| Subject: What happened to Columbia? Travesty of a bottom line |
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Bengal
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Date Posted: 15:26:22 05/18/24 Sat
In reply to:
joiseyfan
's message, "Anybody care about the Ivy baseball tournament?" on 19:36:48 05/17/24 Fri
A surprising, somewhat shocking weekend under performance by Columbia, concerning which a few observations:
1. Faulkner showed why he was a unanimous 1st Team All Ivy. Against a heavy hitting team he more than held his own. But for a 3rd inning infield error, he would have given up just 3 runs. A guy who pitched in relief all season long except for one start, going the distance against this line up. Must be his quirky motion. A truly gutty performance.
2. So, after a 17-4 season, what happened to Columbia this weekend?? I did not expect them to be swept in their first games. It would not have been a shock, given the vagaries of a ridiculous weekend playoff, to drop one game. But both, and a blowout loss today?? On home field no less.
3. This is one of the biggest travesties of these post-season tournaments in one bid Ivy sports. Over 7 weekends Columbia demonstrated not just that they were the best Ivy baseball team, it wasn’t even close. A 5 game better record than the second best League season — in a 21 game season. These post season tourneys, probably inspired in part by the galloping egalitarianism of League administrators, have plusses to them even in one bid sports, but they are outweighed in my opinion, by the unfairness of what just happened to a team that earned the bid with a body of work over the entire season just to lose out in one weekend playoff.
4. P will likely throw position players, who have pitched a few innings this season, on the mound in their next game.
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