Some quick thoughts on Georgia Tech's draw for the ACC Baseball Tournament
by Winfield Featherston on May 26, 2010 9:00 AM EDT
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PrintFirst of all, congratulations to Derek Dietrich, Deck McGuire, Matt Skole, Tony Plagman, Jed Bradley and Thomas Nichols! These six players were all named to various levels of the All-ACC Baseball Team for the 2010 season!
Now back to business....
Tomorrow kicks off a big weekend for Georgia Tech as they prepare to win the ACC as well as solidify a National Top 8 Seed and obtain home-field advantage throughout the NCAA baseball tournament. The Jackets were handed a favorable schedule through the weekend as they were able to avoid Florida State and Virginia who seem to be the two teams who give Tech the most trouble historically (Coaches Martin and O'Connor have fourth best and best coaching records in ACC against Danny Hall).
Tech is finally playing the baseball we expect them to be playing. Solid series wins against Miami and Boston College have helped the squad rebound out of their slump and have rebuilt the team's confidence. Virginia Tech is a dangerous six-seed but is also a team that is capable of rolling over easily as losing 4 straight ACC games to 2010 bottom feeders indicates.
NCSU should not represent much of a threat to make a run to the championship. The Wolfpack had to sweep Duke in order to gain entry into the tournament and got the job done but I don't believe they have the talent nor the depth to keep up with the big dogs.
And finally, what to do with Clemson? Clemson is a streaky team that got swept by us but proceeded to get hot at the right time against FSU. A series sweep by the Tigers last week led to a division title and an ACC overall #2 seed. Jack Leggett, we will meet again. Clemson (most likely) will be the daunting task and obstacle standing in the way of our ACC Title.
The schedule is fortunate and the title is reachable. Tech avoids the powers of Virginia and Florida State until the hopeful championship. What are your thoughts?
For some more detailed and comprehensive analysis on the ACC Tournament, check out On The B.Rink
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I think you guys
will play for the title this weekend against Virginia. I’ll be shocked if FSU is more than 1-2 (and thanks to that won’t host a regional).
"Baseball is like church. Many attend but few understand." - Wes Westrum, Mets Manager
I hope so...
but Tech has a tendency to fall flat in the post season… If we do play UVA, I want to play against their 2 or 3. I want a game where bats are working not aces.
With no powers, comes no responsibility.
Weekend pitchers are used in Pool play
If you reach the championship game it is usually a weekday starter that takes the hill.
Wants to live in a world where Batting Average goes the way of the Dodo!
That should be good
for us since Mark Pope (our #4) has had a stellar season. 7-1 with a 4.26 ERA.
With no powers, comes no responsibility.
The caliber of teams he has faced probably wouldn't equate to UVA
Wants to live in a world where Batting Average goes the way of the Dodo!
probably not
But they’d be pitching their #4 against him and UVA hasn’t given a lot of innings to any #4 all season.
With no powers, comes no responsibility.
Good draw
We definitely have a great draw opposite of UVA, Miami, and FSU. But, two of the teams we face won their series against us. I am expecting us to win all three pool play games though and facing UVA on Sunday. Go Jackets!!!!
Leggett
Am going to Clemson/NCSt tonight and GT/VT tomorrow night.
Any particular taunts that I should throw at Leggett to really get under his skin?
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