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2 minutes ago, Hank_Hill said:

Wonder if Volantis eventually gets moved to starter. Hes such a weapon in the BP so would be unfortunate, but hard to close if you don’t have a lead. Hopefully this weekend was an anomaly and we don’t have to find out.

I think we could possibly see him spot start. That's the beauty of the flexibility he brings. I know it would suck for the pen, but where do we need help most right now?

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1 minute ago, AUS-97HORN said:

now the fucking ump is giving us the low strikes???  not last inning huh

it does help a pitcher to get calls to be "around the zone" which Volantis is but I think it is more that the umps are just clueless.

all our pitchers this weekend have been up, down, hitting batters, breaking balls way of the plate, you don't get calls when you are that wild.

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2 minutes ago, AUS-97HORN said:

now the fucking ump is giving us the low strikes???  not last inning huh

I thought the Rig 12 Umps were the standard of inconsistency…….   The plate umps in this series has blown up that opinion.    I saw on X though there was some of the same non sense going on in the Tennessee/Auburn game today.   

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2 minutes ago, dcar00 said:

it does help a pitcher to get calls to be "around the zone" which Volantis is but I think it is more that the umps are just clueless.

all our pitchers this weekend have been up, down, hitting batters, breaking balls way of the plate, you don't get calls when you are that wild.

It blows my mind that some of these dudes ever even made it to this level. I've seen better Pony league umps. Much better. Makes me wanna start umping in my retirement.

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Just now, wood said:

It blows my mind that some of these dudes even make it to this level. I've seen better Pony league umps. Much better. Makes me wanna start umpoing in my retirement.

They are calling strikes on glove placement vs where the ball actually crossed the plate….  You see these catchers catch a ball that is out of the zone and the split second they catch it, they move their glove as close to the middle of the zone .  It needs to be addressed.  

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Posted (edited)
1 hour ago, Nueces River Rat said:

They are calling strikes on glove placement vs where the ball actually crossed the plate….  You see these catchers catch a ball that is out of the zone and the split second they catch it, they move their glove as close to the middle of the zone .  It needs to be addressed.  

Yep. I'm sure some of these HPUs aren't aware that they're doing it, but the crazy part is that there are actually umps out there who consciously and intentionally call it that way. Fucking insane.

Coach:  "Hey Blue, that was two ball-widths off the plate". HPU: "He hit the target the catcher gave him. It's a strike". Truly head-scratching stuff.

I've literally seen catchers set up for a ball 8-10" wide of the plate - where the ball has to cross over the stripe of the other batter's box to hit the target - and get the call when the pitcher hits the spot. It's amazing.

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Posted (edited)
1 minute ago, perfectchaos007 said:

How is Arkansas not 49-0 this year?

Probably because their other opponents don't walk them 12 times a game like us.

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4 minutes ago, perfectchaos007 said:

How is Arkansas not 49-0 this year?

Well maybe because they had lost their last three SEC series in a row, including to the teams tied for 12th place in the SEC, Aggy and Florida.

They were ready for this series, was a kind of last stand if they wanted to stay in the title race.

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They certainly didn't play like this the past three weeks, all the teams have been up and down except Texas.

Now Texas has joined the crowd.

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