re: Softball game 2 LSU 5 @ Miss. State 2 SECN Final TIGERS WIN!! Series Tied

I feel good for tomorrow yea i know softball pitching wise is different from baseball but State used a lot of pitchers today. Hopefully they get tired easily tomorrow.

Yea, it will be interesting in seeing who Torina starts tomorrow. Personally i would start Smith and if she gets in trouble bring in Walljasper but thats just me.

Last night, I was out in the country and though I did catch the game, there was no internet. Wanted to share a few things about the game. Its long, but i was quiet all last night.

First of all, the lineup, I think a lot of people were happy that Falcon was given a chance to play. I think Thornhill is going to be really good, in time, and it was good to see someone getting a chance, especially a senior, to play.

I'd have left Jaquish at clean up, too, and would have tried to reset the defense, and put Serret on the bench, but she does really well at short stop. Her problem at the plate is she never hits the ball on the fat of the bat. She is too close to the plate and does and when she swings, she doesnt contact the ball on the fat of the bat.

I dont understand some of the complaints about Walljasper batting. If she swings at the right pitch, she can get on base. Hoover is a different story. Hoover has a decent eye for the ball but for someone with a really bad batting average to swing at a struggling pitcher's 3-1 pitch, I dont think that is wise at all.

The reason Landry was pinch-hit for is because she has a problem with lefties with a curve ball, as does Griggs. Most slappers do. I truly wish that Landry would go to a swing-away philosophy and occasionally slap or bunt, she has a great, great eye for the ball and so much potential.

Simmons is going to be missed greatly when she is gone. Not just for defense, but for her hitting the ball when no one else can. She does well, it seems, facing lefties.

Bell is coming around, as is Jaquish, and, today will prove me right or wrong, but I think those two have turned the corner on a really ugly slump.

Griggs did better last night, but she has the power to drive the ball in the outfield, and I don't know why she'd slap with bases loaded. She will get better, I think she is coming out slowly.

Quinn has played good second base and has gotten some hits, so she is probably going to stay where she is.

Kloss has been hitting too. I personally prefer Jaquish at catcher since I think she blocks the ball better than Kloss does. Both make mental mistakes that the better catchers don't make. They keep re-playing, over and over, that disastrous run-down in the first game against Moo State.

I agree with a lot of the posts last night showing disappointmen with the coaching. That Kloss situation was the first I have ever seen in my life. Ever.

Many of you complained about not using pinch runners, and I have to agree, with all those girls on the bench that look like they can probably run, I'd have pinch run for Wallasper and Hoover, Falcon, and whoever else needs it.

Watch Michigan, Oklahoma, Auburn, … coached by the best coaches in softball, and even if its first inning, they will pinch run. You play baserunners, always, as potential run-scorers, always, not just at the end of the game.

Thanks to those who watched the game and give inning by inning updates. That Kloss situation had me puzzled for true.

SEC network does not close-caption its softball games. I got a Deaf family that had no idea what was going on last night, and when someone explained it, I was just shocked. That was a first.

Today, I think LSU will win convincingly (knock on wood) and show that they have turned the corner and are past the slump.

I did have a chance to watch Tennessee and Georgia, and the new Freshman, Mattie Moss, is a terror that is going to terrorize the SEC for the remainder of this year, and the next three years to come. Throwing 71 miles an hour, almost consistently, she shut down one of the best hitting teams in the country.

Three SEC games today, cant wait.

And for anyone who may see this, after reading the thread after the fact, I have lodged a complaint about educote over on the Help Board. I encourage other posters to go there and voice your complaints. It's a shame to have one anonymous internet jackass ruin it for the rest of us who want to have logical discussions. Enough is enough already.

For the record, I'm not an alter of his. Just a fan. I've watched the team for years, the board for longer.

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For the record, I'm not an alter of his. Just a fan. I've watched the team for years, the board for longer.

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Lol ok....so you would then gladly support his being banned from game threads....

Doesn't bother me either way. Like I've said before, he is a moron, but everything he's posted on here is not false. His rips of players is unwarranted in most cases. His comments about Beth's hormones last year set a lot of people off, but I think most of us were unaware she was even pregnant. So he knows someone who knows something.

Yeah Serret is an impressive SS. She is a natural there not just raw talent but she was bred for that position

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And for anyone who may see this, after reading the thread after the fact, I have lodged a complaint about educote over on the Help Board. I encourage other posters to go there and voice your complaints. It's a shame to have one anonymous internet jackass ruin it for the rest of us who want to have logical discussions. Enough is enough already.

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amen to this...at one time, my whole damn screen was full of nothing but his posts, and none of them had anything of substance in them...

Move on. Let it go. Win Game 3. Win the Series. Get the hell out of Starkville.