Quote Originally Posted by maroonmania View Post
It's just a continued pattern under this coaching staff though of a lack of attention to detail. Glad we still won but we make blunders on the bases and in the field that shouldn't happen in high school, much less from an SEC program. Justin Parker and his handling of the pitching staff is THE difference in this team from the past 2 years. You won't sweep a DH 10% of the time when don't score over 4 runs in either game. Especially when it's the last 2 games of the weekend.
Don't discount the impact that improved defense has had. We've essentially gone from worst to first in defense. It is partially a by-product of the improved pitching - but players still have to execute.

College Baseball is rife with bad baserunning. If you watch more than MSU, you see it everywhere. And the mistakes are just as boneheaded. And it's not just CBB - look at this from last year:
https://theathletic.com/4220827/2023...b-baserunning/ - MLB is even discussing how bad they are now.

I was a very good baserunner in HS - and it frustrates the hell out of me seeing the mistakes we make. But, as the article above discusses, it's a game-wide issue because the fundamentals aren't taught like my generation learned them in the 80s.