re: Baseball: Game 2: William & Mary 6 @ LSU 9, Final

See what happens when you post shite before he leaves the game!!!!

wait til he's pulled from the game before you want to insert your little stat.

Damn!!!!

Joey is unjinxable

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I Knocked on wood!!!!

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As you should!!!!!

He needs to come out...

Anthony Rendon could be No. 1

Saturday, February 27, 2010 | Print Entry


Posted by Keith Law

I've been writing for months now about the stacked college crop for the 2011 draft, which is particularly loaded with high-end starters who project, or could project, as No. 1 starters. The group is headed by Vanderbilt's Sonny Gray, who is followed closely by teammate Jack Armstrong, UCLA's Gerrit Cole, Virginia's Danny Hultzen, Kentucky's Alex Meyer, Texas' Taylor Jungmann, and TCU southpaw Matt Purke (who'll be age-eligible as a sophomore), with another dozen college arms who'd be first-rounders in a typical draft.

There is, however, one college bat in the 2011 draft class who already stands out as a potential No. 1 overall selection (more often known as "one-one" within the industry): Rice third baseman Anthony Rendon. He has one of the best swings I've seen on a college hitter, with excellent hip rotation and strong, quick hands. He pairs it with good pitch recognition and a patience that's born both of a good eye and the fact that opposing pitchers don't want to pitch to him right now. (On Friday night, he didn't get the bat off his shoulder until he had two strikes on him in his third plate appearance.) He taps his front foot twice and gets it down a little late, but everything about his transfer and swing is quick and forceful enough that it doesn't seem to affect him against college pitching. His plate coverage is good, and he can shorten his swing to square up a ball up in the zone. He's a solid defender at third with an above-average arm and good reads. Though it's possible he'll get so big he'll end up moving off the position, right now I wouldn't bet on it. If he's not one-one next year -- and he's the early favorite just because of the higher probability of a position player over a comparably talented pitcher -- he's not going to get out of the top five picks.

• Junior shortstop Rick Hague replaced Rendon on Team USA last summer, playing third base because of the presence of Christian Colon. Hague is more of a third- to fifth-rounder because he's not likely to stay at shortstop and has real issues making contact, but he has bat speed and some leverage in his swing that give him a chance to hit enough to profile at second or third. He's got a tendency to get tied up inside, and he chases fastballs up in the zone, but has yet to show the big power that would let a team overlook the high strikeout rate. He's gotten bigger and thicker since last summer, and it's hard to see him staying at shortstop long-term, although he's adequate at the position right now with an average arm.

• One note on an unrelated story: University of Kentucky left-hander James Paxton has chosen to withdraw from school in the face of recent court defeats in his attempt to force some transparency into what he claims is the NCAA's one-sided, anti-player process for evaluating whether or not it deems a player eligible to participate in intercollegiate athletics. Paxton, who was drafted by the Blue Jays in the sandwich round last year but did not sign, will probably end up playing in an independent league this spring to re-establish his draft value, a hit-or-miss proposition that doesn't afford scouts as many looks at him as they would have had if he'd stayed in school. The real lesson here, however, is for high school players who'll face a decision this summer whether to sign with the clubs that drafted them or go to college: If you go to an NCAA institution, you may not be given due process if the powers that be decide that you've broken one of their rules. They believe they answer to nobody, and if I was the father of a top high school player, I'd be very wary of sending my kid into an environment where the deck was so heavily stacked against him. Look for MLB clubs, junior colleges, and NAIA schools to use the Paxton case in their efforts to persuade top prep players to choose them over the NCAA this spring and summer.




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1st and 2nd, no outs...

Strike, 0-1...
That was pitch #85...
Swing and a miss, 0-2...
High, 1-2...
Foul, 1-2...
Single to right, run scores, 3-2 Tigers...

bradshaw should be coming in soon

he has a large pitch count 80+

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lsucub57

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WTF?

I guarantee you that blown home run call will come into play...It always does....especially when its LSU.