Something I don't understand....

Mar 22, 2014, 11:33 PM

I'm not a huge baseball fan, I played when I was younger but from a viewing aspect, the game moves too slow to me leading me to be a much larger basketball and football fan. That being said, I still go to a few baseball games and love to see the team make it to Omaha, as I am a huge Clemson fan.

So, we beat the #1 team last night, and should have won the series in the last game tonight, but it slipped away in the end. This tells me that even with a lack of relief pitching, we still should have won the series against a national #1 team, not bad if you ask me. Many games have left a lot to be questioned (western carolina for example), but I still don't doubt our ability to beat anybody.

Baseball is a very odd game in that the best team will lose many games. This is why the world series champion Red Sox tied the leagues best record last year with 65 losses, which is equivalent to losing 40% of their games (97-62 record). This is a loooong season, and we're not even half way through the schedule. We should have beaten USC twice (in my opinion at least), and should have taken the last game against FSU. A "bad" team would never even get themselves into positions to win against top ranked teams like so, and I hope everyone will wait till the season is over with to pass on their judgement.

Pitching is concerning, and yes Jack recruits these pitchers who seem to be underperforming, but just give it time and see where it goes. I don't understand why when we win, I come on here and hardly see any baseball posts, but when we lose I come on the boards and you would think the whole baseball team got arrested the way some berate these 18-21 year old kids, who I'm sure hate the team losing much more than any of us do. Baseball teams will lose, nobody is free from this reality, and I believe this team has fight left in them as we move towards the second half.

Instead of being angry about this, be happy we almost stole two of three from #1, and realize it's only a game. No reason to cloud up the boards with mindless complaints if you won't say the same after we win a game. Crack a few seeds, enjoy some beers, and we'll see where the season goes, Go Tigers!