Game 2: #16 TCU vs. Virginia

[Pharm Frog]

We didn't need that base runner anyway

 

[flyfishingfrog]

Oh but of course we have to have our normal base running bonehead play

 

[Armadillo]

We didn't need that base runner anyway

I was really hoping baserunning issues would be addressed in the off season. I fear I may have been mistaken.

 

[TCUdirtbag]

Oh but of course we have to have our normal base running bonehead play

Meh, if he wasn’t picked off the guenther grounder could’ve been an inning ending dp and it’d be 2-0 instead of 3-0.

But I know we have to [ hundin] about everything.

 

[PurpleBlood87]

I wouldn't be surprised to see Alex Isola catch on Sunday. Day game after a night game and all that.

 

[Punter1]

Dude....the 2nd darning runner picked off 1st with a runner on 3rd with zero outs.

I'm telling you...we are teaching/coaching our runners to do something stupid. This is absurd.

This is like fair catching a punt at the half yard line twice in a game....

 

[Froggy Style]

Just don't understand how a fundamental baseball coach can convince himself that losing so many baserunners is a good thing. It's a demoralizer to the fans and likely the players. Very similar to centers jacking up three pointers...yes, every once in a while it works, but it's just stupid.

 

[TCUdirtbag]

Dude....the 2nd darning runner picked off 1st with a runner on 3rd with zero outs.

I'm telling you...we are teaching/coaching our runners to do something stupid. This is absurd.

This is like fair catching a punt at the half yard line twice in a game....

I think we’re being awfully hard on a team that’s mostly newcomers in the early innings of gsme 2 in an opening weekend tournament against some of the best programs in the country.

 

[Froggy Style]

I think we’re being awfully hard on a team that’s mostly newcomers in the early innings of gsme 2 in an opening weekend tournament against some of the best programs in the country.

When you watch it happen five years in a row...it's not about the players.

 

[TCUdirtbag]

3 up 3 down for janczak in the top of the 4th

 

[Pharm Frog]

Meh, if he wasn’t picked off the guenther grounder could’ve been an inning ending dp and it’d be 2-0 instead of 3-0.

But I know we have to [ hundin] about everything.

It would still be 3-0 but he wouldn't have gotten an RBI

 

[TCUdirtbag]

When you watch it happen five years in a row...it's not about the players.

Unless you’re counting these first 1 & 1/3 games of 2019 as one of your five years, we went to Omaha 4 of your 5 years so lol. Let’s keep some perspective.

 

[Punter1]

I think we’re being awfully hard on a team that’s mostly newcomers in the early innings of gsme 2 in an opening weekend tournament against some of the best programs in the country.

Getting picked off, twice, in that situation two games in a row is unbelievably rare and inexcusable...yet typical of our approach.

 

[Pharm Frog]

I get the feeling that I'm gonna be a nervous wreck every time JJ takes the mound this season.

 

[PurplFrawg]

Good to see a 3 up 3 down after we scored three runs in the 3rd.

 

[TCUdirtbag]

Getting picked off, twice, in that situation two games in a row is unbelievably rare and inexcusable...yet typical of our approach.

It is February 16. Both players that have been picked off are in there first 2 games at this level. Let’s give it a few weeks before losing our [ Finebaum ] over everything and digging our heels in and declaring this season hopeless.

 

[Pharm Frog]

Good to see a 3 up 3 down after we scored three runs in the 3rd.

This is what I was hoping to see. JJ threw a few too many early count balls and had to recover in the middle of ABs but that's kind of his game.....

 

[Zebra Frog]

Henry with a bunt base hit and frogs have runners on the corners with no outs

What is a bunt?

 

[Froggy Style]

Unless you’re counting these first 1 & 1/3 games of 2019 as one of your five years, we went to Omaha 4 of your 5 years so lol

It wasn't getting picked off base paths that got us there. It was good pitching and clutch hitting. I'm not calling for someone's head, but if you can't have a discussion about the ridiculous nature of repeatedly losing players at third base, then what's the point of having a discussion board?

 

[Pharm Frog]

We didn't need that base runner anyway.