Oregon State's deliberate pace

He was having trouble seeing the signs from his catcher. That is when the catcher went to the signs like a 3rd base coach. He wasn't trying to stall.

Also the 20 second clock only runs when there are no runners on base. Runners on base no time limit.

I started watching a movie at 7pm, thinking that I would catch the last couple of innings of the game. I was right on the money. When the movie ended I caught the game in the 7th inning.

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I understand baseball can be a slow game and all but tonight Oregon State was ridiculous. Their starting pitcher would just stall on the mound even with no one on base. I get the mound meetings but that was also excessive.

Did the Alex Box Stadium crowd have that much of an effect on them?

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The mound meetings were fine. There is absolutely nothing wrong with that.

The pitcher on the mound was using the slow pace as a tactic. College baseball has a lot of that Bush league type of stuff. There are several coaches in the SEC that do it.

I find it pathetic, but what are you going to do?

it is possible, even probable from what i say, that they coached their guys to be deliberate as a means of dealing with the LSU crowd. for college baseball, the Box is a rowdy place (for big games). they tryed to chill in order to control their own emotions. like a golfer in a tournament. slo down, no hurry, etc

I think they intentionally tried to throw LSU off, like MsState. Nothing was working for them, though. Even when KG had a bad game, they couldn't rattle LSU. Think LSU is getting used to this...