Official MTSU at Tennessee Game Thread - 6PM - SECN/ESPN3

#52
#52
some close games going on in the SEC right now...I'm watching Vandy, Sheffield on the mound, VU up 7-5 over Evansville
 
#53
#53
UK picked up 2 W's today over Murray State...UGA beat Furman...Arky beat Eastern Illinois...Mizzou and UT games cancelled...
 
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Sheffield just gave up a 1 out, 3 run shot in the top of the 9th, that dude pummeled that baseball for Evansville...Vandy trails 8-7.
 
#56
#56
Penn Murfee homers to tie the game VU...they get extras and we can't even get four innings.
 
#57
#57
VU wins on a walk off wild pitch, Sheffield has gotten better...VU wins 9-8, Vandy had 15 hits, Evansville had 4....
 
#61
#61
USCe comes from behind to beat College of Charleston 10-4...
 
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vol66 said:
I'm not the person to ask about pitching but he looked pretty good compared to other freshmen starting their first game to me...
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I'll have to agree, I guess, but I just haven't seen (heard) enough yet to make any informed decision.
Just a crazy start to a season as I've ever seen. :yes:

GO BASEVOLS!
 
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Interesting... :blink:
 

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Helton1 said:
Interesting... :blink:
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The game means alot more to MTSU than it does to UT, weekday games dont mean a thing in college baseball. They are filler games to get your younger guys some experience, young pitchers benefit the most from weekday games. So I get it MTSU was left with a semi thinking they were going to the W in knoxville but the truth of the matter is UT just wasnt really that into it.
 
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Volsfaninva917 said:
The game means alot more to MTSU than it does to UT, weekday games dont mean a thing in college baseball. They are filler games to get your younger guys some experience, young pitchers benefit the most from weekday games. So I get it MTSU was left with a semi thinking they were going to the W in knoxville but the truth of the matter is UT just wasnt really that into it.
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We aren't in any position to not be "into it". We need all the Ws we can get.
 
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Volsfaninva917 said:
Not worried about non conference, take care of the in conference business and all will be right with the world
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I counted 14 more midweek non conference games. That puts this team at 18 losses. Even if they go 2 of 3 every weekend in conference play, that puts them with 28 losses. Last year they finished with 23. While I agree midweek games are the time to work and shuffle things around, it's ridiculous to say they are unimportant.

Edit: 11 more midweek games, and 3 against Grand Canyon. But still, that's a lot of losses to not care about.
 
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Helton1 said:
Interesting... :blink:
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I was watching. I am not sure how we were going to play that game. It looked like a small pond formed on the right side of the infield. I'm guessing if we had been up 4-0 it still would have been cancelled. Only way to finish it would have been playing until midnight or later.
 
#70
#70
The weather has certainly thrown us a curveball (pun intended) in this early season. We haven't had any consistency in our midweek/weekend routines and have missed valuable practice time and game reps. Here's a look at our rained out games/makeup games.

Rain/Snow Outs:

2/18 vs Tennessee Tech
2/20 vs Rutgers
2/21 vs Rutgers
2/21 vs Rutgers
2/22 vs Rutgers
2/24 vs Lipscomb
3/3 vs Middle Tennessee
3/4 vs Morehead State

Makeup Games:

2/20 vs Lipscomb (Emerson, GA)
2/25 @ Belmont
3/11 vs Morehead State
4/1 @ Arkansas State
4/29 vs Xavier

So by looking at that, and assuming the weather cooperates moving forward, we're only down 3 games from the original schedule. I think by the end of the year we will have played as many games as the other conference teams. I know CDS has alluded to trying to reschedule with Lipscomb, Middle Tennessee, and Tennessee Tech.

We're certainly at a disadvantage by playing a light schedule before conference play but I believe we will be fine. This is a very talented team that just needs to put it together. I think if we can win our midweek games at a high clip the rest of the season and go .500 or better in conference, we'll be where we all want to be, playing in Hoover and receiving an NCAA tournament bid. JMO.
 
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whobethis16 said:
I counted 14 more midweek non conference games. That puts this team at 18 losses. Even if they go 2 of 3 every weekend in conference play, that puts them with 28 losses. Last year they finished with 23. While I agree midweek games are the time to work and shuffle things around, it's ridiculous to say they are unimportant.

Edit: 11 more midweek games, and 3 against Grand Canyon. But still, that's a lot of losses to not care about.
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Exactly.
 
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vol66 said:
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Is a .048 BA the best we can find for a DH?
 
#73
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bowlinggreenvol said:
Is a .048 BA the best we can find for a DH?
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The player you mentioned had been in the lead off spot until game 2 out at UCI, he was benched those final two games. By Game 3, both 1 and 2 hole hitters were replaced. The game you are talking about is a midweek game following the UCI series. CDS probably wanted to give him a shot at gaining some confidence back, pure speculation on my part.
 
#74
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vol66 said:
The player you mentioned had been in the lead off spot until game 2 out at UCI, he was benched those final two games. By Game 3, both 1 and 2 hole hitters were replaced. The game you are talking about is a midweek game following the UCI series. CDS probably wanted to give him a shot at gaining some confidence back, pure speculation on my part.
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Looks like he needs some. I was pissed the Morehead game was cancelled. I had to work in Knoxville on Wednesday and Thursday and timed my travels to coincide with the game. Got to campus at 3:55 and was welcomed by sunny skies, 73 degree weather and a practice. I rarely missed a home game in my time on the Hill but as I've gotten away from campus baseball has been harder and harder to keep up with.
 
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bowlinggreenvol said:
Looks like he needs some. I was pissed the Morehead game was cancelled. I had to work in Knoxville on Wednesday and Thursday and timed my travels to coincide with the game. Got to campus at 3:55 and was welcomed by sunny skies, 73 degree weather and a practice. I rarely missed a home game in my time on the Hill but as I've gotten away from campus baseball has been harder and harder to keep up with.
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I understand and I assume based on your post you may not know who this guy is so...We had Will Maddox in the lead off spot for the last two, if not 3 years and I know you are aware of how good he was. He decided to move on as many do to the minors.

Hall comes from Tusculum, a very successful NAIA program, he graduated in three years, here's his bio in part:

An athletic outfielder, Hall served as Cumberland University's primary leadoff hitter in 2014.
• While with Cumberland last season, he helped the team to its third NAIA World Series title and hit .392 with 75 runs scored in 68 games (67 starts).
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full bio: Chris Hall Bio - UTSPORTS.COM - University of Tennessee Athletics

I think he was probably doing okay in practice, but it certainly hasn't translated to games, at least as of yet.

Since his benching, Vincent Jackson has moved into the lead off role and has been okay, but he's been a streaky hitter his entire time at UT. While I hope he can be the answer, you're asking a career 5 hole or worse hitter to be a lead off man.

He has the skills to do it, it's just... you know... will he.

They wanted Hall to be the guy and because they weren't getting in games there wasn't an opportunity to try different things.

Hope that makes sense.
 
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