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That stupid shift cost us the ball game.
Posted on 3/23/24 at 9:55 pm
Posted on 3/23/24 at 9:55 pm
Would have been a perfect double play ball. Please tell me how you can leave the entire side of the infield empty?
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Posted on 3/23/24 at 10:01 pm to gemlsu
The shift is employed at all high levels of baseball because it works, but the exceptions are all anyone wants to discuss.
Posted on 3/23/24 at 10:04 pm to gemlsu
Jay's playing the percentages just like every manager these days. Just didn’t work out.
Posted on 3/23/24 at 10:04 pm to slackster
There’s no way he puts 3 infielders on the pull side only to call for an outer half pitch that many times in a game.
Until the pitchers can execute the pitch call 100% of the time, we probably need to stop shifting.
Until the pitchers can execute the pitch call 100% of the time, we probably need to stop shifting.
Posted on 3/23/24 at 10:06 pm to lsu711
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There’s no way he puts 3 infielders on the pull side only to call for an outer half pitch that many times in a game. Until the pitchers can execute the pitch call 100% of the time, we probably need to stop shifting.
Maybe, but we face a shift just as much as we don’t to anyone else, and we get fricked by it on offense all the time too.
Milam/Braswell have made a ton of plays behind 2nd base that no one says shite about.
Posted on 3/23/24 at 10:30 pm to slackster
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Milam/Braswell have made a ton of plays behind 2nd base that no one says shite about.
People love to bitch when it doesn’t work.
Posted on 3/23/24 at 10:31 pm to gemlsu
Ack missed his spot.
Posted on 3/23/24 at 10:49 pm to slackster
Please name an opportunity when the shift has worked??
It may be math and the numbers don't lie but it dosent apply to LSU .
It may be math and the numbers don't lie but it dosent apply to LSU .
Posted on 3/24/24 at 8:44 am to gemlsu
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That stupid shift cost us the ball game.
Nope ….
“Walking the first batter to begin the inning usually translates into a run”
Skip Bertman
Posted on 3/24/24 at 8:48 am to lsu711
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There’s no way he puts 3 infielders on the pull side only to call for an outer half pitch that many times in a game.
Until the pitchers can execute the pitch call 100% of the time, we probably need to stop shifting.
If Jay would only listen to you he might finally win a national championship.
Posted on 3/24/24 at 8:52 am to gemlsu
How many times does it "work" in terms of getting an out on plays that would be base hits, specially for college baseball. I see people say this but nobody has ever posted the actual numbers.
Posted on 3/24/24 at 9:10 am to gemlsu
Well why aren’t you coaching college baseball then if you know so much?
Posted on 3/24/24 at 9:13 am to KamaCausey_LSU
My problem with the shift on that play is that it was too extreme. If the shift had Milam playing 10 feet right of the bag instead of left, the right side of the 2nd base bag instead of left, he probably gets that ball.
Jones was holding the runner on, so the gap was just irresistible for the batter. If Milam plays a hair right of the bag (he can still cover the middle) and Jones is shaded to the left a bit, then the gap doesn't appear to be so big and the hitter may not try to go that way. All the hitter had to do was get the ball past the pitcher...
Jones was holding the runner on, so the gap was just irresistible for the batter. If Milam plays a hair right of the bag (he can still cover the middle) and Jones is shaded to the left a bit, then the gap doesn't appear to be so big and the hitter may not try to go that way. All the hitter had to do was get the ball past the pitcher...
Posted on 3/24/24 at 9:15 am to tigersbb
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If Jay would only listen to you he might finally win a national championship.
That is a tired response to any discourse on the game.
My opinion is 100% shaped by the result. Jay didn’t have the luxury of knowing what would happen when he made the calls.
That said, I am almost certain he wouldn’t shift if he knew Ack would miss his spot by more than a foot.
Posted on 3/24/24 at 9:36 am to slackster
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The shift is employed at all high levels of baseball because it works, but the exceptions are all anyone wants to discuss.
It’s not even allowed anymore in the MLB, so definitely not employed at the highest level of baseball.
Posted on 3/24/24 at 9:46 am to AscensionTiger
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It’s not even allowed anymore in the MLB,
because it worked too well lol
Posted on 3/24/24 at 9:47 am to Lester Earl
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Ack missed his spot.
Posted on 3/24/24 at 9:49 am to gemlsu
MLB stopped it and college follows what MLB does. So it will end soon. I personally always have hated the shift just as I have hated the aluminum bats. Called me a purist but I played high level baseball with wood bats
Posted on 3/24/24 at 9:50 am to AscensionTiger
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It’s not even allowed anymore in the MLB, so definitely not employed at the highest level of baseball.
They shift as far as they can, but they have to have two players on each side of second base.
Posted on 3/24/24 at 9:53 am to lsu711
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That said, I am almost certain he wouldn’t shift if he knew Ack would miss his spot by more than a foot.
JJ would have walked the big lefty, if he knew he would homer.
JJ would not have struck that batter out if he knew the dropped third strike would be lost by the catcher.
What else do we have?
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