Miami, Ohio Baseball

[THWG]

It’s just one game, remember it’s college baseball, so you can win 17-16 one game and 1-0 the next. Give the pitching until we play UGA to decide if we are still *** or not. We only have one sample size.

Yep and that one sample size included 2 freshmen that Hall left in to see what they have and get their first action.

 

[Buzz_404]

Yep and that one sample size included 2 freshmen that Hall left in to see what they have and get their first action.

Exactly what I said!! That Schmolke kid actually pitched decent for his first outing. Dawson Brown is a great pitcher but I don’t know if he should be a starter. I’m still very optimistic in our pitching

 

[GTNavyNuke]

Exactly what I said!! That Schmolke kid actually pitched decent for his first outing. Dawson Brown is a great pitcher but I don’t know if he should be a starter. I’m still very optimistic in our pitching

I just watched the ninth for the first time and Busse was really good. No f'ing around. He had attitude.

I'll wait to say Dawson is a great pitcher till he puts up some consistent numbers.

 

[MWBATL]

I haven’t had confidence in Dawson Brown since… well, ever. As a change of pace relief pitcher I think he could be effective. Without checking his stats my memory says he has always walked way too many to be great.

 

[GTRambler]

Glad our team won its season opener yesterday. But, frankly, it was mostly an undeserved win, as Miami-Ohio made 5 errors that led to 8 unearned runs. All 12 of Miami-Ohio’s runs against our team were earned, which means our total team pitching in this one game was abysmal.

Gusse was our team’s only effective pitcher, and that was when he pitched the top ninth as the closer. He got 3 strikeouts throwing nasty stuff. He looked great!

I hope to see a bunch of our team’s other pitchers get “tried out” in games over the next couple of weeks, just to give them a chance and see what they can do. Because it’s apparent we have a long way to go as a pitching staff.

I also have a feeling that this could be DBo’s make-or-break year. DBo is now entering his fourth season as the pitching coach.

 

[FredJacket]

I don't take much from playing weak opponents. Scoring 13 runs in first 2 innings sets up for "almost" a wasted game for evaluation purposes. Coaches approach a 13 run lead very differently from a typical game flow. Pitchers sit for extended time between innings. Focus is more difficult for everyone (even me... the wisdom-filled fan). Lol.

Once the game got tight... we looked okay.

We won't know very much about this team until we're through 3 weekend series... unfortunately. I really wish we'd schedule better teams... don't have to be top 20-type teams but top half, at least.

 

[MaverickGT]

I don't take much from playing weak opponents. Scoring 13 runs in first 2 innings sets up for "almost" a wasted game for evaluation purposes. Coaches approach a 13 run lead very differently from a typical game flow. Pitchers sit for extended time between innings. Focus is more difficult for everyone (even me... the wisdom-filled fan). Lol.

Once the game got tight... we looked okay.

We won't know very much about this team until we're through 3 weekend series... unfortunately. I really wish we'd schedule better teams... don't have to be top 20-type teams but top half, at least.

Schedule is hard enough in conference play, plus we play UGAg, Auburn, Ga Southern, etc. What more do you wan't? I think the cupcake series to start the year are a good move. I just wish we would do more of that with our football schedules

 

[FredJacket]

Schedule is hard enough in conference play, plus we play UGAg, Auburn, Ga Southern, etc. What more do you wan't? I think the cupcake series to start the year are a good move. I just wish we would do more of that with our football schedules

I hear you. Your point is well taken

I'm specifically talking about weekend series. There are 14 of them 10 ACC & 4 out of conference. 3 of them are not as challenging as I would like. Baseball is different than other sports. The cost/benefit of playing "challenging" opponent (in my view) is weighted heavily in the benefit side... plus I'm a fan & better opponents are more intriguing.

 

[FredJacket]

 

[Buzz_404]

No Kristian Campbell, Hall said in the interview he got banged up yesterday, hope he’s good to go tomorrow

 

[Lone Star Jacket]

Not gonna be near as many walks today - this HP ump calls anything within a foot of the strike zone a strike.

 

[Lone Star Jacket]

Here’s that bullpen meltdown we’re so familiar with.

 

[Lone Star Jacket]

Here’s that bullpen meltdown we’re so familiar with.

And the errors at critical times.

 

[Lone Star Jacket]

Now Mannelly - Oh boy!

 

[Lone Star Jacket]

And another error. Just so bad.

 

[link3945]

That looked pretty safely out from the stands.

 

[Lone Star Jacket]

Whew!

 

[THWG]

Fantastic pitching today until the 9th, but we still found a way to close it out!! Last year that would have been a loss.

 

[Lone Star Jacket]

Fantastic pitching today until the 9th, but we still found a way to close it out!! Last year that would have been a loss.

HP ump decided to squeeze our pitchers in the 9th after having a huge strike zone up to that point. Somehow survived it.

 

[Lone Star Jacket]

No Kristian Campbell, Hall said in the interview he got banged up yesterday, hope he’s good to go tomorrow

Missed him today. Just a casual observation - we’re pretty slow in the OF and on the bases. Need any speed we can get in the lineup.