now THAT was Cohen/Thompson's fault for not walking him to set up force
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ETA: Unless he's hurt of course. But if he's 17ing hurt, why is he traveling with the team and why is he in the bullpen?
UF gave us a gift bybunting Zunino. This guy is their clean up hitter. He just roped a double. He has been hitting the ball hard all weekend right at people. Set up the double play, set up the force out, get a righty on righty matchup. Don't serve up anything to their 2nd best hitter. </p>
in fact, you are probably the only MSU fan that is even thinking about Stansbury right now. That's one of the many reasons why you suck so bad. Don't down play the decision. We will never know what would have happened if Cohen walks the 4 hole. But I know I would have felt a lot better about it if the 5 hole came thru as opposed to a 3 run shot by the 4 hole with first base open. Given the situation, it should have been an easy, no brainer call.
ok, walk this guy....why aren't we walking this guy?.....boom 3 run homerun to lose the game and miss the CWS.
How does someone who lives and breathes baseball like Cohen botch upsuch an easy decision in such a key situation? It really makes me 2nd guess his decision making ability. Going into today, I didn't really care if we won or lost because I knew that Cohen had gotten the most out of this team. But that one decision or lack thereofis a bitter pill to swallow and bad way to end the season.
How does someone who lives and breathes baseball like Cohen botch upsuch an easy decision in such a key situation? It really makes me 2nd guess his decision making ability. Going into today, I didn't really care if we won or lost because I knew that Cohen had gotten the most out of this team. But that one decision or lack thereofis a bitter pill to swallow and bad way to end the season.
I thought OSullivan's decision to pull Maronde was terrible.
The decision to bunt Zunino was atrocious and we didn't take the gift.
at the end of the day, the game was lost when Norris walked those two guys. We just don't have enough pitchiing.
The decision to bunt Zunino was atrocious and we didn't take the gift.
at the end of the day, the game was lost when Norris walked those two guys. We just don't have enough pitchiing.
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You can sayi they hit more homeruns, you can say we didn't hit enough homeruns, or whatever. However, at the end of the day, our lack of pitching is what prevented us from being in Omaha. No questions asked.
<p class="MsoNormal">and once again wanted to "pitch around" a great
hitter, instead of intentionally walking him... Same situation I posted about a
few weeks back and got crucified. How is it a mistake today, but not 4 weeks
ago to Mahtook? Also, you set up a force at any base, which aids in obtaining an out somewhere. If you don't want a guy to beat you, intentionally walk him and take any chance of a mistake out of your pitchers hands. Cohen once again stated that they wanted to pitch around him. If he didn't learn from the previous incident that our pitchers aren't capable of throwing a ball in that situation, why not just have Thigpen stand up and call for intentional walk?</p><p class="MsoNormal">
Smart baseball says walk a hitter who is that good to set up forces everywhere,
especially since he's knocked a dent in every baseball he's put metal on all
weekend. Play the percentages. It may backfire but the percentages are in your favor and you didn't let one of the opponents better/hotter hitters to beat you.</p><p class="MsoNormal">Can't blame the loss on one play and hopefully he and the team all learned a lot from these last few weeks. Future looks pretty good, just need some bats to fill in, especially for Vickerson. That kid gave his all and will be missed.
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hitter, instead of intentionally walking him... Same situation I posted about a
few weeks back and got crucified. How is it a mistake today, but not 4 weeks
ago to Mahtook? Also, you set up a force at any base, which aids in obtaining an out somewhere. If you don't want a guy to beat you, intentionally walk him and take any chance of a mistake out of your pitchers hands. Cohen once again stated that they wanted to pitch around him. If he didn't learn from the previous incident that our pitchers aren't capable of throwing a ball in that situation, why not just have Thigpen stand up and call for intentional walk?</p><p class="MsoNormal">
Smart baseball says walk a hitter who is that good to set up forces everywhere,
especially since he's knocked a dent in every baseball he's put metal on all
weekend. Play the percentages. It may backfire but the percentages are in your favor and you didn't let one of the opponents better/hotter hitters to beat you.</p><p class="MsoNormal">Can't blame the loss on one play and hopefully he and the team all learned a lot from these last few weeks. Future looks pretty good, just need some bats to fill in, especially for Vickerson. That kid gave his all and will be missed.
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At least we woulda had a chance at a double play ball instead of giving up a 3 run dinger that knocks you out of the CWS for sure. Wrong Wrong Wrong Cohen : /