Cocky Rubber match

[parabrave]

stallman gets his chance to excel in the Leadoff. Cupp back at short. Going for the error trifecta.

O/U on balls thrown 5 ft of either side of 1st. 2.

[EdwardDrayton]

stallman gets his chance to excel in the Leadoff. Cupp back at short. Going for the error trifecta.

O/U on balls thrown 5 ft of either side of 1st. 2.

I see your 2 and raise you 1.

[Coach34]

Good 1st by Ligon. Let's hit the ball

[parabrave]

Well no errors no runs in 1st. Thats an improvement.

[Saltydog]

We "should" be able to hit their starter. He has two pitches and neither is overwhelming.

[parabrave]

Dam HH straighten it out.

[Coach34]

bad luck continues for this team. Stallman slaps hit hard off the pitcher- bounces straight to the 3rd baseman

[Coursesuper]

bad luck continues for this team. Stallman slaps hit hard off the pitcher- bounces straight to the 3rd baseman

That’s baseball.

[EdwardDrayton]

We "should" be able to hit their starter. He has two pitches and neither is overwhelming.

Altruistically endeavoring to improve Sunday ERAs everywhere. *****

[Coach34]

3 good ones from Ligon so far. Need to get some here

[EdwardDrayton]

Damn ump.

[EdwardDrayton]

Good job Karson. Didn't let the sorry ump rattle you.

[EdwardDrayton]

Finally we scratch against this dude.

[EdwardDrayton]

HH with another oppo. Beautiful.

[EdwardDrayton]

Ha! Scored that a double. Bart must have slid the scorer a Franklin.

[EdwardDrayton]

We're finally awake at the plate.

[parabrave]

HH at 14 straight games with a hit now.

[bigbub50]

I never stopped believing.

[EdwardDrayton]

I never stopped believing.

We could see he was determined to make the adjustments. It didn't produce results immediately but he stuck with it. Kudos to him and glad it paid off for him.

[DownwardDawg]

I never stopped believing.

Hahaha!!! Gonna play Journey on my computer at work now. Good stuff.

[KOdawg1]

If I thought Ligon could consistently do this in the future, I'd get excited.

[Coursesuper]

HH at 14 straight games with a hit now.

Finally decided to grow as a hitter and it’s paying off for him. Approach is miles ahead of early season.

[Lord McBuckethead]

You kidding. He only looked to start making adjustments like two and half weeks ago. And like a little leaguer, he remembered how to hit an outside pitch the other way, finally.

With his skill, he should be batting .400 with twice as many extra base hits. If he constantly looks to hit the other way, his power numbers will skyrocket. Plus people will not be able to shift with runners on.

[Lord McBuckethead]

Becker is throwing some flat balls, time to choke up and single this guy to death. Let?s go.

[Lord McBuckethead]

Hines should have hit that first pitch into the parking lot.

[Lord McBuckethead]

Damn, tried to pull a high outside pitch.

[Lord McBuckethead]

Everyone should sit breaking ball on this guy. Don?t miss it.

[EdwardDrayton]

If I thought Ligon could consistently do this in the future, I'd get excited.

I mean hopefully he continues to improve but Missouri is a better hitting team than South Carolina.

[EdwardDrayton]

You kidding. He only looked to start making adjustments like two and half weeks ago. And like a little leaguer, he remembered how to hit an outside pitch the other way, finally.

With his skill, he should be batting .400 with twice as many extra base hits. If he constantly looks to hit the other way, his power numbers will skyrocket. Plus people will not be able to shift with runners on.

He's been working at it longer than that Buck.

[Lord McBuckethead]

I said it 5 minutes ago, everyone obviously should be looking breaking ball from this guy. HH, Steven?s, and the 2nd baseman all watching 80 mph meat pitches go down the pipe.

[Lord McBuckethead]

He's been working at it longer than that Buck.

Yeah, but before 12 games ago, he looked like shit doing it. 12 games ago, he started to actually swing the bat without hesitation to hit the other direction.

Also, before 12 games ago, he couldn?t hit anything.

Fact being, he had this same problem for last season and the season before that. Total failure by him and the coaching staff to not work on this very specific skill over the last 26 months.

[parabrave]

Get the BP ready. Don't need Ligon to be left hanging,

[EdwardDrayton]

Get the BP ready. Don't need Ligon to be left hanging,

Yep. And don't want to risk tainting a fine outing for him.

[Coach34]

Fact being, he had this same problem for last season . Total failure by him.

14 game hitting streak

He hit .296 with 22 Hr's as a Soph

He refused to change last season and the beginning of this season. Much like a drug user- people have to hit rock bottom sometime to get it thru their thick heads. He changed his approach finally and good things are happening

[Coach34]

Yep. And don't want to risk tainting a fine outing for him.

McPh and Williams need to pitch some this weekend. Pull Ligon and let him feel great about today's 6 scoreless

[EdwardDrayton]

McPh and Williams need to pitch some this weekend. Pull Ligon and let him feel great out about today's 6 scoreless

Absolutely

[Activated Alpha]

How many times does Becker have to throw first pitch breaking ball for a strike before Geaut tells our hitters to sit on it?

[Lord McBuckethead]

1-1 count. Good time for a hit and run.

[Lord McBuckethead]

How many times does Becker have to throw first pitch breaking ball for a strike before Geaut tells our hitters to sit on it?

Apparently 15 batters. By the way, I picked up on it on his second batter. Just let the fastball go. If he wants to catch plate with a breaking ball, crush it.

[parabrave]

14 game hitting streak

He hit .296 with 22 Hr's as a Soph

He refused to change last season and the beginning of this season. Much like a drug user- people have to hit rock bottom sometime to get it thru their thick heads. He changed his approach finally and good things are happening

getting sat for a few games always is an attitude changer. Granted he was already working on getting better but getting splinters makes you work harder.

[EdwardDrayton]

getting sat for a few games always is an attitude changer. Granted he was already working on getting better but getting splinters makes you work harder.

And allows a break from working on it in front of 8,000 people when it's not quite yet producing results.

[parabrave]

Hey Parker has ED on in the dugout. Simmons in to close it out hopefully.

[parabrave]

And allows a break from working on it in front of 8,000 people when it's not quite yet producing results.

KC took a Drubbing today. Ouch.

[EdwardDrayton]

Hey Parker has ED on in the dugout. Simmons in to close it out hopefully.

Whatever makes it happen!! LOL!!! A little surprised to see Stone though.

[EdwardDrayton]

KC took a Drubbing today. Ouch.

We opted to stay home because of the original weather forecast. Then they pushed it to later this afternoon so we likely would have been OK. Oh well. Sounds like we would not have liked how his outing went down.

[Coach34]

Simmons getting his full velo back. Another positive moving forward

[EdwardDrayton]

Now that was just plain nasty.

[Lord McBuckethead]

Apparently 15 batters. By the way, I picked up on it on his second batter. Just let the fastball go. If he wants to catch plate with a breaking ball, crush it.

Alright, well I guess we just can?t touch this guys Hall of Fame worthy curve ball.

[Lord McBuckethead]

Alright boys. 8 pitches away from this being a game.

[parabrave]

We opted to stay home because of the original weather forecast. Then they pushed it to later this afternoon so we likely would have been OK. Oh well. Sounds like we would not have liked how his outing went down.

well don't look across the bay cause you about to get a good drenching. Tornado warning for Mobile area and we got 4 inches in Biloxi. All headed to ya

[magrooder]

Simmons strikes him out with 5 straight strikes.

[magrooder]

This ump is crap

[Lord McBuckethead]

Well, Stone is just trying to strike everyone out. So it took 12 pitches.

[Lord McBuckethead]

Damn good pitching today by the boys in Maroon. We should have swept these guys. Keep it up boys. Stay away from ugly chicks for the rest of the season.

[Leroy Jenkins]

It almost seems like the game is easier when you don't give up unearned runs.

[parabrave]

no Errors and only 5 LOB always helps out, and only 1 free base,

[Coach34]

Should have swept but won the series like we had to. Now we have to win next weekend's. And the one after that. And the one after that.

Back against the wall- got to keep responding

[Ranchdawg]

Good game! No completely stupid errors. No base running errors. Decent hitting. Quality pitching. Sure it is USCe but why couldn’t we play like this earlier in the season.

[EdwardDrayton]

This ump is crap

He was not great today.

[EdwardDrayton]

well don't look across the bay cause you about to get a good drenching. Tornado warning for Mobile area and we got 4 inches in Biloxi. All headed to ya

Yep. Wind picking up and skies darkening on the east side of the bay. I'm ten minutes from the Fairhope pier. Just called the dogs in.

[EdwardDrayton]

It almost seems like the game is easier when you don't give up unearned runs.

'<slow clap>

[maroonmania]

Well, won the series so season at least still remains on life support for now.

[EdwardDrayton]

Well, won the series so season at least still remains on life support for now.

Too bad we don't have a DNR. *****

[maroonmania]

Too bad we don't have a DNR. *****

LOL

[sandjunky]

All you lemonade haters can go to hell - we?re back baby!!!










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[Turfdawg67]

Serious question. Are SC fans upset with where their program is or do they not care. Didn?t they win TWO natties within the last 10-15 years?

[The Federalist Engineer]

Glad for the win. Now take two from Bama and the team can start playing spoiler.

If only this team had taken Saturday from OU and one from Texas, would be a respectable 5-7.

Simmons as long relief was my original thought. With Hungate, Simmons, and Black you should be able to get 6 to 12 innings per weekend. Now what happened to Gavin Black?

[Todd4State]

Serious question. Are SC fans upset with where their program is or do they not care. Didn?t they win TWO natties within the last 10-15 years?

You know, I think they're kind of similar to us in some ways. They won a couple of NC's with Ray Tanner and I think they kind of lived off of those for awhile and made Tanner the AD and he made some bad hires for their head coaching position and so they have been underachieving for awhile now. South Carolina has had some success in other sports hiring guys like Spurrier and Holtz after they were past their prime so I think are trying to do the same in baseball with Manieri. Not sure it will work for them.

[Todd4State]

Glad for the win. Now take two from Bama and the team can start playing spoiler.

If only this team had taken Saturday from OU and one from Texas, would be a respectable 5-7.

Simmons as long relief was my original thought. With Hungate, Simmons, and Black you should be able to get 6 to 12 innings per weekend. Now what happened to Gavin Black?

I heard that Black is hurt.

[StarkVegasSteve]

Has anyone checked on some of the Loungers? South Carolina didn't tweet at them for the hospitality. Almost like teams only do it to rub salt in the wound when the beat us and they're not actually praising them. That'd be crazy though. That'd mean they're making fun of them and we've been told that was ludicrous.