Agree totally with your assessment except, as a former catcher, I like the 3rd strike rule. I knew if the pitch called was likely to be in the dirt with the batter swinging, it was my job to block it up and, preferably, quickly touch the batter out. Those "high risk" pitches should come with, well, risks.
Quit crying about the umps. Ball 3 against Teel was a strike and we had 2 passed balls and a misplayed pop up that directly led to 2 runs. Also if our offense shows up for the first 5 innings we win last night
Agree to disagree but the a fly ball is struck by the batter and a catch has to be made of that batted ball. A pitch that the batter never touched does not complete anything. If so then it should be the case with every swing and miss.
Well strike 1 and 2 aren’t completing the out if the catcher makes the catch. I’ve never understood why some say this is such a dumb rule. You should have to complete the out.
But do you not think this one knee shìt is the problem. I mean you are going to have a hard time convincing me you aren't better able to block a ball from a good secondary, athletic catching stance. I think we have completely overvalued the extra few strikes a game you may get with the lower receiving position.
Yep, agree. Looks lazy. No runners on and less than 2 strikes, knock yourself out. Runners on or 2 strikes, pop up a bit and get ready to move.
Head to head in one game with both teams using #3 and #4 starters won't mean a whole lot after 60 or so games. If we're still in the discussion with our strength of schedule, we'll get one of those seeds.
Its just one factor, hopefully it won't be that close. UCLA is expected to be a national seed anyway, but if USM keeps up their current winning pace they could easily be in the running for one of the other 7 spots. We do get the return trip by USM to Starkville on March 24th. We definitely need to get that one.
I think UCLA will be a national seed for sure. I don't think USM will be though. Their conference just isn't strong enough. They'd have to go something like 50-8.
Whatever dude. Nobody is crying about the umps. Just pointing out what happened in two losses that probably should have been wins. Incidentally its not an opinion about the call. Trackman confirmed strike 3 on Teal should have been ball 4. It happens. We also should have made the plays behind the plate but two in one inning is pretty unusual.
Not when you understand the origin of the rule. It came from the very early days of baseball when there was no strike outs and there was no competitive pitching. The pitcher threw the ball softly to the batter who had to put it in play. To keep from standing there all day with a poor hitter, after 3 strikes the hitter just ran. Had nothing to do with 'completing the play'. But to that end, using all of your strikes is completing the play.
Ball 3 should’ve been Strike 3 which would’ve made the whole thing moot. Our team is national champion caliber but I’m not going to overreact to wins or losses in March
