It's a new era for Shocker baseball

[Kung Wu]

I want to watch a WSU baseball game.

[WstateU]

I want to watch a WSU baseball game.

[WstateU]

[Kung Wu]

At the 1:00 mark -- who's that catcher with the cop 'stache?

Edit: Even better look at 5:00 mark!

[1972Shocker]

I can watch that play a million times and not get tired of it. You know it is a hell of a play when it's simple called "The Throw" and very Shocker fan knows what you are talking about.

That play sealed a 12 inning 3-2 Shocker win in the 1991 CWS. The Shocks played Creighton again 2 days later and eliminated the Bluejays 11-3. The interesting thing was the Shockers played Creighton 8 times that year. A 4-game regular season Valley series, 2 games in the Valley Tournament and the two games in the CWS. That was a pretty decent Creighton team but he Shockers won all 8 of those games. In fact, the 3-2 win preserved by The Throw was the only close game of the 8, The average score of the other 7 Shocker wins was 11.57 - 2.57.

[WuDrWu]

At the 1:00 mark -- who's that catcher with the cop 'stache?

Edit: Even better look at 5:00 mark!

You serious Clark?

[WstateU]

At the 1:00 mark -- who's that catcher with the cop 'stache?

Edit: Even better look at 5:00 mark!

Hey, those were the porn 'stache days...

[Aargh]

Did Gene ever have a season with an .867 W/L %? Did Wedge set a record in his first year coaching? Might need an asteriosk on this one.

[WstateU]

Did Gene ever have a season with an .867 W/L %? Did Wedge set a record in his first year coaching? Might need an asteriosk on this one.

Don’t know, but I believe they won 24 straight in ‘88 or ‘89.

[1972Shocker]

Don’t know, but I believe they won 24 straight in ‘88 or ‘89.

You are on your game my friend. The Shockers were 56-7 in 1998 for a .889 winning percentage.

However, the all-time season winning percentage record belongs to Lamar Hoover who had back-to-back undefeated seasons in 1918 and 1919. The Shocks were 1-0 in each of those two World War I era seasons.

See Page 38: https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sit...ok_for_web.pdf

Okay so maybe Coach Hoover's record deserves an asterisk as well.

[JayPak]

I can watch that play a million times and not get tired of it. You know it is a hell of a play when it's simple called "The Throw" and very Shocker fan knows what you are talking about.

That play sealed a 12 inning 3-2 Shocker win in the 1991 CWS. The Shocks played Creighton again 2 days later and eliminated the Bluejays 11-3. The interesting thing was the Shockers played Creighton 8 times that year. A 4-game regular season Valley series, 2 games in the Valley Tournament and the two games in the CWS. That was a pretty decent Creighton team but he Shockers won all 8 of those games. In fact, the 3-2 win preserved by The Throw was the only close game of the 8, The average score of the other 7 Shocker wins was 11.57 - 2.57.

Conversely, it’s the single most painful play in Creighton sports history. To say the Jays were “pretty decent” is an understatement; they finished third nationally and beat #1 Clemson in the CWS. They literally could’ve beaten any team except the Shockers, who owned them. Hat tip to Wichita State for making The Throw and beating Creighton twice in that environment.

[WstateU]

Conversely, it’s the single most painful play in Creighton sports history. To say the Jays were “pretty decent” is an understatement; they finished third nationally and beat #1 Clemson in the CWS. They literally could’ve beaten any team except the Shockers, who owned them. Hat tip to Wichita State for making The Throw and beating Creighton twice in that environment.

That game helped put college baseball on the map. One of the greatest baseball games I’ve ever witnessed at any level.

[pogo]

It was great to see two cold weather schools competing at a high level

[DJShocker10]

It was great to see two cold weather schools competing at a high level

Really wish we could find a full game replay of this game. I was not old enough to have been able to recollect anything from this game, but have watched highlights of “The Throw” countless times.

[ShockBand]

Really wish we could find a full game replay of this game. I was not old enough to have been able to recollect anything from this game, but have watched highlights of “The Throw” countless times.

Let me dig in boxes while I'm cooped up at home. I think I have the full game on DVD, maybe even digitized already. I was the one who posted the clip of "The Throw" many years ago.