re: Manieri says "limitations were exposed"

Well shot. We should have skipped Omaha.

And yet the 7th best team in the ACC is in the driver's seat. Their pitching must be other worldly.

Or maybe he just knows how to manage in the postseason. Amazing he's Paul's protege but Paul doesn't get it himself.

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Whatever. That's the limitation. TCU threw garbage at our batters and we chased ALL OF IT. Our hitters panic in a close game and we are too impatient to work a count and chase a good pitcher. That's how you beat LSU in the postseason. Stony Brook did it. Houston did it. TCU did it.

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I agree.

Above all baseball is a game of repetition...I'm a firm believer that if you play the game like it's close when you're winning by 6 runs then you'll be able to properly play the percentages of the game when you have too. Not sure of the final pitch count with the 15 straight that were retired, but when 11 straight were retired, the TCU pitcher had thrown something like 33 pitches...that's approximately 3 pitches per out. That allows the pitcher to be on cruise control. But, with the exception of Bregman, who obviously knows how to hit, we are not a disciplined hitting team and while that may work well a lot of the times with average pitching, when you're not coached how to be a hitter, it definitely shows when you face good pitching like you most certainly will in Omaha.

An analogy to this lack of a sound hitting philosophy and the need for a consistent approach would be Kade Scivicque's phenomenal ability to block a pitch in the dirt...he can do it extraordinarily well with runners on base because he does the right way when he doesn't have too.

There's no denying that this team had a phenomenal year at the plate...but, with the proper plate discipline this team could have had that extra bullet that could have been the difference between playing on in Omaha or coming home today. The "extra bullet" is about the percentages and the game of baseball is all about the percentages.

All that said, the philosophy and the strategy of the game rests with the coaches, the execution rests with the players.

I wouldn't say decisions as much as I would say execution. Free bases, whether it be walks, errors, etc, will cause you to lose games in post season baseball on any level.

My gripe with Manieri is how he changes the team's approach, pitching wise, for the CWS.

You played the last half/third of the year a certain way for pitching rotation, then abandon that approach here just because of matchups?

Sends the wrong message to your team right off the bat.

Last night, the one guy who looked great against 3 batters gets pulled after that inning. I was stunned.

CPM and CLM won early and now you can't get rid of em. They are mediocre coaches with the best talent and we give em passes all the while they make stupid decisions.
Not a big baseball fan at the college level because of the stupid fricking bats. But I played and do follow MLB. CPM not sacrificing runners into scoring positions when you are struggling at the plate is something I don't understand. Especially in a ball park that yields very few home runs. Put the pressure on the defense with small ball with hitters that are struggling and let the hot bats swing away. And Lange should of started game fricking one.

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because they played their pitching better

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because they have better pitching.

There is a difference.

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desposile,

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Exactly cant win in Omaha with 2 starters.

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LSU only had one solid starter IMO. The bullpen didn't have a solid closer down the stretch either.

This team had no left handed power hitters. 8 Hrs or less and two were inside the park. Throughout the year they left runners in scoring position. Don't know the stats but could not produce with rsip and less than two out...They had no clutch hitting throughout the year. True the pitching lacked late in the year but aggressive hitting was no where.