9 Games in - 9 wins

[Tater]

Don't look up what year we last did this (2015).

But this Oak guy has us winning the games we would blow under Lemo and blowing out the games we'd let creep back into competitiveness. Doesn't **** around with leaving folks in.

I could do 15 years of this.

[DEDawg]

Don't look up what year we last did this (2015).

But this Oak guy has us winning the games we would blow under Lemo and blowing out the games we'd let creep back into competitiveness. Doesn't **** around with leaving folks in.

I could do 15 years of this.

We're also blowing teams out midweek when we need to. That means something

[Coach34]

Lemon never had this level of talent. Neither did Polk or Cohen. We are in rare air

[Tater]

If I show up in Hattiesburg and we're 12-0 I'm going to be so ****ing insufferable to the mustard buzzard brigade

[BeardoMSU]

If I show up in Hattiesburg and we're 12-0 I'm going to be so ****ing insufferable to the mustard buzzard brigade

Do it!

[StarkVegasSteve]

Lemon never had this level of talent. Neither did Polk or Cohen. We are in rare air

Yea I don't really know the last time we had this much KNOWN talent. Like yes we had some unknown guys step up in 13, 16, and 21 but we have guys who have done it at this level and done it at this level VERY WELL. Get Teel going and you are going to legit have 5 OFs to choose from at any time. Get Woodson going and you'll have 3 options in the MIF. We know how many options we have on the mound.

I mean this is as complete a team as we've ever had this early in the year.

[Activated Alpha]

We shall see with these next games coming up. This weekend will tell us a lot. If we can come out of this weekend winners, then look out because we will be sniffing a season like 21

[Coach34]

We shall see with these next games coming up. This weekend will tell us a lot. If we can come out of this weekend winners, then look out because we will be sniffing a season like 21

This team is much more talented than 21. But it does lack some experience and can it develop that special mojo? We shall see. It takes more than talent to win it all. It also takes luck and being hot at the right time.

[Skydawg1]

LSU lost to McNeese tonight.

[Ranchdawg]

In other games being played tonight USM beat Bama at Pete Trailer Park, Arkansas State beat Arkansas, Arizona State beat Oklahoma. There is some serious talent out there.

[StarkVegasSteve]

In other games being played tonight USM beat Bama at Pete Trailer Park, Arkansas State beat Arkansas, Arizona State beat Oklahoma. There is some serious talent out there.

USM is for real. I watched some of that one and they looked really good. We're going to have to bring our A game to beat them.

Arkansas, like LSU, always has these weird mid week head scratchers.

ASU is really good. We're going to have our hands full on Friday.

[99jc]

USM is for real. I watched some of that one and they looked really good. We're going to have to bring our A game to beat them.

Arkansas, like LSU, always has these weird mid week head scratchers.

ASU is really good. We're going to have our hands full on Friday.

I think that should say they need their A game to beat Us!

[PGHBulldogBG]

We need to bring our A game to win the next 4 games. We play 4 teams that will most likely be in the field of 64.

[StarkVegasSteve]

I think that should say they need their A game to beat Us!

They will. Playing us in Hattiesburg is their Super Bowl every year.

[Goldendawg]

They will. Playing us in Hattiesburg is their Super Bowl every year.

We should never play them at Hardy High in any sport. We just help prop them up financially my entire life as they price gouge on ticket prices and try to limit tickets to State fans. This is always their "Super Bowl" and really just another game to us.

Regarding football, when we had to take those terrible trips to play them in Jackson, not only was the game their "Super Bowl", their style of play often led to injuries to our players. It was then back to SEC play for us and playing nobodies for them.

Drop them in all sports ASAP, unless the games are in Starkville, long overdue.

[StarkVegasSteve]

We should never play them at Hardy High in any sport. We just help prop them up financially my entire life as they price gouge on ticket prices and try to limit tickets to State fans. This is always their "Super Bowl" and really just another game to us.

Regarding football, when we had to take those terrible trips to play them in Jackson, not only was the game their "Super Bowl", their style of play often led to injuries to our players. It was then back to SEC play for us and playing nobodies for them.

Drop them in all sports ASAP, unless the games are in Starkville, long overdue.

You will get no arguments from me. I think it's asinine to play them in Hattiesburg in any sport. Much less one of the big 3.

[CaptainObvious]

ASU on Friday morning at 11 AM. They play Oklahoma in Norman again tonight. After beating the Sooners 15-3 last night I hope they play 16 innings tonight and use 10 pitchers!

Va. Tech lost big to Rutgers and then beat them in 2 one run games.

UCLA lost again last night to SDSU.

I expect us to go 2-1 this weekend, but State could lose 2 or win all 3. Huge weekend.

[confucius say]

Too early to know just how good we are.

McPherson hasn't shown he can be a dominant Friday guy, and Foster has sucked on Sundays.
The left side of our infield has struggled to field it. We are average at catcher.
And we've played nobody with a pulse. The arms we've seen have largely sucked.

None of that is to say we can't be very good.

[StarkVegasSteve]

Too early to know just how good we are.

McPherson hasn't shown he can be a dominant Friday guy, and Foster has sucked on Sundays.
The left side of our infield has struggled to field it. We are average at catcher.
And we've played nobody with a pulse. The arms we've seen have largely sucked.

None of that is to say we can't be very good.

We're going to know A LOT about our team Tuesday night about 10 PM. 3 of these next 4 are NCAAT teams and if you told me right now that they all hosted, it wouldn't shock me. We're about to take a major step up in competition.

[Todd4State]

We're going to know A LOT about our team Tuesday night about 10 PM. 3 of these next 4 are NCAAT teams and if you told me right now that they all hosted, it wouldn't shock me. We're about to take a major step up in competition.

It is a BIG opportunity for this team. But this is why they come to play for MSU baseball to play in prestigious tournaments and against top 25 teams.

USM might be the toughest because they are confident right now and as we know this will be their World Series. They're going to be good at pitching as long as Ostrander is there. Also, we don't know how healthy Kirk is. We may very well be starting Maddox Miller that game. That's a tough assignment his first start if that is the case.

This weekend will be tough but I wouldn't be surprised if we play well. And sure, we might lose all three and to USM but this team will be there in the end. We also could get some wins that will go a long way as far as hosting for us.

[Coach34]

Filling out that line-up card this weekend gets alot harder and decisions at 3B for Cheese becomes more important

[shoeless joe]

Filling out that line-up card this weekend gets alot harder and decisions at 3B for Cheese becomes more important

i don't get to watch much this time of year. other than getting frei hosed by 60 this past weekend have there been other poor sends/holds by the coach?

[DawgFromOxford]

i don't get to watch much this time of year. other than getting frei hosed by 60 this past weekend have there been other poor sends/holds by the coach?

Theres been a few questionable calls to send the runner home. My biggest gripe is with whoever is teaching our guys to swipe 2nd on balls in the dirt. I understand the premise but we've had way too many guys get thrown out because they get a late read/jump and try to steal 2nd anyways.

[Coach34]

i don't get to watch much this time of year. other than getting frei hosed by 60 this past weekend have there been other poor sends/holds by the coach?

9 games in and we have lost 7-8 guys on the basepaths.

A couple of years ago I tried to explain that runners dont know the game the way they used to which is why it was happening alot in today's game. But I was told over and over that it was Cheese's fault and we didnt teach baserunning. So now that the same problems persist under a new coach- it's BOC's fault and our 3rd base coach is the new Cheese

[shoeless joe]

9 games in and we have lost 7-8 guys on the basepaths.

A couple of years ago I tried to explain that runners dont know the game the way they used to which is why it was happening alot in today's game. But I was told over and over that it was Cheese's fault and we didnt teach baserunning. So now that the same problems persist under a new coach- it's BOC's fault and our 3rd base coach is the new Cheese

gotcha...just haven't seen as much as i'd like of the games.

and you're 100% right on players not innately understanding situations like they used to...even at high levels. i blame the travel ball culture....but i won't go down that road at the moment.

[BrunswickDawg]

gotcha...just haven't seen as much as i'd like of the games.

and you're 100% right on players not innately understanding situations like they used to...even at high levels. i blame the travel ball culture....but i won't go down that road at the moment.

Even MLB shifted away from station-to-station base running and in particular stolen bases - so it's not just travel ball. The mistakes at MLB are less, but frankly when you don't run or run aggressively, there are fewer "mistakes" to be made.

[Todd4State]

Even MLB shifted away from station-to-station base running and in particular stolen bases - so it's not just travel ball. The mistakes at MLB are less, but frankly when you don't run or run aggressively, there are fewer "mistakes" to be made.

Exactly. People act like baserunning mistakes are something that should never ever happen and that's just not reality. It's harder than it looks- which is why teams for years have had coaches out there to try to help. It depends on the specific play but a lot of it is about reads and having spatial awareness as well as understanding the abilities of the opponents players especially the catcher and the outfielders.

There are entire videos on youtube dedicated to nothing but MLB players making baserunning mistakes. Most way worse than anything MSU has done so far this year.

The thing about being aggressive on the bases too is no one notices when you take an extra base and it works or a player scores because he made a good read on a ball in the dirt.

[Todd4State]

9 games in and we have lost 7-8 guys on the basepaths.

A couple of years ago I tried to explain that runners dont know the game the way they used to which is why it was happening alot in today's game. But I was told over and over that it was Cheese's fault and we didnt teach baserunning. So now that the same problems persist under a new coach- it's BOC's fault and our 3rd base coach is the new Cheese

It wasn't always Cheese's fault. But he was pretty bad. And way worse than McMullen. I can almost guarantee you that we go over baserunning more than Lemonis. And defense too.

[SmokeyDawg]

I want to go 4-0 this next stretch, but if we lose one and face some adversity, it'd be a good weekend for it.
We need to see how we face some adversity before this sec schedule. This era is about building a team each year, and chemistry still matters in baseball.

[shoeless joe]

Even MLB shifted away from station-to-station base running and in particular stolen bases - so it's not just travel ball. The mistakes at MLB are less, but frankly when you don't run or run aggressively, there are fewer "mistakes" to be made.

not really even sure what you're saying here? station to station baseball is the opposite of being aggressive and taking the extra base.

and what i mean when i say that i blame the travel ball culture...not travel ball itself is this...there is less emphasis on game by game small details. the concern is tilted more toward showing off skills versus actually playing good baseball. this is very evident at the high school level and in some ways leaks into the higher levels. i'm not anti travel ball, at the high school level the teams that have a lot of players that play it are better because of all the game experience. if i have players that don't play i try to find them a team. but it's a double edged sword. i've been in the game a long time and the travel culture has definitely had some negative impacts.

[BrunswickDawg]

not really even sure what you're saying here? station to station baseball is the opposite of being aggressive and taking the extra base.

and what i mean when i say that i blame the travel ball culture...not travel ball itself is this...there is less emphasis on game by game small details. the concern is tilted more toward showing off skills versus actually playing good baseball. this is very evident at the high school level and in some ways leaks into the higher levels. i'm not anti travel ball, at the high school level the teams that have a lot of players that play it are better because of all the game experience. if i have players that don't play i try to find them a team. but it's a double edged sword. i've been in the game a long time and the travel culture has definitely had some negative impacts.

Station to station definitely can be aggressive with baserunning. SB, Hit and Run, Sac Bunts, squeeze plays are all station to station - as opposed to the MLB/Travel ball focus on HR, launch angle, and selfish hitting approaches. With that approach your time and skills are focused differently so you don't develop the same tools and skill set

[shoeless joe]

Station to station definitely can be aggressive with baserunning. SB, Hit and Run, Sac Bunts, squeeze plays are all station to station - as opposed to the MLB/Travel ball focus on HR, launch angle, and selfish hitting approaches. With that approach your time and skills are focused differently so you don't develop the same tools and skill set

i think we are saying the same thing...you're just using the term differently than i do. to me station to station is sitting back and waiting on a hit ball to advance a runner versus steals, bunts, taking an extra base is what i would say is aggressive baserunning. other than our use of that term we are on the same page here i believe.