I was out of town Friday taking in some racing at Keeneland and betting a few horses so had to follow the game by phone.Got home Sat eve. in time to see WVU meltdown in the late innings.Watched today's game on local TV.Here is what I surmise from reading all 3 game threads by your fans.
1.Your fans hate our uniforms.
Me:Your fans are traditionalists and don't like change.Sorry but it is what it is.
2.You were expecting a series win or possible a sweep.
Me:As a fan I can understand your expectations but other teams have expectations also.
3. Your fans think our CF is a "hotdog".Your thinking is confirmed when off-air comments by the announcing team seem to confirm this.
Me:I don't mind his action as long as he doesn't try to show up any particular player.If that's the way he plays I'm ok with it.
4.You get the best FREE video around and complain about the announcers being "homers"
Me:Sunday game had short interruption but what did you expect from the other teams announcers?All I can say is "Enjoy Frogvision"
5.Your fan base has extremely high expectations for your team thus creating a mini meltdown today.
Me.Your team is extremely talented and I understand some of your expectations but other teams play this game of baseball.This series could have been a sweep by either team.WVU had some sure fire opportunities to score today but it didn't work out.Was it the cleanest series played?Hell no,not by either team.
Time to move on to the next series.We have TTU,OU TU and KSU.Lot's of baseball to be played and the B12 can send several teams to Regionals.Good luck to everyone.I love B12 baseball.
I might add to bad mouth DF after he went 18-18 in save chance before today is a bit much.
1. All fans hate your uniforms. Even one of your own coaches hates your uniforms. It has nothing to do with being a traditionalist or not. It has to do with having eyesight and merely an ounce of good taste.
2. Can't speak on behalf of all Frog fans but I was expecting exactly the 2-1 series win for the Eers. Admittedly I thought we'd have to salvage the Sunday game to get there and I did allow myself to hope that we would go 2-1 after that debacle on Saturday night.
3. Your CF is a hot dog. You can be okay with it all you want to be but that's not baseball and he will pay for it. Actually, I think your three-hole hitter may pay for it in the not too distant future. As for me, I try not to allow a single player to sour me on a team but he's just about there. I'm finding it a bit hard to believe that RM is okay with that but he must be to permit it to continue. Some people may claim that "You'd love him if he was on your team." I will clear that up. Nope.
4. No complaints about your free streaming. Your announcers run hot and cold but most do. Didn't listen to them today at all because I synched up the Frog radio call but they were good the first two days. I think there were many comments on here as to that.
5. I get that you think that based on reading three games threads and our fan base does have high expectations and justifiably so. But the vast majority of us that follow the team know that we've not been playing really good baseball this season...and certainly not anywhere close to what is expected of a relatively mature baseball squad with the history they've had. This has not reflected in the record yet but if some things don't change, it soon will. Virtually inevitable.
Didn't read a lot of badmouthing of DF. Much more so the decision to leave him out there when it was clear that he wasn't capable of throwing three strikes to any single batter. Some of us didn't want him to take the mound in the first place.