Game 3: Going for our 3rd SEC series win in a row

[Lord McBuckethead]

He has 5 this weekend, correct?
We win all 3 games if we walk him each time.

[Lord McBuckethead]

Who is up for us? Mershon?

Can we get Hines back up so he can strike out again?

[Commercecomet24]

Talk about destroying what was left of the season on one pitch. Geez

[magrooder]

He has 5 this weekend, correct?
We win all 3 games if we walk him each time.

I'm not sure how many he actually has, but he's hit one in all three games for sure.

[Lord McBuckethead]

quick pitch this last one. outside half

[WSOPdawg]

Talk about destroying what was left of the season on one pitch. Geez

pretty much... just devastating.

[KOdawg1]

Talk about destroying what was left of the season on one pitch. Geez

Next season too. He's done for this year and next

[Leeshouldveflanked]

If you had a kid that had a major league arm, would you let him sign with Lemonis and Foxhall?

[Lord McBuckethead]

So, how much of this does it come down to coaching.

Do our coaches actively coach during the game? Do they tell hitters before they get up to bat what they need to do? Do they talk to pitcher about the approach against each hitter?

[WSOPdawg]

Who is up for us? Mershon?

Can we get Hines back up so he can strike out again?

Uh, no... Luke starts us off. **sigh**

[Lord McBuckethead]

Here we go. Can the coaches not tell Hancock to start swinging at the first pitch? He literally will not do it and the pitchers know that. They serve one up down broadway every single time.

[HoopsDawg]

Hancock vs the lefty with Chance on the bench?

[Leeshouldveflanked]

Hancock 0-5 today. It is time to see if Hines can play 1st base.

[Lord McBuckethead]

We need 3 runs on 6 hits this inning. Hancock naturally rolls over one like he always does.

[WSOPdawg]

Uh, no... Luke starts us off. **sigh**


Groundball out to 1st... good grief.

[msstate7]

Hancock vs the lefty with Chance on the bench?

Questionable, but he is team leader in OBP

[Lord McBuckethead]

Hancock vs the lefty with Chance on the bench?

Exactly. Larry up, watching the ball cruise down broadway. 0-2 count.

[WSOPdawg]

Hancock vs the lefty with Chance on the bench?


makes zero sense.

[WSOPdawg]

Questionable, but he is team leader in OBP


Not since SEC play began, 7. He fattened up the OBA on all of the NC opponents.

[Lord McBuckethead]

Larry needs to get a single. Then the next guy needs to get a double. That is all we need right now.

[WSOPdawg]

Was Larry "sight seeing" on that ball thinking he hit a HR... he was, he shoulda been on 3rd.

[HoopsDawg]

Downs?!?

[Lord McBuckethead]

Who are we pitch hitting for?

[Lord McBuckethead]

Downs scaring the pitcher.

[magrooder]

pinching for highfill

[WSOPdawg]

why we pinch hit Downs and not Chance?

[Lord McBuckethead]

Downspops out to CF. Larry should have been on third anyway if he wasn't watching that ball.

[Activated Alpha]

why we pinch hit Downs and not Chance?

Or hugesack?

[Lord McBuckethead]

why we pinch hit Downs and not Chance?

Saving Chance and Forsythe for the 10th. /s

[WSOPdawg]

Downspops out to CF. Larry should have been on third anyway if he wasn't watching that ball.

yep, he woulda tied the game on Down's sac fly.

[HoopsDawg]

Downs?!?

Just strange management. Is Chance hurt or something? I think I would have preferred Highfill to Downs.

[msstate7]

Was Larry "sight seeing" on that ball thinking he hit a HR... he was, he shoulda been on 3rd.

That's huge right now. Hopefully it becomes moot

[Lord McBuckethead]

Mershon, he can do it.
suicide squeeze.

[662dawg]

Why the hell do we pinch hit for Highfill here? Man this staff is so unbelievably bad.

[Lord McBuckethead]

Mershon smoke that ball. Third booted it.

[WSOPdawg]

I like Mershon's speed at top of lineup

[magrooder]

Mershon put the ball in play and made something happen, tied up.

[Quaoarsking]

Good thing Larry and Mershon aren't give-up pussies like some of you

[HoopsDawg]

Mershon smokes it, AU boots it. They have given us 4 runs today

[Lord McBuckethead]

Time to smash a double.
Every single hitter needs to look offspeed out over the plate first pitch.

[msstate7]

I would absolute have lost it if I were an auburn fan

[Lord McBuckethead]

Send Mershon here on the 2-1 count.

[Lord McBuckethead]

Saving Chance and Forsythe for the 10th. /s

Dammit. May actually become a thing.

[msstate7]

Chances of us holding them scoreless are probably in the 15-30% range

[Lord McBuckethead]

Mershon put the ball in play and made something happen, tied up.

Half of life is just doing your job and making the other guy beat you.

[Lord McBuckethead]

Chances of us holding them scoreless are probably in the 15-30% range

I would say 30% chance depending on the first hitter.
I will tell you this, no way I throw fastball first pitch next inning.

[msudawg1200]

A few pages back we were talking about a possible run rule win. State baseball 2023 style.

[somebodyshotmypaw]

Do we have enough arms to go to extra innings? Will Lane Forsythe pitch the 10th?**

[magrooder]

Can Nixon give more than one more inning?

[BeardoMSU]

Mershon smokes it, AU boots it. They have given us 4 runs today

5 actually. Dropped fly ball in outfield scores 2, then 2 passed balls for 2. Now Mershon.

[Lord McBuckethead]

15% after the HBP.

[HoopsDawg]

If we lose this game, we miss the SEC tournament. That's my prediction.

[Lord McBuckethead]

WE need a double play ball. Surely they bunt.

[Lord McBuckethead]

There is zero chance I am not sending the runner on the next pitch if I were Auburn.
But no, they bunt it.

[Lord McBuckethead]

Put Foster on, we need a double play opportunity.

[Lord McBuckethead]

I hope Dakota throws this guy out at the plate, after a strike out.

[R2Dawg]

We need to clean house. Just unacceptable for 2 years.

[HoopsDawg]

0-2 pitch right over the plate. Season over.

[Lord McBuckethead]

Nice coaching MSU. Nice coaching.

[magrooder]

Put Foster on, we need a double play opportunity.

When can you start?

[Bdawg]

Put Foster on, we need a double play opportunity.

Too late

[somebodyshotmypaw]

This is a crushing loss.

[EdwardDrayton]

Now. Right now. Not one second more. I want them all GONE!!!

[Quaoarsking]

Thanks for the memories Chris. Excited to see what the next coach can do with this young talent.

[Cloak]

I won't watch another series until Lemon is gone.

[Activated Alpha]

The idiotic coaching of bringing in Hardin and Yntema doomed this game. Knew we would lose when that happened

[Commercecomet24]

In the words of U2 Sunday Bloody Sunday! Smh

[GolfDawg]

I hate to say this but the outcome didn?t matter after Dohm got hurt. All of our pitchers have been dropping like flies with injuries since last year. Auger, Sims, Simmons last year. Loftin and Gartman have disappeared. Already lost Cheatham, Pico. Now Dohm. We literally have two, yes TWO decent relief pitchers available for an entire weeks. Stick a fork in the season.

[KOdawg1]

17 you Lemonis.

17 you Foxhall.

Our season is done.

[Commercecomet24]

0-2 pitch right over the plate. Season over.

The one time we needed to nibble and we throw the same pitch for the third time in a row in the same exact location just dang

[StarkVegasSteve]

The really sad thing is that Lemonis will still be in the dugout next and year and unfortunately Foxhall will still be in the dugout.

[Mjoelner34]

This game freed up several weekends for me in May. Lemo and Fox already made sure my June calendar was open.

[GolfDawg]

Time for a new statue at the Dude. A UCL memorial wall with all of the names of the pitchers that had to get Tommy John here

[EdwardDrayton]

I will ADD to my little bit of NIL money if the trapdoor on this staff swings now.

[Mjoelner34]

The really sad thing is that Lemonis will still be in the dugout next and year and unfortunately Foxhall will still be in the dugout.

If so, next year may be the first year I don't attend a baseball game the entire season since I've been in Starkville. That goes back to 1985. I'm done with this shitshow just like I was done with shitshow Joe after the eggbowl and his smart-ass press conference.

[basedog]

I don’t recognize MSU baseball. No doubt we bout find out if our new AD has seen and heard enough.

[HoopsDawg]

I predict 2-10 the rest of the season. Tennessee, LSU, Arkansas and Texas A&M

[msstate7]

I predict 2-10 the rest of the season. Tennessee, LSU, Arkansas and Texas A&M

So pretty much just like last year down the stretch?

[sandjunky]

The really sad thing is that Lemonis will still be in the dugout next and year and unfortunately Foxhall will still be in the dugout.

Why? Because he beat ole miss?

If so, I hope every pitcher worth a damn enters the portal

[Leroy Jenkins]

Imagine how bad Butch would have beaten us if we switched rosters.

[SPMT]

Good thing Larry and Mershon aren't give-up pussies like some of you

Dude no one here is a give up *****. No o e says Larry and Mershon are. We have some softies though and the coaching staff sucks.

[EdwardDrayton]

First time I've thought EVER that a coaching staff deserved to be ousted during a season. I can't stand to look at them not one more minute.

[BuckyIsAB****]

New staff. Past time.

[Leroy Jenkins]

First time I've thought EVER that a coaching staff deserved to be ousted during a season. I can't stand to look at them not one more minute.

Losing to less talented teams is rough. Draft a starting 9 from these two teams and tell me what it looks like. Woof.

[The Federalist Engineer]

Elbow done. Damn it coaches!!!

I hate this for Dohm. I don't want to blame anybody for this but I do.

If Lemons is coaching next year, I will have to take time away from ED. I don't want to become a crazy and then banned.

[BuckyIsAB****]

This is the straw the broke the camels back. We are lucky we didn?t get swept after being up huge in 2 of 3. Same stuff 2 years in a row. What more do you need to see

[WSOPdawg]

I hate to say this but the outcome didn?t matter after Dohm got hurt. All of our pitchers have been dropping like flies with injuries since last year. Auger, Sims, Simmons last year. Loftin and Gartman have disappeared. Already lost Cheatham, Pico. Now Dohm. We literally have two, yes TWO decent relief pitchers available for an entire weeks. Stick a fork in the season.

All parts of this are insanely accurate. With Dohm gone, pushing for success weekend after weekend now becomes even more remote. You wanna rely on more than a handful of pitchers, but recruiting failures of the past few seasons have placed us in this position of having very few SEC-talent arms.

The remainder of this season will be a repeat of last year. Way to waste the National Championship excitement and publicity, Lemonis.

[CaptainObvious]

They will blame this season on the pitching injuries and con Selmon into another year. The thing he has to recognize is the injuries occurred under these two clowns watch. The coaches are the blame for the injuries.

Edited to add that Dohm would have been on a better team if he had stayed at Ball State.

[Leroy Jenkins]

I rally wanted Lemonis to do well, but it's time for him to take his bucket and MooMoo and move on.

[CaptainObvious]

How bad of a recruiting and evaluation job after 3 consecutive trips to Omaha and a NC?

The common denomiators: Lemonis and Foxhall and Geautreau and Chesebrough.

[BuckyIsAB****]

If Selmon keeps this staff we probably hired the wrong giyv

[EdwardDrayton]

If Selmon keeps this staff we probably hired the wrong giyv

Not sure if he has the full authority. But if he does I'd bet he will. And honestly Keenum should go all in with Zac and let him do what he wants.

[BuckyIsAB****]

Not sure if he has the full authority. But if he does I'd bet he will. And honestly Keenum should go all in with Zac and let him do what he wants.

Why would he not have the authority?

[NCDawg]

Losing to less talented teams is rough. Draft a starting 9 from these two teams and tell me what it looks like. Woof.

I'm not sure we are the more talented team. Other than Cade Smith, we don't seem to have very reliable pitchers. You would think 11 runs should be enough to win.

[EdwardDrayton]

Why would he not have the authority?

You've never seen a person in a director level position that did not have full authority to make unilateral decisions?

[The Federalist Engineer]

How bad of a recruiting and evaluation job after 3 consecutive trips to Omaha and a NC?

The common denomiators: Lemonis and Foxhall and Geautreau and Chesebrough.


I'm not sure we are the more talented team. Other than Cade Smith, we don't seem to have very reliable pitchers. You would think 11 runs should be enough to win.

Enema and Hardin could give up 11 in an inning if you just let them go.

[Leroy Jenkins]

I'm not sure we are the more talented team.

That's OK. I'm sure enough for both of us.

[CaptainObvious]

I'm not sure we are the more talented team. Other than Cade Smith, we don't seem to have very reliable pitchers. You would think 11 runs should be enough to win.

7 runs in the first 3 innings should have been enough to win.

[HoopsDawg]

7 runs in the first 3 innings should have been enough to win.

We are the only team in the SEC to blow a 7 run lead and we've done it twice

[yjnkdawg]

Not sure if he has the full authority. But if he does I'd bet he will. And honestly Keenum should go all in with Zac and let him do what he wants.

He is the AD and is responsible for the success or failure of our athletic programs. So he has the authority to make coaching changes if he sees it is needed to benefit and make our athletic programs successful. Now money, etc, can be a factor but he has the authority. If he didn't have the authority, then I highly doubt he would have accepted our offer. I think a factor that could make it a more difficult decision is that Lemonis was our (only) coach who won a college world series, although we have regressed since then.

[EdwardDrayton]

He is the AD and is responsible for the success or failure of our athletic programs. So he has the authority to make coaching changes if he sees it is needed to benefit and make our athletic programs successful. Now money, etc, can be a factor but he has the authority. If he didn't have the authority, then I highly doubt he would have accepted our offer. I think a factor that could make it a more difficult decision is that Lemonis was our (only) coach who won a college world series, although we have regressed since then.

Yeah that's the nice MBA textbook principle.

[Lord McBuckethead]

Why would anyone take the job without full authority? Why would we want to hire a guy that would allow himself to be hired without full authority? Seems like the person who would allow that needs to go as well.

[Lord McBuckethead]

Hardin could. Dude never attempted to throw a strike and miss squaring up a barrel in each and every pitch he has thrown.

[EdwardDrayton]

Why would anyone take the job without full authority? Why would we want to hire a guy that would allow himself to be hired without full authority? Seems like the person who would allow that needs to go as well.

They tend not to share that in the interview. Understatedly he said.