re: Anyone else uneasy that romero isnt in the lineup

I had no problem benching him tuesday. Thats the good thing about having him and pap. He usully lets his mistakes get to his head. Thats his biggest fault. But after letting pap catch 14 innings wednesday, he should have been out there against state. I now know there was more to the situation than what is said here, but still. Its unexcusable he didnt get to hit for pap in the 8th yesterday or in the 9th instead of wofford

“It was pretty clear that (Romero)’s totally outplayed Michael Papierski and he deserves to be in there,” Mainieri said following his luncheon. “He’s a force for us. His defense has improved tremendously. ...

“Jordan has worked so hard, has improved so much with his receiving skills. I don’t think he’s a totally polished guy, there’s still a lot of room has thrown two complete games and just one wild pitch. Papierski caught Lange in the final four innings of Friday’s game following Romero’s ejection.

“He’s always had a great arm, and he’s always had good leadership qualities about him and he’s a physical presence,” Mainieri said. “But he’s dropped a lot of pitches in his time. But he’s improving on that. He still drops them here and there, but it’s better and he’s blocked some balls. Quite frankly, Alex Lange has pitched his two best games, and I’m not so sure it’s a coincidence it’s been with Jordan Romero as the starting catcher.”for improvement, but I do think that he’s improved enough defensively and offensively; he’s made such an impact that he has to be in the lineup everyday.”

“This is not so much of an indictment on Mike as it is kind of a coronation of Jordan,” Mainieri said.

I believe a wise man once said "perceptions die hard".

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I get "uneasy" when the doctor tells me it's time to check the prostrate.

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You get uneasy when your doctor tells you it's time to check your ability to lie face down?

Thats all i hope, is thAt he is given a chance. Im just worried that we will wait until we are in a huge hole to re-insert him in the lineup and itll be too little too late

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Romero's defensive lapses in the Tennessee game in the tournament may have been a game changer, no pun intended.

I mean, SIX STOLEN BASES against him in 7 innings and two wild pitches by Bugg that Jordan could/should have blocked but he just stuck his mitt out for and whiffed?!

Romero knew it himself by his behavior when he went into the dugout, slammed his mask down and Lange had to talk him off the ledge.

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Again, we are talking about one game. Romero was WAY off defensively that game, no doubt. All of the stolen bases were not not on him though. All of these games run together but wasn't one guy almost to 2B before the ball got to Romero--on Stallings maybe? What is our record with Romero at C vs Pap?


We all want the Tigers to win. I just think we need Romero to make a run.

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He struggled during the Florida series as well.

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At the plate for sure. I said that earlier. Every hitter has slumps. I am arguing against the posters that are saying that Romero can't catch. Yes, Tuesday was HORRIBLE, but the dude was a gold glove catcher at LSU-E and has done a good job behind the plate this year, as evidenced by Coach's quotes.
Wouldn't you have preferred Romero at the plate last night instead of Wofford?

Something is definitely wrong mentally. Hopefully his game winning hit and time off will shake him out of it. People are bringing up his bad Tennessee tournament game but remember him against Florida at the Box? He had trouble with pitches in the dirt and on two different plays he forgot he had to cover home.

We haven't seen him since that hit so we can hope that will shake him out of it.

Other players like deichmann, reid, and beau jordan have been allowed to play through their slumps and big mistakes. But i guess thats because they dont have anyone who can push them out.