Baseball started earlier than originally scheduled: Now in bottom of the 3rd
Didn't see a thread yet, so I assume the word didn't get out. Apparently rain is expected this afternoon. On BTN+, which allows you to start from the beginning, so won't give any spoilers yet, other than it's now in the bottom of the 3rd. First poster who chooses to is free to give more detail.
Any score updates?
I clicked wondering if this was a thread claiming Abner Doubleday to be a fraud.
Plus 1 for making me laugh. (Almost spit out my hot & sour soup.)
So for those who want an update, Maryland up 7-3, batting in the top of the 6th, one out and someone just got on 1st base while I was laughing at your post.
Oh. Now it's two outs and two on base.
According to this, we are down 7-3 in the bottom of the 8th.
https://mgoblue.com/sidearmstats/baseball/summary;team=away
Hmm. I must have put it on pause earlier. Now see it's 7-3 in the middle of the 9th. Sorry. And thanks.
Fire Bakich. Failed to make plays when they needed them and will miss out on a Big Ten title again. A win Friday would have at least kept them in contention. Very frustrating to see them fade down the stretch yet again.
See, the “fire Bakich” thing is a joke when you actually don’t mean it.
Fire Dean Pelton
FIRE BAKED KIX! These are great if you've never tried this. Dip them in chocolate, use them in a trail mix, whatever...
Darn.
Baseball's a hard game.
NCAA BASEBALL TOURNAMENT PROJECTIONS
In Baseball America’s Projected NCAA Tournament Bracket on May 19 before this weekend's games, Michigan (26-15; RPI 87; 2 seed), Nebraska (29-11; RPI 49; 2 seed), Indiana (24-16; RPI 111; 2 seed) and Iowa (23-18; RPI 78; 3 seed) were projected to make the tournament, but with Maryland (26-15; RPI 79) currently on a 13-2 run and tied with Michigan for 2nd place and three games up on Iowa that’s now in 5th place in the conference, I’d now expect Maryland to get a bid before Michigan, Indiana and Iowa. Much will depend on the Terps’ three-game series at home against Indiana next weekend. Iowa ends the season with three games at 11th-place Michigan State.
Best Case Scenario for Michigan: Michigan upsets Nebraska in a three-game sweep to finish (29-15) and probably is in. That would make Michigan 10-5 against the Big Ten’s other top teams. Michigan currently is 7-5 in games against Indiana, Iowa and Maryland (3-1 at a neutral site vs. Iowa; 3-3 at home with Indiana and Maryland; 1-1 away with Maryland).
Worst Case Scenario for Michigan: Maryland sweeps Indiana to finish 29-15 and probably is in; Indiana at 24-19 probably is out; Iowa sweeps Michigan State to finish 26-18; Nebraska sweeps Michigan and the Wolverines end 26-18, losing seven of their final 10 games, tied with Iowa for third place in the Big Ten and 7-8 against the Big Ten's top teams, with both teams on the bubble for the tournament, unless the NCAA decides that it has to take more than two teams from the Big Ten.
If RPI were the deciding factor for Big Ten teams to make the tournament, then Michigan might need to do no worse than winning one at Nebraska to have any chance of being selected for the tournament. It will not be easy winning at first-place Nebraska and a sweep against the Cornhuskers might be too much to expect.