I meant Mississippi State and UCLA. Really. I did.

Pitching has dominated this CWS ; low scores except for one runaway game .

Rodon , ( N.C. State) pitching on 3 days rest ; interesting ...

Heck of a play from the Carolina RT fielder to end it ....

Looks like it boils down to UCLA's pitching/defense , against Miss. St.'s  Wes Rea and Hunter Renfroe ...

don.rob11 wrote:

Yawn ;

I can't see MSU winning two games in a row with its pitching staff in tatters, and Vander Pig going for UCLA.
But I've been wrong before ...
 

don.rob11 wrote:

I enjoy Great pitching and defense probably more than the next guy ; But I do believe they took a tad too much giddy-up out of the bats . I'm not all that big of a fan of bringing the fences in ; 302 foot homeruns down the line are more in line with softball ....

As usual, the NCAA went too far with the new stadium. It's friggin' huge. No one wants to see a redux of the 1998 championship game, but home runs are OK once in awhile.
 

I was on stage tonight, looking at the TV screens as I noticed something big was up.  I mentioned UCLA was my alma mater, and the host said, "they're about to all run on to the field and hug each other".  Then I watched a weak grounder to the 1B and a toss to the pitcher, and the host's predication came true.  That gave me the opportunity to tell the audience what I have told you all, that I never once viewed any UCLA sporting events while I was a student there.  Being on North Campus, I did not have need to walk by Pauley Pavilion everyday.  But I worked at a flea market in Westwood Village, and walked by there at least once or twice per week.  Funny, yeah I guess I wish I had watched a basketball game or two, but I am OK with the way things turned out. I started off with a song from my UCLA days, when I was following a group of Irish immigrants calling themselves The Young Dubliners.

Later I played with my wife, and we played a tune I wrote back in my LA days.  In a sad coincidence, my songwriting partner back then lived about three houses down on Yorkshire from the house that was shot up and set ablaze by the lunatic a couple of weeks ago.  I was a Santa Monica College transfer student, and the route he took from killing his dad and brother to the college was one I took many times each week.  I transferred in 1989, and had finished most of my claases at SMC by 1988, but it is still fresh in my mind.




 

Last edited by Max (6/26/2013 2:08 am)

artie_fufkin wrote:

"I never once viewed any UCLA sporting events while I was a student there."

Where is Jackie Robinson Field? Is it on campus?

What is Jackie Robinson Field?  I've never heard of it.

There's an old practice field for football on the west side of campus, but that's the only open athletic area on campus that I remember.

I recall seeing a facility with a running track around it down the hill from Pauley Pavilion that might have been a football practice field. I can't imagine UCLA goes all the way up to Pasadena for practice.
USC has its practice field right in the middle of campus, near the bookstore. The day I was there, someone appeared to be filming a promotional spot, with Matt Leinart dressed in Trojan attire that made him look like a prince. And SC people wonder why everyone else in the Pac 12 hates them.

Well at least it's a PAC 12 title!

Great job by UCLA, Oregon State was one win out and Oregon/Arizona State did pretty well. All things considered, I think we have a great baseball conference out here.

No team had a losing record from the conference!

Last edited by alz (6/27/2013 10:04 am)

artie_fufkin wrote:

I had to look it up. Jackie Robinson Stadium (as Fors correctly cited) is southwest of the main campus, on the Brentwood side of the 405.

Yes, here it is.  I would never have had any cause to go that way.  It's tucked in a funny corner, up against the free way, which divides town in that spot.  The through street there is Wilshire, and the next through street north is Sunset, both of which I drove a zillion times.  But the only need I ever recall to drive between one and another, that close to 405, was to pass by Nicole Simpson's condo, and that was after I had graduated and moved away.

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