Quote Originally Posted by Homedawg View Post
Piilk is going to start game one. We aren't playing the bad news bears. Doing otherwise is a huge roll of the dice and really stupid.
I disagree. We've seen them three times and we know Plumlee can shut them down- he has done so twice. If Plumlee is able to shut them down- Gordon should be able to do so as well. Most of the runs they have scored off of us have been against guys that are not likely to be one of the "six guys" that Cann is talking about pitching. And to me there's no reason to waste Pilkington on someone we will likely beat without throwing our ace. The fact that we have faced them three times and know how they match up makes this less risky. If USM saves McCarty for their second game- I definitely would rather have Pilkington match up against them.

Also, if it doesn't work out- UIC has a really good pitching staff. Pilkington can match up and get us back to the next round.

If Cann did it that way, and it doesn't work out I wouldn't criticize him for it.