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June 29th, 2018, 2:11 PM
From Sports Illustrated: "Oregon State on Thursday celebrated their third NCAA baseball championship after shutting out Arkansas 5-0 to win the College World Series, but just how hard they rode a freshman pitcher to get to that point needs to be addressed. Kevin Abel, a freshman from San Diego, was brilliant in bringing home the championship for the Beavers. He threw a two-hit, complete game shutout in the finale as Oregon State won it all 5-0. Abel struck out 10 and walked just two. He retired the final 20 batters he faced and became the first pitcher all season to shut out the Razorbacks.
As if all that doesn’t point to how historically awesome Abel was, consider these other stats: his 2-hit shutout was the fewest hits allowed in a CWS championship game. His four wins were also the most ever at the College World Series.
So what’s the problem? The usage and overuse of Abel over the past week was borderline abuse by Beavers head coach Pat Casey."
Obviously this clown never watched baseball in the late 60's and 70's. When the Cy Young award winners had at least 20-25 games with over half complete games. Shudder to think that Denny McClain went 31-6 in 1968 and the Oakland A's, Orioles, Giants, Pirates, Reds, and even the Mets had 4 strong starters. Nowadays pitchers are gone at 100 pitches.
I watched in amazement how Arkansas bungled a foul pop up near 1st base as three players watched it drop. Two pitches later OSU tied the game and ultimately won it to even the series. If this kids arm holds up he is going to be a work horse. He threw 130 pitches last night in the win. Awesome, it was "Koufax'esque"
As if all that doesn’t point to how historically awesome Abel was, consider these other stats: his 2-hit shutout was the fewest hits allowed in a CWS championship game. His four wins were also the most ever at the College World Series.
So what’s the problem? The usage and overuse of Abel over the past week was borderline abuse by Beavers head coach Pat Casey."
Obviously this clown never watched baseball in the late 60's and 70's. When the Cy Young award winners had at least 20-25 games with over half complete games. Shudder to think that Denny McClain went 31-6 in 1968 and the Oakland A's, Orioles, Giants, Pirates, Reds, and even the Mets had 4 strong starters. Nowadays pitchers are gone at 100 pitches.
I watched in amazement how Arkansas bungled a foul pop up near 1st base as three players watched it drop. Two pitches later OSU tied the game and ultimately won it to even the series. If this kids arm holds up he is going to be a work horse. He threw 130 pitches last night in the win. Awesome, it was "Koufax'esque"