Cornell baseball no-hitter

Sophomore pitcher Connor Kaufman threw a no-hitter against Dartmouth as the team won 2-0 Sunday afternoon. It is the first solo 7-inning no-hitter since the 1960's. Unfortunately, it was raining and cold so only a handful of fans were present to see it.

As opposed to the handful of fans who would have seen it if it was warm and sunny?

Cornell won their division in unnecessarily dramatic fashion and will host Dartmouth for the Ivy League title best of three series May 5-6.

nyc94
Cornell won their division in unnecessarily dramatic fashion and will host Dartmouth for the Ivy League title best of three series May 5-6.

Is there an Ivy autobid to the NCAAs?

Trotsky

nyc94
Cornell won their division in unnecessarily dramatic fashion and will host Dartmouth for the Ivy League title best of three series May 5-6.

Is there an Ivy autobid to the NCAAs?

I believe so. If the Big Red do claim it, they'd have nearly a month off; the baseball championship doesn't start until June 1.

kingpin248

Trotsky

nyc94
Cornell won their division in unnecessarily dramatic fashion and will host Dartmouth for the Ivy League title best of three series May 5-6.

Is there an Ivy autobid to the NCAAs?

I believe so. If the Big Red do claim it, they'd have nearly a month off; the baseball championship doesn't start until June 1.

It would appear from the Ivy Baseball Record Book that the Ivy championship series winner does go to the NCAAs.

Cornell has been to the NCAAs only once, in 1977.

Trotsky

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Trotsky

nyc94
Cornell won their division in unnecessarily dramatic fashion and will host Dartmouth for the Ivy League title best of three series May 5-6.

Is there an Ivy autobid to the NCAAs?

I believe so. If the Big Red do claim it, they'd have nearly a month off; the baseball championship doesn't start until June 1.

It would appear from the Ivy Baseball Record Book that the Ivy championship series winner does go to the NCAAs.

Cornell has been to the NCAAs only once, in 1977.

The Ivy champ definitely gets a bid. The softball team has been more successful. They have gone to the tournament 5 times under the current coach and even have a win (over Long Beach State in 2004). There's a thread about that win somewhere on eLF.

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Trotsky

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Trotsky

nyc94
Cornell won their division in unnecessarily dramatic fashion and will host Dartmouth for the Ivy League title best of three series May 5-6.

Is there an Ivy autobid to the NCAAs?

I believe so. If the Big Red do claim it, they'd have nearly a month off; the baseball championship doesn't start until June 1.

It would appear from the Ivy Baseball Record Book that the Ivy championship series winner does go to the NCAAs.

Cornell has been to the NCAAs only once, in 1977.

The Ivy champ definitely gets a bid. The softball team has been more successful. They have gone to the tournament 5 times under the current coach and even have a win (over Long Beach State in 2004). There's a thread about that win somewhere on eLF.

Also, I knew 1977 didn't sound right for the last title: Cornell won the Ivies in 2009 and they've won 7 Ivy tites overall. [en.wikipedia.org]

Edit: Wikipedia is wrong; Cornell lost in the Ivy playoff in 2009 and it appears that the pre-1977 Cornell titles were either shared (and Cornell lost in a playoff), predated the NCAA tournament or were years in which Cornell's conference, the EIBL (Ivies+Army and Navy), didn't get an automatic bid.

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Trotsky

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Trotsky

nyc94
Cornell won their division in unnecessarily dramatic fashion and will host Dartmouth for the Ivy League title best of three series May 5-6.

Is there an Ivy autobid to the NCAAs?

I believe so. If the Big Red do claim it, they'd have nearly a month off; the baseball championship doesn't start until June 1.

It would appear from the Ivy Baseball Record Book that the Ivy championship series winner does go to the NCAAs.

Cornell has been to the NCAAs only once, in 1977.

The Ivy champ definitely gets a bid. The softball team has been more successful. They have gone to the tournament 5 times under the current coach and even have a win (over Long Beach State in 2004). There's a thread about that win somewhere on eLF.

Also, I knew 1977 didn't sound right for the last title: Cornell won the Ivies in 2009 and they've won 7 Ivy tites overall. [en.wikipedia.org]

Edit: Wikipedia is wrong; Cornell lost in the Ivy playoff in 2009 and it appears that the pre-1977 Cornell titles were either shared (and Cornell lost in a playoff), predated the NCAA tournament or were years in which Cornell's conference, the EIBL (Ivies+Army and Navy), didn't get an automatic bid (or got an automatic bid to regional qualification).

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Trotsky

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Trotsky

nyc94
Cornell won their division in unnecessarily dramatic fashion and will host Dartmouth for the Ivy League title best of three series May 5-6.

Is there an Ivy autobid to the NCAAs?

I believe so. If the Big Red do claim it, they'd have nearly a month off; the baseball championship doesn't start until June 1.

It would appear from the Ivy Baseball Record Book that the Ivy championship series winner does go to the NCAAs.

Cornell has been to the NCAAs only once, in 1977.

The Ivy champ definitely gets a bid. The softball team has been more successful. They have gone to the tournament 5 times under the current coach and even have a win (over Long Beach State in 2004). There's a thread about that win somewhere on eLF.

Also, I knew 1977 didn't sound right for the last title: Cornell won the Ivies in 2009 and they've won 7 Ivy tites overall. [en.wikipedia.org]

Edit: Wikipedia is wrong; Cornell lost in the Ivy playoff in 2009 and it appears that the pre-1977 Cornell titles were either shared (and Cornell lost in a playoff), predated the NCAA tournament or were years in which Cornell's conference, the EIBL (Ivies+Army and Navy), didn't get an automatic bid (or got an automatic bid to regional qualification).

Oh dear, what is the world coming too if you can't believe what is written on Wikipedia?

ugarte

ugarte

Trotsky

kingpin248

Trotsky

nyc94
Cornell won their division in unnecessarily dramatic fashion and will host Dartmouth for the Ivy League title best of three series May 5-6.

Is there an Ivy autobid to the NCAAs?

I believe so. If the Big Red do claim it, they'd have nearly a month off; the baseball championship doesn't start until June 1.

It would appear from the Ivy Baseball Record Book that the Ivy championship series winner does go to the NCAAs.

Cornell has been to the NCAAs only once, in 1977.

The Ivy champ definitely gets a bid. The softball team has been more successful. They have gone to the tournament 5 times under the current coach and even have a win (over Long Beach State in 2004). There's a thread about that win somewhere on eLF.

Also, I knew 1977 didn't sound right for the last title: Cornell won the Ivies in 2009 and they've won 7 Ivy tites overall. [en.wikipedia.org]

Edit: Wikipedia is wrong; Cornell lost in the Ivy playoff in 2009 and it appears that the pre-1977 Cornell titles were either shared (and Cornell lost in a playoff), predated the NCAA tournament or were years in which Cornell's conference, the EIBL (Ivies+Army and Navy), didn't get an automatic bid.

According to the Ivy Record Book Cornell was EIBL champion 5 times and Ivy Champion 4 times. They note "Beginning in 1956 if an EIBL Champion was not an Ivy school, the next highest Ivy finisher was considered to be the Ivy champion."

EIBL: 1939 (shared with Harvard), 1940, 1952
EIBL and Ivy: 1972 (shared with Harvard, Harvard won playoff), 1977 (shared with Columbia, Cornell won playoff for autobid),
Ivy only: 1979, 1982 (finished second to Navy both times)

nyc94

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Trotsky

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Trotsky

nyc94
Cornell won their division in unnecessarily dramatic fashion and will host Dartmouth for the Ivy League title best of three series May 5-6.

Is there an Ivy autobid to the NCAAs?

I believe so. If the Big Red do claim it, they'd have nearly a month off; the baseball championship doesn't start until June 1.

It would appear from the Ivy Baseball Record Book that the Ivy championship series winner does go to the NCAAs.

Cornell has been to the NCAAs only once, in 1977.

The Ivy champ definitely gets a bid. The softball team has been more successful. They have gone to the tournament 5 times under the current coach and even have a win (over Long Beach State in 2004). There's a thread about that win somewhere on eLF.

Also, I knew 1977 didn't sound right for the last title: Cornell won the Ivies in 2009 and they've won 7 Ivy tites overall. [en.wikipedia.org]

Edit: Wikipedia is wrong; Cornell lost in the Ivy playoff in 2009 and it appears that the pre-1977 Cornell titles were either shared (and Cornell lost in a playoff), predated the NCAA tournament or were years in which Cornell's conference, the EIBL (Ivies+Army and Navy), didn't get an automatic bid.

According to the Ivy Record Book Cornell was EIBL champion 5 times and Ivy Champion 4 times. They note "Beginning in 1956 if an EIBL Champion was not an Ivy school, the next highest Ivy finisher was considered to be the Ivy champion."

EIBL: 1939 (shared with Harvard), 1940, 1952
EIBL and Ivy: 1972 (shared with Harvard), 1977 (shared with Columbia),
Ivy only: 1979, 1982 (finished second to Navy both times)

That was also my source.

Rita
Oh dear, what is the world coming too if you can't believe what is written on Wikipedia?

Still one of my favorite Onion articles of all time:

[www.theonion.com]

Beeeej

Rita
Oh dear, what is the world coming too if you can't believe what is written on Wikipedia?

Still one of my favorite Onion articles of all time:

[www.theonion.com]

I periodically go on the Harvard hockey and ECAC Hockey Wikipedia pages to make sure there are no errors. For instance, today I found that the ECAC Hockey page incorrectly listed Harvard's arena as Bright Hockey Center. I made sure to remedy this error.

jtn27

Beeeej

Rita
Oh dear, what is the world coming too if you can't believe what is written on Wikipedia?

Still one of my favorite Onion articles of all time:

[www.theonion.com]

I periodically go on the Harvard hockey and ECAC Hockey Wikipedia pages to make sure there are no errors. For instance, today I found that the ECAC Hockey page incorrectly listed Harvard's arena as Bright Hockey Center. I made sure to remedy this error.

Some jerk changed it back.

French Rage

jtn27

Beeeej

Rita
Oh dear, what is the world coming too if you can't believe what is written on Wikipedia?

Still one of my favorite Onion articles of all time:

[www.theonion.com]

I periodically go on the Harvard hockey and ECAC Hockey Wikipedia pages to make sure there are no errors. For instance, today I found that the ECAC Hockey page incorrectly listed Harvard's arena as Bright Hockey Center. I made sure to remedy this error.

Some jerk changed it back.

I'll wait a few months before fixing it again. No sense in doing it every day.

jtn27

French Rage

jtn27

Beeeej

Rita
Oh dear, what is the world coming too if you can't believe what is written on Wikipedia?

Still one of my favorite Onion articles of all time:

[www.theonion.com]

I periodically go on the Harvard hockey and ECAC Hockey Wikipedia pages to make sure there are no errors. For instance, today I found that the ECAC Hockey page incorrectly listed Harvard's arena as Bright Hockey Center. I made sure to remedy this error.

Some jerk changed it back.

I'll wait a few months before fixing it again. No sense in doing it every day.

No sense in spending a weekend going to hockey games in Potsdam and Canton either, but we do it. That's what it means to be faithful.

css228

jtn27

French Rage

jtn27

Beeeej

Rita
Oh dear, what is the world coming too if you can't believe what is written on Wikipedia?

Still one of my favorite Onion articles of all time:

[www.theonion.com]

I periodically go on the Harvard hockey and ECAC Hockey Wikipedia pages to make sure there are no errors. For instance, today I found that the ECAC Hockey page incorrectly listed Harvard's arena as Bright Hockey Center. I made sure to remedy this error.

Some jerk changed it back.

I'll wait a few months before fixing it again. No sense in doing it every day.

No sense in spending a weekend going to hockey games in Potsdam and Canton either, but we do it. That's what it means to be faithful.

If you want to go through all the Wikipedia pages that concern Harvard hockey every day to make sure it says "Lynah East" be my guest.

French Rage

jtn27

Beeeej

Rita
Oh dear, what is the world coming too if you can't believe what is written on Wikipedia?

Still one of my favorite Onion articles of all time:

[www.theonion.com]

I periodically go on the Harvard hockey and ECAC Hockey Wikipedia pages to make sure there are no errors. For instance, today I found that the ECAC Hockey page incorrectly listed Harvard's arena as Bright Hockey Center. I made sure to remedy this error.

Some jerk changed it back.

Typical.

jtn27

css228

jtn27

French Rage

jtn27

Beeeej

Rita
Oh dear, what is the world coming too if you can't believe what is written on Wikipedia?

Still one of my favorite Onion articles of all time:

[www.theonion.com]

I periodically go on the Harvard hockey and ECAC Hockey Wikipedia pages to make sure there are no errors. For instance, today I found that the ECAC Hockey page incorrectly listed Harvard's arena as Bright Hockey Center. I made sure to remedy this error.

Some jerk changed it back.

I'll wait a few months before fixing it again. No sense in doing it every day.

No sense in spending a weekend going to hockey games in Potsdam and Canton either, but we do it. That's what it means to be faithful.

If you want to go through all the Wikipedia pages that concern Harvard hockey every day to make sure it says "Lynah East" be my guest.

"All the Wikipedia pages"? How many pages can a team with 6 fans have?

French Rage

jtn27

css228

jtn27

French Rage

jtn27

Beeeej

Rita
Oh dear, what is the world coming too if you can't believe what is written on Wikipedia?

Still one of my favorite Onion articles of all time:

[www.theonion.com]

I periodically go on the Harvard hockey and ECAC Hockey Wikipedia pages to make sure there are no errors. For instance, today I found that the ECAC Hockey page incorrectly listed Harvard's arena as Bright Hockey Center. I made sure to remedy this error.

Some jerk changed it back.

I'll wait a few months before fixing it again. No sense in doing it every day.

No sense in spending a weekend going to hockey games in Potsdam and Canton either, but we do it. That's what it means to be faithful.

If you want to go through all the Wikipedia pages that concern Harvard hockey every day to make sure it says "Lynah East" be my guest.

"All the Wikipedia pages"? How many pages can a team with 6 fans have?

In my rather unscientific search, I've found Lynah East is mentioned (and often incorrectly named) on pages for ECAC Hockey, Harvard Crimson Hockey, Harvard University, Harvard Crimson, and its own page. There are probably a few others too.

jtn27

French Rage

jtn27

css228

jtn27

French Rage

jtn27

Beeeej

Rita
Oh dear, what is the world coming too if you can't believe what is written on Wikipedia?

Still one of my favorite Onion articles of all time:

[www.theonion.com]

I periodically go on the Harvard hockey and ECAC Hockey Wikipedia pages to make sure there are no errors. For instance, today I found that the ECAC Hockey page incorrectly listed Harvard's arena as Bright Hockey Center. I made sure to remedy this error.

Some jerk changed it back.

I'll wait a few months before fixing it again. No sense in doing it every day.

No sense in spending a weekend going to hockey games in Potsdam and Canton either, but we do it. That's what it means to be faithful.

If you want to go through all the Wikipedia pages that concern Harvard hockey every day to make sure it says "Lynah East" be my guest.

"All the Wikipedia pages"? How many pages can a team with 6 fans have?

In my rather unscientific search, I've found Lynah East is mentioned (and often incorrectly named) on pages for ECAC Hockey, Harvard Crimson Hockey, Harvard University, Harvard Crimson, and its own page. There are probably a few others too.

What about its predecessor, Beebe East?

RichH

jtn27

French Rage

jtn27

css228

jtn27

French Rage

jtn27

Beeeej

Rita
Oh dear, what is the world coming too if you can't believe what is written on Wikipedia?

Still one of my favorite Onion articles of all time:

[www.theonion.com]

I periodically go on the Harvard hockey and ECAC Hockey Wikipedia pages to make sure there are no errors. For instance, today I found that the ECAC Hockey page incorrectly listed Harvard's arena as Bright Hockey Center. I made sure to remedy this error.

Some jerk changed it back.

I'll wait a few months before fixing it again. No sense in doing it every day.

No sense in spending a weekend going to hockey games in Potsdam and Canton either, but we do it. That's what it means to be faithful.

If you want to go through all the Wikipedia pages that concern Harvard hockey every day to make sure it says "Lynah East" be my guest.

"All the Wikipedia pages"? How many pages can a team with 6 fans have?

In my rather unscientific search, I've found Lynah East is mentioned (and often incorrectly named) on pages for ECAC Hockey, Harvard Crimson Hockey, Harvard University, Harvard Crimson, and its own page. There are probably a few others too.

What about its predecessor, Beebe East?

Are you sure that's not, Beeeebe East?

Game 1 of the championship series is underway; Cornell leads 5-0 through two innings. Free stream here: [www.ustream.tv]

Cornell baseball is now up 10-0 in game 1.

Things didn't go as well for the softball team. Somewhat apropos for the thread... the Penn pitcher threw a perfect game and Penn won 4-0 to advance to the championship series against Harvard.

ugarte
Cornell baseball is now up 10-0 in game 1.

Things didn't go as well for the softball team. Somewhat apropos for the thread... the Penn pitcher threw a perfect game and Penn won 4-0 to advance to the championship series against Harvard.

11-3 top 8

11-3, top 8.

ugarte
11-3, top 8.

Now's the time for a "total runs" series.

And it's a final. Cornell wins 11-3. Game 2 will start at around 3pm. Same video stream.

Lost game 2 0-7? Game 3 1:00 pm Sunday

dag14
Lost game 2 0-7? Game 3 1:00 pm Sunday

We just barely eked it out under the DeFlorio rules.

dag14
Lost game 2 0-7? Game 3 1:00 pm Sunday

Actually the final of game 2 was 7-1 (or 1-7 using your formatting).

ugarte

dag14
Lost game 2 0-7? Game 3 1:00 pm Sunday

We just barely eked it out under the DeFlorio rules.

After last night, I'd take it.

Of course we couldn't have gotten a sweep - that would be too easy.

Game 3, 0-0 after 1.

1-1 as we come up in bottom of the 8th

CHRIS CRUZ!! 2 run home run!! Cornell wins 3-1 in 11 innings!!!

In the bottom of the 11th, Chris Cruz blasts a 2-run HR to right field and Cornell wins 3-1. Cornell is headed to the NCAA tournament!

Great job by the baseball team getting back to the NCAAs. I was working for the Sports Information Office when we last were in the NCAA tournament back in 1977. We played in a regional in Middletown, CT, which also included St. John's, UConn, Temple and a few other schools. I believe we won our first game but lost our next two in the double-elimination tournament. Hopefully, we can do even better this time.

The Cruz home run set a season record [12]. It was the perfect way to take the title.

Good day for the Red. Cornell women win the outdoor Heps title.

A few months ago if told that either the lacrosse team or the baseball team but not both would make the NCAA Tournament, I think everyone would have guessed the lacrosse team.

jtn27
A few months ago if told that either the lacrosse team or the baseball team but not both would make the NCAA Tournament, I think everyone would have guessed the lacrosse team.

What crazy person would ever walk up and tell you that?

dbilmes
Great job by the baseball team getting back to the NCAAs. I was working for the Sports Information Office when we last were in the NCAA tournament back in 1977. We played in a regional in Middletown, CT, which also included St. John's, UConn, Temple and a few other schools. I believe we won our first game but lost our next two in the double-elimination tournament. Hopefully, we can do even better this time.

When I was looking around for the information in an earlier post in this thread I saw that we went 2-2 in the regional. It would be a huge surprise if we did that well this trip but... I'm willing to be surprised.

RichH

jtn27
A few months ago if told that either the lacrosse team or the baseball team but not both would make the NCAA Tournament, I think everyone would have guessed the lacrosse team.

What crazy person would ever walk up and tell you that?

Tiresias is running out of prophecies.

ugarte

RichH

jtn27
A few months ago if told that either the lacrosse team or the baseball team but not both would make the NCAA Tournament, I think everyone would have guessed the lacrosse team.

What crazy person would ever walk up and tell you that?

Tiresias is running out of prophecies.

And genders.

RichH

jtn27
A few months ago if told that either the lacrosse team or the baseball team but not both would make the NCAA Tournament, I think everyone would have guessed the lacrosse team.

What crazy person would ever walk up and tell you that?

It was one of the people that wander around the Ithaca Commons at 2 a.m.

Anyone find a link to video of Cruz's home run? I've looked but haven't come up with anything.

scoop85
Anyone find a link to video of Cruz's home run? I've looked but haven't come up with anything.

I can't watch the video at work to see if the footage actually contains the specific highlight, but here:

[www.wetmtv.com]

RichH

scoop85
Anyone find a link to video of Cruz's home run? I've looked but haven't come up with anything.

I can't watch the video at work to see if the footage actually contains the specific highlight, but here:

[www.wetmtv.com]

Thanks -- nice to see that.

scoop85

RichH

scoop85
Anyone find a link to video of Cruz's home run? I've looked but haven't come up with anything.

I can't watch the video at work to see if the footage actually contains the specific highlight, but here:

[www.wetmtv.com]

Thanks -- nice to see that.

What you can see of it. Man, a single camera from the baseline makes for a terrible view of the game.

KeithK

What you can see of it. Man, a single camera from the baseline makes for a terrible view of the game.

Great place to sit if you're there in person, though.

Al DeFlorio

KeithK

What you can see of it. Man, a single camera from the baseline makes for a terrible view of the game.

Great place to sit if you're there in person, though.

Well yeah. But in person I have peripheral vision.

KeithK

Al DeFlorio

KeithK

What you can see of it. Man, a single camera from the baseline makes for a terrible view of the game.

Great place to sit if you're there in person, though.

Well yeah. But in person I have peripheral vision.

Only because you're not wearing a full cage.

kingpin248
CHRIS CRUZ!! 2 run home run!! Cornell wins 3-1 in 11 innings!!!

A mildly inspiring note from Cornell's game report.

Cruz then left little doubt when he crushed a fastball over the wall in right, igniting the crowd as Dartmouth right fielder David Turnbull gave up his pursuit along the warning track. The only retrieval of this ball was by a young fan who later gave the ball back to Cruz.

FYI, Regionals start on June 1.

ugarte
FYI, Regionals start on June 1.

Brackets will be unveiled Monday, May 28 at 12 noon EDT on ESPNU. 64 teams, 16 regionals, double elimination.

nyc94

ugarte
FYI, Regionals start on June 1.

Brackets will be unveiled Monday, May 28 at 12 noon EDT on ESPNU. 64 teams, 16 regionals, double elimination.

To get to Super Regionals. The 16 regional winners are paired off to play best-of-3 series with the 8 winners going to the actual CWS in Omaha.

UNC's regional starts Friday

1. UNC
2. ECU
3. St Johns
4. Cornell

phillysportsfan
UNC's regional starts Friday

1. UNC
2. ECU
3. St Johns
4. Cornell

The last time Cornell was in the tournament we took a game off of St. John's. Also, we didn't advance out of the regional.

Cornell-UNC was supposed to be tomorrow evening but, due to weather concerns, has been moved up to 50 minutes after the 11am ECU-St. John's game.

The linked article has links to free UNC video and free Cornell audio.

ugarte
Cornell-UNC was supposed to be tomorrow evening but, due to weather concerns, has been moved up to 50 minutes after the 11am ECU-St. John's game.

The linked article has links to free UNC video and free Cornell audio.

St. John's just beat East Carolina 11-3. I imagine the Cornell game should start by 3 PM EDT.

nyc94

ugarte
Cornell-UNC was supposed to be tomorrow evening but, due to weather concerns, has been moved up to 50 minutes after the 11am ECU-St. John's game.

The linked article has links to free UNC video and free Cornell audio.

St. John's just beat East Carolina 11-3. I imagine the Cornell game should start by 3 PM EDT.

Baseball's NCAA Game vs. North Carolina will start at 2:45 p.m.bit.ly/LlMs8P

— Cornell Big Red (@CornellSports) June 1, 2012

Not to be too pessimistic, but what's the conventional wisdom on how badly we're going to get our asses handed to us?

UNC is the #6 team in the nation and we are the 4th seed in our bracket so...

On the other hand, the pitching staff is the team's strength so if the starter is on his game we can keep it close and if we keep it close...

Here is the video link: [ulive.cbssports.com] No ellipses.

the ncaa site still says 4pm anyone found it yet?

The link I posted just started broadcasting.

T1: 6-3, 3-1, K (Cornell goes down in order, no good swings, really.)
B1: 8, 3UA, Single, 6-3 (The flyout to center, the single and the groundout to end the inning were all hit well. The pitcher's been a bit wild.)
T2: ww*, K, single, 5-3 (Got a baserunner; the inning-ender was hit better than the single. First solid contact.)
B2: BB, single, E1 (bases loaded), 6 (INSANE DIVING CATCH!), RBI 6-4 (RBI), 3UA (UNC takes a 1-0 lead. Pitcher still wild. Lucky to be this close.)
T3: 8, E4 (bounced the throw, ball went into the dugout, runner on 2d), WW, 3 (The error was a tough play but a terrible throw.)
B3: D9, single, 5-3 (runner moves up), 4-3 (We may win because baseball is funny but UNC is clearly a better team.)
T4: K, Kc, 7 (Cruz caught a bad break; called out on ball 4)
B4: L3, WW, single, stolen base, RBI triple**, RBI single, single, RBI single**, RBI single, (pitching change), 3UA (The well-hit balls started to drop and KABLOOEY. Cornell is down 5-0.)
T5: WW, infield single, single, 8, single 9-2 (Great throw from the RF; play wasn't close.)
B5: E3, [a walk and three outs] (No runs scored; I was out of my office)
T6: single, 2-run HR!, (pitching change), (game suspended for expectation of severe weather)

OK, I'm probably not going to be able to pay attention anymore and won't know when the game resumes.


* Do you know your Phil Rizzuto trivia?
** Cruz dove and almost came down with these two but couldn't pull off what would have been great plays.

Rain delay

ugarte
T1: 6-3, 3-1, K (Cornell goes down in order, no good swings, really.)
B1: 8, 3UA, Single, 6-3 (The flyout to center, the single and the groundout to end the inning were all hit well. The pitcher's been a bit wild.)
T2: ww*, K, single, 5-3 (Got a baserunner; the inning-ender was hit better than the single. First solid contact.)
B2: BB, single, E1 (bases loaded), 6 (INSANE DIVING CATCH!), RBI 6-4 (RBI), 3UA (UNC takes a 1-0 lead. Pitcher still wild. Lucky to be this close.)
T3: 8, E4 (bounced the throw, ball went into the dugout, runner on 2d), WW, 3 (The error was a tough play but a terrible throw.)
B3: D9, single, 5-3 (runner moves up), 4-3 (We may win because baseball is funny but UNC is clearly a better team.)
T4: K, Kc, 7 (Cruz caught a bad break; called out on ball 4)
B4: L3, WW, single, stolen base, RBI triple**, RBI single, single, RBI single**, RBI single, (pitching change), 3UA (The well-hit balls started to drop and KABLOOEY. Cornell is down 5-0.)
T5: WW, infield single, single, 8, single 9-2 (Great throw from the RF; play wasn't close.)
B5: E3, [a walk and three outs] (No runs scored; I was out of my office)
T6: single, 2-run HR!, (pitching change), (game suspended for expectation of severe weather)

OK, I'm probably not going to be able to pay attention anymore and won't know when the game resumes.


* Do you know your Phil Rizzuto trivia?
** Cruz dove and almost came down with these two but couldn't pull off what would have been great plays.

I actually remember hearing that live, and I've told the story while playing golf, when asked where someone else's shot landed.
This is not an exact quote, but close:
Healy (reading from Rizzuto's scorecard, explaining what a batter did in his previous at bats): ".... and he (pause) Scooter, what does WW mean?"
Rizzuto: "Wasn't watching"

Through the first 5 innings we played great defense and had decent pitching, but for one 4-run inning. We didn't hit as effectively as UNC so they were not called upon to play great defense. They got great pitching but for one home run. Hence the 5-2 score. I just got a text from CU Athletics indicating they hope to resume at 5:45.

dag14
Through the first 5 innings we played great defense and had decent pitching, but for one 4-run inning. We didn't hit as effectively as UNC so they were not called upon to play great defense. They got great pitching but for one home run. Hence the 5-2 score. I just got a text from CU Athletics indicating they hope to resume at 5:45.

5-3 now, bottom of the 6th coming up

I dispute that we had great pitching. Our starter was wild, UNC had mostly hitters counts and was putting good "wood" on the ball all game. I can think of maybe two swinging strikes in the first 5 innings. I'm glad that we're coming back, though. Both teams are in the bullpen and our best pitcher is probably our closer. This is still a game.

UNC starts the bottom of the 6th with three straight singles and take a 6-3 lead. Bleh. I'm going home.

dag14
I just got a text from CU Athletics indicating they hope to resume at 5:45.

Is this something you can sign up for?

jtn27

dag14
I just got a text from CU Athletics indicating they hope to resume at 5:45.

Is this something you can sign up for?

Just go to cornellbigred.com, multimedia tab, and click on text updates. Not that hard to find, but here's the link.

really the difference in the game is plate discipline, cornell continues to swing at bad pithes in hitters counts and UNC is taking advantage of that to throw offspeed when behind in the count.

a couple of miscues by the infield, but all in all a pretty solid effort

Sorry; I may not have been clear. UNC had the great pitching. Ours was "decent." In that our starter didn't completely suck. Our defense kept us in the game early, however. Now we need to win tomorrow.

dag: I reread your post; you were clear I just read too quickly.

upprdeck
really the difference in the game is plate discipline, cornell continues to swing at bad pithes in hitters counts and UNC is taking advantage of that to throw offspeed when behind in the count.

a couple of miscues by the infield, but all in all a pretty solid effort

Fine line between "bad plate discipline" and "being overmatched." Johnson has a pretty, slow curve that he throws for strikes and that our guys didn't even seem to bother trying to swing at. Apparently he got promoted to the rotation after another starter got injured and he's been damn good. 6-1, WHIP of just under 1 and 63 Ks in 51.1 innings coming into today.

Anyway, the final score was 7-4, bad guys. The Cornell recap hasn't been posted, but here's the UNC recap. The ECU Pirates are up next, tomorrow at 1. No idea about free audio/video.

Out of curiosity I took a look at how the Ivy team represented itself in the Softball tournament and the answer was "not bad at all." Harvard went 2-2, with wins over Maryland and #23 Texas Tech. Both losses were to regional host and #16 seed Washington.

Cornell recap. Much more detailed.

my point was more they had multiple chances with good counts and guys on base to do damage and then swung at bad pitches. we had enough hits but not that many solid ones. better pitching probably forced the guys into mistakes, but we only hit about 280 as a team so just to stay in the game was a big deal.

redcast is free again today.. might also be on espn3 but UNC looks to be one of the regionals with little coverage,.

Cornell leads ECU 4-2 after 4 innings. They batted around; runners advancing one base at a time to score 4 runs in the inning.

ECU wins 10-6.

Great season, Big Red. We'll get 'em next year.

Bah. East Carolina isn't even a real place.

ugarte
ECU wins 10-6.

Great season, Big Red. We'll get 'em next year.

Ah, crap. At the same time, doesn't this qualify as the shortest Cornell Athletics offseason ever? We made it to June this year.

RichH

ugarte
ECU wins 10-6.

Great season, Big Red. We'll get 'em next year.

Ah, crap. At the same time, doesn't this qualify as the shortest Cornell Athletics offseason ever? We made it to June this year.

In baseball, yes.
But Cornell is always at the IRA in June, and sometimes at Henley even later.
This year, as happens occasionally, Cornell track stars have made it to the NCAA meet, which is next week. women men

One final baseball note: UNC lost twice to St. Johns and didn't advance out of the regional that they hosted. St. John's just took an extra-innings lead against Arizona in the first game of the SuperRegional.

Meanwhile, Stony Brook, another surprise entrant in the SuperRegionals, is tied 4-4 with LSU in game 1 in a game delayed by rain.

This has been your Irrelevant New York-centric College Baseball Update.

Another last baseball note: Brian Billigen has signed with the Diamondbacks. No details other than to say that he is very excited.

St. John's lost that lead then lost Game 2.

Stony Brook, on the other hand, lost a crazy game one: blowing 9th, 10th and 11th inning leads on solo HRs before losing the game in the 12th. Stony Brook then dominated LSU in games 2 and 3 to move on to the CWS for the first time. Neat.

This has been your Irrelevant New York-centric College Baseball Update.

ugarte
St. John's lost that lead then lost Game 2.

Stony Brook, on the other hand, lost a crazy game one: blowing 9th, 10th and 11th inning leads on solo HRs before losing the game in the 12th. Stony Brook then dominated LSU in games 2 and 3 to move on to the CWS for the first time. Neat.

This has been your Irrelevant New York-centric College Baseball Update.

I enjoyed watching Stony Brook taking it to LSU.

Good luck to them in Omaha