re: BaseVOLS with 121 Homeruns now

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The Vols are on pace for 161 in the regular season.

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The 1997 LSU team hit 39 HRs from the SECT through Omaha, 14 games. Thats 2.78/game, which was an higher clip than they hit in the regular season.

Omaha isn’t the home run park it used to be at Rosenblatt. Hell, in 1998, LSU hit 8 home runs in 1 game in Rosenblatt. And the SECT was played in Columbus GA not at a big field like the Hoover Met. The bats now aren’t the same BBCORs that came out in 2011. They’re plenty hot and players know way more about the “science” of hitting home runs with all the tech available now.

What helps Tennessee is 3/4 of their remaining series are at home and possibly two more series in the postseason. It’s a hitters park so getting to the record is feasible. However, they’ll need to make a run in both the SECT and get to Omaha and win games there to have a chance. That 1997 LSU team played in the finals of both