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by **dailyfbo** » Sun 5/23/10 1:16 am

Gophers baseball wins outright Big 10 championship with 4-3 victory over Ohio State on Saturday. Minnesota fell behind 3-0 to the Buckeyes' standout junior pitcher but rallied for the victory. The victory not only secured the outright title but also knocked Ohio State out of next week's Big 10 tournament, which is being played in the Buckeyes' park.

The Big 10 changed the baseball tournament to a "neutral site" last year when it moved it to Huntington Park in Columbus. Huntington is the home of a minor league baseball team and what looks to be a nice looking venue. The tournament was supposed to be there from 2009-2012 but the minor league team, the Columbus Clippers, messed up and scheduled a home game next week, forcing the Big 10 to relocate the tournament this year to Bill Davis Stadium at OSU. The tournament returns to Huntington next year and in 2012, assuming the Clippers don't go and schedule anything there during those times.

It was fun to see a Gophers team take charge and knock out a rival and claim a championship.

by **Greyeagle** » Sun 5/23/10 9:42 am

Nice! Anderson has been a phenomenal coach for MN.

by **eddieshore** » Sun 5/23/10 10:45 am

Great win yesterday for the Gophers and Anderson deserves plenty of accolades for this program's success.

Now if they could only secure funding for a new ballpark.

Good job Gophers. Good luck in the B10 tourney.

by **gopher6** » Sun 5/23/10 3:47 pm

eddieshore wrote:Great win yesterday for the Gophers and Anderson deserves plenty of accolades for this program's success.

Now if they could only secure funding for a new ballpark.

Good job Gophers. Good luck in the B10 tourney.

does the big10 league championship guarantee a ncaa auto bid?

by **BlueBandit24** » Sun 5/23/10 4:17 pm

gopher6 wrote:
eddieshore wrote:Great win yesterday for the Gophers and Anderson deserves plenty of accolades for this program's success.

Now if they could only secure funding for a new ballpark.

Good job Gophers. Good luck in the B10 tourney.

does the big10 league championship guarantee a ncaa auto bid?

No. They'll need to win the Big 10 tournament since they're not receiving an at-large bid.

by **Handyman** » Mon 5/24/10 12:51 am

eddieshore wrote:Great win yesterday for the Gophers and Anderson deserves plenty of accolades for this program's success.

Now if they could only secure funding for a new ballpark.

Good job Gophers. Good luck in the B10 tourney.

Well they got $2 million from the Twins that is a big part of what they need.

by **gopherguy06** » Wed 5/26/10 9:21 am

Coach Anderson named Big Ten Coach of the Year

http://www.gophersports.com/ViewArticle ... =204951134

Also, Minnesota baseball team had seven players receive All-Big Ten honors, including First Team Sophomore 1B Nick O'Shea

by **gopher6** » Wed 5/26/10 4:42 pm

Tuby Guilty as charged!

http://www.kare11.com/news/news_article ... yid=851782

by **Pointman** » Wed 5/26/10 8:36 pm

gopher6 wrote:Tuby Guilty as charged!

http://www.kare11.com/news/news_article ... yid=851782

Please fire Maturi. We extend Borton, Monson, Mason, but could potentially lose his biggest(luckiest) hire after all the BS of this past season.

Kill the money sports and tell me about the badminton team & Govenor's Cup again. :puke:

by **dailyfbo** » Thu 5/27/10 11:36 pm

Gophers baseball wins Big 10 tournament opener against Indiana 10-8. Next up is Michigan at 6 p.m. on Friday. The winner advances to the championship game on Saturday night.

by **Slap Shot** » Fri 5/28/10 1:14 am

Pointman wrote:
gopher6 wrote:Tuby Guilty as charged!

http://www.kare11.com/news/news_article ... yid=851782

Please fire Maturi. We extend Borton, Monson, Mason, but could potentially lose his biggest(luckiest) hire after all the BS of this past season.

Kill the money sports and tell me about the badminton team & Govenor's Cup again.

Ok, what?

by **ScoobyDoo** » Fri 5/28/10 12:27 pm

I'd like to fire him for firing the Softball Coaches instead of finding a way to help them through the lean years like he has Lucia.

by **Superstar** » Fri 5/28/10 10:03 pm

Gopher baseball came back from being down 3-0 late to beat Michigan 4-3 in 11.

by **Chris83** » Fri 5/28/10 10:04 pm

Gophers come back from a 3-0 deficit to beat Michigan 4-3 in 11 innings. :dance:

by **gator** » Sat 5/29/10 7:39 am

Superstar wrote:Gopher baseball came back from being down 3-0 late to beat Michigan 4-3 in 11.

Big win. Gophers play the winner of the Iowa/Michigan game for the title. Now the Gophers only have to win once or the Pigeons/Ugley Helmets have to beat the Gophers twice for the BIG 10 Title.

by **Chris83** » Sat 5/29/10 8:54 pm

Gophers now up 7-0 in the top of the 7th vs Iowa. :dance:

As an aside, as the #1 seed in the tourney and the only undefeated team, how are the Gophers the visiting team in this game? :confused2:

by **Dolphin275** » Sat 5/29/10 9:15 pm

Chris83 wrote:Gophers now up 7-0 in the top of the 7th vs Iowa.

As an aside, as the #1 seed in the tourney and the only undefeated team, how are the Gophers the visiting team in this game?

My guess, if they were to of lost this game, they would play again tomorrow, then they would be the home team.

by **BlueBandit24** » Sat 5/29/10 9:21 pm

Chris83 wrote:As an aside, as the #1 seed in the tourney and the only undefeated team, how are the Gophers the visiting team in this game?

I believe in a situation like this, where there is the potential of two games between the teams, the team advancing from the winner's bracket is on the road the first game so they can be the home team should a deciding game take place. I'm not 100% on that though.

by **Armadillo** » Sat 5/29/10 9:41 pm

15-1 Gophers in the bottom of the 8th. Very nice.

by **gator** » Sat 5/29/10 10:10 pm

Armadillo wrote:15-1 Gophers in the bottom of the 8th. Very nice.

15-4 Final. The "Double Duece" BIG 10 Regular Season Champs and BIG 10 Tourney Champs!!!

by **sagard** » Sat 5/29/10 10:42 pm

I'm happy they won, now I hope Anderson can finally do better than his traditional lose-win-lose in the tourney.

by **GopherHockeyFan** » Sun 5/30/10 12:45 am

ScoobyDoo wrote:I'd like to fire him for firing the Softball Coaches instead of finding a way to help them through the lean years like he has Lucia.

Seriously?

"Don, I know you have won two national titles and our hockey program produces some great revenue and is envied by many, but I am sorry. Our libero and setters really need extra attention and we're in a budget crunch so I am going to have to let you go."

Your friend, Joel M.

by **Snowcool08** » Sun 5/30/10 3:44 am

sagard wrote:I'm happy they won, now I hope Anderson can finally do better than his traditional lose-win-lose in the tourney.

It's hard when they have to go out to places like California every year and play one of the top 4 teams in the nation, but you're right that eventually they should break through.

by **Chris83** » Sun 5/30/10 8:39 am

Snowcool08 wrote:
sagard wrote:I'm happy they won, now I hope Anderson can finally do better than his traditional lose-win-lose in the tourney.

It's hard when they have to go out to places like California every year and play one of the top 4 teams in the nation, but you're right that eventually they should break through.

I doubt we'll see that breakthrough this year. At 30-28, the Gophers will be one of the "Poor Relations" automatic bids, as I believe their power ranking is around 100. Any matchups will be awful tough. They most likely will be in the region of one of the top 4-5 teams in the country.

It would be nice to at least win ONE game. Last year Ohio State made it to the final in the Tallahassee region; they were obliterated by Georgia 24-8 in the first game and by FSU 37-6 in the championship, but beat Marist AND Georgia in the losers bracket to get there.

The 16 regional sites are announced today at 2:30 and the field is selected tomorrow at 11:30, both on ESPN.

by **BlueBandit24** » Sun 5/30/10 9:09 am

Downing San Diego (a #1 seed) a few years back was pretty cool, but that was a better Gopher team than this one. Even making it out of the region and to Super-Regionals would be a monumental upset. Big 10 baseball is the equivalent of CHA Hockey.

by **theskillz** » Mon 5/31/10 1:09 pm

And the baseball team goes to the Cal State-Fullerton regional.

Gophers vs CS Fullerton
New Mexico vs Stanford

by **dailyfbo** » Mon 5/31/10 3:08 pm

theskillz wrote:And the baseball team goes to the Cal State-Fullerton regional.

Gophers vs CS Fullerton
New Mexico vs Stanford

At least they avoided being put in a regional with one of the eight national seeds.

Maybe with Target Field here and a new Siebert Field on the horizon, we'll see the Gophers host a regional in the next five years. It was fun back in 2000 when they hosted the regional at Siebert and beat Wichita State in that first game. The Shockers came in with a bad attitude because they had to play here and were seeded lower than the Gophers so it was nice to see the Gophs take care of business in that.

Unfortunately, they lost the next two and were eliminated.

UConn is the only non-No. 1 seed to host a regional this year. Basically, the NCAA throws the northern schools a bone once in a while and awards a regional above the Mason-Dixon line.

by **Chris83** » Mon 5/31/10 5:13 pm

dailyfbo wrote:
theskillz wrote:And the baseball team goes to the Cal State-Fullerton regional.

Gophers vs CS Fullerton
New Mexico vs Stanford

At least they avoided being put in a regional with one of the eight national seeds.

Maybe with Target Field here and a new Siebert Field on the horizon, we'll see the Gophers host a regional in the next five years. It was fun back in 2000 when they hosted the regional at Siebert and beat Wichita State in that first game. The Shockers came in with a bad attitude because they had to play here and were seeded lower than the Gophers so it was nice to see the Gophs take care of business in that.

Unfortunately, they lost the next two and were eliminated.

UConn is the only non-No. 1 seed to host a regional this year. Basically, the NCAA throws the northern schools a bone once in a while and awards a regional above the Mason-Dixon line.

Unfortunately, Cal State Fullerton is in the top 5 in most power rankings. Oh well, no better time for a miracle. :wink:

by **BlueBandit24** » Mon 5/31/10 8:47 pm

Chris83 wrote:Unfortunately, Cal State Fullerton is in the top 5 in most power rankings. Oh well, no better time for a miracle.

Not to mention that Fullerton seems to always find a way to Omaha (seven appearances since 1999). But like you said, no better time for a miracle. :mrgreen:

by **Loc85** » Tue 6/01/10 7:27 pm

BlueBandit24 wrote:
Chris83 wrote:Unfortunately, Cal State Fullerton is in the top 5 in most power rankings. Oh well, no better time for a miracle.

Not to mention that Fullerton seems to always find a way to Omaha (seven appearances since 1999). But like you said, no better time for a miracle.

Do you believe in miracles? Maybe if the Gophers pull it off, Long Beach State will buy Golden Gopher baseball jerseys to rub it in CS Fullerton's face. :mrgreen:

I thought last years team had a better chance at a decent appearance in the tourney. It was even fun watching them make LSU sweat at parts of the game. prediction, Lose to Fullerton, beat San Diego and lose to Stanford. I am sure they will hate having to go to Orange County this weekend

by **Chris Eckes** » Fri 6/04/10 11:23 pm

Gophers up 3-0 on CSF going into the top of the 4th! Go get 'em, boys!

by **Armadillo** » Sat 6/05/10 12:36 am

This was unforseen.

EDIT: Gophers win. Holy poop.

EDIT 2: It's nice to be on the GOOD end of a #4 vs. #1 upset in an NCAA tournament, isn't it?

by **Superstar** » Sat 6/05/10 12:52 am

Gopher baseball wins 3-1. Awesome!

by **Rah Rah Ski U Mah** » Sat 6/05/10 1:06 am

Superstar wrote:Gopher baseball wins 3-1. Awesome!

Agreed!!!- Keep it going GOPHERS!

by **sagard** » Sat 6/05/10 1:50 am

Gotta love CSF and Stanford playing in an elimination game today.

Beat New Mexico and make me take back all my bad thoughts about Coach Anderson.

by **Chris83** » Sat 6/05/10 7:52 am

Wonderful win! Seth Rosin pitched a terrific game. I kept getting nervous when the Gophers put guys in scoring position and couldn't increase the lead, but they made that three run first stand up.

It sounds obvious, but it's REALLY critical to beat New Mexico today; do that and you need one win to get to the Super Regional. Lose and you have to win three times in two days, which is a strain on your pitching.

I do believe the Gophers were the only #4 seed to win yesterday. :thumbup:

by **davescharf** » Sat 6/05/10 9:43 am

Was shocked, but very thrilled to see this. Go Gophers

by **Loc85** » Sat 6/05/10 10:02 am

I am very happy for the baseball club! However, the fact that it's on a channel I don't have (just cancelled my free 3 month Sport Pack from Frozen Four), @10 at night and being Friday/Saturday night makes it hard for me to actively follow the games.

by **BlueBandit24** » Sat 6/05/10 10:34 am

What a win. Do we have a run similar to Fresno State in 2008 in us? Let's just win today and we're in great shape for the Super Regionals.

by **gopher wes** » Sat 6/05/10 6:45 pm

That was fun! Let's hope they can take care of business again tonight!

by **Greyeagle** » Sat 6/05/10 10:28 pm

Baseball game is on ESPN-U - Comcast 269.
1-0 Lobos top 2.
Knutson did an oustanding job blocking to the plate to keep the Lobos at 1. :shock:

by **Greyeagle** » Sat 6/05/10 10:59 pm

Knutson goes yard in a big way to get Minny on the board. 3-1 NM top 4.
From what I've seen NM is very good defensively.

by **Armadillo** » Sat 6/05/10 11:59 pm

Gophers score 2 in the top of the 7th, now tied 3-3.

by **GOPHER NATION** » Sun 6/06/10 1:19 am

Gophers up 6-4 in the 10th... What a game this has been!

by **Amonte_10** » Sun 6/06/10 1:31 am

Great hitting by the Gophers, now shut them down. NM worst logo I have ever seen!

by **Amonte_10** » Sun 6/06/10 1:36 am

Gophers win!!! Again!!!!!

by **GOPHER NATION** » Sun 6/06/10 1:36 am

Ballgame!! Gophs win 6-4. Matyas ends the game with 8 consecutive strikeouts!!!

by **Armadillo** » Sun 6/06/10 1:38 am

GOPHERS WIN!!! :dance:

by **theskillz** » Sun 6/06/10 1:42 am

What an awesome performance... one more win to go...

by **Snowcool08** » Sun 6/06/10 3:08 am

I'm very impressed with the demeanor of the team. They get down 3-0 and there was no sense of panic. Matyas at the end of the game was amazing. Let's win one more and make it to a super regional.

by **gator** » Sun 6/06/10 7:30 am

New Mexico vs. Cal State Fullerton (6pm)
New Mexico/Cal State Fullerton winner vs. GOPHERS (10pm - ESPNU)

by **Chris83** » Sun 6/06/10 7:35 am

Terrific! Now close it out tonight.

by **psych** » Sun 6/06/10 10:26 am

Two terrific Gopher defensive plays on the Top 10 list for Sportscenter. Nice job Gophers!

by **Border Gopher** » Sun 6/06/10 10:46 am

One of the few times in the year that having ESPNU pays dividends.

by **gopher wes** » Sun 6/06/10 11:49 am

I am so glad that the play in center field (which should have been caught) didn't cost the Gophers. That was a lot of fun again last night! Puhl was clutch twice and Matyas was shut down to finish that game.

So obviously I hope the Gophers can close this thing out tonight and head to a super regional but what happens if the second game is needed? Play it tomorrow or what?

by **GOPHER NATION** » Sun 6/06/10 11:51 am

gopher wes wrote:I am so glad that the play in center field (which should have been caught) didn't cost the Gophers. That was a lot of fun again last night! Puhl was clutch twice and Matyas was shut down to finish that game.

So obviously I hope the Gophers can close this thing out tonight and head to a super regional but what happens if the second game is needed? Play it tomorrow or what?

Yes, they will play tomorrow night. I think first pitch is around 10pm CST. Let's hope that doesn't happen and we take care of business tonight.

by **gopher wes** » Sun 6/06/10 11:54 am

GOPHER NATION wrote:
gopher wes wrote:I am so glad that the play in center field (which should have been caught) didn't cost the Gophers. That was a lot of fun again last night! Puhl was clutch twice and Matyas was shut down to finish that game.

So obviously I hope the Gophers can close this thing out tonight and head to a super regional but what happens if the second game is needed? Play it tomorrow or what?

Yes, they will play tomorrow night. I think first pitch is around 10pm CST. Let's hope that doesn't happen and we take care of business tonight.

I had to ask. I hope I didn't jinx it :swoon1:

.

by **dxmnkd316** » Sun 6/06/10 4:28 pm

Anyone know if this is going to be on anything but ESPNU? ESPN3 perhaps?

by **Golden FE Ranger** » Sun 6/06/10 4:32 pm

Congrats to the baseball team. Let's get another win tonight.

by **gator** » Sun 6/06/10 9:28 pm

Cal State Fullerton 11, New Mexico 3

"GO GOPHERS"

by **dxmnkd316** » Sun 6/06/10 9:40 pm

So it's a three-game series with CSF and the gophers are 1-0 in the series. Do I think we can pull it off? I honestly do.

by **gator** » Sun 6/06/10 9:42 pm

dxmnkd316 wrote:So it's a three-game series with CSF and the gophers are 1-0 in the series. Do I think we can pull it off? I honestly do.

If the Gophers are going to do it, they better do it tonight. CSF, just played and can be tired and short on pichers. Tomorrow could be trouble.

by **Greyeagle** » Sun 6/06/10 10:13 pm

Game is on ESPN-U

by **dxmnkd316** » Sun 6/06/10 10:49 pm

http://www.fullertontitans.com/sports/m ... onals.html

by **dxmnkd316** » Sun 6/06/10 10:51 pm

D'oh... 3-0 CSF...

by **Snowcool08** » Sun 6/06/10 10:53 pm

That homerun was smoked. At least 500 feet. Fullerton's bats are a lot more lively than Friday.

by **dxmnkd316** » Sun 6/06/10 10:54 pm

500 ft? Come on. That's a hell of a long way even with an aluminum bat.

by **gopher wes** » Sun 6/06/10 10:58 pm

This is what I was afraid of. CSF looked pissed earlier today and it is just carrying over to tonight's game. The Gophers didn't make mistakes in their first two games like they are right now. There is a lot of game left but this is a bad scenario for the Gophers. They are likely going to go through some pitching tonight (this guy right now has looked shaky almost from the get-go) so tomorrow could be another adventure if the pitching is used up. Lots of game left, though. Maybe they can find a way to put up some runs.

by **gopher wes** » Sun 6/06/10 11:00 pm

dxmnkd316 wrote:500 ft? Come on. That's a hell of a long way even with an aluminum bat.

Agreed. These guys are blow holes. I really want to put it on mute after listening to these clowns for the third night in a row.

by **dxmnkd316** » Sun 6/06/10 11:06 pm

I only listened to them for an hour last night at a friend's house. We couldn't believe how stupid they were. Every other sentence we were correcting them (or so it seemed).

by **gopher wes** » Sun 6/06/10 11:08 pm

dxmnkd316 wrote:I only listened to them for an hour last night at a friend's house. We couldn't believe how stupid they were. Every other sentence we were correcting them (or so it seemed).

Every other sentence I looked at my dad and brother and said "What the :censored:

are they talking about?"

p.s. That runner was out at home....

by **streakygopher** » Sun 6/06/10 11:52 pm

Gopher starter gave them no chance tonight, sweating profusely from the first pitch...CSF had a couple breaks early plus good pitching, and the Gophers were never really in it

by **Chris83** » Mon 6/07/10 5:49 am

Gonna be a tough one tonight. Fullerton has totally woken up offensively and is on a roll. The Gophs will need to get off to a good start this evening.

by **gopher wes** » Mon 6/07/10 8:24 am

Chris83 wrote:Gonna be a tough one tonight. Fullerton has totally woken up offensively and is on a roll. The Gophs will need to get off to a good start this evening.

They need the starting pitching to be amzing tonight. That was the key to the first game and the starting pitching was good enough to keep them in the second game and ultimately helped them win. They also can't afford to get down early. We saw what happened last night when CSF gets hot. Hopefully they can do damage control if CSF gets up early and be able to put up some runs of their own.

by **gopherguy06** » Mon 6/07/10 10:27 pm

Cal St Fullerton's SS taken 4th overall in draft.. maybe he will leave right now!

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