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MLB 2025: The Dodgers vs The Field

Russell Jaslow said:
Didn't some college hockey tournaments do this? The ones which had five teams make it to the final weekend, so they had 4 vs. 5, effectively giving 1, 2, and 3 byes into the semifinals. And this would obviously be after the first round.
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That’s more of just a play-in game. I couldn’t find a bracket but Kep made it sound like a system where a team played in the first round, then got a bye in the second round to the third round. Although I guess that’s what you’re describing but it would have to work like that in a situation where your next round isn’t divisible by 4.
 
state of hockey said:
The WCHA final five did this. 4 and 5 had a play-in game on Thursday night, then semis began Friday. A common chant by the winning team on Thursday night was “Here til Saturday.” clap clap clap clap clap.

This was true due to another Final Five quirk, a third place game.
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CCHA also had a similar setup with two play-in games on Thursday and a third place game Saturday.

That third place game was begrudgingly nicknamed the Walt Kyle Invitational with the frequency the 'Cats played in it.
 
aparch said:
CCHA also had a similar setup with two play-in games on Thursday and a third place game Saturday.

That third place game was begrudgingly nicknamed the Walt Kyle Invitational with the frequency the 'Cats played in it.
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The 2006 Gophers lost to the Badgers in the third place game. It flipped the two in the PWR, dropping MN to the second overall seed and a matchup with Holy Cross in the tournament.

That reminds me…

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MissThundercat said:
Skubal: complete game shutout, fewer than 100 pitches thrown.
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In 2010 (hardly ancient history) there were a total of 165 complete games thrown, and every team still had at least one. Last year there were a total of 28, and twelve teams had none. Compare that to 2001. According to MLB the average age of a ticket buying fan last year was 45. In 2001 they were old enough to buy a beer at the ball park. That season there were 199 complete games, every team had at least one, the average was 7, and 5 teams had at least 10. In 1990, when we already had dedicated set-up men and closers -- so no pitcher was expected to go 9 -- there were 429 complete games.

By the way, Skubal's was the 8th of this season. We're on a pace for around 24 this year.
 
Little bit more parity in the NCAA baseball tournament than softball had. Four one seeds go down on Day 1. St Mary's takes down #8 Oregon State, Murray State over #10 Ole Miss, Utah Valley beats #12 Oregon, and the Ivy League gets in on the action with Columbia beating #16 Southern Miss.

Even #1 Vandy was in trouble. Wright State no-hit them thru 6, but Vandy was able to get four runs back by the 8th and won 4-3.
 
If the Rockies don't win their next two games, they will have the all-time record for worst start through 60 games. Not just the modern era either, back to 1876.
 
MissThundercat said:
Less than 6,000 in attendance for last night's Rockies v Marlins game.
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Boxscore claimed 5894. 100% made up number. It wasn't tickets sold either, because 4000 people did not pay to see that dreck and then decide they had better things to do. They decided they had better things to do way before they bought a ticket. There were not 2000 people in the park, even if you counted all of the players, coaches, vendors and anyone else who happened to be there. Looking at the game I thought it might have been 5% full, and the place holds 36,000 allegedly.
 
WeAreNDHockey said:
Boxscore claimed 5894. 100% made up number. It wasn't tickets sold either, because 4000 people did not pay to see that dreck and then decide they had better things to do. They decided they had better things to do way before they bought a ticket. There were not 2000 people in the park, even if you counted all of the players, coaches, vendors and anyone else who happened to be there. Looking at the game I thought it might have been 5% full, and the place holds 36,000 allegedly.
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That number is probably around what they have for a season ticket base.
 
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