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Why didn't PM walk Mangum?

Posted on 5/23/19 at 8:08 am
Posted by GumboPot
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Posted on 5/23/19 at 8:08 am
At the time it seemed like the right thing to do. Load the bases with 2 outs and get past MSU's most clutch hitter.

I'm not a baseball expert by any means but I believe walking Mangum would have resulted in a better outcome for the Tigers.
Posted by Topwater Trout
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Posted on 5/23/19 at 8:10 am to
you don't put the winning run on 2nd
Posted by geauxtigers33
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Posted on 5/23/19 at 8:10 am to
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This post was edited on 5/23/19 at 8:12 am
Posted by ElOsoBlanco7
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Member since Feb 2019
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Posted on 5/23/19 at 8:10 am to
quote:

Load the bases with 2 outs and get past MSU's most clutch hitter.


It would have put the winning run at 2nd.

I think you can go either way in this situation, but I think that was his main motivation for not doing it.
Posted by Choupique19
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Member since Sep 2005
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Posted on 5/23/19 at 8:13 am to
I think the announcers pointed out that every single time this season that Mangum had been intentionally walked, the batter behind him got a hit. It happened in the 2nd or 3rd inning as well. Now we did walk him in extra innings and actually recorded the first out of the season against Miss State after intentionally walking Mangum.

But it was a coin flip on whether to walk him or not. Not a set in stone deal.
Posted by Penrod
Member since Jan 2011
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Posted on 5/23/19 at 8:15 am to
quote:

you don't put the winning run on 2nd

This! Plus he probably thought he could induce him to hit a grounder?
Posted by randomdude929
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Posted on 5/23/19 at 10:15 am to
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This post was edited on 5/23/19 at 10:18 am
Posted by AlwysATgr
Member since Apr 2008
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Posted on 5/23/19 at 10:21 am to
What inning are we talkin' here?

If we walked Mangum in the 16th, it would have put the winning runner in scoring position.

Posted by EXPLAYER
Member since Jul 2017
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Posted on 5/23/19 at 11:01 am to
Why Broussard should of made the play. Ball game we win!
Posted by tiger25
Alabama
Member since Nov 2009
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Posted on 5/23/19 at 11:04 am to
quote:

you don't put the winning run on 2nd


Its 16 innings in I would rather roll the dice against their 2 hole hitter who had not been able to lay off the breaking ball all night then to pitch to magnum. Just my opinion.
Posted by barry
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Member since Aug 2006
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Posted on 5/23/19 at 11:34 am to
It's all about weather you are going for win or not to lose

You pitch to Mangum and you are more likely to give up 1 run but not 2 than if you load them up. You load them up then you are likely giving up 0 runs or 2, so your average runs given up is probably higher, but the chance of you giving up exactly 0 runs is also higher.

Also as the home team you much rather come back from a 1 run deficit than a 2 run deficit in one inning. That goes without out saying but its more than twice as hard to score 2 runs instead of 1 in an inning.

eta: also if we win the game we are hosting a regional, it's a must win game so you do whatever you need to do to extend the game and win, not "roll the dice"

This post was edited on 5/23/19 at 11:36 am
Posted by gxtigs1
Member since Jan 2008
672 posts
Posted on 5/23/19 at 11:40 am to
Exactly, you have one on 3rd already so loading up bases would not change anything cause a single gets the runner in anyway. Very puzzling
Posted by LSU316
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Posted on 5/23/19 at 11:40 am to
quote:

you don't put the winning run on 2nd


This....and I agreed with it 100% of the time before last night....last night may have took it down to 99.99% because that 2 hole guy had gotten owned by Hilliard in his previous AB.....I may have taken a shot at him right there.....honestly neither decision would have been incredibly wrong in my opinion.
Posted by tiger25
Alabama
Member since Nov 2009
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Posted on 5/23/19 at 11:42 am to
quote:

This....and I agreed with it 100% of the time before last night....last night may have took it down to 99.99% because that 2 hole guy had gotten owned by Hilliard in his previous AB.....I may have taken a shot at him right there.....honestly neither decision would have been incredibly wrong in my opinion.


He had gotten owned since Beck came in the game.
Posted by OvertheDwayneBowe
Member since Sep 2016
2885 posts
Posted on 5/23/19 at 11:43 am to
A better outcome than a grounder right to an infielder?
Posted by chewstick
Member since Oct 2009
1414 posts
Posted on 5/23/19 at 11:44 am to
They tied the game on Mangum’s ab. The winning run was the next inning. Had they of walked Mangum then the winning run is in scoring position. He hit a weak ground ball, and we misplayed it. Oh well.
Posted by Scoob
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Member since Jun 2009
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Posted on 5/23/19 at 12:41 pm to
Either way was acceptable, baseball is a percentages and probability game.

Strict percentages, you don't put the winning run on 2nd when you're up one.

But yeah, you have to take players into account too; lots of people agree that you don't pitch to a team's far-and-away best batter up one with 2 outs and and open base, either.

I think it's a valid complaint, personally. You need to take a few chances and break the patterns.
Posted by The Ostrich
Member since May 2009
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Posted on 5/23/19 at 1:50 pm to
quote:

Exactly, you have one on 3rd already so loading up bases would not change anything cause a single gets the runner in anyway. Very puzzling

The tying run yes but as multiple people have already stated it would have moved the winning run the 2nd and a single now wins it.
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