March 20, 20196 yr 36 minutes ago, Valmy77 said: I know we are getting creamed but it is still only the third inning. I am interested to see how our "lack of hitting" does in this situation. Well so far it is looking much better. Still a ways to go but a lot of game left.
March 20, 20196 yr Not saying we win tomorrow but we will be in a much better position to win. Arkansas is burning their midweek guy so they will be in a similar position tomorrow like we are tonight. Bocchi has a better chance of giving us extended innings assuming Pierce starts him tomorrow night. Edited March 20, 20196 yr by texasstrong12
March 20, 20196 yr 3 minutes ago, Machinator said: I was told our hitting approach sucked. It does, I get told not to overreact on this board a lot, how about we not overreact to one inning. Caston put a hell of a swing on that, one of the hardest hit balls I've seen hit at the Disch 2017: .252 avg 2018: .271 avg (.260 with out Kody) 2019: .249 avg coming into tonight Edited March 20, 20196 yr by chase25
March 20, 20196 yr 1 minute ago, chase25 said: It does, I get told not to overreact on this board a lot, how about we not overreact to one inning. Caston put a hell of a swing on that, one of the hardest hit balls I've seen hit at the Disch 2017: .252 avg 2018: .271 avg (.260 with out Kody) 2019: .249 avg coming into tonight Hitting approach is fine except for Zubia, who's not pulling his weight and chasing absolute garbage in his ABs. We're just not a very talented hitting ballclub. Duke is seeing ghosts as well, that needs to stop. Edited March 20, 20196 yr by Machinator
March 20, 20196 yr well this team has shown a propensity to not give up. another 4 run inning next inning would make this interesting assuming we can hold. that Ford check swing is pretty bad. guy is ge, ting hit.the last thing you want to do is check swing
March 20, 20196 yr 5 minutes ago, chase25 said: It does, I get told not to overreact on this board a lot, how about we not overreact to one inning. Caston put a hell of a swing on that, one of the hardest hit balls I've seen hit at the Disch 2017: .252 avg 2018: .271 avg (.260 with out Kody) 2019: .249 avg coming into tonight Everyone knows we aren't that great of a hitting team after losing Hamilton and Petrinsky. It's the chicken little bullshit of "we we will be lucky to finish top 3 in conference" after we just beat the Big 12 favorites two days ago. Maybe you end up being right but jesus at least wait until we start stacking losses to Big 12 teams. Edited March 20, 20196 yr by texasstrong12
March 20, 20196 yr 11-4 Arkansas M5 after Peter catches the runner from first stealing. Edited March 20, 20196 yr by Machinator
March 20, 20196 yr Alright! We got a shutout inning! Let's get a few more back and make the pigs sweat a bit.
March 20, 20196 yr 1 minute ago, Machinator said: Hitting approach is fine except for Zubia, who's not pulling his weight and chasing absolute garbage in his ABs. We're just not a very talented hitting ballclub. Duke is seeing ghosts as well, that needs to stop. Agree to disagree, this team goes into long stretches where they get lulled into looking for walks, and you can tell with the amount of hitters count pitches we take. Baseball giveth and it taketh but I'd much rather see our guys go up hacking like Arkansas in hitters counts as opposed to our approach which is to take take take.
March 20, 20196 yr Just now, Machinator said: 11-4 Arkansas M5 after McCann catches the runner from first stealing. Peter did that. McCann is out of the game.
March 20, 20196 yr Just now, Valmy77 said: Peter did that. McCann is out of the game. My bad. Bouncing between basketball and baseball.
March 20, 20196 yr 4 minutes ago, chase25 said: It does, I get told not to overreact on this board a lot, how about we not overreact to one inning. Caston put a hell of a swing on that, one of the hardest hit balls I've seen hit at the Disch 2017: .252 avg 2018: .271 avg (.260 with out Kody) 2019: .249 avg coming into tonight So what? Batting average tells you very little.
March 20, 20196 yr Maybe I am just hit by PTSD of some of Augie's later teams but I think hitting .250 as a team is alright, especially considering our schedule so far.
March 20, 20196 yr Not saying we win tomorrow but we will be in a much better position to win. Arkansas is burning their midweek guy so they will be in a similar position tomorrow like we are tonight. Bocchi has a better chance of giving us extended innings assuming Pierce starts him tomorrow night. Pigs are playing the worst team in the SEC west this weekend so they have a little more flexibility in their rotation for this series
March 20, 20196 yr Just now, zlavydra said: So what? Batting average tells you very little. I know, just a quick summary to avoid writing a novel about something with very little relevance to the game thread.
March 20, 20196 yr 5 minutes ago, chase25 said: Agree to disagree, this team goes into long stretches where they get lulled into looking for walks, and you can tell with the amount of hitters count pitches we take. Baseball giveth and it taketh but I'd much rather see our guys go up hacking like Arkansas in hitters counts as opposed to our approach which is to take take take. That is actually an improvement. For a couple of the last Augie years, we couldn't even get a walk. We'd have 3-4 pitch Ks with maybe 1 strike actually thrown.
March 20, 20196 yr At least it looks like Caston may be getting his feet under him and gaining confidence because he will definitely be needed the rest of the season.
March 20, 20196 yr Just now, TwiceHorn said: That is actually an improvement. For a couple of the last Augie years, we couldn't even get a walk. We'd have 3-4 pitch Ks with maybe 1 strike actually thrown. Which is why at no point in my post did I say go up there hacking at everything.
March 20, 20196 yr 24 minutes ago, LTtxfan said: Will Catalon even see the field for Arky baseball? He isn’t playing baseball at Arkansas. Never was. DVH never even met with him.
March 20, 20196 yr Just now, chase25 said: Which is why at no point in my post did I say go up there hacking at everything. I think Pierce has improved existing/Augie-recruited talent at the plate and after we get a few more classes "through," our hitting may be substantially decent.
March 20, 20196 yr 1 minute ago, TwiceHorn said: I think Pierce has improved existing/Augie-recruited talent at the plate and after we get a few more classes "through," our hitting may be substantially decent. Hopefully, everybody agrees that the team was left pretty thin when Augie left.
March 20, 20196 yr 2 minutes ago, TwiceHorn said: I think Pierce has improved existing/Augie-recruited talent at the plate and after we get a few more classes "through," our hitting may be substantially decent. Tough to reach many conclusions on hitting this year. We lost 2 of our best hitters to injury in Hamilton and Petrinsky. This team was already short on talent/depth so they couldn't take injury hits like that. The good news is it should help next year with Petrinsky returning and all these FR getting experience.
March 20, 20196 yr 12 minutes ago, Valmy77 said: Alright! We got a shutout inning! Let's get a few more back and make the pigs sweat squeal a little.
March 20, 20196 yr I think Pierce has improved existing/Augie-recruited talent at the plate and after we get a few more classes "through," our hitting may be substantially decent. I’m not sure whether substantially decent is a complement or not
March 20, 20196 yr 6 minutes ago, chase25 said: Hopefully, everybody agrees that the team was left pretty thin when Augie left. Well, it's still pretty thin. We really need to add several more pounds, if you know what I mean.
March 20, 20196 yr 1 minute ago, Cairn Horn88 said: Well, it's still pretty thin. We really need to add several more pounds, if you know what I mean. We should’ve got the live chicken?
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