We may very well get smoked in Game 3....

[RougeDawg]

FWIW those check swing type plays after making a pitch to get out of the inning take a mental toll on pitchers and players. Have a couple early in a game, you most often see a hitting performance like yesterday. Seems like those fluke plays took us out of the game mentally. Add in the pitcher kick saving two in a row and the ?well maybe today isn?t our day? starts to creep into players heads.

On the flip side. That?s the best thing about baseball. Flush it and come out focused. Additionally in the regionals and supers, teams that cruised to fairly easy wins like ND yesterday and Ark in game one can also get into the heads of players. They think ?we have got this in the bag. We just have to show up?.

There is always a chance these things won?t impact the teams mindsets going into game 3, but these are 18-23 yr old kids with little life experience. I fully expect ND to come out thinking they can just cruise to a win. We just cannot give free passes. Seems like most of their runs have come from walks or errors, leading to many ducks on the pond. Good thing is we do not have to wait long to see what mindset each team comes out with.

Humble bump. Good baseball teams flush dump games and we did. ND did not go quietly but we definitely forgot about yesterday.

Baseball is a game of short memories and successful failures. Those who learn that play until the end and eventually make some cheese.

[Commercecomet24]

Humble bump. Good baseball teams flush dump games and we did. ND did not go quietly but we definitely forgot about yesterday.

Baseball is a game of short memories and successful failures. Those who learn that play until the end and eventually make some cheese.

Yep someone that understands the game. Can't apply football/basketball mentality to baseball, it's a totally different game. It's a chess match pitch to pitch abs patience is required for success.

[OLJWales]

Bitches being exposed thread. Awesome

[basedog]

Yep someone that understands the game. Can't apply football/basketball mentality to baseball, it's a totally different game. It's a chess match pitch to pitch abs patience is required for success.

Gotta love this team chemistry! Pretty lose group but has improved so much over the year.

Also, I know Fortsthe hasn’t hit last several weeks, but he has made all the plays at SS. I hope he has a great CWS.

Bednar is due for an “A” game. Got to have it against Texas. I don’t see a high scoring game.