Deep Purple
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Punter1 said:
Our base running this year has won us waaaay more games than it has cost us. I don't recall you ever complaining about our base running after a win.
TCU vs. NC State: Saturday Regional Game
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Our base running this year has won us waaaay more games than it has cost us. I don't recall you ever complaining about our base running after a win.
Deep Purple
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salamander said:
Which is usually how the ball reacts off a very fast pitch that connects dead-center with the barrel of the bat. How many HRs have we seen hit to dead-center at Lupton? Virtually none. That alone tells you the pitch had a very high velocity.
jack the frog
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froginmn said:
Is a bunt there a no-brainer? I played for a number of years and do not recall that as an automatic with 0 outs but that was 30 plus years ago. I have forgotten much. You seem to follow the game more closely than I do.
Pharm Frog
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I don't think it has anything to do with injury.PO Frog said:
ThisIsOurTime
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Tough loss but now Schloss has a tough decision to make regarding the pitching. TCU has to win 3 games and will need to beat NC State twice today to advance. TCU does have Alexander and Young ready to go. The decision is whether you save both for NC State and scrounge together another pitching group for the Stony Brook opponent OR do you pitch Young or Alexander against Stony Brook to increase odds you get to NC State? I think Schloss will choose the latter but am really thinking the former would be the better decision. . .
Pharm Frog
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What if it's a ball and it's not bunted at all?Gehörnter Frosch said:
ThisIsOurTime
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Biggest problem for RIley right now is falling behind on batters. Right out of the gate, he goes down 2-0 to the first batter. Then, he struggles throughout the inning to get ahead in the count. This has been an issue his last few outings. Think we will see Riley bounce back today. He is too good of a pitcher to not bounce back.Purp said:
froginmn
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I coach at the youth level and was part of coach selection committee and that situation is actually an interview question.jack the weed said:
The correct answer, which I heard dozens of times from candidates with lots more knowledge than i, is "it depends who's at the plate, and who's on base, but with all that said, I'm going to bunt him over."
I'm not trying to act like some guru, but it drives me crazy to hear people on here saying that Schloss made a mistake.
ThisIsOurTime
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Preach. However, we have to win 3 today to advance. That 3rd game will be the one where the energy will be needed the most.KLPFROG said:
Pharm Frog
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ThisIsOurTime said:
Like the enthusiasm but I'll settle for 2 wins today.
Phil Philbertson
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I hope your right. We would run out of red bull.KLPFROG said:
Thanks,
Phil
Moose Stuff
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If I was on the selection committee the correct answer would be "swing away". I absolutely despise what bunting is doing to college baseball.froginmn said:
ThisIsOurTime
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Thought the games all had to be done by noon on Monday.KLPFROG said:
My apologies, I had heard all the games had to be in by Monday at Noon.KLPFROG said:
Punter1
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I do too...but I'd much rather trust K Jones to lay down a bunt then to hit the ball to the right side.Moose Stuff said:
Down a run you gotta tie the game..the best odds are getting that guy to 3rd with 1 out. I hate AugieBall bunting in the 2nd inning of a scoreless game after a leadoff walk or single.
But last night you gotta tie the game and the highest percentage play is to bunt...especially with a fundamentally sound, yet light hitting, senior up.
Had that been Cody or CW, MAYBE, let them swing and trust them to hit the ball to the right side. But with KJ..you gotta bunt.
