Reminds me of the great defensive performances we saw in the spring football games of the mid-to-late 2000s...
Baseball scrimmages…
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Um i didn’t share those opinions that he had and he didn’t parrot mine back to me - we had quite the disagreement actually then actually talked about how the real world works
so you typed out your dissertation for nothing
Does he know about the '96 Final 4 Team? They went 26-8 and to the semi finals of National Champ Tourney.
The next 4 years they were 1 game under .500 (61-62) I was expecting some kind of recruiting bonanza after '96 but we fell into the doldrums instead, thanks Injuns...........
'96-'97 they were 12-18, 1 & done in SEC tournament
'97-'98 15-15, 1 & done " "
'98-'99 20-13 2-1 in " " 1 & done in NIT
'99-'00 14-16 1 & done " "
That's not true. In 2014 we made a regional (eliminated by Louisianna Lafaytette if I'm not mistaken). We were in last place in 2015 and then won the league in 2016.
Do you not think a 13 yr old can form their own thoughts and opinions?
if there is one thing he understands, it’s meritocracy, he knows if he doesn’t perform at the plate or mound he gets demoted or moved down in lineup - he tends to equate most things to that
Hell I have great conversations with my 11 yr old too - but I guess he’s just parroting me when he says he wants to be a urologist (I’m an engineer btw) to help kids like his urologist helps him…and then can carry on about all the things they do in great detail
Its based on stats primarily. And while I understand it’s a zero sum game, that doesn’t really explain the walks at a minimum. Maybe Lem had them calling it super tight.
Maybe so. I sure hope so. But I wouldn’t expect much tinkering just a week or two before the season. Would completely expect it in the fall.
I’m just tellling yall at the highest level what has happened in the scrimmages. I’m not projecting the season.
The pitching staff is essentially Cade Smith, KC Hunt, Pico Kohn, Parker Stinnett (who struggled) and a bunch of dudes who weren’t on the team last year. Auger and Simmons won’t be close to ready. The pitching staff has to sink or swim with the transfer portal guys and the incoming recruits.
We have enough to form a decent starting rotation just with Smith / Hunt / Gartman / Kohn. The problem is the pen. If the hit rate on pitchers is similar to last year’s signees, it could be a long year. Need 4-5 arms to step up from the newcomers. Nixon, Holcombe, Dohm, Loftin, and Tyler Davis are going to likely be the ones to get the first shot to show what they have. The good news is that 3 of those 5 are proven at a fairly high level already. Any other freshmen or JUCOs that exceed expectations and carve out a role would be a bonus.
We have enough to form a decent starting rotation just with Smith / Hunt / Gartman / Kohn. The problem is the pen. If the hit rate on pitchers is similar to last year’s signees, it could be a long year. Need 4-5 arms to step up from the newcomers. Nixon, Holcombe, Dohm, Loftin, and Tyler Davis are going to likely be the ones to get the first shot to show what they have. The good news is that 3 of those 5 are proven at a fairly high level already. Any other freshmen or JUCOs that exceed expectations and carve out a role would be a bonus.
I did not watch so I'm not saying what they were doing but in a scrimmage. However, I could see a coach working/calling certain pitches more frequently that a pitcher might be struggling with. Like a rh pitcher throwing a slider to left handed batter or a inside two seam fb to a rh batter or change-up in other situations. I doubt they were calling the dominate stuff as regularly as they will during the season.
I do too but we are FAR from mediocrity. Lemonis took us to omaha twice and won our first NC. The kind of immature take that your kid has where you fire everybody or take away salary after a bad year would not result in mediocrity but permanent suckocrity. But what do you expect, he is just a kid. You should be setting him straight instead of humoring that nonsense.
I think my 13 year old was right - it’s worse than mediocrity
we watched the game yesterday while traveling to his school ball game - it was 6-1 when we got to field
on our way home, he asked “who would be a good bench team to watch?”
we watched the game yesterday while traveling to his school ball game - it was 6-1 when we got to field
on our way home, he asked “who would be a good bench team to watch?”
Congrats on having a son that’s not a robot and thinks for himself. As long as he does and trusts his intuition he’s gonna be very good at whatever he does in life. We’ve got way too many relying on groupthink that has no idea how the real world works. Fortunately, it’s all about to be laid out for them real soon, and many will wake up for the first time in their life! Congrats dad, you’ve seemingly done a fantastic job. Now get him to Starkville ASAP, our baseball program needs some help!