Correct. He didn’t flip it at their dugout. He carried the bat halfway down the first base line and flipped it high up more towards the infield / our dugout and did not look at their dugout at all.
Johnny Long has issues
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250 hitter. Heard on the broadcast he hasn’t thrown a runner out all year.
the bad far outweighs the good. Should be benched, and benched again every time he steps on the field and acts that way.
the bat flip went towards the ole miss dugout. It wasnt intentional, but when you carry it down the line then flip it in the air, it’s going to happen, add to it the stomp on the plate and stare. Shoulda been ejected and needs to be addressed my lemonis.
very bush league.
the bad far outweighs the good. Should be benched, and benched again every time he steps on the field and acts that way.
the bat flip went towards the ole miss dugout. It wasnt intentional, but when you carry it down the line then flip it in the air, it’s going to happen, add to it the stomp on the plate and stare. Shoulda been ejected and needs to be addressed my lemonis.
very bush league.
I think it was a 3 part issue. The toting the bat and throw was the first part, the plate stomp was the second, the look into OM dugout was strike 3 so to speak.
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Nobody got thrown out but our own damn fans want our HR hitting player that gave us the lead in a rivalry game thrown out? Bunch of candy asses! Lemonis has made you boys soft too.
Could care less what they are ruled. When you can’t hit your weight, you better be dang good back there.
considering he hasn’t thrown anyone out all season, the ability to at least keep balls in front of you should be a minimum requirement. He let a few thru last night a good high school catcher wouldn’t have
So you admit it. Soft team and they one guy with dog in him can’t control it because of the soft coach and culture. Sounds right to me.
Ain’t got nothing to do with the fans. We’ve been showing up.
He hit a HR that would've won the game and you accused him of passed balls but carry on candy. Lemonis should've recruited better if you think Long sucks.
I don’t know what the rule is and didn’t even know there was a rule about where and when you could flip a bat… but I think we can all agree that long was trying to piss off ole miss with where and how he flipped the bat and I would imagine that is the spirit of the rule, I’m guessing. You want to slip a bat then flip it toward your own dugout not halfway down the first base line. But with that said, I think long would have done what he did even if state was in the first base dugout.
That a good catcher would block up
Agree on recruit better. Hard to bring in a starter when you’ve got highfill sitting there ready to go. Losing him is a big loss. Think we need to give spolitta a long look. At this point can’t be any worse.
You realize, it's called a wild pitch for a reason right? Now you guys don't even know the rules I guess. You just are on your mission to blame anyone but the real problem.
Lemonis ran this thing in a ditch. I've tried to be patient this season but it's the same stuff over and over. Our portal guys were Long, Kohler, Powell. Certainly nothing to talk about. Stephen has been the best portal guy. Our lineup is missing 3-4 good players, our pen is bad, and we still don't have a third starter. Lots of guys have disappeared from this team.
I’ve said all year we are lacking talent. Losing highfill is a big loss.
No left fielder, portal 3b sucks, freshman shortstop can’t keep his pants zipped up.
the talent on the field is for sure an issue, but allowing players to act like long is an issue too. Program is better than that. We’ve had guys play with passion and fire. Long has crossed that last weekend and instead of learning from it doubled down yesterday. No room for that in the program. He should be disciplined.
I for one don't want to see Highfill back. I can't think of a single homoerotic word or phrase that rhymes with Highfill that would make me want to by a shirt, hat, bobblehead, sneakers, flag, commemorative coin, mug, keychain, and Bible with his name on it to show how much I love passion and emotion.
We're a better team than we were the last two years. That likely puts us somewhere near the middle of the pack in the SEC. I don't think we want to have the best college baseball stadium in the country for an average to slightly above average SEC team from now on.
We're a better team than we were the last two years. That likely puts us somewhere near the middle of the pack in the SEC. I don't think we want to have the best college baseball stadium in the country for an average to slightly above average SEC team from now on.
I don't care what Long does as long as it fires up our team more than it does our opponent and I'm not sure his schtick does that.
Yes only because it hit the ground in front of the catcher - it’s not like the balls were east and west of his center mass / he was just late on getting his glove down
He's lucky he didn't get tossed again last night. Or, considering how the bottom of the inning went, maybe unlucky.
yea he had a vol vibe which we have said we all hate
All the talk about a lack of passion on this team is misplaced. It's a talent issue. This team has been in most SEC games and hasn't quit when they were down big in several of them. I expect them to get over last night's tough loss and win today.
Well, he did hit a homer to put us up. It isn‘t his fault that our pitching was pisspoor last night.
Recruiting is just tougher now. LSU had one lights out pitcher last year and several good pitchers along with Tommy Tanks. They were a really good team but they got hot, especially those pitchers, in the CWS. Even LSU couldn't simply reload after a Natty and dominate the SEC. There just aren't enough dominant pitchers for all the SEC teams that now want to win. (And the ACC gets a lot of talent too). You better nail it in recruiting and in the portal and not have injuries to key players.
Scotty Dubrule was huge for that Natty team and Hancock was solid at the plate all season long. We're missing guys like that in the infield and starting lineup. It wasn't just the Rowdy/Tanner/Bednar/Sims show although we wouldn't have sniffed the CWS without those 4 guys.
So the dude over Re-acts v UGA. Creates a huge controversy. Gets himself suspended. Then carries on like this very next series?
Im glad he didn't get ejected. But maybe he needed to be ejected last night to teach him a lesson. Because it's obvious he didn't learn a thing from the UGA ejection.
Im glad he didn't get ejected. But maybe he needed to be ejected last night to teach him a lesson. Because it's obvious he didn't learn a thing from the UGA ejection.
Couldn’t agree more. Lemonis can’t allow this type of behavior. And the excuse of passion, fired up, playing with an edge, is all BS.
Long learned nothing from last weekend. Should be Benched unless we allow all our players to start acting this way. And as another poster pointed it… the team certainly isn’t rallying around him. So they could be tired of the gimmick as well.
Have you seen him at the plate? He was completely overpowered by mediocre pitching last night. Needed to be a redshirt this year, at best.
Won’t argue that. Guess I was trying to say if he’s good enough to be in the lineup at the DH spot. Why not let him catch, bench the 200 hitting long, and open up the DH spot for a better hitter
if we are finding ways to get him in the order. Let’s do it at catcher and not pull a Hancock deal and put people in bad situations to let the teachers pet play
Easy some of us olds have no issue with flipping the bat back over our shoulder back towards the plate after hitting a hr in a tied game.
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Hard to believe his production at the plate is stronger than other aspects of his game but he actually hits better than he throws.
heart and soul guy, team leader, calls players only meetings…. Can’t bench him, he can act like he wants
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