February 21, 20214 yr All of these home plate umps need to widen their zones by about an inch all the way around tomorrow. I realize practice has been tough for the past week and this is the first game of the season, but the zones have looked really tight across all three games. And all these walks really drag the games out.
February 21, 20214 yr 16 hours ago, Blackcat00 said: 1st game of the season. Nothing to freak out about. This should be the theme for Texas men’s athletics.
February 21, 20214 yr Lack of practice was evident yesterday. Edited February 21, 20214 yr by Big Frog II
February 21, 20214 yr 21 hours ago, texashorn13 said: Zubia’s skills at 1B are somewhere between clown show and train wreck. He makes even the routine outs at first look tough. Brutal Disagree, he does a serviceable job filling in on a roster with 0 1Bs. I’m not going to get on him for missing a tough pick that bounces 2 feet in front of him. Faltine with some terrible throws that should’ve been routine.
February 21, 20214 yr 1 hour ago, UnhappilyMarried said: Disagree, he does a serviceable job filling in on a roster with 0 1Bs. I’m not going to get on him for missing a tough pick that bounces 2 feet in front of him. Faltine with some terrible throws that should’ve been routine. We haven’t had 1Bs on the roster for 3 yrs now. Are we not allowed to recruit or accept transfers at that position?
February 21, 20214 yr 8 minutes ago, Balcones said: We haven’t had 1Bs on the roster for 3 yrs now. Are we not allowed to recruit or accept transfers at that position? More reason not to blame Zubia for less-than-exceptional fielding.
February 21, 20214 yr 1 hour ago, UnhappilyMarried said: More reason not to blame Zubia for less-than-exceptional fielding. Meh, the expectation at this level is for first basemen to have the ability to pick the ball. He showed he can do it last year. We’re not asking him to replicate Ji-Man Choi doing the splits, we just want him to pick a short hop. That’s not exceptional play.
February 21, 20214 yr Miss St loaded with 1 out in bot 9 down 3-2 to TCU. 4-6-3 DP, drive home safely. Edited February 21, 20214 yr by shadow_operative2.0
February 21, 20214 yr Timing looking similar to yesterday. Just stupid to have 3 nine inning games where the last is finished at 12:45am, like last night.
February 21, 20214 yr 1 hour ago, DoneWithit said: Meh, the expectation at this level is for first basemen to have the ability to pick the ball. He showed he can do it last year. We’re not asking him to replicate Ji-Man Choi doing the splits, we just want him to pick a short hop. That’s not exceptional play. What about expectations for the fucking shortstop? There's a reason he got the error.
February 21, 20214 yr 8 minutes ago, TrashMaster G said: What about expectations for the fucking shortstop? There's a reason he got the error. Well no shit. They got what they wanted with the lefty hitter rolling over on an outside pitch thus creating a two hopper to the short stop. It usually is routine play but in this instance the ball took a bigger bounce due to the turf, catching Faltine off guard and rushing the throw because of the speed the hitter had. He should have been more alert on the situation. I’m not excusing what Faltine did because it was rightly his error. But to say we can’t expect Zubia to pick a short hop because somehow that is considered exceptional is wrong imo. Are we going to start saying “well Zubia isn’t a true first basemen so we can’t expect him to execute a simple pick”? I don’t think we should think like that. They both should have made the play, no excuses for either player.
February 21, 20214 yr 4 hours ago, UnhappilyMarried said: Disagree, he does a serviceable job filling in on a roster with 0 1Bs. I’m not going to get on him for missing a tough pick that bounces 2 feet in front of him. Faltine with some terrible throws that should’ve been routine. 3 hours ago, UnhappilyMarried said: More reason not to blame Zubia for less-than-exceptional fielding. Zubia was an All State 3B in high school. Pierce seems to value offense over defense, jmo. Meaning there may be someone on the roster (Petrinsky, Geib) who may be slightly better defensively, but Pierce values Zubia's power. I know Zubia has worked very hard on the transition to 1B, lost weight, and am sure he works with Tulo to improve. Team effort, infielders need to make good throws, 1B needs to cover for them. When Kacy was in a hitting slump, Augie left him in the lineup "because he makes the team better." tl;dr: Let's give Zubia a coupla' more games before we erect the cross to crucify him. 🙂 Edited February 21, 20214 yr by torre
February 21, 20214 yr 2 hours ago, Don Johnson said: Timing looking similar to yesterday. Just stupid to have 3 nine inning games where the last is finished at 12:45am, like last night. Our game, TCU, against Ole Miss lasted nearly 4 hours. For a 9 inning game, that was unbelievably long.
February 21, 20214 yr Just now, Big Frog II said: Our game, TCU, against Ole Miss lasted nearly 4 hours. For a 9 inning game, that was unbelievably long. True but for this tournament to be on schedule each game can’t last more than 3 hours. That’s impossible.
February 21, 20214 yr 4 hours ago, Balcones said: We haven’t had 1Bs on the roster for 3 yrs now. Are we not allowed to recruit or accept transfers at that position? Zubia has been fine defensively at first. You should be more pissed at his approach at the plate
February 21, 20214 yr 22 minutes ago, Big Frog II said: Our game, TCU, against Ole Miss lasted nearly 4 hours. For a 9 inning game, that was unbelievably long. 21 minutes ago, shadow_operative2.0 said: Tech/Arky was 4:18. 21 minutes ago, Don Johnson said: True but for this tournament to be on schedule each game can’t last more than 3 hours. That’s impossible. I love Longhorn baseball, but 4 hours is an ass whip. Damn, baseball needs a clock badly to keep this game from going to way of the doo doo bird. (Unpopular opinion thread is that way, but still.)
February 22, 20214 yr This Ole Miss guy has Hulk Hogan's theme as his walk up song. Hulk slammed Andre like 15 years before he was born. Even Hollywood Hogan would have been before his time.
February 22, 20214 yr Tech down 5-3 with 2 outs in the top of the 9th but has runners on 1st and 2nd. Ole Miss goes to the bullpen.
February 22, 20214 yr RBI single and another fucking pitching change. This is how you get 4 hour games. Plus a shitload of walks. 5-4 Ole Miss, runners on 1st and 2nd.
February 22, 20214 yr 3 hours ago, DoneWithit said: Well no shit. They got what they wanted with the lefty hitter rolling over on an outside pitch thus creating a two hopper to the short stop. It usually is routine play but in this instance the ball took a bigger bounce due to the turf, catching Faltine off guard and rushing the throw because of the speed the hitter had. He should have been more alert on the situation. I’m not excusing what Faltine did because it was rightly his error. But to say we can’t expect Zubia to pick a short hop because somehow that is considered exceptional is wrong imo. Are we going to start saying “well Zubia isn’t a true first basemen so we can’t expect him to execute a simple pick”? I don’t think we should think like that. They both should have made the play, no excuses for either player. I'm saying don't act like Zubia never makes those picks. He does. With Faltine yesterday he had to do it two or three times. That's unacceptable and the blame goes to Faltine. If Faltine takes a full stride on his throw, instead of panicking, we aren't having this conversation.
February 22, 20214 yr Let's do this boys... I'm ready and willing. Ya'll better win. Screw arky. #HailState - Go Bulldogs
February 22, 20214 yr Murrell flied out to deep right to end it. Ole Miss wins 5-4.Screw that... School. #HailState - Go Bulldogs
February 22, 20214 yr Screw that... School. #HailState - Go Bulldogs And to anyone who keeps calling them by THAT name. If you don't know the racist history it... #HailState - Go Bulldogs
February 22, 20214 yr 32 minutes ago, Horny Bull said: Game didn’t end until 7:00. Countdown on Flo is for 8:00. Not that I trust this shitty broadcast.
February 22, 20214 yr 22 minutes ago, TrashMaster G said: I'm saying don't act like Zubia never makes those picks. He does. With Faltine yesterday he had to do it two or three times. That's unacceptable and the blame goes to Faltine. If Faltine takes a full stride on his throw, instead of panicking, we aren't having this conversation. I clearly stated Zubia showed he can do it because of what he showed last year. Therefore we should all expect him to make the play, not role out excuses when he doesn’t. When Faltine makes an error, our reactions are that he’s better than that because we’ve seen it. The same should go for Zubia.
February 22, 20214 yr 18 minutes ago, Don Johnson said: Game didn’t end until 7:00. Countdown on Flo is for 8:00. Not that I trust this shitty broadcast. And of course they were wrong.
February 22, 20214 yr Just now, Blackcat00 said: Are 20 strike outs in 10 innings good? Ask us again in June.
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