State vs. Samford Game Thread

[KOdawg1]

Long overdue. Nice hit luke

[MarketingBully]

My points being made, I do like these freshmen position players. They are what our base talent SHOULD look like.

MSU's SHOULD be able to recruit at such a level that every year we've got 1-2 Major League position players in our lineup with the Allen & Rowdy Jordan types making up the average talent level of the team.

Jordan, Allen, Foscue, Westburg, Anderson, Hatcher. Four of those guys were drafted out of high school and all of these guys will be drafted in the top 10 rounds their junior year.

[ShotgunDawg]

Well Wes must really hate MSU then cause he got 8 dudes put on the shelf in one year.

And he's going to have about 8 of them drafted this year at Arkansas. Wes wasn't here long enough to screw it up.

The TJs are a product of the team having 3 pitching coaches, with different programs, in about a 8 month span.

[ShotgunDawg]

Jordan, Allen, Foscue, Westburg, Anderson, Hatcher. Four of those guys were drafted out of high school and all of these guys will be drafted in the top 10 rounds their junior year.

Maybe. Again, they are nice players & what our base talent SHOULD look like.

None of those guys will go in the top 3 rounds, where future ML position players go.

[I seen it dawg]

Please don't make me have a stroke by getting behind and walking the leadoff guy right after an inning where we score.

[MarketingBully]

Now JB needs to have a shut down inning...put up a 0 since we scored 3.

[Ari Gold]

Big hit.. huge RBI... now let’s stay over that Mendoza line.

[CadaverDawg]

Please don't make me have a stroke by getting behind and walking the leadoff guy right after an inning where we score.

Yep

[IMissJack]

I've never loved and hated a team so much.

Rep given. I absolutely agree. We do not do enough of the little, ordinary baseball things well enough to be a really good team. Besides pitching problems, it is like we have mental blocks at times. We do not work counts when we should, to get a pitch count up (swing away on fist couple of pitches). We make many unforced errors when base running. We can't bunt runners over when we need to. etc. Those are just killers against decent teams. You can get by with some of that when you have a top 10 offense, but we do not.

[Doggie_Style]

Long overdue. Nice hit luke

That?s 2 RBI?s for LA

[I seen it dawg]

And he's going to have about 8 of them drafted this year at Arkansas. Wes wasn't here long enough to screw it up.

The TJs are a product of the team having 3 pitching coaches, with different programs, in about a 8 month span.

Agreed. I would be infinitely more happy with Wes as interim right now than Henderson. Total different mentality. Our pitchers had some stones with Wes coaching them and played the position of pitcher. These guys now are way too soft and that's on henderson. Pitchers take the persona of their pitching coach. There is no intensity in our pitching staff.

[I seen it dawg]

And we're behind the hitter

[ShotgunDawg]

Taking the good with the bad, Billinglsley has done a nice job going late in this game.

If we were to win, his effort would give us a punchers chance going forward

[I seen it dawg]

Heeeyyyyyyyyy!!! Throw strikes get outs!

[ShotgunDawg]

Agreed. I would be infinitely more happy with Wes as interim right now than Henderson. Total different mentality. Our pitchers had some stones with Wes coaching them and played the position of pitcher. These guys now are way too soft and that's on henderson. Pitchers take the persona of their pitching coach. There is no intensity in our pitching staff.

You get it

[CadaverDawg]

Gotta keep it down, JB

[MarketingBully]

Hanging curves get pitchers every time.

[ShotgunDawg]

No big deal. Keep pounding the zone

[Dawg61]

And he's going to have about 8 of them drafted this year at Arkansas. Wes wasn't here long enough to screw it up.

The TJs are a product of the team having 3 pitching coaches, with different programs, in about a 8 month span.

Oh he was definitely here long enough to screw up some arms when he had them throwing with weighted baseballs. Perhaps he learned from getting called the serial arm killer for the next two years that maybe that wasn't a smart approach.

[Saltydog]

be surprised if Small came back either.

[ShotgunDawg]

Oh he was definitely here long enough to screw up some arms when he had them throwing with weighted baseballs. Perhaps he learned from getting called the serial arm killer for the next two years that maybe that wasn't a smart approach.

Nah, Arkansas does the same exact stuff the he did at MSU. Nothing has changed

[Dawg61]

I agree about Wes' pitchers having a much stronger attacking mentality though. We are weak mentally on the mound.

[I seen it dawg]

You get it

I seen it

[Bulldog1]

Huge K right there. Let's score some more.

[MarketingBully]

Taking the good with the bad, Billinglsley has done a nice job going late in this game.

If we were to win, his effort would give us a punchers chance going forward

Yep, he’s recovered nicely from the third inning debacle.

[ShotgunDawg]

This is a great effort by Billingsley

It's been unremarkable, but he's saving any pitching we have left

[KOdawg1]

So.. do you run JB back out there? I think I might.

[Percho]

I would.

[Dawg61]

Nah, Arkansas does the same exact stuff the he did at MSU. Nothing has changed

Idk how you have the time to pursue Arkansas boards to find out if this is true while simultaneously being on this board or you're just talking out your ass right now cause you're digging in deeper on your point but idc. Congrats to Wes on not wrecking anymore arms lately. He can still eat a dump truck full of horse shit as far as I am concerned.

[VandelayIndustries]

I would but a very short leash

[MarketingBully]

So.. do you run JB back out there? I think I might.

Henderson is doing what Martin did yesterday and rolling the dice with JB. He hasn’t crapped out yet.

[CadaverDawg]

How do you keep Vansau in after blowing that bunt

[Dawg61]

So.. do you run JB back out there? I think I might.

This game is all his. Hope we win when it's over.

[Ari Gold]

Why the **** is Vansau still in the game?

[MarketingBully]

Vansau what 0-3 now? His average has to be under 200 now. Starting him is extremely perplexing.

[CadaverDawg]

Why the **** is Vansau still in the game?

Who tf knows

[Bulldog1]

How do you keep Vansau in after blowing that bunt

The same way Self couldn't get 9 outs Friday but could Yesterday. Hendersoning.

[ShotgunDawg]

Idk how you have the time to pursue Arkansas boards to find out if this is true while simultaneously being on this board or you're just talking out your ass right now cause you're digging in deeper on your point but idc. Congrats to Wes on not wrecking anymore arms lately. He can still eat a dump truck full of horse shit as far as I am concerned.

You're right, I don't have time to look at Arkansas boards

[I seen it dawg]

Let's go Billingsley keep battling you ****er! Prove me wrong you are too soft to do it!

[Bulldog1]

Vansau what 0-3 now? His average has to be under 200 now. Starting him is extremely perplexing.
It was under .200 before the game. Dead last on the team.

[ShotgunDawg]

So.. do you run JB back out there? I think I might.

Without a doubt yes

[Dawg61]

Why the **** is Vansau still in the game?

Has Cole Gordon hit all year? I'd be tempted to let him have a shot with how balls are flying out of this field. Gordon is a shitty hitter but when he connects it's gone.

[CadaverDawg]

We are so bad on the bases

[VandelayIndustries]

Safe

[MarketingBully]

Bad call by the ump he was safe.

[I seen it dawg]

What a terrible call...the fact we were stealing there

[MarketingBully]

We are so bad on the bases

Dude he was safe.

[ShotgunDawg]

We are so bad on the bases

It's really bad. It's more on Geautrue than Henderson though

[VandelayIndustries]

Love these freshmen

[KOdawg1]

Tanner Allen is on fire

[parabrave]

Someone will not make it out of Rok ball if he doesn't get better at running the bases.

[I seen it dawg]

These left handlers eat this guy alive that's why you don't steal,Mangum. ****!!!!!!!!!

[Bulldog1]

Rbi double by Allen.

[KOdawg1]

Got that run back. Keep pounding the zone JB

[Dawg61]

You're right, I don't have time to look at Arkansas boards

If you're waiting for me to stroke on another SEC team's pitching coach who was ours at the same time 8 dudes got season ending injuries to their arms you're gonna be waiting a long time. I don't care if Arkansas has the future entire NL All-Star pitching staff on their team right now.

[Bulldog1]

Dude he was safe.

He was safe but he shouldn't be stealing there.

[Leroy Jenkins]

I'm glad he ran through the stop sign. With two outs you got a force the play and make the other team make a play to get you out.

[CadaverDawg]

Dude he was safe.

No. And it doesn't matter, he had no business stealing there, and got no jump

[ShotgunDawg]

What is the deal with this ballpark?

Every elevated ball is going out

[I seen it dawg]

Fuuuuccckkkkkkkk

[MarketingBully]

I’d go and get Billingsley now.

[KOdawg1]

Alright, get him out

[CadaverDawg]

Good grief, 1-2 hanger for a bomb. We can't make it easy

[ShotgunDawg]

I can't wait to see how Gary mismanages this

[Coursesuper]

No. And it doesn't matter, he had no business stealing there, and got no jump

Agree stupid to run there.

[maroonmania]

I'm glad he ran through the stop sign. With two outs you got a force the play and make the other team make a play to get you out.

Yep, if he holds him up we get nothing and its now a 1 run game. JB just through a big time fat pitch to have a 1-2 count on the hitter.

[I seen it dawg]

Laloosh you got to be shitting me.

[CadaverDawg]

McQuary in. Please throw strikes kid...we can't afford to put guys on base

[Leroy Jenkins]

Alexander screwed Billingsley over in that five run inning. That in inning Bilingsley gave up five runs (2 earned) on three hits, don't see that very often.

[maroonmania]

He was safe but he shouldn't be stealing there.

Mangum has great speed but is a really bad baserunner. He has made 2 of our outs today on the bases.

[I seen it dawg]

Outside of the totally pant shitting third Billingsley battled his ass off.

[WeWonItAll(Most)]

I would have done the same thing Henderson did. Leave Billingsley in until a runner gets on. Sucks it was a tank.

[KOdawg1]

I'd be lying if I said I was confident that McQuary can come in and throw strikes. Prove me wrong Denver.

[Bulldog1]

Hope McQuary can throw strikes.

[MarketingBully]

Interesting. So basically don’t listen to what Henderson says.

[I seen it dawg]

Bomb and blowup here

[maroonmania]

So if we win this game then who starts game 4 given we are now burning McQuary? Not that I think it matters because OK will probably put 12+ runs on us in the next game.

[confucius say]

Mcquary unh? I'd rather go with a strike thrower here. Neff or James

[MarketingBully]

Damn 94...

[confucius say]

So if we win this game then who starts game 4 given we are now burning McQuary? Not that I think it matters because OK will probably put 12+ runs on us in the next game.

James or France

[Dawg61]

Atta boy DM

[KOdawg1]

94 mph. Denver is pumping gas

[I seen it dawg]

That's one. Stay with the heater

[MarketingBully]

He’s hitting 93-94 on his fastball fellas. If he is hurt it’s not affecting his velocity.

[Bulldog1]

Throwing gas right now. Stay with it.

[ShotgunDawg]

The ball is really accelerating out of McQuary's hand today

He's in form

[confucius say]

Damn 94...

If he ever learns to locate and actually pitch, he will be really good. Electric stuff. Plus fastball, good breaking stuff.

[Dawg61]

So if we win this game then who starts game 4 given we are now burning McQuary? Not that I think it matters because OK will probably put 12+ runs on us in the next game.

I'd start James and let him go as long as he can as long as he keeps throwing strikes.

[Leroy Jenkins]

Shia lebeauf is dealing.

[ShotgunDawg]

Can McQuarry start?

Wouldn't be the worst idea in the world to start him the next game. The has IT today

[I seen it dawg]

Love skelton flipping a little dirt at hitters feet

[MarketingBully]

****ing Foscue.

[CadaverDawg]

Routine plays man...just make the routine plays

[I seen it dawg]

Stay with fastball

[ShotgunDawg]

Good lord Skelton

[CadaverDawg]

Skelton wtf

[Bulldog1]

Lol.

[I seen it dawg]

Unreal

[maroonmania]

Good grief, error followed by a passed ball to put another guy in scoring position. We sure don't make it easy.

[MarketingBully]

You can blame our pitching for a number of things but our defense behind our pen has sucked donkey balls at times.

[ShotgunDawg]

Go change up away with this guy

[Doggie_Style]

Good grief, error followed by a passed ball to put another guy in scoring position. We sure don't make it easy.

This team luvs them some drama!

[starkvegasdawg]

How many errors a game do we average? Seems like every time I look a box score we have 2 or 3 a game.

[CadaverDawg]

Walk the winning run to the plate and watch this 3 run bomb

[ShotgunDawg]

And here we go

Another error & we can't get it back together

[maroonmania]

And a walk puts the go ahead run to the plate. Geez.

[MarketingBully]

The error by Foscue.

[CadaverDawg]

We are too mentally weak to bounce back from an error. It's like it just makes us shit our pants

[Bulldog1]

All this because we can't field.

[maroonmania]

We just have no dependable pitching. Small and Self are all we've got. JB did ok today but still gave up 7 runs.

[MarketingBully]

And a walk puts the go ahead run to the plate. Geez.

This is on Foscue and Alexander if we lose this game. Can’t have errors. They will kill you every time.

[CadaverDawg]

Foscue makes a routine play and it's over. Alexander makes a routine play and we're up 4-5 right now. We just beat ourselves time after time

[Dawg61]

This team luvs them some drama!

Seriously, this is nerve wracking

[MarketingBully]

We just have no dependable pitching. Small and Self is all we've got. JB did ok today but still gave up 7 runs.

So far we have 5 unearned runs given up. That’s on Alexander and Foscue.

[maroonmania]

The ball to Foscue was an error but it was smoked. Certainly no routine play.

[MarketingBully]

This shit is not on the pitching staff.

[BuckyIsAB****]

Foscue is the same one who never runs as hard as he can to first. Disrespect the game and it will come back and bite you.

Shit effort Foscue

[MarketingBully]

The ball to Foscue was an error but it was smoked. Certainly no routine play.

It was an error that most to all third basemen can make that play. He was even in position to make it. Error!

[I seen it dawg]

Have to make the routine plays

[maroonmania]

Without Mangum's terrible outs on the bases we probably have another run or two.

[CadaverDawg]

This team has cost me 4-5 years off my life.

[Leroy Jenkins]

To go along with the circus on the field, there is a literal circus in the parking lot.

[Dawg61]

Wow we just got lucky on that foul ball

[ShotgunDawg]

Foscue is a mess at 3B today

[MarketingBully]

Thank goodness that was called foul. Foscue could have had another error.

[CadaverDawg]

Without Mangum's terrible outs on the bases we probably have another run or two.

Yeah, it's amazing we've overcome our own mistakes enough to make it this far this year. We're a coin flip on every routine act

[Bulldog1]

Don't mess around and walk this guy.

[CadaverDawg]

Big pitch. Froze him

[Bulldog1]

Yeaaaaahhh. Huge K!

[I seen it dawg]

Holy shit what was he looking at. Thank you

[Dawg61]

Wow can't believe he didn't swing! Atta boy France

[MarketingBully]

So they have 8 runs and only 3 are earned. This isn’t on the pitching today.

[msbulldog]

That's it!

[I seen it dawg]

We have to get at least 1 or we will get walked off

[Bdawg]

What a freaking meat pitch that guy let go bye. Whew!!

[CadaverDawg]

We are tough to beat when we don't walk people and don't make errors. Can't wait to see if we ever do that

[maroonmania]

This team has cost me 4-5 years off my life.

I would try not to get too overly emotional about this regional. The odds of this MSU team holding on in this game and beating OU twice is probably less than 5%. We just don't have the pitching. I'll be so glad to see a true SEC pitching staff at MSU again one day.

[CadaverDawg]

I would try not to get too overly emotional about this regional. The odds of this MSU team holding on in this game and beating OU twice is probably less than 5%. We just don't have the pitching. I'll be so glad to see a true SEC pitching staff at MSU again one day.

I'm okay with us losing if the other team earns it...it's when we give games away that makes my blood boil

[msbulldog]

dammit

[Bulldog1]

Wow. Luke with a multi hit game.

[I seen it dawg]

Hitting machine foambat. No more Mendoza

[MarketingBully]

We are tough to beat when we don't walk people and don't make errors. Can't wait to see if we ever do that

Those walks usually happen after we **** it up in the field too. It’s probably hard as hell to pitch when you can’t trust your defense to make routine plays so you pitch tight and try to pitch to spots instead of pitch. Sucks but our defense let us down today.

[CadaverDawg]

It would be so MSU to get walked off by Samford a day after walking off FSU

[MarketingBully]

Why is Vansau hitting here?

[I seen it dawg]

Please walk vansau

[maroonmania]

Gosh, our DH is hitting .193. Glad he's a hitting specialist.***

[CadaverDawg]

Don't swing

[I seen it dawg]

Lol unreal he swings 2-0

[msstate7]

Samford pitch hit 102 on the gun. ESPN radar can't be trusted

[CadaverDawg]

Gets a fastball 3-2 and hits a weak grounder. Lol, some "DH"

[I seen it dawg]

Dead ass out. Just still don't get why vansau is playing. Must be pulling names out of a hat for DH

[MarketingBully]

Smart. Vansau 0-4 today. He shouldn’t play again this year.

[Bulldog1]

Come on France. I'm nervous.

[BuckyIsAB****]

Vansau couldnt hit it off a tee

[msstate7]

Lol unreal he swings 2-0

On Gautreau. Hated he didn't make westburg takd a strike off the bench yesterday

[mparkerfd20]

DO... Designated Out

[MarketingBully]

Gets a fastball 3-2 and hits a weak grounder. Lol, some "DH"

I would have PH’ed Hatcher there. At least he could hit it out.

[Leroy Jenkins]

Samford pitch hit 102 on the gun. ESPN radar can't be trusted

I saw a 143 last night.

[Coursesuper]

Did we not have anyone else to hit there? I'm at a loss.

[BuckyIsAB****]

Dont understand why dont you pinch hit with Westburg or Anderson. Somebody

[maroonmania]

Given up 8 runs on only 8 hits. Pathetic. Outhitting them 15-8.

[I seen it dawg]

Prepare for a walk off

[msstate7]

I saw a 143 last night.
Major talent at this regional

[MarketingBully]

8 runs 5 unearned...

[MarketingBully]

Given up 8 runs on only 8 hits. Pathetic. Outhitting them 15-8.

And five of those runs are unearned.

[CadaverDawg]

Prepare for a walk off

Yep, it's coming. And I'm not talking coffee...wish I was

[I seen it dawg]

Be competitive

[CadaverDawg]

Quit nibbling

[MaroonFlounder]

Westburg still hurt?

[CadaverDawg]

If you walk this guy, you're sackless

[Ari Gold]

Vansau hitting there is laughable.. I don?t care if the kid had hit a 3 run bomb.. unreal
Almost as bad as PH Poole yesterday..

[Bulldog1]

Have a seat buddy. 2 more France!

[I seen it dawg]

Thank you you ****. That was same pitch as 2-2

[CadaverDawg]

If you walk this guy, you're sackless

Has sack

[maroonmania]

That guy must have just been up there to walk. He was fortunate that he was not out on that same pitch a few pitches ago.

[Bulldog1]

Fly out, 2 down. 1 more out!

[I seen it dawg]

Go after him!

[CadaverDawg]

YES!!!

[CadaverDawg]

Keep fighting, boys

[Bulldog1]

YEAHHHHH! Wrap it in Maroon and White!

[MarketingBully]

Thank goodness! Now on to Oklahoma!

[msstate7]

Good win. Who starts tonight?

[maroonmania]

And we win on a run scored by running through the coach's stop sign. I'll take it. I may need to go volunteer to pitch for us in this next game. We got almost nothing left.

[Mutt the Hoople]

Can of corn.

[Ari Gold]

Someone take the lineup card and pencil away from Henserson and let Cohen make It out.
The name Vansau better not appear on the left side of that card.

[mparkerfd20]

Never a doubt. Got the shirt on we've never lost in football, basketball or baseball this year.

[Todd4State]

And we win on a run scored by running through the coach's stop sign. I'll take it. I may need to go volunteer to pitch for us in this next game. We got almost nothing left.

We've been winning despite the coaching all year.

Except for Gautreau. He's cool.

[Bulldog1]

Someone take the lineup card and pencil away from Henserson and let Cohen make It out.
The name Vansau better not appear on the left side of that card.

Or Poole.

[I seen it dawg]

Shit nutted that out. Easy game except for the one blow mental inning. Get ready for tonite.

[I seen it dawg]

I bet we go Gordon

[Todd4State]

Now we get to do this again in a few hours.

Great job Dawgs!

[Activated Alpha]

I bet we go Gordon

Going to be down 5-0 after the first inning then

[BuckyIsAB****]

What if he starts Gordon

[Pit Bull]

And we win on a run scored by running through the coach's stop sign. I'll take it. I may need to go volunteer to pitch for us in this next game. We got almost nothing left.

Just fixin' to say my grandmother jumped up out of her wheel chair, grabbed her glove, and asked me to drive her to the airport. I asked....where ya' going grandma?......she said Tallahassee, FL.....she said she still had a few innings in her before she passes!

[msstate7]

I bet we go Gordon

Can't. He started for aTm today...
9-0 Indiana after top of 1st

[KOdawg1]

What if he starts Gordon

We will lose in painful fashion.

[confucius say]

I'd start James. Then look for Neff and Smith.

[biggun]

I bet we go Gordon

If Gordon, down a 5 or 6 spot after their 1st at bat. Pitch Jake before Flashless

[biggun]

Can't. He started for aTm today...
9-0 Indiana after top of 1st

That’s Pretty good