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Who misses the old 6 team regionals?
Posted on 5/28/16 at 11:07 am
Posted on 5/28/16 at 11:07 am
You had crazy 2nd round games
You had an if Bracket possibly two different times because of true double elimination
You had a winner playing a loser 2nd day middle game
You had teams playing multiple times a day and sometimes played same team back to back days
You wanted to start your Ace 2nd game if a higher seed
You had an if Bracket possibly two different times because of true double elimination
You had a winner playing a loser 2nd day middle game
You had teams playing multiple times a day and sometimes played same team back to back days
You wanted to start your Ace 2nd game if a higher seed
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Posted on 5/28/16 at 11:13 am to sms151t
I liked them but the Super Regionals trump the old system.
Posted on 5/28/16 at 11:22 am to CtotheVrzrbck
I wished they would take away the Supers from campuses. I get the money part but you get advantage of hosting a regional at home. Put the Supers in 8 spots around the country and name them early.
I know it's an unpopular opinion but it will allow regions to see great college baseball help grow the game.
In Arkansas you have 2 parks Arvest and Dickey Stephens that could host. Oklahoma has Driller and Brickyard. Alabama has the Met, Florida has all the Spring Training parks
There are parks in the North, West also.
I know it's an unpopular opinion but it will allow regions to see great college baseball help grow the game.
In Arkansas you have 2 parks Arvest and Dickey Stephens that could host. Oklahoma has Driller and Brickyard. Alabama has the Met, Florida has all the Spring Training parks
There are parks in the North, West also.
Posted on 5/28/16 at 11:54 am to sms151t
I don't miss them at all. Back then, there were true "regional" sites and they basically had to find, in their opinion, the best team in that region to host. Many more deserving teams were passed over because of geography. I like it better now.
Posted on 5/28/16 at 12:32 pm to Diamondawg
They were bid on they were just named West 2 etc.
Posted on 5/28/16 at 4:21 pm to sms151t
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I wished they would take away the Supers from campuses.
You could do that, but you wont ever get the atmosphere like having 11K at Baum, 15K at MSST, Box packed out to the parking lot and fans going absolute gonzo.
Also why would you take a super regional away from Baum, one of the best collegiate parks and put them in decent minor league stadiums that hold half as many?
There's supposed to be a homefield advantage, it's what you fight for in the season to get a good seeding.
College baseball isn't near as popular as you think. Fans from both squads aren't going to burn a weekend traveling a couple hundred miles for neutral site games and also here's the big thing you're not looking at. Yes, there's costs in renting those minor league stadiums, but MiLB isn't going to be able to change their scheduling up on a week's notice at all and if you schedule the sites a year in advance you'll end up with TCU playing LSU in San Jose or even worse you get a UC Irvine playing Indiana in Mobile.
This is one thing they have gotten right.
Posted on 5/28/16 at 5:19 pm to CtotheVrzrbck
Why would I want to reward a team that didn't deserve the Super and then hoarded tickets like last year?
Coastal did it to Carolina few years ago also.
Coastal did it to Carolina few years ago also.
Posted on 5/28/16 at 7:41 pm to sms151t
I see this is a salty thread about SW Mo St. losing the Super Regional to Arkansas last year.
Posted on 5/28/16 at 7:47 pm to CtotheVrzrbck
The Supers they've had at Louisville in Jim Patterson have been quality as well. If anything, college baseball is doing it right for the most part with allowing campuses to host.
Posted on 5/28/16 at 8:19 pm to CtotheVrzrbck
Nope no salt in it
Just think baseball has moved past needing home crowds like basketball did in mid 80's
Just think baseball has moved past needing home crowds like basketball did in mid 80's
Posted on 5/28/16 at 8:22 pm to sms151t
I much prefer the current system to the old one.
Posted on 5/28/16 at 9:03 pm to Slotback
I liked the six team regionals. It was great to see teams you rarely would see at your own park. The first day was always the best, spending the whole day at the ball park.
Posted on 5/28/16 at 9:36 pm to sms151t
Me. Those were awesome. They were always competitive, a ton of baseball, and someone went to Omaha at the end. Not unhappy with the current format but miss the South II Regional in Baton Rouge!
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