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re: Interesting take on baseball losses this year
Posted on 5/10/13 at 2:07 pm to PurpleAndGold86
Posted on 5/10/13 at 2:07 pm to PurpleAndGold86
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So you don't think a ball that rolled through soaking wet grass could maybe have attributed to this?
We looked fine all night long on grounders until that, no, I really dont think it made a huge difference. It COULD have, but it likely didnt. He had time, set his feet, and just mailed it wide. It happens.
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Again, he was being aggressive trying to turn two. He wanted the double play and charged too hard and caught a short hop instead of sitting back and fielding a big hop. I'm sorry, I don't really consider it "not showing up" when there were plenty of very good defensive plays and a freshman SS got a little too aggressive on one ball, but whatever to each their own.
Im not saying he wasn't trying to make a big play, but he absolutely misplayed it...it's happened to him a handful of times this year. He's still a former catcher trying to get used to playing SS at the college level. While he's definitely good at what he does, and makes spectacular plays at times, he also accidentally misplays some balls. Unless your name is Austin Nola, it happens to SS's more than any other position, just baseball.
Posted on 5/10/13 at 2:22 pm to thunderbird1100
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He's still a former catcher trying to get used to playing SS
He played SS/infield more than he caught fwiw. I know that adds nothing to the conversation, but the media has really blown the "former catcher" thing out of proportion. Had he spent that much time as a catcher, and played it adequately, he never would have made it here, broken finger or not.
/hijack
Posted on 5/10/13 at 2:34 pm to thunderbird1100
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thunderbird1100
FWIW, I totally agree with all of your points, and I actually had this same conversation with chopique on another thread a little earlier. Glad you see it this way too.
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Posted on 5/10/13 at 3:23 pm to thunderbird1100
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We looked fine all night long on grounders until that, no, I really dont think it made a huge difference. It COULD have, but it likely didnt. He had time, set his feet, and just mailed it wide. It happens.
True, other than Katz slipping in the field on a stop there were no other defensive plays blatantly affected by the field or a "wet" ball, even Glenn made some tough plays on bunts on the same wet ground. Ibarra had very little chance of making that play, wet or dry, and Bregman was trying to make a circus play that wasn't there.
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