Game 1 vs Mizzou

[HoopsDawg]

Lemon went with Long at Catcher, Powell at DH. Have to assume Hujsak and Downs are still hurt.

[Coach34]

Interesting with Pulliam in RF

[Ranchdawg]

Damn I wish I was in Starkville. Be there tomorrow. Let’s lace ‘‘em up tight and let’s play ball.

[EdwardDrayton]

Damn I wish I was in Starkville. Be there tomorrow. Let’s lace ‘‘em up tight and let’s play ball.

For some reason thought we were on the road this week. Nice surprise when I flipped on the tube and saw The Dude. Wish I was there as well. But taking my son to the Indy 500 next weekend and back to back travel weekends too much for this old body.

[trob115]

Ashame we couldn't put Larry in the outfield, but he has zero arm. We need CH back in cf badly, also missing his bat.

[Brobi-wan]

Crocodile Rock sounds great on the organ.

[Brobi-wan]

The middle aged gentleman in the LFL that was on camera is what I think Keenum would look like if he drank Coors banquet

[murphdawg503]

Really hope ths Hugesack injury is not as serious as it seems, that's 5 in a row without him now...
Have we gotten any recent word on his return?

[CaptainObvious]

Ump all over the place running Stephen pitch count up. Unfortunately Khal has shown him up a couple of times so he will have to throw them down the middle now.

[magrooder]

Ump all over the place running Stephen pitch count up. Unfortunately Khal has shown him up a couple of times so he will have to throw them down the middle now.

He's calling pitches like he's being fooled

[magrooder]

Ump did better that inning, now we need some offense

[trob115]

Ump is trash. We need a big inning here.

[magrooder]

Chance with a solo shot

[Saltydog]

Kahl has to have pinpoint control. When he doesn't this is the result.

[CaptainObvious]

Stephen getting squeeze brought all of this on. But still they are crushing it on him so these pitches are flat!

[Ranchdawg]

Tied at 3 a piece in the 6th inning. Are you kidding me! Mizzu the last place team in the conference.

[Brobi-wan]

One of those strikes was in Kohler’s batter box.

[Brobi-wan]

Way safe

[Brobi-wan]

They got the local nursing home calling this game? Geez

[Coach34]

Tied at 3 a piece in the 6th inning. Are you kidding me! Mizzu the last place team in the conference.

damn man- Mizzou hasnt been getting run ruled on the reg. They have been very competitive and swept Fla.

[EdwardDrayton]

Tyson feelin' it

[DownwardDawg]

Tyson feelin' it

For 2 batters....

[Coach34]

He's trying to throw an out pitch on every pitch and getting behind

[DownwardDawg]

This is scary..

[EdwardDrayton]

For 2 batters....

Yep. I jinxed him.

[DownwardDawg]

Whew!!! Man he was money against those first 2 batters.

[DownwardDawg]

Yep. I jinxed him.

You did!!! I was thinking what you typed!! But don't type it!!! Haha!!

[EdwardDrayton]

You did!!! I was thinking what you typed!! But don't type it!!! Haha!!

Tyson acted like he got a couple of balls from the ump that just didn't feel right to him.

[MoreCowbell]

Long is terrible

[DownwardDawg]

We better wake up. 4 runs won't win it.

[DownwardDawg]

Long is terrible

Yes. Wasted bat.

[Cowbell]

Long is terrible

The worst Batters stance in history. I'm let down that 34 doesn't have him nicknamed. He looks like lemonis love child though so I call him Lemon jr

[Coach34]

The worst Batters stance in history. I'm let down that 34 doesn't have him nicknamed. He looks like lemonis love child though so I call him Lemon jr

We knew he couldnt hit coming in. Defensive specialist the pitcher's love back there

[Coach34]

Ump just not giving the inside corner tonight. Terrible

[Cowbell]

We knew he couldnt hit coming in. Defensive specialist the pitcher's love back there

Is he though?

[somebodyshotmypaw]

We knew he couldnt hit coming in. Defensive specialist the pitcher's love back there

The defensive specialist just had a passed ball.

[Coach34]

The defensive specialist just had a passed ball.

Yep. Wont be his last either

[CaptainObvious]

We knew he couldnt hit coming in. Defensive specialist the pitcher's love back there

When did you interview the pitchers to get this information about them loving Long long time?

[DownwardDawg]

Woo!!!

[EdwardDrayton]

Very nice job Tyson. Comes inside edge to set up the outside edge third strike.

[MBDawg601]

Say what you want. Long can frame it up.

[EdwardDrayton]

The defensive specialist just had a passed ball.

That was an especially bad whiff.

[Roy Munson]

Come on bud. Love you but long is dog shit. That?s like 9 pass balls, hasn?t thrown out one runner and hits the weight of a cheerleader. And having your ?alpha? as a dog shit player tells you all you need to know.

[Coach34]

When did you interview the pitchers to get this information about them loving Long long time?

This comes from a Starkvillian thats got a pretty good idea of whats going on

(Haha- not Rosebowl)

[Coach34]

Come on bud. Love you but long is dog shit. That?s like 9 pass balls, hasn?t thrown out one runner and hits the weight of a cheerleader. And having your ?alpha? as a dog shit player tells you all you need to know.

I'm not saying Long is great/good/or anything else. I am telling you why he plays whether any of us agree or not.

The passed balls are concerning but he does steal 5-6-7 borderline pitches a game as well.

[EdwardDrayton]

Horse$hite

[Mjoelner34]

Wow! That may be the biggest bullshit call I have ever seen!

[mparkerfd20]

Worst call I?ve seen in baseball this year

[Saltydog]

That was an absolute BS call on Hines. That's effing horrible.

[trob115]

Wow another turd by the replay office

[RockyDog]

Do they employ retards in Bham?

[Bdawg]

What the hell was Hunter supposed to do. Somebody hates us!!! This is BS and people need to be exposed at the SEC office

[Saltydog]

Yeah, he just has trouble catching and throwing it but he makes up for it by being shitty offensively.

[bulldogcountry1]

Once again, the nameless, faceless people in BH screw is.

[Dawgology]

The official on the field even said “I called it right but Birmingham made the call”.

[EdwardDrayton]

Bad enough that we have innumerable gratuitous replays in games now but then we get a totally absurd call on top of it.

[maroonmania]

I'm serious. Somebody in B'ham literally hates us. So Hines gets called safe ONLY because he slid in to the base with the fielder coming off the base. If he hadn't slid into the base he could have just been tagged out. BS call. Probably the same jackass that cost us the Saturday Georgia game.

[mparkerfd20]

Go to hell Birmingham

[Brobi-wan]

The dude was in the baseline. Wtf are you supposed to do? Now we won?t pitch Davis again all weekend. Is Davis refusing to pitch more than once or is it the staff?

[RockyDog]

We hosting. Congrats Lemon!!!!!!

[maroonmania]

Go to hell Birmingham

Birmingham has ruined the integrity of SEC baseball.

[BeardoMSU]

Great win. Too close, but I'll take it.

[Mjoelner34]

Huge win! Especially the way the weather is looking.

[maroonmania]

The dude was in the baseline. Wtf are you supposed to do? Now we won?t pitch Davis again all weekend. Is Davis refusing to pitch more than once or is it the staff?

Yep, they get a double play by making a throwing error?? WTF?

[EdwardDrayton]

Yeoman's work by our Dawgs. Round 2 at 3:00 tomorrow.

[Coach34]

Auburn beats Bama G1

[Bdawg]

Is there a decent reporter out there who could did into this Bham mess? This crap has to end now!!

[Activated Alpha]

Good win where we weren?t very sharp at the plate. Did enough on both sides of the diamond. Birmingham review booth needs to be burned to the ground after that horseshit call. Right now I have about a 3% faith in anything going in our favor when you get those clowns involved. It was a miracle they overturned Larry SB

[Coach34]

Is there a decent reporter out there who could did into this Bham mess? This crap has to end now!!

As they showed on relay- Hunter's legs kicked inside the baseline and thats why the call was made. In today's softass sports- thats technically illegal and thus the reason for the DP

[Bdawg]

Yep, they get a double play by making a throwing error?? WTF?

Yeah that’s ridiculous. I may could see it if he was on the bag, but a crap throw pulled him way off. Hunter has to slide early to avoid a tag or running into him. What a crap call.

[RockyDog]

Lemons for lifetime contract!

[Bdawg]

As they showed on relay- Hunter's legs kicked inside the baseline and thats why the call was made. In today's softass sports- thats technically illegal and thus the reason for the DP

Dude slid directly in the path of the base. Not even sure if his feet even hit the guy. May have been his shins or knees. His feet were dragging the ground too, so it?s not like he lifted them. I think the crap throw made Hunter slide early and possibly caused Hunter to slide partially sideways. And another thing, why is Bham even turning the call over when the on field ump is directly staring at it 7 feet away??
Bham should be conversing with the on field ump who made the call

[Coach34]

Dude slid directly in the path of the base. Not even sure if his feet even hit the guy. May have been his shins or knees. His feet were dragging the ground too, so it?s not like he lifted them. I think the crap throw made Hunter slide early and possibly caused Hunter to slide partially sideways. And another thing, why is Bham even turning the call over when the on field ump is directly staring at it 7 feet away??
Bham should be conversing with the on field ump who made the call

I'm not saying I agree with it. Hunter did slide into the base. BUTTTTT- his feet were not straight as his knees bent and went inside at the fielder and he did make contact.

I dont like or agree with the rule- but I can see why they called it after seeing the hind view of his slide

[Saltydog]

As they showed on relay- Hunter's legs kicked inside the baseline and thats why the call was made. In today's softass sports- thats technically illegal and thus the reason for the DP

Legs didn't go sideways until he was past the second baseman so NO, it was a bad call.....

[Commercecomet24]

I'm not saying I agree with it. Hunter did slide into the base. BUTTTTT- his feet were not straight as his knees bent and went inside at the fielder and he did make contact.

I dont like or agree with the rule- but I can see why they called it after seeing the hind view of his slide

What I'm seeing all over baseball and it's trickling down from mlb, is this mamby pamby soft crap! It's not the game I grew up playing or the way I've taught it! Baseball is an awesome game when you get the administrative turds out of the way!

[Bdawg]

I'm not saying I agree with it. Hunter did slide into the base. BUTTTTT- his feet were not straight as his knees bent and went inside at the fielder and he did make contact.

I dont like or agree with the rule- but I can see why they called it after seeing the hind view of his slide

Gotta make sure your feet and ass are perfectly in line from now on. BS call because he didn’t maliciously go after the runner. I guess his feet were 2-3 feet out of baseline that’s as wide as the bases themself. Shit rule

[Bdawg]

What I'm seeing all over baseball and it's trickling down from mlb, is this mamby pamby soft crap! It's not the game I grew up playing or the way I've taught it! Baseball is an awesome game when you get the administrative turds out of the way!

It’s way past time to not know who these people are that are making these calls

[Coach34]

What I'm seeing all over baseball and it's trickling down from mlb, is this mamby pamby soft crap! It's not the game I grew up playing or the way I've taught it! Baseball is an awesome game when you get the administrative turds out of the way!

agree completely

[Coach34]

Legs didn't go sideways until he was past the second baseman so NO, it was a bad call.....

thats not true because there would have been no contact had his feet not been inside

[HoopsDawg]

thats not true because there would have been no contact had his feet not been inside

Looked like Hines was trying to avoid hurting the guy. If he slid perfectly straight, the guy might have gotten hurt worse. Oh well. We got the win. These goobers in Bham need to let the call stand unless they are 100% sure.

[Coursesuper]

What I'm seeing all over baseball and it's trickling down from mlb, is this mamby pamby soft crap! It's not the game I grew up playing or the way I've taught it! Baseball is an awesome game when you get the administrative turds out of the way!

Can?t argue with this. The officiating in the SEC is poor for the most part across the board. There are a few good crews that are consistent but for it to be a poor as it is in our league sux . With the $$ and revenue production that occurs there is no excuse for the horseshit that happens weekly.

[DownwardDawg]

Big win!! Had to have that one. Gotta have one more but hopefully two more!!!

[BrunswickDawg]

What I'm seeing all over baseball and it's trickling down from mlb, is this mamby pamby soft crap! It's not the game I grew up playing or the way I've taught it! Baseball is an awesome game when you get the administrative turds out of the way!

Imagine what they would do if they caught players sharpening their spikes and "accidentally" cutting someone when breaking up a double play. Not that we would have ever done that in our time.....

[GolfDawg]

RPI dropped to #20. When I look at who?s ahead of us besides Bama on the RPI list, it makes me worry that we might just miss out on hosting

[Cooterpoot]

RPI dropped to #20. When I look at who?s ahead of us besides Bama on the RPI list, it makes me worry that we might just miss out on hosting

It's an uphill battle. We need a sweep and some luck or a couple tourney wins.

[HoopsDawg]

RPI dropped to #20. When I look at who?s ahead of us besides Bama on the RPI list, it makes me worry that we might just miss out on hosting

Frustrating that so many on this board argued with me about our horrible non conference. Hopefully they finally see what I was talking about but I doubt it. Pretty terrible job by Lemonis putting that together. He's not the best decision maker at times.

[RockyDog]

RPI means nothing. Lemons is hosting. Book it

[Leeshouldveflanked]

We hosting. Congrats Lemon!!!!!!
Not hosting yet.

[Cooterpoot]

Frustrating that so many on this board argued with me about our horrible non conference. Hopefully they finally see what I was talking about but I doubt it. Pretty terrible job by Lemonis putting that together. He's not the best decision maker at times.

"At Times"

[Commercecomet24]

Can?t argue with this. The officiating in the SEC is poor for the most part across the board. There are a few good crews that are consistent but for it to be a poor as it is in our league sux . With the $$ and revenue production that occurs there is no excuse for the horseshit that happens weekly.

Multi billion dollar league and the officiating in every sport is sub par. Ridiculous

[Commercecomet24]

Imagine what they would do if they caught players sharpening their spikes and "accidentally" cutting someone when breaking up a double play. Not that we would have ever done that in our time.....

Yeah that stuff never happened, lol! I was a ss and it was just an expected part of the game. You settled it on the field. If guys came in hard I learned to jump and "accidentally" come down on them with my cleats or throw sidearm to make them get down or catch one in the chops. And there was always your pitchers who could send a message as well. It was just part of the game. Everything was settled on the field not in an executive office somewhere

[CaptainObvious]

Auburn beat Bama so that helps. Wake Forest getting run-ruled by NC State 14-3 hurts.

[Coach34]

Frustrating that so many on this board argued with me about our horrible non conference. Hopefully they finally see what I was talking about but I doubt it. Pretty terrible job by Lemonis putting that together. He's not the best decision maker at times.

I'm still waiting for you to explain how scheduling tougher and losing more games would help us more now?

[Coach34]

Auburn beat Bama so that helps. Wake Forest getting run-ruled by NC State 14-3 hurts.

Even if Bama wins the next 2- I dont see a 14-16 Bama in the SEC hosting over us

Duke got a boost beating NC last night
UC Santa Barbara starts their series on the road with 92 RPI Cal St Northridge and then they host 268 RPI UC Riverside for 3 starting Thursday. That will likely drop them behind us.
We'll also get a decent RPI game or two in Hoover also

[ScoobaDawg]

We will end up either being 5th or 6th in the SEC.
So will have either 1st game of the day vs 11 or last game of the day against 12.

You have LSU, UM, and UF all tied with 11-17 records. So we would end up getting one of those.
UM would be the highest rpi currently at 25, while LSU and UF are 32 and 33.

But RPI wont really matter. we are at 20 and even with a sweep its predicted to drop to 23 now.

[KOdawg1]

Give me OM so we can have a 3-2 head to head record against them this year despite losing the series. Would be hilarious

[Activated Alpha]

Give me OM so we can have a 3-2 head to head record against them this year despite losing the series. Would be hilarious

Or a kick in the nuts because

A) we suck like tickled dicks in the SEC tournament

B) they would have a winning record over us this year (which isn?t that big of a deal to me this year because we have wiped our asses with them over the last decade)

[KOdawg1]

Or a kick in the nuts because

A) we suck like tickled dicks in the SEC tournament

B) they would have a winning record over us this year (which isn?t that big of a deal to me this year because we have wiped our asses with them over the last decade)
I ain't scared of them.