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Small ball baseball=four corners basketball
Posted on 6/17/13 at 7:57 am
Posted on 6/17/13 at 7:57 am
I hate it. You lay down enough bunts and the other team will make an error. It is the toughest defensive play in baseball.
If we played 10 games with UCLA Tigers would win 9 IMHO. They could not have been playing small ball with any other pitcher they have and kept up with us.
That pitcher throwing the high strikes, daring us to hit a homer was the difference.
BTW---if we have to play in such big parks then give us back the old bats or better yet let go to wood bats. In 4 games this weekend the best teams in college baseball managed one home run. Who wants baseball without home runs.
If we played 10 games with UCLA Tigers would win 9 IMHO. They could not have been playing small ball with any other pitcher they have and kept up with us.
That pitcher throwing the high strikes, daring us to hit a homer was the difference.
BTW---if we have to play in such big parks then give us back the old bats or better yet let go to wood bats. In 4 games this weekend the best teams in college baseball managed one home run. Who wants baseball without home runs.
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Posted on 6/17/13 at 7:58 am to I B Freeman
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Who wants baseball without home runs.
The NCAA...
Posted on 6/17/13 at 7:59 am to I B Freeman
What the frick is the point of this shite. They won. They executed the bunts and we had 2 defensive lapses the costs us the game.
Posted on 6/17/13 at 7:59 am to I B Freeman
Stop bitching. It sucks that we lost. Deal with it.
Posted on 6/17/13 at 8:00 am to I B Freeman
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They could not have been playing small ball with any other pitcher they have and kept up with us.
I take it you are assuming that we wouldn't have swung at letter to chin high pitches against their other pitchers?
I'm convinced they had us scouted on that....Plutko isn't wild and he knew exactly what he was doing throwing it up there with our propensity to swing through it and pop it up. He basically missed a few spots and TD Ameritrade bailed him out on all but one which he figured it would do if he missed.
Posted on 6/17/13 at 8:00 am to I B Freeman
West Coast style of play can be enough to get you there. It's not good enough to win titles. The championship teams have a more balanced style.
Posted on 6/17/13 at 8:01 am to I B Freeman
Wow, this is all pathetic, but this is what I came to read to be glad i dont freak out. Its a game, we lost, this is the third of many years at TD Ameritrade, deal with it. "Small ball" is part of the game.
Posted on 6/17/13 at 8:01 am to Godfather1
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West Coast style of play can be enough to get you there. It's not good enough to win titles.
Absolutely....but they can beat anybody that swings at garbage and boots the ball around on routine plays.
Posted on 6/17/13 at 8:03 am to I B Freeman
Round ball, round bat, shite happens.
Posted on 6/17/13 at 8:03 am to LSU316
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I'm convinced they had us scouted on that....
No. That is how Plutko pitches. He has been throwing high fastballs all year long.
Posted on 6/17/13 at 8:03 am to I B Freeman
Personally I like games that are not 21 to 14 and take 4 hours, that was not baseball.
Posted on 6/17/13 at 8:05 am to nola tiger lsu
If the meltdown if this bad imagine is we go 2 and Cue. This place may implode.
Posted on 6/17/13 at 8:07 am to PurpleAndGold86
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No. That is how Plutko pitches. He has been throwing high fastballs all year long.
That makes it even worse....we saw film of him throwing letter high consistently and still went out there swinging aggresive like we did
That is crazy though....he really doesn't seem to have the velocity to live up there....he may get rocked in the minors.
Posted on 6/17/13 at 8:07 am to lsuhunt555
Thats why I come here to see ppl say ridiculous things
Posted on 6/17/13 at 8:07 am to nola tiger lsu
that game took what 3 hrs and 15-20 min? yeh it was awesome. 8-9 hits and 3 runs. Thanks NCAA.
Posted on 6/17/13 at 8:08 am to LSU316
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I take it you are assuming that we wouldn't have swung at letter to chin high pitches against their other pitchers?
I'm convinced they had us scouted on that....Plutko isn't wild and he knew exactly what he was doing throwing it up there with our propensity to swing through it and pop it up. He basically missed a few spots and TD Ameritrade bailed him out on all but one which he figured it would do if he misse
I don't think they have another pitcher that could throw strikes that high routinely without hanging them. Of course he knew what he was doing. Hershiser said early on that was UCLA's strategy. They knew it was a big park and there would be hard hit fly balls. Heck we hit the "stopper of the year" when they put him in.
As far as the errors go--any team would be darn lucky to field that many bunts without an error. Bregman's error was just unfortunate.
Posted on 6/17/13 at 8:09 am to LSU316
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he really doesn't seem to have the velocity to live up there
Quite the opposite. The pitch looks good to a hitter because hitters like high pitches and are taught to jump on high mistakes. He puts them just high enough that it is hard for the hitters to get their hands on top of the ball. The mistake pitch he made to Katz was a fastball that he got "down" around the waist.
Posted on 6/17/13 at 8:12 am to Topwater Trout
Ill take that 10 out of 10 v a game with 20 runs scored
Posted on 6/17/13 at 8:12 am to I B Freeman
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I don't think they have another pitcher that could throw strikes that high routinely without hanging them.
We swung at a lot of them that I don't believe would have been called strikes.
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As far as the errors go--any team would be darn lucky to field that many bunts without an error.
I'm not really going to call out Ross on his error...although it was a play he should make...it was a tough get on that ball for sure and a tough angle on the throw.
The Bregman error was completely unforgiveable....without a doubt.
Posted on 6/17/13 at 8:15 am to nola tiger lsu
4 hr game loaded with hits is better than 3hr 15 minute game loaded with no offense and pick off attempts.
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