Gotta love Thursday night SEC baseball.....

Not that every weekend in this league isn’t tough but LSU has started the season with a gauntlet. Their first 6 series are against 5 top 11 teams in the nation. Their 7th series is Arkansas. What a bad draw out of the East drawing the top 3 in UT, Vandy and Scar the year we happen to field our best team in 15-20 years. The experience these FR & SO are getting will pay dividends next year; would not shock me if they came out as preseason top 10 team.
 
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Auburn tied Gators up at 2...I have zero faith that the Tigers can win close games though

You were smart to eschew your faith in Auburn.

I’m hoping that LSU can win the Ole Miss series tonight (up 2-1 in the top of the 8th) and possibly even sweep tomorrow. Not only did the Vols sweep LSU, obviously, but Tennessee’s hopes of hosting a regional increase as teams like Ole Miss drop off.
 
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You were smart to eschew your faith in Auburn.

I’m hoping that LSU can win the Ole Miss series tonight (up 2-1 in the top of the 8th) and possibly even sweep tomorrow. Not only did the Vols sweep LSU, obviously, but Tennessee’s hopes of hosting a regional increase as teams like Ole Miss drop off.
The online score is wrong. Ol Miss up 4-3 T7
 
I am curious how the SEC selects umpires for series. The home plate umpire in the Mississippi State/Vandy game is Zach Neff. Zach Neff played his final year of collegiate baseball at... Mississippi State.

It appears to be the same Zach Neff. I do not know that for 100% fact.
 
You were smart to eschew your faith in Auburn.

I’m hoping that LSU can win the Ole Miss series tonight (up 2-1 in the top of the 8th) and possibly even sweep tomorrow. Not only did the Vols sweep LSU, obviously, but Tennessee’s hopes of hosting a regional increase as teams like Ole Miss drop off.
5-4 Tigers now.
 
I am curious how the SEC selects umpires for series. The home plate umpire in the Mississippi State/Vandy game is Zach Neff. Zach Neff played his final year of collegiate baseball at... Mississippi State.

It appears to be the same Zach Neff. I do not know that for 100% fact.
That’s interesting. In this particular case, I approve.
 
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Rocker is just man amongst boys too bad his velocity is so poor and the scouts think he is only worth a late 3rd round pick.

3rd round? Come on Tracy, no one said your kid fell that far. Pretty sure they said fell to #3. D1 Baseball has their latest mock out and Leiter is #1.
 
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3rd round? Come on Tracy, no one said your your kid fell that far. Pretty sure they said fell to #3. D1 Baseball has their latest mock out and Leiter is #1.
I saw Rocker 4th to the Red Sox...doesn't seem to be much of a concern that he might have lost some velocity off of 98...Leiter is still the pick imo
 
I saw Rocker 4th to the Red Sox...doesn't seem to be much of a concern that he might have lost some velocity off of 98...Leiter is still the pick imo

Velocity is back. He was down for about 3 weeks to low 90’s and that’s when Leiter leap frogged him. It was a legitimate concern for Kumar for a stretch but not now.
 
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Besides all this COVID crap and the new hosting rule for this year, the most important thing for the Vols is to not blow any series they’re supposed to win hands down on paper. And then the ultimate deciding factor IMO comes down to the home series vs Arkansas. That’s gonna be a HUGE series. The upcoming schedule is very favorable for us and even have a decent shot at regaining the top spot in the East with Candy’s remaining schedule vs Florida and Ole Miss. Can’t rule out the Gators just yet either if they can pull out a win or more vs Candy. Only a half game behind us the last time I checked.
 
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3rd round? Come on Tracy, no one said your kid fell that far. Pretty sure they said fell to #3. D1 Baseball has their latest mock out and Leiter is #1.
I am still waiting for Tennessee to barrel up a few of his lost velocity and run him out of the game. Watching the game last night it was mentioned that Ryan Weathers could have been in that rotation also.
 
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