Big Ten Pythagorean Rankings

Penn State continues to look like an oddball in these Pythagorean rankings – next to last in the Pythagorean but a half game out from third in the real rankings.

Team
Runs Scored
Runs Allowed
Pyth %
Delta

1
Michigan.
392
227
0.749
-0.027

2
Illinois
377
313
0.592
0.000

3
Ohio State
318
265
0.590
0.039

4
Purdue
294
252
0.576
0.025

5
Indiana
346
355
0.487
0.036

6
Iowa
364
381
0.477
0.085

7
Northwestern
300
318
0.471
0.026

8
Michigan [...]

Nate Bump back in baseball

Nate pitched a scoreless inning in relief for San Francisco’s Eastern League AA affiliate the Connecticut Defenders. It was Nate’s first appearance in two years.
The Towanda Daily and Sunday Review hints that they will be doing an article tomorrow.

Big Ten Conference RPI Rankings

Michigan has done an excellent job of getting there RPI up where the should be able to latch onto an NCAA bid even if they should fail to win the conference. No others team has that luxury however. The only way the league isn’t a one bid conference this year is for someone [...]

CDT: Knocking ‘em down

Knocking ‘em down via kwout