re: Game 3: Georgia 2, LSU 2 -FINAL/13- Travel Curfew Restrictions - LSU Wins Series

I listened to the last inning and a half on the radio, but it read a little bit in this thread. My comments are not directed at the last inning with Dean. They are directed at years of Paul Mainieri teams creating more outs on the bases than picking up an extra base. Paul Mainieri said after the game that Davis was telling him to go, but Dean thought he heard "no". That type of miscommunication can't happen in an SEC game when every single game is crucial to SEC standings, regional host sites, and Super Regional seedlings.

I made a post last night highlighting some of the problem, and it reared it's ugly head today with Ibarra. There are rules to think about before the play, but when the play is live, a bobbled ball can change how aggressive the runner should be. We aren't aggressive, we are wreckless.

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My question to CPM would have been why pull your best hitter (KS) in the 7th I think.....would not have done that don't care if he's as slow as a calendar.

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I think it was the 10th inning when (KS) got pulled. I'm with you though ,I would never pull him....I can't help but think he would have came through with another big hit to get one of those many base runners home

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Laird would have been dead to rights

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Well one out at home is better than two outs and a runner stranded at third base. If laird breaks home, the likely result is one out, and runners at first and second. That's much better than two outs and a runner at third base.

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Dean would have been nailed. Easily. But you still could have sent him with the game on the line, but why with only 1 out?

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What? There was one out already and when the ball was caught that made 2. You absolutely try to score there. It's your best chance to score.. even if the ball was hit on a line.

But I don't follow what you mean about Laird would have been thrown out easily? When? While they were in the process of turning two? The moment they threw down to second to get 2 he should have been going home (if he wasn't already going on contact)

Force out at home?

Yeah if you bunt it right back to the mound. Come on man. If we if we bunt there and he lays it down, we win.

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What? There was one out already and when the ball was caught that made 2. You absolutely try to score there. It's your best chance to score.. even if the ball was hit on a line.

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You're correct there was only one out. If Dean goes there's a good chance he's thrown out. Not arguing if you take the chance. The ball was caught in very shallow left and if you watched the series this wkend UGA had a very capable catcher.

But not arguing at all that was a good chance to score.

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But I don't follow what you mean about Laird would have been thrown out easily? When? While they were in the process of turning two? The moment they threw down to second to get 2 he should have been going home (if he wasn't already going on contact)

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Not doubting this. As soon as the first baseman fielded the ball he looked Laird back to third. Laird retreated, shouldn't have, but like I said above he should have been 10 ft off the bag.

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And you don't know anything about baseball.

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You don't know how much that hurts. I so highly value your opinion of me.

I would start a thread on this but all the Negatigers would jump on me and say how I have purple and gold glasses on.

I'm not to concerned about our team yes we have hitting issues but we also appear to have one of the better staffs in the SEC. If we start to hit better we will be a hard team to beat. LSU has good hitters in the lineup who are struggling now.

McMullen is hitting well but killed big innings with two double plays
Scivicque is one of our better hitters
Bregman started sec play slow he will heat up though
Stevenson has shown great improvement will hit well I think.
Hale has looked good
Ibarra was a great hitter last year I think he will hit well soon
Laird may be one of the few bad spots in the lineup
Robertson if he can adjust to sec pitching he could hit well
Who ever plays either LF or C if Scivicque DH is the one spot I don't think improves.

LSU hitting is in a slump and I think we will hit better as the season goes on. That 13 inning tie left a bad taste in our mouths, I think we will be fine and still finish near the top of the SEC

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I definitely think this team has the potential and that our pitching will keep us in most games. They just aren't inspiring a lot of confidence in me right now. We would still have the same issues even if we had won 3-2 yesterday.

Luckily it looks like no one is going to run away with the SEC like last season. And only a couple of teams in the conference look like they can hit well.

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As long as we don't finish in the bottom half of the SEC we will be in good shape for the post season. LSU always plays well in the SEC tourney. If we are top 5 and win the SEC tourney we will likely host a regional.

Note: I don't have much confidence either but I'm still holding out hope. To many people on here today are already writing this season off as a bad one.