Rk. Team W-L Last Week Prev.
1. UC Irvine 30-11 4-1 1
2. Rice 28-10 1-0 2
3. Arizona State 31-9 3-1 3
4. North Carolina 35-11 4-1 4
5. Louisiana State 33-11 5-0 6
6. Cal State Fullerton 29-11 5-0 10
7. Mississippi 32-12 4-1 11
8. Texas 29-11 0-3 5
9. Oklahoma 33-11 4-0 13
10. Georgia Tech 28-11 2-3 7
11. Georgia 33-11 2-3 8
12. Arkansas 29-12 3-1 12
13. Cal Poly 29-10 2-1 14
14. Virginia 34-9 4-1 15
15. Texas Christian 27-12 4-1 16
16. Kansas State 31-11 2-0 23
17. Baylor 25-17 0-5 9
18. Miami 29-14 3-1 18
19. Florida State 30-12 5-0 21
20. Texas A&M 28-15 3-1 24
21. Clemson 30-15 4-1 NR
22. Alabama 29-15 2-2 22
23. Kent State 32-9 4-1 25
24. Florida 31-14 5-0 NR
25. East Carolina 32-13 4-1 NR
Dropped Out: Oregon State (17), San Diego State (19), Hawaii (20)
Since I'm bored at work and this post is about baseball anyway, I will post the most unexpected thing I saw this weekend in college baseball. (Should be easy since I only watched one game.) Plus I know Crockett likes a good story, even if it is about LSU. On Sunday, with LSU trying to get it's first SEC sweep of the season, up 7-4 in the top of the 8th, Auburn had runners on 1st and 2nd with nobody out and the 3,4,and 5 hitters (all lefty's) coming to the plate, LSU coach Paul Maneiri did something that made me think he had gone bat shit crazy. With Matty Ott, the SEC save leader, ready to go in the bullpen, Maneiri decides to go with lefthanded sophmore Chad Jones to have a Lefty pitch to the 3 left handed batters. What's wrong with that you ask? Well for starters, Chad Jones was recruited as an outfielder. Jones hasn't played that much baseball in the last two years because he is the starting free safety on the football team. He hasn't even been on the team for the last month because of spring football practice. Also he hasn't pitched since high school, two years ago. You could hear the crowd on the tv as it seemed everyone there was also wondering what the hell was going on. Jones trotted out to the mound, fired in some warmup pitches and then gave up a single to the first batter he faced. At this point with the bases loaded and nobody out I was thinking 2 out of three wins aint bad. Then Jones proceeded to strike out two of the better hitters in the SEC swinging. Maneiri then brought in the righty to close it out. I guess the point of this story is that some people when placed in an unfamiliar situation that's packed with pressure fold like a cheap suit and others come out looking like Predator firing 93 mph fastballs with a wicked slider to boot. Enjoy the video.
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