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Hookem2147

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  1. They will throw Aschenbeck the rest of the way if they have to. This matters more than a stupid series against Rhode Island.
  2. It takes away more runs than it allows, which is why teams do it.
  3. 16th in the country in first strike percentage extend the pitching coach!
  4. There is going to have to be a mindset shift across the fanbase in multiple areas headed into next year.
  5. Do not bunt here. Don’t want Jack vs a lefty.
  6. The biggest issue if you take Boehm out of the bullpen is who do you trust to get 3 outs in the 9th with a 1 runs lead?
  7. I could be convinced our best 3 starters in a few weeks will be LBJ, Witt and Boehm.
  8. How do you have a cross up when you literally look at a wristband
  9. Aschenbeck has been at A&M for at least 8 years
  10. Most encouraged I’ve been about Witt in two years.
  11. Most infield singles allowed in the country. Add it to list.
  12. Our catcher wouldn’t start defensively on some 6A Texas HS JV teams
  13. The ball does seem to be jumping out of Witt’s hand better than previous outings
  14. Gotta throw strikes against this team. Schlossnagle’s DNA is just to have guys stand up there and not swing.
  15. Would it kill Schuessler to frame a pitch every once in a while
  16. Stings worse when you consider the fact we probably could have had George but Beard instead chose to go on a wild goose chase for Cason Wallace.
  17. I can't say I fully understand Pierce's insistence on getting Borba in the lineup over playing O'Dowd at 1B and Kennedy at 2B, or Thomas at 1B with Gasparino in CF and another bat DH'ing. But I guess Borba hasn't been horrible.
  18. LSU pitchers not named Paul Skenes combined for a ERA close to 6.00 last year. They constantly were rotating weekend starters. They won every Friday night and then had to clinch their buttcheeks the rest of the weekend. We blasted on our pitching staff most of the year and we look up at the end and we had a top 25 ERA in the country. I am not in any way pleased with how certain guys are performing but we seem to dissect our own warts so heavily we forget that other teams have issues too. Vandy currently has 2 weekend starters with ERA’s north of 7. This isn’t 2013 anymore where if you score 4 runs it’s more than enough. And yes, I would expect 10 runs to be enough to beat Texas State and for a 11-3 lead to be safe. I’m speaking more to overall premises.
  19. Greg Davis 3rd and 5 graphic with Chendall Weaver as DJ Monroe on the sideline
  20. I don't disagree with anything you said. If we hired Kevin O'Sullivan this summer and the dude went back-to-back seasons without making the tournament, people would be losing their shit. The last part of your post rings very true. It's college baseball. The best of the best are still going pro out of high school. Bullpens are an adventure, fielding is an adventure, light posts in stadiums are an adventure. At the end of the day it's a results business and the results have ranged from decently good to very good for 90% of Pierce's tenure. That said, I agree that the results have been much better than the process. And the process is likely not sustainable at its current rate. Weirdly, the biggest mistake of his tenure was bringing in Woody Williams. Not because he wasn't a good pitching coach but because the guy had never recruited a day in his life and based on what I understand he was getting murdered on the recruiting trail. It was a huge self-sack by Pierce to not recognize the issue before he hired him or structure the staff in a way where he didn't have to go out on the road. As a result, he had to fire his second pitching coach in two years and at that point, you aren't attracting any candidate worth a damn, there is no stability and player development/acquisition suffers.
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