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Blake Dean
Posted on 3/20/09 at 9:37 pm
Posted on 3/20/09 at 9:37 pm
batting .242 right now. At what point do you change some stuff around for a few games and let him sit out a little while? Or put him in the DH spot where he did better last year.
And don't give me the "it's baseball, people have slumps" cause it has been 20 games and he really hasn't been hot at all this year.
And don't give me the "it's baseball, people have slumps" cause it has been 20 games and he really hasn't been hot at all this year.
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Posted on 3/20/09 at 9:38 pm to CaptainsWafer
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Blake Dean
All-American.
Posted on 3/20/09 at 9:39 pm to CaptainsWafer
we need to put in some of these young studs..we had the #1 recruiting class for baseball, play em..
Posted on 3/20/09 at 9:39 pm to The Boat
all-american DH. Maybe he needs the switch
Posted on 3/20/09 at 9:40 pm to CaptainsWafer
i'd say start something different tomorrow 
but thats me
but thats mePosted on 3/20/09 at 9:40 pm to The Boat
I said the same thing tonight. Sit him for a game or two and let him clear his head. The replacement certainly can't swing it any worse...
Posted on 3/20/09 at 9:54 pm to CaptainsWafer
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At what point do you change some stuff around for a few games and let him sit out a little while?
I've been suggesting this recently. How long do you let someone just continue to stink? Sometimes guys "get it" when they sit out and think about it for a while (game or two). Clearly "letting him hit out of it" hasn't worked so far 1/3 of the way through the season.
I said earlier this week before the Tue/Wed games if he can't break out of his slump this week (5 games) and have a few solid games or one great game he should be benched for a little bit. He shouldn't be safe because of what he did in years not relevant to THIS year (seems a lot of people are giving him a pass because of what he did previously).
So far this week he is...
NWST: 1 for 3, 1 SO
MSU: 1 for 4
Game 1 USC: 0 for 3, 2 BB (We're down 7-3 in Top 9 with bases juiced, 2 outs...he's up and flies out to end game)
Week: 2 for 10, 1 SO, 2 BB...not good
This post was edited on 3/20/09 at 9:56 pm
Posted on 3/20/09 at 9:57 pm to thunderbird1100
this isnt a blake dean problem, this a team problem.
Posted on 3/20/09 at 10:00 pm to lsuroadie
When your big guns dont hit, then no one will follow. If Deans not hitting, the team is struggling. When Dean is hitting, the team is rolling.
Posted on 3/20/09 at 10:00 pm to lsuroadie
hitting isn't a team sport. Blake dean is up there alone. He isn't doing well. Neither are some other guys like Schimpf and Gibbs. Three guys we really expected a lot out of this year haven't come through at all
This post was edited on 3/20/09 at 10:01 pm
Posted on 3/20/09 at 10:02 pm to lsuroadie
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this isnt a blake dean problem, this a team problem.
Blake Dean is easily the BIGGEST problem because he was easily the best returning power hitter with the highest average from last year as well. He hasn't hit for power or average this year at all. He has 2 HR in 20 games with a .242 average. He hit .353 last year.
HUGE difference.
Schimpf and Gibbs also need to snap out of it (they seem to be doing better) but Dean is easily the biggest dropoff overall.
Posted on 3/20/09 at 10:05 pm to thunderbird1100
...is in a slump. sit him for a few games.
Posted on 3/20/09 at 10:12 pm to CaptainsWafer
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hitting isn't a team sport.
Hitting is VERY contagious.
Posted on 3/20/09 at 10:15 pm to LSUBASEBALL06
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Hitting is VERY contagious.
That would be a good subject for a PhD paper or something.
I think it seems to be contagious because when you face crappy pitchers everyone hits better, and when you face good pitching everyone hits worse.
Posted on 3/20/09 at 10:37 pm to CaptainsWafer
Its not just Dean. We have 3-4 underachievers not getting the job done at the plate. Another great pitching performance wasted by a starter because we can't hit and our relievers can't hold down the other team.
But remember this is more or less the same team that was floundering and mediocre before the 23 game streak last year. It could be they are closer to being the team that performed so porly during the first half of last year than the one that went wild in the second half.
Baseball is a funny game but its not so funny that you can expect to win when only two players get hits in a game.
But remember this is more or less the same team that was floundering and mediocre before the 23 game streak last year. It could be they are closer to being the team that performed so porly during the first half of last year than the one that went wild in the second half.
Baseball is a funny game but its not so funny that you can expect to win when only two players get hits in a game.
Posted on 3/20/09 at 11:53 pm to wilfont
I think it's funny how coaches protect their big name players. I have heard during this "slump" Coach talking about how certain players are struggling and what they are doing wrong, but when he talks about Dean...it's never a problem it's hes the best hitter he's seen. He sits players...but never sits Dean. Moves the whole lineup around...but Dean. I find that crazy. He needs to sit Dean.
Posted on 3/21/09 at 12:35 am to CaptainsWafer
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Blake Dean
needs Matt Clark.
Posted on 3/21/09 at 12:41 am to Elleshoe
Just flip a coin every game until Deans starts hitting well again... tails, he sits out, heads, he plays.
Posted on 3/21/09 at 12:10 pm to tigerbru17
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we need to put in some of these young studs..we had the #1 recruiting class for baseball, play em..
the players from our number one baseball recruiting class are playing right now. Gibbs is catching, Landry is in CF, Lemahieu is at SS, Ranaudo is our friday guy, Clark and Vedugo have since moved on to the pros.
Our freshman class this season was not the recruiting class that was ranked number one, and actually according to Baseball America, it wasn't even top 25.
Posted on 3/21/09 at 12:23 pm to ProjectP2294
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Our freshman class this season was not the recruiting class that was ranked number one, and actually according to Baseball America, it wasn't even top 25.
Your absolutely wrong!
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