Should be our starting catcher right now.
Joe 17ing Powell
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Not tough enough. Need more attitude.
Didn’t bat flip, stomp on the plate and talk **** to the other dugout either.
Lemonis needs his catcher to do that to start.
I’m not sure I want Powell in the lineup. I’d rather have a 2-1 loss to UNA with a cool 8th inning punch to their base runner’s throat
Dude is having a pretty good season tonight.
I defended Long after the UGA incident....
3 HRS
BENCH LONG!
3 HRS
BENCH LONG!
I don’t give a 17 if it’s Saint Mary’s Catholic High School. We’ve seen Long against similar competition. Put his a$$ on the bench. Play Powell.
Yeah, Long has been playing non-conference games all year and has one extra base hit on the season to show for it.
Powell didn’t expose his genitalia and punch a baby, so he needs to ride the pine.
Thank god someone did. Without him we take this L
Meanwhile Powell is now 3rd on team in SLG and 4th in OPS. Just ahead of Hines in both. Smallish sample size obviously. Long is now slugging .255 on the year.
If Powell isn’t in the lineup game 1 vs Missouri then……. Long must have some real dirt of Lemonis
Long should not play ANOTHER inning for State. Powell is just a much better overall player. It’s time to move along.
Lemonis all but said in the post game interview that long will continue to start.
said the catching situation is good. Certain guys are throwing to certain catchers but there is the dh spot there.
in other words. Expect to see long and his alpha energy on Thursday. Well all have the privledge of watching the two worst hitters in the sec square off, as the only start in the conference whose worse than long is the Missouri shortstop
said the catching situation is good. Certain guys are throwing to certain catchers but there is the dh spot there.
in other words. Expect to see long and his alpha energy on Thursday. Well all have the privledge of watching the two worst hitters in the sec square off, as the only start in the conference whose worse than long is the Missouri shortstop
I rarely ever watch the post-game stuff, but has anyone ever asked him specifically why he keeps going with Long over Powell? Sounds like he's teasing that Powell could DH, but we all know he's not taking that spot away from Larry. Obviously he knows this team way better than any of us do, but it would be nice if he actually shared a little bit with the entire fanbase who think it's obvious that Powell is better
Well, he should take the spot from Larry, and yes, I understand that dh’ing the backup catcher is not ideal.
But Larry is the only hitter who plays regularly who hits worse than Long in conference. He hits .184 in conference. Yes, .184. Now he does have seven extra base hits (seven times as many as Long.) But we just have too many dead spots in the lineup, the most glaring being Long.
It's very clear that Lemonis just doesn't want to play Powell at catcher despite almost every available statistic screaming for it.
Might as well use Powell’s bat, and if disaster happens, you'd have Spilatta as backup. Backups are rarely ideal anyway.
He was bluntly asked did this performance and Powell 4 homers in the last 2 games force his way into the lineup.
lemonis response was: he was happy for Powell, but he likes the current catching situation. Certain guys are use to throwing to a certain catcher, but the Dh spot did offer some options.…
he was asked a follow up: and again brushed if off and dodged the point of the question…
long is the catcher. Again lemonis has a track record of being overly loyal to bad players
So about what I figured, he sidesteps the questions with a "we like where we're at" and nothing changes. Thanks.
I'll admit I may have been reaching in the other thread trying to defend Long. It should be Powell's job.
Those of us that have watched every game and have any common sense understand Joe is better. The eye test itself shows that. Even on throws down to 2nd. So very clear.
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