State vs. Samford Game Thread

[Bulldog1]

•First pitch vs. Samford coming at 11:04 a.m. CT on ESPN2.

•RHP Billingsley (4-3; 5.04 ERA) vs. RHP Baldwin (2-1; 2.72 ERA)

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[msstate7]

I'm expecting you guys to have us a lead when I get out of church

[CadaverDawg]

Vansau? Must be trying to take advantage of experience and the short RF porch? I don't hate that move actually

[Leroy Jenkins]

Love the gray pinstripes.

[Dawg61]

BOOM!! Oppo taco Mangum, maybe the carry is to LF today

[Leroy Jenkins]

Mangum the slugger.

[parabrave]

Now thats a great way to start a game.

[Dawg61]

I'm expecting you guys to have us a lead when I get out of church

What you doing while in that church bud? Thought you were covering that while there

[msbulldog]

3rd pitch, Jake's 2nd career HR, AWESOME!!

[Bulldog1]

Allen double off the chain fence!

[Dawg61]

Neal said "just 37 homeruns", CSF had 11 for the season and won on a walkoff HR from a guy that looked like the big dude on Varsity Blues.

[msbulldog]

We're gonna blow up this pitcher quick!

[CadaverDawg]

What are you doing, Tanner?

[Saltydog]

Not sure what Allen was thinking right there. Our baserunning is just SHITTY.

[ShotgunDawg]

The attention to detail of our base running is ridiculous.

[IMissJack]

We are the worst base running team in history of MSU baseball. My 6 year old knows not to run on that play.

[CadaverDawg]

Bomb!!! Macnamee!!!

[Bulldog1]

MACCCCCCCCC!!

[Dawg61]

MACNAMEE!!!

[ShotgunDawg]

Not sure what Allen was thinking right there. Our baserunning is just SHITTY.

The pitchers doesn't have good stuff.

His fast ball is straight

[msbulldog]

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMMMMM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Bully13]

We are badasses.

[Leroy Jenkins]

Swing hard in case you hit it, Luke.

[ShotgunDawg]

We are badasses.

The girl in your signature is a bad ass

[CadaverDawg]

Foscue single

[CadaverDawg]

Alexander needs a damn hit

[ShotgunDawg]

This Samford pitcher is a pitching machine

[Dawg61]

Radar gun popped up 135 mph after Mac's HR, that had to be an error

[Bully13]

The girl in your signature is a bad ass

agreed. sometimes I post bullshit just to check on her from time to time.

[CadaverDawg]

If anybody can help him get out of the inning, it's Alexandra

[ShotgunDawg]

We should score about 8-10 off this pitcher.

Our pitchers just needs to pound the zone. Don't get cute

[Bulldog1]

We should score about 8-10 off this pitcher.

Our pitchers just needs to pound the zone. Don't get cute

Agree.

[msbulldog]

agreed. sometimes I post bullshit just to check on her from time to time.

The chick in the backseat behind her appears to be a smoker too. I'd like to be on a-ride-along!

[ShotgunDawg]

Beautiful, just pound the zone & see if we can get out of this game will little bullpen use

[Bulldog1]

Phenomenal start by JB! Let's score some more!

[CadaverDawg]

Attaboy JB! Fill up the zone

[Lance Harbor]

Shout out to Billy Bob!



Neal said "just 37 homeruns", CSF had 11 for the season and won on a walkoff HR from a guy that looked like the big dude on Varsity Blues.

[Lance Harbor]

I giver her a 10, a 10, an effing 10!

RIP in Peace Billy Bob


agreed. sometimes I post bullshit just to check on her from time to time.

[ShotgunDawg]

Kody Clemens HR totals by year:

5
5
21

Roger gonna Roger. Sheesh

[ShotgunDawg]

Kody Clemens batting average by year

.242
.241
.341

[Bulldog1]

Rowdey rbi double. State up 4-0, top 2!

[CadaverDawg]

Stovall has been disappointing in this Regional to me

[Lord McBuckethead]

He doesn't look like he is seeing the ball too well. But the new pitcher looks to throwing junk. I say stay on our game plan and keep guarding the plate.

[KOdawg1]

1 pitch, 1 out. Awesome

[Dawg61]

I giver her a 10, a 10, an effing 10!

RIP in Peace Billy Bob

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[Dawg61]

Stovall has been disappointing in this Regional to me

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[Dawg61]

St. John's is up on Clemson 3-0. Clemson is the #1 seed paired up with our regional. Vandy is 2-0 in that regional. Who would host between us and Vandy if both teams make it to SR?

[Bulldog1]

St. John's is up on Clemson 3-0. Clemson is the #1 seed paired up with our regional. Vandy is 2-0 in that regional. Who would host between us and Vandy if both teams make it to SR?

Pretty sure it goes to a bid and we would host.

[Bulldog1]

Good job by Luke putting the ball in play getting a sac fly. Up 5-0.

[MarketingBully]

Pretty sure it goes to a bid and we would host.

Correct. If Clemson gets knocked out and we win 3 more, we host.

[MarketingBully]

My only questioning of Henderson in this game is starting Vansau. He’s terrible at the plate. Why not start Hatcher?

[MarketingBully]

I’d start France in game 2 today if we can win this first game.

[MarketingBully]

Brilliant Alexander. Shit.

[Bulldog1]

Why is our SS still playing?

[CadaverDawg]

Alexander is terrible at the plate and in the field. Just put someone else out there. Good grief, you're up 5-0, get the out at 1st

[msbulldog]

How did we not get a double play out of that?

[Doggie_Style]

Brilliant Alexander. Shit.

That was some little league shit from LA

[MarketingBully]

How did we not get a double play out of that?

Because Alexander’s indecision.

[Cooterpoot]

We’ve had a load of mental errors this regional.

[Cooterpoot]

Stovall was in his way. He stopped on the play and was late getting to the bag yet again.

[CadaverDawg]

Quit worrying about the damn runner and PITCH! Going to let them back in it without them having to do shit

[msbulldog]

Henderson giving the ump a little jaw!

[CadaverDawg]

The only way they can beat us is walks and errors...we're giving them both

[Dawg61]

I'd go James/France combo tonight

[MarketingBully]

We’re going to have to score a ton today to win both games. Alexander’s goofs are going to get JB out of the game.

[Dawg61]

Nasty unfortunate injury in Athens to UGA 3b yikes

[MarketingBully]

I'd go James/France combo tonight

This game is in doubt. Worry about this game first.

[CadaverDawg]

I'd go James/France combo tonight

May need them to win this one

[Bulldog1]

We’re going to have to score a ton today to win both games. Alexander’s goofs are going to get JB out of the game.

Yep.

[Dawg61]

Throw strikes JB, that's all you have to concentrate on.

[Doggie_Style]

We’re going to need more runs to win this one...

[msbulldog]

Nasty unfortunate injury in Athens to UGA 3b yikes

Damn that hurt me, broke nose!

[MarketingBully]

Why is JB this weak mentally? This is just shit.

[Bulldog1]

JB is rustled. We're in trouble.

[MarketingBully]

Hook him Henderson. JB is done.

[CadaverDawg]

Up 5-1 and can't throw a strike. Unreal how much we beat ourselves. They haven't done shit this inning, and have the potential to tie it

[VandelayIndustries]

About to let them back in

[KOdawg1]

Throw freaking strikes. If they hit it out of the park, then so be it. But we're just giving them free passes

[Leroy Jenkins]

I blame LA for this Bilingsley rough patch. He was cruising and then....

[tcdog70]

Did the Ump throw Magnums Dad out of the park

[I seen it dawg]

2 experiences guys shitting their pants have caused all of this

[MarketingBully]

Why the **** did Henderson leave him in?

[VandelayIndustries]

We in trouble

[tcdog70]

Walks and stupid fielding ****

[CadaverDawg]

Everybody in the country knew a slider was coming. Wtf, we can be Juco bad at the drop of a hat

[MarketingBully]

Wow, Henderson screwed this up imagine that.

[parabrave]

Hey 3rd base Ump A big FU. You call a BS balk that might just change the fing outcome of the game.

[msbulldog]

Dammit

[KOdawg1]

Bipolar as hell

[Dawg61]

Why is JB this weak mentally? This is just shit.

Disappointing for a senior. He's mini Gordon when it starts going bad.

[I seen it dawg]

So soft mentally

[Bulldog1]

Lol unreal.

[VandelayIndustries]

Pathetic

[MarketingBully]

Everybody in the country knew a slider was coming. Wtf, we can be Juco bad at the drop of a hat

JB is just weak mentally and that balk call screwed him for the game. Now it’s tied.

[CadaverDawg]

LA and JB are completely not D1 players. What a ****ing circus

[tcdog70]

Thanks Luke for starting this shit

[I seen it dawg]

And just keep throwing slider after slider. Mix in a fastball you dumb muther****er

[VandelayIndustries]

Going to have to score at least 10 today

[Dawg61]

Why the **** did Henderson leave him in?

Because our recruiting class doesn't enroll till August

[Bulldog1]

I really hope LA is not on this team next year.

[Activated Alpha]

Defense let us down there. Gave them too many chances. Our offense will have to score 20 runs because our pitching is atrocious

[MarketingBully]

Hey 3rd base Ump A big FU. You call a BS balk that might just change the fing outcome of the game.

That’s on Henderson. You gotta know your pitchers. He should have got him out of the game when the bases were loaded and it was 5-1.

[msbulldog]

I am streaming on Hulu , I'm behind most of ya'll.

[Saltydog]

does neither. We've blown a freaking 5 run lead.

[mparkerfd20]

There went the tournament

[CadaverDawg]

Blow a 5 Run lead to F'ing Samford in 1 inning with one of our weekend starters. What a joke

[Pit Bull]

Thought the Samford dude hit a Slam when it left the bat. Got a game now!.....Appears JB is toast.....and we have run out of pitching and it will just be a matter of who can outhit who............the rest of the way. If we can get past Samford, then we may have to score 20+ a game vs the Sooners.

[Dawgology]

Henderson sucks donkey dick when it comes to pitching management. He doesn't need to be back next year...at all

[CadaverDawg]

Going to have to score at least 10 today

20

[VandelayIndustries]

He is hanging every breaking ball

[mparkerfd20]

Even if we miraculously come back to win we have zero pitching to beat OU twice

[I seen it dawg]

****ing foambat Mendoza started all that shit and a damn senior just shit all in his pants. Please get some mental toughness in this program for god sakes

[Coursesuper]

Thanks Luke for starting this shit

Absolutely, hitting below .200 and stupid. He is one of the most overrated to ever wear maroon and white.

[tcdog70]

Hey 3rd base Ump A big FU. You call a BS balk that might just change the fing outcome of the game.

You are up 5 just work on the batter. Piss on all that throwing over

[MarketingBully]

I thought Henderson was coaching for the season? He’s not. If you’re coaching like you’re going home, no way JB makes it through that inning. You don’t coach like you’re going to score a gazillion runs. You coach to minimize the damage. That’s all on Henderson. You take JB the **** out.

[Bulldog1]

We're so mentally weak. It's ridiculous.

[Doggie_Style]

Going to have to score at least 10 today

More like 12...

[Dawg61]

That’s on Henderson. You gotta know your pitchers. He should have got him out of the game when the bases were loaded and it was 5-1.

Whose he gonna replace him with? JB's left arm?

[CadaverDawg]

You are up 5 just work on the batter. Piss on all that throwing over

Exactly

[I seen it dawg]

And henderson ****ing sucks

[CJDAWG85]

That inning is completely on Alexander being a dumbass. If he gets the out at first base, they get 1 at most.

[CadaverDawg]

Baserunning errors now. LOL, we're a circus act

[I seen it dawg]

This shit is comical

[Dawg61]

Mangum always making mental errors on the base paths

[Bulldog1]

LOL stupid. Clown show. MENTALLY Stupid.

[Bully13]

Well this went from a morning stiffy to diarrhea in a hurry.

[MarketingBully]

He was safe but was still dumb to be that far off base.

[msbulldog]

Dik

[CadaverDawg]

I can take a loss where a team just beats us...but I can't stomach this shit where we trip all over our dicks for 9 innings and lose to a very inferior team

[KOdawg1]

I said it the other day. Midgets. Both mentally and in height

[Pit Bull]

Blow a 5 Run lead to F'ing Samford in 1 inning with one of our weekend starters. What a joke

And that's been our Achilles heel all year.....we just don't have the pitching talent of a normal Bulldog team. There is no more pitching for practical purposes, just guys good at throwing batting practice. So all in all.....this favors Oklahoma in a big way. I don't see either of the Bulldog teams outslugging them two games in a row.

[MarketingBully]

That inning is completely on Alexander being a dumbass. If he gets the out at first base, they get 1 at most.

Agreed. You get 1 out there. Should have been easy.

[mparkerfd20]

These have to be Big 12 umps.

[I seen it dawg]

Most mentally weak team i maybe ever have seen. Henderson set the tone for that.

[Saltydog]

rest of the weekend? If not, that makes a bad situation even worse.

[Dawg61]

Apparently we can't hit this slop, this dude will go the distance. We on the ropes right now.

[BeardoMSU]

We are ****ing clown shoes.

[Dawgology]

Yep it's a coaching issue. Reflects an average coach. We have won several we shouldn't have on talent alone and luck

[MarketingBully]

Henderson going to Martin up this game and keep JB out there. He should be gone. He’s now hanging his breaking pitches. Wouldn’t surprise me if JB gives up a crooked number this inning if he’s still out there.

[I seen it dawg]

Did the Ump throw Magnums Dad out of the park

Prob got tossed on purpose so he didn't have to watch this pussified performance

[parabrave]

Jeez at least the Samford coach knew when to get his starter out of there. Well on second thought he probably has someone to go to.

[BuckyIsAB****]

Most mentally weak team i maybe ever have seen. Henderson set the tone for that.

idk how you can say that about a team that has overcame what this team has and won like 18 games in comeback fashion.

im not making an excuse for stupid shit but still. this team doesnt quit

[Activated Alpha]

Would actually be relieved to be done with this tournament so we can announce our new coach. Tired of watching dumb move after dumb move

[msstate7]

This season is like dying of a heart attack and being revived only for someone to stab me to death with a rusty fork and then revived again to be ran over by a garbage truck, over and over and over and over and over again. I don't even think I would be too upset with a loss... this baseball season has been brutal

[Dawgology]

If only Samford was a top 10 team we would own their ass!!

[ShotgunDawg]

Billingsley is decelerating his arm on every slider because he doesn't trust his command of it. Babying it.

Notice the difference in his arm speed compared to his fastball vs his slider

[MarketingBully]

This season is like dying of a heart attack and being revived only for someone to stab me to death with a rusty fork and then revived again to be ran over by a garbage truck, over and over and over and over and over again. I don't even think I would be too upset with a loss... this baseball season has been brutal

Agreed. The best part about the end of this season is Gary Henderson is gone. It’s like having Rick Ray if he was a baseball coach.

[the_real_MSU_is_us]

Apparently we can't hit this slop, this dude will go the distance. We on the ropes right now.

Guy has 31 appearances with less than 60 IP. We probably chase him by the 7th

I'm going to be hated for this, but I agree with leaving JB in there. 1) we have no solid arms behind him we know can pitch better (Oklahoma anyone?) 2) JB was clearly rattled, but they weren't crushing him. LA should have gotten an out, the double wasn't hit hard and was almost foul, and the chopper over 3B was a fluke. I do think a mound visit was needed though.

JB seems to be back to normal now... lets see if he can't give up a few more innings. Net time he's in trouble though, I say pull him

[I seen it dawg]

Imagine that throw strikes and hitters get out. Amazing

[MarketingBully]

Billingsley is decelerating his arm on every slider because he doesn't trust his command of it. Babying it.

Notice the difference in his arm speed compared to his fastball vs his slider

Also, when he’s lost confidence, he slows the game way down as well and fidgets with his glove and shakes off pitches.

[I seen it dawg]

idk how you can say that about a team that has overcame what this team has and won like 18 games in comeback fashion.

im not making an excuse for stupid shit but still. this team doesnt quit

There is a difference in caring and not quitting and shitting yourself on plays because you're a mental midget. We are the latter.

[tcdog70]

We're so mentally weak. It's ridiculous.

What, isn't this the same team that won it in th 9th with two,outs?

[tcdog70]

Whose he gonna replace him with? JB's left arm?

Thanks, exactly

[MarketingBully]

Henderson is the king of allowing our pitchers in having the big inning. Have you noticed that? We have given up a 5 run inning and a 9 run inning in this regional alone. We have also allowed a 7 run inning to Auburn. I’ve never seen an MSU pitching staff give up that many big innings in a season.

[Bulldog1]

What, isn't this the same team that won it in th 9th with two,outs?

I call getting rustled after LA's error mentally weak. Perhaps I should call it something else.

[ShotgunDawg]

Also, when he’s lost confidence, he slows the game way down as well and fidgets with his glove and shakes off pitches.

He's lost confidence in his ability to locate his slider

[tcdog70]

Agreed. The best part about the end of this season is Gary Henderson is gone. It’s like having Rick Ray if he was a baseball coach.

Dude , we know you are a Henderson hater, but ****, to compare Him to Ray is just stupid.

[Bully13]

Recording and not watching for the moment. Did that HBP on Mac look intentional?

[tcdog70]

I call getting rustled after LA's error mentally weak. Perhaps I should call it something else.

Perhaps

[MarketingBully]

Dude , we know you are a Henderson hater, but ****, to compare Him to Ray is just stupid.

This team has a ton of talent and should have hosted a regional. Instead we are here. We’ve won down the stretch in spite of Henderson.

[MarketingBully]

People still defending Henderson? Lol.

[ShotgunDawg]

This team has a ton of talent and should have hosted a regional.

No, this team doesn't have much talent at all

Bottom half of the SEC in talent this year. Particularly when you throw in the regression of Pilkington.

Florida
Arkansas
A&M
Vanderbilt
UGA
Ole Miss
Auburn
South Carolina
Kentucky

All had more talent than us this year

[I seen it dawg]

That cant be serious running there..we basically have an American League pitcher at the plate and we run??? This can't be happening

[msbulldog]

Agreed. The best part about the end of this season is Gary Henderson is gone. It’s like having Rick Ray if he was a baseball coach.

NO, nothing is that bad!

[MarketingBully]

Tied 5-5 and keeping JB in the game....nice....

[CadaverDawg]

Why? Just let LA get out and get past him! Now the auto out leads off next inning

[I seen it dawg]

Just when you think we've done the most stupid thing we can do....

[Leroy Jenkins]

Great. Now we have to start the next inning with Alexander at the plate. Gonnna kill the next inning before even starts.

[I seen it dawg]

It truly is amazing we've gotten this far with how bad we are mentally at this game

[MarketingBully]

5 pitch walk to start the inning. JB shouldn’t even be in the game but there he is.

[Coursesuper]

5 cent head.

[mparkerfd20]

This team has a case of the stupid lead by Coach Stupid.

[Bdawg]

Leadoff walk!! We are unreal

[I seen it dawg]

Behind another hitter

[I seen it dawg]

Another 2-0 count

[I seen it dawg]

**** just don't swing and the runner will be on 2nd

[BuckyIsAB****]

No, this team doesn't have much talent at all

Bottom half of the SEC in talent this year. Particularly when you throw in the regression of Pilkington.

Florida
Arkansas
A&M
Vanderbilt
UGA
Ole Miss
Auburn
South Carolina
Kentucky

All had more talent than us this year

come on dude....

I swear baseball threads are the worst thing we have. Youd think we'd learn to let the game play out with us but we go from ''tough no quit talented team in spite of henderson'' to ''no talent scrubs who are lucky to be here'' from inning to inning.

play the next play

[I seen it dawg]

Throw a strike get an out. Shocker

[MarketingBully]

I’m glad Samford is helping us out and being aggressive at the plate.

[ShotgunDawg]

come on dude....

I swear baseball threads are the worst thing we have. Youd think we'd learn to let the game play out with us but we go from ''tough no quit talented team in spite of henderson'' to ''no talent scrubs who are lucky to be here'' from inning to inning.

play the next play

Uh no. I have not wavered on this.

We have a mid-major pitching staff & very little talent.

Sorry to be harsh, but what I wrote was the reality

[Leroy Jenkins]

Living dangerously with the fly ball outs on a day like today.

[CadaverDawg]

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

[ShotgunDawg]

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

I love their effort & heart, but hate their skill sets & talent level.

[KOdawg1]

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

My feelings exactly

[Bdawg]

come on dude....

I swear baseball threads are the worst thing we have. Youd think we'd learn to let the game play out with us but we go from ''tough no quit talented team in spite of henderson'' to ''no talent scrubs who are lucky to be here'' from inning to inning.

play the next play

I agree. Can't live and die on every pitch but leadoff walks and just mentally weak I can't stand and will have to comment about it.

[I seen it dawg]

Another 2-0 count

[Saltydog]

hip issue. We need all the arms we can get.

[I seen it dawg]

Throw strikes you get outs. It's amazingly simple. It can be done.

[MarketingBully]

hip issue. We need all the arms we can get.

He also said that Self couldn’t give us 9 outs on Friday so take what he says with a grain of salt.

[CadaverDawg]

Gotta score some runs. Going to take 9-10+ to win this one.

[BuckyIsAB****]

Uh no. I have not wavered on this.

We have a mid-major pitching staff & very little talent.

Sorry to be harsh, but what I wrote was the reality

i think that is your opinion

[MarketingBully]

JB is living on the edge but Samford is bailing him out being aggressive. We need runs and need them now.

[MarketingBully]

Gotta score some runs. Going to take 9-10+ to win this one.

Shit may take a 15-18 run spot similar to that Kentucky Sunday game.

[I seen it dawg]

He also said that Self couldn’t give us 9 outs on Friday so take what he says with a grain of salt.

He is clueless. There's your salt

[MarketingBully]

I love their effort & heart, but hate their skill sets & talent level.

We have a ton of talent in the field. Our freshmen position players are ultra talented and I like Macnamee, Mangum, Stovall as the upper classmen. We have a great core of players.

[ShotgunDawg]

i think that is your opinion

True

[ShotgunDawg]

We have a ton of talent in the field. Our freshmen position players are ultra talented and I like Macnamee, Mangum, Stovall as the upper classmen. We have a great core of players.

Mangum is the only one that has a chance to play in the Major Leagues. You figure the rest out from there

Whether you think we have a ton of talent or not, we are in the bottom half of the league in talent.

Most other SEC teams have more talent than our ton

[Bulldog1]

Pitching change.

[CadaverDawg]

Don't bunt here or they will walk Jake to get to Rowdey. Let Vansau hit

[MarketingBully]

Depending on how bad the draft hurts us next year, I could see Schlossnagle getting us to the CWS next year.

[BuckyIsAB****]

Mangum is the only one that has a chance to play in the Major Leagues. You figure the rest out from there

you must be a scout or something

[MarketingBully]

Don't bunt here or they will walk Rowdey. Let Vansau hit

Hell no, Vansau will hit into a double play. You bunt him. Vansau is an under .200 hitter.

[ShotgunDawg]

Depending on how bad the draft hurts us next year, I could see Schlossnagle getting us to the CWS next year.

We don't have anywhere close to enough pitching for that

If both Small & Pilkington returned & the new pitching coach was able to get Pilk right, we may have a chance

[MarketingBully]

Mangum is the only one that has a chance to play in the Major Leagues. You figure the rest out from there

Whether you think we have a ton of talent or not, we are in the bottom half of the league in talent.

Most other SEC teams have more talent than our ton

Lol I claim bullshit there considering 4 of our freshmen position players were drafted last year and would have gone in the first 10 rounds had they not wanted to go to school.

[I seen it dawg]

Can't ask guys to bunt if you never make them work on it and they can't do it. A k there is fine

[VandelayIndustries]

Awesome AB Vansau

[ShotgunDawg]

would have gone in the first 10 rounds had they not wanted to go to school.

Ok. How do you know this to be true?

[CadaverDawg]

Way to do a job, Vansau. Bench his ass

[mparkerfd20]

Vansau AB = worthless

[Bulldog1]

Can't get the bunt down.lol

[CadaverDawg]

Unreal

[I seen it dawg]

Lol

[mparkerfd20]

That inning all on Vansau.damnit boy

[Bulldog1]

Lol unreal. 1st 2nd no outs don't score. Ridiculous.

[Leroy Jenkins]

FUUUUUUUU*K!

[MarketingBully]

That inning all on Vansau.damnit boy

Play Hatcher at least he has bop in his bat. Vansau is worthless.

[CadaverDawg]

1st & 2nd no out and don't even touch 3rd base. That is next level clowning

[KOdawg1]

We deserve to be at home.

[I seen it dawg]

Coaches fault for vansau being in the game. He can't bunt. We know that. Why is he in the game in a bunting situation. Put someone in that can bunt. Anybody.

[BuckyIsAB****]

Vansau better not be on the roster next year he is terrible

[CadaverDawg]

Samford has a better pitching staff than we do. Let that sink in. That is unacceptable. Cohen and Canny blew it with the pitching recruiting. TJ hurt us, but even the guys back from it haven't been good outside of Small

[Dawg61]

Pilk has a chance to play in the majors if he gets some coaching in the minors

[MarketingBully]

Coaches fault for vansau being in the game. He can't bunt. We know that. Why is he in the game in a bunting situation. Put someone in that can bunt. Anybody.

Anderson is the better bunter. Hatcher has hr power. No reason whatsoever to even play Vansau. Hell even Poole is a better bunter.

[Ari Gold]

Vansau shouldn’t have been ln the lineup today to begin with..
And if the kid can’t bunt which obviously he can’t which is bullshit , you PH Anderson there.
**** you Henderson and Vansau doesn’t need to play anymore

[Bully13]

Meh, we'll end up winning this one prolly like 10-6. We'll pretty much hold them in check the rest of the way while either having a 5 run explosion or a 3 & 2 left in us. But I agree with a previous poster saying we don't have anything left for OU.

[Dawg61]

Samford has a better pitching staff than we do. Let that sink in. That is unacceptable. Cohen and Canny blew it with the pitching recruiting. TJ hurt us, but even the guys back from it haven't been good outside of Small

Wes Johnson was the worst thing for our baseball program in the last decade. He put us in a 3 year hole.

[Bulldog1]

Anderson and Poole can both bunt which Vansau can't.

[ShotgunDawg]

Pilk has a chance to play in the majors if he gets some coaching in the minors

Agree. I was speaking about the position players.

Pilk & Small both have a shot

[BB30]

Baseball threads are hysterical. Expecting anything different from jb at this point is insanity. The guy is who he is and is keeping us in the game. We have known for a while now our pitching staff isn’t very good. Expecting something different after seeing it for the entire season is crazy. The fact that we are where we are is rather shocking. Just enjoy the fact that we are still playing ball.

We have a new proven coach coming in and he hasn’t a good core of players to build the team around. It won’t be a complete rebuild and we should be competitive almost immediately if he can get some arms.

[I seen it dawg]

****ing 2 out hbp. Would like to see a +/- on our pitching staff this game

[ShotgunDawg]

Wes Johnson was the worst thing for our baseball program in the last decade. He put us in a 3 year hole.

Completely disagree. If Wes was still here, we'd be in a much, much better situation than we currently are. I cannot understate this.

The worst thing that happened to this pitching staff is poor recruiting.

[CadaverDawg]

Wes Johnson was the worst thing for our baseball program in the last decade. He put us in a 3 year hole.

I ain't buying it. Arkansas is doing great pitching wise

[CadaverDawg]

Completely disagree. If Wes was still here, we'd be in a much, much better situation than we currently are. I cannot understate this.

The worst thing that happened to this pitching staff is poor recruiting.

Gotta agree

[MarketingBully]

Samford has a better pitching staff than we do. Let that sink in. That is unacceptable. Cohen and Canny blew it with the pitching recruiting. TJ hurt us, but even the guys back from it haven't been good outside of Small

Meh, they don’t have a better staff then us. They are just playing this game like it’s their last and we are rolling the dice with Billingsley. I still like James, France, Neff, Smith and if we make it to tomorrow we could have Self go tomorrow. We are limited and the TJ injuries really killed us but we have just as much if not more then they do.

[Dawg61]

Agree. I was speaking about the position players.

Pilk & Small both have a shot

I haven't understood our positional recruiting since we lost to UCLA in the title series. Rooker is the exception not the rule with our recruiting. It's like Cohen can't get that loss out of his head and recruited for 5 years to beat that same UCLA team if he ever played them again. Then he told Cann to keep that same recruiting strategy.

[Saltydog]

think about him. I went and looked his stats up this year at West Alabama. He had an era of 32.40. YES, 32.40. Pitched 3.1 innings and gave up 12 earned runs.

[KOdawg1]

It's sad that we have runners on 2nd and 3rd and I'm thinking of ways we'll screw it up

[CadaverDawg]

Stovall finally!!

[MarketingBully]

Baseball threads are hysterical. Expecting anything different from jb at this point is insanity. The guy is who he is and is keeping us in the game. We have known for a while now our pitching staff isn’t very good. Expecting something different after seeing it for the entire season is crazy. The fact that we are where we are is rather shocking. Just enjoy the fact that we are still playing ball.

We have a new proven coach coming in and he hasn’t a good core of players to build the team around. It won’t be a complete rebuild and we should be competitive almost immediately if he can get some arms.

We have a great core of young players and will have some instant impact arms coming in next year too. Schloss will win with this team next year.

[KOdawg1]

7-5. Keep it going

[Bulldog1]

Stovall 2 run single! Up 7-5!!!!

[I seen it dawg]

Need to score a bunch. This guy is flat

[ShotgunDawg]

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.

[MarketingBully]

Gee two freshman hitters got it started off this inning but Shotgun says they aren’t talented...

[Tbonewannabe]

Completely disagree. If Wes was still here, we'd be in a much, much better situation than we currently are. I cannot understate this.

The worst thing that happened to this pitching staff is poor recruiting.

I think even if Wes had been hired earlier instead of late because of Butch then we would have been in a lot better shape. I think Wes trying to rush his system was the biggest issue.

[Dawg61]

Completely disagree. If Wes was still here, we'd be in a much, much better situation than we currently are. I cannot understate this.

The worst thing that happened to this pitching staff is poor recruiting.

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

[ShotgunDawg]

I haven't understood our positional recruiting since we lost to UCLA in the title series. Rooker is the exception not the rule with our recruiting. It's like Cohen can't get that loss out of his head and recruited for 5 years to beat that same UCLA team if he ever played them again. Then he told Cann to keep that same recruiting strategy.

I know that about 4 years ago, Paul Mainieri began making Canny recruit small, fast guy & went with a defense first / power 2nd approach. I think that same thought process influenced Cohen.

[I seen it dawg]

Ho,y shit.....

[CadaverDawg]

Alexander off the schnide

[Bulldog1]

Alexander with a rbi single up 8-5!!!