re: AIR FORCE 6 @ LSU 5 Final

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Timing is everything

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He pitched three times in Omaha. His first appearance was against UVA. He came in with 2 outs in the 7th inning and one runner on first base. He walked his first batter and then induced a popup. Louis Coleman came in to start the 8th.

In Game 1 of the title series, he came in to replace Coleman in the 7th inning with LSU down 5-3. He pitched 1 inning, struck out one batter and didn't give up any runs.

In game 3 of the title series, he came into the game in the 7th inning with a 9-4 lead. He pitched 1.2 innings, and didn't give up any runs, striking out 2.

Those are solid appearances, but for someone to say something like but not for a situational middle reliever, Paul Mainieri would have been fired a long time ago is just hilarious. To insinuate that Chad Jones was the difference between us winning a national title or not is very much exaggerating what his role on that team was. I'll go out on a limb to say had he not also been a starter on the football team, no one would be talking about him 10+ years later, at least anywhere near to the extent he is.