Baseball vs UCLA

[BeardoMSU]

Duke on the bump tomorrow. Nice!

https://twitter.com/i/status/2027957533604778329

[Coach34]

UCLA has started a RHP the first 2 weekends on Sunday that hasnt made it out of the 4th inning yet. Our line-up vs RHP's is ridiculous. Wondering if they go with the same guy 3 weeks in a row

[BeardoMSU]

UCLA has started a RHP the first 2 weekends on Sunday that hasnt made it out of the 4th inning yet. Our line-up vs RHP's is ridiculous. Wondering if they go with the same guy 3 weeks in a row

Curious about that too. Guess we'll find out.

[Coursesuper]

UCLA has started a RHP the first 2 weekends on Sunday that hasnt made it out of the 4th inning yet. Our line-up vs RHP's is ridiculous. Wondering if they go with the same guy 3 weeks in a row

We shall see. Stone has thrown pretty well for us let’s hope he continues this. UCLA is solid, a lineup a lot like ours, but one that has played together for a while. If we can jump on them early it will help us and get in their pen, in that hasn’t been used much this weekend. I like where we sit, we have a lot of bullpen left and this will be a great test.

[Tater]

Honestly this is about as good of an early season barometer as you can ask for. Both teams barely used their main pens. It's not ace vs. ace - it's pitching depth vs. pitching depth. I'm excited. If we can keep the bats hot then we leave here #1 and I'm getting arrested in Hattiesburg Tuesday night

[somebodyshotmypaw]

I’ve just got a gut feeling that the team that scores 6 or 7 runs will lose.

[MrCoachKlein]

Is there any way to watch this without flocollege? I watched the AZ St one youtube, but I couldn't find the VT one yesterday.

[Todd4State]

Duke has earned the right to start on Sunday. I wouldn't be surprised if we play well today..

[Thick]

I think we play lights out and win today. UCLA will be playing their stiffest competition that has depth in the batting order and the bullpen. Should be a fun one to watch!

[somebodyshotmypaw]

It appears they will start Stump. He is a righthander with tons of experience and a lot of innings in his career. But he has control issues and his ERA has always been high.

[Todd4State]

It appears they will start Stump. He is a righthander with tons of experience and a lot of innings in his career. But he has control issues and his ERA has always been high.

Gotta be patient and lay off of spin.

[somebodyshotmypaw]

Stump:

2024 he was 0-5 with 6.80 ERA. He threw 49 innings. Struck out 38 and walked 27. 16 appearances (11 starts)

2025 he was 6-2 with 5.02 ERA. He threw 75.1 innings. Struck out 62 and walked 39. 18 appearances (all starts)

2026 he has made 2 starts and is 0-0 with a 6.35 ERA.

So he's a veteran. But he hasn't been highly successful. We hit righthanders well.

[parabrave]

lineup is up. Big guns up.

[somebodyshotmypaw]

lineup is up. Big guns up.

Jacob Parker in rightfield. Nunnalee on the bench.

[somebodyshotmypaw]

Good defense in the first inning by Stallman.

[parabrave]

Dam 6 pitch inning. Thanks to great play at 1st.

[parabrave]

Last year there would've been 2 errs/

[ScoobaDawg]

Live from Rangers ballpark. #HailState

[parabrave]

Jacob Parker in rightfield. Nunnalee on the bench.

I would move ace to 3rd or 5th. Need someone who can advance the runner even if you have to bunt. Need Ace to bat with men in scoring. Dam don't run him again.

[parabrave]

Live from Rangers ballpark. #HailState

welcome back stranger, Got HS gamecast on one window and HS Radio playing on another

[mparkerfd20]

Terrible at bat by Noah. Watched 2 perfect pitches and didn't protect the runner.

[smootness]

I would move ace to 3rd or 5th. Need someone who can advance the runner even if you have to bunt. Need Ace to bat with men in scoring. Dam don't run him again.

No, we want him getting max ABs and you should never be bunting in the first.

[Bdawg]

At least they screw up on the pads too

[Tater]

Say the line Bart, I mean C34

[Coach34]

Last year there would've been 2 errs/

Last year we did get people out and managed to turn 27 double plays. Last year we made a Regional Final. Damn some of you act like we went 15-40 last year. And one of the reasons we are as good as we are this year is because of the experience these guys got last year

[parabrave]

How many times in the past would've that overthrow started a freefall

[Tater]

We need to be into their bullpen before the end of the 4th. This guy is definitely a guy this order needs to be able to chase early from the game.

Edit: we're extending him by just giving him outs.

[mparkerfd20]

Stop ****ing trying to steal on this catcher!!!

[parabrave]

Catcher has a cannon.

[Bdawg]

Guess we going to keep running into outs

[Thick]

Apparently we had no scouting report on their catcher??

[Coach34]

At this pace- we are losing more runners on the bases than last year

[Bdawg]

Dang Woodson. Let the best pitch go for strike 3

[cheewgumm]

Should have reviewed

Stuck his elbow out there

[Bdawg]

Should have reviewed

Stuck his elbow out there

Dumb if so on ball 4

[parabrave]

Well crap.

[Tater]

Welp. How do we respond to adversity

[Coach34]

damn

[Bdawg]

Belt high Duke. Not ideal to this guy. Duke seems a little erratic. Throws a good pitch, then misses.

[EdwardDrayton]

That landed somewhere in Oklahoma.

[Activated Alpha]

Wonder if Stone tried to elevate the pitch enough for him to pop up but the hitter just swung better or he missed his spot. Definitely don't want to pitch up in the zone on that guy again

[Saltydog]

Duke ain't fooling nobody. . . . .They are hitting him hard this inning. . . . .Get the pen up. . . . .

[Coach34]

Get Davis hot- dont waste time

[Tater]

Webb in the pen.

[Tater]

How was that not interference on us lmao

[parabrave]

Good play by Teel and Frei/

[Activated Alpha]

Great throw by Teel

[Bdawg]

Thanks ucla

[parabrave]

How was that not interference on us lmao

Jeff said that Frei was making a play on the ball and thats not interference.

[HoopsDawg]

Brutal to make that pitch to the hottest player in CBB

[Bdawg]

Ok let’s answer

[EdwardDrayton]

Jeff said that Frei was making a play on the ball and thats not interference.

He was not squared up to the runner blocking the path. The fielder has a right to position in order to make the play. Like the call.

[Coach34]

That throw changed the momentum. Need some good AB's here

[Bdawg]

Jeff said that Frei was making a play on the ball and thats not interference.

What I thought. He was standing there receiving the ball.

[Tater]

Jeff said that Frei was making a play on the ball and thats not interference.

Just the way it looked I disagree but I gave up umpiring 10+ years ago so whatever. I won't look the gift horse in the mouth. Let's get those 2 back and then some. Parker - Chance - Teel - Reese - Noah. Need at minimum 1 run here

[Activated Alpha]

Doubt we chase this guy in 4 innings

[Bdawg]

Ok let’s answer

Nevermind

[Coach34]

Well so much for grabbing momentum

[Tater]

Doubt we chase this guy in 4 innings

Yep. He's on and we're swinging at junk. We're close to chasing this loss and setting us up to lose Tuesday too. Need to get a couple more innings from Stone

[Saltydog]

UCLA has some big guys on that team. Damn they're big.

[Bdawg]

Crap. Seeing eye grounder to get to the hottest hitter

[Activated Alpha]

I wouldn't give this guy anything to hit. Walk him if you have to; hit him in the ribs wouldn't be the worst

[EdwardDrayton]

I'm starting to flash back to '13 sitting in TD.

[Bdawg]

Time to break the ice.

[Bdawg]

Damn. Unlucky

[Bdawg]

Hell yeah! Should have been 3 runs if not unlucky

[Tater]

Oh i was right

[Tater]

We need to be into their bullpen before the end of the 4th. This guy is definitely a guy this order needs to be able to chase early from the game.

Edit: we're extending him by just giving him outs.

Well we did that. Let's see if we can find a dud arm from them

[Coach34]

Knew Stallman was due

[Tater]

That's one dud arm. Let's find another

[parabrave]

Keep Bucky on the radio/

[EdwardDrayton]

Apparently I need to have more flashbacks. *****

[Coach34]

new ballgame

[HoopsDawg]

Thought we would PH there with V Val

[Tater]

5 inning game and we've each gone to our first arm out the pen. Don't hate that after how rattled Duke looked pitching in a major league stadium

[Activated Alpha]

Is that Jacob Parker that keeps hitting 1st pitch pop ups? Need to get him to see some pitches

[Bdawg]

What the hell are we doing!!! Our big bats are coming

[EdwardDrayton]

We learn lessons hard apparently.

[Activated Alpha]

Stop ****ing running on this catcher

[BeardoMSU]

Wtf

[Saltydog]

QUIT running on their effing catcher.

[Thick]

Our hitters need to start swinging at strikes when we’re running. Plus, we’re running on fastball counts. We have not run once when an off speed pitch has been thrown!

[Bdawg]

Now Reese up with no one on

[Tater]

Ace Reese can't get out of this ballpark quick enough

[Bdawg]

Ace Reese can't get out of this ballpark quick enough

2 over 400ft with nothing to show for it

[Ranchdawg]

Who is calling these steals? Is it the player himself? Or is it a call from the dugout? Whom ever it is needs to stop now. Three runners erased from the base paths.

[Cowbell]

Surprised we didn't stick with Webb another inning. Hopefully that shows our depth

[HoopsDawg]

Who is calling these steals? Is it the player himself? Or is it a call from the dugout? Whom ever it is needs to stop now. Three runners erased from the base paths.

Weve given away an inning of outs.

[Coach34]

Last year we wouldnt have kept running on a catcher that kept hosing us

[HoopsDawg]

Last year we wouldnt have kept running on a catcher that kept hosing us

LOL

[Coach34]

are we ever going to go to Davis????

[Tater]

Huge to navigate that inning. Dunno if I let pitzker throw another.

[Tater]

are we ever going to go to Davis????

If we take the lead here - it's his game the rest of the way.

[parabrave]

Time to get on base Stallman.

[Coach34]

Shit

[Ranchdawg]

Double deadgum

[Coach34]

If we take the lead here - it's his game the rest of the way.

Need to anyway- he's got 3 in him

[Ranchdawg]

This game is intense for this early in the year!

[Tater]

Need to anyway- he's got 3 in him

Don't disagree butttttt I wanted to will us leading into existence

[parabrave]

Dam how close are they crowding the plate??

[ScoobaDawg]

Atta boy Davis

[Coach34]

the run he gets on his FB is ridiculous

[Tater]

Broke: Stealing 2nd on the catcher
Woke: Stealing 2nd on the RF

[Tater]

This kid wants this to be his moment so bad. He's pressed all day

[Tater]

Parker. Just hit a Flyball to Right.

[Tater]

Parker. Just hit a Flyball to Right.

Centerfield works too. Good job doing your job.

[ScoobaDawg]

Big sac deeeep fly by Parker fu*king big time

[Brobi-wan]

Did we take the lead? Can’t trust the ESPN app to be accurate

[Tater]

Did we take the lead? Can’t trust the ESPN app to be accurate

UCLA 3 - State 4 Bottom 7th 2 Outs. Parker Sac Fly to bring Woodson home after he legged out a double and took 3rd on a passed ball. Free Youtube Stream link

https://www.youtube.com/live/lHgVw7Zf6RM?si=obe9iroZYwcQUJ4-

[Brobi-wan]

UCLA 3 - State 4 Bottom 7th 2 Outs. Parker Sac Fly to bring Woodson home after he legged out a double and took 3rd on a passed ball. Free Youtube Stream link

https://www.youtube.com/live/lHgVw7Zf6RM?si=obe9iroZYwcQUJ4-

That’s clutch. Maybe I shouldn’t watch for luck

[Coach34]

Parker will be hitting 2 hole next year

[Tater]

Someone gonna say we shoulda put in defense.

[Tater]

Ump squeezing us. Sheesh

[Bdawg]

Come on blue!! Shi*

[Coach34]

3 more outs

[Bdawg]

Let’s get a run!!

[Ranchdawg]

Remind me to never ever give Flotv $20.00 again. Unwatchable on their app on tv. Because 5 seconds of buffing then 5 seconds of clear picture and repeat. Could watch on my little screen on my iPad. Did not know today’s game was going to be on YouTube. So I paid $20.00 for one game basically.

YOU SUCK EGGS FLOTV!

[somebodyshotmypaw]

Let’s get a few runs here in the 8th. Teel, ace, Noah

[Tater]

3 more outs

From my point of view we should just score 9 more runs this bottom half of the inning.

[RisperDawg]

UCLA 3 - State 4 Bottom 7th 2 Outs. Parker Sac Fly to bring Woodson home after he legged out a double and took 3rd on a passed ball. Free Youtube Stream link

https://www.youtube.com/live/lHgVw7Zf6RM?si=obe9iroZYwcQUJ4-

Thanks so much

[Tater]

Remind me to never ever give Flotv $20.00 again. Unwatchable on their app on tv. Because 5 seconds of buffing then 5 seconds of clear picture and repeat. Could watch on my little screen on my iPad. Did not know today’s game was going to be on YouTube. So I paid $20.00 for one game basically.

YOU SUCK EGGS FLOTV!

I mean it's not on youtube by uhh... expected means lol. I'm scared this thing gets struck down any minute.

[EdwardDrayton]

THE SULLYSTACHE BOOM!!!!!

[somebodyshotmypaw]

Noah!

[BeardoMSU]

Sully!!!!!

[SaintDawg]

Fear the mustache! Fear it!

[Coach34]

Papowwwwwww

[EdwardDrayton]

Threw that breaker one too many times meat

[The Federalist Engineer]

Sullivan was facing himself as a hitter. Those curveballs are his curveballs. Two way payoff.

[Skydawg1]

2 out baserunner

[EdwardDrayton]

Noah was pissed at himself after the last AB. He made up for it this time.

[The Federalist Engineer]

Something to note, the UCLA curve baller is an 18 year old freshman and sully is the 24 year old graduate.

That's the Curt Cignetti equation

[parabrave]

All right boys get 3 more.

[Ranchdawg]

Two more! Come on boys!

[Bdawg]

Ouch Davis. Come on bud!!

[ScoobaDawg]

Sh! T

[EdwardDrayton]

Un17ingbelievable

[mparkerfd20]

****!!!

[Bdawg]

Are you kidding me. Grooved

[Brobi-wan]

Bruh

[Coach34]

hit 3 ****ing guys today and it caught up with him

[The Federalist Engineer]

Why did you pitch to golden spikes? That's a ****up and going to cost us a plastic and meaningless trophy

Damn boy!

[Saltydog]

I've said it from the get go that the major weakness this team has is two fold: infield D (which has been better than expected) and lack of a lock down closer.

[Ranchdawg]

We had this game won!

[Bdawg]

Just don’t know how you first pitch groove that to this guy. Boy that stings. Let’s just walk it off now.

[parabrave]

Nice Raymond now lets get Sanders over to second.

[parabrave]

Dam well all we need is a long fly ball/ Keep the ball in the air.

[Brobi-wan]

Parker going to be a stud

[Bdawg]

We are the unluckiest group of assholes in the country

[Tater]

Just like earlier Parker. Do your job. Flyball to right. (I know it went to center last time)

[Coach34]

It's tough being a State fan- never easy

[Brobi-wan]

Good hit by Woodson

[EdwardDrayton]

We are the unluckiest group of assholes in the country

Word

[EdwardDrayton]

It's tough being a State fan- never easy

Nope never

[parabrave]

Come on Parker. Can't believe they ain't walking him

[Dawgology]

#1 vs #4 and it’s not even televised. Lmao!!! Big time sport

[Coach34]

#1 vs #4 and it’s not even televised. Lmao!!! Big time sport

It's on my TV

[parabrave]

Mutha

[Saltydog]

Teel isn't the player we thought he was.

[parabrave]

Stick your elbow out like they are.

[Bdawg]

Screwed again

[Coach34]

Cant take that Teel damn

[EdwardDrayton]

Mutha

2X

[parabrave]

Teel isn't the player we thought he was.

Jeff said that was a ball/ But like 34 said you can't take that.

[EdwardDrayton]

17

[parabrave]

Shit come on Reese.

[Brobi-wan]

Sh!tttttt

[msudawg1200]

Jeff said that was a ball/
It was but too close to take with 2 strikes

[Coach34]

If Teel holds his ground- he gets hit on the 1st pitch

[BeardoMSU]

So ****ing unlucky. And this ump is atrocious.

[Bdawg]

This is bullshit

[SaintDawg]

That ump needs to catch a beating. Son of a bitch

[BeardoMSU]

If Teel holds his ground- he gets shit on the 1st pitch

Yes

[mparkerfd20]

****ing umps. GD it!!

[Bdawg]

If Teel holds his ground- he gets hit on the 1st pitch

Yep

[Coach34]

Last year we would have also not scored in that situation most likely

[RisperDawg]

If Teel holds his ground- he gets hit on the 1st pitch

Glad to read this. I don't watch a ton of baseball but it seemed to me the game was won if he didn't move his shin.

[Thick]

Only we can screw up the btm of the 9th! Holy ****!!!!

[Bdawg]

Only we can screw up the btm of the 9th! Holy ****!!!!

Try the whole 9th

[Activated Alpha]

That was all the ground rule double and the ump. As soon as State's bad luck hit with the ground rule double I knew we wouldn't score, but the ump made sure we wouldn't

[parabrave]

Get him out of there. Can we teach our batters to crowd the plate like UCLA,

[EdwardDrayton]

So ****ing unlucky. And this ump is atrocious.

His zone looks like a gerrymandered voting district.

[Thick]

4 hit batters by Ben!

[Tater]

You gotta go get him.

[Tater]

His zone looks like a gerrymandered voting district.

Good and correct.

[Maroon Glasses]

Yes it was a ball but you can't take anything that close with 2 strikes. We Mississippi State'd that inning.

They have all the momentum. And we walk the first 2. Shit

[msstate7]

Change the sport, doesn't matter... if we play a sport, we will choke

[Tater]

Oh jesus christ not billingsley

[Bdawg]

Billingsly? Here we go!

[mparkerfd20]

We're ****ed it Billingsley is our best option.

[Activated Alpha]

This game is over. Oh well, now we know we can beat this UCLA team when we see them again later in the year

[Bdawg]

Southern loving this

[Mjoelner34]

Oh jesus christ not billingsley

That tells me we are looking at Tuesday now.

[Bdawg]

That tells me we are looking at Tuesday now.

Feels like it

[Ranchdawg]

Oh well Billingsley has not looked good so far this year. Suck way to lose this game.

[Coursesuper]

Southern loving this

Screw them they don’t count, go play come home get ready for our real season. We know we can play with anyone in the country now. It will be the highlight of their season, so what.

[BeardoMSU]

Jfc...

Just giving it up.

[Bdawg]

Terrible block

[parabrave]

Well Shiiiuuuu

[Bdawg]

Let’s go home. Had it won twice in the bottom of the ninth

[EdwardDrayton]

Terrible pitching. He had the guy chasing up. One more fastball just a little higher likely would have done it. But noooooo.

[Tater]

it's march it's march it's march

don't be mad at an idiot ump don't be mad at an idiot ump don't be mad at an idiot ump

it's one game it's one game it's one game

nope heart rate still up

[Thick]

We beat ourselves today. One full inning of outs trying to steal second, Ben can’t not hit batters, and with no outs and 2 & 3rd…..nothing! Get your shit together and win on Tuesday!!!

[SaintDawg]

What a shitty way to lose.

[Ranchdawg]

We gift wrapped them this game by bringing in Billingsley. Oh well! Close!

[Saltydog]

If you have to bring on Billingsley in situations like this, well you've got issues. Don't pack your bags for Omaha yet Boys.

[CaptainObvious]

State wasn?t going undefeated but 5 runs given up in the 9th and 10th is extremely concerning to me going forward.

[HoopsDawg]

Why were we jumping out of the way of pitches in the 9th? ucla didnt move.

Parker is a high K guy right now. Should have Ph.

No way you throw to Choc.

Horrible luck and execution.

[Bothrops]

Good god this team owns us.

[EdwardDrayton]

The Bruins are to us in baseball as Kentucky is in basketball. We can't seem to beat blue bitches.

[Thick]

Hold on boys!

[EdwardDrayton]

At least it's not 8-0 this time. *****

[The Federalist Engineer]

Could be much worse. This could have been a super regional game-1.

UCLA is not that good but Billingsley is not a D1 player, just an exhibition game loss.

The coaches blew the 2 run homer to SS in the 9th. Why pitch to the best player in College Baseball?

Also, Davis was gassed after being smashed. They left him out there to finish his collapse and then introduce a guy that can't manage mid-major competition. Now Ben Davis may be f-ed for good, like Lemons ruined Nolan Stevens in Gainsville.

If this is how big games are managed, don't make any Omaha plans.

[msstate7]

I don't follow much till we face good competition like today, but holy hell, how do we have a leadoff guy with 4 k?

[Ranchdawg]

This is a tuff loss!

[EdwardDrayton]

Now we're really going to see what we're made of going forward.

[Bothrops]

We fought hard. We're pretty close to this team overall.

[ScoobaDawg]

Fu*K that umpire. Ugh that hurts so badly but thankfully it's just a regular season game

[Bothrops]

Could be much worse. This could have been a super regional game-1.

UCLA is not that good but Billingsley is not a D1 player, just an exhibition game loss.

The coaches blew the 2 run homer to SS in the 9th. Why pitch to the best player in College Baseball?

Also, Davis was gassed after being smashed. They left him out there to finish his collapse and then introduce a guy that can't manage mid-major competition. Now Ben Davis may be f-ed for good, like Lemons ruined Nolan Stevens in Gainsville.

If this is how big games are managed, don't make any Omaha plans.

Lol

[Thick]

We’ll bounce back from this loss. The coaches and the team will learn from this loss, bc they know we beat ourselves. 11-1 with the Mustard Buzzards on Tuesday. I don’t care what you say, we are definitely better then them!!

[EdwardDrayton]

Bruins are 8-1 against us and think that's five straight

[Bdawg]

I’m blowing this off. They are a good team but we got screwed by the ump, screwed by a ground rule double( how many times does that happen), and your leadoff guy didn’t take 2 chances at HBP with bases loaded. I’m sure Billingley never sees the field if this one really mattered.

[ScooterDog]

Well, I guess that's why they are #1 and we are #4. We have a little more work to do, but I am very proud of this team. I thought we played very good over the tournament.

[BeardoMSU]

Fu*K that umpire. Ugh that hurts so badly but thankfully it's just a regular season game

In March, no less.

Still stings tho, knowing we had that game won 3 different times. Just frustrating.

Now we need to go win a top10 match-up Tuesday and rob a team of their Super Bowl...

[cheewgumm]

That ball going through James legs is not on Billingsly.

I know technically wild pitch, but come on.

[archdog]

F. We won that game. Boys fought 9 on the field and the Ump all game. College baseball, when they are showing the damn pitch on replay as a ball, has a gigantic 17n issue.

[msstate7]

This team will be fine. It's March 1, and we lost in extras to the #1 team that has the best player in the sport.

[BeardoMSU]

College referees are absolutely the bottom of the barrel when it comes to college officiating. He ****ed us late, but he was all over the GD place all game.

[SaintDawg]

Lessons had better have been learned today. I don’t want to see these mental errors from coaches or players in May and June. And like Scooba said: 17 that ump. I hope somebody shits in his corn flakes tomorrow.

[msstate7]

College referees are absolutely the bottom of the barrel when it comes to college officiating. He ****ed us late, but he was all over the GD place all game.

In college baseball particularly, it really holds me back from being fanatic about the sport. I watch like every Braves game there is, and as much crap as I give pro umps, they're in the another galaxy from college guys. Hard to hang on every pitch in a sport where total garbage umps are one of the most critical pieces of contested games

[Bothrops]

Lessons had better have been learned today. I don?t want to see these mental errors from coaches or players in May and June. And like Scooba said: 17 that ump. I hope somebody shits in his corn flakes tomorrow.

Diarrhea even

[Coursesuper]

We played pretty well for game 12, made some mistakes and should have beaten one of the best teams in the country. A team that has been playing together for 3 years. They needed extras to get us. Big time learning moments from this one. Move on get ready for the real season in 2 weeks.

[Maroon Glasses]

Nobody hates losing more than I do. But let's slow down a minute.

We loss on the scoreboard and I knpw that's the only thing that matters. But we just loss in extras to the #1 team with the #1 player and possibly #2 player in their CF who has already hit 10 bombs this year while getting 4 guys thrown out stealing bases, walking 6 guys with I think atleast 4 of those 6 scoring. Leadoff k'd 4 times. Ump was horrible. Brought in our worse pitcher to close it out. And still lost by 1 in extras.

This team is good. Mistakes need to be corrected. But they don't quit and there is alot to be learned from this. We needed this game. We needed to face adversity and probably needed to go ahead and lose. Good wake up call for the team.

[BeardoMSU]

In college baseball particularly, it really holds me back from being fanatic about the sport. I watch like every Braves game there is, and as much crap as I give pro umps, they're in the another galaxy from college guys. Hard to hang on every pitch in a sport where total garbage umps are one of the most critical pieces of contested games

I meant type "college baseball" to start that sentence.

[The Federalist Engineer]

Lol

I'm happy to be wrong. The kink in College Baseball is the season is actually super short for a sport like baseball.

A funk of 20 games is nothing in MLB, in college baseball, it's half the season.

Today, there was a mad dash through the pitching staff with 1.0 stints through the best arms to culminate in the most key moment with a gassed pitcher and then walkons.

[parabrave]

Even jeff said that this umps strike zone was so inconsistent.

[EdwardDrayton]

We played pretty well for game 12, made some mistakes and should have beaten one of the best teams in the country. A team that has been playing together for 3 years. They needed extras to get us. Big time learning moments from this one. Move on get ready for the real season in 2 weeks.

Absolutely. And it put an end to the questions. We are real.

[Skydawg1]

We played pretty well for game 12, made some mistakes and should have beaten one of the best teams in the country. A team that has been playing together for 3 years. They needed extras to get us. Big time learning moments from this one. Move on get ready for the real season in 2 weeks.

This.

[parabrave]

This is a tuff loss!

Naw not the end of the world. Aint going to hurt our ranking. We just got to learn. Oak shouldve gotten in that umps face when he called that strike 3.

[EdwardDrayton]

I want another shot at these 17s in Omaha. And I will be there again.

[Todd4State]

Well, I guess that's why they are #1 and we are #4. We have a little more work to do, but I am very proud of this team. I thought we played very good over the tournament.

All we have to do is not let the umpire anywhere near Starkville. Problem solved!

[Todd4State]

If you have to bring on Billingsley in situations like this, well you've got issues. Don't pack your bags for Omaha yet Boys.

There's a reason why BOC was mad that he had to bring in Gleason yesterday.

[EdwardDrayton]

All we have to do is not let the umpire anywhere near Starkville. Problem solved!

I'm not one to blame umpiring/officiating as some are prone to do.

But that guy was trash.

[somebodyshotmypaw]

This game was fun. It was a battle. This is the type of game you want. The SEC season is going to be a battle as well.

[Coach34]

There's a reason why BOC was mad that he had to bring in Gleason yesterday.

Yes- having to use Sumbitch yesterday hurt

[The Federalist Engineer]

I'm not one to blame umpiring/officiating as some are prone to do.

But that guy was trash.

The ump costed MSU a few backwards Ks. Especially on Ben Davis.

But still hit the kid on the foot and then pitched to the SS.

Also 3 runners thrown out stealing. It was clear with mid-majors this was not going to work on elite teams. That was an inning worth of outs given uncompetitively.

[Coach34]

The ump costed MSU a few backwards Ks. Especially on Ben Davis.

But still hit the kid on the foot and then pitched to the SS.

Also 3 runners thrown out stealing. It was clear with mid-majors this was not going to work on elite teams. That was an inning worth of outs given uncompetitively.

Yes- cant blame the ump. We did dumb shit and had some bad luck

Teel and Ace moved out of the way of a game winning HBP- UCLA did not

[HoopsDawg]

The ump costed MSU a few backwards Ks. Especially on Ben Davis.

But still hit the kid on the foot and then pitched to the SS.

Also 3 runners thrown out stealing. It was clear with mid-majors this was not going to work on elite teams. That was an inning worth of outs given uncompetitively.

I dont know why BOC threw to Tanner Allen and I dont know he threw to Cholowsky. Glad about one of those.

[Coach34]

I dont know why BOC threw to Tanner Allen and I dont know he threw to Cholowsky. Glad about one of those.

All this bragging about coaching seems to have slowed down when we made decisions that mattered in a big game

[the_real_MSU_is_us]

In this thread I see a ton of negativity countered only with neutral "we can learn" type comments. I know it's a loss but I'm shocked this place isn't more positive

We played the #1 team in the country with day 3 pitching. This was an Omaha level game. We objectively outplayed them, just didn't get the bounces in our favor (or ball 4 called so when the bases were loaded B9) to get the W.

For those who need more concrete points to why we'll be fine: 1) it's early in the season and the coaches are trying stuff. They won't be stealing bases in the postseason after results like this. 2) the coaches wanted to give pitchers work so pulled them fast, if this was a postseason game Ben Davis would have come in 2ish innings later and we'd have had enough pitching.

Overall, State baseball is BACK, and we belong on the field with anybody anywhere. It's fun to see and the future is bright

[Coach34]

Today showed without a doubt- we are one of the best teams in the country