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Originally Posted by
Todd4State
The thing about Sims- had he come back he would have been rehabbing a good bit of the year probably. I love Sims. He's one of my favorite MSU players of all time. I will never forget him coming out of the bullpen the Sunday game against Ole Miss in 2021 and the crowd going nuts because you knew it was over. And of course, he was lights out in game 3 of the finals. But the sad reality is it's best and time for both us to move on.
The frustrating part with Sims is we only got one full season with him because of COVID and the injury. That one full season was as dominant of a year as any pitcher we?ve ever had. Sucks for us and for him that he wasn?t able to have a longer run in college baseball.
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I've been watching games at the Dude since '77 and the only pitcher that remotely had a year close to Sims last year was Lindgren (dubbed the strike out factory by the Yanks GM) in '14. I actually think his numbers may have been a little better than Sims if I"m not mistaken. That curveball of his was unhittable. Problem was, it almost had too much break on it. He was a catcher's nightmare. Nonetheless, Sims may be my all time favorite Dog.
"The QB and the receiver weren't on the same page there, but hey its only week eleven". (Jack Cristil)
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Originally Posted by
Saltydog
That curveball of his was unhittable. Problem was, it almost had too much break on it. He was a catcher's nightmare.
You sure you're not thinking of Lindgren's slider?
If I remember correctly, that's the pitch of his that exploded so much the catcher couldn't catch it.
He struck out a lot of guys that reached on swing strike 3 passed balls.
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Originally Posted by
MaroonFlounder
You sure you're not thinking of Lindgren's slider?
If I remember correctly, that's the pitch of his that exploded so much the catcher couldn't catch it.
He struck out a lot of guys that reached on swing strike 3 passed balls.
Yes, you are correct Flounder.........I just went and looked up Lindgren's numbers........
Take a look at these stats and he wasn't even the closer. That was Holder, who was actually better in '13 than he was in '14...........
Record 6-1
ERA 0.81
Runs 9 / ER's 5
IP 55.1
K's 100
BB's 25
Hits 23
2b's 0
3b's 1
Hr's 0
SV's 3
WP's 18
HBP 8
Last edited by Saltydog; 07-18-2022 at 12:48 PM.
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