If this were a regional I'd agree. But I wouldn't have thrown him today either.
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Seriously, if Sims can't come in and pitch one inning with possibly the SEC title on the line after throwing 34 pitches the day before then we don't deserve an SEC title. He wouldn't have pitched again for a minimum of another 5 days after today anyway. In fact, we may not even need him at all in the Missouri series next weekend. If he is that fragile then Lemonis made a serious mistake yesterday pitching him 2 innings with a 3 run lead. We could have probably had somebody else pitch the 8th yesterday and still won.
Deep end? If he can't pitch one inning after throwing 34 pitches the day before knowing he won't pitch again for days and days then yes, he is pretty fragile. If winning the SEC is meaningless then whatever, guess it doesn't matter anyway. But Lemonis screwed up yesterday throwing him in the 8th if that's his situation. With a 3 run lead, he should have only come out in the 8th if SC got the tying run to the plate.
Well you are inferring a whole lot...he didn’t call down to the dugout to tell the coach he wasn’t pitching today. That decision came from the coach. I want to see him get some back to back games now and not wait until the tournament but Sims isn’t making that decision.
Gracious, the coaches obviously believe he can't pitch again in that situation even though the coaches know he won't pitch again for days. Nowhere in that did I say that somehow Sims didn't want to pitch or refuse to go in the game. Pretty obvious our coaches are going the opposite extreme of what Bianco does in protecting arms and are willing to sacrifice regular season accomplishments in the process if need be. Heck, we don't know for sure our coaches will even push anyone in post-season. I mean I wish we had another truly dependable end game pitcher other than Sims, but at this point we don't.
Yes leave Hancock. And we should not have messed with brilliant Infield of Friday and Saturday
In a home run park like Founders, a 1-run lead can fly over a wall regardless of replacements or shifts, so you don?t trade a competent bat for a zero threat hitter with only marginally better defense.
Polk explained on radio how K James bat is invigorated by not playing defense.