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Omaha - TD Ameritrade

Posted on 5/13/23 at 1:31 pm
Posted by shaqdaddy
Member since Jan 2014
139 posts
Posted on 5/13/23 at 1:31 pm
With the way the ball is flying out this year across the country I"m curious if we should be concerned if we make it to Omaha. I remember that stadium playing really large and home runs at the box were simply fly balls the first time we played at the new stadium.
Posted by TigerLunatik
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Jan 2005
104195 posts
Posted on 5/13/23 at 1:35 pm to
quote:

I"m curious if we should be concerned if we make it to Omaha

You haven't heard? This team doesn't have the pitching and their batting average went down after they started playing in the best conference in the country.
Posted by josh336
baton rouge
Member since Jan 2007
81954 posts
Posted on 5/13/23 at 1:37 pm to
Teams in small parks that lead the country in homers should worry more than lsu.

Examples: Tennessee and south carolina

Teams that hit lots of homers but alot less doubles
This post was edited on 5/13/23 at 1:42 pm
Posted by mdomingue
Lafayette, LA
Member since Nov 2010
42454 posts
Posted on 5/13/23 at 1:38 pm to
Should have canceled your reservations Baw!
Posted by MrJimBeam
Member since Apr 2009
12961 posts
Posted on 5/13/23 at 1:41 pm to
It was a bigger issue in dead bat era. Not as much anymore.
Posted by Basura Blanco
Member since Dec 2011
11391 posts
Posted on 5/13/23 at 1:42 pm to
quote:

I remember that stadium playing really large and home runs at the box were simply fly balls the first time we played at the new stadium.


That "new" stadium is really nice with a nice location. However, they completely screwed it up by having home plate facing south. Give me dank old Rosenblatt on a hot night with the prevailing summer wind blowing out and not in.
Posted by geauxpurple
New Orleans
Member since Jul 2014
16539 posts
Posted on 5/13/23 at 1:45 pm to
In all honesty that is something to be concerned about. That park favors pitching, defense and small ball over power hitting. But I think we will be just fine.
Posted by RogerTheShrubber
Juneau, AK
Member since Jan 2009
296157 posts
Posted on 5/13/23 at 1:47 pm to
with the extra base hits this team gets, they'll thrive with those power alleys.
Posted by justjoe906
Member since Oct 2013
2179 posts
Posted on 5/13/23 at 1:48 pm to
I'm more concerned about making it than hitting home runs.
Posted by Lester Earl
3rd Ward
Member since Nov 2003
288341 posts
Posted on 5/13/23 at 1:51 pm to
the baseballs will have given everyone a little bit of false hope with the HR.

More worried about pitching and defense. It's not the offense's fault they have to out-hit those things. Thats a lot of pressure.
Posted by GoneFishing21
Member since May 2017
3655 posts
Posted on 5/13/23 at 1:51 pm to
quote:

I"m curious if we should be concerned if we make it to Omaha


Yeah once we get there Jay will start coaching them up on the downward swing angle and everything will work out well.
Posted by nicholastiger
Member since Jan 2004
53927 posts
Posted on 5/13/23 at 1:55 pm to
Crews and white are very good hitters as well
Not just home runs
It might actually help our pitching with guys like money and Coleman and Floyd who are usually good for a home run a game
Posted by Tiger1988
Houston
Member since May 2016
29626 posts
Posted on 5/13/23 at 1:56 pm to
quote:

In all honesty that is something to be concerned about. That park favors pitching, defense and small ball over power hitting. But I think we will be just fine.

Let UK get there…
Posted by Tiger1988
Houston
Member since May 2016
29626 posts
Posted on 5/13/23 at 1:59 pm to
quote:

It might actually help our pitching with guys like money and Coleman and Floyd who are usually good for a home run a game

Yeah pitches 6” off of the plate will be strikes… so should benefit LSU pitching.
Posted by josh336
baton rouge
Member since Jan 2007
81954 posts
Posted on 5/13/23 at 2:02 pm to
Hurd and floyd should be much better on the mound once we get out of sec play just because of the zone
Posted by LSUcajun77
New Orleans
Member since Nov 2008
23893 posts
Posted on 5/13/23 at 2:33 pm to
By comparison

2010 (last year at Rosenblatt) 32

2021 28 TD Ameritrade

2022 28 Charles Schwab Park


The park plays big, but the balls have more juice. An actual Homerun is still a homerun. Homeruns in matchboxes like Tenn & USCe are long fly balls at Charles Schwab.
Posted by Tiger1988
Houston
Member since May 2016
29626 posts
Posted on 5/13/23 at 3:37 pm to
quote:

Hurd and floyd should be much better on the mound once we get out of sec play just because of the zone

What I said
Posted by TigerFanatic99
South Bend, Indiana
Member since Jan 2007
34614 posts
Posted on 5/13/23 at 4:29 pm to
quote:

This team doesn't have the pitching


Exactly. We'll need a little bit of luck in the supers to make it to Omaha, then there's a stronger chance than not that we are one and two.
Posted by DRock88
Member since Aug 2015
10258 posts
Posted on 5/13/23 at 4:54 pm to
I'm not even thinking about it yet. I want to see if/how we navigate a regional and super with this pitching staff. I'm not worried about us offensively - that will come down to simple plate discipline and matchups. We have the guns to score runs in any ballpark, as long as we execute a good plan for our matchups.
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