and will make for some interesting plays. A hard hit grounder to the outfield will go faster and farther. Speed is gonna be a positive for teams here. What say you about the field
and will make for some interesting plays. A hard hit grounder to the outfield will go faster and farther. Speed is gonna be a positive for teams here. What say you about the field
We're basically playing at a hot Vandy. Preliminary look at the forecast is hot and muggy with a nice chance of t'storms. I'll update soon.
sounds like an advantage for MSU not ULL
Most of our fielders have experience playing on Vandy's field, so it won't be totally foreign.
Also, having turf around home plate will be nothing new for us.
Actually, ULL runs really really well.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dawg61
Except for the fact they play there all the time. Worried about our infield defense a littleQuote:
Originally Posted by Dawg61
I'm not. Only thing I'm worried about is our first game pitching. That will set the tone for the entire weekend. We can't come out throwing balls and getting behind early or we'll be into our pen and behind the eight ball right away. Need to get off to a clean start.Quote:
Originally Posted by msstate7
Maybe Tony Kemp can come show us how to slide home from 3rd base.
Everything is turf except for the pitchers mound. With the propensity for sudden storms, it's been good for us.
Also, when you're not in a big money conference, the players do the field maintenance. Installing turf has enabled our players to...well...play.
The turf is five years old. It isn't as fast as some I've seen.
But if the field is the least bit wet, slide early.
And, yes, for those who looked, we can run a little bit. We have 102 stolen bases on the season.
I think it will be a very good thing then to have a LHP in Ross throw against you and then another LHP in Jacob Lindgren ready the next go-round.Quote:
Originally Posted by BirdofParadise
Laster Game 1 would cut any running Tony Gwynn would have too.
The idea that this could be like Vandy's field when wet, worries me. Anybody remember how bad that was for us at their field last year? Those guys were starting slides from damn near the half-way point to slide in safely. Our guys were not able to make the adjustment.
We played on a similar turf last year against Vandy, we will be fine.
Im sure we will take a ton of ground balls in the Palmerio center this week which has the same exact type of turf.Quote:
Originally Posted by msstate7
Not so fast. We stole 8 bases one game last weekend.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dawg61
http://www.ragincajuns.com/boxscore....seball&id=4487
We got swept at Vandy last year. Their field in wet conditions was an affront to baseball.Quote:
Originally Posted by SouthMsDawg
And that was on grass and dirt surface. But pitching that lefty you guys are talking about should definitely stop some of our base stealing. Another thing we do extremely well that often gets over looked when talking about base running is the fact that we stretch a lot of singles into doubles and doubles into triples. Our guys are EXTREMELY aggresive on the base paths. I've seen a bunch of routine base hits this year that opposing outfields just kind of pull up and field it without much sense of urgency, only to realize our guy is rounding first base and not stopping. Then they rush to make a throw and often times it's eithe too late or it's an over throw and we are safe at second.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cajuns29
It's little things like that, that make our team so good. Also, so many people just see our home run numbers and think we are just a power hitting team, but they don't realize we also have over 35 bunt singles on the season. We are not afraid to do anything, we will play small ball if we need to or we will play gorilla ball. Whatever it takes.
Wanna think about that? How can it EVER be advantage for MSU and not ULL when that is their home field.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dawg61
If anything it's an equalizer since we have turf edges.
Not sure how you can compare Vandy's team from last year that had TONS of talent and MLB draft picks to this ULL team and Im not trying to take anything away from ULL. Vandy was like 26-4 in the SEC last year.Quote:
Originally Posted by blacklistedbully
We will lose 6-7 guys in the draft this year.Quote:
Originally Posted by SouthMsDawg
And we are currently ranked #1 in atleast 4 of the 5 major baseball polls, only because the 5th poll hasn't been released yet. Just saying, undervalue the cajuns at your own risk.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cajuns29
No question you have a good team, but don't kid yourself. If you would have played an SEC schedule you would have at best only won 18 or 19 SEC games. Big difference between opposing Sun Belt arms and SEC arms.Quote:
Originally Posted by tuffguy21
I am not comparing Vandy to ULL. I am countering the idea that ULL's turf isn't a problem because we, "played on a similar turf at Vandy last year". We got our ass kicked at Vandy last year, and though their talent was a big contributing factor, if you watched the games, you'd realize their field conditions contributed as well. They knew exactly how to play on that abomination. We didn't.Quote:
Originally Posted by SouthMsDawg
considering we went 3-1 vs SEC teams (1-0 vs LSU, 2-1 vs Bama) this year when we played...I'd like our chances to compete for the title.Quote:
Originally Posted by SouthMsDawg
I will give you the LSU game, but anything can happen with just a single game. But 2-1 against the 8th best team in the SEC?Quote:
Originally Posted by tuffguy21
Guys, we are in trouble
Same Bama that swept Ole Miss earlier in the season, and if ya didn't know, we played them early in the season when they were playing good ball. I have to point to the SEC games because 53-7 (8 games better in the win column than anyone in the country), best offense in the country, and #1 in all polls isn't impressive to the 4th/5th place team in the SEC. I shouldn't hate MSU, I have State alums in my family, but seriously, the arrogance I've seen on this forum is ridiculous.Quote:
Originally Posted by Statefan
being a little one-sided, aren't you? There is some swagger being displayed on both sides, but you should see that there are plenty of fans on our side who have a healthy respect for ULL. Fear, no, but respect, yes. I, for one, have not said ULL sucks or that we should have an easy time. I do, however, agree that your stats should be taken with a grain-of-salt, given the competition you faced. Yes, you beat Bama 2-1 at your place, but let's not discount the fact that you probably should have gone 1-2, as your 2-0 win came in a game in which both runs you got were unearned on 2 hits versus 7 for Bama, who scored none, and Bama committed 3 errors. To insinuate Bama was playing their best ball when you beat them is just not correct. Bama was just 4-3 coming into your series, and that against a fairly soft schedule.Quote:
Originally Posted by tuffguy21
There is a good reason most of our fans felt confident we would eventually catch Bama in the standings, as their schedule was much more difficult in the second half. They came back to the pack, pretty much as most expected.
^^^This is what worries me.^^^Quote:
Originally Posted by CajunJuice
Ct and Demarcus lolly gag more times than not on singles that aren't hit directly at them. It amazes me that more people don't stretch singles into doubles against us on a routine basis.
You were doing real good discussing until the arrogance part. We can **** with our own posters but you won't come on here and do it. **** off douche bag.Quote:
Originally Posted by tuffguy21
Sorry, but it's the current #1 team vs last year's National Title runner up and traditional baseball power....we can understand your current confidence, but you should understand our typical confidence in this sport. Don't be a dickhead, especially on OUR board. Know where you are, and don't lump everybody in with the ones being over the top cocky. Both teams should feel confident, but neither should be cocky...including YOU.Quote:
Originally Posted by tuffguy21
If we were in the SEC, we'd have an SEC budget...and even better players than we already have.Quote:
Originally Posted by SouthMsDawg
We don't need to beat the teams in the SEC. We need to be one from that league, one from the MWC and one from the SWAC to advance.
Wait...didn't you go 2-1 against them as well??Quote:
Originally Posted by Statefan
Yes, dipshit....and unlike you guys, we aren't bragging about itQuote:
Originally Posted by BirdofParadise
Damn, you guys are nothing but Southern Miss in different colors. Your true little bro comments are coming out now. Be confident, not cocky. Being a cocky douche on our board is a terrible look for you. Hell, we bash our own fans that are pricks....so we definitely aren't going to welcome opposing pricks.Quote:
Originally Posted by BirdofParadise
Don't think we don't have some talent guys. Our top two pitchers will go in the top 200 of the MLB draft. We have five juniors, not counting the pitchers, that we'll probably lose to the draft early. Our shortstop (just a sophomore) just got named to Team USA.
I know a lot of you have a healthy respect for Louisiana just as our fans do MSU.
And, before you suggest our power numbers have to do with the size of our park, our dimensions are 330-375-400. Just like most parks. (That's bigger dimensions than LSU, by the way). And, this time of year, the wind blows in from center field.
At their place, not ours, and they did not "gift us" one, as they did you. Beyond that, we played a full SEC schedule and came out of it 18-12. No way you can compare our schedule with yours. Night & day difference.Quote:
Originally Posted by BirdofParadise
Nobody says you don't have talent...and the dimensions have been discussed. Should be a fairly evenly matched game IMOQuote:
Originally Posted by BirdofParadise
You think it's that easy? First off you would NEVER be invited to the SEC. So there's that. Second, SEC Teams have talent because we all have a long tradition in baseball. You have a little bit but not that much.Quote:
Originally Posted by BirdofParadise
You will need to beat 2 SEC teams if you are planning to make it to Omaha.
and oh... if you do somehow win your regional. YOU DAMN WELL BETTER MAKE IT TO OMAHA.
This is the kind of crap that sends me over the edge. This post was made after our SS and 2B made the SEC All-Defensive team.Quote:
Originally Posted by msstate7
[QUOTE=ScoobaDawg;183563]You think it's that easy? First off you would NEVER be invited to the SEC. So there's that. Second, SEC Teams have talent because we all have a long tradition in baseball. You have a little bit but not that much.
You will need to beat 2 SEC teams if you are planning to make it to Omaha.
and oh... if you do somehow win your regional. YOU DAMN WELL BETTER MAKE IT TO OMAHA.[/QUOTE]
This is the most important post in this thread. Big "if" though.
If ULL has such good talent, why aren't the best players on that team playing for LSU?
Seriously.
Not being a dick, but seriously any coonass would give their first born to play for LSU.