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Uncle Ruckus

Uncle Ruckus

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"Congrats on eeking out 40 wins"
"Good luck with LSU"
"I didn't know SEC fans cared about something besides football"
"Y'all only show up in the post season"
These are some of the better ones I've seen or had said to me. Yes, I am very petty and talk massive amounts of **** after living in the Pine Belt most of my life. I text a 65yr old former USM player at 5 this morning to start it off. In my defense, he's an *******
 
Shmuley

Shmuley

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I can only think of one colleague who is a normal school "fan." And he has no clue about their baseball program. So, dammit, that's no fun.
 
AlCoDog

AlCoDog

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They should recruit players that can catch pop flies.
 
coach66

coach66

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One of my USM FB buddies took to FB to declare they were robbed by Blue.

nm
 
coach66

coach66

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In his defense he may have never seen pop fly's that high in his life and may

never again. Tall Cans of Corn.
 
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Hoover Dawg

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There were plenty of bad calls, both ways. I though the ump behind the plate was very inconsistent too.
 
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Gus Fring.sixpack

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Yeah, I'm sure you guys wouldn't be cagey as hell if the roles were reversed

Uncle Ruckus said:
"Congrats on eeking out 40 wins"
"Good luck with LSU"
"I didn't know SEC fans cared about something besides football"
"Y'all only show up in the post season"
These are some of the better ones I've seen or had said to me. Yes, I am very petty and talk massive amounts of **** after living in the Pine Belt most of my life. I text a 65yr old former USM player at 5 this morning to start it off. In my defense, he's an *******
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Win 50 games and then to lose the way we did last night: I'm sure you guys would be offering your whole-hearted congratulations to us.

USM fans in the know (and there are a lot of us--it isn't a State-level following but we have a dedicated baseball fanbase that is as big/bigger than a lot of SEC schools) aren't that surprised. Real USM fans are probably the most pessimistic people you can imagine with a sense of impending doom anytime we near success.

Congrats to State. You deserved it. In addition to our critical mistakes (which by the way, were not things that were unexpected), you guys had some kids that went on the mound and absolutely delivered. Sandlin did for us and ended up giving us 220 pitches over the last 10 days (for a 165-pound reliever)....but he was exhausted and Berry wasn't comfortable trusting anyone else.

I would even be willing to say that if that Billingsley going the distance is the reason you won that second game. If we could have chased him in the seventh and at least made the score close enough to keep Cannizaro honest to use a decent relief pitcher or two, that takes us even further into your pen in the second game.

We don't have the frontline starters or depth to take the next step. I think that was evident this regional.

As opposing fans, how much did you love our decision to bunt Braley (16 home runs) to get the tying run to second in the eighth inning?
 
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DerHntr

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Gus Fring said:
As opposing fans, how much did you love our decision to bunt Braley (16 home runs) to get the tying run to second in the eighth inning?
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We would have had heads explode if that had been us. When he squared around I laughed and thought about all the bunting debates here.
 
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bulldogbaja

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I did feel bad for your players after those dropped flies... That was brutal.
On the officiating, the play at first where your player got called out was about as close to a tie as you can get. Meanwhile, magnum getting called out on the appeal was ridiculous. Wasn't even close to early. If you were not watching tv, they showed it side by side with the catch and he actually probably left late.
 
Drebin

Drebin

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Hoover Dawg said:
There were plenty of bad calls, both ways. I though the ump behind the plate was very inconsistent too.
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The call at first was bang-bang. There is no clear evidence one way or another, so you can't really criticize that. It ended up not mattering anyway....because we scored another run.

The strike zone was horrendous both ways. We got some calls, but boy, so did Sandlin. We had at least two hitters get rung up on pitches that were never over the plate. The appeal play that led to Mangum getting called out early in the game was just horrendous. It was one of the most blatantly negligent calls I've ever seen in a baseball game, and there's no way you can make that mistake in a game of that magnitude.

Anyone at USM complaining about the umpires costing them the game is ignorant. Especially when they committed four errors...including dropping two pop ups.
 
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engie

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May 29, 2011
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Those f'ers looked across the field and saw the maroon and shat down their legs. No other way to account for 3(or was it 4) routine missed pop flys.
 
coach66

coach66

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Good post, you guys had a great season and a good team. We are a few

pitchers short but this team has grit and it showed last night. We were fortunate to win that last game.
 
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Gus Fring.sixpack

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The Mangum call was far worse than the Keating call. You can't make that call unless it is blatant. I thought Keating was safe but I can't even call it a "blown" call--bang-bang call (like a charge vs. block in basketball). Shame on Berry for letting his team down like that and getting tossed in a one-run game (and for a Super Regional). I like the think the umpire told Berry he was tossing him for the Braley bunt decision.

That said, you can't really compare the situations. That was a runner to second with one out vs. the tying run in to score.

Honestly, the home plate umpire got me more than the first base umpire. He was extremely inconsistent with his zone on the outside corner. Yeah, it goes both ways....but it damn sure went against us a lot more--not because of bias but because McCarty and Sandlin live on that corner and have so much run on their fastballs and sliders.
 
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engie

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All you had to do to take the next step in this regional was catch fly balls. That's it. The adjustment you need to make as a team is mental, not physical.

ps: Richy Harrelson was who brought that during your CWS run. Was pretty ridic IMO that he didn't move up through the ranks during the transition to Berry. Best hitting coach, especially from a mental approach, I was ever around. Couple guys in the bigs that would still agree with that statement.
 
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Gus Fring.sixpack

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Yeah...and we would have gotten massacred in Baton Rouge

By "next step," I did't so much mean next round--that can be a product of match-ups.

Just meant a subjective sense of looking at a team and thinking, "Yeah....this is a Top 8-16-type team."

Don't know what to tell you with Harrelson. Berry loved Caillet....who is a good recruiter But definitely some questions on hitting approach (though this year will probably silence some of that).
 
GhostOfJackie

GhostOfJackie

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This was a very important weekend for them and they blew it. Short of their Omaha run, this might have been the biggest weekend ever for their baseball program, with their best team ever. I would be extremely upset if I was one of their fans.
 
GhostOfJackie

GhostOfJackie

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engie said:
All you had to do to take the next step in this regional was catch fly balls. That's it. The adjustment you need to make as a team is mental, not physical.
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Good point. USM has the tools, the fan base, and the stadium to take that next step. There were 3-4 guys on that team that can flat out hit, and that won't go away any time soon.
 
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engie

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You were a top 8-16 type of team this year. I understand now that you are taking whole seasons into account. I'm not sure you can build that consistently in MS with the scholarship disadvantages we all face and then the overall recruiting disadvantage you see in regards to State/OM compounded on top of that. Neither State nor OM has been able to do that very consistently without at least one of the in-state programs being in shambles. Top 25, sure, but that next step is really tough with the other two in state programs being in good shape. You are definitely poised for a little run over the next couple of seasons however. Hopefully we'll be paired later on in the coming years.
 
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Shamoan

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wait till we get to red stick...gonna be a keg strike zone for their staff and a 12 pack one for us....maybe even, dare i say it....6 pack...
 
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Willow Grove Dawg

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The umpiring crew was HORRIBLE the entire Regional. They missed 5-6 calls on the bases & the strike zone friday night was very inconsistent
 
AlCoDog

AlCoDog

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"Yeah, at least we don't have to play in the next round! Good luck suckers."
 
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Hoover Dawg

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What do you get out of talking down to them? Make you feel cool? We won the regional, let that be enough. No need to talk down to a school who is doing an incredible job considering the resources.

I, for one, would like to see more dual USM/MSU fans.
 
boatsandhoes

boatsandhoes

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I didn't see the mangum play.
I thought the usm guy beat the ball to first. I would have been livid myself. I hate having a game hanging on calls. They tie it up there and it "may" have changed the game. Oh well, if...if and buts we're candy and nuts.

17 Kramer and his biker chic mom.
 
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Shamoan

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really, when you look at it, that first base ump saved them a lot of embarrassment and has done them a huge favor.
 
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