Enough with the "swinging for the fences" comments

LSU hitters were not swinging for the fences last night...except Ibarra's first AB, he was ahead in the count sitting dead red fastball and looking to lift, squared it up & barely reached the warning track.
No other player swung for the fence. It's simply not true.

Also, calling for a bunt in the 9th is a toss up (I was hoping for a bunt), but it's a toss up & CPM explains it very well in his post game comments.

That said, what the hitters collectively did a terrible job of was adjusting to the pitcher/situation & I think that has a lot to do with coaching.
The ump's zone was fairly tight yet our guys were going out of the zone all night....and hitting under the ball with way too many pop ups (not a sign of "swinging for the fences").
Good scouting would have called for the hitters to be more patient and work to stay on top of the ball (like Ross did in his first AB).
Hitters do have to change their approach in this ballpark. If they don't, LSU won't get far.
Yes, at the Box, last night's game would be an LSU win with 3-4 HRs. But you've got to adjust.
Bertman used to to tell hitters to change their approach all the time depending on the ballpark/pitcher/etc...particularly on a pitcher with tendancies (i.e. upper 80's fastball that looks like meat but is up in the zone....lay off that and take a walk or make him bring it down)