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Subject: Re: Anybody care about the Ivy baseball tournament?

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John Harvard

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Date Posted: 10:29:21 05/22/24 Wed
In reply to: Boston Lion 's message, "Re: Anybody care about the Ivy baseball tournament?" on 14:05:36 05/21/24 Tue

Season ending single elimination tournaments are introduced to baseball players back in Little League.

Assuming a kid plays through Senior League ball, he/she will have participated in eight such post season tournaments from ages 8 to 15. Post season tournaments are the rule, not the exception. In the little league I coached in, champtionship trophies were handed out for the tournament finalists. The entire community gathers for an end of year celebration to watch the tournament championship games (for each age/skill level). The glory goes only to the Tournament Champion. I managed both of my sons throughout, winning championships with mediocre (7-9) and first place (14-3) teams. Despite having managed other competitive and even first place teams, only those teams will be remembered as champions. That's how it's always worked in baseball. The 2023 Orioles, Twins, Astros, Braves, Brewers and Dodgers will be be forgotten in favor of the World Series participants Texas and Arizona. If anything, those division champs that did not reach the World Series are viewed as disappointments (Houston, LA) or, at best, building blocks for future World Series aspirations (Baltimore).

To be honest, I was a strong opponent of the Ivy League Basketball Tournament. I know that could be viewed as inconsistent with the reality of a baseball championship tournament, and it probably is.

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Old Lion (Columbia)
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Date Posted: 20:28:07 05/22/24 Wed

While I am disappointed that we flopped in the tournament, we have nobody to blame but ourselves. Baseball more than most sports is a game of streaks. We had a great streak during the season. But we just didn’t play well during the tournament. Hard to win if your two best power hitters go a combined 1 for 18, or if your all Ivy starting pitchers get shelled.