873936
Sasaki Bomb #2 -
https://x.com/StanfordBSB/status/1901056855759347843
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BostonCard - 03-15-2025
Announcer: "A little off for him today"
Sasaki: I'll show you off
Man, I want to be "a little off" like Sasaki every day.
BC
RE: Stanford Baseball 2025 -
skip75 - 03-15-2025
(03-15-2025, 05:36 PM)BostonCard Wrote: Announcer: "A little off for him today"
Sasaki: I'll show you off
Man, I want to be "a little off" like Sasaki every day.
BC
The "little off" likely was referring to his first 2 ABs - in which, IMHO it was the umpiring crew who were a little off. in the first inning, he worked a 3-2 count on 7 pitches, then had strike 3 called on him due to a pitch clock violation - apparently stepping out with too little time on the clock to do that. In my view he was back in ready to go without a peep from the umps. The Duke dugout was going crazy, then the 3rd base umpire suddenly raised his right arm indicating the strike and the out. Then in the third inning, he hit a ball that seemed obvious to me (and everyone around me, and everyone in the Stanford dugout) hit off his foot and rolled in front of the plate. What we all thought was a foul ball turned into a catcher to first ground out.
A couple ABs like that can be tough to come back from, but he went 3-3 with 2 HRs in his final 3 ABs. Good mental toughness.
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BostonCard - 03-15-2025
Fair enough; I just thought it was funny to hear the announcer say it, literally just before Sasaki creamed the ball. Sort of like a reverse announcer jinx.
BC
RE: Stanford Baseball 2025 -
TonyLima - 03-15-2025
Prediction: barring major injuries, this season will be a hell of a ride.
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GK3 - 03-15-2025
(03-15-2025, 08:22 PM)TonyLima Wrote: Prediction: barring major injuries, this season will be a hell of a ride.
I just have to ask whether Rintaro is related to Dr. Sasaki who is a Director of Transplant Oncology at Stanford.
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skip75 - 03-16-2025
(03-15-2025, 08:22 PM)TonyLima Wrote: Prediction: barring major injuries, this season will be a hell of a ride.
Long way to go - but I agree. It's already been a fun ride. Other than post-season play, I can't remember the last time I was at Sunken Diamond 3 days in a row. But I'll be there again today rooting for Joey and company to pull off the sweep.
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JJJ - 03-16-2025
(03-15-2025, 05:59 PM)skip75 Wrote: (03-15-2025, 05:36 PM)BostonCard Wrote: Announcer: "A little off for him today"
Sasaki: I'll show you off
Man, I want to be "a little off" like Sasaki every day.
BC
The "little off" likely was referring to his first 2 ABs - in which, IMHO it was the umpiring crew who were a little off. in the first inning, he worked a 3-2 count on 7 pitches, then had strike 3 called on him due to a pitch clock violation - apparently stepping out with too little time on the clock to do that. In my view he was back in ready to go without a peep from the umps. The Duke dugout was going crazy, then the 3rd base umpire suddenly raised his right arm indicating the strike and the out. Then in the third inning, he hit a ball that seemed obvious to me (and everyone around me, and everyone in the Stanford dugout) hit off his foot and rolled in front of the plate. What we all thought was a foul ball turned into a catcher to first ground out.
A couple ABs like that can be tough to come back from, but he went 3-3 with 2 HRs in his final 3 ABs. Good mental toughness.
My buddy in the third row behind the plate said Sasaki asked for a timeout but wasn’t granted one on that (reverse?) pitch clock violation.
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Card10Fan - 03-16-2025
(03-15-2025, 08:22 PM)TonyLima Wrote: Prediction: barring major injuries, this season will be a hell of a ride.
Yes for sure! Let’s get back to Omaha and see what we can do.
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JJJ - 03-16-2025
Troy Clardy and Jenna Becerra in the booth for today’s tv broadcast. They should be familiar with our boys.
Volchko on the mound. Let’s do this!
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TonyLima - 03-16-2025
Voelchko on a pace for 243 pitches.
(03-16-2025, 01:04 PM)JJJ Wrote: Troy Clardy and Jenna Becerra in the booth for today’s tv broadcast. They should be familiar with our boys.
Volchko on the mound. Let’s do this!
Agree. Always good to hear Troy‘s dulcet tones.
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JJJ - 03-16-2025
4-0 in favor of Duke heading into B3.
Volchko down to a 165 pitch pace.
I’d like to give a shoutout to Bates’ CF play, looking like he’s been doing it at a high level forever, even though he was primarily a SS in high school (I believe).
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JJJ - 03-16-2025
Haskins 2run homer, Reynolds rbi single, Becerra 2rbi triple gave us a 5-4 lead after 3.
Then Volchko gave up a run T4, so tied at 5.
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skip75 - 03-16-2025
Sasski bomb #3!!!
Puts Stanford up 8-5 in the bottom of the 4th.
Could be a long day at the yard.
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TonyLima - 03-16-2025
(03-16-2025, 02:04 PM)JJJ Wrote: 4-0 in favor of Duke heading into B3.
Volchko down to a 165 pitch pace.
I’d like to give a shoutout to Bates’ CF play, looking like he’s been doing it at a high level forever, even though he was primarily a SS in high school (I believe).
The shoestring catch to end the seventh thinning. It’s a pretty good example of what Mr. Bates can do.
Followed by a seeing-eye RBI single.
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JJJ - 03-16-2025
10-5 final score. How sweep it is!