Everything posted by Hondo
- Florida @ Texas Series Thread
- Florida @ Texas Series Thread
- Florida @ Texas Series Thread
- Florida @ Texas Series Thread
- Florida @ Texas Series Thread
- Florida @ Texas Series Thread
- Florida @ Texas Series Thread
- Florida @ Texas Series Thread
- Florida @ Texas Series Thread
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Texas Softball 2025 - Second to no one.
What happened to our softball team? Were they over-performing expectations throughout the season and are now reverting to the EV, or is something wrong/has something changed that's causing us to wet the bed?
- Lamar @ Texas - 6:30 pm on SECN+
- Texas @ Arkansas Series Thread
- Texas @ Arkansas Series Thread
- Texas @ Arkansas Series Thread
- Texas @ Arkansas Series Thread
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Texas @ Arkansas Series Thread
Game 1 Highlights - Every hard hit ball on the Arky side except one was something other than a fastball. Game 2 Highlights - They hit Harrison's flat/no movement FB hard and also a few breaking pitches hard. Game 3 (so far) - All 3 times, they hammered a breaking ball. I wonder what they're doing differently that's keeping them from being out in front and swinging/missing like we are.
- Texas @ Arkansas Series Thread
- Texas @ Arkansas Series Thread
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Texas @ Arkansas Series Thread
Yeah, yeah. I'm adding a little relational/causal layer to the term "mutually exclusive." Poor performance and poor umpiring can certainly both happen; I'm suggesting that high-performers generally isolate them when assigning responsibility for an outcome. I haven't seen any of Schloss's postgame comments. What did he say?
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Texas @ Arkansas Series Thread
Fuck off. Don't like my opinion/POV? Scroll past it or provide your own. You don't know me, who I am, or what I've done/not done. Internet cred is pointless anyway. I'm just talking baseball and I don't tend to debate topics or give strong opinions on things of which I don't have an understanding/experience. There are many places you won't find me expressing any opinion at all. Don't project your know-it-all/smug/douchebag attitude on me. Strawman, but flail away at it if you want. It IS a large part of the problem and it's a recurring one - so yeah, it gets repeated. I'm also very positive (in equal measure) when they're disciplined at the plate and raking. Yep, I'm posting on the internet. I travel quite a bit and enjoy following the team and chatting about baseball while I'm at it. Unless I'm mistaken, that's what this board is designed for, no?
- Texas @ Arkansas Series Thread
- Texas @ Arkansas Series Thread
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Texas @ Arkansas Series Thread
Ah, the ol' "you seem..." Let me give it a shot. You seem...like a person who's likely average/mediocre in every way because you spend more time/effort focusing on and blaming external factors vs. making sure everything within your control is 100% wired tight. If you execute perfectly and get screwed that's one thing, but... It's a terrible look to bitch about an umpire or a bad call when the pitcher hangs pitches up/middle for the other team to crush. It's a terrible look to bitch about an umpire or a bad call when you run up the HBP and walk numbers. It's a terrible look to bitch about an umpire or a bad call when the pitcher is consistently throwing off-speed to the outer half of the plate and hitters are consistently swinging out of their shoes trying to pull it. It's a terrible look to bitch about an umpire or a bad call when the team forgets how many outs there are and runs into a double play.
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Texas @ Arkansas Series Thread
This is LSU-level "whine about the refs/umpires" nonsense. They didn't get their asses kicked in either game because of the home plate umpire. Arky showed up two days in a row with the intent to kick the shit out of us. We responded by failing to execute the basics, instead hanging meat from the mound and trying to win one solo HR at a time at the plate. That's all there is to it. And it'll happen again today if they have poor plate discipline and refuse to hit to all fields if/when the pitcher won't give them the pitch they want.
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Texas @ Arkansas Series Thread
No disagreement there. However, the solution (look to hit the ball up the middle or opposite field) also addresses everything but the FB up in the zone. When you're committed to going oppo, you see the ball longer because you let it travel (more time to lay off), your hips stay closed longer which extends your ability to cover the outer half (especially low/away), etc. There's really only one swing-and-miss pitch and that's a heater in or up/in. In contrast, when you're playing hero ball and trying to pull everything, everything BUT the FB can be a swing-and-miss pitch (you're out in front), your hips open early, you can't barrel up the outer half, and you're just early in general (which means you have to decide sooner...less time to see it). When I was a kid, I remember my dad wouldn't wrap up BP until I hit 50 straight balls to the right side of 2B. If I was in a slump, he'd up it. It absolutely works.