Florida Atlantic Game Thread REMATCH

[Blackout]

Need a win

[BayouDawg]

Badly. I thought there was a good chance we'd split with them. I just didn't think we'd lose the first one. That kinda put us behind the 8 ball a little. Sexton needs to have a strong outing

[Blackout]

4:25 Gametime

[BrunswickDawg]

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[preachermatt83]

Revenge!!! We bout to walk that dog!!

[msstate7]

Lineup?

[preachermatt83]

@DawgsBiteMag: Game-two lineup: CF Robson, DH Kruger, RF Rooker, C Collins, 1B Lowe, LF Humphreys, SS Gridley, 3B Alexander, 2B Holland; RHP Sexton

[Irondawg]

Interesting I thought Brown or Smith would get an OF start

[Big4Dawg]

Brown is one of my favorite players. Wonder why he hasn't played. Three different games, three different players at 3rd

[preachermatt83]

Pitcher for FAU got a nasty hook.

[engie]

Were trying to do too much in the first and just missed the two high flys... We are about to hit this guy I believe...

[msstate7]

Good grief, hump

[engie]

That play was dumb. Lowe should not be moving on the pitch. Ever. Did he miss a sign or think there was 2 outs there?

[maroonmania]

Humphreys, how do you miss a 3-2 fast ball right down the middle? Cost us 2 outs.

[Blackout]

0-0 thru 2

[maroonmania]

That play was dumb. Lowe should not be moving on the pitch. Ever. Did he miss a sign or think there was 2 outs there?

Especially with a guy that strikes out as much as Humphreys does.

[engie]

Humphreys, how do you miss a 3-2 fast ball right down the middle? Cost us 2 outs.

Was a breaker wasn't it? He looked like freshman Hump/Wes Rea swinging at those. That scouting report is getting written in a hurry...

Should have most likely had a runner at 2nd with 2 down there...

[Blackout]

Leadoff double for FAU. Need Sexton to step up here

[maroonmania]

Was a breaker wasn't it? He looked like freshman Hump/Wes Rea swinging at those. That scouting report is getting written in a hurry...

Should have most likely had a runner at 2nd with 2 down there...

Fastball down the middle is what it looked like.

[engie]

This FAU team is a savvy bunch. Drag attempt, fake bunt, then slash... Get him Sexton.

[engie]

Fastball down the middle is what it looked like.

I thought it was a hung, looping breaker... Either way...

[engie]

I like the moxie and tempo that Sexton is throwing with right now

[Blackout]

Atta boy Sexton one more here

[Blackout]

Shit.. Got the out at 2nd but damn Rooker don't sit back on the damn ball

[maroonmania]

Man, they've killed us with 2 out hits this weekend.

[msstate7]

Is this pitcher a freshman?

[engie]

Shit.. Got the out at 2nd but damn Rooker don't sit back on the damn ball

Our outfield footwork/approach is lacking. Has always been that way in this regime. It's obvious with the OF "converts" rather than the guys that learned proper form in good high school programs(mainly meaning Bradford and Robson vs Hump, Rooker, even Renfroe). To some extent that's the trade off to get Rooker into the lineup, but I thought he's had several bad approaches to balls that have probably cost us a couple bases so far.

[maroonmania]

There's the difference, we have no clutch hitting and they do.

[msstate7]

These guys are just better than us

[chef dixon]

These guys are just better than us

A lot of truth and humility in that statement.

[engie]

These guys are just better than us

whoa now

[99jc]

These guys are just better than us

I am getting tired of his excuses!

[maroonmania]

Well, FAU is just uncanny with 2 out hits for scores. Fortunately we got the good throw to home plate for the out.

[99jc]

We recruit for the most part upper middle class white guys that are for the most part pussifeid!

[maroonmania]

This FAU pitcher can't weigh more than 160.

[msstate7]

whoa now

Maybe not, but we got thumped yesterday and have 1 hit today... They come up with clutch hit after clutch hit and they've faced our best 2 pitchers

[99jc]

And Rooker stands there looking like he has a boner up his ass!

[chef dixon]

whoa now

I mean, they were much better than us last year. Its not a stretch by any means.

[maroonmania]

Maybe not, but we got thumped yesterday and have 1 hit today... They come up with clutch hit after clutch hit and they've faced our best 2 pitchers

Through 13 innings they've outscored us by 5 runs so that says plenty right there. Apparently we only score against them when the game is out of hand.

[msstate7]

Seriously engie... Where are we better than them? They're better defensively and offensively. We probably have an edge with starting pitching, but we can't hit theirs anyway

[Blackout]

Bad break Lowe

[99jc]

I will be extremely surprised if we make a regional this season,,,hope I am wrong

[msstate7]

Not to mention their freshman pitcher is showing up everyone in our vaunted recruiting class.

[99jc]

We need some blacks and Hispanic players this all white bullshit is getting old.

[Blackout]

2 out hitting 101

2-0 FAU

[99jc]

How in the Hell did we get ranked per-season #17 we 17ing suck

[Blackout]

Rooker's OF play costing us again... Misses the catcher by 40 feet

3-0

[maroonmania]

Dang, he hit that ball at the height of his shoelaces all the way to the wall. Yes, they are better than us, no doubt to this point.

[msstate7]

Pitching to their best hitter.

There's no question they're better than us

[99jc]

Screw this shit team I am going to re-watch the BB game.

[MarketingBully]

Not to mention their freshman pitcher is showing up everyone in our vaunted recruiting class.

We are helping their freshman pitcher out. If we were patient at the plate, he would be out of the game. He isn't very good and they have gotten every break possible.

[maroonmania]

Maybe if they score 2 or 3 more runs it will be OK for our guys to finally put a run or 2 on the board.

[msstate7]

How in the Hell did we get ranked per-season #17 we 17ing suck

Our team is full of summer league all stars that can't do dick when the real lights come on

[MarketingBully]

Only being down 3-0 isn't too bad. What would be bad is being down 7 or 8 to 0. We will put some runs on the board. Baseball evens out. Breaks will start going our way.

[Blackout]

Good grief

[state66]

Were about to get rocked again. Were about to have to go to the bullpen and we all saw what happened when we did that last night.

[Tbonewannabe]

Does Cohen teach them how to be "unclutch"? We don't seem to ever rise to the occasion against good competition. We seem to have the talent but can't for whatever reason get out of our own way.

[Blackout]

Vance Tatum out of the pen.... Wonder if that means Houston tomorrow.

Good strategy as we should be able to start John Cohen on the mound and beat SDSU tomorrow

[War Machine Dawg]

Holy shit, I just read through 3 pages and still have no clue what the score is. Would it kill one of you guys to post it every inning or half inning?

[maroonmania]

Does Cohen teach them how to be "unclutch"? We don't seem to ever rise to the occasion against good competition. We seem to have the talent but can't for whatever reason get out of our own way.

Seriously, when was the last time we actually won a game against good competition? I really can't remember.

[msstate7]

What you think?
1. Walk
2. Wild pitch/pass ball
3. Single
4. Double
5. Homerun

[BossDawg]

Holy shit, I just read through 3 pages and still have no clue what the score is. Would it kill one of you guys to post it every inning or half inning?

I'm thinking 3-0, them. I have no faith in Cohen anymore. None.

[Tbonewannabe]

How many runs do they put up with 2 outs? I am going to say 5 runs.

[msstate7]

Seriously, when was the last time we actually won a game against good competition? I really can't remember.

Doesn't matter... We're awesome in the summer league

[state66]

Here we go boys. Does this look similar to last night?

[maroonmania]

More "unclutch" play for us from Tatum, Now 4-0 after the bases loaded walk.

[Tbonewannabe]

Score is now 4-0 with bases loaded 2 outs. Tatum just replaced Sexton to walk in 4th run.

[Tbonewannabe]

Just barely missed a bases clearing double or triple.

[maroonmania]

This is just freakin' sad.

[Tbonewannabe]

Tatum gets the ground out to the Holland playing 2nd. Out of the inning without more damage.

[JohnnyQuid]

thank god for basketball** amirite?

[msstate7]

Get the lead off man on

[MarketingBully]

We can come back from 4-0. At least our pen only allowed one run. Sucked it was on a five pitch walk though. 4 runs in five innings is doable. FAU is one of those teams that take advantage of mistakes. I predict we come back and win this one though. We will get to the junk freshman pitcher soon.

[msstate7]

Once again...

Fau > state

[Tbonewannabe]

FAU center fielder just stole a double or triple from Humphries. Crazy layout catch.

[maroonmania]

thank god for basketball** amirite?

Hey, maybe the baseball team will start playing well after the season is lost like the basketball team!

[Tbonewannabe]

Gridley chops it to 3rd for an easy out.

[msstate7]

Come on holland

[Tbonewannabe]

Let us see if our players can do something with 2 outs. FAU has actually scored most of their runs against us with 2 outs.

[Blackout]

4-0 FAU thru 5

[Tbonewannabe]

Luke Alexander draws a walk and Holland pops up like a little bitch behind second. We continue to play like pussies when the pressure is on.

[msstate7]

Let us see if our players can do something with 2 outs. FAU has actually scored most of their runs against us with 2 outs.

Nah, but wait till the summer... We gonna smash then

[maroonmania]

Well so far we are making this FAU pitcher look like an All-American.

[MarketingBully]

How many lazy pop ups have we hit because we have been impatient at the plate. Hey Holland, you are up in the count. Let that ball go. There is nothing you can do with that pitch.

[msstate7]

Well so far we are making this FAU pitcher look like an All-American.

He won't be the last one we make look good this year, but swac schools and other nobodies will pay

[msstate7]

We have 1 hit thru 5

[MarketingBully]

A lot of the reason the game is 4-0 is because FAU is a better defensive team. How many diving catches and just hustle catches in the outfield and infield does FAU have over us. Meanwhile, balls that would be outs if FAU was playing defensively are falling in the outfield and getting through the infield. We really miss hitting on Austin Riley at third. Third base and short stop will be our weakness this year defensively IMO.

[Tbonewannabe]

Tatum strikes out the first guy but gives up a double down the line. Runner at 2nd with 1 out.

[MarketingBully]

We have 1 hit thru 5

I'd bet we have ten to twelve pop ups though.

[Tbonewannabe]

chopper to 2nd, Holland throws to first for 2nd out. Runner moves to 3rd.

[Tbonewannabe]

Does Cohen's hitting instruction just contradict what they do during the summer? We have guys mash the damn ball in good summer leagues then come back and go right back to looking like a bag of ass.

[Blackout]

I'd bet we have ten to twelve pop ups though.

5

[Tbonewannabe]

Strike out for 3rd out and strands the runner at 3rd. Still 4-0.

[Blackout]

Does Cohen's hitting instruction just contradict what they do during the summer? We have guys mash the damn ball in good summer leagues then come back and go right back to looking like a bag of ass.

Hmmmmmmmmm

[MarketingBully]

Does Cohen's hitting instruction just contradict what they do during the summer? We have guys mash the damn ball in good summer leagues then come back and go right back to looking like a bag of ass.

It has a lot to do with the fact FAU has junk pitchers and being impatient at the plate. We are actually a good hitting team and I think overall will be a top half hitting team in the league.

[Tbonewannabe]

Robson leading off the inning. At least he hasn't hit behind our slowest player yet to eliminate his speed on the bases.

[Tbonewannabe]

Robson chopper back to the pitcher for out 1.

[Tbonewannabe]

Kruger with shallow fly out to Left center. Easy out for out 2.

[msstate7]

It has a lot to do with the fact FAU has junk pitchers and being impatient at the plate. We are actually a good hitting team and I think overall will be a top half hitting team in the league.
We threw a junk baller (Ross) against sec competition last year and he got rocked. Good offensive teams don't get impatient... We're overrated

[Tbonewannabe]

Rooker with a double when RF and CF run into each other.

[Blackout]

Rook starting things with a 2 out double.

Make something happen here!

[maroonmania]

Well, there's a play they finally didn't make. Of course its with 2 outs so it likely won't matter.

[msstate7]

Come on Collins

[maroonmania]

Well, there's a play they finally didn't make. Of course its with 2 outs so it likely won't matter.

Yep, didn't matter.

[Blackout]

Collins weak ass grounder ends it...

4-0 thru 6

[msstate7]

Collins weak ass grounder ends it...

4-0 thru 6

But hey, we have 2 hits

[Tbonewannabe]

Collins with a normal hit right to the 3rd baseman for an easy out. End of the inning with runner on 2nd.

[Blackout]

Corner OF defense killing us tonight.. Hump can't get to a ball leadoff double

[Tbonewannabe]

FAU preseason conference player of the year candidate with a shot to the wall for a double to start the inning.

[Tbonewannabe]

How many players do you think we have that would get playing time on FAU? I think at the most 2.

[Bucky Dog]

You guys have to admit, FA has made about 4 all world defensive plays tonight. Not to say it would have made a difference, but they are beating us with great defense, pitching and clutch hitting. We haven't shown any of that.

[Tbonewannabe]

FAU runner at 2nd leaves the bag early trying to get to third on the flyout to center. 2 outs now.

[maroonmania]

It has a lot to do with the fact FAU has junk pitchers and being impatient at the plate. We are actually a good hitting team and I think overall will be a top half hitting team in the league.

You are kidding right? Did you see our hitter's pre-season stats against our own pitcher's? And supposedly they all throw hard. We just don't have a very good offense.

[Tbonewannabe]

You guys have to admit, FA has made about 4 all world defensive plays tonight. Not to say it would have made a difference, but they are beating us with great defense, pitching and clutch hitting. We haven't shown any of that.

What is this clutch hitting you speak of? I think I remember something about it in 2013 but I can't quite remember.

[msstate7]

They continue to hit. Someone should take that 17 out from in front of our name... It's obviously a mistake

[Bothrops]

We don't have the pitchers yet. I think we're a year away from being decent on the mound.

[Intramural All-American]

You are kidding right? Did you see our hitter's pre-season stats against our own pitcher's? And supposedly they all throw hard. We just don't have a very good offense.

We had 15 hits each of the first two games. One poor hitting game doesn't make you a poor hitting team. Geez

[Tbonewannabe]

Tatum gives up a single but comes back with a strike out to end the inning.

[Tbonewannabe]

They continue to hit. Someone should take that 17 out from in front of our name... It's obviously a mistake

We are "17" for a reason. The polls are just F@#$king with us.

[msstate7]

Come on dawgs!!!!

[msstate7]

Good job

[Tbonewannabe]

Lead off walk to Lowe. Humphries up with 1 on and no outs.

[Blackout]

Solid line drive to right-center but right at the RF

[msstate7]

They're outplaying us and out coaching us... Excellent defensive positioning

[Tbonewannabe]

Humphries smoked it right to the rightfielder at the warning track. 1 down.

[msstate7]

Ball game

[Blackout]

Double play.... ****

[Tbonewannabe]

And Gridley hits a shot to the SS to start a 6-4-3 double play to end the inning.

[state66]

This is not a fun team to watch for the second year in a row. Disappointing.

[Bothrops]

They are better in every phase of the game. Just better.

[msstate7]

This is not a fun team to watch for the second year in a row. Disappointing.

I think we're seeing the last year of Cohen. Johnson has to kicking himself for coming here

[lfl]

And Gridley hits a shot to the SS to start a 6-4-3 double play to end the inning.

But he hit it hard, and to Cohen, that's just as good as a hit.

[Bothrops]

But he hit it hard, and to Cohen, that's just as good as a hit.

That's about right.

[Tbonewannabe]

1,2,3 inning for Tatum.

[Blackout]

I think we're seeing the last year of Cohen. Johnson has to kicking himself for coming here

Shit he getting paid. I'd keep him no matter who the HC is. Lot of talented freshmen for him to mold

[mstatefan91]

To the guys in the LFL that threw the ball at the Florida Atlantic CF, great f*cking job. As if FA needed anymore fuel...

[Tbonewannabe]

I think we're seeing the last year of Cohen. Johnson has to kicking himself for coming here

Depends on the next guy that takes over if Cohen gets canned. People are saying Wes has already added speed to the staff and that was in less than a year.

[Tbonewannabe]

To the guys in the LFL that threw the ball at the Florida Atlantic CF, great f*cking job. As if FA needed anymore fuel...

So are fans are acting like bitches? Hell don't blame FAU for being better at every aspect of baseball. Maybe they were trying to throw it at Cohen but just didn't have the arm strength.

[jbjones]

To the guys in the LFL that threw the ball at the Florida Atlantic CF, great f*cking job. As if FA needed anymore fuel...

So it happened again, or are you referring to the same thing that happened earlier in the game? I was listening on the radio and they didn't go into much detail....

[Tbonewannabe]

Luke Alexander with a shot up the middle for a single and Mangum comes back with a shot to the warning track in LF. 1 down, runner on 1st.

[mstatefan91]

So it happened again, or are you referring to the same thing that happened earlier in the game? I was listening on the radio and they didn't go into much detail....

Earlier in the game. It was just stupid, and FA pretty much took over after that. I'm not saying that's the whole reason why, but it certainly gave them fuel.

[msstate7]

Atta boy Robson

[Tbonewannabe]

Robson with a single so 1st and 2nd with 1 out. Kruger coming up.

[Mjoelner34]

To the guys in the LFL that threw the ball at the Florida Atlantic CF, great f*cking job. As if FA needed anymore fuel...

It actually hit him on the first bounce.

[jbjones]

Earlier in the game. It was just stupid, and FA pretty much took over after that. I'm not saying that's the whole reason why, but it certainly gave them fuel.

Ok, thanks. I was really pissed off to hear that. I hope someone took a friendly ass whipping in LFL this afternoon....

[wasabaka]

This is pathetic.

[msstate7]

What a surprise

[Tbonewannabe]

Kruger with a strikeout. 2 down so once again we have to have a clutch hit with Rooker up.

[Blackout]

Good game for Kruger to go cold......

[CadaverDawg]

Rooker's going yard

[msstate7]

Rooker's going yard

If by "yard", you mean pop up to middle infield... I agree

[mstatefan91]

Ok, thanks. I was really pissed off to hear that. I hope someone took a friendly ass whipping in LFL this afternoon....

The people from the lounge of the person who threw it seemed pretty pleased with themselves. Even booed the guy when he chunked the ball out towards Templeton/Field house.

Interesting thing was the umps getting together and then talking to Cohen/FA head coach. Could they opt to discontinue the game for player safety? Just curious

[CadaverDawg]

Damn. Shitty start to the season with 2 losses. Ugh

[Blackout]

Can of corn ends it... Yep

[Tbonewannabe]

Rooker with a weak ass fly ball to shallow center field. Once again we can't find our balls with 2 outs. This game consists of one team of men and one team of boys. No need to specify which is which.

[Tbonewannabe]

I will say Tatum has nutted up since coming in the game.

[msstate7]

Rooker with a weak ass fly ball to shallow center field. Once again we can't find our balls with 2 outs. This game consists of one team of men and one team of boys. No need to specify which is which.

Just wait till the summer though... We're bosses in leagues where results don't mean a damn thing

[Mjoelner34]

Ok, thanks. I was really pissed off to hear that. I hope someone took a friendly ass whipping in LFL this afternoon....

The cops came out and pulled a guy off of a trailer, talked to him, wrote some stuff down then let him go back to the trailer.

The first thing I saw was the ball thrown from the lounge that hit the CF on the first bounce. He then threw the ball way out of the park over the lounge. A friend of mine said he saw a second ball out there earlier and he thought the CF threw it into the crowd first. That could explain why the cops didn't escort the guy out. I don't know.

[Tbonewannabe]

Stovall at 3rd shifts the infield with Holland now on the bench. 1 down after a weak hit to Gridley at 2nd.

[msstate7]

At least there's no false hope with this team... We suck

[mparkerfd20]

Way to ruin an otherwise good weekend. I freaking hate Cohen ball.

[state66]

Im not real sure this team beats memphis on tuesday.

[JohnnyQuid]

series.. blouses

[GreenheadDawg]

Welp I think we have the inverse Mullen here. Cohen can recruit but is a terrible coach apparently. Has no idea how to field a competent team

[Blackout]

Hitting Guru lol

[msstate7]

B*tch slapped by a CUSA team on opening weekend. Gonna be a long wait to see a 7-5 type football team

[Saltydog]

Cohen is still meddling with the lineup but we knew that was going to happen and it's never gonna change. Pitching still sucks. Better offensively but still not good. Bottom line, we are vastly over rated. We finish 6th in the West but hey, that's better than where we finished last year.

[Blackout]

Hitting - still suspect as we saw tonight

Pitching - Starting pitching still a vast unknown and bullpen very young and got beat up

Defense - Corner OF hurt us tonight. Collins at 3B far from a sure thing

Not how we needed to start the year, Cohen's ass burning already.

No more excuses.

[maroonmania]

All I can hope now is that FAU turns out to be a bad ass team this season. And its at least possible that they are.

[Political Hack]

If we can't beat FAU, it's going to be a long season in the SEC.

[CadaverDawg]

We can hope and spin all we want, but we've already seen enough through 3 games to come to this conclusion...

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[War Machine Dawg]

Would it kill any of you to post a got-damn score?

[MarketingBully]

We lost 4-0.

[War Machine Dawg]

We lost 4-0.

Thank you. 9 pages, first time I've seen a score.

[Tbonewannabe]

Thank you. 9 pages, first time I've seen a score.

D1baseball.com keeps up with the score. It is a good website for keeping up with all the scores.

[msstate7]

D1baseball.com keeps up with the score. It is a good website for keeping up with all the scores.

Excellent site