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Genespage scorekeeper gives Nunalee a double-my lord. Feel bad for their pitcher.
Duke headed for the Sun Starter.
Agree, Duke Stone may be the new Sunday guy. Looks in command.
Good lord our fans suck.Quote:
Originally Posted by maroonmania
Reading this thread, you'd think we were losing 5-2 instead of winning 5-2.Quote:
Originally Posted by Turfdawg67
Winning yes. The Delaware guys made errors giving up the runs to help us out. One of those you just win and move on.Quote:
Originally Posted by BrunswickDawg
Can't seem to buy a 2 out hit with RISP today.
Please get Rhodes out of there.
We also made errors to score 2 of their runs. So our D sucks because we made errors and our O sucks because they made errors. Got it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Santiago
They teaching catchers to play on their knees with bases loaded now a days?
Really man, not even what I posted. But be you.Quote:
Originally Posted by Turfdawg67
I?m not taking much away from that game outside of a win. That?s the worst wind I?ve ever sat through.
Davis looks like the best pitcher we have. He actually should be the Friday guy. Butttttt- having a guy like that on the back end to lock games down from the 7th on is valuable also. But it?s still having your best pitching only 2-3 innings per weekend. Is that the best way to do things? We?ll see
Nobody.. and I mean nobody... likes playing baseball in the cold. Nobody wants to hit. Nobody wants to catch a ball. It's not fun at all. It's not a sport where you are moving around alot and staying warm.
I'm not putting much into the game performance today. Cold, windy day where the players really aren't engaged and just praying they don't get jammed or hit one off the end.
Adding: Pitching on the other hand is a little different. You're moving around and staying relatively warm. Not many excuses for Foster. He just hasn't been sharp. Still really early in the year tho. We are 8-0. That's hard to do in baseball regardless of competition. If you can win on your bad days then you're doing something right. Our starting pitcher gave up 2 early. Stone comes in and shoves. We got out of 2 bases loaded jams without surrending a run. Committed some errors but still managed to keep Delaware from crossing the plate more than us. Had some base running blunders that's head scratchers but there is way more positives than negatives when you still manage to win. Hail State!
Just goes to show how deep we are. I agree with you.. but they must see something we don't. Davis is solid. He may end up in a starting role. It feels good when he comes out the pen.. you know you're usually about to get a solid performance. It would also feel good with him as a starter lol in Parker and O'Connor I trust.
Once the rubber meets the road the rotation will be the best three pitchersQuote:
Originally Posted by Coach34
Ben, Tomas, and Duke
The SEC is not showcase ball or A-ball. There is no "Oooh" and "Awwwe" for electric pitches. Winning games is all that matters. We don't care about draft buzz.
MSU does have a great pen it seems:
Webb, Pitzer, Sweeney, McP, Gleason with McP, Foster, and Burns getting better fast.
I think Mac needs to stay in the rotation. I think he will get better week. Foster just isnt there yet and it was very discouraging watching him not make any adjustments out there. Just high FB after high FB. **** Dude- bounce one if you have to but make a damn adjustment. Talent is there but the results arent and down the ladder you go.
8 down. 47 to go.
That's something I just can't understand. I understand how hard hitting is.. especially at D1 level. Juco was hard enough so I can only imagine how hard D1 is. Fielding.. eh. Errors happen. But I'll never understand why pitchers can't adjust and atleast change vertical and horizontal location. I get everyone has off days and may not can spot it where they want it. But constantly missing in the same spot really erks me.
And I'm not criticizing the kid or trying to act like I'm a coach/guru. Obviously the kid was trying to locate better. I just never had problems adjusting up/down or side/side so I don't get it. I also wasn't a college pitcher either so there's that. Lol
I am a master at the up/down adjustments. He should come to me for advice. Can down a beer faster than he can pitch.Quote:
Originally Posted by Maroon Glasses
The sport of real men! HahaQuote:
Originally Posted by Activated Alpha
No doubt the team USA guys are good and will be major factors to season success. Also, the same size is tiny. I don't list Pitzer below because 1/2 his innings were versus Alcorn. I think Foster would shutout Alcorn and Pitzer would have been more challenged by Hofstra and Delaware.Quote:
Originally Posted by Coach34
Batting Average Against ... versus the same Mid Major opponents. Add 40 to 60 points to simulate SEC.
Jackie G 0.071 (no walks)
Ben Davis 0.083
Duke Stone 0.125
Sweeney 0.167
-------------200 Zone -----------
Tomas Valincius 0.220
-------------250 Zone -----------
McPherson 0.250 (15 k/1 BB)
Webb 0.270 (no walks)
-------------300 Zone -----------
Charlie F 0.304
Davis fades after 2 innings. He is a relief pitcher all the way. We tried him starting last year and it didn't go very well.Quote:
Originally Posted by Coach34
He wasn't following through all the way and it was causing the ball to stay up. He has to handle adversity a little bit better. Foster has talent but I'm not sure what his best role is. Stone definitely should be the Sunday starter. The question then becomes who the midweek starter is- I'm thinking that we're going to with Kirk or maybe Miller on Tuesday.Quote:
Originally Posted by Coach34
Foster needs to get in the lab with Parker and get to work figuring some things out.
BOC said in his press conference they put a little extra work in pregame because of it and it paid off for us today.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rawdawg
Damn- I'm starting to love this coaching staff.
For those talking about errors- right now MSU is number one in the SEC in defense. We're also 7th in hitting and 6th in pitching right now as well in case y'all are wondering.
Foster gives me bad visions of Loftin..........
Gives me good visions. Keep working him. His only bad appearances have been starts. From the pen, has been very good. Even in the SEC and RegionalQuote:
Originally Posted by Pancho
He's not the same pitcher he was last March.Quote:
Originally Posted by Todd4State
I pitched for 25 years- I know what he was doing. My issue was that he made no adjustments and kept doing the same thing over and over.Quote:
Originally Posted by Todd4State
He didn't just miss up, he's off time and off spot right now, and the mound and the lab are miles apart. For some reason he's all sped up, his issues are in the worst spot for a pitcher, the 6 inches between his ears. He's got stuff, just has to do it and trust it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Todd4State
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Originally Posted by Todd4State
Our official scorer cheats. Thats why. He's skimmed at least 5 errors off the books. Giving Woodson a double on a dropped flyball was a bad look as well
He's talented and will figure it out eventually but he is not who I would run out there vs the #1 team in the country on Sunday if I had a choice. And we have a choiceQuote:
Originally Posted by The Federalist Engineer
It is blatantly ridiculous. Not that it makes much difference at this juncture but at least make it appear that it is legit which he is not doing.Quote:
Originally Posted by Coach34
I wouldn't start him versus USM next Tuesday either.Quote:
Originally Posted by Coach34
Today, He's a dude for the 4th 5th inning, and 6 inning. 6 to 9 valuable outs with a 2.00 ERA.