Coastal Carolina to FBS?

[Hammersmith]

CCU trying to win it all. One out to go.

4-3 CCU
bot 9th
2 outs
runner on 1st

[Hammersmith]

Arizona double puts runners on 2 and 3.

[Hammersmith]

Struck out swinging.

CCU wins the CWS

[17>1]

Struck out swinging.

CCU wins the CWS

Congrats to the BallChins!!

[aces1180]

BAD. ASS. Awesome for them!

[StL Bison Fan]

Watched the series. Good for them!
Now my nasty comment: moving to FBS they will never attain this in fb

[BisonNation11]

Arizona double puts runners on 2 and 3.

I'm at work and have been busy enough where this is the first I could check on the game. Was this double a fluke one where the batter advanced because the throw in was to ensure the lead runner wouldn't score? Otherwise in that situation, a solid double should have at least had the chance of a play at the plate.

[AKBison]

3rd base coach held the runner at 3rd as the double was hit on a rope to LF and the CCU guy played it off the wall perfectly. It would have been a close play at home but coach made the right call. You don't want to lose the game getting thrown out at home.

[BisonAccountant44]

3rd base coach held the runner at 3rd as the double was hit on a rope to LF and the CCU guy played it off the wall perfectly. It would have been a close play at home but coach made the right call. You don't want to lose the game getting thrown out at home.

I'm not a great baseball strategy mind, but is that really the prevailing wisdom? Regardless of where this specific ball was hit, I would think that in this type of situation you'd rather end the game at home.

The next batter is going to end the game well over 50% of the time (60% of the time in the case of this specific last batter), so why leave the tying run standing on 3rd if he has better than a 50% (40%) chance of scoring?

I get that it's a judgement call for the 3rd base coach, but I'd rather err on the side of aggression here.

[HerdBot]

Wow way to go Coastal! !! Love it!