2015 CWS

Post by **nebugeater** » Mon Jun 15, 2015 6:40 pm

Coyote wrote:
nebugeater wrote:
Coyote wrote:Walk off HR by Vandy!

see what happens when they get some decent uniforms on!
Gotta love those pinstripes.

Let me fix that for you.

Post by **Coyote** » Mon Jun 15, 2015 8:02 pm

Arkansas 3
Miami FL 4
Attendance: 18,734

Arkansas 2 and Q

Post by **Coyote** » Tue Jun 16, 2015 12:27 am

Florida 0
Virginia 1
Attendance: 19,544

Favorite Florida now has to go through the Losers Bracket...

Post by **nebugeater** » Tue Jun 16, 2015 4:16 pm

Just got home and turned on the LSU. CSF game. One run game in the sixth on a perfect weather day and there are a lot more empty seats than I would expect. I was at the Tue day game last year and I do not remember seeming many empty seats at all. Hope it is a one off

Post by **Coyote** » Tue Jun 16, 2015 5:12 pm

LSU 5
Fullerton 3
Attendance: 18,751

iamjacobm · Post by **iamjacobm** » Tue Jun 16, 2015 5:14 pm

That was a good game.

Post by **Coyote** » Tue Jun 16, 2015 9:06 pm

Vandy breaks up a no-hitter in the top of the 7th with CWS HR #6

Post by **Coyote** » Tue Jun 16, 2015 10:04 pm

Vandy 1
TCU 0
Attendance: 24,156

skinzfan23 · Post by **skinzfan23** » Wed Jun 17, 2015 8:18 am

thenewguy wrote:There are helicopter rides being given on the cb side of the river by heartland helicopter services for $30 per person. Looks to be about a 10 minute ride around downtown. It would qaulify being in the transportation thread, but after talking to the operators, it sounded like they were doing specifically in conjuction with the cws to capitalize on the increased foot traffic around the bridge.

Arrive in Style: Bluffs business offers helicopter rides

Last weekend, he provided 28 public rides on Saturday and 30 more on Sunday. Heartland is offering daily aerial tours to the public from Tom Hanafan River’s Edge Park during the College World Series through June 21 from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., or until dark if demand warrants.
Tours last five, 10 or 15 minutes, and costs range from roughly $30 to $100 per person, depending on the size of the group and length of the flight. These rides are first-come, first-serve with no reservations necessary.

Here are a couple of pictures from the story:

Post by **Coyote** » Wed Jun 17, 2015 7:09 pm

Dead Center HR (#7) first batter Top of 1st by Florida, first CWS HR to Center Field at TDA.

Post by **Coyote** » Wed Jun 17, 2015 7:17 pm

And HR #8, Top of 1st to RF by Florida.

Post by **Coyote** » Wed Jun 17, 2015 9:01 pm

And opposite field HR (#9) Top of the 6th by Florida.
As many HRs in one game as all of last year.

Post by **Coyote** » Wed Jun 17, 2015 9:28 pm

And another dead center HR (#9) Top of the 7th.
4 HRs in one game, more than all of last year's total...

Post by **Coyote** » Wed Jun 17, 2015 9:56 pm

Longest CWS HRs at TDA
Peter Alonso (Fla) 421' tonight 7th inning.
Harrison Bader (Fla) 414' tonight 1st inning, 1st batter.
Buddy Reed (Fla) 412' tonight 1st inning.
Preston Tucker (Fla) 406' 2011

Post by **Coyote** » Wed Jun 17, 2015 10:11 pm

4 Florida 10
5 Miami 2

Bye bye Miami!

Greg S · Post by **Greg S** » Thu Jun 18, 2015 7:53 am

More on the crowds around TD:

http://www.omaha.com/sports/cws/during- ... b9b2e.html

skinzfan23 · Post by **skinzfan23** » Thu Jun 18, 2015 8:25 am

24,033 for Game 9 attendance

At the game last night, they listed overall attendance @ 202,003. 22,445 avg per game. If that trend continues it could break last year's all-time high attendance. The average game attendance will probably not be broken though. (Last year's total attendance was 347,740. An avg of 21,734 per game)

Post by **Coyote** » Thu Jun 18, 2015 8:39 pm

The LSU SS just showed why he was the second pick overall in the draft. Top of the 4th, He made the best play ever for a SS in any league...

Post by **Coyote** » Thu Jun 18, 2015 11:44 pm

LSU 4
TCU 8
Attendance: 26,803

Post by **Coyote** » Thu Jun 18, 2015 11:56 pm

4 Florida (2-1)
Virginia (2-0)

7 TCU (2-1)
Vanderbilt (2-0)

Post by **Coyote** » Sat Jun 20, 2015 10:12 pm

Florida 4
Virginia 5

And so it is again: Virginia vs. Vanderbilt

Post by **Coyote** » Mon Jun 22, 2015 7:32 pm

After 13 games the total attendance for 2015 has been 291,392 compared to 2014's record 347,740 for 16 games.
The 22,415 average compares to the 2013 record average of 24,392 for 14 games.

If we get a 3 games Championship series that averaged 18,783 (56,349) the total attendance record will fall...

Post by **Coyote** » Tue Jun 23, 2015 12:10 am

Virginia 1
Vandy 5
Attendance 21,652

iamjacobm · Post by **iamjacobm** » Tue Jun 23, 2015 8:53 am

Vandy is 9-0 and has out scores opponents 70-12 in the NCAA tournament. If they sweep tonight that makes for an incredibly dominate run.

Post by **Coyote** » Tue Jun 23, 2015 10:51 pm

Vandy 0
Virginia 3

One more game for the National Championship.

iamjacobm · Post by **iamjacobm** » Wed Jun 24, 2015 1:39 am

Well we will set an attendance record this year.

Greg S · Post by **Greg S** » Wed Jun 24, 2015 7:44 am

Topic this morning on Sharp and Benning, last night's game was 3 hours 40 minutes, only 3 runs scored and bottom of the 9th was not needed. Previous night was close to 3 hours and 30 minutes. The new ball has definitely improved the series, now do they need to do something about pace of play?

Greg

Louie · Post by **Louie** » Wed Jun 24, 2015 8:04 am

Greg S wrote:Topic this morning on Sharp and Benning, last night's game was 3 hours 40 minutes, only 3 runs scored and bottom of the 9th was not needed. Previous night was close to 3 hours and 30 minutes. The new ball has definitely improved the series, now do they need to do something about pace of play?

Greg

Sounds similar to the MLB's problem.

Greg S · Post by **Greg S** » Wed Jun 24, 2015 8:36 am

Louie wrote:
Greg S wrote:Topic this morning on Sharp and Benning, last night's game was 3 hours 40 minutes, only 3 runs scored and bottom of the 9th was not needed. Previous night was close to 3 hours and 30 minutes. The new ball has definitely improved the series, now do they need to do something about pace of play?

Greg
Sounds similar to the MLB's problem.

MLB has taken steps starting this year. Gradual ones at the MLB level, and testing more stringent ones in MiLB (including AAA). So far so good, average time of a MLB game this year is 2 hours 53 minutes. Down about 8 minutes from 2014.

Greg

Post by **Brad** » Wed Jun 24, 2015 9:19 am

CWS always takes forever. Its always a refreshing change when I get down with the CWS games and get back to the Omaha Storm Chasers and the games are under 3 hours.

It would be interesting to see if the installed the clock like they have in AAA this year. Seems like a lot of college times sign the pitch in from the coach to the catcher, the catcher looks at his arm band and then signs the pitch to the pitcher. They also seem to throw to first a lot!

Post by **Coyote** » Wed Jun 24, 2015 10:14 am

It's not just that the coaches call the pitches instead of the catcher, but at times it seemed like it took coach O'Connor about 30 seconds to call each pitch, then the batter has to get comfortable...

That 9th inning alone must have taken 20 minutes per batter....

PobodysNerfect · Post by **PobodysNerfect** » Wed Jun 24, 2015 1:30 pm

Yes! These two teams have been slower than the others but my god, last nights problem was the coach not giving the catcher signs. They have to make that illegal in the game somehow that Top of the 9th was unbearable.

Post by **Coyote** » Wed Jun 24, 2015 6:57 pm

After Game 15 the goral attendance has been 337,689 compare to last year's record of 347,740.
Just over 10,500 needed tonight, looks like nice weather....

lmdramos · Post by **lmdramos** » Wed Jun 24, 2015 7:14 pm

They may just barely break that. Looks like it's the worst attended game from what I see on TV

Post by **Coyote** » Wed Jun 24, 2015 7:37 pm

lmdramos wrote:They may just barely break that. Looks like it's the worst attended game from what I see on TV

Yeah, it looks like 18,575 right now...

iamjacobm · Post by **iamjacobm** » Wed Jun 24, 2015 7:37 pm

They will probably announce around 20K. It really doesn't help that these teams with tiny fan bases are knocking off the big guys more often now.

Post by **Coyote** » Wed Jun 24, 2015 8:41 pm

HR #15 ties the game at 2....

Post by **Coyote** » Wed Jun 24, 2015 8:53 pm

CWS Vendor: "It's the toughest year we've ever had"

KMTV wrote:“We're studying the numbers very carefully,” he said. “It is the toughest year we've ever had. We needed Arkansas to make it all the way with LSU. That was the perfect storm. That didn't happen. We lost a lot of people.”

skinzfan23 · Post by **skinzfan23** » Wed Jun 24, 2015 11:39 pm

I love how the story goes on to mention that other vendors are doing fine and some better than expected. I just think they were looking for a story.

iamjacobm · Post by **iamjacobm** » Thu Jun 25, 2015 12:14 am

Congrats to Virginia!. Crazy to think that a conference like the ACC hasn't had a title winner for 60 years before this.