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He's by far their best pitcher who has mostly pitched out of the bullpen. He has 20 appearances and has started 3 games, the most he's pitched is 5 innings against MSU and he gave up 3 runs. Season ERA is 3.28 in 46.2 innings, by far the best on the team (next is Morales with a 4.10 ERA). So PSU is coming at this game with their best, as they should.
By numbers alone, he certainly seems to be their "best." Based on walk numbers, he appears to have good control. Will make Iowa earn their runs . . . which has proven to be problematic at times.
He threw 91 pitches in his 5 inning start against MSU but hasn't thrown more than 68 (68 one time; 67 two times) pitches in any other appearance. Primarily used as long relief.
Wouldn't surprise me if Iowa saw Mellott and Luensmann tomorrow as well.
I know nothing about Omaha but because the weather looks like it is going to create havoc tomorrow, could they play one of the brackets at a different venue for one day?
Impractical and incredibly unfair. Every team travelled to Omaha yesterday and is settled in. Would be a logistical and practical nightmare to force 2-4 teams to travel to another location and then have to travel back.
I was asking if Omaha has another complex where 4 teams could play for one day.
If there is such a complex, the 4 teams would not have to leave the city.
Rain delays suck. If I were a player and if I were Rick Heller, I would want to get the games in sooner rather than later.
The Mavericks have a nice new field, but only seats 1500.
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The Storm Chasers have a nice park that holds 9000, but it's miles away from downtown, in another county, in fact.
The Mavericks have a nice new field, but only seats 1500.
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The Storm Chasers have a nice park that holds 9000, but it's miles away from downtown, in another county, in fact.
interesting. thank you.
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Rain has been falling here since lunchtime and I would be VERY surprised if we see any baseball tomorrow in Omaha, forecast (at least my local app) just updated to 80-90% rain chances most of day tomorrow with no letup in sight. Looks like a busy Thursday ahead at the ballpark!
I’m going to have a riveting day tomorrow in my hotel room.
Staying by stadium or Old Market? Checkout the Old Market shops and restaurants or maybe the Zoo to pass some time!
Early a.m. rain chance but clearing after that. Fri/Sat/Sun all look good, heating up too.
Good weather also will bring lots of local Hawks, remember back to 2016 vs Ohio State Iowa brought about 8,000 Iowa fans on a Sunday to that title game, good times, place was roaring!
Before game there were Iowa fans lined up for a block or two by the ticket windows, most people most likely missed the first inning or two. Concession lines were crazy too, Iowa demand completely overwhelmed the staff that day. Still can hear an I-O-W-A chant echoing through the concourse as we attempted a comeback!
Rain chances 70%-80%+ all day tomorrow. Depending on volume might still be tough to get in tomorrow night.
In looking at the brackets, if they can get Game 1 and Game 2 in today, isn’t it likely that Thursday will be Games 3, 4, 5 and 7 (skipping Game 6) and Friday would be Games 6, 8, 9 and 10? By skipping Game 6 until Friday, no team in bottom half of bracket would play twice on Thursday. No team would have to play twice in one day until possibly Friday.
EDIT: If they flip games around, I’d hope that they play Game 7 (winners of Game 1 and 2) as scheduled (5 pm on Thursday) and play Game 5 (losers of Game 1 and 2) as the late game. No reason to reward the losers of Game 1 and 2 with a better time slot.
Would also open the door to a rest day on Thursday for Iowa if it was fortunate enough to win its first two games.
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Looks like they should have kept it at 9am, might have got it in. Its gonna be a messed up tournament.
I was thinking the same thing. Very low chance of rain until noon, they could have gotten a game in this morning. It’s going to be a mess in Omaha this afternoon and all evening.
They didn't flip 6 and 7.
Well … if Games 1 and 2 are played today, then two teams in the bottom bracket (losers of Games 3 and 4 will be playing a second game. Either Maryland or Indiana will be playing at 9 am and 9 pm. Tough road for loser of that match-up. Long day. Real long day.They didn't flip 6 and 7.
A little short-sighted in my opinion. No harm in flipping Games 6 and 7, keeping Game 7 as scheduled for 5 pm and moving Game 5 to 9 pm.
If Iowa were to win today (if played), they’d play Friday morning at 9 am.
Iowa did that in 2019 because their second game was rained out. Played Nebraska at 10am Friday and lost. Had to turn around and play Minnesota at 9pm Friday. They also lost.
We got lucky on the draw. PSU's lineup is below what Iowa has faced this year, if we play how we normally do we win by 5-6.
If schedule changes happen again (and look likely IMO given the weather here today) would that push some games into Sunday perhaps? This day is normally reserved for the Championship Game at 1 p.m. however there is some flex there perhaps. Additional costs for teams of course but might be an option, feel bad for traveling fans yesterday/today. Thursday a.m. has some rain chances however it clears out and warms up toward the afternoon.
The Mavericks have a nice new field, but only seats 1500.
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The Storm Chasers have a nice park that holds 9000, but it's miles away from downtown, in another county, in fact.
I still think the B1G should have contingency plans for weather.
For a couple days now everyone knew today's weather was going to be lousy.
Based on what people have posted above, they could have gotten 2 or 3 games played of today's 4 game schedule at 9 am if they had a plan to also use the Mavericks' ball park and the Storm Chasers' ball park.
But the B1G seldom has good plans. Heck, last year they had no plan and simply canceled the B1G Tourney.
The advantages of having a weather contingency plan where you utilize more than 1 ball park when needed (like today):
(1) This year, based on the predicted weather, every team is still guaranteed at least 1 game at the main facility (Charles Schwab Field, formerly TD Ameritrade Park).
(2) You get the games in sooner rather than later
(3) In today's example, you get in 50% or 75% of the 4 scheduled ball games
Would it cost more to have such a plan in place? Sure! But the B1G is loaded with cash & it's time the conference starts taking baseball more seriously, imo.
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Yeah, gotta wonder if TV money and truck setup, etc at these other locations come into play and the economics don't work. Point taken though you have to have to a single or multi day contingency in place. Best case I have now is that Sunday is now a full slate of games instead of just a 1 p.m. championship game. Well...back to the RPI metrics for tonight!
I’m assuming 9am will be the target, but I wouldn’t be surprised if it ends up being 10am.
