When he didn't put Jelkin in after the error I got ticked off. Then we bring in two pitchers my HS team could score on instead of Jelkin. No words
KY-WVA Regional Championship Game Thread !!
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Not sure why anyone is surprised about this. They’ve done this all season.
EXACTLY!!! Zero excuse for what happened. Zero!
Love the Cats but fully expect them to get their doors blown off tomorrow.
Cloud is either the worst player ever, or he‘s fixing games.
****** can’t hit or field.
****** can’t hit or field.
don’t even have the words for what I was just subjected to watching
Not really. WVU shot everything they had tonight … not thrilled but we should be okay. If not it just wasn’t meant to be.
Mingione brings in a dude who hasn’t pitched in a month, and sucks anyway. Genius.
Mingione takes the blame for this one. But if he doesn’t hire a new pitching coach next year, he should be on the extra hot seat next. super Regional or gone. Our overall pitching has been bad for three years
Yesterday he put Sams in. You could see the kid was terrified. This is not the sign of a coach that makes good decisions.
Also the game tying run off a balk by an inexperienced pitcher who looked scared to death. Why in the world not just start Jelkin in the 9th and put it away.
Never seen such a weak bullpen, have you ever seen team blow so many leads? This is sad they had them right where they wanted them and then choked big time, it’s sickening!
At least Barnhart witnessed it first hand
Sad to say it, but the end was a complete meltdown.
tomorrow will be tough, but they have a chance.
tomorrow will be tough, but they have a chance.
I'm not sure how Bozo Barnhart still shows his face publicly. Dude has ruined UK Athletics.
-Baseball team: 32-21 (13-17) in conference.
-Softball team: 26-29 (1-23) in conference.
-Football team: 5-7 (2-6) in conference.
-Basketball team: 22-14 (10-8) in conference.
-Women’s basketball team: 25-11 (8-8) in conference.
Just unbelievably mediocre across the board although the women’s team at least made the sweet 16. It’s amazing not one of those teams on campus is elite. Most teams have at least one. A small monthly donation of $65 to BBN United though can net you a zoom with these coaches and some merch!
-Softball team: 26-29 (1-23) in conference.
-Football team: 5-7 (2-6) in conference.
-Basketball team: 22-14 (10-8) in conference.
-Women’s basketball team: 25-11 (8-8) in conference.
Just unbelievably mediocre across the board although the women’s team at least made the sweet 16. It’s amazing not one of those teams on campus is elite. Most teams have at least one. A small monthly donation of $65 to BBN United though can net you a zoom with these coaches and some merch!
That may literally be the worst ninth inning I’ve ever seen. It truly had it all for a meltdown to blow a game between the leadoff error on a weak grounder, the 4 pitch walk with the bases loaded, and a balk with the tying run on 3rd. That meatball that got taken yard practically felt inevitable by then. Hopefully we can bounce back tomorrow, but this one stings a lot more than a typical loss from this spot in the bracket.
Legacy of “the best AD in UK history.” The problem is Mitch hires losers he likes.
I hate everything about this athletics department.
How in TF does a college pitcher NOT know he can't fake throw to first? I don't think I've ever seen that in 40 years of watching baseball.
I’m getting closer to cutting the chord with UK athletics. Will Stein is pretty much their last shot for me.
College baseball is one of few sports left that is close to what College sports used to be. You can get a season ticket for a $124 and see a lot damn good teams and players from across the SEC. That is about the price of a decent ticket at Rupp to see 1 game. It is like baseball at any level. Teams are running out their 3rd and 4th starters at this point so it usually comes down to has the most pitching.
You left volleyball off…that’s his bread and butter!
Or who has a 3rd baseman who can catch a routine ground ball.
I hate weak-minded teams. That’s Kentucky baseball. Really, Kentucky sports in general, except for an occasional good year
Would have put Cerny in for Cloud in the 9th. Cloud is fielding sub .900, booted a ball yesterday, got caught looking twice and is a freshman over his head. If I was stubborn enough to leave him in, I sure as hell would have hit for him in the 9th. Would not have brought Boone in since I didn’t have confidence in him to use in the past 13 games/30 days. Would not have sent Hansen into a play at the plate where he was out by 25-30 feet.
He made a defensive substitution in the OF but left the worst fielder on the team in the game. A fielding percentage of .884 and batting average of .204 screams late inning substitution.
Don’t sell the rifle team short. You know the sport with like 30 teams across all divisions.
Yesterday, he had us bunting with 2 outs & a runner on 3rd in a close game. He routinely takes the bat out of his best hitters’ hands in his crusade to manufacture gimmicky runs at every opportunity.
He’s obsessed with bunting & no hitter OR situation is off limits. Countless times he’s had the middle of the lineup bunting with RISP & it doesn’t matter how many outs there are
. I don’t think he’s ever passed on the chance to squeeze home a run, either. At times, I seriously question if he ever played baseball, at any level, before he got into coaching. And, it’s not a given to me that he even watched a game, based on his “strategies”, which are more aligned with 10-under girls softball than D1 baseball. It’s cheap & cringe.
He’s bush league personified, IMO. And, I wouldn’t be surprised if he was mocked & disliked by most other SEC managers. He kinda wipes his a$$ with the integrity of the game & a lot of guys, especially old timers, don’t appreciate it.
New nickname for Kentucky: the Not Quites. Kentucky is always just NOT QUITE good enough to win.