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High Winds. High Picks. No Shelter Needed.
Charlie Krausse
June 08, 2025
EYE OF THE HURRICANE 🌀 🏴☠️
What a day Saturday brought us! From the Belmont Stakes to Super Regionals. At least this Saturday in June proved sports still control the weekend. Throw in R-Truth’s surprise return at Money in the Bank. Was it the ultimate swerve? Did management have to list to the fans? I don’t know what to believe anymore. One thing is for sure, Ron Killings is over. So is Karrion Kross - so WWE management - you better not screw it up! Which, means you will.
COASTAL IS OMAHA BOUND ⚾️ 🐓
For the first time since 2016 (when they won it all), the Coastal Carolina Chanticleers are headed to Omaha. Coastal Carolina is the first team to qualify for the College World Series in 2025 with their 4-1 victory over the Auburn Tigers; sweeping Auburn.
Big bats showed themselves throughout the game on Friday, with some timely defense by Blake Barthol. Saturday, Coastal showed their strength in their pitching. Sun Belt Pitcher of the Year, Jacob Morrison went six strong, struck out six and only allowed one earned run. Then to close it out, Hayden Johnson fanned 5 over the three innings pitched. Combined, the Chants only allowed 8 hits throughout the game.
Like the night before, Auburn did lead off the scoring when Eric Snow singled then rounded the bases when Chase Fralick batted him him during the Top of the 2nd inning.
It took till the 7th inning before Coastal could get on the scoreboard, regardless of the opportunities they created themselves earlier. Sebastian Alexander opened things up doubling. Then Walker Mitchell maximized his at bat singling up the middle scoring Alexander.
The Chants took advantage of Auburn’s miscues. Ty Dooley hustling out an almost for-sure force out at first caused a field error by Auburn 1B Cooper McMurray, thus allowing Mitchell to round the bases scoring from 2nd. After a Base on Ball that loaded the bases, Auburn went to the bullpen.
On the first pitch by Parker Carlson, Wells Skyes was hit, thus scoring Blagen Pado and giving Coastal a 3-1 lead.
Fast-forward to the 8th and Sebastian Alexander again led off the inning with a double. And history repeated itself, as Walker Mitchell batted in Alexander.
After a leadoff single in the 9th, Coastal had a 1-2-3 inning to advance to Omaha and compete in the College World Series. The Chanticleers will face the winner of the rubber match between the North Carolina Tarheels and the Arizona Wildcats (playing on Sunday).
AUBURN BASEBALL SEASON ENDS ⚾️ 🐅
Yes, Auburn was the only team of the four pairings from the “left side” bracket to lose 0-2. But to quote Kevin Hart, “Here’s the thing…”:
They were able to handle Coastal Carolina. The Chants did nothing to stun or surprise Auburn. Unfortunately for Auburn, Coastal was just simply better. Auburn baseball copied Auburn basketball and had the toughest strength of schedule this season. They were awarded this by being seeded #4 nationally. They knew what a good team looked like and had played similar throughout the season.
Coastal was under-seeded. The difference between good P-4 schools/programs vs G-5 schools/programs is the bottom half of their conference. Coastal, yes, had an easier strength of schedule because they did play some of the bottom teams in the Sun Belt, while the SEC put the most teams in the tournament. That does not make Coastal a bad team.
After an ehhh of a 2024 season, 2025 can only be viewed as positives and rewarding. Auburn will finish in the Top 16 in the country.
SOVEREIGHTY REIGNS AT BELMONT 🏇
No doubt. Sovereignty is the most dominant 3-M horse so far in 2025. The Kentucky Derby champion distanced himself from his entire competition, including Journalism, to win the Belmont Stakes.
After winning the Kentucky Derby, trainer William Mott and staff, opted to only prep for the Belmont. Yes, the world will forever now wonder… what if…
Sovereignty earned his 3rd first place finish of the calendar year:
Races: 4
First Place Finishes: 3
Second Place Finishes: 1
Next up for the front runner of Horse of the Year is the Traver’s Stakes (Aug 23).
NBA FINALS GAME 2 PREDICTIONS 🏀 🌩️ 🐴
I mean, what could possibly go wrong!
CWS SUPER REGIONAL SCOREBOARD ⚾️
LOUISVILLE SUPER REGIONAL
Game 1 - Louisville 8; Miami 1
Game 2 - Miami, 9; Louisville 6
Game 3 - 12:00 PM ET
CORVALLIS SUPER REGIONAL
Game 1 - Oregon State 5; Florida State 4
Game 2 - Florida State 3; Oregon State 1
Game 3 - 9:00 PM ET
CHAPEL HILL SUPER REGIONAL
Game 1 - North Carolina 18; Arizona 2
Game 2 - Arizona 10; North Carolina 8
Game 3 - 12:00 PM ET
AUBURN SUPER REGIONAL
Game 1 - Coastal Carolina 7; Auburn 6
Game 2 - Coastal Carolina 4; Auburn 1
Coastal Carolina advances
LOS ANGELES SUPER REGIONAL
Game 1 - UCLA 5; UTSA 2
Game 2 - 3:00 PM ET
DURHAM SUPER REGIONAL
Game 1 - Duke 7; Murray State 4
Game 2 - 12:00 PM ET
BATON ROUGE SUPER REGIONAL
Game 1 - LSU 16; West Virginia 9
Game 2 - 6:00 PM ET
FAYETEVILLE SUPER REGIONAL
Game 1 - Arkansas 4; Tennessee 3
Game 2 - 3:00 PM ET
CAT-5 FAN OF THE WEEK ANNOUNCED! ⛈️
Rosie wins Fan of the Week!!! 🔥
Reads = 14
Interactions = 2
Streak = 6
Others that have streaks:
West Coast Kris 🔥
Craig 🔥
Big Daddy 🔥
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