O nothing, just our annual "show up to Hattiesburg like our **** don't stink" event.

GhostOfJackie said:

This is 5 losses in a row at Pete Taylor.

This Year
-A dropped pop up
-2 passed balls
-getting thrown out at second while admiring a homerun that wasn't a homerun
-too many walks
-terrible plate approach
-not enough power hitting

2016
-head coach sexting in the dugout
-calling bullpen pitchers when there was nobody warming up
-getting swept to a team we should have AT LEAST taken one from
-shut out in a game
-starting the season 0-3 in Hattie

Why can't we figure out that this actually is an in state rivalry in the sport of baseball- IT IS. It's clear that we show up to their ballpark unprepared time after time, and it makes life a bit difficult for us State folks living in Hattiesburg. Why can't we just come to Hattiesburg and beat the brakes off these idiots like UM and Tennessee did, so we don't have to put up with their little man syndrome every Spring? Our team seems to think this is just another midweek in March that won't matter a whole lot considering the entire season, we were bored, SEC weekends coming up soon, playing a measly Sunbelt team, whatever... all the BS our team seems to think when they come here. We need to start taking this game seriously. It's their super bowl every single year and honestly it gives them the only chance they have, really ever, to stick their chests out. Credit to them, that team might actually be under-ranked at #10 and might deserve to be 5th or 6th, they are real real good this year. We need to take this away from them so my **** actually won't stink wearing maroon around town.

I love you all,
GOJ

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Maroon13 said:

Fact of the matter, they're good. State is over rated.

I didn't buy the hype before the season. Then we won a few games this weekend and I drank the cool aid. Then here we are with the annual loss.

I listened to and followed every game this season but that was my first time to see State play. State is .... again... small and deficient at a few positions. All the hype from the mouth pieces of MSU, greatly exaggerated the talent. Rose bowl 2001 exaggerations.

With that said, I feel your pain. It is the Mississippi state way. Pretty much any sport, greatest seasons includes losses to ole Miss or bama or both.

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STATEgrad04 said:

I dont think you go to extras with the overall #1 team and lose by 1 to a legit top 10 team on the road, and say we are overrated. We are really good, they are really good, and it will remain that way for the remainder of the season in all likelihood.

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Maroon13 said:

Fact of the matter, they're good. State is over rated.

I didn't buy the hype before the season. Then we won a few games this weekend and I drank the cool aid. Then here we are with the annual loss.

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HailStout said:

I am shocked, SHOCKED that State fans are reacting this was to 2 one run losses to top 10 teams in February / March

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GhostOfJackie said:

Not taking Hattiesburg seriously is just one example of the hype and expectations our fanbase sets in baseball, and how our team has issues dealing with it. Yes, it's a good problem to have, considering our expectations are Omaha every single year. But we cannot think that just because we had "travel issues" or a "hangover from UCLA" is a good excuse to show up to play a great team on the road in that environment, completely unprepared and lethargic. Travel issues and hangovers are going to occur every week in SEC play. These guys are being paid to perform like professionals at a premier program.

To me, it seems like the coaching staff might not understand the importance of this game to the opponent, who seems to want it more every single time we play here. Maybe Oak knows now, but I expect him to fix these issues quickly. It also does not help playing three low RPI snowbird cupcakes for 3 weekend home series. That seemed to always be Lemonis scheduling, and I know this season is still technically his scheduling, but we need to throw in another preSEC series or two with a respectable program. That would fix the fact that our SOS so far is abysmal.

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GhostOfJackie said:

2016
-head coach sexting in the dugout

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GhostOfJackie said:

Not taking Hattiesburg seriously is just one example of the hype and expectations our fanbase sets in baseball, and how our team has issues dealing with it. Yes, it's a good problem to have, considering our expectations are Omaha every single year. But we cannot think that just because we had "travel issues" or a "hangover from UCLA" is a good excuse to show up to play a great team on the road in that environment, completely unprepared and lethargic. Travel issues and hangovers are going to occur every week in SEC play. These guys are being paid to perform like professionals at a premier program.

To me, it seems like the coaching staff might not understand the importance of this game to the opponent, who seems to want it more every single time we play here. Maybe Oak knows now, but I expect him to fix these issues quickly. It also does not help playing three low RPI snowbird cupcakes for 3 weekend home series. That seemed to always be Lemonis scheduling, and I know this season is still technically his scheduling, but we need to throw in another preSEC series or two with a respectable program. That would fix the fact that our SOS so far is abysmal.

Hell, start a weekend home and away with these cats down here. That would be a good early test for us on our doorstep. Every coach we have had starts the USM weekend series, gets drummed, and then settles on one game in Pearl until a new coach gets in.

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GhostOfJackie said:

Not taking Hattiesburg seriously is just one example of the hype and expectations our fanbase sets in baseball, and how our team has issues dealing with it. Yes, it's a good problem to have, considering our expectations are Omaha every single year. But we cannot think that just because we had "travel issues" or a "hangover from UCLA" is a good excuse to show up to play a great team on the road in that environment, completely unprepared and lethargic. Travel issues and hangovers are going to occur every week in SEC play. These guys are being paid to perform like professionals at a premier program.

To me, it seems like the coaching staff might not understand the importance of this game to the opponent, who seems to want it more every single time we play here. Maybe Oak knows now, but I expect him to fix these issues quickly. It also does not help playing three low RPI snowbird cupcakes for 3 weekend home series. That seemed to always be Lemonis scheduling, and I know this season is still technically his scheduling, but we need to throw in another preSEC series or two with a respectable program. That would fix the fact that our SOS so far is abysmal.

Hell, start a weekend home and away with these cats down here. That would be a good early test for us on our doorstep. Every coach we have had starts the USM weekend series, gets drummed, and then settles on one game in Pearl until a new coach gets in.

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maroonmania said:

Yea, we can't treat this game like any other game if we want to win in Hattiesburg. Everything happened about like I figured it would with us not locked in and focused to start the game coming out of the Dallas tournament and having to quickly travel again down to USM (terrible scheduling). And we were down 4-0 before we realized we were in a war with a very good team that wants to beat us worse than anyone. And yea, we actually won the game from that point 6-3 but it wasn't enough. Digging yourself a hole on the road right out of the gate is not a good way to be successful. And yes, we are still sloppy in some areas including baserunning, defensive catching and pitchers excessively hitting and walking folks giving teams free baserunners. And I'm not sure how O'Connor hasn't gotten through to our guys about not running out of the box on balls they think MIGHT get out. Now on dropping a ball and other defensive miscues last night, we've actually been pretty good defensively this year with a very good fielding percentage but I'm sure being in our first hostile environment of the year contributed to some mess ups last night. But yea, I hate playing in Hattiesburg because at least in Oxford we are fully locked in which is never the case when playing @USM.

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Monmorning QB said:

The “we actually won the game 6-3 from that point” comment was a new one to me. How many times can a team win (or lose) a game in 9 innings?

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GhostOfJackie said:

This is 5 losses in a row at Pete Taylor.

This Year
-A dropped pop up
-2 passed balls
-getting thrown out at second while admiring a homerun that wasn't a homerun
-too many walks
-terrible plate approach
-not enough power hitting

2016
-head coach sexting in the dugout
-calling bullpen pitchers when there was nobody warming up
-getting swept to a team we should have AT LEAST taken one from
-shut out in a game
-starting the season 0-3 in Hattie

Why can't we figure out that this actually is an in state rivalry in the sport of baseball- IT IS. It's clear that we show up to their ballpark unprepared time after time, and it makes life a bit difficult for us State folks living in Hattiesburg. Why can't we just come to Hattiesburg and beat the brakes off these idiots like UM and Tennessee did, so we don't have to put up with their little man syndrome every Spring? Our team seems to think this is just another midweek in March that won't matter a whole lot considering the entire season, we were bored, SEC weekends coming up soon, playing a measly Sunbelt team, whatever... all the BS our team seems to think when they come here. We need to start taking this game seriously. It's their super bowl every single year and honestly it gives them the only chance they have, really ever, to stick their chests out. Credit to them, that team might actually be under-ranked at #10 and might deserve to be 5th or 6th, they are real real good this year. We need to take this away from them so my **** actually won't stink wearing maroon around town.

I love you all,
GOJ

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GhostOfJackie said:

Not taking Hattiesburg seriously is just one example of the hype and expectations our fanbase sets in baseball, and how our team has issues dealing with it. Yes, it's a good problem to have, considering our expectations are Omaha every single year. But we cannot think that just because we had "travel issues" or a "hangover from UCLA" is a good excuse to show up to play a great team on the road in that environment, completely unprepared and lethargic. Travel issues and hangovers are going to occur every week in SEC play. These guys are being paid to perform like professionals at a premier program.

To me, it seems like the coaching staff might not understand the importance of this game to the opponent, who seems to want it more every single time we play here. Maybe Oak knows now, but I expect him to fix these issues quickly. It also does not help playing three low RPI snowbird cupcakes for 3 weekend home series. That seemed to always be Lemonis scheduling, and I know this season is still technically his scheduling, but we need to throw in another preSEC series or two with a respectable program. That would fix the fact that our SOS so far is abysmal.

Hell, start a weekend home and away with these cats down here. That would be a good early test for us on our doorstep. Every coach we have had starts the USM weekend series, gets drummed, and then settles on one game in Pearl until a new coach gets in.

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HRMSU said:

Also, I think we replace one of the weak weekend series with a 3 game series in Starkville.....every year....take it or leave it.

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patdog said:

I think that's why the other 3 weekend series are so weak. Those are the schools that will agree to that. I think we should do a tournament every year, two weak home series, and a home-and-home series. So 3 home weekends one year and 2 the next. Or we could maybe to something with USM like South Carolina and Clemson did last weekend. Play Fri-Sat-Sun home-away-neutral.

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HRMSU said:

We get a lot of weak early games because of snowbird teams. I like the Fri-Sat-Sun home away neutral idea but they need us more than we need them so I'd propose 2 at The Dude and 1 at Pete Taylor. Point is I'd love for them to have to face us in a 3 game series.

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patdog said:

We're not overrated. If LSU had our roster, we'd all be saying they are absolutely loaded this year.

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GhostOfJackie said:

Not taking Hattiesburg seriously is just one example of the hype and expectations our fanbase sets in baseball, and how our team has issues dealing with it. Yes, it's a good problem to have, considering our expectations are Omaha every single year. But we cannot think that just because we had "travel issues" or a "hangover from UCLA" is a good excuse to show up to play a great team on the road in that environment, completely unprepared and lethargic. Travel issues and hangovers are going to occur every week in SEC play. These guys are being paid to perform like professionals at a premier program.

To me, it seems like the coaching staff might not understand the importance of this game to the opponent, who seems to want it more every single time we play here. Maybe Oak knows now, but I expect him to fix these issues quickly. It also does not help playing three low RPI snowbird cupcakes for 3 weekend home series. That seemed to always be Lemonis scheduling, and I know this season is still technically his scheduling, but we need to throw in another preSEC series or two with a respectable program. That would fix the fact that our SOS so far is abysmal.

Hell, start a weekend home and away with these cats down here. That would be a good early test for us on our doorstep. Every coach we have had starts the USM weekend series, gets drummed, and then settles on one game in Pearl until a new coach gets in.

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golferdog said:

That's what it felt like last night. I expected the team to be ready to play with a chip on their shoulder and instead they looked intimidated and soft. They have to clean up baserunning, catching (still a liability), and find reliable bullpen arms to take the next step. I'm so tired of losing meaningful games.

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