Vott Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 6 hours ago, Dawg83 said: I think they can absolutely get to Omaha. I don’t know if they are quite talented enough to win the whole thing, particularly on offense. The pitching depth is excellent, though. I will be curious to see the rematch in Starkville in three weeks. State probably feels like they gave it away with the strikeout wild pitches and missed pop up. You also wonder if the slow start was a little bit of a hangover from the UCLA game. But obviously USM is just flat out very good, too. The catcher defense issues are a little more forgivable given the context that Milewski is injured, we learned last night. But you can point to wild pitches / passed balls as arguably being the difference in both of State’s losses. So Miss can for sure get to Omaha, but for everyone who thinks that they are about to go say 46-8 in a 54 game regular season, needs to put the brakes on. Baseball is a game that can humble you quickly. All it takes is one unlucky bounce to go against you. 41-13 is my prediction. In fact I think MSU and Ole Miss all win 40 in the regular season Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David44 Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 This was as good of a mid-week game as you will see. Minus the week end pitchers, both were impressive. Miss State's 1-9 lineup should match up with the best in the country, and USM's bullpen has been deep and very good all year. In the 3-run 7th when MS took the lead, the flare pop-up that fell down the left field line probably should have been an out but that's baseball. Would love to see both in Omaha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawg83 Posted March 5 Author Share Posted March 5 Aaaaand USM promptly drops their next game to Nicholls. Insert the old Ron Polk adage… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vott Posted March 5 Share Posted March 5 9 hours ago, Dawg83 said: Aaaaand USM promptly drops their next game to Nicholls. Insert the old Ron Polk adage… what was the ron polk adage? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pancho Posted March 5 Share Posted March 5 it was something about baseball......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawg83 Posted March 5 Author Share Posted March 5 1 hour ago, Vott said: what was the ron polk adage? “That’s baseball” Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David44 Posted March 5 Share Posted March 5 That was a tough turn around for USM after the Tuesday night game. I'm sure the players were pretty amped up From beating MS. But, no excuses, you have to be ready to play. That's 2 years in a row for Nicholls beating USM. I try to be as objective as possible, but when you see certain things happening twice or more, that to me constitutes a trend. Starting a weekend rotation pitcher, squeeze bunting every time you get a runner on 3rd,..etc etc. is kinda Bush league to me. Certainly not illegal though, but we all know there are unwritten rules in baseball. May sound like sour grapes, but I really don't care. I have seen ALOT of baseball in over 50 years, guess I'm just old school on that sorta stuff. May be time to tell Nicholls thanks, but no thanks, go play at Baton Rogue in the midweek. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulldogs4 Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 Nicholls beat Tulane last week. Most smaller schools can beat one of the bigger boys in a one game scenario. Lipsomb was competitive with State tonight and I think they had 12 hits. Not surprising at all that USM lost. They were going to be flat as a pancake after the win over State. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawg83 Posted March 6 Author Share Posted March 6 Early trend I’m monitoring with State is the bullpen. I’m not sounding full on alarm bells yet, but there are some shaky qualities to it and still certainly a lot to prove once you get late in tight games. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulldogs4 Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 I would agree with you. We don’t have a Jonathan Holder or Landon Sims type guy. When you brought those guys in it was over for the other team. This appears to be a bullpen by committee. Which as you noted, in tight games, can be very worrisome. But we will see if someone emerges in the days ahead to be that shut down pitcher. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawg83 Posted March 6 Author Share Posted March 6 I think Davis will be largely fine. Webb had been really good until last night but Lipscomb was teeing off on him, I wonder if him pitching three games in a row had his stuff less sharp yesterday. The good news for weekends is that your Friday and Saturday starters have been excellent so far. Time will tell on Sunday, curious to see what Stone does this week. But I do have a little bit of unease about what happens if State’s offense starts slow like it has the last three games. This team can really hit but some nights it’s just not gonna happen, and can your pen rescue the day consistently? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawg83 Posted March 7 Author Share Posted March 7 State up 23-0 in the third game of their series, about to sweep Lipscomb with no real issues. Tulane in Biloxi on Tuesday and then it’s time to open SEC play at Baum Walker. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulldogs4 Posted March 7 Share Posted March 7 Should be a good matchup with Tulane in BIX Tuesday. Need to win that game and get ready for a tough trip to FYV to start conference play. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawg83 Posted March 8 Author Share Posted March 8 LSU just dropped their third game this week, so I presume State is moving up a spot in the polls. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulldogs4 Posted March 8 Share Posted March 8 (edited) One of the CB gurus was poo pooing midweek losses on STM the other day. But losing OOC games can cost you a Regional Host or a top 8 seed. You can afford a few but if you already have 5-6-7 losses before conference play starts, you are already behind the proverbial 8 ball. These OOC games are crucial to being considered for top 16 or 8 seed. Edited March 9 by Bulldogs4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawg83 Posted March 8 Author Share Posted March 8 13 hours ago, Bulldogs4 said: One of the CB gurus was poo pooing midweek losses on STM the other day. But losing OOC games can cost you a Regional Host or a top 8 seed. You can afford a few but if you already have 5-6-7 losses before conference play starts, you are already behind the proverbial 8 ball. These OOC games are crucial to being considered t It absolutely cost State on more than one occasion in prior years. Teams that won 17 or 18 SEC games got shipped on the road for Regionals because they took half a dozen bad nonconference losses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pancho Posted March 8 Share Posted March 8 state must play better overall especially vs good teams. so far they've faced 2 good teams and have two 1 run losses due to lack of focus in crunch time. Not sure what is going on with Bianco, who doesn't seem to even have a SS on the team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawg83 Posted March 9 Author Share Posted March 9 (edited) Gotta give kudos to all the MS teams for largely handling their business against lesser opponents in nonconference. Evidently that has not been the case at other top programs. Here is a fun stat for you: State, OM, and USM combined - 6 losses Vanderbilt - 7 losses LSU - 5 losses Edited March 9 by Dawg83 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawg83 Posted March 9 Author Share Posted March 9 State up to 3 in the D1 poll after LSU’s horrid week. USM up to 7. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pancho Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 big one tonite in the berg and in biloxi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawg83 Posted March 10 Author Share Posted March 10 State could really use a good showing from Charlie Foster tonight. They’ll use multiple pitchers I’m sure, but Foster is the guy State most needs to figure it out in order for them to reach their full potential. I’m fascinated by OM-USM. Similar to last week, not a make or break game for either, but would further solidify USM or be a big boost for OM’s resume early on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maroontide06 Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 4 hours ago, Dawg83 said: State could really use a good showing from Charlie Foster tonight. They’ll use multiple pitchers I’m sure, but Foster is the guy State most needs to figure it out in order for them to reach their full potential. I’m fascinated by OM-USM. Similar to last week, not a make or break game for either, but would further solidify USM or be a big boost for OM’s resume early on. Hopefully Foster can have a quality start tonight. It's a sellout crowd tonight, so hopefully he can try to put the emotions aside and take it one pitch at a time. It'll be a good night for baseball. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David44 Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 yes, 2 good mid week games. USM bullpen didn't have to cover a whole lot of innings over the weekend. Coach Oz should have pretty much everyone available other than the 3 weekend starters. He used 9 guys in both the Alabama and Miss State mid week games, so may see something like that again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pancho Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 how have the ole miss mid week arms looked? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrownInEtown Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 Phenomenal week for baseball with the WBC and a couple good series this weekend Southern should handle Ark State Ole Miss is a little better than what they’re given credit for, they could make for a tough series with Texas Arkansas has a couple ugly losses so far, and we look really good. Looking to see how our bullpen holds up in a series against a good team. But I’m pretty confident we’ll take this one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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