Game 3 Thread sponsored by the Will James Bunting Academy

[BeardoMSU]

OM lost 9-6. Now its on us to stop shitting ourselves and win this [co]SEC-West Championship!!!!!!

C'mon Guys!!!

[Esmerelda Villalobos]

down 2-0 and woody is throwing bullets. 2 down.

[CadaverDawg]

The softball game... or this one? ;)

This one

[Esmerelda Villalobos]

0-2 single.

[38843dawg]

Well I didn't mind that one too much. Brown has been hot lately and has HR power but just didn't come through.

My problem isn't so much Brown coming in, but who he came in for. I would much rather see Hendu stay in and Brown come in for Armstrong who like others on the team can't hit shit. May not matter anyways considering Vickerson may come in for Armstrong.

[Esmerelda Villalobos]

woody gets groundout. heading to the 7th.

[BulldogBear]

Girls leading 5-3 top of 6th. We're visitor.

[Bucky Dog]

Have faith boys! And hope he PH for Rea next time around!

[Esmerelda Villalobos]

Armstrong lead walk

[Esmerelda Villalobos]

if we win, we are 3 seed and west champ. if we lose, we are 5 seed and play tues.

[Esmerelda Villalobos]

Britton 1-1

[Esmerelda Villalobos]

2-1. this guy will walk the bases loaded if we don't swing

[Esmerelda Villalobos]

britton fouls off on a hit and run. 2-2

[maroonmania]

I realize we are down 2 right now so its not the greatest spot but I've wondered all year why, if Armstrong is the fastest guy in the league, we are so gun shy to try and straight steal with him.

[Esmerelda Villalobos]

Bunky Britton watches a passed ball. runner to second. full count.

[Bucky Dog]

I realize we are down 2 right now so its not the greatest spot but I've wondered all year why, if Armstrong is the fastest guy in the league, we are so gun shy to try and straight steal with him.

Odds

[Esmerelda Villalobos]

britton grounder to 2nd. out at 1st. Armstrong to 3rd. need to get this one in. one at a time.

[DudyDawg]

So if we win we win co-west title right? Keep seeing a lot of we win the west but I thought we would tie OM for it? Or is it outright?

[Esmerelda Villalobos]

heck grounds to SS. we get a run across. 2-1 bama. 2 outs. we are batting in the top of 7th.

[Esmerelda Villalobos]

So if we win we win co-west title right? Keep seeing a lot of we win the west but I thought we would tie OM for it? Or is it outright?

co champ. not that it matters.

pitching change for bama.

[Quaoarsking]

So if we win we win co-west title right? Keep seeing a lot of we win the west but I thought we would tie OM for it? Or is it outright?

It's a tie, but the SEC will recognize both of us, give us both a trophy, etc.

[Esmerelda Villalobos]

detz grounds out. mid 7th.

[BulldogBear]

Girls leading 5-3 top of 6th. We're visitor.

I was wrong. We're home team. Now top of last inning leading 5-3. Three outs from the win.

[DudyDawg]

It's a tie, but the SEC will recognize both of us, give us both a trophy, etc.

The more silverware the better I guess. Woody looking pretty sharp so far to me too

[Esmerelda Villalobos]

woody hits him on a 0-2

[BulldogBear]

Girls won 5-3. Rematch with Texas coming up. Win or go home.

[Esmerelda Villalobos]

bama bunts him to 2nd. 1 down

[Esmerelda Villalobos]

fly out to left. 2 down.

[BulldogBear]

Lingo will probably get it done but, gah, need offense.

[Esmerelda Villalobos]

passed ball. runner to 3rd. 2-2 count and cohen brings in lindgren.

[sandwolf]

I have a feeling they are fixing to pick up a run off of a wild pitch.

[maroonmania]

Lindgren comes in with Collins still at C. Most likely there will be a wild pitch for a run.

[CadaverDawg]

If we bring in Randolph, it's over, so we have to down one

[sandwolf]

Got him!

[DudyDawg]

Instead Collins blocks strike three and makes the throw baby. Let's go. We scored one last night lets not do it again

[Esmerelda Villalobos]

Lindgren gets out of it. 6 more outs for us to tie it up and win the west and 19 games. Something we haven't done in almost 20 years.

I wonder how good we could be if this coach actually knew what he was doing?

[maroonmania]

Per CSS we've already lost, SC and LSU have lockeded up byes.

[DudyDawg]

In case we were wondering how good pirtle is, he just went down 0-2 on a horrible cause and doesn't care. Smokes a low liner past the diving second baseman for a single. From the right side of the dish. Man, he's just plain good. All there is to say

[Esmerelda Villalobos]

pirtle leadoff single on a 0-2!!!

[Esmerelda Villalobos]

Collins shows bunt and pulls back. strike 1

[Esmerelda Villalobos]

Collins with a nice bunt. advances pirtle to 2nd.

[DudyDawg]

Freshman gets the sac bunt down, senior hits the last fly to center. Reid now in to PH

[ClancyDawg]

Collins with a nice bunt. advances pirtle to 2nd.

Questionable with CT vs a LHP next

[LiterallyPolice]

Somewhere, Will James is weeping.

[DudyDawg]

Lazy fly* not last sorry

[Esmerelda Villalobos]

CT first pitch flyout to left center.

[Esmerelda Villalobos]

PH for brown. It is up to Hump.

[Esmerelda Villalobos]

Hump batting .462 with RISP

[Esmerelda Villalobos]

Hump watches a strike. 1-1

[Esmerelda Villalobos]

Humphries 2-1

[Bucky Dog]

Get it done Reid

[Esmerelda Villalobos]

2-2

[DudyDawg]

Hump draws walk and Vick goes on to punch run

[ClancyDawg]

Hump walks! Vickerson in to run.

Big Poppa needs to blast one!

[CadaverDawg]

2-2

Damn, thought you meant the score!

[BulldogBear]

Per CSS we've already lost, SC and LSU have lockeded up byes.

LSU cannot lock up a bye if we win. They can't do math. Even if you just straight up give them a win for their tie with UGA, that makes them 18-11.

19-11 > than 18-11, EVERY TIME

[Esmerelda Villalobos]

hump walks. 2 on. 2 out.

[maroonmania]

Wes "K" Rea now up.

[DudyDawg]

Shrek up to bar. Let's see that Virginia power Wes. Or just a single. Anything but an out, really

[Esmerelda Villalobos]

Donkey is DUE. If he doesn't get a hit here, Id make him sit the rest of the year. He is creeping on Renfroe chokeage from last year.

[Bucky Dog]

Wes "K" Rea now up.

Prove us wrong Wes!!!

[msstate7]

Beginning of the year this who I would choose in this spot. Now I'd choose almost anyone else. Prove me wrong

[Esmerelda Villalobos]

Wes Renfroe is fouling off pitches right down the middle. fast balls.

[BulldogBear]

Gah! Foul ...and foul again... and again

[DudyDawg]

Six inches from a two run double

[ClancyDawg]

Dang! Rea hits one down the line just foul

Inches away

[Esmerelda Villalobos]

Wes Renfroe hits on JUST foul down line that would've scored two. less than a foot foul.

[sandwolf]

Well shit.

[BulldogBear]

pop up of course. Clutch hitting Thur was a fluke

[maroonmania]

You knew once he barely missed the double that was pretty much it.

[Esmerelda Villalobos]

ReaFroe is gonna Rea.

[msstate7]

At least we cleared the pitcher spot (rea)

[DudyDawg]

Wes hammers one higher than it went farther. Goodness. Inning over. Six inches from taking the lead and then that. Couldn't be more of a tease there

[Saltydog]

nt

[ClancyDawg]

Hindsight we should have let Collins hit

[CadaverDawg]

I'd rather have Rick Ray up with RISP than Wes Rea these days

[CJDAWG85]

If we could half way have clutch hitting, we'd be a solid Top 10 team.

[maroonmania]

Hindsight we should have let Collins hit

Will James approves this message.

[LiterallyPolice]

I'd rather have Rick Ray up with RISP than Wes Rea these days

Me too.... if he screws up, it's stansbury's fault.

ZING!

[DudyDawg]

I'd rather have Rick Ray up with RISP than Wes Rea these days

Haha yes. +50

[Esmerelda Villalobos]

Collins is in a huge slump. He has looked lost the past week or 2. No problem bunting him there.

[ClancyDawg]

I'd rather have Rick Ray up with RISP than Wes Rea these days

This could be a good thread. Better Rea/Ray's than Wes at the plate.

I'll submit Ray Charles

[CadaverDawg]

Will James approves this message.

Because Will James WROTE that message

[Esmerelda Villalobos]

Because Will James WROTE that message

doing all he can not to troll. He wont be able to control it during the sect

[CadaverDawg]

This could be a good thread. Better Rea/Ray's than Wes at the plate.

I'll submit Ray Charles

Rick Ray is delivering more than Rea these days....and that's saying something

[Esmerelda Villalobos]

Lindgren with a K. 1 down.

[LiterallyPolice]

This could be a good thread. Better Rea/Ray's than Wes at the plate.

I'll submit Ray Charles

I'll submit Rachel Ray

[ClancyDawg]

Because Will James WROTE that message

Bwahaha Tom Clancy undercover.

Let me stay, I have seen my error ways

[Esmerelda Villalobos]

1 out single.

[BulldogBear]

Ray Ray Bivens


....double ray. So , does that get the double... or two outs

[DudyDawg]

I'll submit Rachel Ray

I know ray rice can hit stuff......
Too soon?

[maroonmania]

Luckily we have our power man up in the 9th, Britton.

[ClancyDawg]

Ray Liota (sp)

Shoeless Joe was pretty good

[CadaverDawg]

Bwahaha Tom Clancy undercover.

Let me stay, I have seen my error ways

Haha

[Esmerelda Villalobos]

what is sad is after Pirtle, Id almost want Britton next. We seriously cannot hit. The sad thing is, we are not even close to the worst in the sec.

[CadaverDawg]

You would think Lindgren was throwing boomerangs out there the way Collins has trouble catching them!

[Bucky Dog]

Let's all take our Adderall and get back to the game

[Esmerelda Villalobos]

2 down. 2-1 count.

[ClancyDawg]

You would think Lindgren was throwing boomerangs out there the way Collins has trouble catching them!

Runner gets to third and I'd put Walker in

[Esmerelda Villalobos]

You would think Lindgren was throwing boomerangs out there the way Collins has trouble catching them!

he is. his slider is next level.

[Esmerelda Villalobos]

yeah. With Collins slumping, Id almost bring walker in regardless. Collins wont bat next inning anyway.

[ClancyDawg]

That inning ending throw down is scary!

[DudyDawg]

You would think Lindgren was throwing boomerangs out there the way Collins has trouble catching them!

Luckily, it looks like that to the hitters too

[Esmerelda Villalobos]

full count and lindgren gets out of a jam. heading to 9th down 1.

[maroonmania]

Facing Bama's weaker pitchers we have a total of 4 singles on the day. Pathetic.

[Esmerelda Villalobos]

If Im Cohen, I tell the players what is on the line. A west championship and bye or a loss and playing Tuesday on single elimination.

[DudyDawg]

4 hits through eight innings. I'm no math major but that's one hit every two innings right? I'm no baseball coach either, but that doesn't seem like a good method for winning either

[blacklistedbully]

If we lose this game, we are not in the top 4 seeds.

[Esmerelda Villalobos]

1 down

[CadaverDawg]

We blew our chance last inning with Rea Charles

[ClancyDawg]

Hit it as far as you can Garner

[DudyDawg]

Garner PH. Again he takes a serious cut at the first pitch. I'll say again, one of the only guys who does it consistently and I love it. If you don't get many chances, don't be afraid to swing when you do. He may not have to best average but dammit if he doesn't attack

[ClancyDawg]

Cant take fastballs on the inside of the plate. Thats what you should be looking for power hitter

3-2 count

[Esmerelda Villalobos]

it really doesn't matter. we aren't hosting. id just like a championship, even though it really doesn't mean anything.

[DudyDawg]

it really doesn't matter. we aren't hosting. id just like a championship, even though it really doesn't mean anything.

It matters if you want a free day off? What do you mean it doesn't mean anything, of course every win does.

[ClancyDawg]

Heck single keeps it alive

[msstate7]

You can't blame pitching when you lose 2-1, but starting brown was huge. Brown was a terrible decision

[DawgSaint]

Heck keeps it alive with 2 out single

[Esmerelda Villalobos]

Garner strikes out swinging. 2 down.

[ClancyDawg]

****

[DawgSaint]

Well...that's that!

[ClancyDawg]

You can't blame pitching when you lose 2-1, but starting brown was huge. Brown was a terrible decision

Agree 100%

[blacklistedbully]

That sucks. Hate losing out to the Corndogs.

[maroonmania]

Can't believe we held them to 2 runs today and STILL lost. Our offense just wouldn't allow us to get a bye and an SEC West title.

[DawgSaint]

2 runs scored in two games....unreal

[Esmerelda Villalobos]

detz line out to end it. we play Tuesday. see yall there.

[DudyDawg]

As frustrating as this year was at times, all in all, this was a good regular season for us. It really is a great sign for both the past and our program's future that we are complaining about a team that's second in the division. Good SEC season, we've looked hotter lately (besides today) so let's see if we can't take this thing deep into the year. Hate seeing us score one run but, in post season, hitting and defense is a good way to advance

[CJDAWG85]

How many did we leave on base?

[msstate7]

Just another tease before the choke for this team. All season it's been loading bases before choking. This weekend it was getting in position to win west and choking. This team doesn't have killer instinct and I feel our season is gonna end quickly now. If you blame one player, it has to be rea. What a joke of a season he's had

[DudyDawg]

I meant pitching and defense my bad

[DawgSaint]

Just another tease before the choke for this team. All season it's been loading bases before choking. This weekend it was getting in position to win west and choking. This team doesn't have killer instinct and I feel our season is gonna end quickly now. If you blame one player, it has to be rea. What a joke of a season he's had

Yea well that's just it you don't blame one player!

[msstate7]

Yea well that's just it you don't blame one player!

I know it isn't just his fault, but we were counting on him big time this year and he's been terrible. Many of us thought he would be an all American candidate and now he's platooning at 1st. Rea has been the biggest factor in our offensive disaster

[DawgSaint]

I know it isn't just his fault, but we were counting on him big time this year and he's been terrible. Many of us thought he would be an all American candidate and now he's platooning at 1st. Rea has been the biggest factor in our offensive disaster

I'm a Rea fan and have said that many times, but the fact is, he cannot get the bat around on a good inside fastball. I don't think it takes a very smart baseball mind to figure that out. To think that's going to change is setting yourself up for a lot of disappointment. On a side note....based on what I just said I very seriously doubt he will be drafted that high. So, does he come back is the question. My answer is why in the world would he want to?? He has been battered all year on every message board and by every fool with a Twitter account. I've said it all freakin year! There is not one person in our lineup any opposing pitcher should fear....Period!

[CJDAWG85]

Anyone know how many we left on base?

[BulldogBear]

Anyone know how many we left on base?

11 I think

[msstate7]

I'm a Rea fan and have said that many times, but the fact is, he cannot get the bat around on a good inside fastball. I don't think it takes a very smart baseball mind to figure that out. To think that's going to change is setting yourself up for a lot of disappointment. On a side note....based on what I just said I very seriously doubt he will be drafted that high. So, does he come back is the question. My answer is why in the world would he want to?? He has been battered all year on every message board and by every fool with a Twitter account. I've said it all freakin year! There is not one person in our lineup any opposing pitcher should fear....Period!

If rea comes back, good. If he leaves, good. Ive come to realize he got hot last year at the right time and he's been very average the rest of his career. Hopefully he gets hot again this post season

[Steakonastick]

If I'm Cohen I tell him it's in his best interest to leave and try football for a year. Or if he wants to try to and play minor league baseball. His biggest problem is any pitcher that has a fast ball above 87 can jam him inside. Scouts have commented numerous times he has the slowest swing in the sec. By all accounts he is a great guy and was a huge reason why we went to the ship last year. But as a program I see us better off Humphrey's playing first next year.

[MarketingBully01]

If I'm Cohen I tell him it's in his best interest to leave and try football for a year. Or if he wants to try to and play minor league baseball. His biggest problem is any pitcher that has a fast ball above 87 can jam him inside. Scouts have commented numerous times he has the slowest swing in the sec. By all accounts he is a great guy and was a huge reason why we went to the ship last year. But as a program I see us better off Humphrey's playing first next year.

I tell him come back for his senior year and work to fix his stance. If he doesn't crowd the plate like he does, he would fix a lot of his ills. He needs one more good year so he can be drafted high next year. Since he is so big and has a heck if a reach, he would be wise to move back a couple of steps from the plate. Then they couldn't jam him with a fastball.

[MarketingBully01]

I know it isn't just his fault, but we were counting on him big time this year and he's been terrible. Many of us thought he would be an all American candidate and now he's platooning at 1st. Rea has been the biggest factor in our offensive disaster

It's this whole team not just Rea. You can't blame Rea for the losses against LSU and losing the series against A&M and we were in position to sweep Tennessee as well for that matter. This is the season of what could of been and it's not all on Rea. Imagine if we don't start Brown today or if we don't start him against A&M. You could claim Brown is also a reason for our ills. It's a team effort on why we are where we are.

[Todd4State]

Rea has had a disappointing season no question about it. He didn't get the job done today. However, I think some people are being too hard on him. We don't beat Tennessee last week if he doesn't hit that home run. He was the MVP of the Governor's Cup and he had a clutch two out double against Ole Miss on SBW that tied the game.

If I'm Cohen, I would want him back next year. A fifth year senior who has been through a lot of both good and bad times. He's a power threat- and next year if he comes back, he actually gets to hit with the new baseball with the lowered seams which will help him out too. I don't think he could be anything but an asset.

[Todd4State]

It's this whole team not just Rea. You can't blame Rea for the losses against LSU and losing the series against A&M and we were in position to sweep Tennessee as well for that matter. This is the season of what could of been and it's not all on Rea. Imagine if we don't start Brown today or if we don't start him against A&M. You could claim Brown is also a reason for our ills. It's a team effort on why we are where we are.

Exactly. Woodruff has been a disappointment. Detz has been just as much of a disappointment as Rea if not even moreso. Brown getting hurt is a disappointment. Our catchers have been awful as a unit and have cost us a couple of games being very generous and conservative- Memphis and Jacksonville State immediately come to mind.

There is plenty of blame to pass around.

[I seen it dawg]

And yet we finish 18-12 in league play and gonna be a sonofabitch 2 seed for somebody in a regional. For all the disappointment we are still a damn tough out and hard to beat.

[msstate7]

And yet we finish 18-12 in league play and gonna be a sonofabitch 2 seed for somebody in a regional. For all the disappointment we are still a damn tough out and hard to beat.

While I agree we're gonna be a tough out, we're 12-12 against the sec tourney field. 6-0 vs auburn and mizzou inflated our sec record. Of course, this can probably be said for most the sec tourney field

[I seen it dawg]

Yeah the 2/3 against Vandy and Bama inflated it as well. I get that we could be better but as Todd said it was a HUGE learning yr on many levels. A wake up call so to speak on many things. We handled our business in league except for the rough patch vs OM, LSU, and AM. We have snapped out of it. We don't have the ammo to win the whole thing I don't think but we will gain some good experience. Don't apologize for Aub and Mizzou...nobody else will.

[maroonmania]

While I agree we're gonna be a tough out, we're 12-12 against the sec tourney field. 6-0 vs auburn and mizzou inflated our sec record. Of course, this can probably be said for most the sec tourney field

Exactly, its a double edged sword. Yes, our pitching has stepped up, and we only gave up 6 total runs this weekend against Bama (2 of those coming after the first game was over) and yet we still had to struggle to win 2 of 3 because our offense SUCKS. No team should fear us much when a decent pitching effort is almost assured to keep us at 3 runs or below. Yes, we have a pretty good team as a whole but our margin for error is razor thin because we have so much trouble scoring runs. To me the only way we win a regional is to go through the winner's bracket, if we lose one of the first 2 games we don't have enough depth in our pitching staff to come back with an offense as bad as ours. I'm thinking we may actually have a better chance of winning a SR than a regional if we somehow survive a regional because of only having to play 3 games. Cohen HAS to do something to fix our offense for next year. We were fortunate to win a LOT of low scoring close games this year including 6-0 in extra innings. If we split those 6 games none of us we be even slightly happy right now. I thought Cohen had a reputation as a great hitting coach but he sure isn't showing it right now.