The Official Tennessee vs LSU CWS Game Thread (Tues. 6/20 7PM EST ESPN)

[LordVOLdemort]

Watching again with 2 strikes….. you know the umpire after 7 innings. I mean, come on.

I’m not trying to argue with the whole forum, I don’t think this guys slinging strikes, pitch after pitch, but you have to adapt to the umpire and not hope his eyes change 2 hours into the ball game

 

[Vtonerider]

That ball looked high to me…cmon Vols…swing the bat!

So you can complain that they're swinging at pitches out of the zone?

 

[GhostVol]

Yeap. They got that bs funky body language odor going on early.

FTFY

 

[PA Vol]

Bold strategy, not hitting. Lets see how it plays out.

 

[wmcovol]

Both Dickey & Moore called out on balls.

This ump isn’t very good. I knew when he called the first pitch “ball-inside”. Experienced umps say you never give location. You’re just asking for trouble.

 

[NO SIR EEE]

They’re done, I guess the best word is complacent. They were complacent with getting just 1 win. Now they’re gonna have 2 auto outs coming up in critical innings, and lord knows Vitello won’t bring anyone off the bench cause of his precious right lefty matchup. He’s a grey recruiter and he’s built this program up but his in game management is average at best

Stop

 

[TheMookieMonster]

Pretty amazing that we looked more comfortable at the plate against Paul Skenes.

 

[Orange931]

All it takes is one good inning AB and this one is ours. We’ve been doing it all year, we’ve got 3 more chances.

 

[AthensVol2007]

We’ve let a guy who’s walked 13 guys walk 0 and pitch 1/3 of his season on us in one game.

 

[UTSuave’]

Ackenhauser out pitched Beam

Yea because our batters are aggressive and not making him work the count…our only chance was them going deep in their bullpen and right now they don’t have to do that because he’s low in the pitch count in the 7th..

 

[DD4ME]

We need a spark for sure

 

[VolFanGBO]

We’ve let a guy who’s walked 13 guys walk 0 and pitch 1/3 of his season on us in one game.

pathetic

 

[jaxvol]

Strike zone is a mess in Omaha. I'm voting on computer umps

 

[rocketskates]

Kind of a shame that Beam has done well but our bats can’t get anything going.

 

[cwbytruckers]

Strong choice of words there. You should write for the New York Times. That my friend is a sensational headline at its finest.

They are off tonight

 

[Vtonerider]

Our guys collapsing under the pressure

Steaming hot take of the thread so-far.

 

[OC VOL FAN]

Yea... doesn't seem like much fight left in these guys. Pretty bad to be carved up by this guy. Was a good season, nonetheless. For a team that didn't return any starting position players, I'll take it. Gotta restock in certain positions and give em hell next season

 

[RAVOL]

The generous strike zone has us in a funk. Our best hitter Dickey swinging at high pitches yes that was a ball Christian all year but this tournament you have to swing. Ugly. In CHRIST Alone

 

[Volbrando]

we make everyone look like Skenes when we don’t try

 

[NOLAPhil]

This will be our last bad game this season. Who will take that bet? Haha.

 

[LieutenantNeyland]

Watching again with 2 strikes….. you know the umpire after 7 innings. I mean, come on.

I’m not trying to argue with the whole forum, I don’t think this guys slinging strikes, pitch after pitch, but you have to adapt to the umpire and not hope his eyes change 2 hours into the ball game

It’s because he’s not

 

[barney]

I've seen a couple of questionable calls but this ump is better than the one from the first LSU game

 

[AthensVol2007]

Because they’re above the waist and impossible to hit unless you’re under it, i.e. pop ups that we’ve seen.

 

[I4Vols]

Wake has has a better offense than us.

Dr. Wenowdis agrees, but there are a few outs left for our offense

 

[mattdingus2002]

Some of these guys just don’t seem like they wanna be there. This teams full of egos and maybe it caught up to them