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MLB 2022: Playing Ball, But Is Anyone Still Watching?

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Womens College World Series started yesterday.

I think this Oklahoma team may be in line for best team in history, provided they continue to steamroll through to the championship. I’ve caught a couple of their games since the tournament started and the offensive fire power is crazy. They’re 55-2, 39 of their wins have come by mercy rule, and their two losses are to Texas and Oklahoma State, both also in the WCWS. They mercied Northwestern 13-2 yesterday and in the NCAA tournament so far are outscoring teams 65-5. On the season they’re outscoring teams 515-48 and have an ERA of .80, which is .60 better than the next best team.
 
Spartanforlife4 said:
Womens College World Series started yesterday.

I think this Oklahoma team may be in line for best team in history, provided they continue to steamroll through to the championship. I’ve caught a couple of their games since the tournament started and the offensive fire power is crazy. They’re 55-2, 39 of their wins have come by mercy rule, and their two losses are to Texas and Oklahoma State, both also in the WCWS. They mercied Northwestern 13-2 yesterday and in the NCAA tournament so far are outscoring teams 65-5. On the season they’re outscoring teams 515-48 and have an ERA of .80, which is .60 better than the next best team.
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Murderer's Row of college softball. And their best pitcher F Jordy Bahl came in and got the last out yesterday after being out for almost a month.
 
SonofSouthie said:
Murderer's Row of college softball. And their best pitcher F Jordy Bahl came in and got the last out yesterday after being out for almost a month.
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I turned it on in the bottom of the third when Northwestern had a 1-0 lead. Appears that’s when OU figured out the change up from NU’s pitcher since proceeded to get seven straight runners on and went up 6-1 in a hurry.
 
SJHovey said:
They are getting outstanding starting pitching. Cole was expected to be good, and Montgomery was expected to be a solid 2-3 starter. Severino's stuff has always been electric, but the only question was health. The expectation was that if he could stay healthy, he's good enough to be a staff #1.

Those three guys have basically met expectations, and have been real good. The thing is, they're the three worst starters on that team right now. Cortez and Taillon have been lights out.

It's kind of funny, because this year more of the question marks are in the bullpen.
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And more of the injuries.
 
Looking at some of the NCAA baseball scores and wondering again why only softball has a mercy rule, especially with the new emphasis on saving pitching arms. Maryland is up 19-0 after 4 innings on Long Island and they still have five more innings to play no matter what. Meanwhile in softball, where those girls can and do pitch back to back complete games, they stop if it's eight runs after five innings.

Now I'm curious if there's anything against a team forfeiting in the situation Long Island is in to save pitching for the next game. Optics would be horrible, but you'd get a couple hours more rest for tomorrow versus staying and potentially getting blown out like 30-0. On the other hand, they are a 4 seed, so they probably aren't making the tournament often and they're more in "enjoy the experience" territory.
 
Spartanforlife4 said:
Looking at some of the NCAA baseball scores and wondering again why only softball has a mercy rule, especially with the new emphasis on saving pitching arms. Maryland is up 19-0 after 4 innings on Long Island and they still have five more innings to play no matter what. Meanwhile in softball, where those girls can and do pitch back to back complete games, they stop if it's eight runs after five innings.

Now I'm curious if there's anything against a team forfeiting in the situation Long Island is in to save pitching for the next game. Optics would be horrible, but you'd get a couple hours more rest for tomorrow versus staying and potentially getting blown out like 30-0. On the other hand, they are a 4 seed, so they probably aren't making the tournament often and they're more in "enjoy the experience" territory.
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The other thing about forfeiting is that you are letting the victorious team off without burning through pitching, when they have more games to go.
 
SJHovey said:
The other thing about forfeiting is that you are letting the victorious team off without burning through pitching, when they have more games to go.
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It doesn't sound like a team is expending many resources in a 30-0 game. They are probably putting their utility IF out there.

Purist, here. I'm all for mercy rules.
 
Kepler said:
It doesn't sound like a team is expending many resources in a 30-0 game. They are probably putting their utility IF out there.

Purist, here. I'm all for mercy rules.
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I'm anti-mercy after HS. If you want larger tourney fields and more participation trophies, then you can take your beating.
 
aparch said:
Baseball is a beautiful sport.

Yankees figure out how pitcher tips pitches, busts game wide open.

https://twitter.com/Jomboy_/status/1533104868319236098

I ain't even mad. Thats pretty brilliant.
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This is what 90% of baseball fans think "sign stealing" is when it's their team getting rocked...

The level of analysis that a top tier hitter does in the 10 seconds before they execute their swing is enough to make WATSON blush... And yes, it's a beautiful thing when done right =)
 
Kepler said:
It doesn't sound like a team is expending many resources in a 30-0 game. They are probably putting their utility IF out there.

Purist, here. I'm all for mercy rules.
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I know college ball had a mercy role for the regular season, guessing they still do. But it's the tournament, no need for a mercy rule at this point.
 
unofan said:
I know college ball had a mercy role for the regular season, guessing they still do. But it's the tournament, no need for a mercy rule at this point.
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It's still there, but optional and applied differently across conferences. Some use it every game, others only travel days, and I'm not sure if the Big Ten uses it at all.
 
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