The Book 2007 Ragin' Cajun Baseball

[MiamiCajun32]

_ Can't argue the point. This will not kill our chance for an at large, not nearly, but any dream of hosting are gone.

About the only thing I can say, and the numbers bare this out, FIU is no dog when it comes to hitting. If their fielding and pitching were even average they would be ranked much higher. At some point a great hitting team will have their day. Unlike the MIDDLE game FIU earned their hits as they had 14 earned runs. _

Probably don't have much of a chance to host anyways, but this one game is surely not going to put an end to those slight chances. Just relax and enjoy the season, which is turning out to be a very good one. Cajuns will lose more than 10 times though, so be prepared for a number of other non-sweep weekends. It is still ok. Even the top 10 teams in the country lose. It's baseball!

[rhineaux]

_ Probably don't have much of a chance to host anyways, but this one game is surely not going to put an end to those slight chances. Just relax and enjoy the season, which is turning out to be a very good one. Cajuns will lose more than 10 times though, so be prepared for a number of other non-sweep weekends. It is still ok. Even the top 10 teams in the country lose. It's baseball! _

Agreed. I just hope that its close enough for most of us to drive, and that they don't shaft us with a seed we don't deserve.

[CajunProud]

_ Agreed. I just hope that its close enough for most of us to drive, and that they don't shaft us with a seed we don't deserve. _

The only way we will not get shafted is if we win the regular season title, win the conf. tournament and have an RPI in the top 15. Otherwise, count on getting shafted.

Until we make it to post season 4 out of every 5 years and make a super regional at least 1 to 2 out of that 4, we will never get the respect that we deserve.

However, this is really a great season so far. Yes, the loses are tough to take, but even if we went 56-0, I would still be upset that we didn't win every game 10-0 . Bottom line is, we just had a bad game yesterday, and that is baseball.

I do think that our ability to find a 3rd starter will determine how far we go this season. We can get throught the rest of the season with a starter by committe on Sunday, but that won't cut it come regional time.

[rhineaux]

_ The only way we will not get shafted is if we win the regular season title, win the conf. tournament and have an RPI in the top 15. Otherwise, count on getting shafted.

Until we make it to post season 4 out of every 5 years and make a super regional at least 1 to 2 out of that 4, we will never get the respect that we deserve.

However, this is really a great season so far. Yes, the loses are tough to take, but even if we went 56-0, I would still be upset that we didn't win every game 10-0 . Bottom line is, we just had a bad game yesterday, and that is baseball.

I do think that our ability to find a 3rd starter will determine how far we go this season. We can get throught the rest of the season with a starter by committe on Sunday, but that won't cut it come regional time. _

Don't look now boys, but i think we are soon gonna find out what this team is made of. Four at home this week with Lamar and WKU, but then away against Tulane and Troy next week. then home v. SLU and away v. Arizona State. After this week, that'll be 8 of 9 games on the road, all against teams with high RPI's. Certainly a stretch that will affect our seeding.

[Cajun Express]

_ Don't look now boys, but i think we are soon gonna find out what this team is made of. Four at home this week with Lamar and WKU, but then away against Tulane and Troy next week. then home v. SLU and away v. Arizona State. After this week, that'll be 8 of 9 games on the road, all against teams with high RPI's. Certainly a stretch that will affect our seeding. _

What would you give as a passing grade? I would think two of three in Tempe, a win in Beaumont, one against Tulane, and of course win all the games at home, and a sweep of Troy would be an A+, lose two in Temp and one in at Troy gets an A, continue and lose to Tulane C+, hang another loss to Lamar on the road, D, and any more is an F.

[BirdofParadise]

_ Man, this loss is frustrating...I have a feeling that this game will be this years UALR...FIU is a RPI graveyard and we just tanked. FIU RPI is 188 right now, which is worst in the belt, and I dont see a reason why they will be much higher, they have no Pitching and no Defense...and we just blew this one big time. I'm expecting this loss to drop our RPI about 10 spots...ugh.

Tuffguy _

In the course of a 56 game season, you will win games you should lose and lose games you should win.

This is a lot less crucial than you are making it out to be.

[Cajun Express]

_ Probably don't have much of a chance to host anyways, but this one game is surely not going to put an end to those slight chances. Just relax and enjoy the season, which is turning out to be a very good one. Cajuns will lose more than 10 times though, so be prepared for a number of other non-sweep weekends. It is still ok. Even the top 10 teams in the country lose. It's baseball! _

Oh, I am enjoying the season throughly. Went to USM and saw a win and a loss, watched the club have a great home stand, paid a visit to SLU early to get a feel for the team.

Like a sugar junkie I can't get enough Frosted Flakes.

[rhineaux]

_ What would you give as a passing grade? I would think two of three in Tempe, a win in Beaumont, one against Tulane, and of course win all the games at home, and a sweep of Troy would be an A+, lose two in Temp and one in at Troy gets an A, continue and lose to Tulane C+, hang another loss to Lamar on the road, D, and any more is an F. _

Just talking about the 8 roadies out of nine stretch...

First thing's first, gotta win the lone home game v. SLU. CAN'T lose at home. Taking two in Tempe would be superb. I am not sure what its like over there, with respect to their fans and the environment, but i'm sure its not a little league atmosphere. We've got to take two at Troy, if for no other reason but to stay near the top of the conference standings. Winning at Tulane would be great, and surely possible if lil Robe goes and is dealing like he can. Looking at their schedule, they seem to be about on par with where we are. They have played 10 games v. horrible teams so that doesn't help their RPI at all. I think if we spread 6 wins out of nine, in the right places of course, then we can call it a great stretch, especially if we're competitive in the losses.

[Dad04]

They are in the top 20 in RPI, even with losing a game to FIU. We have some excellent opportunities with #51 Troy, #60 SLU, #52 Tulane and #25 ASU on the schedule. 1st place outright in the conference and Top 10 in RPI would have been nice, but I like where we are at. More importantly, it is still 100% up to us. We are on pace for 44 regular season wins. Not too shabby, imo. Let's get the rest...one..pitch..at..a..time

[rhineaux]

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Boyd's World RPI's as of today.

#16 FSU .613
#17 UL .613
#25 Arizona State .598
#27 LSU .596
#47 UTSA .571
#51 Tulane .563
#52 Troy .563
#60 SLU .552
#62 Houston .551
#67 FAU .543
#73 MTSU .538
#75 ULM .537
#85 WKU .531

Also USA at 106, LTU at 120, Northwestern state at 137, Lamar at 145, UNO at 153, and very interesting to see Tennessee at 151. what the hell is Tenn doing with a RPI of 151. They should be ashamed.

I think that's all the pertinent teams in the top 100. winning series' on the road at ASU and Troy would be huge. And don't forget how important key mid-week games at Tulane and SLU are gonna be as well. It also magnifies the importance of keeping our heads on during conference. Losing to UNO's and the others below them that i didn't get to, could easily undo so much hard work if the boys do well over the next couple weeks.