The Past Decade: Revealed

[BWCD]

So, again - the question is, why does it work during the regular season and regionals/supers, but not in Omaha?

Small sample size where one bad inning can put you in the loser's bracket.

Randomness.

Bad luck.

All those things kill you in a double elimination format.

Then why does it tend to happen to us and not some less talented squad? Where did they get the ability to eliminate randomness and avoid bad luck where we did not?

Again - that's a copout on your part.

 

[Brian Piccolo]

What, you were happy with 0-2?

Good lord.

You've guys have got to get more serious than this clown stuff.

It's embarrassing dealing with these emotional ninnies.

 

[Brian Piccolo]

You have NOTHING critical to say at all???

I don't have anything to critical to say about a team that went 100-31 the last two years and went to the CWS.

I couldn't identify anything that a coach or the coaching staff did that caused the team to go 0-2.

You guys are unhinged.

 

[BWCD]

Woah!!! Now wait a minute, you said "No, of course not" earlier when I asked if you were comparing Omaha games to an regular season opening weekend series like Rutgers.

I'm surprised that people like you get through the day without injuring yourself.

I said one is more important (because it helps determine the champion) but they're both just baseball games.

Well you just now said that, but earlier, you didn't. You should explain yourself a little more clearly next time.

The same rules apply. The same random results can occur.

If baseball were as random as you say it is, and we can't control it at all, then we're just one of the luckier programs in college baseball, I guess. Why do we even play if it's SOOOO random? It's about like "Who's Line?" the way you're painting the picture...the results are made up, and the hard work doesn't matter, I guess.

 

[BWCD]

Again - you're lumping them all together like the ones at Omaha don't matter more (they simply do). 3.8% sounds small when that 3.8% is the difference in winning a National Title or not.

I'm sorry but you're just stupid.

One is more important because it's a postseason game but it's still just a baseball game. It operates under the same laws as any of other baseball game. So why would an 80% team only win 20% of that subset of games?

Because of sample size and randomness.

There are lies, **** lies, and then there's statistics. Mark Twain said that - much smarter man than you or I.

Statistics are nice, but you got to look up from your Excel spreadsheet sometime, man. Let your eyes tell your brain some of the story. We keep losing the big games when the national title is on the line. That's simply not good, no matter how many stats you decide to attempt to whitewash it with.

 

[Brian Piccolo]

No--we act like 1-4 in Omaha isn't exactly ideal. That's not irrational. Thinking contrary to that (as you do) is irrational.

It's not ideal. 1-4 is not a good record.

What are you going to do about it?

It seems your answer is to be hysterical and completely forget about the fundamentals of baseball.

 

[Brian Piccolo]

But, Omaha doesn't matter.

Typical emotional fanboy response.

I view things rationally and don't fly off the handle the response is that I don't think Omaha matters.

 

[BWCD]

What, you were happy with 0-2?

Good lord.

You've guys have got to get more serious than this clown stuff.

It's embarrassing dealing with these emotional ninnies.

That's not an answer. Guess you were happy with 0-2, and just "happy to be there".

Case closed.

 

[BWCD]

You have NOTHING critical to say at all???

I don't have anything to critical to say about a team that went 100-31 the last two years and went to the CWS.

...and went 1-4 in those 2 appearances. For someone who calls others stupid, your memory sucks. You keep conveniently forgetting that bit of nuance.

I couldn't identify anything that a coach or the coaching staff did that caused the team to go 0-2.

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You guys are unhinged.

Coming from a random dude on the internet like you, that means a lot. LMAO...

 

[Brian Piccolo]

I never said the whole seasons would be failures.

Then what are you complaining about?

We just had two great seasons in a row. Earned national seeds. Went to Omaha.

And you're going to end it by being sour about the last two games? It sucks to go out that way but when Arizona or Coastal Carolina wins it maybe you'll realize that being the best or even being good didn't matter.

 

[Brian Piccolo]

Keep going to Omaha and come up short? You're known as one of the 8 best teams every year, but never THE best.

The best team never wins it so maybe you'll have to start following other sports.

 

[BWCD]

No--we act like 1-4 in Omaha isn't exactly ideal. That's not irrational. Thinking contrary to that (as you do) is irrational.

It's not ideal. 1-4 is not a good record.

What are you going to do about it?

Discuss it rationally with a few hints of comedy and laughter to cope, as I've done here.

It seems your answer is to be hysterical and completely forget about the fundamentals of baseball.

Sorry we're all not robots jerking off to cherry-picked statistics, like yourself.

 

[Brian Piccolo]

I will agree to that. However, I'm not sure we had a 1-4 streak in any of those 2 years from 94-98, so it doesn't really compare well.

But I'm sure if we did go 1-4 it really would have hampered our ability to go 8-0 after that, right?

 

[Brian Piccolo]

No - and I'm not whining. I think analyzing it and discussing it is fine. You, apparently, do not.

I think smart and informed analysis is always good.

You haven't provided any of that.

 

[Brian Piccolo]

We laid an egg in Omaha 2 straight seasons now. There has to be a better reason than randomness/bad luck.

No, again. People like you look for explanations for small random samples. I give you explanations and you lash out.

You're trying to make sense of something (the CWS) that rarely has any rhyme of reason to it.

 

[Brian Piccolo]

Otherwise, our program is, according to that logic, always at the behest of randomness/bad luck.

Always?

Or just in the 3.8% of games that are played in Omaha?

We have a great regular season (78%) and earn and advantage in the regional and super regional (83%). That wasn't luck.

When the advantages ware wiped away and games are played at a neutral site the results are all over the place and have been for years.

 

[Brian Piccolo]

Then why does it tend to happen to us and not some less talented squad?

Huh?

Arkansas went 0-2 last year.

Plenty of lesser teams do worse than us. Plenty of more talented teams do the same (Florida).

For the millionth time....

Randomness simply means unpredictable. Nobody can tell you what's going to happen.

 

[BWCD]

I never said the whole seasons would be failures.

Then what are you complaining about?

We just had two great seasons in a row. Earned national seeds. Went to Omaha.

No complaints up to this point.

And you're going to end it by being sour about the last two games? It sucks to go out that way but when Arizona or Coastal Carolina wins it maybe you'll realize that being the best or even being good didn't matter.

You just said it, Mr. Robot - guess you aren't emotionless after all. It sucks to go out the way we did the past 2 years. That's what any of us are salty about, and are discussing. If you don't want to discuss that, then that's no problem. Stop responding.

 

[BWCD]

Keep going to Omaha and come up short? You're known as one of the 8 best teams every year, but never THE best.

The best team never wins it so maybe you'll have to start following other sports.

I'm sorry, but if you win the National Title, you are BY ******* DEFINITION the best team. That's why we play the games to begin with.

 

[BWCD]

I will agree to that. However, I'm not sure we had a 1-4 streak in any of those 2 years from 94-98, so it doesn't really compare well.

But I'm sure if we did go 1-4 it really would have hampered our ability to go 8-0 after that, right?

One has nothing to do with the other. No way to equate it at all.