2023 College Baseball Showdown Weekend Thread

[ClubWhatever 12120]

36 minutes ago, Cousin Strawberry said:

I dont expect this team to get to Omaha

That’s unacceptable here.  Every year the expectation should be to make it.   It’s baseball so of course you won’t make it every year.   But it pisses me off that apparently Pierce thinks showing up with a roster that’s green and jaggy is ok in any year.  

[Valmy77 13225]

53 minutes ago, TwiceHorn said:

That and we ass-blasted everyone the first 11 games last year and 2 and q'ed in Omaha.

Year before, we got ass-blasted in the opening tournament and for a while thereafter and finished third in the nation, losing squeakers to the national champion.

We'll see.

Yeah. It is about how you are playing in June, not February.

[WBT 20561]

Solo HR by the pig catcher and it's 4-4 after 2 with both starting pitchers out.  I'm feeling a little better about holding them to 3 last night 

[torre 1285]

1 hour ago, zlavydra said:

I was..um..surprised to see Sam Walbridge out there with the game on the line. I really don't know what to think so far. 

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The optimist in me (and twilight zone thinking) wonders if Pierce prioritized experience for the staff vs the win.   If solely going for the win,  seems he likely would have left Shaw in longer and sent Stuart out for the 9th vs Walbridge with very limited appearances.

As TwiceHorn mentions above,  this tournament  is not concrete to the end result.

[Had Enough 2078]

Yeah. It is about how you are playing in June, not February.

Yep. And if one wanted to argue for arguments sake, two 1 run games and battling back were the ideal results.

Now, they can say to themselves, we can hang but have to cut down on mistakes and play consistent baseball.

[Fletch 5800]

5 hours ago, B00M said:

What’s the record for most consecutive at bats ending with Ks to start a season?

I’m not sure but I bet Michael McCann holds that record 

[WBT 20561]

10-4 Frogs in the 6th

[TCU Alum 56]

14-5 Frogs in the 8th

[Fletch 5800]

3 hours ago, ClubWhatever said:

That’s unacceptable here.  Every year the expectation should be to make it.   It’s baseball so of course you won’t make it every year.   But it pisses me off that apparently Pierce thinks showing up with a roster that’s green and jaggy is ok in any year.  

I agree, but this is kind of what Pierce does. Plays a tough OOC, puts the young dudes in pressure situations to see who's got it, then has a set lineup with pitching roles established come conference play. I'd love to go back to the 02-'11 days where we come out of the gate beating the shit out of everyone but I can't complain with the results he's given us. We just happen to have a lot of new faces. Kash transferring kinda fucked us over. We could use his bat. Fucking cocksucker 

[Cairn Horn88 8260]

TCU 18-6 over piggie

[Hookem2147 21195]

Not sure which direction Vandy will go on the mound today but they got plenty of options. Could go RHP Patrick Reily or LHP Devin Futrell (another tough lefty with sorta a funky delivery but nasty stuff)

[Horny Bull 2759]

 

[Hookem2147 21195]

O’Hara might be the best defensive player on the roster. If he can hit even a little bit, he will be damn good.

[shadow_operative2.0 15950]

The bar is low. 

[Horn80 6114]

Good grief.  Radio broadcast of these games has many long pauses from announcers that I think my internet connection dropped.  Need a win today!

[Fletch 5800]

4 minutes ago, Hookem2147 said:

O’Hara might be the best defensive player on the roster. If he can hit even a little bit, he will be damn good.

Yeah if he can go ahead and beat out Daly putting him back at 2nd where he belongs that’d be nice. And I assume O’Dowd at 3rd would’ve made those plays Flores didn’t Friday night 

[WBT 20561]

Huh, Daly to the bench Game 3

[Hookem2147 21195]

I’m gonna assume Vandy is throwing a lefty with all the righties we have in the lineup 

[zlavydra 2119]

Reminder to cancel your Flo subscription. 

[Fletch 5800]

22 minutes ago, WBT said:

Huh, Daly to the bench Game 3

Think Pierce is just giving the young dudes a shot in the infield. Cool with me. Daly isn’t exactly our standard at short 

[zlavydra 2119]

Announcers need English lessons. So far I've heard "sit on your laurels" and "at the same token."

[WBT 20561]

All new infield, same throwing errors.

Or not, replay shows Constantine got his foot down in time.

 

[Horny Bull 2759]

Review spares Carlson an error.

[WBT 20561]

3 up 3 down for Sthele

[Horny Bull 2759]

1-2-3 inning for Sthele.

[Valmy77 13225]

Both O'Dowd and Daly sitting on the bench...interesting.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[WBT 20561]

Vandy emptying the dugout between innings to play duck duck goose in shallow left is weird

[Bevo&Pevo 5121]

Alright guys, you throw the ball, ya' hit the ball, and you catch the ball.  

Let's play ball!

[zlavydra 2119]

Kennedy just ripped the cover off that ball.

[Fletch 5800]

4 minutes ago, WBT said:

Vandy emptying the dugout between innings to play duck duck goose in shallow left is weird

I mean, they call themselves “the Vandy Boys”. What do you expect?

[Bevo&Pevo 5121]

at least it wasn't a dp.

[WBT 20561]

High throw keeps us out of the dp

[Horny Bull 2759]

0-0 after 1.

[Fletch 5800]

Guillemette has made solid contact all weekend. So that’s nice 

[WBT 20561]

E4 on little Duplantier

[Horny Bull 2759]

Infield defense leaving quite a bit to be desired.

[Fletch 5800]

1 minute ago, WBT said:

E4 on little Duplantier

That was fucking awful 

[Bevo&Pevo 5121]

Just now, Horny Bull said:

Infield defense leaving quite a bit to be desired.

Add that to the list of things to work on.

[Fletch 5800]

That was a gift

[zlavydra 2119]

Steele might want to think about holding the runner 

[WBT 20561]

HBP sets up the dp to get out of it.  If we can turn it.

[Hookem2147 21195]

I’ve seen dinosaurs move faster than Sthele to the plate 

[WBT 20561]

1 minute ago, WBT said:

HBP sets up the dp to get out of it.  If we can turn it.

And there it was and there it was

[Horny Bull 2759]

1-0 Vandy

[Bevo&Pevo 5121]

well, that wasn't good.

[Fletch 5800]

Ok yeah Duplantier needs to be pulled. Now. Good fucking god

[zlavydra 2119]

It's a long season.

We're a young team.

It will get better.

Keep repeating.. 

 

[TwiceHorn 31439]

11 minutes ago, Fletch said:

Guillemette has made solid contact all weekend. So that’s nice 

Were you guys in the know skeptical of his offense?  Or was it his defense?

[TxTower 650]

O’Hara might be the best defensive player on the roster. If he can hit even a little bit, he will be damn good.

Hmmm

[WBT 20561]

Grand slam.  Can't give a good team 6 outs in an inning?

Edited February 19, 2023 by WBT