South Alabama Game Thread

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Originally Posted by Smitty

Haha well he's there

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Glad we have Spruill and Holland's hot bats int he lineup for extra innings, instead of Gridley's bat and glove.**

#Meddler

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Originally Posted by CadaverDawg

#Meddler

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lol.

At least Spruill caught the pop up.

Mintz has bigger stones than the rest of our bullpen combined.

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Originally Posted by CadaverDawg

Mintz has bigger stones than the rest of our bullpen combined.

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Yep. Big SO there.

How is USA from an Rpi standpoint?

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Originally Posted by CadaverDawg

Mintz has bigger stones than the rest of our bullpen combined.

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But he's not good enough for SEC play.***

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Originally Posted by Tbonewannabe

At least Spruill caught the pop up.

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He'll catch a few errors and a few strike outs looking too if you keep watching.

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Originally Posted by CadaverDawg

Mintz has bigger stones than the rest of our bullpen combined.

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He's been good this year. 1st option for sure

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Originally Posted by CadaverDawg

Mintz has bigger stones than the rest of our bullpen combined.

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Definitely

Mintz needs Ross' innings

Single...

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Originally Posted by RougeDawg

What's deal with Hudson? Does he not have any other pitches he can consistently throw for strikes. If this is the case I can see why he's doesn't pitch much. Most hitters prefer a guy throwing hard over someone mid to upper 80's especially if his other pitches aren't consistent. You can take a no stride, throw hands approach and let the pitcher provide all the power. No stride prevents a disconnect from lower and upper body, maximizing strength and also prevents the eyes from dropping during stride. If you stride and don't get foot down early enough against any pitcher you lose a ton of power. Thus no stride against a higher speed ball can be hit for power with less movement in swing. One characteristics of the better 2 strike hitters is no stride.

Either way how many outs have we given away on bunts? From others' posts it sports Vick has given USA an entire inning himself.

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I agree with shortened or no stride approach with 2 strikes but throwing your hands is only good for trying to be defensive and fouling off a pitch that you were probably fooled on. It causes casting and a downward swing that you will miss the ball or hit weak grounders at a too high of percentage. By throwing the hands at the ball the bat is in the hitting zone a much smaller amount of time and is not on the plane of the pitch. Your timing with this technique has to be spot on to even get a piece of the ball since you are coming from a downward angle. Not to mention you can't throw them far enough to reach low and away. Your hands have to stay above and inside the ball. If we go back to alum bats and AstroTurf (which is when this was taught mostly, 40-30 years ago) you could get away with this technique more but not today.

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Originally Posted by cbrunt29

How is USA from an Rpi standpoint?

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We're probably killing USA's rpi

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Originally Posted by msstate7

Mintz needs Ross' innings

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winner

just over 100 I believe

Looks like a jinxed Mintz. Time for a little reverse psych...

Tighten up, Levi "Urinal" Mintz!

walk. asses getting tight now

Walk

Winning run in scoring position

It's time for a game winning Spruill error. I'm calling it.

Score, inning?

Deep fly out whew!

7-7 headed to extras

Bottom 9th. 7-7. Two outs. Runner in scoring position for USA

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Originally Posted by CadaverDawg

It's time for a game winning Spruill error. I'm calling it.

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That would be fitting. Fortunately we get a fly out to Cody Brown.

7-7

Going to the 10th. Hope the sac bunts were worth it. Hope continuing to go to Ross was worth it.

Make it top 10th. We are awesome....

that was harder than it shoulda been, glad to get out of that.

Don't need to play for one. They are capable of scoring in bunches

bunt incoming?

Brown single

Let Smith hit

There we go....lead off single for Brown.

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Originally Posted by Smitty

Brown single

Let Smith hit

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Don't hold your breath

@HailStateBB: USA flies out to warning track in right. We're playing FREE BASEBALL!

Does this annoy anyone else? I mean how many CWS, all Americans, etc have we had and we celebrating extras against SOUTH ALABAMA. Pathetic

Hey a slash!!! Foul ball but damn something different

There's your bunt. If we score we'll lose 9-8

Collins IBB

How many innings have we at least attempted a sac bunt in? I've lost count, but it seems like about half of our innings.