wtf ever. That generation is wayyyy ahead of this "participating trophy" generation....Now get the hell off my lawn!!!!**Quote:
Originally Posted by smootness
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wtf ever. That generation is wayyyy ahead of this "participating trophy" generation....Now get the hell off my lawn!!!!**Quote:
Originally Posted by smootness
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This thread got me thinking... what are acceptable reasons to miss a game and should our athletic department have a policy on this?
He is the reason that Jake is at MSU rather than Bama. It was in an article Bob wrote a while back, but keep calling people 17n losers if it makes you feel better about yourself.Quote:
Originally Posted by CarolinaDawgs
Gee thanks!!! I didnt know that. It would be a real shame if I knew KentuckyDawg personally and was intentionally messing with him. That would probably really ruin your fun on here.Quote:
Originally Posted by MadisonDawg
UPDATE: I feel so much better about myself.
DHarpQuote:
Originally Posted by CarolinaDawgs
Just like that generation wasn't as good as the one before it, which wasn't as good as the one before it, which wasn't as good as the one before it, and on and on. Every generation says the same thing about the ones that come after it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dawg-gone-dawgs
My brother tried to schedule his wedding during the Spring of '97. I told him no way in hell I am missing one game of my junior season at State. Figure out another time before or after the season or I'm not gonna be there. He moved it to July like a good sibling should have. Dick move by the sister if you ask me.....Quote:
Originally Posted by Ifyouonlyknew
Wow. Our shortstop is going to miss a conference game for a wedding? That is absolutely unbelievable.
Well obviously Gridley thinks more of him & his sisters relationship than you & your brother. Just a question was your brother getting ready to head clear across the country & start a medical residency where he wasn't going to be able to pick & choose another wedding date freely?Quote:
Originally Posted by rtdawg
I know this is not exactly to the subject, but back in the early '70's, I had a frat brother get married, his fiance was not a State student and she resented the fraternity, because she felt the frat had taken her boyfriend and made him wild (could've been). So she scheduled their wedding on the day of the Ole Miss game at the exact time of the opening kickoff (so none of us would show up). To her surprise, every fraternity brother showed up and each had a transistor radio in our pocket with a earphone in our ears (even the groomsman). Yes, we drank up all the liquor at the reception.
I don't know about his Family situation, but my sister would absolutely understand that missing a conference SEC baseball game for her wedding wouldn't be acceptable (and we are very close). She would care enough about me to make the decision for me and not make me put my team in this situation, because she is a reasonable human being.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ifyouonlyknew
I'll say this about the wedding and I'm not going to say who is right and who is wrong but knowing all of the information my two cents is this:
One thing my Dad told me about baseball when I was a child was the higher you go and the further you go in baseball, the more serious it becomes.
Just because you go on a residency it doesn't mean that they can't get days/time off to do things. I've been in health care for about 15 years now and have been in teaching hospitals for 13 of those years now. I've known a lot of residents over the years from work. Some of them got married while they were on their residency on their time off. A residency while it does involve training as a MD it also is a job. They get paid (significantly less than a regular MD of course). They get days off just like anyone else that works in the hospital.
Now that said, I obviously understand that weddings and getting married are very big deals.
This is the Gridley family's deal and if they want to do it this way for whatever reason that's fine and it is what it is. At the same time I think the truth is it probably could have been at a different time- but like I said it isn't and it's their families deal. It's going to get spun like it was totally unavoidable and all of that but that's pretty unlikely if we're all being honest here. At any rate, Cann approved it and for all we know Cann may make Gridley do something extra to make up for it that we don't see.
I see a lot of people that don't seem to understand why some posters think that Gridley skipping out is bogus. Refer to the quote by my Dad. Personally, I don't think that they are wrong to feel that way. SEC baseball is probably distant second only to MLB as far as being the most watched and invested in baseball league in America. You'll see more SEC baseball games than you will AAA baseball games televised. Once you get to this level of baseball in the SEC you all of a sudden are going to find a lot of fans that care. When you sign up for SEC baseball, you sign up with the scrutiny that goes along with it- right or wrong. And because fans care they expect the players that are healthy to be there and play. And I'll be honest a player skipping a game to be in a wedding sounds like something you would hear about in high school ball. And if a player and a family in college baseball was adamant that the player needed to be at a wedding, I would probably make the player do something reasonable on the side to make up for it- like spend an extra day coaching kids at the MSU baseball camp or something like that.
Tough shit it's happening. All will live. ****ing get over it.
No. No again. And a 3rd time NoQuote:
Originally Posted by HSVDawg
If Belmont was a SS option- the coach would ****ing play him at SS. Yet no move he makes puts Belmont at SS. That means- he isnt a SS
It also means Stovall isn't a third baseman by the very same logic. He hasn't played a game there this year, has he? Not even when it was way early on and we were trying different people in different positions all over the place.Quote:
Originally Posted by Random Poster
If you have the arm to play SS- you more than have the arm to play 3B. Your best 2 IF's always play SS-2B. It's pretty obvious at this pointQuote:
Originally Posted by HSVDawg
The arm isn't the issue. It's the reaction time.Quote:
Originally Posted by Random Poster
Here are some numbers for you. Alexander has started 31 of 35 games at 3B, and finished another there when he moved over from 2B. Dustin Skelton (a freaking back-up catcher) started two games there (again, with LA starting at 2B). Harrison Bragg and Cody Brown each started a game at 3B, and Bragg finished another game over there that LA started.
In summary, we have tried a back-up catcher, a converted outfielder, and a DH type with no current position at 3B, and we have not so much as given Stovall a single inning over there.
It's really not about what you think (or me either for that matter). Cannizaro doesn't think Stovall can play 3B, and the proof is right there in the box scores. I don't know what else to tell you.
The proof is there fo sho- Cann has no intention to play Belmont at SS
And he has no intention of playing Stovall at 3bQuote:
Originally Posted by Random Poster
Damn, of all the threads to go 6+ pages long...
Cool. I never argued that he did.Quote:
Originally Posted by Random Poster
The proof is there - Cann has no intention of sitting Alexander.Quote:
Originally Posted by Random Poster
If you can't see that Alexander is our best defensive option at any infield spot, then you're just clueless.
This is the truth. Alexander is the best SS on the team. But he is far and away the best 3B on the team. So we have to play him there.Quote:
Originally Posted by smootness
This thread makes me a little sick to my stomach. The fact of the matter is, Gridley did not want to miss the game, but Cann is making him go to the wedding. Because, you know, your sister only gets married once (hopefully), yet Gridley will play thousands of baseball games. Glad that our coach is in touch with reality.
YES! Exactly correct.Quote:
Originally Posted by RAYn_Man
This thread is the shit show of all threads!! People arguing about a players sister, arguing about what player is the best at what spot? Some of you fools need to get a life. Maybe go cut the grass or maybe go down to your local drinking hole and tell your non-friends some of the stupid shit your putting on here maybe they will think you know what your talking about cause I and most people on here know you are clueless! Hailstate lets go win the series against South Carolina.
So we don't mind playing a lesser player at SS- the most important position on the field? Instead of lesser player at 3B?Quote:
Originally Posted by Forrest4Moore
Got to admire the Belmont Fan Club- you guys are All-In. He'll be considered our best WR and Point Guard before too long- even though he doesn't play those either
If the drop-off from Alexander to Stovall at SS is something like 5 defensive runs saved, and the drop-off from Alexander to Stovall at 3B is something like 10 defensive runs saved, then yes, we don't mind playing a lesser player at SS. Because despite it being 'the most important position on the field,' we are better off with Alexander at 3B and Stovall at SS.Quote:
Originally Posted by Random Poster
Again, it is pretty obvious Alexander is our best defensive option at SS. You're the one who seems so intent on trying to use every little thing as proof that you're right.
The only thing I ever said about Alexander is that he was our best defensive option at SS and 3B and that he needed to be in the lineup. Despite his offensive struggles, Cann has refused to ever take him out of the lineup. So what does that tell you?
I wonder if he can kick?**Quote:
Originally Posted by Random Poster
No kidding. He's so damn good at SS- we're gonna play the 3rd string guy instead of him at the most important position on the field other than catcherQuote:
Originally Posted by Mjoelner34
Well I think Stovall is our best Catcher. And we should play Him there.Quote:
Originally Posted by Random Poster
I think its a unanimous consensus that Alexander has to be on the field somewhere every game. We only have 3 guys that can reliably play the middle infield positions and third base and Alexander is one of those. That's not a fan club mentality, that is reality. I don't know why you are trying to convince us otherwise. You need to call Cannizaro if you feel that strongly about it. Its his actions that speak loud and clear about which players need to be out there every day. And there is a good chance LA and Rooker will be the only players to start every game for us this season (barring injury).Quote:
Originally Posted by Random Poster
How can you not comprehend this? Alexander is Plus Plus at both SS and 3B. Probably a 75 at both on a scouting scale. Gridley and Stovall are a Plus at SS (60) and an average at 3B (50).Quote:
Originally Posted by Random Poster
We are a better team with a Plus at SS and 2B and a Plus Plus at 3B than simply a Plus Plus at SS and an average to below average at 3B.
Cohen and Cannizzaro along with every scout on the planet agrees with this. As do Gridley and Stovall, and the rest of the team.
If Austin Riley made it to campus then Alexander would be at SS, Gridley at 2B, and Stovall either C or in the outfield.
To assist your comprehension, just like Rooker is far and away the best cleanup hitter on the team in any sense of historical baseball batting lineups. But for us... for our current team this season... right now... he is more valuable as a two-hole hitter. Like Alexander is more valuable as a 3B.
Gridley has been, is, and will be our SS because he is the best one we have. We were never going to play Belmont at SS ahead of him- no matter who made it to campus. Thats what you guys dont seem to comprehend.
Lol. You are clueless. Thanks for confirming as much.Quote:
Originally Posted by Random Poster