A Baldcast and A Whole Lotta Balderdash

Beyond the highly-informative and always-entertaining Baldcast, here’s what else went on in college baseball today… read on.

The Triumphant Return of Don Ho and his Tiny Bubbles on the college baseball landscape

The late, great Hawaiian legend Don Ho would like to sing Tiny Bubbles into your ears.

It’s Don Ho time. “Tiny bubbles” are floating around everywhere in college baseball at this time of year. It almost seems like with this new RPI formula and the rewarding of road wins, the teams “on the bubble” are more numerous (and more diversified) than ever.

What A Relief Tuesday

Kentucky reliever Trevor Gott gets some fives after securing the win over No. 15 Indiana tonight.

I couldn’t help but notice all the good relief stints that occurred in college baseball tonight, several of which were on the tube. And also several of which had big NCAA Tournament implications. So I hope you don’t mind that I did a little write-up and running commentary below.

20 Mondays – The 14 O’Clock P.M. Edition

Don’t let the zombied faces fool you, these guys will beat the hell out of your team. Gage Smith (in the Rollie Fingers ‘stache), Brandon Leibrandt and Scott Sitz ham it up for the camera in the final inning of the Monday win over N.C. State. Supreme Tomfoolery.

A good bud of mine, Mike Groce, who is a radio host in Phoenix who has me on his show from time to time during the baseball season, sent me a link to an article from the Denver Post regarding this writer’s assertion that Colorado and Colorado State need to bring back baseball to their respective athletic departments.

If you want to check it out, click here.

Vanderbilt, you had me at “I’ll be back.”

A Terminator rises from the ashes, goes on relentless hunt for Sarah Conner and the national title. It’s name: Vanderbilt.

Okay, since they don’t like a lot of fanfare or pomp and circumstance, here are the things I like about Vanderbilt, after seeing them complete their sweep of Kentucky with today’s 10-5 runaway win in Lexington.

Slapback Saturday

Avent’s Army was pounding the wall to help N.C. State get the final out vs. Florida State in Raleigh today. P.S.: It worked.

Lots of ebb and flow to this weekend’s action already, and it was certainly exemplified on Saturday.

A Perfect From-the-Couch Friday

Jason Hursh piled up the pitch count tonight, but was also my Billy Bad-Ass of the Day with his complete-game effort in Game One of the Bedlam Series.

Ya’ know, sometimes I think I go to too many games during the season.

Today was a perfect example. I mean, I realized that it’s good just to sit my ass on the couch and do nothing but watch college baseball. Yes, in other words, it’s a dream day for me.

The other part of it is that I got to see the entire game one of the Bedlam Series between Oklahoma and Oklahoma State, one of my favorite rivalries in all of college sports. And tonight’s game certainly didn’t disappoint at all.

High & Inside: The Latest College Baseball Podcast.

Mike Rooney and I do the weekly thing and we think we got it nailed down pretty good once again. We recorded this on Thursday night and not our usual Wednesday night. Sorry ’bout that. But as usual, we hope you dig it. Let us know what you think, guys and dolls:

Weekend Preview – With a little New York Review first.

MCU Ballpark at Coney Island. Home of the Brooklyn Cyclones and the City University of New York Athletic Conference tournament.

Before I get to the usual Thursday preview stuff, I’d be remiss if I didn’t mention going to see the College of Staten Island and Baruch College of NYC play a second round game at the CUNYAC – the City University of New York Athletic Conference – Tournament which was being held in Coney Island, which was on my way to JFK airport and my flight back to Los Angeles.

20 Mondays – Lucky No. 13

The aerial view of Columbia’s odd-shaped field, courtesy of the Hudson River.

As you guys might recall, my highlight of the weekend was seeing the first NCAA tournament spot officially get grabbed by Columbia University as the Lions took down Dartmouth in two straight games on Saturday in New York City.

But Satow Stadium remains one of the oddest stadiums I’d ever seen.