The Official #1 Tennessee vs Alabama State Regional Game Thread Friday June 3rd (6PM EST SEC NETWORK)

#635
#635
StarRaider said:
I believe it was Tullahoma when they had the Sheffield kids... the coach would not pitch the ace in the sectional game because he did not have enough rest. One of the players parents was irate along the lines of "you took away my kids chance to play in the state tourney" and the coach was like... yeah I am not going to ruin a million dollar arm for a high school game.
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That coach deserves a lot of kudos for that.
 
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#646
#646
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I hope the unbrellas can take a pounding
 
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Some notes and observations as the regional opens play:

1) Tony's goal for Hoover was to play good baseball. We did that, with exception of a couple of hiccups. All in all, mission accomplished - and then some.
2) Our infiled defense has improved leaps and bounds over the course of the season. Luc has been brilliant at FB, Ortega and Lawson are really solid up the middle, and Trey has become a terrific 3Baseman. And, as if right on cue for the post season, Evan threw out a couple of runners at 2nd base in Hoover.
3) Beck has impressed me in a number of ways: a) je doesn't let his slump affect his defense, which has been stellar, and b) he is still getting productive at bats with walks, sacrifices, and hard hit atem balls. He will start heating up and making some noise soon. And when his bat starts getting louder this offense will be almost impossible to contain. He might want to stand a little closer to the plate to cover that outside corner better.
4) Looks like Lawson found his way out of his slump at Hoover. Very good to see, and just at the right time.
5) Seth Stevenson's bunt vs Florida in the 5th inning was a thing of beauty, as well as the execution of the play by Evan. The play call was gutsy and huge, as it seemed like the watershed moment in that game.
6) Seth could maybe take a pitch or two in an at-bat once in a while, like leadoff hitters are taught to do. On the other hand, if it ain't broke, don't fix it.
7) Burns control is worse when he pitches from the stretch, and since his stretch delivery doesn't keep anyone from stealing 2nd or 3d, he ought to just pitch in the windup with men on base and focus on the batter.
8) Let's hope that Burns and Beam have been handled so well in recent weeks that the freshman wall they hit is overwith and they are full speed for the postseason.
9) Blade seems to be rounding into his old form here just as postseason starts. A very good sign.
10) I bet the first and third base coaches are gonna make sure Trey understands exactly how many outs there are and when not to run with the ball in the air.
11) I hope Stevenson stops diving for fly balls that hit the ground 15 feet in front of him. Otherwise, he's been good in left.
12) CTV has this team primed and ready for the tourney, with the pitching where he wants it and everyone well rested.
13) I have utmost confidence that any lead we have after the fifth inning will give us the win given the outstanding way Tony handles the pitching staff during the games.

14) GO BIG ORANGE - LET"S ADVANCE TO THE SUPERS STARTING WITH CRUSHING OUR OPPONENT TONIGHT!!!!!!!
 
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