Baseball vs UCLA

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Originally Posted by Saltydog

If you have to bring on Billingsley in situations like this, well you've got issues. Don't pack your bags for Omaha yet Boys.

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There's a reason why BOC was mad that he had to bring in Gleason yesterday.

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Originally Posted by Todd4State

All we have to do is not let the umpire anywhere near Starkville. Problem solved!

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I'm not one to blame umpiring/officiating as some are prone to do.

But that guy was trash.

This game was fun. It was a battle. This is the type of game you want. The SEC season is going to be a battle as well.

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Originally Posted by Todd4State

There's a reason why BOC was mad that he had to bring in Gleason yesterday.

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Yes- having to use Sumbitch yesterday hurt

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Originally Posted by EdwardDrayton

I'm not one to blame umpiring/officiating as some are prone to do.

But that guy was trash.

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The ump costed MSU a few backwards Ks. Especially on Ben Davis.

But still hit the kid on the foot and then pitched to the SS.

Also 3 runners thrown out stealing. It was clear with mid-majors this was not going to work on elite teams. That was an inning worth of outs given uncompetitively.

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Originally Posted by The Federalist Engineer

The ump costed MSU a few backwards Ks. Especially on Ben Davis.

But still hit the kid on the foot and then pitched to the SS.

Also 3 runners thrown out stealing. It was clear with mid-majors this was not going to work on elite teams. That was an inning worth of outs given uncompetitively.

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Yes- cant blame the ump. We did dumb shit and had some bad luck

Teel and Ace moved out of the way of a game winning HBP- UCLA did not

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Originally Posted by The Federalist Engineer

The ump costed MSU a few backwards Ks. Especially on Ben Davis.

But still hit the kid on the foot and then pitched to the SS.

Also 3 runners thrown out stealing. It was clear with mid-majors this was not going to work on elite teams. That was an inning worth of outs given uncompetitively.

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I dont know why BOC threw to Tanner Allen and I dont know he threw to Cholowsky. Glad about one of those.

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Originally Posted by HoopsDawg

I dont know why BOC threw to Tanner Allen and I dont know he threw to Cholowsky. Glad about one of those.

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All this bragging about coaching seems to have slowed down when we made decisions that mattered in a big game

In this thread I see a ton of negativity countered only with neutral "we can learn" type comments. I know it's a loss but I'm shocked this place isn't more positive

We played the #1 team in the country with day 3 pitching. This was an Omaha level game. We objectively outplayed them, just didn't get the bounces in our favor (or ball 4 called so when the bases were loaded B9) to get the W.

For those who need more concrete points to why we'll be fine: 1) it's early in the season and the coaches are trying stuff. They won't be stealing bases in the postseason after results like this. 2) the coaches wanted to give pitchers work so pulled them fast, if this was a postseason game Ben Davis would have come in 2ish innings later and we'd have had enough pitching.

Overall, State baseball is BACK, and we belong on the field with anybody anywhere. It's fun to see and the future is bright

Today showed without a doubt- we are one of the best teams in the country

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Originally Posted by Coach34

Today showed without a doubt- we are one of the best teams in the country

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I'd hate to be the team that plays us next.