Friday, June 19, 2009

SMALL BALL VS. GORILLA BALL




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The championship series of the college world series is set. Texas vs. LSU in a three game series for the college baseball national championship. The three games will take place on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday (if necessary). All 3 games will start at 6 pm Central time and will be aired on ESPN. Louis Coleman will start game 1 on Monday night for the Tigers in what is no doubt the biggest game of his life. This series will contain two teams with completely different styles. Texas plays what they call "small ball" They bunt, hit and run, and steal bases to try to score runs. They rely on good pitching and defense and usually play low scoring games. LSU can also do all of those things but here in the CWS seem to have brought back "Gorilla Ball" from the LSU national championship teams of the mid to late 90's. LSU has hit 9 home runs in 3 games and is averaging 10 runs a game in Omaha. LSU has cruised through the tournament with wins of 9-5, 9-1, and 14-5. Texas has won it's 3 games by scores of 7-6, 10-6 and 4-3. The one run games were both won in the 9th inning. Geaux Tigers!... and Louis!

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