Good grief. You would think he is done for the year
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Auburn beaten by The Quakers
The freshman pitcher Nicholls started tonight looked really good. I?m sure he will be at LSU next year.
I was at the LSU game today incognito. Local rivalry games are one of my weird baseball things I like.
I couldn't believe it either. I was certain he done after 8. Nope.
I figured LSU would win today but I wouldn't be surprised if they lose to Oregon State. No way they can bring Skenes back. Their staff is thin.
Alex Box was nice. But it's no Dudy Noble. Our atmosphere is way better. Tulane fans were louder at times. LSU fans seem entitled to me in baseball. They just expect to win and everything to go right. Like they just think that they're better than everyone else.
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It's by the book. You always throw your ace in game one no matter the opponent. I'm good with it. I would have thrown Skenes against MVSU. There are hundreds of examples where the highly ranked team withheld their ace thinking they'd save him for the next game vs a better opponent......ONLY to get embarrassed in losing game one and having to fight their way back through the loser's bracket. And many never even got out of their own regional because of it.
Hitting wise you about have to sit fastball and adjust to the offspeed stuff. I mean, you could try to be a guess hitter but that's very risky and inconsistent. I don't know what other hitting approach you'd take? Did you want Polk telling them to sit offspeed and adjust to the fastball? I played through JUCO, and I was taught at every level to sit fastball and adjust to the offspeed pitch.
So who is gonna be the first SEC team bounced? I would have put money on KY, but Auburn may be looking at it. Did USM throw Hall yest?
If my memory serves me correctly, most coaches always throw their ace in game 1 of the regional. My memory certainly isn't what it used to be but it's nowhere near Joe Biden level of deterioration. I know it happens quite often.