Miami vs Central Michigan (Sunday game)

[Really Clark?]

There was a lot of speculation of whether Pigott (who was considered to be our clear best pitcher in June 2006) would pitch against the 4 seed or we would hold him. Polk explicitly said in an interview something to the effect of "We came here to win a Regional, not just to win 1 game, so we're going to hold out Pigott for a later game." He acknowledged that if we lost to the 4 seed, that meant that Pigott wouldn't pitch the whole Regional, and he was willing to take the risk because he wanted to win the Regional, not just a game.

Thus I think it's pretty relevant to the discussion at hand. Even if we'd lost to the 4 (I believe it was UNC Asheville?), Polk made the right choice.

Pigott started and pitched the exact same game situation as Miami is playing today vs the same team they lost in the first round. Just like we did in 2006. So Polk did exactly what I said a coach has to do. In fact he pitched Pigott the final 1 2/3 inning the day before for the close in the elimination game against a 4 seed. So he pitched our best pitcher in 2006 the second and third game of the regional for 9 2/3 innings on back to back days when faced with elimination and the pitchers who had the most starts for us that year in the first 2 games. So you are arguing what? Polk didn’t let Pigott wait until a possible championship match up and used him in 2 games when faced with elimination. Against the #4 and #2 seeds. He didn’t wait to hope to throw him against the #1 seed.