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Those bitching about swinging for the fences
Posted on 6/16/13 at 11:02 pm
Posted on 6/16/13 at 11:02 pm
Every time we loose a close game people bring up the same shite.
1. We need to stop swinging for the fences
2. We need to work the count
I seriously don't think any of our hitters are swinging for the fences.
There's times to work the count and times to swing away.
Working the count also depends on the hitter at the plate at the time.
So please stop .
1. We need to stop swinging for the fences
2. We need to work the count
I seriously don't think any of our hitters are swinging for the fences.
There's times to work the count and times to swing away.
Working the count also depends on the hitter at the plate at the time.
So please stop .
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Posted on 6/16/13 at 11:03 pm to upgrade
THE BALLPARK WAS TOO BIG I MADDDD
Posted on 6/16/13 at 11:03 pm to upgrade
Quit swinging at the high fastball. I don't know if they were swinging for the fence or not, but they damn sure did pop up a lot.
Posted on 6/16/13 at 11:04 pm to upgrade
Swinging for the fences didnt lose the game. In actuality swinging for the fence was the only way LSU scored. Fielding the ball and throwing it to first base lost the game.
Posted on 6/16/13 at 11:04 pm to upgrade
Many LSU fans refuse to accept small ball is here ... just like Mainieri. Work the count, draw more walks, steal bases, and yes, bunt.
Posted on 6/16/13 at 11:05 pm to upgrade
Bunting prevents players from swinging for the fences.
Posted on 6/16/13 at 11:06 pm to thelsutigers
line drives and ground balls will get you a lot farther than pop ups... put the pressure on the defense to make plays... just look at why UCLA scored runs, they put the ball on the ground and we screwed up
Posted on 6/16/13 at 11:07 pm to upgrade
quote:
There's times to work the count
This didn't happen often during the first 8 innings.
Posted on 6/16/13 at 11:08 pm to upgrade
quote:
Every time we loose a close game people bring up the same shite.
1. We need to stop swinging for the fences
2. We need to work the count
I seriously don't think any of our hitters are swinging for the fences.
There's times to work the count and times to swing away.
Working the count also depends on the hitter at the plate at the time.
So please stop .
It's more of the approach at the plate. LSU did the same thing in Hoover. It's difficult to play a different style of ball than the one that has won you most of your games. I don't know if Ibarra could get a better swing at the ball than he did his first 2 at bats.
You lost, now you have to adjust.
Posted on 6/16/13 at 11:09 pm to JustSmokin
If "small ball" is where college baseball is moving, they'll start to lose the fans that they've gained the over the last few years IMO
Posted on 6/16/13 at 11:11 pm to Ironhead985
I agree....we don't mix up the bunt and swing away very well ....game has changed and we have not :...jus my thoughts ...
Posted on 6/16/13 at 11:12 pm to lsufan251875
Our approach was never adjusted. They fed us the high fastball, and they beat our asses with it.
We never made the adjustment to our approach that would force them to pitch the ball in the strike zone. Never.
That's a failure to make a coaching adjustment on the part of our team's approach at the plate. One that has nothing to do with swinging away versus small ball.
We never made the adjustment to our approach that would force them to pitch the ball in the strike zone. Never.
That's a failure to make a coaching adjustment on the part of our team's approach at the plate. One that has nothing to do with swinging away versus small ball.
Posted on 6/16/13 at 11:12 pm to lsufan251875
I really don't think Ibarra should do any different.
I don't think he was trying to hit home runs, the balls just came off the bat like that,
He put good swings on the balls.
shite happens.
I don't think he was trying to hit home runs, the balls just came off the bat like that,
He put good swings on the balls.
shite happens.
Posted on 6/16/13 at 11:15 pm to MLD8
Actuall Rhymes squaring around to bunt may have cost us a run.. Caused 3 rd baseman to come in 3-4 steps which allowed them to turn double play. If he's 3 steps further back, Rhymes safe at first, Iberra walks, Moore singles, we got a tie game!
Posted on 6/16/13 at 11:15 pm to upgrade
Ironically, this next game is the one where they should be aggressive at the plate, and they likely will.
Assuming it's Johnson, he was hammered against USC. I think both teams will come out desperate and swinging early.
I thought 3 runs would win today for either team, and I think 6-7 will be needed Tuesday.
Assuming it's Johnson, he was hammered against USC. I think both teams will come out desperate and swinging early.
I thought 3 runs would win today for either team, and I think 6-7 will be needed Tuesday.
Posted on 6/16/13 at 11:16 pm to Ironhead985
quote:
If "small ball" is where college baseball is moving, they'll start to lose the fans that they've gained the over the last few years IMO
That may be true, but they aren't going back. Even if they change the ball as some suggest, bunting is now a part of college baseball. We suck at getting bunts down.
This post was edited on 6/16/13 at 11:18 pm
Posted on 6/16/13 at 11:18 pm to GFunk
quote:
Our approach was never adjusted. They fed us the high fastball, and they beat our asses with it.
It's so damned obvious and I don't see why everyone can't get it.
Pitcher fed LSU fastballs just above the strike zone and breaking balls just below the strike zone and the hitters could not lay off of either.
He kept throwing that letter high fastball all night, and our guys kept swinging. He threw way more balls than strikes, but we didn't work the count, and didn't make him throw strikes.
It's pretty simple, they knew what to do, we couldn't be patient enough to force the pitcher to be honest.
Posted on 6/16/13 at 11:18 pm to upgrade
I'm not sure that the UCLA pitcher threw half of his pitches in the strike zone. We didn't do enough to force him to come play in the zone, and he was staying out of it because he didn't have the stuff to miss bats when he did get in the zone.
LSU had an awful approach at the plate tonight, bottom line.
LSU had an awful approach at the plate tonight, bottom line.
Posted on 6/16/13 at 11:21 pm to JustSmokin
I do believe that bunting should be PART of the game.
Not the whole game.
Not the whole game.
Posted on 6/16/13 at 11:23 pm to CrippleCreek
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I'm not sure that the UCLA pitcher threw half of his pitches in the strike zone
He didn't. I became fascinated with his pitch location and watched, and I'll bet it wasn't 30% and many of those were mistakes that barely missed.
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