Texas A&M game -2

[The Federalist Engineer]

Wut, Halter is the DH

https://mobile.twitter.com/HailStateBB/status/1124735606968524801/photo/1

[Hambone]

He was the DH yesterday, what am I missing?

[the_real_MSU_is_us]

Wut, Halter is the DH

https://mobile.twitter.com/HailStateBB/status/1124735606968524801/photo/1

He was DH yesterday too, A&m is starting another lefty. Halter and Gilbert are the best right handed hitters we have available to DH, and Gilbert is at 3B so... tomorrow we'll see a lefty DH

[KOdawg1]

Hopefully, they'll put our game on the SEC alternate channel since Tenn-Mizzou game just started back up after a rain delay. I don't like streaming it on watch espn because I live in the middle of freaking nowhere, and streaming sucks.

[KOdawg1]

Hopefully, they'll put our game on the SEC alternate channel since Tenn-Mizzou game just started back up after a rain delay. I don't like streaming it on watch espn because I live in the middle of freaking nowhere, and streaming sucks.

Nvm, they're moving their game to the alternate channel. Good deal.

[I seen it dawg]

Love it kicking this turd in tenn to alt and app

[shoeless joe]

Nvm, they're moving their game to the alternate channel. Good deal.

Great news...I?m in same boat as far as living way out with no efficient way to stream anything

[MarketingBully]

Our 2-3-4 hitters yesterday went a combined 0-9 and we still scored 4 runs. That’s impressive.

[MarketingBully]

My gosh our 2 3 and 4 hitters are struggling something aweful this weekend. 0-0 going to bottom of the first.

[magrooder]

This pitcher for A&M looks impressive. Ginn will need his A game today.

[shoeless joe]

Hard to make shew look ltough in that montage since he lacks any semblance of a jaw line

[the_real_MSU_is_us]

Damn skelton

[MarketingBully]

Ginn with a 7 pitch first 0-0 going to the top of the second.

[KOdawg1]

Quick inning. Only 7 pitches. That's awesome considering it's only a 7 inning game.

[magrooder]

Getting some hard hits on this guy. Rowdey with the double

[magrooder]

Bases loaded for Gilbert with one out.

[the_real_MSU_is_us]

We look very comfortably taking these 96-7 fbs. Very impressive that we aren't reduced to guessing ball/k before the pitch like many teams would be

[MarketingBully]

That was bad. Gilbert hits into a double play and 0-0 going to the bottom of the second.

[the_real_MSU_is_us]

Well crap Gilbert

[CJDAWG85]

Literally the worst AB you could’ve asked for there.

[MarketingBully]

A bad strike call on the first pitch by that ump set up that bad at bat.

[CadaverDawg]

Dammit Gilbert....anything but a grounder there. Just get Mangum up there. Hell, take a K

[MarketingBully]

Their pitcher is at 40+ pitches though through 2. It’s only a matter of time before we get to him.

[MarketingBully]

Dammit Gilbert....anything but a grounder there. Just get Mangum up there. Hell, take a K

That ump caused that at bat though. That was a bad first strike call.

[Saltydog]

I had just said that I'd rather him strikeout and get Mangum up because he's a d/p waiting to happen.

[MarketingBully]

Ginn is carving this lineup up.

[maroonmania]

Scoring runs for us seems to be much more of an issue on the road.

[MarketingBully]

17 pitches in 2 innings. lol 94 mph fastball froze their hitter. 0-0 heading to the top of the 3rd.

[MarketingBully]

Scoring runs for us seems to be much more of an issue on the road.

Well when your 2, 3, and 4 hitters are goose eggs, it’s amazing we scored 4 yesterday.

[Percho]

I love the in game Small interviews.

[KOdawg1]

Mangum is being more patient at the plate since breaking the record

[MarketingBully]

Mangum is being more patient at the plate since breaking the record

6 pitch hit, love it!

[magrooder]

Mangum lead off single. I like our patience at the plate today, keep making this pitcher throw a lot of pitches

[MarketingBully]

Really need Westburg, Allen, and Mac to get going here.

[MarketingBully]

Terrible at bat by Westburg. He Allen and Mac are absolutely killing us.

[KOdawg1]

Westburg needs to stop letting the count get to 2 strikes. It's an automatic strikeout when he does

[Saltydog]

I would move Westy down at this point and move Rowdey back to the two hole. Jordan is just striking out WAY too much.

[CadaverDawg]

Westburg, Allen, and Macnamee need to step the F up

[MarketingBully]

Lacey throwing fastballs right down the middle to Allen and nothing.

[maroonmania]

Well when your 2, 3, and 4 hitters are goose eggs, it’s amazing we scored 4 yesterday.

2,3 and 4 not looking so good today either. Already have 4 strikeouts from them in 5 ABs.

[magrooder]

Ump calling those outside pitches now for strikes

[MarketingBully]

Westburg, Allen, and Macnamee need to step the F up

Ya think?

[MarketingBully]

Hard to win on the road when 2, 3, and 4 are acting like they are in Fayetteville.

[CadaverDawg]

Allen stepping towards first every time he swings ruins his chances at going oppo with any type of power

[Saltydog]

Macnamee's average has dropped 60 points in the last month...?.

[MarketingBully]

0-0 going to the bottom of the 3rd.

[MarketingBully]

Macnamee's average has dropped 60 points in the last month...?.

He has sucked for a long long time.

[Percho]

All three are trying to pull everything. Cheat toward the plate and go opposite.

[CadaverDawg]

Pitiful. Our 2 3 & 4 guys are auto outs right now. They could learn something from the bottom of the order. And for goodness sakes, if you're struggling, at least look for fastballs and swing...taking a fastball for strike when slumping is basically wasting the best pitch you will see

[maroonmania]

Macnamee's average has dropped 60 points in the last month...?.

Injury or not its time to, even if temporarily, move Mac down the order a bit.

[HooverDawg]

48 strikeouts in 46 games isn’t what you want from your 2 hole. Amazing he’s hitting for the average that he is but he’s much more of a run producer than a 2 hole guy with those strikeout numbers.

[CJDAWG85]

They need to move Rowdey back to the 2 hole. Westburg is not a 2 hole hitter.

[CadaverDawg]

48 strikeouts in 46 games isn’t what you want from your 2 hole. Amazing he’s hitting for the average that he is but he’s much more of a run producer than a 2 hole guy with those strikeout numbers.

Might be time to slide Rowdey back in the 2 hole and bounce Westburg to 3 and Foscue to 4. Mac 5. But I guess it may be too
Late in the year to expect much lineup shifting

[Percho]

That first pitch was better than the one to Allen

[MarketingBully]

Might be time to slide Rowdey back in the 2 hole and bounce Westburg to 3 and Foscue to 4. Mac 5. But I guess it may be too
Late in the year to expect much lineup shifting

If there’s one thing I’ve learned from Lemonis, he’s Polk stubborn when it comes to the lineup.

[KOdawg1]

Are you serious?

[CadaverDawg]

We miss out on so many strikes that the ump would give us if Skelton would just attempt to frame a pitch

[MarketingBully]

How the hell was that not a strike?

[CJDAWG85]

How the **** was that not a strike?!?

[Percho]

We miss out on so many strikes that the ump would give us if Skelton would just attempt to frame a pitch

That was not on Skelton

[magrooder]

Should be out of the inning. Ginn was ROBBED by the ump on that call.

[MarketingBully]

We miss out on so many strikes that the ump would give us if Skelton would just attempt to frame a pitch

The ball was over the plate and hit Skelton’s glove. It was a strike.

[MarketingBully]

0-0 going to the top of the 4th. Got to do something here!

[CadaverDawg]

What a joke this ump is

[magrooder]

Worked out for us, but damn what a crappy call.

[CadaverDawg]

The ball was over the plate and hit Skelton’s glove. It was a strike.

Wrong pitch. Wasn't talking about that one...I'm behind yall

[CJDAWG85]

No way you blame Skelton there. That was a perfect strike.

[CadaverDawg]

That was not on Skelton

I'm Behind y'all, wasn't talking about that pitch

[HooverDawg]

Might be time to slide Rowdey back in the 2 hole and bounce Westburg to 3 and Foscue to 4. Mac 5. But I guess it may be too
Late in the year to expect much lineup shifting

Yeah I?d go Magum, Rowdey, Foscue, Westburg, Mac, Allen

[maroonmania]

What a joke this ump is

Have we seen an SEC ump that is not a joke?

[MarketingBully]

Wrong pitch. Wasn't talking about that one...I'm behind yall

Oh lol

[CadaverDawg]

No way you blame Skelton there. That was a perfect strike.

Yeah, no doubt. I was talking about a few pitches earlier

[Bdawg]

Should be out of the inning. Ginn was ROBBED by the ump on that call.

Thank goodness that only cost him a couple more pitches

[Lord McBuckethead]

Worked out for us, but damn what a crappy call.

Again, makes our pitcher throw extra pitches and the other team has an extended chance of scoring runs. Wished this 17n scenario would work our way, 1 17n time.

[Lord McBuckethead]

Yeah I?d go Magum, Rowdey, Foscue, Westburg, Mac, Allen

Allen, in the 3 hole batting against this dude, bad Idea.

[magrooder]

Have we seen an SEC ump that is not a joke?

Not that I have seen. You never know from one inning/pitch to the next what the strike zone is going to be.

[MoreCowbell]

That legit may have been the worst non strike call I have ever seen. Was a perfect pitch.

[CJDAWG85]

Yeah, no doubt. I was talking about a few pitches earlier

Saw that after I posted. No worries.

[KOdawg1]

This one might go into extras

[MarketingBully]

Allen, in the 3 hole batting against this dude, bad Idea.

Yeah, I agree but Lemonis isn’t going to change his lineup.

[MarketingBully]

This one might go into extras

I think we eventually will score 1 or 2 and win 1 or 2 to 0.

[MarketingBully]

The key will he can we get guys on for Mangum and not have Mangum lead off an inning.

[maroonmania]

I REALLY hope we can get a regional and super at home. We look totally different hitting at home vs on the road.

[Lord McBuckethead]

Also, if skelton gets on......i have zero faith Halter is going to do something with it.

[MarketingBully]

Shit 0-0 going to the bottom of the 4th.

[ShotgunDawg]

I REALLY hope we can get a regional and super at home. We look totally different hitting at home vs on the road.

A&M's pitchers are DUDES

Not sure we hit these guys at home either.

[magrooder]

I REALLY hope we can get a regional and super at home. We look totally different hitting at home vs on the road.

For us to get the super at home we are going to need to win a few of our next games on the road.

[MarketingBully]

I REALLY hope we can get a regional and super at home. We look totally different hitting at home vs on the road.

That’s what I was saying why a national seed is so important. Have to get it. We are a good neutral site team though. Not a good road team.

[Lord McBuckethead]

I wish dude figures it out, but dang Halter is pretty much an out everytime he comes up. I would rather let JT hit or our TE.

[KOdawg1]

Bases loaded and 1 out in the 3rd may come back to hurt. Got to figure out a way to at least get a run in there. First team to score may win.

[maroonmania]

A&M's pitchers are DUDES

Not sure we hit these guys at home either.

I know Georgia's #1 was out but their staff was supposed to have some dudes as well.

[MarketingBully]

A&M's pitchers are DUDES

Not sure we hit these guys at home either.

They suck on the road. We’d of been fine if this was in Starkville.

[maroonmania]

Bases loaded and 1 out in the 3rd may come back to hurt. Got to figure out a way to at least get a run in there. First team to score may win.

Yep, getting out to a lead is huge in a 7 inning game.

[MarketingBully]

Ginn is rolling going to top of the fifth. Here’s the time to score some runs 9-1-2 up for us.

[MarketingBully]

Yep, getting out to a lead is huge in a 7 inning game.

A&M has been shut out for 13 innings so far. If we score 1 or 2 runs we will win this game.

[MarketingBully]

This ump really really sucks.

[KOdawg1]

That was a strike, but he owed us one after that terrible call he screwed Ginn with. Still gotta swing at it Gilbert

[MarketingBully]

The ump is so inconsistent that he should be ashamed of himself.

[MarketingBully]

That was a strike, but he owed us one after that terrible call he screwed Ginn with. Still gotta swing at it Gilbert

It’s been low and not called all game long.

[KOdawg1]

Westburg let's it get to two strikes, and strikes out yet again. Swing early Westburg!

[maroonmania]

The strikeouts piling up from our 2 thru 4 hitters is getting comical.

[MarketingBully]

Lacey is at 89 pitches. He won’t last much longer. Bottom of the fifth 0-0.

[CJDAWG85]

Westburg continues to prove why he’s a 2 hole hitter.

[MarketingBully]

The strikeouts piling up from our 2 thru 4 hitters is getting comical.

Lacey’s pitch count is way way up. That fastball will tick down a couple of mph next inning and our batters should catch up to him.

[maroonmania]

Lacey is at 89 pitches. He won’t last much longer. Bottom of the fifth 0-0.

Well, he only needs 6 more outs if A&M can scratch a run across.

[IMissJack]

It would really stink to lose this game as well as Ginn has pitched. But it is looking like first team to 1 will win.

[Bdawg]

Westburg continues to prove why he’s a 2 hole hitter.

Watched a heater right down the guy the pitch before. Just looks like he's guessing up there

[ShotgunDawg]

I know Georgia's #1 was out but their staff was supposed to have some dudes as well.

Georgia?s dude was out and A&M?s dudes are better than UGA?s other guys

[Lord McBuckethead]

Down to 6 outs here. Need to change our approach. We may want to get a little more aggressive. Their dude is at 80 pitches.

[MarketingBully]

Well, he only needs 6 more outs if A&M can scratch a run across.

They have been waiting a long long time for that. 13 and a 1/3

[KOdawg1]

**** this ump.

[CJDAWG85]

You can’t be ****ing serious...

[MarketingBully]

This ump is just plain horrible and is a big proponent for the computer zone. 0-0 going to the top of the sixth.

[maroonmania]

OK, we need someone to go deep here.

[Lord McBuckethead]

Ginn 17ed again. Came back with another good pitch though. That is now 6 pitches he shouldn't have thrown.

[KOdawg1]

OK, we need someone to go deep here.

Foscue has my vote

[MarketingBully]

3 4 5 guys up. Need to do something here.

[IMissJack]

This ump is just plain horrible and is a big proponent for the computer zone. 0-0 going to the top of the sixth.

I don't think these umps are good enough for the level of pitching skill they are seeing.

[Percho]

Home plate must me moving. Moves under some and away from others. No way it is stationary.

[maroonmania]

Allen with a hit!

[MarketingBully]

Mac is 1-26...

[Lord McBuckethead]

Whoaaa. Mac is 1-26?

[IMissJack]

1 for 27

[sandwolf]

1-27

[maroonmania]

Mac is a black hole right now.

[MarketingBully]

How the hell you don’t sacrifice a guy who is 1-26 in his last 8 games is beyond me..

[Lord McBuckethead]

No way. Bad when the announcers are like......dude may want to bunt.

[Saltydog]

Agreed......He's automatic at this point.....Might as well get a runner over...

[IMissJack]

How the hell you don’t sacrifice a guy who is 1-26 in his last 8 games is beyond me..

Especially in this situation where 1 run likely would win it. And keep you out of dp.

[MarketingBully]

That sucked. 0-0 bottom of the sixth. If that’s a sacrifice, there’s no double play there.

[Lord McBuckethead]

Damn guys. 1st pitch has been a strike like 30 batters in a row. Get your bat ready.

[maroonmania]

Well that went south quickly.

[Lord McBuckethead]

Yep. Mac not bunting ended the inning. 1 may be enough. We are down to 3 outs now.

[maroonmania]

That sucked. 0-0 bottom of the sixth. If that’s a sacrifice, there’s no double play there.

I'm not able to watch right now. Did Mac at least try to bunt? In the situation, with his current struggles, I thought sure he would be bunting.

[MetEdDawg]

This may have been covered already, but will we tie at the end of 7 if it's still tied? Not sure about rules on days like this

[MarketingBully]

That was horrible awareness by Lemonis especially considering Jordan and Skelton would have come to the plate with a man on second and unlike our front part of the lineup the bottom part has been hitting.

[KOdawg1]

I'm not able to watch right now. Did Mac at least try to bunt? In the situation, with his current struggles, I thought sure he would be bunting.

Nah, he swung at pitches out of the zone

[Lord McBuckethead]

Especially in this situation where 1 run likely would win it. And keep you out of dp.

I would have rathered had two opportunities to get a hit.

[RougeDawg]

This umpires strike zone is as inconsistent as you will see

[MarketingBully]

I'm not able to watch right now. Did Mac at least try to bunt? In the situation, with his current struggles, I thought sure he would be bunting.

Nope didn’t even try to bunt.

[KOdawg1]

I'm not able to watch right now. Did Mac at least try to bunt? In the situation, with his current struggles, I thought sure he would be bunting.

Nah, he swung at pitches out of the zone

[Lord McBuckethead]

Also, berms not in the outfield are stupid.

[Cooterpoot]

Coaches that completely refuse to bunt lose close games. There’s a time and situation for it.

[maroonmania]

That was horrible awareness by Lemonis especially considering Jordan and Skelton would have come to the plate with a man on second and unlike our front part of the lineup the bottom part has been hitting.

Yep, really bad on Lemonis's part. Gotta play for one when you are in the equivalent of the 8th inning.

[maroonmania]

Coaches that completely refuse to bunt lose close games. There’s a time and situation for it.

Yep, and we have the bottom of the order up in the 7th.

[KOdawg1]

Yep, and we have the bottom of the order up in the 7th.

Well, to be fair, the bottom of our order is hitting better than the middle of it

[maroonmania]

Jordan has the only hit from our bottom 4 today.

[MarketingBully]

Jordan has the only hit from our bottom 4 today.

But they have at least been hitting this weekend. Jordan, Skelton, Gilbert have done well. I’d sit Halter this time around and PH Cumbest this inning.

[KOdawg1]

Ballgame.

[MarketingBully]

Wow. Are we really going to be beat 1-0 here?

[Cooterpoot]

We coached ourselves to a loss this inning.

[VandelayIndustries]

That blows

[ShotgunDawg]

Unreal

[maroonmania]

Wow. Are we really going to be beat 1-0 here?

Can't shutout someone forever. There is the scratched 2 out run.

[MarketingBully]

I’d talk with Ginn right here. 1-0 isn’t that insurmountable a lead but can’t allow anything else.

[maroonmania]

Unreal

Probably going to end up having given up 1 run in 16 innings but the series will be tied. So MState.

[CJDAWG85]

That’s how you completely piss a game away.

[maroonmania]

That’s how you completely piss a game away.

May not have mattered but not bunting Mac with Allen on and no outs was a terrible coaching decision.

[MarketingBully]

Why does our coaching staff always leave our pitchers out on an island? You have coaching visits use them.

[MarketingBully]

1-0 is not insurmountable. Lacey is at 100 pitches. He’s not lasting much longer. Be patient make him pitch and we can get on the board.

[KOdawg1]

What potentially lost this game was noncompetitive at-bats by our top hitters. Can't have your 2-4 hitters K as much as our's have and expect to win.

[Saltydog]

That's why I was afraid of these 7 inning games. It doesn't give us a chance to get into their bullpen. We'll blow this series.

[Lord McBuckethead]

Yeah. Rough game hitters 2-5.

[Lord McBuckethead]

Skelton is going to bail out the 2-5 hitters right here.

[maroonmania]

Another strikeout. Shocker.

[mparkerfd20]

What a shit game

[RougeDawg]

Umpire isn?t consistent and our hitters are allowing him to call them by not swinging.

[KOdawg1]

They better come out in game 2 and show some freaking fire because it wasn't there today

[RougeDawg]

Rowdey has a lot of shit ABs.

[CJDAWG85]

Just an all around shit performance from our bats

[mparkerfd20]

I question the gonads of some or our guys to go deep into postseason this year

[maroonmania]

Pathetic to waste that pitching performance.

[WeWonItAll(Most)]

How much time is between games? Just keep Ginn out there

[KOdawg1]

Our hitters owe JT Ginn an apology.

[RougeDawg]

I question the gonads of some or our guys to go deep into postseason this year

I concur. Outside of Mangum we have very little fight in this team.

[MarketingBully]

Horrible at bats by our team. What a dumb ass game.

[KOdawg1]

How much time is between games? Just keep Ginn out there

45 minutes

[RougeDawg]

These at bats remind me of Arkansas series. We had an attitude of its ok to lose on the road approach.

[CadaverDawg]

Piss poor effort by Westburg, Macnamee, etc. Wasted a gem

Tough loss

[Todd4State]

We win that game if it's 9 innings. Another bullshit SEC rule.

[Lord McBuckethead]

That was a pretty poor showing. Time for our hitters to get the intensity that Small had yesterday. Oh yeah, stop hitting into dps for 17 sake.

[Bdawg]

Well that sucks. Their pitcher was good. Our pitcher was good. We pissed our chance away with bases loaded and one out and hit a DP. That, and the meat of our order not doing crap. And lastly, Lemonis not bunting Mac to give us a couple shots to push one across.

[WeWonItAll(Most)]

45 minutes

Oh, well it was a fun idea

[CadaverDawg]

Why the hell didn't we bunt Mac? So dumb. May not have mattered. Guy is 1-27 in last 28 ab's

[State82]

I question the gonads of some or our guys to go deep into postseason this year

And as long as UCLA is still playing we will just be waiting around for summer ball to start. Tough pill to swallow but some pills are quite large.

[Bdawg]

We win that game if it's 9 innings. Another bullshit SEC rule.

Yeah I know it works both ways with each teams pitcher but our guys pitch count was much better their guy was bout done.

[KOdawg1]

How is their #3 starter? If he's decent, we might lose the series.

[Bdawg]

Why the hell didn't we bunt Mac? So dumb. May not have mattered. Guy is 1-27 in last 28 ab's

Thought it was pretty dumb too. Mac knows he's in a terrible funk and shouldn't get upset when asked to lay one down.

[the_real_MSU_is_us]

We hit the ball harder, pitched it better (in my opinion), worked the count for a 30+ pitch differential by the end of the game, and the defense played fine. They got the hit when they needed it -with an assist all game from the ump- and made great defensive plays. We gounded into DP's at the worse time. Their pitcher was A-OK at 100+ pitches, Ginn wasn't as dominant after 70.

There's nothing you can do really. Their pitcher just didn't get tired, ours did, and timing was on their side.

[Bdawg]

We hit the ball harder, pitched it better (in my opinion), worked the count for a 30+ pitch differential by the end of the game, and the defense played fine. They got the hit when they needed it -with an assist all game from the ump- and made great defensive plays. We gounded into DP's at the worse time. Their pitcher was A-OK at 100+ pitches, Ginn wasn't as dominant after 70.

There's nothing you can do really. Their pitcher just didn't get tired, ours did, and timing was on their side.

I can agree with all that. We didn't seize our opportunity when we had bases loaded. Runs are a premium in seven innings

[CadaverDawg]

We hit the ball harder, pitched it better (in my opinion), worked the count for a 30+ pitch differential by the end of the game, and the defense played fine. They got the hit when they needed it -with an assist all game from the ump- and made great defensive plays. We gounded into DP's at the worse time. Their pitcher was A-OK at 100+ pitches, Ginn wasn't as dominant after 70.

There's nothing you can do really. Their pitcher just didn't get tired, ours did, and timing was on their side.

Yep. Bottom line, when they needed the big hit their hitter stepped up....when we needed one, we had our best hitters up and they didn't even put the damn ball in play. Westburg, Allen, and Mac have got to wake the hell up. If you're slumping, don't take selfish at bats...do whatever it takes to work counts, move runners over, etc. You're supposed to be the heart of the order, show some

[The Federalist Engineer]

He was DH yesterday too, A&m is starting another lefty. Halter and Gilbert are the best right handed hitters we have available to DH, and Gilbert is at 3B so... tomorrow we'll see a lefty DH

Rather invest the ABs in Cumbest or even Ginn. Most of the time Halter is horrible in the batter's box, much less DH.

Halter did alright today, made good contact on the final out.

[Todd4State]

Why the hell didn't we bunt Mac? So dumb. May not have mattered. Guy is 1-27 in last 28 ab's

Probably because Mac rarely if ever bunts and has just about as good a chance or better of hitting a home run than he does of getting a bunt down.

[CadaverDawg]

Probably because Mac rarely if ever bunts and has just about as good a chance or better of hitting a home run than he does of getting a bunt down.

Not right now he doesn't

[Saltydog]

He's good. All of their starters are damn good.

[CadaverDawg]

Oh well, this is a monster game coming up. To be honest, winning game 3 is damn near as good as a sweep when it comes to the National Seed picture imo

[Todd4State]

Not right now he doesn't

If he bunts there would be just as many people complaining about taking the bat out of his hands in this thread.

[Bdawg]

Probably because Mac rarely if ever bunts and has just about as good a chance or better of hitting a home run than he does of getting a bunt down.

I totally disagree with that. If your a damn hitter and can handle the bat, it should be no problem to lay one down if you have to.

[CadaverDawg]

If he bunts there would be just as many people complaining about taking the bat out of his hands in this thread.

Disagree. We weren't touching the guy, but Foscue was our best chance at a ribbie.

[Bdawg]

If he bunts there would be just as many people complaining about taking the bat out of his hands in this thread.


That may be true but it doesn't make the message board people right. Dude is was 1 for 26 and now 1 for 27 after swinging at crap pitches

[RougeDawg]

Yep. Bottom line, when they needed the big hit their hitter stepped up....when we needed one, we had our best hitters up and they didn't even put the damn ball in play. Westburg, Allen, and Mac have got to wake the hell up. If you're slumping, don't take selfish at bats...do whatever it takes to work counts, move runners over, etc. You're supposed to be the heart of the order, show some

Those guys need to start choking up every pitch and treat them like two strike counts. Just start making contact and get the feel back.