State v. Vandy Game Thread

Again….bench him. He is terrible right now. There is no other way around it.

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Originally Posted by DawgFromOxford

Hope we have a good sports psychologist to get Jordan and Hines out of their negative headspace before the regional

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Judging by Holcombe’s continued spiral, I’m going no.

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Originally Posted by archdog

So if we lose, do we throw a bunch of scrubs tomorrow to get home with as little damage to our rotation as possible?

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I doubt we have locked up hosting so I imagine we have to try to win tomorrow. The confidence seems to wane every day.

Go hire a mother17ing hitting coach who can recruit and coach. This is a damn train wreck at the plate. I'm not sure we can win a game in a regional with this shit.

Hines and Dakota have seen this same approach from pitchers this entire season. Dakota actually connected with a few more mistake pitches, but the secret is out. They have massive holes in their swings and every pitcher we are going to see from here on out are good.

How was that not a balk?

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Originally Posted by Cowbell

Well boys, time to go to bed. I just hope we lose tomorrow so that we can come home and rest.

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I don't think you have to worry about tomorrow. Tennessee will probably hit 8 bombs and run-rule State in 7. The offense except for Mershon , Larry And Hujsak should be very well rested! The rest haven't been on base enough to get tired!

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Originally Posted by archdog

So if we lose, do we throw a bunch of scrubs tomorrow to get home with as little damage to our rotation as possible?

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Pico for the win vs UT. Then Stevens vs Vandy. Then bring back Auger for the title vs LSU.

Pitcher has some good movement on his pitches tonight.

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Originally Posted by HoopsDawg

Pico for the win vs UT. Then Stevens vs Vandy. Then bring back Auger for the title vs LSU.

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I would go Dohm in there somewhere. But it honestly won’t matter. We won’t make it past tomorrow.

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Originally Posted by HoopsDawg

Pico for the win vs UT. Then Stevens vs Vandy. Then bring back Auger for the title vs LSU.

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You’re a mad man

We have been pitching really well in this tourney. We have to be allowing less runs per game than anyone.

That was a hell of an inning for Schuelke. We have not seen that from him in a long time.

Good to see that from Cam

Remember the national championship team, those dudes were tough to pitch around. Forsythe was really the only weak link and he even got warm by the end of the season.

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Originally Posted by archdog

We have been pitching really well in this tourney. We have to be allowing less runs per game than anyone.

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We have only allowed 8 the whole tournament. For perspective, LSU and South Carolina allowed 10 and 11 respectively TODAY.

Ok, it?s past TIME to put the rookie from Cal or from Starkville in right field and let DJ sit out at least 2 games. I?m sorry but this is BIG boy baseball and he needs to sit!!
He didn?t get it done again in a HUGE spot with bases loaded in 7th.
WTH is going on with him and Hines?!?
Maybe Hines needs to sit also.
If they don?t figure it out we won?t make it out of the first regional.
I?ve NEVER seen anything like this in my 5+ decades of watching MSU baseball.

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Originally Posted by archdog

Remember the national championship team, those dudes were tough to pitch around. Forsythe was really the only weak link and he even got warm by the end of the season.

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Hell. I take Forsythe in a heart beat right now batting cleanup!

Good take by Kohler

If they shift Hines, he better bunt.

Lead off walk…make them pay.

Wow

Can’t believe cheese was actually looking at something.

As close as you can get. Kind of been the story of the night for us.

Unfortunate for Larry

Hines simply will not go the other way. He would rather strike out then hit it to right.

That was strike 3.

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Originally Posted by archdog

Hines simply will not go the other way. He would rather strike out then hit it to right.

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He doesn’t know how to hit it to right. That is the problem.

Well…..he didn’t K.

Atleast we advanced the runner. Powell. Take 1 pitch.

Goodnight, gents

So we are going to pitch hit Long in the bottom of the 9th right?

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Originally Posted by archdog

Atleast we advanced the runner. Powell. Take 1 pitch.

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Long was on deck. Wow.

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Originally Posted by StarkVegasSteve

He doesn?t know how to hit it to right. That is the problem.

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You telling me, we cant get him hitting off a tee for the next hour and show him how to keep his hands back?

Dakota looks devastated. Weird putting in Stevens for him.

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Originally Posted by HoopsDawg

Dakota looks devastated. Weird putting in Stevens for him.

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Then don’t go 0-13 in Hoover. And look bad in a majority of those 13.

Dang Mershon is good.

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Originally Posted by StarkVegasSteve

Then don’t go 0-13 in Hoover. And look bad in a majority of those 13.

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I mean, we all get that. How about a little compassion. The dude is hurting.

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Originally Posted by archdog

So we are going to pitch hit Long in the bottom of the 9th right?

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I would have PH Stevens there but I guess Lem is going to PH someone else. I mean surely we don’t run Long out there to bat in the 9th.

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Originally Posted by HoopsDawg

I mean, we all get that. How about a little compassion. The dude is hurting.

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Compassion goes out the window when you’re paying him 6 figures to hit a baseball. Hate it for the kid, but he’s making more than any minor leaguer on the planet. He’s expected to produce.