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Friday, April 26, 2013

College baseball on way to lowest scoring in 40 years, coaches call for livelier ball

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posted on April 26, 2013 at 05:18 AM by Repoz to college | 27 comment(s)

Screw Lilly…we need the Jeff Ledbetter Fair Play Act of 2013!

College baseball is on pace to set a record for fewest home runs and a 40-year low for scoring and batting average. Now some coaches are calling for a livelier ball to bring the numbers back up.

The switch to toned-down metal bats in 2011 has led to an offensive decline greater than many expected.

“The game isn’t the same,” Clemson coach Jack Leggett said this week. “It’s not as exciting.”

Leggett is leading an effort to adopt ...

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1. Petunia inquires about ponies posted on July 12, 2012 at 06:14 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Later on Thursday, the Red Sox announced that Magee has in fact signed with the organization. However, this will not effect Magee's status with ASU's football team for his senior season in 2012.

I feel dumb, but how can this be true?

2. Matt Clement of Alexandria posted on July 12, 2012 at 06:25 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

NCAA rules allow athletes to go pro in one sport and remain "amateur" in another.

3. ellsbury my heart at wounded knee posted on July 12, 2012 at 06:47 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

I guess with less money to throw around, teams have less leverage to forbid a player from doing something like this.

4. Matt Clement of Alexandria posted on July 12, 2012 at 07:08 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

It can't turn out worse than Shaq Green-Thompson.

5. Dock Ellis on Acid

posted on July 12, 2012 at 07:59 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

I believe whats-his-name in Toronto will also be playing college football in addition to playing for the Blue Jays in the minors. I think we'll be seeing a lot more of this with the new CBA in place, now that teams can only spend so much money to convince two-way players to stick to only baseball.

Not an edit since I read #3 as I was writing this but coke to EMHaWK.

6. Accent Shallow posted on July 12, 2012 at 08:10 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

It can't turn out worse than Shaq Green-Thompson.

Holy ####, that might be the worst MiLB line I've ever seen. .000/.143/.000

That's 28 PA, 4 BB, and 23 K. So he made only one out that wasn't a strikeout. Damn. Poor kid. He did have 1 RBI, though.

Can anyone find a worse MiLB line?

7. dirk

posted on July 12, 2012 at 08:24 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

no kidding!! i did a double eye rub to make sure i wasn't misreading the columns. muchos sombreros, y de oro tambien!

8. Gold Star - just Gold Star posted on July 12, 2012 at 08:26 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

BPro article on Shaq G-T.

9. Gold Star - just Gold Star posted on July 12, 2012 at 08:29 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Boston drafted, within five rounds of each other (18th and 23rd), two two-sport athletes? Maybe that's less "two-sport athletes" and more "football players."

10. Dan posted on July 12, 2012 at 08:53 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

They thought 2+2 added up to a 4-sport athlete, and they'd have a hockey player and a basketball player too in the deal. Based on early returns, SGT is accounting for 2 of the non-baseball sports.

11. AROM posted on July 12, 2012 at 10:38 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

That's 28 PA, 4 BB, and 23 K. So he made only one out that wasn't a strikeout. Damn. Poor kid. He did have 1 RBI, though.

Can anyone find a worse MiLB line?

I think I could manage that.

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