MSU-Kent St. Game 3

[KOdawg1]

Big shakeup in the lineup.

1. Dubrule - 2B
2. Rowdy - CF
3 Allen - RF
4. James - 3B
5. Hancock - DH
6. Tanner - C
7. Hatcher - 1B
8. McGowan - LF
9. Forsythe - SS

[HoopsDawg]

I love how Lemonis isn't afraid to shake things up.

[TNDawg35]

So Logan Tanner has been seeing the ball well and we drop him in the order... I don’t like that... Even if it is for Hancock. Move Hancock to lead off or 2nd. With Debrule in the 1 or 2 hole.

[HoopsDawg]

So Logan Tanner has been seeing the ball well and we drop him in the order... I don’t like that... Even if it is for Hancock. Move Hancock to lead off or 2nd. With Debrule in the 1 or 2 hole.

trying to get a righty/lefty balance. I will say not much pop in the 8-9-1 spots.

[parabrave]

Big shakeup in the lineup.

1. Dubrule - 2B
2. Rowdy - CF
3 Allen - RF
4. James - 3B
5. Hancock - DH
6. Tanner - C
7. Hatcher - 1B
8. McGowan - LF
9. Forsythe - SS

I see he reads ED!

[HoopsDawg]

I see he reads ED!

Haha, Homedawg's mad about the change.

[parabrave]

Haha, Homedawg's mad about the change.

And a few others. BTW anybody listening to the Pre-game show? Playing some great background music at the dude.

[State82]

I see he reads ED!

Now that is the kind of coach we need.

[parabrave]

Fristoe has a good 1st.

[HoopsDawg]

Fristoe has a good 1st.

Good result. That was ball 4 to the 2 hole. And the 3 hole took him pretty deep.

[parabrave]

And Dubrule does his job. Now for Rowdy to knock him over.

[parabrave]

Men on 1st and 3rd 1 out. Just get him in.

[parabrave]

And thats how to manufacture a run! Now LH is up/

[parabrave]

Well except for 1 batter our guys were more patient at the plate.

[HoopsDawg]

Well except for 1 batter our guys were more patient at the plate.

and it was our most disciplined hitter.

[parabrave]

Dam it's nice to have a pitcher throw 29 pitches in 2 innings not one.

[parabrave]

Was he out? Neal and Ron says safe.

[parabrave]

Good Sac/ 2-0.

[msstate7]

Awful call, coach

[HoopsDawg]

Awful call, coach

Got cute there didn't he?

[KOdawg1]

Awful call, coach
Not what I would've done in the kids first AB

[parabrave]

How long can Fristoe go. Right now 46 through 3.

[parabrave]

Not what I would've done in the kids first AB

Ron said someone missed the call.

[VandelayIndustries]

How long can Fristoe go. Right now 46 through 3.

He?s dealing

[HoopsDawg]

How long can Fristoe go. Right now 46 through 3.

stretch him out to 70-75 if he's still getting outs.

[parabrave]

Thank you mister pitcher for throwing it in the dirt/

[Rex54]

No sign of Activated Alpha in the thread - we must be doing good

[OLJWales]

our pitcher is on cruise control while theirs isn't fooling our hitters. I predict we run him when here in a few minutes after that GREAT Play in the outfield. I hope they leave him in. Ron Polk saw my post about him breathing into the mic, not hearing that today, good. Also, station breaks are silent, what's the purpose? Go Dogs! Do we take too many 3rd strikes? Scratch that about Ron, starting to hear the breathing again.

[Rayburn8]

How long can Fristoe go. Right now 46 through 3.

You let him go till a guy gets on base at this point.

[OLJWales]

BOOM 2 Run HR---5-0 Good Guys.

[The Federalist Engineer]

The problem with Fristoe is that he makes the game too boring. He pitches in the Kentucky strike zone. Coaches prefer being down by 4 and making panicked pitching changes with bases loaded and nobody out.

[Saltydog]

Kinda thought we may have saved Sims to pitch a few innings mid-week against Louisiana but I guess not.

[The Federalist Engineer]

Fristoe pitched a perfect 6

He’s earned a starting job, no question for me

[Saltydog]

Forsythe's had a couple of hits today but his first ever chance in the field is an error. He's a plus defender from all accounts but it wasn't the easiest of chances. I still don't think he's the answer right now. You're essentially subbing Forsythe for Landon Jordan. Jordan has played pretty darn well in the field and is going to hit more than Forsythe. I think the move was moreso to clear James head.

[OLJWales]

Beating the shit outta foks sure is costly for ED. Less Ad Clicks.

[maroonmania]

Well been out running errands and just now at a computer but glad to see us have a relaxing win for a change. Didn't realize until listening to Bart and Charlie's show this morning that the pitcher Kent State started yesterday was actually their #1 guy. We made a bad tactical error pitching Cerantola against him if that is the case. EC never needs to go against another team's #1 because he needs too much room for error. EC is going to almost always give away 2 to 3 runs per game with wildness plus whatever he gives up from actually getting hit. We need to be pretty confident we can provide run support when EC is going to start which was not the case yesterday. Apparently the guy they pitched yesterday has been their #1 for a couple of years now.

[HoopsDawg]

Sims, our ace, with 0 leveraged innings this weekend. Not saying he should be a starter, but this is an example of why it has to be considererd. Lemonis has to regret not bringin him in after EC yesterday.

[maroonmania]

Sims, our ace, with 0 leveraged innings this weekend. Not saying he should be a starter, but this is an example of why it has to be considererd. Lemonis has to regret not bringin him in after EC yesterday.

Yep, I asked the same thing in the game thread yesterday when we brought in Simmons instead. At that point we were still in the game at 4-1. Once it went to 7-1 we were toast.

[msstate7]

Yep, I asked the same thing yesterday when we brought in Simmons instead. At that point we were still in the game at 4-1. Once it went to 7-1 we were toast.

We could've used him there. What if the game was 4-4 or us up 5-4 in the 5th today though? Having a multi-inning hoss bullpen guy is sometimes a tough decision on when to use him.

[msstate7]

I'd be pissed if I were KS fan/player/coach haha

[HoopsDawg]

We could've used him there. What if the game was 4-4 or us up 5-4 in the 5th today though? Having a multi-inning hoss bullpen guy is sometimes a tough decision on when to use him.

But that didn't happen.

[maroonmania]

We could've used him there. What if the game was 4-4 or us up 5-4 in the 5th today though? Having a multi-inning hoss bullpen guy is sometimes a tough decision on when to use him.

Well, it just seemed we surrendered yesterday's game. The issue was really trying to get out of that bases loaded no out jam that EC put us in, again. I would have been fine if we had just used Sims to try and get out of that inning with as little a damage as possible and then pulled him for possible use today. We only scored 2 runs through 8 though so it may not have mattered in the end who we pitched.

[HoopsDawg]

I'd be pissed if I were KS fan/player/coach haha

Lemonis must be using the MLB smart pitch count. Tepper was at 19 pitches. Meaning Tepper might draw the start Tuesday.

[OLJWales]

We just threw a no-hitter. WOW. Saved by a HUGE play, I hope to find a clip of the final play.

[msstate7]

But that didn't happen.

Making decisions with foreknowledge is easy. If we used LS yesterday down 3 and lost and then lost a close one today without LS, I'd be pissed. With that said, it really sucks LS wasn't used in a big situation

[msstate7]

Great response today.

[Saltydog]

That was one of three plays that saved the no-no. Don't forget McGowan's and Pimentel's plays......

[Activated Alpha]

No sign of Activated Alpha in the thread - we must be doing good

I've been here youngin, but just at work saving lives in the ER. Glad we won and we looked much better doing it today. Good series win.

[Saltydog]

Yeah, we probably should've swept these guys but in all honesty, they're not a bad ball club at all. They have some big guys and some good athletes and played extremely well defensively this weekend and hit the ball hard. Their pitching is a little suspect outside of Albright but they'll win some games. We'll keep an eye on how they do moving forward but they're a decent mid major.

[OLJWales]

First No-No in 36 years. WOW.

[Cowbell]

Somebody needs to tell me what we would receive if we would have swept this team like some of you claim we should have done. Maybe lemonis needed our hitters to see they can't wait around til the last innings to start being productive. Whatever it was we responded today in a way that was very authoritative. We are going to need our pitchers in June so that might mean giving some of them fewer innings now or weekends off. It's a long season. We have an ELITE staff. Give them the benefit of the doubt.

[skadoosh14]

We just threw a no-hitter. WOW. Saved by a HUGE play, I hope to find a clip of the final play.


https://streamable.com/zqhzbk

[Homedawg]

Lemonis must be using the MLB smart pitch count. Tepper was at 19 pitches. Meaning Tepper might draw the start Tuesday.

He wanted to get tullar a left on left matchup. That's all

[Homedawg]

But that didn't happen.

Hypotheticals will drive you crazy dealing w baseball. I wouldn't have used sims yesterday or Friday either. But no matter what when you lose one you'll get questioned. Is what it is.

[parabrave]

best observation to always live by in baseball:

"We'll get em tomorrow"

Quote attributed to MS7

[parabrave]

Oh before we forget That new lineup did workout/

[OLJWales]

https://streamable.com/zqhzbk

Rep Given for being Nice, thank you Skadoosh; WOW what a catch, he musta played some WR too in HS.

[OLJWales]

Somebody needs to tell me what we would receive if we would have swept this team like some of you claim we should have done. Maybe lemonis needed our hitters to see they can't wait around til the last innings to start being productive. Whatever it was we responded today in a way that was very authoritative. We are going to need our pitchers in June so that might mean giving some of them fewer innings now or weekends off. It's a long season. We have an ELITE staff. Give them the benefit of the doubt.

Rep Given.

[Cowbell]

Rep Given for being Nice, thank you Skadoosh; WOW what a catch, he musta played some WR too in HS.

Careful... Leach might have him in pads this fall

[BeardoMSU]

But we were the only [not really] SEC team to lose yesterday. That's what matters; today's win means zilch! Drink your box wine and enjoy this shit season if you want to, but count me out!*

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/10/a5/63/10a563802daf33fcb00cca67c58119bf.gif

[Commercecomet24]

Somebody needs to tell me what we would receive if we would have swept this team like some of you claim we should have done. Maybe lemonis needed our hitters to see they can't wait around til the last innings to start being productive. Whatever it was we responded today in a way that was very authoritative. We are going to need our pitchers in June so that might mean giving some of them fewer innings now or weekends off. It's a long season. We have an ELITE staff. Give them the benefit of the doubt.

Somebody that understand baseball. Great post!

[RocketDawg]

Not worthy of a new thread, but Belmont scored 3 in the top of the 9th to tie the Bears.

[BeardoMSU]

Not worthy of a new thread, but Belmont scored 3 in the top of the 9th to tie the Bears.

Auburn is collapsing/has collapsed in epic proportion as well.

[VandelayIndustries]

Auburn is collapsing/has collapsed in epic proportion as well.

Continuing SEC post

LSU loses series to Oral Roberts

[OLJWales]

But we were the only [not really] SEC team to lose yesterday. That's what matters; today's win means zilch! Drink your box wine and enjoy this shit season if you want to, but count me out!*

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/10/a5/63/10a563802daf33fcb00cca67c58119bf.gif

LMAO, Good Stuff as Laughter is Medicinal. Thank you Dr Beardo. Of Course I couldn't Rep you due to you being the greedy capitalist that you are, LOL.

[Cowbell]

Not worthy of a new thread, but Belmont scored 3 in the top of the 9th to tie the Bears.

Fire Bianco*

[basedog]

Congrats to Fristoe, freshman living up to expectations and showing poise. Future looks really good for him.
He stepped up huge today as this was a big game for him being young and somewhat a little pressure after yesterday’s loss.

[Cowbell]

Congrats to Fristoe, freshman living up to expectations and showing poise. Future looks really good for him.
He stepped up huge today as this was a big game for him being young and somewhat a little pressure after yesterday’s loss.
Yes indeed

[OLJWales]

sorry for the hijack but I didn't wanna start a new thread on a Saturday Down South piece on the Pine Tar Incident during the Tulane Game Icaught on my phone while Googling. Could not get the URL to copy and when I went to the SDS website, could not find the piece. The narrator implies that Lemonis asked for a check because the guy was mowing our asses down and we were butt hurt about that. But video shows how he was fingering his glove with regularity and making sure the MSU dugout saw him doing it. When the Ump went out to check, he didn't seem to give a fiddler's fk if there was tar on the glove or not. Does anyone have any updates as to what the hell happened? That curve ball he was throwing seemed like it MUSTA been gettin' some heppin'.

[BeardoMSU]

sorry for the hijack but I didn't wanna start a new thread on a Saturday Down South piece on the Pine Tar Incident during the Tulane Game Icaught on my phone while Googling. Could not get the URL to copy and when I went to the SDS website, could not find the piece. The narrator implies that Lemonis asked for a check because the guy was mowing our asses down and we were butt hurt about that. But video shows how he was fingering his glove with regularity and making sure the MSU dugout saw him doing it. When the Ump went out to check, he didn't seem to give a fiddler's fk if there was tar on the glove or not. Does anyone have any updates as to what the hell happened?

I got you, bud.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w536e0gOlKs&ab_channel=JomboyMedia

[OLJWales]

Auburn is collapsing/has collapsed in epic proportion as well.

I think AU will be fine. Talent and well coached. JMHO

[OLJWales]

Thanks Beard, ain't even gonna TRY and Rep you sir, would be a waste of key strokes.

[OLJWales]

That last clit fingering piece on the video shows some sticky shit.

[Activated Alpha]

That last clit fingering piece on the video shows some sticky shit.

What are we fingering over here?

[Cowbell]

That last clit fingering piece on the video shows some sticky shit.

He kept wiping his hands on his backside during that game and notice the brown on his pants. He didnt get that sliding...

[Homedawg]

I think AU will be fine. Talent and well coached. JMHO

Auburn has holes in the pitching staff. Depth is a major issue

[OLJWales]

Auburn has holes in the pitching staff. Depth is a major issue

And my post has NO concrete evidence to back what are only assertions. Just another thing to love about sports, letting the shit all play out.

[Homedawg]

And my post has NO concrete evidence to back what are only assertions. Just another thing to love about sports, letting the shit all play out.

I agree w that assertion. Just pointing out auburn is good enough to beat ya, but sour in depth! That's all