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2010 College World Series

SEC baseball had huge series this weekend all over the conference and after the dust had settled Sunday afternoon there is a 3 way for first place in the SEC East going into the last weekend of the regular season with Vanderbilt, South Carolina and Florida all sitting at 20-7 in conference play.

But check this out there is a 4 way tie for first in the SEC West. Arkansas, Mississippi State, Auburn and Alabama are all tied at 13-14 in conference play. Next weekend will be crazy trying to keep up with who finishes where. It would not surprise me at all if we have a tie for first place in both the east and west, which means we could a tie for first in each division. In the east South Carolina is in the drivers seat if they can take care of business against Alabama. They won 2 out of 3 during the regular season against Florida and Vanderbilt but that only counts for seedings in the SEC Tournament. They would still have to share the conference crown if two or three teams are still tied at the end of the weekend. But they will be on the road against Alabama who would like nothing better than to knock off the Gamecocks and win the SEC West.

Coming into this past weekend Baseball America had South Carolina, Florida, Vanderbilt, Virginia, Oregon State and Arizona State as having locked up those 8 important national seeds. Florida State and Texas are two teams on the bubble for the last 2 spots. Of course each team will have to take care of business in final weekend of regular season play. If you out and get swept by your opponent this weekend all bets are off. So each team needs to come ready to play this weekend.

The Baseball America Top 25 will be out a little later today. It will be interesting to see if there are any changes in the top 10. But more importantly there are a lot of teams on the bubble trying to get into that top 25. It helps if you are in there, especially if you go to your conference tournament and lose two straight. That can end your post season hopes. 64 teams make it into post season play. There are a lot of good teams hanging around the 500 mark or just above it that need to win out this weekend and /or win a game or two in their conference tournament to get in post season play.

I picked up a great little paperback recently if you love baseball. It written by Zack Hample titled “Watching Baseball Smarter: A Professional Fan’s Guide for Beginners, Semi-Experts, and Deeply Serious Geeks”. It’s only 200 pages or so. A collection of baseball trivia, insights and a lot of random stuff about baseball. For instance can you name the 10 ways a pitcher can balk? You will learn more about stats and stadiums than you care to know. There are chapters on each position,  baserunning, hitting, pitching and umpiring and lots more. I suggest you pick it up. Great read while on vacation this summer.

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