Kyle Peterson

I know some LSU fans do not like Peterson, but I really enjoy his commentary. He is seems particularly knowledgeable on pitching strategies and, I think, does a great job explaining pitches and predicting what pitches will be thrown next and should be thrown next. He would make a good pitching coach if that’s a way he wanted to go.

It also seems to me that overall, over the years, he has been very complimentary of LSU baseball and appreciative of how much fan support LSU gets. LSU gets on tv more than most teams and, as a consequence, Peterson seems more knowledgeable about a lot of our individual players. I liked his comment yesterday that some regional host was not going to be happy when they see LSU as a three seed in their regional.

I actually like Ben McDonald too. Like Peterson, he communicates pitching strategy well. I coached a good bit of little league with my boys growing up, and listening to Peterson and Mcdonald discuss pitch sequencing selection reminds me how rudimentary my understanding of pitch selection was. I have learned a lot since then watching Peterson and McDonald. I also learned a lot watching Barry Manuel call pitches when he coached one of my boys.

Pitching and hitting is such a cat and mouse game. A pitching coach who studies batter’s tendencies and calls the right sequence of pitches can do wonders for a pitchers era. Peterson’s commentary adds to the game for me, he goes into the intricacy of pitch selection I would not pick up on my own.