Game 3 Vandy

[Cooterpoot]

Hardin, the good one hopefully

[msstate7]

Man, Chester get to that ball quicker

[The Federalist Engineer]

Huge out 1

[SaintDawg]

I cant watch. I following you guys on PBP

[msstate7]

For the love of God, please don't try to field a ball with your pitching hand. Damn

[The Federalist Engineer]

Hardin! Protect your pitch hand dude!

Got nothing behind you

[RockyDog]

Congrats, Dogs!

Weekend heroes are Chris Lemonis and Hunter Hines.

[msstate7]

They're gonna run.

[Dawgology]

Just throw strikes!!! Shit

[mparkerfd20]

Walkoff incoming

[msudawg1200]

Well, a lot of us jumped the gun on a loss didn't we?

[Leroy Jenkins]

This years Hardin took last years Hardins girl.

[CaptainObvious]

YES! YES! YES!!!!!!

[mparkerfd20]

We walk off with the series that is!!!

[Quaoarsking]

Huge win. Gutsy team!

[Commercecomet24]

Huge win!!!

[EdwardDrayton]

How 'bout dem DIRT DAWGS!!! Road series win against #11!!!

Someday these hand wringers and teeth gnashers will learn baseball is a different sport!! LOL!!!

[The Federalist Engineer]

Thank you Misters Hardin and Hines.

[msstate7]

This was an impressive series win. Credit where credit is due to team and lemonis. Great job

[R2Dawg]

Wrap it in maroon and white.

Moving on up.

[BeardoMSU]

I wasn't worried at all, lol.

Hell of damn game and series win!

[Commercecomet24]

Huge win. Gutsy team!

Yeah folks may not like Lemonis but dang these kids are tough!

[Cooterpoot]

Give'm credit, they found a way. Hines carried them this weekend.

[DEDawg]

One extra inning game against Ole Miss is the difference between this being a top 15 matchup with us being ranked 10/11 on Monday vs an unranked team about to be 16-19 range. crazy how little it takes

[Commercecomet24]

Boys we have now won 7 of our last 8 games.

[R2Dawg]

How 'bout dem DIRT DAWGS!!! Road series win against #11!!!

Someday these hand wringers and teeth gnashers will learn baseball is a different sport!! LOL!!!

Common man, lighten up on our fans. After last two years, they have earned the right to be anxious.

[CaptainObvious]

Well, a lot of us jumped the gun on a loss didn't we?

We knew who was coaching this team! It is rather easy to expect the worst with a Lemonis recruited team!

But credit is due to Lemonis for bringing in Hardin to close it out! He bungled his way through the 6th and 7th and Ligon threw enough strikes to get us to the 9th only down 1.


LEMONIS STILL SUX!

Hail State! Dawgs win! Dawgs win!

[Cooterpoot]

Yeah folks may not like Lemonis but dang these kids are tough!

If Lemonis will recruit, things could be great again. He's just got to do better recruiting. That's my only real complaint right now after the last two years.

[R2Dawg]

Boys we have now won 7 of our last 8 games.

More to go but win 2 of 3 this next weekend and one from Ark and 2 of 3 Mizzou and we are hosting.

[HoopsDawg]

Boys we have now won 7 of our last 8 games.

Wow

[Cowbell]

It?s not changing till he is gone boys. It?s just not.

Hahahahahahahahaha

[Commercecomet24]

How 'bout dem DIRT DAWGS!!! Road series win against #11!!!

Someday these hand wringers and teeth gnashers will learn baseball is a different sport!! LOL!!!

My man Edward! Best baseball poster on the board! HAILSTATE!

[BeardoMSU]

We all need to get on Twitter and start peppering Kendall Roger's with hosting questions!***

[R2Dawg]

One extra inning game against Ole Miss is the difference between this being a top 15 matchup with us being ranked 10/11 on Monday vs an unranked team about to be 16-19 range. crazy how little it takes

If we could have won all those other close games we gave away, we'd be top 5 right now. It is a fine line.

How did little ole msstippi st no talent team beat powerhouse Vandy? Great coaching I guess since we have little talent? Oh wait we have no coaching either.

[Commercecomet24]

This was an impressive series win. Credit where credit is due to team and lemonis. Great job

You are bipolar aren't you? Just messing with you man. I always like your posts!

[the_real_MSU_is_us]

Now THAT was a weekend of State baseball. That was a Super Regional winning type of performance and the best we've played all year.

I am called a Lemo hater but I'm not; if he can sustain this type of performance sign me up. Let's finish the year out and make some noise in the postseason

[Dawgface]

Incredible. I thought for sure we had squandered away another close one. Big win!

[Leroy Jenkins]

Vandy was 19-1 at home. Nice feather in the cap.

[msstate7]

You are bipolar aren't you? Just messing with you man. I always like your posts!

I'm 100% bipolar

[HoopsDawg]

Vandy was 19-1 at home. Nice feather in the cap.

This will help our crap RPI

[Ranchdawg]

Well, a lot of us jumped the gun on a loss didn't we?

I sheepishly raise my hand!

[Coursesuper]

Huge win!!!

In a tough place to play at that. Nice win and a better series win on the road.

[Dawgface]

I'm 100% bipolar

Don't feel bad. Most State fans are....

[Cooterpoot]

More to go but win 2 of 3 this next weekend and one from Ark and 2 of 3 Mizzou and we are hosting.

Not with our RPI. I think we've got to win every series.
Even then might not either.

[Homedawg]

You are bipolar aren't you? Just messing with you man. I always like your posts!

Yes. Yes he is. I love him but he is. And he knows it. Acceptance is important. Hahahah

[msstate7]

Not with our RPI. I think we've got to win every series.

Even if we can't get to a host, let's be that first 2-seed vs a vulnerable host

[Todd4State]

We all need to get on Twitter and start peppering Kendall Roger's with hosting questions!***

Actually....starting to not get too far fetched. Work to do obviously but a good weekend against Bama and we will be in the discussion. A sweep of Alabama would be ideal.

[Homedawg]

This will help our crap RPI

Would you rather we lose so you can be happy about our crap rpi?? Again, our fans suck

[Homedawg]

Not with our RPI. I think we've got to win every series.
Even then might not either.

This is the correct answer.

[DownwardDawg]

Big time win!!

[Commercecomet24]

In a tough place to play at that. Nice win and a better series win on the road.

Baseball games are long no time limit, 27 outs and until that last out you have a chance. Most people don't understand that. This team has balls!

[Todd4State]

Not with our RPI. I think we've got to win every series.
Even then might not either.

Our RPI is 34. And as far as I can tell it hasn't updated quite yet. And only Mizzou has a worse RPI than us going forward. We have a chance.

[Todd4State]

Baseball games are long no time limit, 27 outs and until that last out you have a chance. Most people don't understand that. This team has balls!

Today was actually a very Mississippi State win.

[Pancho]

Oh lordy mercy

[starkvegasdawg]

Don't feel bad. Most State fans are....

I prefer manic depressive and borderline psychotic.

[Coursesuper]

Baseball games are long no time limit, 27 outs and until that last out you have a chance. Most people don't understand that. This team has balls!

Yep, got to count all 27 before it’s over. This bunch will usually make you work for all of them.

[Coach34]

RPI will be up to about 30 now.

[Coach34]

Beat Mississippi and get one at UPig gets us into the 20’s

[Commercecomet24]

Now THAT was a weekend of State baseball. That was a Super Regional winning type of performance and the best we've played all year.

I am called a Lemo hater but I'm not; if he can sustain this type of performance sign me up. Let's finish the year out and make some noise in the postseason

Me and you aren't that far apart in our thoughts. Good post.

[Commercecomet24]

Today was actually a very Mississippi State win.

Yep balls out and these kids are getting battled tested and starting to close out these tight games. That's big for postseason play knowing how to play through adversity.

[Offshore Dawg]

You bipolar mother f*****'s give it a rest the rest of the day.

[maroonmania]

Just saw the final for today. Congrats to our baseball team on a great series win.In Nashvillle! Looks like we are finally learning how to win close games against quality competition.

[Cooterpoot]

Our RPI is 34. And as far as I can tell it hasn't updated quite yet. And only Mizzou has a worse RPI than us going forward. We have a chance.

If we win every series

[Coach34]

shit- Bama is next not UPig. Yep, got to win the home series

[KOdawg1]

Win 2 vs Bama, 1 at Arky, and sweep Mizzou is the path to hosting

[RockyDog]

That leads to a "goal" of 15-15. That's not good enough for a program of our caliber. 15-15 should be the floor in occasional down years.

Get out of here with that crap. This “program of our caliber” has finished with a record better than 15-15 in the SEC only TEN times since the year 2000 and two of those were 20-10 seasons from Lemonis. Some of you have a warped sense of entitlement and place WAY too much blame on Lemonis.

[RockyDog]

This is the correct answer.

You pessimist losers couldn’t be more wrong

[Cooterpoot]

Win 2 vs Bama, 1 at Arky, and sweep Mizzou is the path to hosting

It's really not

[the_real_MSU_is_us]

It's really not

Meh. I don't care which of you is right: If we can win 2 vs bama, 1 at Arky, and sweep Mizzou that means we've been playing at the same 'best weekend of the season" quality we just saw. If we do that I'll be a hapy camper and we have a legit shot at Omaha. But it seem unlikely we won't have a bad weekend among the next 3

[KOdawg1]

It's really not

Cool. I disagree.

[the_real_MSU_is_us]

Cool. I disagree.

Lemo, if you read the boards, we need you to keep wining so these 2 can find out who's right!

[Todd4State]

If we win every series

Not sure that we have to do that but we have to win Bama and Mizzou with one of those being a sweep.

[The Federalist Engineer]

Leave Choke Stevens in Nashville. His inept pitching is going to cost us a host bid

He's a hitter we are forcing to pitch, for the record.

I bet even Rooker and Renfroe pitched 3 innings per week in HS.

[RockyDog]

It's really not

You and Bucky really hate Lemonis. Did he touch you in a bad place?

[Todd4State]

We have RPI 28 on Weds, RPI 17, RPI 2, and RPI 89. We have a chance to make up some major ground.

[Coach34]

Seems like some of you are forgetting Auburn hosted last year with a high RPI

[Quaoarsking]

Seems like some of you are forgetting Auburn hosted last year with a high RPI

RPI of 19 on Selection Day. I think we'll host too if we can get our RPI into the teens.

[Todd4State]

RPI of 19 on Selection Day. I think we'll host too if we can get our RPI into the teens.

I agree.

[Homedawg]

You pessimist losers couldn?t be more wrong

I'm not a pessimist . I'm a realist. We have to win every series to host, UNLESS we seeep bama and seeep Missouri and win one against the hogs. Chill bro.

[Homedawg]

He's a hitter we are forcing to pitch, for the record.

I bet even Rooker and Renfroe pitched 3 innings per week in HS.

Considering renfroe pitched here, I'd say so.

[Commercecomet24]

I'm not a pessimist . I'm a realist. We have to win every series to host, UNLESS we seeep bama and seeep Missouri and win one against the hogs. Chill bro.

Homedawg is right way, way more often than he's wrong. Now we do have a chance to host but we have to win every series left and not lose midweek. It's doable, yes, but tough row to hoe.

[Coach34]

RPI of 19 on Selection Day. I think we'll host too if we can get our RPI into the teens.

Where u find the RPI’s on selection day? All I found were at the end.

[KOdawg1]

Nah. I don't buy the whole "we gotta win every series to host" narrative.

Win Tuesday and our RPI will be in the 20s. Win 2 vs Bama and it'll be low 20s. Take 1 from Arky and it's probably in the teens. Sweep Mizzou and we're still in the teens, maybe mid teens. That puts us right there.

That's not to mention the SEC tournament where we can get an RPI boost as well.

[Todd4State]

We are now RPI 30.

[Saltydog]

Warren Nolan has us at 27th.......

[Commercecomet24]

I hope like heck we host!

[Commercecomet24]

Warren Nolan has us at 27th.......

That's awesome!

[KOdawg1]

Warren Nolan has us at 27th.......

Well, well, well

[Commercecomet24]

Just keep winning!

[Todd4State]

I'm not a pessimist . I'm a realist. We have to win every series to host, UNLESS we seeep bama and seeep Missouri and win one against the hogs. Chill bro.

SEC team winning 18 games and not hosting is unprecedented the last five years. Or 17 for that matter.

[Todd4State]

Well, well, well

Who would have thought?

[EdwardDrayton]

Baseball games are long no time limit, 27 outs and until that last out you have a chance. Most people don't understand that. This team has balls!

^^^^^^

[Homedawg]

SEC team winning 18 games and not hosting is unprecedented the last five years. Or 17 for that matter.

And if we win every series we get to 18. 17 I won't argue w w have a shot. However, it will depend on the rest of the country and how the sec shakes out. It's not impossible. But I'm not calling it a given like past years bc of the shit losses we have. Quad 4 losses is a killler. And we have multiple.

[Homedawg]

By question is this? Is Corbin an idiot for pitching to Hines?? I would have left on left. Stats said so and the guy was good. Didn't work out. If that happened to us, our fans lose their mind. Hind sight is 20/20.

[basedog]

By question is this? Is Corbin an idiot for pitching to Hines?? I would have left on left. Stats said so and the guy was good. Didn't work out. If that happened to us, our fans lose their mind. Hind sight is 20/20.

He would have seen nothing but off the plate pitches, breaking balls if I’m Coaching.

[BeardoMSU]

And if we win every series we get to 18. 17 I won't argue w w have a shot. However, it will depend on the rest of the country and how the sec shakes out. It's not impossible. But I'm not calling it a given like past years bc of the shit losses we have. Quad 4 losses is a killler. And we have multiple.

With 1B open, lol. Glad they did it, tho.

[Todd4State]

And if we win every series we get to 18. 17 I won't argue w w have a shot. However, it will depend on the rest of the country and how the sec shakes out. It's not impossible. But I'm not calling it a given like past years bc of the shit losses we have. Quad 4 losses is a killler. And we have multiple.

The committee doesn't just look at the negative. We also have 7 quad one wins.

There is a clear correlation between SEC wins and committee choices much moreso than RPI. Because RPI is partially about unpredictable luck. We could schedule Miami, USC, Texas, and if all of those teams are down it could tank your RPI.

Because here's the thing. You can win 17 SEC games and have a lower RPI than a team that has 15 SEC wins that you beat. So how do justify rewarding a team that has fewer wins and lost head to head because they had a more "difficult" OOC schedule which is actually kind of random.

[Commercecomet24]

By question is this? Is Corbin an idiot for pitching to Hines?? I would have left on left. Stats said so and the guy was good. Didn't work out. If that happened to us, our fans lose their mind. Hind sight is 20/20.

Corbin did what i would've done. Left on left and you never put the winning run on base unless it's maybe Barry Bonds and Hines ain't Bonds and as much as our fans have hammered on Hines for not being clutch why not pitch to him 😂

[The Federalist Engineer]

Considering renfroe pitched here, I'd say so.

Rooker pitched some too, so did Tommy Raffo.

Stevens is a top-50 national recruit because of his expected field position contributions. Should have been Kellum Clark of-2021 by now.

I'm not pitch-forking on this topic, with zero depth pitching for SEC Sundays, the staff was probably hoping he could be a 30-40 inning contributor. Pico is needed on Sundays.

Versus OM, going to need decent outings from Siary, Ligon, and Holcombe. I would say awesome outings, but OM has worse pitching issues, just need to be ok. It's like Scott Foxhall is coaching in Oxford these days.

Open question, are Dotson and Loftin unavailable these days?

[HoopsDawg]

Would you rather we lose so you can be happy about our crap rpi?? Again, our fans suck

I don't get it?

[Coach34]

I agree with Fed. Us not getting AB’s for Stevens is akin to letting Hugesak rot last year. We expect this guy to be 3-hole next year. His arm ain’t gonna win us nothing next year

[Homedawg]

Rooker pitched some too, so did Tommy Raffo.

Stevens is a top-50 national recruit because of his expected field position contributions. Should have been Kellum Clark of-2021 by now.

I'm not pitch-forking on this topic, with zero depth pitching for SEC Sundays, the staff was probably hoping he could be a 30-40 inning contributor. Pico is needed on Sundays.

Versus OM, going to need decent outings from Siary, Ligon, and Holcombe. I would say awesome outings, but OM has worse pitching issues, just need to be ok. It's like Scott Foxhall is coaching in Oxford these days.

Open question, are Dotson and Loftin unavailable these days?

Numerous scouts disagree w that premise. Said his swing was too long and liked him
More on the mound. Now, w that said, I don't dislike him as a hitter. Just pointing out some things. He can help on both sides.

[HoopsDawg]

Corbin did what i would've done. Left on left and you never put the winning run on base unless it's maybe Barry Bonds and Hines ain't Bonds and as much as our fans have hammered on Hines for not being clutch why not pitch to him ��

Just no way I would have pitched to Hines in that spot and I said so at the time. Glad he did. And glad Hujsak had a good game to make the decision tougher.

[Coach34]

Numerous scouts disagree w that premise. Said his swing was too long and liked him
More on the mound. Now, w that said, I don't dislike him as a hitter. Just pointing out some things. He can help on both sides.

Fair enough- but I don’t see anything special in his arm. If he was a Righty he would be pitching at Co-Lin

[Coach34]

Just no way I would have pitched to Hines in that spot and I said so at the time. Glad he did. And glad Hujsak had a good game to make the decision tougher.

I strangely agree with you. I know metrics and shit say go LonL there- but I also know he watched Little Richey the previous 2 days pound the ball. Baseball is a sport of streaks- I would not have let Hines beat me like that with a base open

[Commercecomet24]

Just no way I would have pitched to Hines in that spot and I said so at the time. Glad he did. And glad Hujsak had a good game to make the decision tougher.

Hines has struggled against lefty's regardless of Saturday. It was the right decision by Corbin just didn't work out. 2 outs left on left against a hitter that can't hit lefty breaking balls. It's almost a no brainer and you never put the winning run on. Hindsight is 20/20, but it's cool if we don't agree on this , that's baseball. Hujsak much better with risp and its lefty righty then.

[Commercecomet24]

I strangely agree with you. I know metrics and shit say go LonL there- but I also know he watched Little Richey the previous 2 days pound the ball. Baseball is a sport of streaks- I would not have let Hines beat me like that with a base open

Actually he struggled Friday night he just had big day Saturday. He can't hit lefty braking balls. It's not metrics just smart baseball. He should've never seen a fastball that was the mistake.

[Coach34]

Hines has struggled against lefty's regardless of Saturday. It was the right decision by Corbin just didn't work out. 2 outs left on left against a hitter that can't hit lefty breaking balls. It's almost a no brainer and you never put the winning run on. Hindsight is 20/20, but it's cool if we don't agree on this , that's baseball. Hujsak much better with risp and its lefty righty then.

And you aren’t wrong here. It’s just kind of a gut decision in-game

[Commercecomet24]

And you aren’t wrong here. It’s just kind of a gut decision in-game

And I 100% agree with you on that and it's also why I'm not making the money Corbin ans Lemonis are making lol!

[Commercecomet24]

I know one thing we can all agree on, they pitched to Hines and he won it!

ETA I hope this weekend for the monkey off Hines back and he keeps raking! He keeps doing this he's a difference maker the rest of the way!

[BeardoMSU]

I know one thing we can all agree on, they pitched to Hines and he won it!

ETA I hope this weekend for the monkey off Hines back and he keeps raking! He keeps doing this he's a difference maker the rest of the way!

The fact he's closed in on DJ's HR numbers is certainly promising, lol.

[msstate7]

I woulda pitched to Hines. Don't like putting the winning run on base and losing the platoon advantage also.

[The Federalist Engineer]

Numerous scouts disagree w that premise. Said his swing was too long and liked him
More on the mound. Now, w that said, I don't dislike him as a hitter. Just pointing out some things. He can help on both sides.

About the same long lefty swing as Clark and Hines. You could say, about the same as Freddie Freeman. People used to say "sweet swing" in reference to LH power swing. Will Clark was pretty long too and WC hit for Average and Power.

I am not a lefty, but seems pretty typical raw lefty power swing. In the Youtube link, he looks more compact than he has appeared for us. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHAZX_747GQ

Just making a joke, but I see no "hitch" like Shotgun used to say about Rowdey.

[msstate7]

About the same long lefty swing as Clark and Hines. You could say, about the same as Freddie Freeman. People used to say "sweet swing" in reference to LH power swing. Will Clark was pretty long too and WC hit for Average and Power.

I am not a lefty, but seems pretty typical raw lefty power swing. In the Youtube link, he looks more compact than he has appeared for us. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHAZX_747GQ

Just making a joke, but I see no "hitch" like Shotgun used to say about Rowdey.

Someone said FF has a long swing? That dude is lightning quick

[Commercecomet24]

Someone said FF has a long swing? That dude is lightning quick

Someone don't know baseball. Freeman has one of the most compact swings in the game. That barrel gets through the zone quick.

[The Federalist Engineer]

Someone don't know baseball. Freeman has one of the most compact swings in the game. That barrel gets through the zone quick.

I get it that FF is awesome, just saying the man is 6' 5" and that long body uncoils. It looks "long", but obviously it's smooth and fast.

That why Stevens at 6-4 has a similar appearance. Yes, he a collegian, is not a MLB all-star.

[Todd4State]

Stevens has a bright future as a player here. He just needs to develop. I could definitely see him being a Team USA guy in 2025.

We don't do him very many favors when we put him in really tough situations.

That home run he gave up today was kind of BS. It looked like a pop up at first.

[Commercecomet24]

I get it that FF is awesome, just saying the man is 6' 5" and that long body uncoils. It looks "long", but obviously it's smooth and fast.

That why Stevens at 6-4 has a similar appearance. Yes, he a collegian, is not a MLB all-star.

I gotcha. Yeah I can get where it could look "long" but Freddie is really short and quick to the ball. But yeah he's a big tall dude for sure.

[CaptainObvious]

Clark had 20-15 vision. He saw the inside of the baseball when it left the pitchers hand he was able to pick up rotation 40 feet from the plate in 1 second or less. There may be some great hitters nowadays in college. There ain't no Will Clarks

[Commercecomet24]

Stevens has a bright future as a player here. He just needs to develop. I could definitely see him being a Team USA guy in 2025.

We don't do him very many favors when we put him in really tough situations.

That home run he gave up today was kind of BS. It looked like a pop up at first.

Yeah when that ball was hit I thought great that's the second out and then it's gone. Wind must've been blowing out big time, because that ball just didn't look hit that well.

[Coach34]

I agree Todd- when the ball left the bat at the angle from TV my first thought was “please don’t let Trout and Dirtbag run into each other”

And then wowwwwwwww

[Bdawg]

Even the guys calling the game thought it was going to be a routine fly

[basedog]

I agree Todd- when the ball left the bat at the angle from TV my first thought was “please don’t let Trout and Dirtbag run into each other”

And then wowwwwwwww

The whistlers wind help that ball a lot!**

[BrunswickDawg]

I gotcha. Yeah I can get where it could look "long" but Freddie is really short and quick to the ball. But yeah he's a big tall dude for sure.

The actual mechanics of the trigger and the swing through contact is compact and fast. I think it is the illusion created by their long arms getting full extension and "long" follow through. A lot of tall lefties (Freddie, Will, Griffey) give you that sweet, "long" swing.
The funniest thing to me is how almost the exact same situation with a rightie just doesn't look as sweet. Think Dale Murphy. I was watching Condon this weekend. He doesn't have the low bat "Waggle" before getting set - but his stride and movement through the ball remind me of Murph's swing.

[StarkVegasSteve]

Stevens has a bright future as a player here. He just needs to develop. I could definitely see him being a Team USA guy in 2025.

We don't do him very many favors when we put him in really tough situations.

That home run he gave up today was kind of BS. It looked like a pop up at first.

We really need to limit Stevens to mid week pitching for now or at least if you're going to put him in, do it at home. He needs to build up some confidence. However, I'm in no way ready to write him off as a pitcher. Just think in the last 5 years the pitchers we've had that have made a jump from year to year. Cole Gordon couldn't get anyone out in 18 and no one could hit him in 19, Leibelt couldn't find the strike zone in 18 and was lights out in 19, Hardin would have a come apart on the mound last year and is now our dang closer. Stevens is a special talent and we really are going to need him next year.

[Commercecomet24]

The actual mechanics of the trigger and the swing through contact is compact and fast. I think it is the illusion created by their long arms getting full extension and "long" follow through. A lot of tall lefties (Freddie, Will, Griffey) give you that sweet, "long" swing.
The funniest thing to me is how almost the exact same situation with a rightie just doesn't look as sweet. Think Dale Murphy. I was watching Condon this weekend. He doesn't have the low bat "Waggle" before getting set - but his stride and movement through the ball remind me of Murph's swing.

Good stuff and you're right, Bruns! Yeah you never hear say a righty with a sweet swing lol! There was one righty who i used to love watching his swing and I studied and that was Edgar Martinez. That dude had a great swing and he could rake. That Condon is a beast!

[The Federalist Engineer]

Good stuff and you're right, Bruns! Yeah you never hear say a righty with a sweet swing lol! There was one righty who i used to love watching his swing and I studied and that was Edgar Martinez. That dude had a great swing and he could rake. That Condon is a beast!

A unique and fascinating tall lefty (6'-6") Darryl Strawberry. Not a 'great' hitter, but you don't get 17 MLB seasons without the tools. Slow-Mo, that's a "long swing". I wonder about DS with Barry Bonds juice, instead of the actual awful things he did to his body.

https://media.tenor.com/dMu2k1xKmYAAAAAM/darryl-strawberry.gif

https://i.gifer.com/RMLG.gif

But as a Right-Handed Hitter myself, I wanted to be Gary Sheffield. That was a Righ-Handed Stud swing. Considered the fastest bat in the last 50 years.

https://i.makeagif.com/media/6-05-2017/ARRWIQ.gif

[Commercecomet24]

A unique and fascinating tall lefty (6'-6") Darryl Strawberry. Not a 'great' hitter, but you don't get 17 MLB seasons without the tools. Slow-Mo, that's a "long swing". I wonder about DS with Barry Bonds juice, instead of the actual awful things he did to his body.

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But as a Right-Handed Hitter myself, I wanted to be Gary Sheffield. That was a Righ-Handed Stud swing. Considered the fastest bat in the last 50 years.

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Man those are some really good finds! Strawberry had so much potential but the addictions turned what could've been a HOF career into just a good one. He did have a long stroke but man the bat speed was insane on that dude!

Sheffield swung a big bat and generated so much freaking bat speed and was comparatively speaking little guy at 5'11" 190 but so strong and compact! You would never teach anyone Sheffields approact but he sure as heck made it work and with all that power the most he ever struck out was 83 times in a season and that was at the end of his career. It seems like every ball he hit was a missle! I hated it when he left the Braves.

ETA Another thing about Sheffield is you wold think you could get him out by throwing soft away but that dude could cover the whole plate. If he was playing today with all the high velo guys throwing he might hit 60 hrs and hit balls to the moon!

[BrunswickDawg]

But as a Right-Handed Hitter myself, I wanted to be Gary Sheffield. That was a Right-Handed Stud swing. Considered the fastest bat in the last 50 years.



Loved Sheff. His swing and approach always reminded me of my very first favorite Atlanta Brave - Gary Matthews. Sarge had quick hands like Sheff and could yank those inside pitches. His swing wasn't as violent as Sheff's. But, they both had bat "waggles" before getting set.

[Commercecomet24]

Loved Sheff. His swing and approach always reminded me of my very first favorite Atlanta Brave - Gary Matthews. Sarge had quick hands like Sheff and could yank those inside pitches. His swing wasn't as violent as Sheff's. But, they both had bat "waggles" before getting set.

Boy you're taking me back in my memories now. The Sarge was very similar to Matthews but as you said not near as violent. You had to know a lot of pitchers were intimidated by Sheffield, dude was menacing at the plate with that bat waggle. It's so amazing to me that, Sheffield with all that violence in his swing didn't K hardly at all. Just an amazing hitter. Matthews was such a great teammate and player. Everyone loved the guy!

[StarkVegasSteve]

Boy you're taking me back in my memories now. The Sarge was very similar to Matthews but as you said not near as violent. You had to know a lot of pitchers were intimidated by Sheffield, dude was menacing at the plate with that bat waggle. It's so amazing to me that, Sheffield with all that violence in his swing didn't K hardly at all. Just an amazing hitter. Matthews was such a great teammate and player. Everyone loved the guy!

Sheffield was a nightmare at the plate if he was facing your team. It just always felt like when you needed to get him out he would put it in the left field bleachers. It was fun those 2 years he was with the Braves because he was finally on my team.

[Homedawg]

SEC team winning 18 games and not hosting is unprecedented the last five years. Or 17 for that matter.

That's not correct

[BrunswickDawg]

Boy you're taking me back in my memories now. The Sarge was very similar to Matthews but as you said not near as violent. You had to know a lot of pitchers were intimidated by Sheffield, dude was menacing at the plate with that bat waggle. It's so amazing to me that, Sheffield with all that violence in his swing didn't K hardly at all. Just an amazing hitter. Matthews was such a great teammate and player. Everyone loved the guy!

Glue Guy. He about willed the '84 Cubs to the Playoffs on his own. So well respected that a guy who hit .291; .410 OBP; 14 HR and 82 RBI's placed 5th in the MVP voting.

[RockyDog]

That's not correct

South Carolina in 2018 didn't host with 17 wins. That's it. You can't count the Kentucky fiasco last year.

[Homedawg]

South Carolina in 2018 didn't host with 17 wins. That's it. You can't count the Kentucky fiasco last year.

So I guess Arkansas w 18 wins in 22 and lsu w 17 wins in 22 don't count??? Neither hosted. So 3 times in the last 5 years tourney's were held it's happened. That's a far cry from none. To make it worse ark had the t third best sec record and a 14 rpi and lsu had the 4th best league record and the 17th best rpi. ...... clearly precedent

[Commercecomet24]

Glue Guy. He about willed the '84 Cubs to the Playoffs on his own. So well respected that a guy who hit .291; .410 OBP; 14 HR and 82 RBI's placed 5th in the MVP voting.

He was one of those players every successful team has to have. Not the superstar or most talented, but the leader in the clubhouse and the guy who always makes the big play when needed. He was one of those players everyone respected and looked up to.