Piggy getting defensive

Gyles Marrett

9:38a, 5/3/24

https://www.bestofarkansassports.com/arkansas-baseball-broadcaster-texas-a-m-schlossnagle-totally-inappropriate/

This entire write up came off as a "It could us but if it is, it's not really a big deal"

...and love how they think it's a bigger offense for Schloss to talk about it and should be punished by the commish. As if it should have remained a secret with no repercussions being the right thing to do LOL

Hambone31

9:48a, 5/3/24

My thoughts are why complain about it if it wasn't you? And if it wasn't you, shouldn't you be on Schloss' side and be mad at the league for not ousting the actual team that got caught?

trouble

9:48a, 5/3/24

In reply to Gyles Marrett

I do love when they tell on themselves, though

Mark Fairchild

9:54a, 5/3/24

With the mood I am this morning, home electrical failure, was going to say something REALLY derogatory about Arkansas, but best just put it in my pocket and move along.

Gig'em, Ole Army Class of '70

Gyles Marrett

9:54a, 5/3/24

In reply to Hambone31

Hambone31 said:
My thoughts are why complain about it if it wasn't you? And if it wasn't you, shouldn't you be on Schloss' side and be mad at the league for not ousting the actual team that got caught?

Exactly, being mad at who told on you is both telling and childish.

and my favorite part of the whole article was the explanation that it didn't match their numbers because they were actually hitting worse than .206 on the road LOL

jsmc71

10:05a, 5/3/24

In reply to Mark Fairchild

Mark Fairchild said:
With the mood I am this morning, home electrical failure, was going to say something REALLY derogatory about Arkansas, but best just put it in my pocket and move along.

Nothing to see here...

dermdoc

10:13a, 5/3/24

When pigs squeal, they are guilty.

This is fun.

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The Marksman

10:15a, 5/3/24

Can't wait to beat down Arky at Olsen

Aston 91

10:20a, 5/3/24

"If you look only at SEC games, which gives you a better comparison in terms of competition, Arkansas is hitting .260 at home and .211 on the road. That's a difference of just 49 points half that of Schlossnagle's example."

This quote from the article linked in the OP is pretty ridiculous. Just 49 points? That's still a helluva split for home and away against presumably equal competition.

Leto Agtreides II

10:20a, 5/3/24

Arkansas fans on the college baseball subreddit have been EXTREMELY defensive about this whole thing and are acting as if Schloss directly named them

Reno Hightower

10:22a, 5/3/24

Dang pig. Nobody likes a cheater and nobody likes a chicken **** and yall just couldn't help yourself, but to double down.

AgBQ-00

10:28a, 5/3/24

the (piggy) doth protest too much

greg.w.h

10:32a, 5/3/24

Sounds like Schloss was coy but correct.

dermdoc

10:33a, 5/3/24

The smeller's the feller

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NukeAg10

10:37a, 5/3/24

I'm glad we have them at home.

dermdoc

10:40a, 5/3/24

In reply to NukeAg10

NukeAg10 said:
I'm glad we have them at home.

Yep. It would be brutal. Always is but this would be epic.

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Gyles Marrett

10:41a, 5/3/24

In reply to Aston 91

Aston 91 said:
"If you look only at SEC games, which gives you a better comparison in terms of competition, Arkansas is hitting .260 at home and .211 on the road. That's a difference of just 49 points half that of Schlossnagle's example."

This quote from the article linked in the OP is pretty ridiculous. Just 49 points? That's still a helluva split for home and away against presumably equal competition.

Very true. With batting average the difference in 49 points is the difference between a hall of fame career and pretty much an average hitter.

NukeAg10

10:45a, 5/3/24

In reply to dermdoc

dermdoc said:
NukeAg10 said:
I'm glad we have them at home.
Yep. It would be brutal. Always is but this would be epic.

A sweep would make this pretty epic.

Gyles Marrett

10:48a, 5/3/24

In reply to NukeAg10

NukeAg10 said:
dermdoc said:
NukeAg10 said:
I'm glad we have them at home.
Yep. It would be brutal. Always is but this would be epic.

A sweep would make this pretty epic.

I'll be more greedy, a sweep in which they hit exactly .206 for the series

dermdoc

10:52a, 5/3/24

In reply to Gyles Marrett

Gyles Marrett said:
NukeAg10 said:
dermdoc said:
NukeAg10 said:
I'm glad we have them at home.
Yep. It would be brutal. Always is but this would be epic.

A sweep would make this pretty epic.
I'll be more greedy, a sweep in which they hit exactly .206 for the series

I like the way you think.

And for all the Ags so ecstatic about going to Fayetteville for fb, if you actually go be prepared. It is not a pleasant experience.

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AgBQ-00

10:55a, 5/3/24

In reply to dermdoc

truth. Them cheering Johnny being hurt during the game up there should highlight that point.

Sq 17

10:55a, 5/3/24

In reply to Gyles Marrett

Gyles Marrett said:
NukeAg10 said:
dermdoc said:
NukeAg10 said:
I'm glad we have them at home.
Yep. It would be brutal. Always is but this would be epic.

A sweep would make this pretty epic.
I'll be more greedy, a sweep in which they hit exactly .206 for the series

Obviously walks errors and pitching is important but if they hit 206 i like the Ags chances

Emilio Fantastico

10:58a, 5/3/24

In reply to Aston 91

Aston 91 said:
"If you look only at SEC games, which gives you a better comparison in terms of competition, Arkansas is hitting .260 at home and .211 on the road. That's a difference of just 49 points half that of Schlossnagle's example."

This quote from the article linked in the OP is pretty ridiculous. Just 49 points? That's still a helluva split for home and away against presumably equal competition.

Just curious, but has anyone run our home/away batting average numbers? I don't think our numbers will be too unbalanced. It seems we have had our share of both meh and great hitting games both at home and on the road except for maybe at Bama where we hit pretty well in all three games.

Cen-Tex

11:19a, 5/3/24

Unfortunately Arky will always be our little brother

trouble

11:27a, 5/3/24

In reply to dermdoc

dermdoc said:
Gyles Marrett said:
NukeAg10 said:
dermdoc said:
NukeAg10 said:
I'm glad we have them at home.
Yep. It would be brutal. Always is but this would be epic.

A sweep would make this pretty epic.
I'll be more greedy, a sweep in which they hit exactly .206 for the series
I like the way you think.

And for all the Ags so ecstatic about going to Fayetteville for fb, if you actually go be prepared. It is not a pleasant experience.

I will never go back.

How in the hell is everything uphill there?

Johnsy3

11:27a, 5/3/24

In reply to Emilio Fantastico

I just looked through this pdf, but couldn't find it. I may have glossed over it. I do remember seeing a tweet and we batted about 30 points higher at home. I'll try and find it.

RED AG 98

11:43a, 5/3/24

In reply to Emilio Fantastico

Emilio Fantastico said:
Aston 91 said:
"If you look only at SEC games, which gives you a better comparison in terms of competition, Arkansas is hitting .260 at home and .211 on the road. That's a difference of just 49 points half that of Schlossnagle's example."

This quote from the article linked in the OP is pretty ridiculous. Just 49 points? That's still a helluva split for home and away against presumably equal competition.
Just curious, but has anyone run our home/away batting average numbers? I don't think our numbers will be too unbalanced. It seems we have had our share of both meh and great hitting games both at home and on the road except for maybe at Bama where we hit pretty well in all three games.

I don't have easy access to League only data, but here is a breakdown of the public stuff from d1. I honestly don't think 49 points is a massive difference for home vs away as half of the league is above this threshold for the total year. I'm sure this looks a bit different if you were to filter for league only, but even MLB teams will sometimes have similar splits for H v A against similar levels of comp.

RED AG 98

11:47a, 5/3/24

In reply to Johnsy3

Johnsy3 said:
I just looked through this pdf, but couldn't find it. I may have glossed over it. I do remember seeing a tweet and we batted about 30 points higher at home. I'll try and find it.

0.039 for us. We are the 8th ranked team in H v A difference, and everyone above us is above the 0.049 number mentioned above. All are above 0.056 to be exact.

Leto Agtreides II

11:55a, 5/3/24

In reply to RED AG 98

Did you manually put this together using their stats or did you find this table on their website? I haven't been able to anything like this on their site

RED AG 98

12:18p, 5/3/24

In reply to Leto Agtreides II

I manually built a spreadsheet from the publicly available stats on d1baseball.

trouble

12:38p, 5/3/24

In reply to RED AG 98

Nerd

RED AG 98

12:42p, 5/3/24

In reply to trouble

trouble said:
Nerd

Nicest thing you've ever said to me.

trouble

12:50p, 5/3/24

In reply to RED AG 98

Just be glad I'm nicer to you than I am to Sean

Aston 91

12:50p, 5/3/24

In reply to RED AG 98

RED AG 98 said:
Johnsy3 said:
I just looked through this pdf, but couldn't find it. I may have glossed over it. I do remember seeing a tweet and we batted about 30 points higher at home. I'll try and find it.
0.039 for us. We are the 8th ranked team in H v A difference, and everyone above us is above the 0.049 number mentioned above. All are above 0.056 to be exact.

Those numbers are surprising to me. Just for grins I checked the Rangers and Astros stats for last year (just b/c MLB numbers are much easier to get). The Rangers batted .022 better at home, which is about what I'd expect. The Astros had a really weird season with home/road splits last year and actually batted .019 worse at home.
Maybe the crappier travel conditions or lack of experience make it harder for college players to adjust on the road, and the .049 split for the Piggies isn't all that significant? But regardless, I hope we beat the crap out of them.

Gyles Marrett

12:51p, 5/3/24

In reply to RED AG 98

RED AG 98 said:
I manually built a spreadsheet from the publicly available stats on d1baseball.

"Not going to get to that report today boss, need to run the Home vs. Away SEC Baseball batting averages, check back with me on Monday"