Playing hungry, fast, aggressive. Clearly the better team this weekend.
I know we got a lot of injuries, but we better get some swagger back.
I know we got a lot of injuries, but we better get some swagger back.
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Listening to the radio broadcast, they went through the injury report and the number of 3rd/4th string players at certain positions and commented we are lucky it hasn't bit us in the bu** before now.
Yeah, but only one pitcher hurt and we still looked pretty bad on the mound this weekend. Hard to explain.
Chalk that up to aggressive Auburn hitters in the groove and poor pitch placement by our pitchers. They take their cuts and don't stand there looking at pitches.
Wasn't able to watch until 7th inning, was Kingston ejection justified? Why was pitch clock not reviewed?
Ump clearly missed that the clock had expired. Did it again later too.
Yeah he went off the rails. No way they were gonna review it. Lol
What's the rule on that? Don't they have to review if coach asks for it? That's easy to review without a judgement call being made.
Indeed it's easy to review. The issue is if, according to the rules, it's reviewable.
Now I am not in favour of pitch clocks or the like. However, too many pitchers and batters have abused the situation by taking more than a "reasonable" amount of time between pitches. Heck, if it was up to me, I would ban batting gloves, thereby not giving batters a chance to adjust their gloves after every pitch (sheesh).
But if you're going to have pitch clocks, then enforce it. Methinks the umpire will be having a "constructive" conversation with SEC officials in Birmingham.
I would hope so!
Glad we won anyway - would hate for a refused review to impact a loss when it was obvious and easy to confirm.
Agree, if they are not going to enforce the clock - get rid of it!
It is always good to see Auburn leaving. Auburn is the clemson of the SEC and having them in town does nothing but reduce property values.
Then it's a dumb idea that needs to go away. Random enforcement is not acceptable! Particularly if it costs the team a base runner.
Not to mention most ballparks don't have a pitch clock positioned where the pitcher can see it.
Hard German accent:
Ze must pitch'n ze ball in ze alloted time. Ve have dis'n clock'n to time'n ze. Nein, ze may not zee da clock'n!
Resist'n iz verbot'n
LOL
If nothing else, let's hope that Birmingham reviews the Sunday situation and implements consistent application/enforcement, or do away with it.
The main takeaway needs to be consistency.
The main takeaway needs to be consistency.
Rules are like taxes. Once implemented, they never go away!
It's somebody's baby.
In general, if we act responsibly, there's no need for rules to curb behaviour.