re: Special shoutout to Tom Walter, WF head coach..

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This was the *actual* bad move. Massey was carving us up.

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Well, part of that was carving up LSU's 7-9 hitters...who basically any bum in Omaha can carve up right now.

Crews was the only guy who saw him twice, and they seemed to panic a bit once he got a hit. However, I would have just chalked that up to the fact he's the best hitter in the game.

I think the announcers mentioned the longest Massey had gone was 4 innings and ~40 pitches. He was nearing 40 pitches after the Cruz AB. I suppose you if you trust your closer it wasn't a bad option. Of course, I guess the "pitching lab" didn't factor in the data that White had probably faced him several times before being White played in the ACC the previous year and being they are both from the Tampa area likely had a history of matchups.