Apparently Apathy has set in for a 25-6 team Game 3 Thread

[Tater]

How am I making this thread 20 minutes into the game.

Duke stone gets out of trouble early with 3 big strikeouts. But high pitch count says he won't go more than 4

[Tater]

Ace Reese nuke oppo taco. 2-0 good guys

[EdwardDrayton]

Duke cleans up his own pile in the first.

Ace oppo puts us out front early 2-0

[EdwardDrayton]

How am I making this thread 20 minutes into the game.

Duke stone gets out of trouble early with 3 big strikeouts. But high pitch count says he won't go more than 4

Not apathy but more baseball superstition me thinks.

[EdwardDrayton]

The irony that Georgia's catcher is struggling behind the plate early in this one.

[DawgFromOxford]

I was too afraid to start it as I have bad luck with starting game threads and we need all the good fortune to avoid the sweep

[somebodyshotmypaw]

Ishikawa won’t last long. 22 pitches, no outs, struggling

[somebodyshotmypaw]

Ishikawa won’t last long. 22 pitches, no outs, struggling

He threw 2 more pitches after my post. lol

[Tater]

Georgia to the pen

[EdwardDrayton]

Ishikawa won’t last long. 22 pitches, no outs, struggling

Ishikawa gone. Man did y'all notice Wes' body language when he made the change. Didn't say a word to Ishikawa and turned his back on him. Oof.

[CaptainObvious]

Can we all agree that Stallman is struggling? My goodness, he looks bad at the plate.

[EdwardDrayton]

Can we all agree that Stallman is struggling? My goodness, he looks bad at the plate.

That AB was rough.

[Quaoarsking]

Georgia has been great at getting a hit with 2 strikes all weekend.

[EdwardDrayton]

Duke has the heat and just enough wild to make the Georgia batters think twice about diving and attacking the pitches.

[EdwardDrayton]

Oh my Vytas with the longo!!!

[EdwardDrayton]

Wes burning through pitchers like Snoop through a fattie.

[Tater]

Bottom 2 and on pitcher #4 for Georgia. Gotta keep going through johnny wholestaff. A Caterpillar nuke would be nice.

[HoopsDawg]

Oh my Vytas with the longo!!!

Happy for Vytas but also mad he wasnt the choice last night with the bases loaded.

[CaptainObvious]

That made no sense AT ALL! Pitcher struggling and we turn Sully loose on 3-0. Come on. Heads out if Asses!!! Please!

[EdwardDrayton]

Happy for Vytas but also mad he wasnt the choice last night with the bases loaded.

Word

[CaptainObvious]

Get Stone out of there! We all know 3 runs aren?t enough, but don?t make it easy for them to catch up by keeping wild man on the mound!

[EdwardDrayton]

Duke's thrown a ton of pitches but he's battled his ass off. Only one run allowed through three.

[Tater]

Figure that might be Stone's last inning. It's Johnny wholestaff day. We have 6 bullets available that can get 3 outs each.

[Activated Alpha]

That was a beautiful pick play by Milewski and Stallhman that was ruined by compromised umpire crew. Going to have to beat them and the Mini Me crew today

[EdwardDrayton]

That was a beautiful pick play by Milewski and Stallhman that was ruined by compromised umpire crew. Going to have to beat them and the Mini Me crew today

Yeah not a fan of this crew and the Birmingham Sponge Bob replay putz.

[Coach34]

The Duke is battling. And yeah- probably it for him this inning

[EdwardDrayton]

Duke got in Tre's head with that little bit of wild. Awesome.

[Coach34]

This is the most consistent ump we've had this weekend

[Tater]

Damn Stone. Huge stones.

Give him some more run support. 15 more outs to get

[Tater]

This is the most consistent ump we've had this weekend
Behind the plate has been good today. That's all I have to say anything else will get me fined.

[DawgFromOxford]

Duke may not be the most efficient but he's got some dawg in him. Love the swagger

[EdwardDrayton]

Duke may not be the most efficient but he's got some dawg in him. Love the swagger

Well said

[The Federalist Engineer]

Duke Stone- love the way he battles through trouble. He gets into trouble a lot, but he does not let things spiral.

MLB loves the 6-5 235 frame. NFL QB on the mound. I bet he could toss a football 80 yards and on a Line.

[TNDawg35]

Why do most of our hitters seem to be way too far off the plate.

[The Federalist Engineer]

3-1 and winning but this already feels like a tragedy about to happen. Need 6 runs to win today.

[EdwardDrayton]

Duke Stone. My Dawg.

<slow clap>

[CaptainObvious]

Why do most of our hitters seem to be way too far off the plate.

They skeered! Can?t hit the ball out of the infield! Where are all the supposed great hitters on this team. So far 1-4 record against the 2 decent teams State has played. Guess State needs to play Ole Miss 3 series per year!

[Activated Alpha]

Duke did his job today just like TV did last night. Our hitters have been a massive disappointment this weekend

[Activated Alpha]

Has any call gone our way this weekend?

[Tripp McNeely]

Duke Stone- love the way he battles through trouble. He gets into trouble a lot, but he does not let things spiral.

MLB loves the 6-5 235 frame. NFL QB on the mound. I bet he could toss a football 80 yards and on a Line.

I bet he could throw it "over them mountains". No doubt in my mind

[parabrave]

Wow who didn't forsee that happening

[Activated Alpha]

**** this weekend. **** Georgia. **** Wes Johnson

[Quaoarsking]

I think we've been fairly unlucky this weekend, but still I hope this is a wakeup call to everyone involved in the program.

[parabrave]

Get him out of there.

[MBDawg601]

Welp. Time to re-think our post season expectations.

[Tater]

welp thanks for nothing sweeney todd

[EdwardDrayton]

We sure know how to waste a starting pitching performance

[Quaoarsking]

Welp. Time to re-think our post season expectations.

We'll still win 18 or 20 SEC games and host, but I wonder if the players got it in their head that they are the best team in the country.

[DawgFromOxford]

I think we've been fairly unlucky this weekend, but still I hope this is a wakeup call to everyone involved in the program.

Wrong. We were unlucky against UCLA. Been getting it handed to us this weekend

[MBDawg601]

We'll still win 18 or 20 SEC games and host, but I wonder if the players got it in their head that they are the best team in the country.

I have no doubts that UGA is the best team in the country, maybe that was an emotional post by me. But we have had no answers this weekend.

[The Federalist Engineer]

Welp about to get swept. 3 run homer for the UGA state prison team

Giving UGA credit, the MSU "star" hitters specialize in mashing Hofstra and Lipscomb.

[DawgFromOxford]

Duke stone gutsy performance. Followed up with 0 fire from Sweeney. F this weekend. Offense has been hot garbage as well.

[mparkerfd20]

We've shit all over ourselves this weekend.

[CaptainObvious]

Anybody other than me think Davis gets rocked after throwing 35 pitches yesterday?

[CaptainObvious]

This team was woefully over-rated. I wouldn?t be surprised if Virginia isn?t a better team.

[EdwardDrayton]

A moment if you still don't think Georgia is better than we are.

But don't fret. We are no doubt good. Just not top five currently.

[MBDawg601]

The problem is our offense and defense. Pitching has been good enough to win this weekend outside of the catching issues.

We can’t get timely hitting from anyone other than Parker.

A true freshman is our best batter, that’s a problem.

[CaptainObvious]

So State falls behind and the 2-4 batters immediately revert back to the norm!

[ScooterDog]

The problem is our offense and defense. Pitching has been good enough to win this weekend outside of the catching issues.

We can?t get timely hitting from anyone other than Parker.

A true freshman is our best batter, that?s a problem.

Agree. And we might be a top 10 team, but only #10 at most, IMO.

[CaptainObvious]

Anybody other than me think Davis gets rocked after throwing 35 pitches yesterday?

Welp. I was wrong about Davis! Now if State had a few guys that knew how to hit!

[Quaoarsking]

Agree. And we might be a top 10 team, but only #10 at most, IMO.

#8 through #10 in this week's NCBWA poll are Oregon State, USC, and Southern Miss. I'm confident we're a better team that all 3 of those. Even if we lose today, I still don't think we should be less than #7.

[The Federalist Engineer]

The better hitters coming through. Thanks guys.

Thanks Gehrig

[parabrave]

Big hit there Frei. Now if our 9, 3 and 4 hitters can get a hit.,

[somebodyshotmypaw]

FYI Teel is wearing a boot today.

[EdwardDrayton]

Love the fight in our Dawgs today!

[EdwardDrayton]

FYI Teel is wearing a boot today.

Hmmm. For a bone bruise? Maybe just to protect it from getting stepped on?

[CaptainObvious]

This series, the guys have hit a lot of ground balls at the infielders. And they haven?t been hard hit, so no pressure on their infielders.

[EdwardDrayton]

You know all this goin' on with players gettin' paid. How 'bout a little somethin' somethin' for the State fan. You know, to help with the therapy and liquor bills. *****

[MBDawg601]

Welp. I was wrong about Davis! Now if State had a few guys that knew how to hit!


You know all this goin' on with players gettin' paid. How 'bout a little somethin' somethin' for the State fan. You know, to help with the therapy and liquor bills. *****

Here’ here’!!!!

[The Federalist Engineer]

Hmmm. For a bone bruise? Maybe just to protect it from getting stepped on?

Given his high energy approach to baseball and getting hit with pitches, he should wear Barry Bonds style Armor.

https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-900/18s0hhg7k9zxmjpg.jpg

[The Federalist Engineer]

UGA has the best luck this week.

(1) Softball lady reviews in Birmingham
(2) pop fly hits
(3) pass ball runs

[EdwardDrayton]

UGA has the best luck this week.

(1) Softball lady reviews in Birmingham ✅
(2) pop fly hits ✅
(3) pass ball runs ✅

[EdwardDrayton]

Attaway Bryce. Let's put this thing away.

[The Federalist Engineer]

Now is the perfect time to bunt Ace ... down to 3rd

[EdwardDrayton]

Mr All American not having his best day back there today

[parabrave]

Now is the perfect time to bunt Ace ... down to 3rd

With our next 3 hitters going 0fer so far I'd rather take a big ass hit. Nope strike out.

[EdwardDrayton]

DAMN ACE

[The Federalist Engineer]

At least Bryce stole the base without the bunt

[Bdawg]

We have too many backwards Ks as a team

[parabrave]

And there is a Line of Showers starting to dev along 55.

[EdwardDrayton]

And there is a Line of Showers starting to dev along 55.

Get the lead and unleash the rain

[The Federalist Engineer]

With the game on the Line

Why is Ground Ball Stallman batting? 220 hitter.

This is a missed pinch hit opportunity

Please get a hit Stallman, prove me wrong

[Bdawg]

And Sully misses 2 hittable FBs! Come on top of the order!!!

[parabrave]

Get the lead and unleash the rain

Exactly however I'm not that wooly with Stallman. Hopefull he gets on base with Wood up.

[parabrave]

With the game on the Line

Why is Ground Ball Stallman batting? 220 hitter.

This is a missed pinch hit opportunity

Please get a hit Stallman, prove me wrong

Welll this time it was long flyball Stll.

[Bdawg]

GA puts that pitch Stallman got in the parking lot

[The Federalist Engineer]

These umpires should get prizes from UGA. They have gotten many border line strikes called.

They should get UGA pullovers with "I am a shit Umpire" written on the back

[CaptainObvious]

Wow! Get the lead off guy to second and out 2-4 hitters?.excuse me, batters can?t even move him! As Jed Clampett would say, PIT-E-FULL!

[Quaoarsking]

How about this lineup for next weekend?

CF Chance
1B Bevis
RF Parker
LF Valincius
DH Frei
2B James
3B Reese
SS Wyers
C who knows

[parabrave]

Sull was ejected!!! WFT for.

[EdwardDrayton]

Sull was ejected!!! WFT for.

He was??!!??

[The Federalist Engineer]

Wow! Get the lead off guy to second and out 2-4 hitters?.excuse me, batters can?t even move him! As Jed Clampett would say, PIT-E-FULL!

You have a 220 hitter that is too proud to bunt.

You have a 200 hitter that you bat cleanup.

They are performing to their capabilities. Meanwhile Chone James sat and watched.

[parabrave]

Wind blowing out now.

[parabrave]

He was??!!??

Neal said he was ejected.

[parabrave]

Way to man up Miller.

[CaptainObvious]

Definitely need to invert the lineup because the bottom is better than the top. And the Bench is probably better.

[parabrave]

Mutha docter. If that ball had been 5 FT to either side it been gone,

[EdwardDrayton]

Vytas doin' work again

[parabrave]

Raymond in to PH. Well sheez/

[HoopsDawg]

Nooo! Why Raymond.

[Quaoarsking]

Most predictable at bat ever?

[HoopsDawg]

Nooo! Why Raymond.

Damn it BOC. Gotta go Chone there.

[EdwardDrayton]

Most predictable at bat ever?

No doubt. We just can't deliver when it counts.

[Quaoarsking]

Our website doesn't show LHP/RHP splits for batters, but I'm assuming he went with Raymond because the pitcher is right-handed and would have used James against an LHP.

But still, did anyone really think Raymond was going to get a big hit there?

[CaptainObvious]

Amazing to me that in this Roster there is not ONE SINGLE HERO GENE!

[EdwardDrayton]

Our website doesn't show LHP/RHP splits for batters, but I'm assuming he went with Raymond because the pitcher is right-handed and would have used James against an LHP.

But still, did anyone really think Raymond was going to get a big hit there?

Think most of us would rather have seen James there anyway.

[The Federalist Engineer]

Our website doesn't show LHP/RHP splits for batters, but I'm assuming he went with Raymond because the pitcher is right-handed and would have used James against an LHP.

But still, did anyone really think Raymond was going to get a big hit there?

Nope, if you needed to use the bathroom between innings, you went early cause you did not expect something to happen.

Raymond is not a bad hitter but you have better hitters for that moment

[HoopsDawg]

Our website doesn't show LHP/RHP splits for batters, but I'm assuming he went with Raymond because the pitcher is right-handed and would have used James against an LHP.

But still, did anyone really think Raymond was going to get a big hit there?

Go with the better hitter

[parabrave]

Amazing to me that in this Roster there is not ONE SINGLE HERO GENE!

Yes there is but he is leading off today.

[DawgFromOxford]

Amazing to me that in this Roster there is not ONE SINGLE HERO GENE!
We have 2 of them. Chance and Chone. Chance did his job and got to 2nd with no outs. 2-4 left him stranded.

Chone should?ve PH for Milewski but we went with Raymond for some reason

[parabrave]

Fig another catcher error.

[EdwardDrayton]

$@&!?*^%#

[msstate7]

Fig another catcher error.

Pitcher

[EdwardDrayton]

LFG!!!!!

[parabrave]

Now who wants to be the hero??

[Tater]

Amazing to me that in this Roster there is not ONE SINGLE HERO GENE!

Did you miss the Friday game against Ole Miss last week?

[parabrave]

I see Sull is still up but I swear I head That Sull was ejected.

[EdwardDrayton]

I see Sull is still up but I swear I head That Sull was ejected.

Yes. Bart just said he was ejected but not why

[parabrave]

Wouldn't thought Chance be caught looking. FUCCCVV wind mustve been blowing in on Reese.

[EdwardDrayton]

We are Kings of the Warning Track.

[EdwardDrayton]

This 17ing crew

[parabrave]

Dam even the announcers saying the umps suck.

[parabrave]

Yes. Bart just said he was ejected but not why

Must've told the Ump he sucks. Took one for the team there.

[EdwardDrayton]

Must've told the Ump he sucks. Took one for the team there.

Shouldn't get ejected if speaketh the truth

[HoopsDawg]

Impressive AB from Wyers

[parabrave]

Now do something this weekend Stallman. Not holding my Breath.

[EdwardDrayton]

Stallman oh for five today. <sigh>

[somebodyshotmypaw]

Why didn’t Stallman sprint to first?

[msstate7]

They bout to drop a 5-spot on us

[DawgFromOxford]

Stallman needs to sit on Tuesday and get his head right. Also we deserve to lose if we bring in Billingsley

[Bdawg]

This is a big game. Can’t get swept at home. Let’s go dawgs! Top of the order out of the way now. Bottom of the order coming up. Just hold them here in the 10th!!!

[msstate7]

Why didn?t Stallman sprint to first?

Was 1b occupied?

[EdwardDrayton]

They bout to drop a 5-spot on us

Hush yo mouf. :)

[CaptainObvious]

How do you keep running a guy out there in the cleanup spot who goes 0-5 and has multiple opportunities to either move a runner of drive in runs?

There HAS to be someone on that Bench who is hungry for the opportunities these guys keep getting at the top of our order. Damn!

[The Federalist Engineer]

I feel bad for Stallman.

He keeps batting in big spots and doing nothing.

This is a crap game to watch. It's MSU desperately trying to lose a game, umpires helping to lose the game, they all just need UGA to hit a 3 run homer to seal the deal.

[Activated Alpha]

Think it?s about time to sit Stall for a weekend

[Bdawg]

Play so deep at 2nd we can’t make the throw. If we going to shift, get some people over there

[EdwardDrayton]

This game has taken a minute

[msstate7]

SS, maybe you should throw that quicker

[EdwardDrayton]

Yeah turning a DP quickly is not our forte

[parabrave]

Well that might do it. Yep their balls travel ours die at the wall.

[EdwardDrayton]

Wes would be headed to the mound right now

[Quaoarsking]

It's MSU desperately trying to lose a game, umpires helping to lose the game, they all just need UGA to hit a 3 run homer to seal the deal.

Sigh....

[EdwardDrayton]

And the shoe drops

[msstate7]

This team deserves to lose all 3, and they will

[HoopsDawg]

Play so deep at 2nd we can’t make the throw. If we going to shift, get some people over there

That was horrible defensive positioning.

[EdwardDrayton]

Conversely Georgia says what's a warning track

[msstate7]

Sigh....

Ump didn't make our SS take 1.5 seconds to throw the ball to 2b. And then he lofted it underhanded. No sense of urgency

[parabrave]

Pouring in Europa.

[Quaoarsking]

I admit it - I deluded myself into thinking that Georgia's HR numbers were due to their park being favorable for them, when it's actually because they have a bunch of really good power hitters in their lineup.

[DawgFromOxford]

Just got pimped at home. 17n embarrassing

[EdwardDrayton]

I shoulda put the vodka in the Bloody Mary

[msstate7]

Conversely Georgia says what's a warning track

Oppo at that

[The Federalist Engineer]

I bet MSU score 2 runs and loads the bases in the bottom of the 10th...

Then Stallman comes to the plate with 2 outs ...

Grounds to 2b

[Quaoarsking]

I bet MSU score 2 runs and loads the bases in the bottom of the 10th...

Then Stallman comes to the plate with 2 outs ...

Grounds to 2b

I bet Woodson, Frei, and Nunnallee go 0-3.

[msstate7]

I bet MSU score 2 runs and loads the bases in the bottom of the 10th...

Then Stallman comes to the plate with 2 outs ...

Grounds to 2b

Nah, they going out easy... Georgia is leaving town leaving our team totally defeated

[EdwardDrayton]

I bet MSU score 2 runs and loads the bases in the bottom of the 10th...

Then Stallman comes to the plate with 2 outs ...

Grounds to 2b

LOL!!!

[EdwardDrayton]

Nah, they going out easy... Georgia is leaving town leaving our team totally defeated

More like leaving us curled up blubbering in the corner of the cell

[Pancho]

UGA may be the best team in the country. they are good from top to bottom in all phases.

[CaptainObvious]

Should have spent all that money on the Football program so State could average 5 wins per year instead of 3 going forward!😂

[Quaoarsking]

WTF was that

[Coach34]

I stand corrected. Someone can sweep us

[msstate7]

Boy, only sport we don't suck at, and we still get put in our place when facing highly ranked teams

[EdwardDrayton]

Hey. Could be worse. My buddy drove up from Fairhope with tix to all three games.

[Tater]

Just can't play Georgia pitching with this umpire crew rewarding any curve ball again and we'll be fine.

And Georgia won't hit this well in Omaha which is where we'd have to see them again.

[CaptainObvious]

UGA may be the best team in the country. they are good from top to bottom in all phases.

Nah. They exposed every phase of State?s game. Bad bullpen, Bad Defense, weak hitting against quality pitching.

[parabrave]

Nun with a hit. Didn't see that coming/

[Quaoarsking]

We'll be OK, but we're not going to be the #1 national seed like I hoped 48 hours ago. We'll still host and we could absolutely get hot in June and make a deep run.

[msstate7]

Should have spent all that money on the Football program so State could average 5 wins per year instead of 3 going forward!😂

Doesn't matter where we spend it, we miss state

[EdwardDrayton]

Just can't play Georgia pitching with this umpire crew rewarding any curve ball again and we'll be fine.

And Georgia won't hit this well in Omaha which is where we'd have to see them again.

Where can we get those Maroon glasses.

[parabrave]

UGA may be the best team in the country. they are good from top to bottom in all phases.

And they get the calls /

[EdwardDrayton]

We got spanked on our pantied asses.

[parabrave]

Doesn't matter where we spend it, we miss state

Thats ok we will get them in Football**

[msstate7]

On the bright side, no one will even know this happened outside of Starkville, Athens, and Oxford.

[EdwardDrayton]

We'll be OK, but we're not going to be the #1 national seed like I hoped 48 hours ago. We'll still host and we could absolutely get hot in June and make a deep run.

Yes

[Activated Alpha]

Just can't play Georgia pitching with this umpire crew rewarding any curve ball again and we'll be fine.

And Georgia won't hit this well in Omaha which is where we'd have to see them again.

Nah I will be praying to our risen savior tomorrow for a 4 seed virgins university for the blind to bounce their asses out of their own regional

[CaptainObvious]

On the bright side, no one will even know this happened outside of Starkville, Athens, and Oxford.

Probably just the few uGA fans that showed up in Starkville. They swept State in front of well over 30,000 which it would take uGA at least 4 home series to draw!

[maroonmania]

Our offense is struggling right now. We are just not seeing the ball well right now. No better example than in the 9th where Bryce won't swing at strike 3 right in the middle of the plate while Stallman strikes out on a ball that hit the dirt before reaching the plate. A&M put 18 runs on this Georgia team on Sunday. Five runs today was never going to cut it. And that is to go with the one pitiful run we scored last night. This series sweep has much more to do with our offense and catching issues than our pitching. And scoring runs when you are down 10-2 is good but teams don't pitch the same way up 8 runs that they do in a tight game.

[redstickdawg]

We'll be OK, but we're not going to be the #1 national seed like I hoped 48 hours ago. We'll still host and we could absolutely get hot in June and make a deep run.

I don't think that is at all likely now, we will be lucky to be host and national seed is out of the question. Only way is we get on some incredible tear and that doesn't look to happen. this team appears to be digressing

[R2Dawg]

UGA may be the best team in the country. they are good from top to bottom in all phases.

May be right now. We used to be but honestly we suck in most all places right now. Starting pitching has been good but that about it.

[msstate7]

Tenn
At SC
LSU
At Texas
Auburn
at aTm

Currently 7-5. Should be able to recover the next 2 weeks. Don't like us having to face lsu 2nd half of season bc they will figure it out. 4 tough series in a row after SC. I say 15-15

[R2Dawg]

I don't think that is at all likely now, we will be lucky to be host and national seed is out of the question. Only way is we get on some incredible tear and that doesn't look to happen. this team appears to be digressing

Agree as far as national seed that ship is about to take up anchor.

[Quaoarsking]

I don't think that is at all likely now, we will be lucky to be host and national seed is out of the question. Only way is we get on some incredible tear and that doesn't look to happen. this team appears to be digressing

We'll still be ranked in the top 10 (potentially top 7) on Monday and have lots of winnable games left. We are nowhere close to "we'll be lucky even host" territory.

Now if we lose the series next week to Tennessee, then yes we may be in trouble.

[Activated Alpha]

Nah this weekend as taken the wind out of my sails. We will most likely lose to TN

[R2Dawg]

Tenn
At SC
LSU
At Texas
Auburn
at aTm

Currently 7-5. Should be able to recover the next 2 weeks. Don't like us having to face lsu 2nd half of season bc they will figure it out. 4 tough series in a row after SC. I say 15-15

Need to win 7 or 8 in the next 3 series.

[Quaoarsking]

We are 2-5 in 1 run/extra inning games, accounting for 5 of our 7 losses. This is a clear sign that we've probably been a bit unlucky.

[The Federalist Engineer]

Just need 8 SEC wins from the next 18 to make a regional.

Next weekend Tennessee Vols, new umpires, and maybe the batting can be adjusted. A team that got swept by Vandy. Should do much better.

UGA hitters will crush a mistake into the stands, other teams will just get a line drive single.

[maroonmania]

Nah this weekend as taken the wind out of my sails. We will most likely lose to TN

I've definitely lost some confidence in this team. Our offense is not nearly as good as I thought it was earlier in the year and we have a major issue at catcher plus being down McPherson. I thought we were definitely going to be a Top 8 seed type team but not so sure of that now.

[Quaoarsking]

Tenn
At SC
LSU
At Texas
Auburn
at aTm

Currently 7-5. Should be able to recover the next 2 weeks. Don't like us having to face lsu 2nd half of season bc they will figure it out. 4 tough series in a row after SC. I say 15-15

Worst case 17-13 (such as 2/3 at home and against SC and 1/3 in the other 2) but I bet it's more like 20-10.

[EdwardDrayton]

Nah I will be praying to our risen savior tomorrow for a 4 seed virgins university for the blind to bounce their asses out of their own regional

LOL!! That just went on my prayer list for in the morning!!!!

[msstate7]

Worst case 17-13 (such as 2/3 at home and against SC and 1/3 in the other 2) but I bet it's more like 20-10.

20-10 is a national seed... like top 4-5.

[Quaoarsking]

20-10 is a national seed... like top 4-5.

Yeah, that's where I expect to end up, and that's where the metrics and experts would likely put us too.

[Quaoarsking]

Think of it this way - imagine a team that's ranked #4 in football that loses a home game to the #5 team, not a blowout or an embarrassment, but one where they make silly mistakes and their stars just didn't execute. Does that mean their season is over? Does that mean that the voters will severely punish them in the rankings? No.

Now if they also lose the next week to an unranked team at home, then suddenly there's some big concerns. But assuming we bounce back, I don't see any reason why we can't expect to still be a top 8 national seed.

[parabrave]

Jay just said there might be some shakeup in the lineup.

[Todd4State]

Losing McPherson really hurt us this weekend. No one is talking about it but Sweeney really to me cost us this game as much as anything. He has to pitch better. He was horseshit today. We scored five runs and usually that is enough. It's hard to hit when umpires are calling balls strikes. That's why we look "tentative" sometimes. Umpires were ass all weekend and I hope we complain to the SEC and this crew doesn't do any of our games the rest of the year. They absolutely affected the outcome of this series in a negative way. They're the poster boys why fans want ABS. I didn't even think their catcher framed it that well. He scooped everything and they bought it every single ****ing time. I would love to see the reports from our tech on how the umpires did this weekend. Too bad someone from MSU doesn't leak that. I'm sure it was CB Bucknor bad.

[msstate7]

Yeah, that's where I expect to end up, and that's where the metrics and experts would likely put us too.

Yeah, I don't know about that. What metric is predicting us to win 13/18 the rest of the way? I mean, that's .722 winning %, and we're currently at .583.

[maroonmania]

20-10 is a national seed... like top 4-5.

No doubt, if we go 13-5 the rest of the way we are definitely a national seed although I'm pretty skeptical of us being able to do that

[Todd4State]

Jay just said there might be some shakeup in the lineup.

Stallman would be the only one I would sit personally. I don't trust Raymond defensively. Who knows how long Teel will be out? Ace may be struggling but he's still contributing. Just because he isn't white hot it doesn't mean we sit him. Noah is going to have to sit a game I guess unless there is some rule that you have to sit out longer for multiple ejections within a specific time frame that I don't know about.

[msstate7]

No doubt, if we go 13-5 the rest of the way we are definitely a national seed although I'm pretty skeptical of us being able to do that

I would be shocked. Good thing is we don't have to be anywhere close to that to host a regional.

[parabrave]

If your at the dude and you are lolygaging around you might want to get on the road, There is some nasty stuff coming down 82,

[parabrave]

Stallman would be the only one I would sit personally. I don't trust Raymond defensively. Who knows how long Teel will be out? Ace may be struggling but he's still contributing. Just because he isn't white hot it doesn't mean we sit him. Noah is going to have to sit a game I guess unless there is some rule that you have to sit out longer for multiple ejections within a specific time frame that I don't know about.

This might seem but I would put Ace in 3 or 5. He is a power hitter and needs to be where he can knock some peeps in. But of course you need some guys on base to do that.

[CaptainObvious]

The team needs to drop to 17. Getting the fear of missing a Host seed might( might) wake them up. Definitely not a Top 8 seed type of team. Too many holes in the word ?Team?.

1-5 in the SEC against teams that are or were ranked at the time we played them. 1-2 against the other 2 Ranked Teams State has played. Arkansas out pitched State. UGA out hit, out pitched, out defended, and out coached State.

[State82]

No doubt, if we go 13-5 the rest of the way we are definitely a national seed although I'm pretty skeptical of us being able to do that

Yeah I would like to get some odds on that to load up on. No way in hell that happens. Playing .500 ball the rest of the way is much more likely than that.

[Todd4State]

Yeah, I don't know about that. What metric is predicting us to win 13/18 the rest of the way? I mean, that's .722 winning %, and we're currently at .583.

We're very capable of winning our next three series. Two at home and then one at South Carolina. Winning 7 of those 9 by themselves would get us into a regional. Especially if we win the Governor's Cup in top of that. Then we would only need to win 2-3 of the last 9 to host. And we'll have McPherson back for most of not all of those if I had to guess.

And yeah- I do think we will play a lot better next weekend. This is just a bump in the road. Every team has it happen even the best LSU teams.

[Todd4State]

This might seem but I would put Ace in 3 or 5. He is a power hitter and needs to be where he can knock some peeps in. But of course you need some guys on base to do that.

I would definitely do that before I ever thought about sitting him.

[Todd4State]

The team needs to drop to 17. Getting the fear of missing a Host seed might( might) wake them up. Definitely not a Top 8 seed type of team. Too many holes in the word ?Team?.

1-5 in the SEC against teams that are or were ranked at the time we played them. 1-2 against the other 2 Ranked Teams State has played. Arkansas out pitched State. UGA out hit, out pitched, out defended, and out coached State.

Was Ole Miss ranked when we played them? I thought they were.

[Todd4State]

Yeah I would like to get some odds on that to load up on. No way in hell that happens. Playing .500 ball the rest of the way is much more likely than that.

Even if that happens that's still 16 wins and good enough to host as long as we don't have any bad midweek losses.

[msstate7]

We're very capable of winning our next three series. Two at home and then one at South Carolina. Winning 7 of those 9 by themselves would get us into a regional. Especially if we win the Governor's Cup in top of that. Then we would only need to win 2-3 of the last 9 to host. And we'll have McPherson back for most of not all of those if I had to guess.

And yeah- I do think we will play a lot better next weekend. This is just a bump in the road. Every team has it happen even the best LSU teams.

My guess...

Tenn 2-1
At SC 2-1
LSU 1-2
At Texas 0-3
Auburn 2-1
at aTm 1-2

15-15

[maroonmania]

Losing McPherson really hurt us this weekend. No one is talking about it but Sweeney really to me cost us this game as much as anything. He has to pitch better. He was horseshit today. We scored five runs and usually that is enough. It's hard to hit when umpires are calling balls strikes. That's why we look "tentative" sometimes. Umpires were ass all weekend and I hope we complain to the SEC and this crew doesn't do any of our games the rest of the year. They absolutely affected the outcome of this series in a negative way. They're the poster boys why fans want ABS. I didn't even think their catcher framed it that well. He scooped everything and they bought it every single ****ing time. I would love to see the reports from our tech on how the umpires did this weekend. Too bad someone from MSU doesn't leak that. I'm sure it was CB Bucknor bad.

Sure, we should get more from Sweeney but I would disagree that 5 runs in a Sunday game would normally be enough to beat a team with an offense like Georgia. Our offense has got to get its groove back. Right now its in a funk.

[Quaoarsking]

My guess...

Tenn 2-1
At SC 2-1
LSU 1-2
At Texas 0-3
Auburn 2-1
at aTm 1-2

15-15

https://pearatings.com/cbase/d1?season=2026

Anything can happen, but picking LSU to come into Starkville and take 2/3 seems needlessly pessimistic.

I think something like this is very plausible:

7-2 over our next 3 weeks
5-4 over the last 3

19-11 overall, and that's not even me being a homer yet.

[Brobi-wan]

We probably take Friday with McPherson. It be what it be. Lot of games left!

[Todd4State]

https://pearatings.com/cbase/d1?season=2026

Anything can happen, but picking LSU to come into Starkville and take 2/3 seems needlessly pessimistic.

I think something like this is very plausible:

7-2 over our next 3 weeks
5-4 over the last 3

19-11 overall, and that's not even me being a homer yet.

I agree with this.

[Todd4State]

Sure, we should get more from Sweeney but I would disagree that 5 runs in a Sunday game would normally be enough to beat a team with an offense like Georgia. Our offense has got to get its groove back. Right now its in a funk.

Sweeney threw a pitch that was batting practice caliber. If he executes we win 5-3.

I'm giving our offense a pass because of the horseshit umpiring.

If the SEC has ABS we win this series.

[Todd4State]

https://pearatings.com/cbase/d1?season=2026

Anything can happen, but picking LSU to come into Starkville and take 2/3 seems needlessly pessimistic.

I think something like this is very plausible:

7-2 over our next 3 weeks
5-4 over the last 3

19-11 overall, and that's not even me being a homer yet.

Also as far as the last three weekends- I expect McPherson back for most of not all of those and I expect Bauer to gradually become a bigger part of the bullpen. That's going to make a HUGE difference from what we are today. Between those two you're probably looking at 7-9 quality innings a weekend alone. Not to mention Pitzer, Gleason and others.

[maroonmania]

Sweeney threw a pitch that was batting practice caliber. If he executes we win 5-3.

I'm giving our offense a pass because of the horseshit umpiring.

If the SEC has ABS we win this series.

Just saying, 2 weeks ago I would never believe that Chance would have taken a strike 3 right in the middle of the strike zone without swinging like he did in that 9th inning, but he did. And others aren't seeing the ball as well right now either. Agree that the umpiring was crap but I've seen that so much in the SEC that I just expect it at this point. But we have more offensive problems than just that right now.

[Quaoarsking]

Also as far as the last three weekends- I expect McPherson back for most of not all of those and I expect Bauer to gradually become a bigger part of the bullpen. That's going to make a HUGE difference from what we are today. Between those two you're probably looking at 7-9 quality innings a weekend alone. Not to mention Pitzer, Gleason and others.

If we have McPherson back in his usual form in the last 3 weeks and get quality innings out of Bauer, we're probably looking at 20 or 21 wins.

[Bdawg]

Sweeney threw a pitch that was batting practice caliber. If he executes we win 5-3.

I'm giving our offense a pass because of the horseshit umpiring.

If the SEC has ABS we win this series.

Offense not getting a pass from me. They had some pitches to hit and watched them go by or missed some. Were there horse crap calls? Yes… plenty. Adjust and get the job done. We are slumping

[Todd4State]

Just saying, 2 weeks ago I would never believe that Chance would have taken a strike 3 right in the middle of the strike zone without swinging like he did in that 9th inning, but he did. And others aren't seeing the ball as well right now either. Agree that the umpiring was crap but I've seen that so much in the SEC that I just expect it at this point. But we have more offensive problems than just that right now.


Offense not getting a pass from me. They had some pitches to hit and watched them go by or missed some. Were there horse crap calls? Yes… plenty. Adjust and get the job done. We are slumping

It's a lot harder to adjust when you are forced to swing at pitches that are balls and almost hit the dirt. Shit, I could pitch against our lineup and do decent if I got off the shoes as a strike call. Or the 1927 Yankees.

[Todd4State]

If we have McPherson back in his usual form in the last 3 weeks and get quality innings out of Bauer, we're probably looking at 20 or 21 wins.

Agree again. I hope Bauer eventually takes over as closer. I'm certainly willing to be patient with him though. I like Davis as a relief ace better than as a closer honestly too. His last two outings have been better since Ole Miss game one. I know Webb gave up the home run in extra innings but he has been good most of the year as have Pitzer and Gleason. We can win a lot with that group plus Tico, Stone and McPherson.

[State82]

If we have McPherson back in his usual form in the last 3 weeks and get quality innings out of Bauer, we're probably looking at 20 or 21 wins.

This is what kinda worries me in the back of my mind. Getting him back and getting him back in his usual form could be two different things. But either way the sooner it is the better off we are.

[CaptainObvious]

I don?t think Chance is a ?pressure? hitter. Yes, he has a couple of hits, but the 2 times today he came up in badly needed hits or getting on base today, he couldn?t pull the trigger. Batting 9th has very little pressure normally but look what happened last night when he came up in pressure situations needing RBI?s. He didn?t get it done. He is what he is. He can get on base in front of the top of the order but they have to bring him around. I think Wyers should have started in left and led off today, keeping Beans in the 9 spot. Hindsight and all that crap though. Yes. Reese probably needs to move out of the 2 hole, like someone said, probably 5. Just from the fans observations, the lefty righty thing hasn?t really proved itself through 12 SEC games. Check the BA. UGA didn?t even throw a lefty at us this weekend did they?

[CaptainObvious]

Also, UAB is pretty darn good this year. Tuesday is important!

[Thick]

I don?t think Chance is a ?pressure? hitter. Yes, he has a couple of hits, but the 2 times today he came up in badly needed hits or getting on base today, he couldn?t pull the trigger. Batting 9th has very little pressure normally but look what happened last night when he came up in pressure situations needing RBI?s. He didn?t get it done. He is what he is. He can get on base in front of the top of the order but they have to bring him around. I think Wyers should have started in left and led off today, keeping Beans in the 9 spot. Hindsight and all that crap though. Yes. Reese probably needs to move out of the 2 hole, like someone said, probably 5. Just from the fans observations, the lefty righty thing hasn?t really proved itself through 12 SEC games. Check the BA. UGA didn?t even throw a lefty at us this weekend did they?

You realize that he led off with a single, stole second with no outs, and our 2,3, & 4 holes k’d twice and ejected from the game, and a pop up. We win 6-5 if we those guys could put it in play. I’m just saying he put us in the best position to win with some “studs” behind him.

[Todd4State]

I don?t think Chance is a ?pressure? hitter. Yes, he has a couple of hits, but the 2 times today he came up in badly needed hits or getting on base today, he couldn?t pull the trigger. Batting 9th has very little pressure normally but look what happened last night when he came up in pressure situations needing RBI?s. He didn?t get it done. He is what he is. He can get on base in front of the top of the order but they have to bring him around. I think Wyers should have started in left and led off today, keeping Beans in the 9 spot. Hindsight and all that crap though. Yes. Reese probably needs to move out of the 2 hole, like someone said, probably 5. Just from the fans observations, the lefty righty thing hasn?t really proved itself through 12 SEC games. Check the BA. UGA didn?t even throw a lefty at us this weekend did they?

I would start Frei in LF, Chance in CF, and Wyers at 2B until Teel comes back.

[Todd4State]

You realize that he led off with a single, stole second with no outs, and our 2,3, & 4 holes k’d twice and ejected from the game, and a pop up. We win 6-5 if we those guys could put it in play. I’m just saying he put us in the best position to win with some “studs” behind him.

Good point.

[Homedawg]

I would start Frei in LF, Chance in CF, and Wyers at 2B until Teel comes back.

Val went 2-4 w a jack today. He wasn't the problem.

[AlSwearengen]

the thing that kept pissing me off was hitters swinging at borderline pitches and balls when a pitcher was having trouble throwing strikes. Sully did it on 3-0 after a couple walks and popped it up. Granted, Stallman was coming up and has been an automatic out, so maybe it wasn't a bad idea for Sully to swing 3-0. Stallman chasing that down and in slider for the 100th time on the first pitch after the pitcher had walked a couple and in front of him. There was some shitty baseball played this weekend. SHITTY. If i'm struggling hitting and the pitcher is struggling, you have to take until they throw a strike.

[cheewgumm]

The studs are not hitting in the clutch. That was a big problem this weekend .

[msstate7]

The studs are not hitting in the clutch. That was a big problem this weekend .

It happens for every team, every level at some point. This team will be fine. I think they'll be at least 15 sec wins or more, and they'll host.

[parabrave]

The studs are not hitting in the clutch. That was a big problem this weekend .

100%. Hell for the last few series they havent/ Been relying on the Bottom of the order.

[TNDawg35]

I would rather be going through a slump now and not come tourney play.

[maroonmania]

You realize that he led off with a single, stole second with no outs, and our 2,3, & 4 holes k’d twice and ejected from the game, and a pop up. We win 6-5 if we those guys could put it in play. I’m just saying he put us in the best position to win with some “studs” behind him.

Chance is probably our best pressure hitter. We don't win the Friday OM game without his 9th inning double and he probably has more 2 out RBIs than pretty much anyone else on the team this year. I was just making the point that even he is having issues right now along with most of our best hitters. We would seem to have too many good hitters in our lineup for them all to stay in a funk for too long. But we certainly need to get rolling again offensively. There are times throughout the SEC season that you do need to be able to put up double digit runs to win and we just aren't able to do that right now.

[Coach34]

Stall is struggling. Ace/Sully/34 have not been clutch so far.

We are only as good as our Dudes. When the Dudes play good ball- we are good. They werent good this weekend- swept. Cmon Tennessee

[Todd4State]

Val went 2-4 w a jack today. He wasn't the problem.

He wasn't a problem. He can either DH for Noah or Frei can on Tuesday