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[VolPack22]

But it’s so easy to win a natty, we should bring one home at least every other year!

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If Texas A&M gets to the championship series, there will be a guaranteed first time CWS champion since Ole Miss-Arkansas play each other. I’m pulling for Oklahoma at this point, followed by Texas A&M, then the meteor

 

[Volprofch05]

If Texas A&M gets to the championship series, there will be a guaranteed first time CWS champion since Ole Miss-Arkansas play each other. I’m pulling for Oklahoma at this point, followed by Texas A&M, then the meteor

1. Meteor
2. Ole Miss
3. OU
4. TAMU (would've no doubt been last until the last few years)
5. Won't say it but you can read between the lines

 

[VolPack22]

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[VolPack22]

1. Meteor
2. Ole Miss
3. OU
4. TAMU (would've no doubt been last until the last few years)
5. Won't say it but you can read between the lines

At least we can now say we didn’t lose a game to any of the semi finalists lol

 

[Volprofch05]

Flashback from 2 years ago, has the look of a group of guys who would go on to do great things!

 

[VolPack22]

Chipper approves

 

[OldTimer]

But it’s so easy to win a natty, we should bring one home at least every other year!

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and it took the most storied team in college baseball 12 times to win, Mississippi State. It ain’t easy folks…..just have fun trying and hopefully the baseball gods are on your side for a brief time

 

[MAD]

It’s easy to spot people that don’t know anything about baseball lol

Lol you nailed it.

 

[W.TN.Orange Blood]

 

[MAD]

 

[MAD]

Let’s do it again.

 

[MAD]

 

[Halph66]

Here is a question especially for people saying that by not making it to the Omaha that the season was considered a disappointment.


Which team had more success?
2021 making it to Omaha or 2022 winning the SEC and SEC Tournament but failing to make it to Omaha?

I will say that the sting of not making Omaha this year is still with me. Neither seasons were a disappointment to me, I just didn't like the outcome.

However, when you look at the accomplishments in a very short time it's hard to be disappointed. The Vols baseball team is making us proud.

I can say that the 2020 season was the most disappointing. The Vols started out on a tear, but didn't get to play it to the end.

 

[TN_gal]

There’s a thread that’s so ripe with negavols, that even textbook negavols are having to talk people out of a tree tonight

Even attempting a reasonable response to any of them would be playing a game of whack a mole. Just a waste of energy. They like to live in the legions of the miserable.

 

[W.TN.Orange Blood]

Let’s do it again.

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[AthensVol2007]

Yeah we’ve got people blaming the supers loss on Gilbert and saying they would’ve benched him for Game 3. He’s only an All-American

I’m not blaming it on him at all, but immediately after the Saturday game my brother and I both said we would keep him on the bench Sunday and roll with the same lineup that we won with. I’m not such a simpleton to think because that lineup had a good game Saturday that they would automatically continue it on Sunday and therefore we don’t need DG. My thinking was that because Drew is such a competitor and would feel like he let the team down by missing 1.5 games, that he would come back pressing, trying to make up for missed AB’s or trying to put the team on his back. On two occasions, he followed JB being HBP and BB and popped out both times after seeing a total of 3 pitches in 2 AB’s. I’m not against being aggressive and the 1st pitch you see is likely the best one, but they hit JB with the last pitch they threw and he swung at the first one he saw and the 2nd AB they had just walked JB on 3 straight pitches and started DG off with a ball on first pitch; at that point I’m telling him to take the 2nd pitch as well.

 

[youcancallmeAl]

I’m not blaming it on him at all, but immediately after the Saturday game my brother and I both said we would keep him on the bench Sunday and roll with the same lineup that we won with. I’m not such a simpleton to think because that lineup had a good game Saturday that they would automatically continue it on Sunday and therefore we don’t need DG. My thinking was that because Drew is such a competitor and would feel like he let the team down by missing 1.5 games, that he would come back pressing, trying to make up for missed AB’s or trying to put the team on his back. On two occasions, he followed JB being HBP and BB and popped out both times after seeing a total of 3 pitches in 2 AB’s. I’m not against being aggressive and the 1st pitch you see is likely the best one, but they had JB with the last pitch they threw and he swung at the first one he saw and the 2nd AB they had just walked JB on 3 straight pitches and started DG off with a ball on first pitch; at that point I’m telling him to take the 2nd pitch as well.

Drew has swung at the first pitch if it's in or near the strike zone and belt high or above every at bat through the season. It's his MO. Why change your approach if it's been successful all year? You live by the sword, you die by the sword. Gotta tip your hat to the pitching.

 

[Halph66]

Drew has swung at the first pitch if it's in or near the strike zone and belt high or above every at bat through the season. It's his MO. Why change your approach if it's been successful all year? You live by the sword, you die by the sword. Gotta tip your hat to the pitching.

There are statistics that show that the first pitch that a batter sees will be the best pitch to hit. It's in the neighborhood of 70%-80% of the time it's a strike. Most first pitches are fast balls right in the zone.
Some coaches teach players not to swing at the first pitch to size up the pitchers stuff first. Pitchers know this and some throw a first pitch strike to get ahead in the count.
Other coaches teach players that you'll never see a better pitch then first one. Why go up the plate not swinging intentionally, only to give the pitcher a free strike.
I myself like the later approach. If the first pitch looks like a strike swing the dang bat. As one of my sons coaches use to say, "you might just run into one and knock it over the fence".

 

[txbo]

I’m not blaming it on him at all, but immediately after the Saturday game my brother and I both said we would keep him on the bench Sunday and roll with the same lineup that we won with. I’m not such a simpleton to think because that lineup had a good game Saturday that they would automatically continue it on Sunday and therefore we don’t need DG. My thinking was that because Drew is such a competitor and would feel like he let the team down by missing 1.5 games, that he would come back pressing, trying to make up for missed AB’s or trying to put the team on his back. On two occasions, he followed JB being HBP and BB and popped out both times after seeing a total of 3 pitches in 2 AB’s. I’m not against being aggressive and the 1st pitch you see is likely the best one, but they had JB with the last pitch they threw and he swung at the first one he saw and the 2nd AB they had just walked JB on 3 straight pitches and started DG off with a ball on first pitch; at that point I’m telling him to take the 2nd pitch as well.

In most other situations, I would have benched him also...but not this game. After what he has meant to this team over the years, his potential last game in a Vol uniform and last game at LNS just couldn't be on the bench.

 

[youcancallmeAl]

There are statistics that show that the first pitch that a batter sees will be the best pitch to hit. It's in the neighborhood of 70%-80% of the time it's a strike. Most first pitches are fast balls right in the zone.
Some coaches teach players not to swing at the first pitch to size up the pitchers stuff first. Pitchers know this and some throw a first pitch strike to get ahead in the count.
Other coaches teach players that you'll never see a better pitch then first one. Why go up the plate not swinging intentionally, only to give the pitcher a free strike.
I myself like the later approach. If the first pitch looks like a strike swing the dang bat. As one of my sons coaches use to say, "you might just run into one and knock it over the fence).

Yep, there's a lot of different approaches. For amateurs, it makes sense to settle on an approach and become consistent at it. Pros sometimes change their hitting approach game to game or series to series depending on the pitcher, etc. It's too much to expect a college kid to do that with ease. Most coaches want the lead off hitter to take some pitches and take the pitcher deep into the count so the team can see what he's throwing. Seth could have used a bit more of that, IMO, but he had a whopping OBP anyway, so he stuck with what he knew.

 

[Halph66]

Yep, there's a lot of different approaches. For amateurs, it makes sense to settle on an approach and become consistent at it. Pros sometimes change their hitting approach game to game or series to series depending on the pitcher, etc. It's too much to expect a college kid to do that with ease. Most coaches want the lead off hitter to take some pitches and take the pitcher deep into the count so the team can see what he's throwing. Seth could have used a bit more of that, IMO, but he had a whopping OBP anyway, so he stuck with what he knew.

In the Pros and in College there is a lot of scouting to show tendencies. Players adjust (guess) based on those tendencies. Sometimes the guess right, sometime they guess wrong. Players also change their tendencies because good teams scout themselves. They adjust to hopefully out guess the opposing team. There are so many games within the game that goes on. That's why I loved hearing what was going on when my son was playing. The cat and mouse stuff that goes on behind the scenes is fascinating to me. I wish there was a way for the fans to see into that world without the opposing team getting the information.

 

[Vtonerider]

I can't wait for next season, just so I don't have to read some folks "deeper musings"!

 

[MAD]

In the first game are you…
1) pulling for A&M
2) pulling for Oklahoma
3) just want a good game
4) don’t care, not watching

 

[W.TN.Orange Blood]

In the first game are you…
1) pulling for A&M
2) pulling for Oklahoma
3) just want a good game
4) don’t care, not watching

Going with (3) bc, I don't have a dog in this fight. (4) Not really watching ... check the score.

 

[W.TN.Orange Blood]

What's for lunch? It's getting close to a medium done rib-eye.