Cal played this game with 4 position stsrters injured and both of their best starting pitchers because they went 6-7 innings just last friday to beat Stanford 2 of 3. Ridiculous that acc scheduled their tournament this way, but could care less about travel challenges for Cal and Stanford. Injuries piled uo this year with the travel etc for both teams. Nil has deprived both teams of excellent playrrs (e.g. CAL’S 2nd baseman for 2 years was offered and took large money to tranfer to Georgia Tech and led the acc in hitting at well over.400). Cal was 34-19 just 2 yeaes ago in its last season in PAC 12, but then the portal and NIL plus acc travel/compettion took hold. Stanford went from an NCAA Super Regional team just 2 years ago to an also ran, almost immrdiately. Call these excuses, if you will, but its a stark reality facing these 2 quality baseball programs. Cal football has perhaps found a way to spend its team to success next year (we will see). Baseball is on its own to sink or swim.
The Bears vs. Cardinal matchup did not occur in front of 2,455 fans. That number is probably how many had tickets, including those who purchased the full tournament package in order to watch their NC, NCSU, Duke, WF, FSU etc. ballclubs compete throughout the week. You could hear the sound of mostly empty seats during the Cal-‘Furd telecast.
The baseball team continues to under achieve, year after year. They should be in the top 5 in the conference. I’m tired of all the excuses every year. This team has all of California to recruit from. Top players should want to come to CAL,one of the best colleges in the country! I just think it’s time for a change.
Multiple cross-country flights in what Cal signed up for in joining the ACC. I was as angry and upset about the collapse of the "Conference of Champions" as anyone. In the mad scramble of monetized and exploitative college sports that followed, this is where we landed. I hope someone will take up the cause of putting the PAC-12 back together again. I will happily sign that petition, if only to spare our student-athletes the abuse of excessive travel and sleep deprivation.
Cal played this game with 4 position stsrters injured and both of their best starting pitchers because they went 6-7 innings just last friday to beat Stanford 2 of 3. Ridiculous that acc scheduled their tournament this way, but could care less about travel challenges for Cal and Stanford. Injuries piled uo this year with the travel etc for both teams. Nil has deprived both teams of excellent playrrs (e.g. CAL’S 2nd baseman for 2 years was offered and took large money to tranfer to Georgia Tech and led the acc in hitting at well over.400). Cal was 34-19 just 2 yeaes ago in its last season in PAC 12, but then the portal and NIL plus acc travel/compettion took hold. Stanford went from an NCAA Super Regional team just 2 years ago to an also ran, almost immrdiately. Call these excuses, if you will, but its a stark reality facing these 2 quality baseball programs. Cal football has perhaps found a way to spend its team to success next year (we will see). Baseball is on its own to sink or swim.
The Bears vs. Cardinal matchup did not occur in front of 2,455 fans. That number is probably how many had tickets, including those who purchased the full tournament package in order to watch their NC, NCSU, Duke, WF, FSU etc. ballclubs compete throughout the week. You could hear the sound of mostly empty seats during the Cal-‘Furd telecast.
The baseball team continues to under achieve, year after year. They should be in the top 5 in the conference. I’m tired of all the excuses every year. This team has all of California to recruit from. Top players should want to come to CAL,one of the best colleges in the country! I just think it’s time for a change.
Multiple cross-country flights in what Cal signed up for in joining the ACC. I was as angry and upset about the collapse of the "Conference of Champions" as anyone. In the mad scramble of monetized and exploitative college sports that followed, this is where we landed. I hope someone will take up the cause of putting the PAC-12 back together again. I will happily sign that petition, if only to spare our student-athletes the abuse of excessive travel and sleep deprivation.