Super Regional Game 1 Thread

[KOdawg1]

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[KOdawg1]

Saw empty chairbacks when they panned over the crowd just then. Mind boggling.

[DownwardDawg]

Doin my part. Gone all day. Won’t be able to watch a single play. Guaranteed win!! ***

[Rex54]

Is it on ESPN or are they sticking with soccer?

[KOdawg1]

Is it on ESPN or are they sticking with soccer?

ESPN

[FISHDAWG]

On ESPN now

[KOdawg1]

Looked like a tie, so call should stand

[Rex54]

Not enough to overturn at 1st.

Maybe off the bag at 2nd base?

[starkvegasdawg]

Can't overturn that.

[Rex54]

Good.

[The Federalist Engineer]

DP what the Doctor ordered, let’s walk the big kid

[FISHDAWG]

Nice turn by Forsyth

[maroonmania]

Be careful here.

[KOdawg1]

Shit. 2 bloop hits

[maroonmania]

Pretty obvious we are going to have to score some runs to win this game.

[The Federalist Engineer]

Shit contact paying of for notre dame, 0-1 Evil over MSU

[maroonmania]

Shit. 2 bloop hits

Yep, it was on the end of the bat but he was right on it.

[chef dixon]

Bednar ain't fooling them but he can settle in

[BayouDawg]

Luck of the Irish. Two shit hits that fell in the right spot. May not be our day today

[Offshore Dawg]

Looks like the baseball team made a run through the football equipment room. Golden domes.

[maroonmania]

ND looks very disciplined at the plate right now.

[The Federalist Engineer]

Bednar - hope he settles before he shits the bed today

[chef dixon]

Nice K

[starkvegasdawg]

Now time to get that run back.

[KOdawg1]

Don't come out over aggressive. Let's have quality at-bats.

[Activated Alpha]

Need to score some runs today. These ND hitters look like they won?t chase much

[BayouDawg]

Need the bats to show up today

[maroonmania]

Well, with the first 2 getting on with no outs, I'm ok with giving up 1 there. Could have been worse.

[FISHDAWG]

Irish batting .405 in their regional... this is gonna take some work

[KOdawg1]

Their pitcher is wearing a damn Apple Watch. Is that allowed?

[maroonmania]

Irish batting .405 in their regional... this is gonna take some work

No doubt. I still feel like we are the underdog here. I don't think I've ever seen someone sweep through their regional outscoring their opponents 50-5 no matter how weak their regional may have been.

[KOdawg1]

KABOOM

[chef dixon]

Their pitcher is wearing a damn Apple Watch. Is that allowed?

Did it calculate how far that ball just went?

[maroonmania]

Nice stroke TA!

[parabrave]

Tanner doing his part

[BayouDawg]

TA got that run back. He just ejaculated all over that ball

[The Federalist Engineer]

TA a ****ing Warrior

[FISHDAWG]

Did it calculate how far that ball just went?

Well played

[BayouDawg]

James grounds out. He has looked much more comfortable at the plate recently though.

[KOdawg1]

We hit some good fielding practice ground balls

[maroonmania]

They are an excellent fielding team. Doubt we get much help on anything from their defense.

[chef dixon]

We will chase this guy

[starkvegasdawg]

Now really need a shutdown inning. Don't give the momentum right back.

[Lord McBuckethead]

Well, other than TA, no one looking to get a hit. All weak contact.

[KOdawg1]

Now really need a shutdown inning. Don't give the momentum right back.

Took 1 pitch

[magrooder]

That was a no doubter. Bednar might want to hold off on that first pitch fast ball

[starkvegasdawg]

17 what I just said.

[RocketDawg]

Balls are flying in the hot humid air in Starkville.

[maroonmania]

Boy, that was a meat pitch there and the ND dude didn't miss it.

[PMDawg]

Whoever calls our pitches, Foxhall I assume, needs to stop calling FB down the middle for every first pitch of every game and every inning. I think everyone is on to it.

[The Federalist Engineer]

Bednar is our Ace? Damn we need about 9 runs today

[Lord McBuckethead]

Wow. What a shot on the first pitch of the 2nd. We may need someone out there to remind our pitchers they can throw something other than down the pipe to start an inning.

[Activated Alpha]

Yeah Bednar not looking quite as sharp as well as we all hoped

[maroonmania]

This ump is squeezing the corners. That is going to make for a higher scoring game.

[maroonmania]

We still seem to look shaky on every pop up even when we are camped under it.

[AlSwearengen]

Bednar’s velo isn’t there and his location isn’t either. Hope he finds something quick.

[chef dixon]

We still seem to look shaky on every pop up even when we are camped under it.

Shaky is fine as long as we catch it lol

[magrooder]

We still seem to look shaky on every pop up even when we are camped under it.

At least Forsythe made a clear call of the ball and we didn't have a near collision, step in the right direction right there.

[chef dixon]

Cumbest should be primed to tee off on this dude

[Lord McBuckethead]

Alright. We need 12 batters to come to the plate during this inning. Give Fixhall time to discuss pitch sequence tactics with Bednar and make them sit in the field for 45 minutes.

[Lord McBuckethead]

No idea what we are waiting on at the plate.

[PMDawg]

How are our hitters so far behind an 88 mph FB?

[magrooder]

Cumbest with the double, need to pick this run up

[maroonmania]

How did Dubrule miss that 3rd strike? It was right down the middle.

[KOdawg1]

We must not be into the launch angle stuff much. We hit a shit ton of ground balls

[msstate7]

Gotta lift the ball

[msstate7]

We must not be into the launch angle stuff much. We hit a shit ton of ground balls

Unless we get some BABIP luck, this is exactly what they want

[chef dixon]

Yea their infield looks super reliable

[Dawg2003]

I don't have the mental makeup to watch this team. I just stay mad and frustrated.

[starkvegasdawg]

Hope Bednar is told to put the first pitch into the press box.

[preachermatt83]

Cumbest is a good hitter

[KOdawg1]

Bednar's fastball velo is down about 3 mph.

[PMDawg]

You CANNOT walk guys in front of the 4 hole hitter Will!!! My gosh.

[preachermatt83]

Man this ump has a super tight zone

[Activated Alpha]

Please do not start walking these guys. They will definitely make us pay

[PMDawg]

Go get him Lemon

[msstate7]

Bednar's fastball velo is down about 3 mph.

Yikes. That turns a good pitcher into to a BP guy

[PMDawg]

That was a ball

[bobtail bob]

They are about to beat the shit out of us. This is the wrong team to have a garbage part of the batting order

[Activated Alpha]

Do you even pitch to this guy?

[PMDawg]

You better get it shoulder high Will

[KOdawg1]

PATHETIC

[The Federalist Engineer]

This umpire is trash

[Activated Alpha]

This ump is total trash

[MoreCowbell]

We are going to get smoked this weekend you can already tell

[chef dixon]

Need a DP

[maroonmania]

That was a HUGE non-strike call. Should be one on and 2 out, instead there are 2 on and one out. This ump is garbage.

[PMDawg]

Who is this Ump? He needs to be fired.

[starkvegasdawg]

Not playing dodge ball bednar.

[Activated Alpha]

Go talk to him

[msstate7]

Welp, good season

[KOdawg1]

He looks scared shitless

[maroonmania]

Has Bednar lost his focus after not getting the strikeout? This may be one problem in waiting until the post-season to pitch 120 pitches. Is he not able to bounce back? ND could really get some separation here.

[Activated Alpha]

Yeah we cannot match power for power with these guys

[The Federalist Engineer]

The moment is eating Bednar up … the Notre Dame is doing just fine

[Lord McBuckethead]

Well that non-call on Niko will cost us 2 runs.

[MaroonFlounder]

I got laughed at when I said ND was a dangerous team with something to prove.

[Maroonthirteen]

When you get to this level, you have to be able to hit the ball. 1-9. If you don't, your pitcher feels the pressure. Tries to get too fine. Aims. Loses accuracy.

You got to be able to hit the ball.

[BayouDawg]

Gonna let these notre dame dicks come in here and push our shit in?

[PMDawg]

Unless you predicted Bednar would suck today, I wouldn't go too crazy patting myself on the back.

[maroonmania]

Everything they hit finds a hole even when they don't hit it well.

[Dawg2003]

I don't understand how our pitching is what it is when and have so many options. Is everyone else just bad too?

[BayouDawg]

When you get to this level, you have to be able to hit the ball. 1-9. If you don't, your pitcher feels the pressure. Tries to get too fine. Aims. Loses accuracy.

You got to be able to hit the ball.

Agreed but with a pitching staff that is supposed to be elite you expect better than this.

[msstate7]

Gotta go get em. It's over if you don't

[chef dixon]

His strikeout pitch isn't there today

[MaroonFlounder]

As good as Mac and Bednar are...they give up way too many HRs. They have all year.

[Activated Alpha]

Who do you go with?

[The Federalist Engineer]

Bednar looked bad in inning 1 … why he’s still there to blow the game wide open is another question.

Waste of time

[MoreCowbell]

Bednar has been absolute garbage today. Looks so rattled

[Irondawg]

Well let?s be honest - they?ve hit all of one ball hard the whole game. 3 bloop hits and a hr - it?s the free passes that have cost us

[MaroonFlounder]

Unless you predicted Bednar would suck today, I wouldn't go too crazy patting myself on the back.

I predicted he'd give up multiple HRs. Wasn't sure if we could hit.

[maroonmania]

Need this out here BAD.

[chef dixon]

Nice job Bednar

[Lord McBuckethead]

Well, Bednar should be done after this inning. And our batters need to put a swing on some balls.

[magrooder]

Bednar came through, but dang it won't keep happening like that all day.

[maroonmania]

At least we are still in the ball game. Can't believe they only scored one on that bloop down right field.

[KOdawg1]

Where there's a mini momentum boost. Could've been a disaster.

Won't matter how many runs we allow though if we don't start lifting the ball and stop hitting weak ass grounders

[R2Dawg]

Bednar responds

[Activated Alpha]

Well looks like they are going to score every inning. Really need our guys to get quality ABs and score runs for us

[msstate7]

Gotta go get em. It's over if you don't

Nevermind, outstanding recovery

[BayouDawg]

Way to battle back. Game could have been over there. Still very disappointed in Bednars lack of testicular fortitude today though.

[msstate7]

Offense, do something!

[KOdawg1]

Our 1 and 2 hitters are so good. 3-9, not so much

[msstate7]

They have no respect for our 3-hole guy

[KOdawg1]

See what happens when you hit the ball off the ground!!! Keep it going!

[magrooder]

That a way to do it James! Let's go Hancock. We should be pounding this guy.

[KOdawg1]

Kam pointed in the ND dugout after he hit it. Love it

[maroonmania]

Get these guys home!

[bobtail bob]

Let’s go!!! Empty the dam bases. Wish Cumbeast was battlng

[chef dixon]

Bout to chase this bitch boy

[magrooder]

Thank you third base! 3-3

[KOdawg1]

OPEN THIS SHIT UP

[maroonmania]

Vaunted ND defense not looking so good at the moment.

[msstate7]

This team has heart

[PMDawg]

Can't have LoTan disappear at the plate again. Need him to win this series.

[magrooder]

Looks safe at first, foot came off the bag

[maroonmania]

Dang, double play.

[magrooder]

We need to get lucky one time

[PMDawg]

No evidence to change the call

[chef dixon]

That was unlucky

[Rex54]

No evidence to change the call

Yep. Shitty timing for that DP

[Irondawg]

Unfortunate as he smoked that ball up the middle - good glove by their pitcher. That dude doesn't have great stuff but locates fairly well and throws strikes. You've just got to go up looking for strikes and pick one to hit. We hit the ball harder that inning

[chef dixon]

Dubrule was probably going to kill the rally anyway lol

[Rex54]

0-0 let's go!

[maroonmania]

Good defensive play by their pitcher. Fielded it cleanly on a ball that was on him in a hurry.

[BulldogBear]

I guess they missed the part where the 2B got in the base runners way. He was not the player making the play.

Should be 2 outs, man on 2nd.

[BiscuitEater]

ND looks very disciplined at the plate right now.

WHO posted that Notre Dame has an outstanding defense! They're booting it around so far!

[KOdawg1]

We're gonna chase this dude. We're barreling him up the second time through. If Bednar can settle down and get us to our bullpen, we'll be alright.

[Lord McBuckethead]

Alright, so this game is on ESPN. And the replay cameras are complete 17n shit. The frame rate on a replay at first is about 24 frames per second. And pixelated, better not rely on that shit for something important like post season baseball games.

[BayouDawg]

Good job tying it up. Need a shut down inning here to keep the momentum

[shoeless joe]

First base ump wasn’t even watchin the ball. He was looking at 2nd for some reason. Tanner was out but how can the ump not be watching the play. This is beyond ridiculous

[KOdawg1]

Get his ass out of there. He's going to choke this game away.

[Lord McBuckethead]

We let Bednar go out there again? Hmm

[Rex54]

Christ, Bednar.

[MoreCowbell]

Now that it?s tied up I would go to someone else. Bednar just doesnt have it today

[BayouDawg]

Bednar needs to locate his ball sac or get on the bench.

[The Federalist Engineer]

Why oh why is Bednar still out there?

This Henderson like, but Hendo had zero depth in the pen compared to now

[Rex54]

That's an out!

[AlSwearengen]

These umps are little league level.

[Rex54]

He bunted standing on the damn plate!

But that definitely should have been fair lol

[Activated Alpha]

These umps are garbage. They are giving this game to to ND

[bobtail bob]

They are seeing Bednar every pitch.We can’t survive constantly playing catch-up

[Lord McBuckethead]

God damn. Bunt should have been out.
Then they hit a fair ball with a throw out at 3rd. No outs called.

[Activated Alpha]

Need to go to the pen. Who do we go with for long relief?

[Cooterpoot]

Do we have a damn pitching coach? First pitch fastball is getting hammered every 17ing inning and you keep calling it? Such terrible pitch calling!

[SailingDawg]

They are seeing Bednar every pitch.We can’t survive constantly playing catch-up

Everyone knows our pitches. Spies? Signals?

[KOdawg1]

Bednar's problem is he only has two pitches right now. And his fastball velo is down, so he's relying on his slider, which isn't fooling anyone either. Don't know if his arm is just fatigued, but he doesn't have it today

[Rex54]

If another runner reaches 2nd pull his ass

[Activated Alpha]

Get him out. What is Lemo waiting on?

[starkvegasdawg]

17ing umps. Get your head out of your ass and shove your shamrock in it.

[SailingDawg]

Are these ACC umps?

[Activated Alpha]

The umps owe us a run

[HoopsDawg]

Going to Patrick. Interesting

[Lord McBuckethead]

Another tie broken because the damn batter had two outs happened while he was at bat, just hit a single to give ND the lead. No idea why Lemons isn't out there letting the umpires know they suck dick at their jobs.

[bobtail bob]

These are the kind of hits we can’t execute but that guy should have been out on the bunt

[BayouDawg]

We dont have an ace. So much for our elite pitching. We have one elite pitcher and he pitches once a month damn near

[KOdawg1]

We dont have an ace.

Nope.

[maroonmania]

Why are we going to a guy that has only pitched 11 innings all year?

[Cooterpoot]

Another tie broken because the damn batter had two outs happened while he was at bat, just hit a single to give ND the lead. No idea why Lemons isn't out there letting the umpires know they suck dick at their jobs.

Because he never gets off his fat ass beyond that top step. It's like there's a shock barrier and he's a dog.

[MetEdDawg]

Why are we going to a guy that has only pitched 11 innings all year?

Lack of familiarity, different arm angle, and has 3 pitches.

[maroonmania]

We dont have an ace. So much for our elite pitching. We have one elite pitcher and he pitches once a month damn near

A lot of truth in this. We have a lot of good arms but no real elite pitchers outside of Sims.

[KOdawg1]

It's a good thing Notre Dame won't be used to this humidity, right?

[Activated Alpha]

I do not like Patrick pitching here. His pitches catch way too much of the plate

[maroonmania]

Let's get a DP here.

[KOdawg1]

Whew.

[Dawg2003]

Please tell me we won't walk a run in here.

[HoopsDawg]

Whew. Very fortunate to be in this game.

[maroonmania]

Thank goodness.

[Rex54]

Hell yes!!

Have Sims ready to go 3-4 innings today.

[chef dixon]

We should be down 9-3 lol. Atta boy Patrick

[HoopsDawg]

I would turn to Stone Simmons next inning.

[FISHDAWG]

This is wearing me out

[maroonmania]

Whew. Very fortunate to be in this game.

Yep, between Bednar's struggles, ND's bats and these garbage umps, I feel very fortunate we are only down by one.

[MetEdDawg]

Simmons for the 5th, Preston 6/7, Sims 8/9 is how I would roll with it.

[Lord McBuckethead]

Another horseshit strike called against Mule.

[maroonmania]

Another horseshit strike called against Mule.

This ump is totally inconsistent.

[Cooterpoot]

Two more shitty ABs. We're helping this guy so much.

[magrooder]

That's the second time a batter has let go of his bat. This pitcher is NOT that good

[Lord McBuckethead]

So is it cool for our hitters to let go of their bat during swings? Ks at that?

[KOdawg1]

Well at least Rowdey gets to lead off next inning. Good hit Clark

[maroonmania]

Two more shitty ABs. We're helping this guy so much.

Dubrule is moving back into his worthless midseason form it seems.

[HoopsDawg]

Key hit for Clark to roll the order thru.

[Lord McBuckethead]

We need the top of order to get up this inning. Time for Forsythe to drive one to the gap.

[magrooder]

At least Rowdey doesn't come up with one out next inning.

[KOdawg1]

Well at least Rowdey gets to lead off next inning. Good hit Clark

Knew it.

Forsythe is a complete waste of an AB. Like as close to an automatic out as you can get.

[maroonmania]

Well at least Rowdey gets to lead off next inning. Good hit Clark

Yep, at this point I would try to have Forsythe bunt for a hit or something. He is totally lost at the plate.

[Lord McBuckethead]

Can we get a quick inning?

[Lord McBuckethead]

Yep, at this point I would try to have Forsythe bunt for a hit or something. He is totally lost at the plate.

I would rather have Leggett at SS.

[bobtail bob]

Forsythe…is it possible to have a avg in the negatives?

[MaroonFlounder]

So is it cool for our hitters to let go of their bat during swings? Ks at that?

Trying to check their swing and losing their grip.

[mparkerfd20]

Foreskin has to be the worst hitter we've had in 25 years.

[Activated Alpha]

I would hope Forsythe does not swing the bat again this game. His only hope is to get a walk or HPB

[KOdawg1]

Why does he try to rifle every single throw over there??

[maroonmania]

Come on James. Awful.

[Activated Alpha]

Whelp there is your error by James

[Rex54]

Damnit Kam!

[MaroonFlounder]

Thanks Kam

[magrooder]

Damn it. James makes throwing to first base an adventure. F'n unforced errors are pathetic.

[mparkerfd20]

The runner is out. He went out of baseline, made the turn, was tagged and is out.

[Activated Alpha]

Just do not have a meltdown inning please

[maroonmania]

Why does he try to rifle every single throw over there??

I don't know but I have no doubt that if that last ground ball hit by Campbell had gone to James instead of Forsythe, he would have botched the throw.

[Lord McBuckethead]

So the glare coming off their helmets is distracting.

[bobtail bob]

If this game is close going into the ninth they will blow it open.They can get guys on base almost on demand

[Rex54]

Simmons or Johnson now!

[MoreCowbell]

Lol Notre Dame can HIT

[maroonmania]

Can't give these guys extra outs like this.

[KOdawg1]

We still may win this game, but man, we don't deserve to

[Activated Alpha]

Yup. I knew. It is coming

[Lord McBuckethead]

Need a double play ball here.

[magrooder]

We can't get the low pitch strike call.

[Dawg2003]

This team is torture to watch. It's death by 1000 cuts.

[KOdawg1]

Ballgame.

[msstate7]

Why did we punt this game?

[Rex54]

Lemonis you mother17er

[Activated Alpha]

Told you

[BeardoMSU]

Lordy...

[Lord McBuckethead]

9 hole hitter hits a 3 run bomb

[HoopsDawg]

That's on Lemonis and Foxall. Tried to get too much out of Patrick. This isn't a midweek game in March.

[Lord McBuckethead]

Ballgame. Bunch of mental and physical midgets.

It's not over.

[MoreCowbell]

Concede this game and pitch scrubs and prepare for game 2 and 3. Unfortunately you can tell how the weekend is going to go with this team. We either sweep or get swept

[Activated Alpha]

This team is so infuriating to watch

[maroonmania]

Right now they just look like a better team than we are. And I actually voted that they would beat us 2 out of 3 in the poll. This ND team is tough and our team just has too many weaknesses.

[MoreCowbell]

That's on Lemonis and Foxall. Tried to get too much out of Patrick. This isn't a midweek game in March.

Nah Patrick has pitched well, ND can rake

[Maroonthirteen]

So...... what's on the grill? Time to fire it up.

The cooler is getting a workout.

[MoreCowbell]

Notre Dame is the hotter team, they will win 2-0

[BayouDawg]

This team never has the mental makeup to contend. Maybe next years team will have some gonads.
Macloud will probably shit his pants tomorrow and itll be over

[HoopsDawg]

Nah Patrick has pitched well, ND can rake

He's barely pitched in a month and he's been a 1 or 2 batter guy.

[maroonmania]

Concede this game and pitch scrubs and prepare for game 2 and 3. Unfortunately you can tell how the weekend is going to go with this team. We either sweep or get swept

Still not sure why we went to a guy that hadn't pitched much at all for the year. Of course, if KJ makes the throw for the out it might have been totally different inning.

[Activated Alpha]

Just why do we always give up a HR after an error? Why?

[KOdawg1]

Patrick should've never been given an extended outing. He hasn't had one all year. A super regional isn't the time to experiment with it