Louisville - ACC Weekend #2
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Oh, and Louisville.
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I'm not overly concerned. Archer was fantastic and I'm willing to bet that Hurter doesn't have another start like that the rest of the year. Also, Crawford pitched better than his final line today and has been solid in all 3 starts. We don't have anyone who is a shutdown reliever, but we do have 5 guys that I trust to get outs when we need them and that's all that matters.
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Agree... plus how you manage pitchers & how you approach hitters with a large lead is different. Once we took a 2 run lead in 3rd today... Louisville never got closer than that.
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Hope we play at this level all year, the kick *** in Omaha!
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I think to a certain extent, when you're up by as many as we were (especially Saturday) you're likely to leave a pitcher in a bit longer. Let him take his lumps, scratch some outs, and save the pen. It starts to ding the stat line a bit.
CDH would have had a quicker hook were it a one run game.
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What was he so "triggered" about? Oh, I guess he is like that all the time. Did he say that the next inning too?
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He was upset and talking s*** every time he came to the dugout. Head case...
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Plus a top 5 team should score several runs against you.
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For all you rankophiles, #7 by D1 https://d1baseball.com/rankings/d1baseball-top-25-yellow-jackets-make-their-move/
L"Ville to #10. Miami #8.
Just win.
I realized why I was tired after yesterday's heavy weight fight; L'Ville threw 184 pitches in 8 innings and we threw 163 in nine innings (96 strikes = 59%).
This deserves a longer answer. But I am concerned about our pitching too. But we need to look at individuals since some did well and some didn't. More later in week when I get a chance to pull stats together.
Bottom line is that I trust DBo to make these guys better.
Shameless shilling here, check out https://my.ifoliocorp.com/GeorgiaTechBaseball.html to support the team. Matt Lanier (404-385-4407) at GTAA is very helpful.
L"Ville to #10. Miami #8.
Just win.
I realized why I was tired after yesterday's heavy weight fight; L'Ville threw 184 pitches in 8 innings and we threw 163 in nine innings (96 strikes = 59%).
This deserves a longer answer. But I am concerned about our pitching too. But we need to look at individuals since some did well and some didn't. More later in week when I get a chance to pull stats together.
Bottom line is that I trust DBo to make these guys better.
Shameless shilling here, check out https://my.ifoliocorp.com/GeorgiaTechBaseball.html to support the team. Matt Lanier (404-385-4407) at GTAA is very helpful.
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Not too much concern for reasons others pointed out (ie game/pitcher mgmt). My primary concerns were Maxwell and Bartnicki not being as "clean" as they would have liked in game three. They got 'er done which all that matters for now but would like to see Maxwell get better command of his offspeed pitch (he'll be lights-out if he does). He's entertaining to watch the power though eh! They will both benefit from more mound time as the season evolves as they haven't pitched much this past week.
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I do agree that our #2 and #3 starters pitched well....Louisville did hit them a bit, but both really pitched (as opposed to just threw) and worked their way through the game. Hurter at #1 disappointed and I really REALLY hope that was an anomaly.
Mostly though, my concerns were with the bullpen. Down the road, I expect we'll have to win some games 4-3, and will need a lock-down efforts out of the 'pen. We need a couple of guys we can count on out there to throw up zeros.
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I know two books that were written just for a young man like that...no, not Mein Kampf silly, Dale Carnegie's "How to Win Friends and Influence People" or "I'm OK, You're OK" by psychologist Thomas Harris which is about transactional analysis but for him we can shorten the analysis to... he's a head case.
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This was my favorite offensive play of the weekend. No one expected with two outs. But adds another dimension for other teams to think about.
And it was a perfect bunt. Just good baseball and GREAT coaching.
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How cool was that to see. The dying art of bunting - and a squeeze no less. Execution like that by Tres makes the coach look like a genius for sure! Tres does seem to do a lot of the "little" things right...