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How does Lange compare to Big Ben?
Posted on 6/5/15 at 11:47 am
Posted on 6/5/15 at 11:47 am
For the old timers, how does Lange compare to Big Ben when he was a freshman? Not a regular season comparison but more on the SEC tourny and regional.
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Posted on 6/5/15 at 11:55 am to SouthernInsanity
Old timers? People in their 30's?
Posted on 6/5/15 at 11:57 am to SouthernInsanity
He's quite a bit less rapey and they play different sports, but other than that, they both have a strong arm so I can see where you would draw the comparison.
Posted on 6/5/15 at 12:08 pm to SouthernInsanity
Ben played on the basketball team as a freshman, so he didn't join the baseball team until the season was under way. Lange is much more polished than Ben was, but Ben threw harder. Very hard to compare because the game has changed so much. SEC baseball is light years ahead of where it was back in the 80's.
Ben could just overpower hitters, but also had a nasty curve ball. I wasn't sure that we would see a better freshman pitcher than Nola, but we already have one. Doesn't mean that he will be better than Nola was as a soph/junior, but he's had a tremendous year.
Ben could just overpower hitters, but also had a nasty curve ball. I wasn't sure that we would see a better freshman pitcher than Nola, but we already have one. Doesn't mean that he will be better than Nola was as a soph/junior, but he's had a tremendous year.
Posted on 6/5/15 at 12:17 pm to jose canseco
We're old Jose. We're old....
Posted on 6/5/15 at 12:24 pm to SouthernInsanity
Lange's legacy in the playoffs obviously has yet to be written. McDonald was great in the regular season, but didn't share as much success in the postseason. We'll see about Lange soon enough....
Posted on 6/5/15 at 12:35 pm to Filmat11
Freshman Nola isn't on the same planet as Freshman Lange. That being said, let's see where the next two years take Lange.
Lange overpowers hitters, and also has a nasty curve. Also, his playoff legacy has gotten off to a damn good start.
Lange overpowers hitters, and also has a nasty curve. Also, his playoff legacy has gotten off to a damn good start.
This post was edited on 6/5/15 at 12:38 pm
Posted on 6/5/15 at 12:37 pm to SouthernInsanity
Big Ben is a QB for the steelers, so not much in common.
Posted on 6/5/15 at 12:41 pm to SouthernInsanity
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For the old timers, how does Lange compare to Big Ben when he was a freshman? Not a regular season comparison but more on the SEC tourny and regional.
The 80s were a different for pitchers. McDonald threw 200+ pitches in high school games and then pitched more the next day. In college it wasn't that much different... He would start one day and relieve the next but that wasn't until his sophomore season. As a freshman he only pitched 37 innings. But Ben seems to have had more control. He only walked 31 in his first 156 innings (1st 2 seasons)
The game has changed so much -- McDonald was player of the year in 89 with a 3.49 ERA.
Also, like said before, Ben didn't do full time baseball. In high school he played 3 sports and played 2 years on a basketball scholarship at LSU.
This post was edited on 6/5/15 at 12:48 pm
Posted on 6/5/15 at 12:44 pm to SouthernInsanity
Better slider as a freshman. Not as much control as Ben had. Skip used to say Ben threw to many strikes. I think Lange is more accomplished and more mature at this stage. I hope he gets off to a good start in his outing because he's been tough to handle in the mid to late innings.
Posted on 6/5/15 at 1:28 pm to SouthernInsanity
Ben threw 98..
Compare Lange with Nola.
Compare Lange with Nola.
Posted on 6/5/15 at 2:09 pm to SouthernInsanity
I remember in the CWS as a freshman, he came in to pitch in the 9th or 10th after LSU came up with 3 runs on the top of the inning against Stanford. The bases got loaded...seems to me he walked a batter or two but I could be wrong about that...but then he gave up a bases loaded walkoff homer to a pretty good hitter that eventually played in the majors for a few years. The guy was a left handed hitter and the homer was to left field.
Posted on 6/5/15 at 2:20 pm to SouthernInsanity
Ben could hit 100+ mph in college!
Posted on 6/5/15 at 3:35 pm to SouthernInsanity
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Big Ben
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old timers
Posted on 6/5/15 at 3:40 pm to jose canseco
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Old timers? People in their 30's?
would need to be in your late 40s to really remember how good he was as a freshman. Unless you really claim to remember him as a 10 year old.
This post was edited on 6/5/15 at 3:40 pm
Posted on 6/5/15 at 4:22 pm to lsutigermall
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Ben could hit 100+ mph in college
really.
it's funny how the current definition of smokin' it is anybody throwing at 94 or higher. maybe the radar guns are "different" these days.
there are pitchers that have achieved 100mph. josh beckett is the only one I witnessed being consistent with that velocity.
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