The Official #3 Tennessee vs Virginia College World Series Game 1 Thread (SUNDAY AT 2PM EST)

[taylorvol]

it was UVA’s day from Abbott pitching the best game of his career, the catcher and 9th place hitter hitting his first HR of the season and wearing out our pitching, to the “Disney like“ story of his Dad recovering from pancreatic cancer to be presented the game ball while understandably getting emotional on national TV. It was like a Hallmark movie (minus the repetitive plot of city girl falling for country guy}. . On a serious note, it was pretty touching especially on Father’s Day. A proverbial tip of the cap to that family. Go Vols!

 

[Redleg68]

I was listening to the Westwood one broadcast as I was driving and whoever the broadcasters were kept harping on that point. Said we were in the 75-80% strike range or something crazy like that through the 7th and that Virginia was just attacking from the first pitch. This resulted in some quick innings, but they eventually got a bead on us.

exactly, when you are not concerned about location, then 50% of the decision is made for you.

 

[Rifleman]

There's such a thing as being wild in the strike zone. Vitello addressed this in his post game presser. Said that Hunley in particular put too many in the middle of the plate. You can throw a lot of strikes and still not get hit.

Exactly. Scherzer and Verlander for example throw nearly 70% of pitches in the strike zone against MLB batters, but they are using the whole strike zone, so it really doesn't cost them like it would a college pitcher who doesn't have control to paint the inside of the plate at will.

 

[Redleg68]

Exactly. Scherzer and Verlander for example throw nearly 70% of pitches in the strike zone against MLB batters, but they are using the whole strike zone, so it really doesn't cost them like it would a college pitcher who doesn't have control to paint the inside of the plate at will.

True, the home run that broke the 0/0 tie was a hanging curve ball right in the wheelhouse--but that happens to every picture from time to time.