MSU vs USM Game 1 thread

Holy crap our approach SUCKS. WHY ARE WE SO AGGRESSIVE?? 4 pitch inning. Literally just have the starter a free inning. Jake and Rowdy swing first pitch at balls they couldn't get around on, making weak contact. I get if you're sitting on a certain pitch at a certain spot, but we are clearly just hacking at whatever before we've seen a single pitch of what this guy's got. Why not take it and get better at timing up the FB? Why not find out if he can even locate a 2nd pitch? Why not find out something early and then get more aggressive as we figure him out?

Take a damn pitch guys

Did we get new guns? Small really hitting 96?

Ks the first 2 batters, then plunks the guy batting .000 for the year on 0-2.

Go look at first pitch hitting data and you’ll understand why you SHOULD be attacking first pitch.

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Originally Posted by the_real_MSU_is_us

Holy crap our approach SUCKS. WHY ARE WE SO AGGRESSIVE?? 4 pitch inning. Literally just have the starter a free inning. Jake and Rowdy swing first pitch at balls they couldn't get around on, making weak contact. I get if you're sitting on a certain pitch at a certain spot, but we are clearly just hacking at whatever before we've seen a single pitch of what this guy's got. Why not take it and get better at timing up the FB? Why not find out if he can even locate a 2nd pitch? Why not find out something early and then get more aggressive as we figure him out?

Take a damn pitch guys

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Meltdown after 4 pitches... OUR GUYS SUCK... LOL.

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Originally Posted by Cooterpoot

Go look at first pitch hitting data and you’ll understand why you SHOULD be attacking first pitch.

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You should be willing to swing first pitch,as I say if he throws what you're sitting on. Swinging at a ball you make weak contact on isn't helping anyone. If you can't make solid contact don't swing unless there's 2 strikes.

Also swinging early in the count makes more sense after you've had an at bat vs a given pitcher. You know what to expect a lot more

ole boy is slanging that pill. Because its raining I have my ball team watching the game in my class

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Originally Posted by ScoobaDawg

Meltdown after 4 pitches... OUR GUYS SUCK... LOL.

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That isn't what I said at all and you're being disingenuous for suggesting it. Our "guys" don't suck, handing the pitcher 2 outs on 2 pitches sucks. It's a bad strategy, especially before you've seen what he's got today

Who is announcing the game with Jim Ellis, don?t recognize his voice

Hayden jones is about to open this up.

This dude is throwing some meat over the plate, getting some good rips

4 barrels for our first 7 batters.

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Originally Posted by HoopsDawg

4 barrels for our first 7 batters.

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Yea. We've been putting some good contact on him. Keep it up and we'll be fine.

Small is making fools of these guys and I love it

Small is dealing.

These clowns can smell small

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Originally Posted by I seen it dawg

These clowns can smell small

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Did he forget his old spice?

I don?t do pics so don?t ask, but is no one gonna mention the smoke show blonde behind the plate?

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Originally Posted by jwells

Yea. We've been putting some good contact on him. Keep it up and we'll be fine.

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Are we watching the same game? Jake flied out to shallow center. Rowdy flied out to the 3B. Westburg lined out to the SS. MacNamee grounded out to SS. Jones grounded out to SS. I'm not seeing this solid contact you speak of, though I'm sure we'll figure it out

Ugh yea... the radar gun just said 122.. uhm that things broke.