Imagine if a recruit were to read 6pack.......

[Will James]

I have every reason to believe that was an intentional HBP, too.

Not sure if serious.

[msstate7]

Not sure if serious.

Don't know if they did or not, but pirtle did burn them earlier

[Will James]

Don't know if they did or not, but pirtle did burn them earlier

You are never going to intentionally move a player to third base.

[FFF]

Why would you not? It's certainly plausible... Renfroe is one of the conferences leading hitters (despite being ice cold) and Pirtle had 2 hits last night (and Detz/Frost was in scoring position already). If they felt they could effectively pitch to Rea, they might have felt taking the bat out of Pirtle's hands and pitching to Rea was their best chance of sending the game to extras. It worked, didn't it?

[Will James]

Why would you not? It's certainly plausible... Renfroe is one of the conferences leading hitters (despite being ice cold) and Pirtle had 2 hits last night (and Detz/Frost was in scoring position already). If they felt they could effectively pitch to Rea, they might have felt taking the bat out of Pirtle's hands and pitching to Rea was their best chance of sending the game to extras. It worked, didn't it?

First off there are numerous ways to score from third that you can't from second. Like exactly how SC tied the game at 3. Secondly if you were goin to do that you would IBB him not try to hit him.

The idea that he was hit on purpose to move to Rea who happened to crush a HR off the same pitcher the night before is ludicrous.

[Todd4State]

Why would you not? It's certainly plausible... Renfroe is one of the conferences leading hitters (despite being ice cold) and Pirtle had 2 hits last night (and Detz/Frost was in scoring position already). If they felt they could effectively pitch to Rea, they might have felt taking the bat out of Pirtle's hands and pitching to Rea was their best chance of sending the game to extras. It worked, didn't it?

LOL. If you are going to do that, you might as well just walk him. You run the risk of getting one of your guys thrown at if you hit him too.

[The Croom Diaries]

...Daryl Norris has ever heard of sixpackspeak.com, much less ever read it.

I think we are safe in that regard.

You underestimate the size and scope of the pack. Players are students just like we all were, and the baseball players are even more like most people on message boards for reasons I'm sure you can figure out. They read the stuff. We've had a few baseball players thank us for promoting baseball on FWtCT. Coaches and players retweet our articles and stuff. They probably are instructed not to tweet links to message boards because they are a different animal, but make no mistake that some of them read the boards. If for nothing else, most of the baseball players are also fans of the football and basketball teams just like the rest of us.

As for the original post by Goat - I agree there is no reason to bash a college player unless they are just not trying their best. Blame the coaches. Norris could have gotten on his hands and knees and begged Cohen to come in the game, but in the end it is Cohen's decision and he has to make a better one than that.

[Will James]

I think you can blame players, like how we all talk about Hendersons DP's, Renfroe's hitting with RISP, Ross coming in with RISP, Lindgren's recent starts, Frosts defense, etc etc etc. A lot of things just can't be directed to Cohen.

But keep your discussion between the lines. Talking about their play is a different animal than suggesting someone quit or transfer or talking about personal attributes.

[FFF]

Because you just walked Renfroe. I'm discussing my thoughts... maybe it was completely unintentional, but I wouldn't rule out the idea of intentionally putting Pirtle on base and pitching to Rea. Adam Westmoreland has only walked 5 guys coming into this weekend, SC has only given had 6 WP (which leads the conference) all year, and Greyson Greiner had only given up one PB (aside from a hit, those are the only other possibilities of scoring a run there... unless Frost tries to steal... or a Balk... which Westmoreland has none), so I think it's legitimate they wanted to try to pitch to Rea.

[M.Fillmore]

SixPack is a waste of bandwidth. You can eat your own, be wholly irrational about your own, but HD6 posted a list of things that will get you banned from the board relating to what you cannot say about Ole Miss (despite the fact such posts would be factual).

Also to have the moderator of a rival's message board to be a moderator of your message board places one in realm of no credibility.

[engie]

Come on engie, I don't agree with it either, but VolNation, Hogville, Kentucky's Rivals site, etc., all go full retard on players several times a week. I know it's nice to act like it's some MSU-only thing that holds us back, but that's just not true. Now I will admit our volume is higher - because (1) we're a smaller fanbase, and (2) our fanbase is generally more naturally negative anyway.

I invite you to show me.

Those websites -- even when they meltdown -- are "cleansed" quickly -- and there is no archive of the ridiculous negativity most of the time, so it doesn't show up in searches years down the line.

What they do under extreme meltdown is form one comprehensive thread -- merge all the new stuff into that thread -- and once everyone gets their venting in, they delete the thread just like it was never there.

[Ronny]

SixPack is a waste of bandwidth. You can eat your own, be wholly irrational about your own, but HD6 posted a list of things that will get you banned from the board relating to what you cannot say about Ole Miss (despite the fact such posts would be factual).

Also to have the moderator of a rival's message board to be a moderator of your message board places one in realm of no credibility.

..one reason I assumed Norris doesn't read sixpack...nor any other MSU athletes for that matter.

By now it is common knowledge sixpack allows some Ole Miss hack to act as one of their board administrators.

For anybody associated with MSU, that should tell you sixpackspeak.com is no longer a serious Miss. State sports site...it's a pure business venture using their constant shitstorms as a means to garner as many site hits as possible.

If I wanted to start a MSU messageboard with the sole intent being to make money, & if I wanted constant traffic & a high daily hit count, I would definitely allow Nurse Vicky & Rebel7 (for example) to troll my board & keep my board in constant flame mode.

That wouldn't lend anything positive to Miss. State athletics, but it would certainly line my pockets with cash.

[CadaverDawg]

Our fans are dumb as shit. That's one reason I have enjoyed this board during baseball season so far...there are too many people over there that think they know baseball but they don't know shit (there are some good baseball posters over there, but lots of morons too). Read the thread about our recruiting and how so many people are saying our recruiting sucks and acting like Cohen needs to step it up. What a dumb ****ing thread. We are in better shape than we've been in a freaking decade in baseball, and we have fans bitching about the coach. Just ****ing stupid. Last night and this morning has pissed me off more than I've ever been when it comes to our fans.

I understand bitching about certain moves Cohen makes, but to act like he is doing a bad job as a coach and/or recruiter is just idiotic.

[bluelightstar]

Maybe I'm wrong, but I consider all this to be a huge exercise in overreaction

[Political Hack]

egg zachery Goat. if you're going to criticize someone, aim it at the coaches and administrators who are getting paid a 6 or 7 figure salary to win games and put a great product together for our fans. Hammering a 17 - 22 year old student for their performance on the field is chicken chit. If they need to be criticized for off the field matters, I get that. But going after someone for poor performance on the field sucks.

I hated when people criticized Tyson Lee. He didn't even take a scholarship from us. All he did was prove he was our best option at QB. Coaches didnt recruit anyone better. Didn't offer a scholarship to anyone better. And couldn't find anyone better once the season arrived... yet somehow he ended up being the one to get blasted on the boards. So dumb...

[msstate7]

Maybe I'm wrong, but I consider all this to be a huge exercise in overreaction

I agree. I don't think recruits base their decision of which college to attend on how fans react on message boards.

[Political Hack]

it opens cracks in the door for other schools. It helps a lot when hotty toddy trots in and shows momma and we buy some print outs of what State fans are saying about her boy on an MSU message board. It might not be a game changer, but it gets them back in the game and back in the discussion more times than not. I can promise you people, including coaches, freak out when our fans out stupid stuff on the boards.

[msstate7]

Yea I suppose so. I would hope parents would see that as desperation though.

[Coach34]

Yea I suppose so. I would hope parents would see that as desperation though.

You have varying levels on intelligence among the recruits parents- as well as varied temper levels...all that plays a part

[msstate7]

You have varying levels on intelligence among the recruits parents- as well as varied temper levels...all that plays a part

You're right. If a coach brought a bunch of copies of message board rants to my living room, I'd feel sorry for him. I'm not everyone though.