South Dakota State Game Thread

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[msstate7]

I like this lineup

[Tbonewannabe]

A good bit of pop in the lineup. Only question I have is Lovelady at catcher. Is this mean platooning catchers for the double header or just giving him a chance to win starter spot?

[Blackout]

A good bit of pop in the lineup. Only question I have is Lovelady at catcher. Is this mean platooning catchers for the double header or just giving him a chance to win starter spot?

He's solid defensively and yes, DH.

Anyone can win a starting spot if they can perform.

[msstate7]

Don't we usually let our catchers call the pitches? Is marrero getting that same rope?

[Saltydog]

nt

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Bart and Matt on the call - ESPN3

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Really reminds me of Lindgren. Like that.

[Dawg61]

Can't pitch from the windup? Why do we allow this or encourage this? Stupid

[msstate7]

Really reminds me of Lindgren. Like that.

He doesn't seem to have the swing and miss stuff that lindgren had

[Blackout]

Playing against a retarded coach here.. Squaring up to bunt in the 1st.

[Blackout]

He doesn't seem to have the swing and miss stuff that lindgren had

Well very few in college baseball history had his K rates..

Brown did K 28 in 20 innings last year, I'd say thats pretty damn strong.

[msstate7]

Our pitchers have really slow moves to 1st

[Dawg61]

He doesn't seem to have the swing and miss stuff that lindgren had

Yea nobody has Lindgren's slider. Thing breaks 4 feet into the dirt. Is Lindgren healthy now? Yankees had to shut him down last year for arm problems. Think he had surgery but it wasn't TJ.

[msstate7]

Our pitchers have really slow moves to 1st

Haha whatever works

[Blackout]

2 walks in the inning.. Brown better fix that wild shit that seems to be held over from last year. (12 BB's in 20 IP)

[Dawg61]

Pitch from the whindup when nobody is on Brown!!

[Blackout]

Yea nobody has Lindgren's slider. Thing breaks 4 feet into the dirt. Is Lindgren healthy now? Yankees had to shut him down last year for arm problems. Think he had surgery but it wasn't TJ.

http://bronxbaseballdaily.com/2016/02/jacob-lindgren-hopes-to-win-a-spot-in-the-yankees-bullpen/

http://www.sportsmedia101.com/newyorkyankees/2016/02/17/new-york-yankees-jacob-lindgren-feeling-100-better-after-elbow-surgery-to-remove-bone-spurs/

[msstate7]

9k at baseball game yesterday. Has men's basketball matched that all year?

[Blackout]

2 K's, 2 BB's in the 1st. Young Lindgren fo sho

[Dawg61]

Gift strike call there. We'll take it!

[msstate7]

2 K's, 2 BB's in the 1st. Young Lindgren fo sho

Just missing the wild pitches/pass balls

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Just missing the wild pitches/pass balls

Collins plays 3rd now

[msstate7]

Like kruger

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Kruger BB

[Dawg61]

http://bronxbaseballdaily.com/2016/02/jacob-lindgren-hopes-to-win-a-spot-in-the-yankees-bullpen/

http://www.sportsmedia101.com/newyorkyankees/2016/02/17/new-york-yankees-jacob-lindgren-feeling-100-better-after-elbow-surgery-to-remove-bone-spurs/

Awesome! Yankees bullpen is disgusting

[Dawg61]

Busch balk

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Rook drops a double down the RF line, Kruger scores!

[Dawg61]

First lead of the season!! 1-0

[Dawg61]

Collins has changed his batting stance

[msstate7]

Like us showing extra base hitting ability so far this year

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Collins doubles!

2-0

[Dawg61]

Great AB for Collins

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If that mitt that Collins puts on to protect his hand touches the plate is it a run?

If so can all our players wear extra long mitts and give us an advantage on bang bang plays

[Dawg61]

Busch at 27 pitches already

[BayouDawg]

2-3 with RISP so far. Looking better today

[Dawg61]

36 pitches and he's about to Walk another. He's done

[BayouDawg]

3-4 with RISP. I'm liking it!

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Gridley coming up huge!

3-0

Better stones today in big spots.

[Dawg61]

Gridley 4th hit on the season. 3-0 MSU. Rabbits talk on the mound after 38 pitches haha

[BayouDawg]

Gridley coming up huge!

3-0

Better stones today in big spots.
Yep 3-5 with RISP. I'll take that all day

[War Machine Dawg]

3-0 good guys after 1. Rooker, Collins, and Gridley all get RBIs.

[BayouDawg]

Now with a 3-0 lead Brown just needs to attack the zone. No need to get cute

[Dawg61]

Still no windup with nobody on

[Dawg61]

No a rabbit and a rat aren't the same animal dumbass

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Still no windup with nobody on

Simplifies everything.

[Dawg61]

Simplifies everything.

Don't take this stance. We shouldn't be teaching or allowing our pitchers to pitch from the stretch with nobody on. Period.

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Good leadoff BB Lovelady

[BayouDawg]

I'm liking our patience at the plate today

[Dawg61]

Holy shit that was a ball

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GD Robson it was a strike earlier in the count too. Swing!

[BayouDawg]

Looked high to me but I agree with you blackout it was a strike earlier so he's gotta swing with 2 strikes

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Kruger deep off the wall!!

Double scores Lovelady!!

3rd double on the year for Kruger. This year's west coast stud

[Dawg61]

Kruger doubles in Lovelady 4-0 Dawgs

[War Machine Dawg]

Kruger is a beast. Don't know how we'll keep him out of the lineup.

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Looked high to me

Only one person that matters and he called it earlier in the count too. Gotta adjust

[Dawg61]

Busch Balk

[BayouDawg]

That's what good teams do. Make pitchers pay for lead off walks

[BayouDawg]

Only one person that matters and he called it earlier in the count too. Gotta adjust

Agree

[War Machine Dawg]

5-0 Dawgs after 2. Situational hitting is much better so far. Brown needs to throw some damn strikes.

[Thick]

The mini meltdown aside, we are swinging the bats, and scoring runs. Hopefully the pitching holds up

[Blackout]

Someone else sees the Lindgren resemblance.

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Dinky hits this inning

[BayouDawg]

That's what bad teams do. errors that allow runs

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****ed up a double play

[BayouDawg]

Good strikeout by Brown. Need another one

[BayouDawg]

With a 5 run lead the last thing you wanna do is commit errors and hit batters. But yet what do we do

[Dawg61]

Someone else sees the Lindgren resemblance.

Yea they both are lefties and Brown copied his stance. That's about it. How quickly you forget Lindgren's wipeout slider. It was unhittable. Brown is decent but he nor anyone else has Lindgren's slider.

[BayouDawg]

That was almost bad. Limited the damage to two though

[Blackout]

Scary.... But good.

5-2 good guys could have been a lot worse. Clean it up defense!

[Dawg61]

Sloppy ass inning. Brown at 73 pitches after 3 innings. Ouch! 5-2 Dawgs

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Yea they both are lefties and Brown copied his stance. That's about it. How quickly you forget Lindgren's wipeout slider. It was unhittable. Brown is decent but he nor anyone else has Lindgren's slider.

His stuff compares good grief. Not AS nasty obviously.

5 K thru 3

28 K in 20 IP last year.

All out of the stretch! Which Lindgren also went to.

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Bloop single by Lowe.

Don't bunt!

[smootness]

Humphreys looking good so far.

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Hump doubles off the wall!

6-2

[msstate7]

Like the pop, but that should've been caught

[BayouDawg]

We've definitely got more pop in the lineup this year. Today we're hitting when it counts

[Blackout]

**** you ump dumbass

[smootness]

**** you ump dumbass

It was the right call.

The Humphreys double could have been caught, sure, but nice to see that ball travel that far.

[BayouDawg]

**** you ump dumbass

Yea that was horrible. But I'll take the base hit

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Atta boy Gridley

[msstate7]

Gridley doing a good job of hitting.

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Alexander not getting a job done

[Dawg61]

Aroldis Chapman is a lefty that pitches out of the stretch with a high kper9. Guess Brown resembles Chapman too.

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Bases loaded for Kruger!

[smootness]

Aroldis Chapman is a lefty that pitches out of the stretch with a high kper9. Guess Brown resembles Chapman too.

Well this is fun.

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Is Kruger wearing two different cleats?

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Damn Kruger.... Pitiful.

[Dawg61]

Well this is fun.

I prefer to get ahead of Will James's OCD thoughts so they don't become permanent stains on every game thread

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I prefer to get ahead of Will James's OCD thoughts so they don't become permanent stains on every game thread

Daniel Lindgren nice inning there

[GTHOM]

The top part of our lineup is absolutely stinging the ball right now. We win these two today and I think there will be a much different tone on this board

[CadaverDawg]

We damn near have to hit a double to score a man from second. Our guys do a terrible job at reading a ball from the base paths.

(That one by Collins is a poor example bc it was close, but Hump should have scored from second earlier, and we just do a poor job overall of getting good jumps when running the bases)

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Let's blow the door off this thing

[smootness]

I prefer to get ahead of Will James's OCD thoughts so they don't become permanent stains on every game thread

It's probably best just to ignore them.

[CadaverDawg]

Come on, GridSquad...get it done

[CadaverDawg]

Alexander! Nice job there with an 0-2 count

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These guys aren't very good

[Dawg61]

It's probably best just to ignore them.

Haven't we learned from ignoring bunt posts that they never go away unless you take them on immediately?

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Haven't we learned from ignoring bunt posts that they never go away unless you take them on immediately?

No bunts 12 runs

[sandwolf]

Haven't we learned from ignoring bunt posts that they never go away unless you take them on immediately?

People did take them on immediately and they still didn't stop. But you're not much better than he is when it comes to petty bullshit, so I don't expect you to stop engaging him on it.

[War Machine Dawg]

13-2 good guys after 4. State sends 11 to the plate.

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Stovall, Smith, Holland, Gordon, Mangum, Cody Brown all in the game

[chef dixon]

I think its safe to say the 2nd game will not start at 3:30.

[Dawg61]

People did take them on immediately and they still didn't stop. But you're not much better than he is when it comes to petty bullshit, so I don't expect you to stop engaging him on it.

You're correct I'm not much better than him on petty shit but I've decided he's not going to ruin game threads I'm posting in any longer. I'll do it myself**

[Dawg61]

15-3 top 6th MSU

[War Machine Dawg]

17-4 Good Guys is the Final. First W on the board. Next game in approximately 30 minutes.

[mparkerfd20]

17 hits again too. Good pop in the bat today. Watch us swap the lineup all up now.

[Duckdog]

How much can we blame Adidas bats?

[engie]

17 hits again too. Good pop in the bat today. Watch us swap the lineup all up now.

We had 11 different guys get hits today. 16 position players in the game. 3 of the 5 that didn't get hits scored runs. Gonna be hard to play 14 guys...