This game was purely on coaching, and I will spell it out,

Jun 2, 2012, 9:05 PM

MORON that I am, and having ZERO baseball coaching experience.

First, we again lost a game due to base running blunders. The most obvious was the interference at 2nd base which I concede was interference. BUT, YOU DO NOT do that with only one out and the bases loaded.I could possibly understand with one out and you were fighting to fend off the double play. I was as bad as the one two weeks ago where, with the bases loaded and one out on a fly ball to the track, our man on first tagged up, even though he could have stayed at first, and took off to second only to be thrown out before our man on 3rd could cross home.

Second base running error, with men on first and second, and a ground ball to the shortstop who was on the grass, our guy on second waited to see if the ball got through before taking off for third. Got thrown out at third.

Third, see Second above.

Fourth, although dead against it, I understood the decision to bunt in the 11th I think with a man on first, who had just been walked, BUT NOT AFTER the count got to 2-0. Good grief, make'em throw strikes.

Fifth, bases loaded, two outs, they just walked a guy to load the bases, 1-0 count and we swing away. Tell him to take it. Make'em throw a strike.

Sixth, Watch two balls down the middle of the plate, swing at a ball in the dirt. Over and over.

Seventh,when Firth came in , I called a buddy and said,"I thought Brady was good to go". I mean, six outs needed with a 2 run lead. Go for the throat. Then Meyer comes in. My buddy calls back and says," I guess Brady is not ready". Then, Brady comes in, but too little too late.

Eigth, and correct me if I am wrong, but on the 2 run homer to Matthews, was that a two strike fastball inside? Reminded me of last week when we threw three straight inside to the GT slugger who hammered all three pitches with the first two foul,but the last one a two run homer.

Finally, those are obvious things that even Spud sees. What are the finer things that are costing us too. This game, CLEARLY, was on the coaches. IMHO.

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First of all you should always try to break up the double play. When doing so you need to do a hard, clean slide. Obviously he wasn't trying to interfere.

As for the bunting, a 2-0 count is a good count to bunt on. Most likely you're gonna get an easy strike down the middle to put the bat on. If it's a ball you pull back. You don't want to give the pitcher strikes when you're trying to sacrifice.

As for our approach batting. A lot goes into hitting than just what the count is. They have a game plan for Roth, they're looking for tendencies, they may be sitting on certain pitches. Obviously we're not going to know a lot we're trying to do, but keep in mind a lot goes into abs.

Roth and Price are very good pitchers. They get ahead in counts and we get in trouble. I thought we did fairly well against their staff today. We faced great pitching, the game played out a lot like most thought. We had plenty of chances, we were right there, and we fell short.

I still think we can win this though. We're good enough to do it. We don't go 12 innings and lose if we're not good. Can't wait for tomorrow!

This game was purely on coaching, and I will spell it out,

Re: Well, it is easy to play the game after it is over.

Re: Well, it is easy to play the game after it is over.

Not bringing Brady was the real deunce move.***

I disagree with some of that

What are you looking at. He reached out with his left arm. I

I'm not saying the call was wrong, I'm saying the runner

I do think it was bs to call interference though

More like when they called that unnecessary roughness on

Exactly***

Re: Poor base running . You don't take pts off the board.***

Re: What are you looking at. He reached out with his left arm. I

re; Roth and Price are very good. Roth gets you to hit a

You are exactly right. Ross was beatable today and we let it

Roth.***

Gossett pitched a hell of a game

Re: You can't knock a freshman who pitched like he has the

Must be from that first outing where he got shelled I think.

I don't see how we possibly win it now. Our pitching is

Re: There is hope as long as you are breathing. It will be a

Re: This game was purely on coaching, and I will spell it out,

They can drill me all they want, but everything I said is

Re: This game was purely on coaching, and I will spell it out,

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