View Full Version : ** Diamond Dawgs Opening Day Thread **
KOdawg1
02-17-2023, 02:33 PM
Here's our lineup. Love it.
2B Amani Larry (R)
LF Colton Ledbetter (L)
CF Dakota Jordan (R)
1B Hunter Hines (L)
3B Slate Alford (R)
RF Kellum Clark (L)
C Luke Hancock (L)
DH Bryce Chance (R)
SS Lane Forsythe (R)
RHP Cade Smith
KOdawg1
02-17-2023, 02:37 PM
Dakota Jordan in the 3 hole is intriguing. Shows the confidence we have in him.
Interesting that our first 3 hitters are all new faces.
Bryce Chance at DH is kinda surprising but the dude is a ball player so it doesn't surprise me too much. Gotta figure we'll try several guys out in that spot.
TNDawg35
02-17-2023, 02:49 PM
Dakota Jordan in the 3 hole is intriguing. Shows the confidence we have in him.
Interesting that our first 3 hitters are all new faces.
Bryce Chance at DH is kinda surprising but the dude is a ball player so it doesn't surprise me too much. Gotta figure we'll try several guys out in that spot.
I’m sure we will see several different people this wknd in that role.
CaptainObvious
02-17-2023, 02:50 PM
Dakota Jordan in the 3 hole is intriguing. Shows the confidence we have in him.
Interesting that our first 3 hitters are all new faces.
Bryce Chance at DH is kinda surprising but the dude is a ball player so it doesn't surprise me too much. Gotta figure we'll try several guys out in that spot.
Hujscak a LH batter? Maybe there is a plan to platoon Chance, Downs, and Hujscak at DH.
Commercecomet24
02-17-2023, 03:00 PM
Let's GO! It's time!
KOdawg1
02-17-2023, 03:13 PM
Hujscak a LH batter? Maybe there is a plan to platoon Chance, Downs, and Hujscak at DH.
Hujsak is a RH batter. Those 3 will definitely battle it out
GoDawgz
02-17-2023, 03:20 PM
If this lineup lives up to its potential, 2-7 are hammers!
ZedFedder
02-17-2023, 03:21 PM
I have confidence that this offense is going to be really good.
It all comes down to pitching. I?m cautiously optimistic that it?ll be better.
TNDawg35
02-17-2023, 03:30 PM
If this lineup lives up to its potential, 2-7 are hammers!
Didn’t Larry have like 9-10 bombs last year? I would say 1-7 are hammers…
662dawg
02-17-2023, 03:36 PM
And could be 1-8 bc one of Hujscak, Chance & Downs have the potential to smash as well.
KOdawg1
02-17-2023, 03:37 PM
And could be 1-8 bc one of Hujscak, Chance & Downs have the potential to smash as well.
Yep, 1-8 has the potential to be really good. Just need Forsythe to be serviceable or Mershon to beat him out
Johnson85
02-17-2023, 03:39 PM
Didn’t Larry have like 9-10 bombs last year? I would say 1-7 are hammers…
Fake News. This thread's over an hour old and we haven't scored a run yet. We're going to suck again.
MStateDawg
02-17-2023, 03:44 PM
Bryce Chance at DH is kinda surprising but the dude is a ball player so it doesn't surprise me too much
He's been on fire in the spring scrimmages. 100% deserving of the start.
Homedawg
02-17-2023, 03:45 PM
First time we go down 1,2,3 someone is going to say our pitchers must really suck. We can't hit these guys.
Schultzy
02-17-2023, 03:48 PM
Fake News. This thread's over an hour old and we haven't scored a run yet. We're going to suck again.
Forsythe hit .287 in conference play alone last year and has the highest BA among returning starters.
Schultzy
02-17-2023, 03:53 PM
Yep, 1-8 has the potential to be really good. Just need Forsythe to be serviceable or Mershon to beat him out
My reply to Johnson85 was meant for this post obviously, and only meant as encouragement not to be smart alecky.
StarkVegasSteve
02-17-2023, 04:11 PM
I have confidence that this offense is going to be really good.
It all comes down to pitching. I?m cautiously optimistic that it?ll be better.
I mean it can't be much worse on the mound than last year.
KOdawg1
02-17-2023, 04:13 PM
Anyone listening on the radio?
Polk sounds rough
msstate7
02-17-2023, 04:14 PM
Anyone listening on the radio?
Polk sounds rough
I love polk, but he can't be on the broadcast
StarkVegasSteve
02-17-2023, 04:16 PM
Good to see Foxhall calling his usual paint the corners bullshit that worked so well last year.
KOdawg1
02-17-2023, 04:17 PM
30 pitch inning is less than ideal. I'd like to see us challenge them a little more
State82
02-17-2023, 04:17 PM
Well over 30 pitches in the first.
TNDawg35
02-17-2023, 04:18 PM
30 pitch inning is less than ideal. I'd like to see us challenge them a little more
Well a good throw to 2nd and he is out of it at like 11 pitches. To me Hancock is a big drop off from Tanner even with him half assing it some last year…
Homedawg
02-17-2023, 04:19 PM
30 pitch inning is less than ideal. I'd like to see us challenge them a little more
He wasn't crisp. But he wasn't having big misses either. But correct, 30 pitches means short outing for sure.
Saltydog
02-17-2023, 04:19 PM
Cade is throwing a lot of pitches in the first. He's right at 30 pitches. We'll see our bp early today.
KOdawg1
02-17-2023, 04:20 PM
Welcome to Mississippi State Amani Larry
StarkVegasSteve
02-17-2023, 04:20 PM
Well a good throw to 2nd and he is out of it at like 11 pitches. To me Hancock is a big drop off from Tanner even with him half assing it some last year?
I've been telling people for 6 months that Highfill will overtake him by April. Hancock is a liability behind the plate. The minute teams figure out he can't throw down they'll steal at will.
KOdawg1
02-17-2023, 04:21 PM
He wasn't crisp. But he wasn't having big misses either. But correct, 30 pitches means short outing for sure.
Yeah doesn't sound like he was missing by much. Just needs to nibble less and trust his stuff
magrooder
02-17-2023, 04:21 PM
I like that start lead off double
StarkVegasSteve
02-17-2023, 04:24 PM
That's a preview of what Dakota will see all year. Breaking Ball, Breaking Ball, Breaking Ball.
magrooder
02-17-2023, 04:24 PM
Jordan was a little anxious
KOdawg1
02-17-2023, 04:25 PM
Damn Alford almost had a grand slam
Saltydog
02-17-2023, 04:25 PM
Love this kid but I think he's going to struggle with the curveball. Once the book gets out on him, that's all he'll see.
KOdawg1
02-17-2023, 04:26 PM
Jordan was a little anxious
3 straight breaking balls. Welcome to college baseball kid lol
magrooder
02-17-2023, 04:27 PM
Damn Alford almost had a grand slam
Are you at the game?
Homedawg
02-17-2023, 04:28 PM
That's a preview of what Dakota will see all year. Breaking Ball, Breaking Ball, Breaking Ball.
He's gonna be fine. Just first game jitters.
Homedawg
02-17-2023, 04:29 PM
Love this kid but I think he's going to struggle with the curveball. Once the book gets out on him, that's all he'll see.
He didn't all fall or spring.
KOdawg1
02-17-2023, 04:29 PM
Are you at the game?
Radio
Homedawg
02-17-2023, 04:29 PM
Damn Alford almost had a grand slam
Flat got robbed
Commercecomet24
02-17-2023, 04:30 PM
Flat got robbed
Man that ball was crushed too!
Commercecomet24
02-17-2023, 04:30 PM
Flat got robbed
Dude couldn't catch the popup but caught that one, lol!
Cowbell
02-17-2023, 04:32 PM
Love this kid but I think he's going to struggle with the curveball. Once the book gets out on him, that's all he'll see.
This is a bit of an overreaction
KOdawg1
02-17-2023, 04:34 PM
Polk is hacking up a lung on live radio
Cowbell
02-17-2023, 04:35 PM
How are you guys streaming - tune in app is not working for me
662dawg
02-17-2023, 04:36 PM
How are you guys streaming - tune in app is not working for me
I'm on the ESPN app
Commercecomet24
02-17-2023, 04:36 PM
How are you guys streaming - tune in app is not working for me
SECN+ or ESPN app
Cowbell
02-17-2023, 04:36 PM
SECN+ or ESPN app
Thank you sir
Commercecomet24
02-17-2023, 04:37 PM
Thank you sir
You're welcome!
magrooder
02-17-2023, 04:40 PM
Luke with a double
BeardoMSU
02-17-2023, 04:46 PM
Haven't read through the thread; anybody already melting yet?***
StarkVegasSteve
02-17-2023, 04:52 PM
Haven't read through the thread; anybody already melting yet?***
Well we have left 5 on base through 2 so that's not exactly great.
TNDawg35
02-17-2023, 04:53 PM
Haven't read through the thread; anybody already melting yet?***
FIRE EVERYONE!!!****
We’re hitting the ball hard, just their CF can’t figure out if he is good or sucks… let a fly all fall and then made a hell of a play. He is practically playing on the warning track…
magrooder
02-17-2023, 04:59 PM
This ump is calling high strikes today.
State82
02-17-2023, 05:00 PM
2nd & 3rd innings much better for Cade
Cowbell
02-17-2023, 05:06 PM
Well we have left 5 on base through 2 so that's not exactly great.
A lot better than leaving zero.....
BeardoMSU
02-17-2023, 05:09 PM
Well we have left 5 on base through 2 so that's not exactly great.
And now we've had two HRs robbed from us. Too weak, apparently. We're ****ed. Won't break 50 hrs.***
magrooder
02-17-2023, 05:09 PM
Robbed of a homer yet again
KOdawg1
02-17-2023, 05:11 PM
Love how we're driving the ball in the gaps. That's an approach we didn't use last year
TNDawg35
02-17-2023, 05:11 PM
And now we've had two HRs robbed from us. Too weak, apparently. We're ****ed. Won't break 50 hrs.***
Must be using addidas bats again***
Cowbell
02-17-2023, 05:12 PM
Our hitting looks much much improved so far. This team is going to score a lot of runs,
WSOPdawg
02-17-2023, 05:13 PM
This ump is calling high strikes today.
Ump says it too cold today to be looking for a lot of walks - swing the bats. I'm please so far as we've had zero K's.
Cowbell
02-17-2023, 05:13 PM
That's 6 balls to the wall so far I think
magrooder
02-17-2023, 05:14 PM
Ump says it too cold today to be looking for a lot of walks - swing the bats. I'm please so far as we've had zero K's.
Absolutely, I wasn't complaining for sure.
BeardoMSU
02-17-2023, 05:15 PM
Kam still playing 3rd?**
mparkerfd20
02-17-2023, 05:16 PM
Well we don't have a 3B
BrunswickDawg
02-17-2023, 05:16 PM
2 E's on Alford - gotta do better or we will be back to a revolving door at 3B
magrooder
02-17-2023, 05:17 PM
Well we don't have a 3B
Hopefully, it's just first game jitters.
WSOPdawg
02-17-2023, 05:19 PM
Hit batter on 0-2 count to load the bases w/1 out... 1st bit of adversity on the season, let's see how we respond.
WSOPdawg
02-17-2023, 05:19 PM
Hit batter on 0-2 count to load the bases w/1 out... 1st bit of adversity on the season, let's see how we respond.
Doubleplay ground ball, excellent.
magrooder
02-17-2023, 05:20 PM
DP out of the inning. Sweet
StarkVegasSteve
02-17-2023, 05:20 PM
Pitch count is too high through 4 but to his credit Cade has worked out of it.
mparkerfd20
02-17-2023, 05:20 PM
Hopefully, it's just first game jitters.
Hope so. Need his bat in the lineup.
Homedawg
02-17-2023, 05:24 PM
2 E's on Alford - gotta do better or we will be back to a revolving door at 3B
His glove is fine. He a good defender. No revolving door there
BeardoMSU
02-17-2023, 05:25 PM
Pitch count is too high through 4 but to his credit Cade has worked out of it.
Hopefully it's just weather and first game jitters.
BrunswickDawg
02-17-2023, 05:26 PM
Wow Jordan is FAST
KOdawg1
02-17-2023, 05:31 PM
Final line on Cade:
4 IP, 0 R, 2 H, 5 Ks, 2 BBs
magrooder
02-17-2023, 05:38 PM
Gotta stop these errors
DawgFromOxford
02-17-2023, 05:38 PM
At least our defense is lights out so far ***
BeardoMSU
02-17-2023, 05:38 PM
Gotta stop these errors
Not great.
KOdawg1
02-17-2023, 05:38 PM
Defense has been .... not so good today
maroonmania
02-17-2023, 05:39 PM
Our defense looks like a little league team.
KOdawg1
02-17-2023, 05:39 PM
Another error
TNDawg35
02-17-2023, 05:40 PM
Boy we look like shit in the field…
magrooder
02-17-2023, 05:40 PM
Honestly Yntema's results have been worse than he has pitched
TNDawg35
02-17-2023, 05:41 PM
Honestly Yntema's results have been worse than he has pitched
I thought he has looked ok. Couple pitches have been called balls that were def strikes…
StarkVegasSteve
02-17-2023, 05:41 PM
Honestly Yntema's results have been worse than he has pitched
Yea he just needs to get out of this inning and Lemonis needs to chew ass in the dugout. I'm hoping it's just first game jitters because good god our fielding has been crap today.
magrooder
02-17-2023, 05:42 PM
Now the ump is squeezing him
magrooder
02-17-2023, 05:50 PM
That was a masterful hit and run by Hancock
magrooder
02-17-2023, 05:54 PM
That was a great hit by Chance right there. I'm liking what i'm seeing so far at the plate
mparkerfd20
02-17-2023, 05:58 PM
We have a good leadoff for sure.
magrooder
02-17-2023, 06:03 PM
Good answer by the offense after giving up 2 in the top.
StarkVegasSteve
02-17-2023, 06:08 PM
Through one game, we are the worst fielding Mississippi State team I have seen in a VERY long time. Again, through one game so I hope it's just jitters.
State82
02-17-2023, 06:13 PM
Sweet!!
State82
02-17-2023, 06:15 PM
Bases loaded no outs and no runs score
trob115
02-17-2023, 06:15 PM
This might be extremely unpopular, but Jim needs to retire. He's struggling to call simple plays. I'm at the game listening to him, and I'm going to have to turn it off.
mparkerfd20
02-17-2023, 06:15 PM
Damn all 5 pitches were over 95mph
StarkVegasSteve
02-17-2023, 06:15 PM
Yea....Lane Forsythe can't come off the field. He could start for about half the MLB teams on fielding alone. His awareness at SS is elite.
KOdawg1
02-17-2023, 06:15 PM
Yeah Dohm is gonna be really freaking good.
662dawg
02-17-2023, 06:16 PM
Through one game, we are the worst fielding Mississippi State team I have seen in a VERY long time. Again, through one game so I hope it's just jitters.
To be fair those bunts were textbook lol
StarkVegasSteve
02-17-2023, 06:17 PM
This might be extremely unpopular, but Jim needs to retire. He's struggling to call simple plays. I'm at the game listening to him, and I'm going to have to turn it off.
Listening to hime and Polk the last couple of years has been like listening to two guys announcing from the Starkville Retirement Community. It's extremely tough to listen to. I much prefer Charlie and Bart even if I can't watch they are just more pleasant to listen to.
State82
02-17-2023, 06:17 PM
Heckuva jam to get out of.
HoopsDawg
02-17-2023, 06:23 PM
Good grief, Bryce Chance.
KOdawg1
02-17-2023, 06:24 PM
That was a piss missle to deep right center
662dawg
02-17-2023, 06:24 PM
I'm pretty sure we won't be seeing 3 different DH'S this weekend 😭
KOdawg1
02-17-2023, 06:27 PM
At this rate, Amani Larry is going to be the best player in MSU history
662dawg
02-17-2023, 06:32 PM
At this rate, Amani Larry is going to be the best player in MSU history
May be a tie between him and Bryce Chance 😁
magrooder
02-17-2023, 06:38 PM
Dohm looking good
Homedawg
02-17-2023, 06:42 PM
This might be extremely unpopular, but Jim needs to retire. He's struggling to call simple plays. I'm at the game listening to him, and I'm going to have to turn it off.
He really does. I hate it. But it's time to call it to an end.
BeardoMSU
02-17-2023, 07:04 PM
Failed to win the game bot8 via run-rule...gonna be a long season***
BeardoMSU
02-17-2023, 07:05 PM
At this rate, Amani Larry is going to be the best player in MSU history
Is he the new statue they've been teasing?***
Dawgface
02-17-2023, 07:05 PM
I picked up the game from the 6th inning on. But from what I have seen they look pretty good. Small sample tho.
Commercecomet24
02-17-2023, 07:10 PM
Tommy Tanks injured in first inning at lsu today. Appears to be shoulder/arm injury. Hurt it diving back into first and was removed from the game
TNDawg35
02-17-2023, 07:15 PM
KY goes down, UGA goes down, Mizzu goes down…
Cowbell
02-17-2023, 07:17 PM
KY goes down, UGA goes down, Mizzu goes down?
Means we really suck since they were picked ahead of us***
Cowbell
02-17-2023, 07:18 PM
Tommy Tanks injured in first inning at lsu today. Appears to be shoulder/arm injury. Hurt it diving back into first and was removed from the game
Any injury clauses in that NIL DEAL??
Commercecomet24
02-17-2023, 07:25 PM
Any injury clauses in that NIL DEAL??
Lol I doubt it.
ScooterDog
02-17-2023, 07:28 PM
I am not a baseball guru. But, can someone tell me how the winning pitcher was decided in this game?
Cowbell
02-17-2023, 07:28 PM
Lol I doubt it.
Hospital gonna get their money back one way or another....full circle**
Mjoelner34
02-17-2023, 07:53 PM
Was at the game and had to leave early to run an errand. On the way back home, I heard Jim say something I've never heard before when Dohm was pitching. "He took a little off of it and got it in at 95 around the knees for a strike." Later Jim said he threw an 88mph breaking ball.
I also saw something today I don't think I've ever seen. A line drive go off two gloves while still in the air. I think it was Alford who smoked it back to the pitcher who deflected it toward second where it also went off of his glove.
parabrave
02-17-2023, 08:03 PM
I am not a baseball guru. But, can someone tell me how the winning pitcher was decided in this game?
Whoever is the pitcher after the 5th I believe.
Commercecomet24
02-17-2023, 08:16 PM
I am not a baseball guru. But, can someone tell me how the winning pitcher was decided in this game?
If the starting pitcher doesn't go 5 the official scorer makes the determination on who the winning pitcher is(based on who he decides pitched the best out of the relief pitchers)provided you keep the lead.
maroonmania
02-17-2023, 08:28 PM
If the starting pitcher doesn't go 5 the official scorer makes the determination on who the winning pitcher is(based on who he decides pitched the best out of the relief pitchers)provided you keep the lead.
Never understood the rule that eliminates the starting pitcher from getting a decision if he doesn't go a full 5 but a reliever can come in for one inning and get the win even if the score was 15-0 when he enters. As Madea would say, that's crazy as hell.
the_real_MSU_is_us
02-17-2023, 08:54 PM
BASEBALL IS BACK!!! It's a privilege to get to compete against the best in the country week in week out. Baseball is the SECs most dominant sport and it's beautiful to watch the competition.
Couldn't watch today, will catch the next 2. Excited to see the young guys, sounds like they did great (Alford errors aside). What kind of stuff did the relievers have? Stat box don't tell me what Yntema, Dohm, Hardin, or New Forsythe were slinging velo or movement wise.
CJDAWG85
02-17-2023, 09:00 PM
Thought the pitching was pretty good today. Gotta clean up the D. Hitting was good, the wind and cold air robbed us of a few bombs early.
Homedawg
02-17-2023, 09:11 PM
BASEBALL IS BACK!!! It's a privilege to get to compete against the best in the country week in week out. Baseball is the SECs most dominant sport and it's beautiful to watch the competition.
Couldn't watch today, will catch the next 2. Excited to see the young guys, sounds like they did great (Alford errors aside). What kind of stuff did the relievers have? Stat box don't tell me what Yntema, Dohm, Hardin, or New Forsythe were slinging velo or movement wise.
Dohm 96-97 w run. Hardin 93. Forsythe 92/93. None get hit. Yntema was fine. Bunt hits and duck farts.
Commercecomet24
02-17-2023, 09:16 PM
Dohm 96-97 w run. Hardin 93. Forsythe 92/93. None get hit. Yntema was fine. Bunt hits and duck farts.
I was impressed with Hardin and Forsythe. Their fbs seemed to have good life and movement. Dohm was as advertised, very good! Yntema didn't give up anything hard hit.
Homedawg
02-17-2023, 09:20 PM
Forsythe is way better than the guy I saw two years ago. Looked to me like his Fb carries wel and has some movement to it.
Commercecomet24
02-17-2023, 09:24 PM
Forsythe is way better than the guy I saw two years ago.
I honestly wasn't expecting to much out of him but his fb had good life and run.
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