For us maybe not although we essentially played two games last night consuming 11 innings of bullpen. Smith is done, Gordon is done and James is prolly limited. Both Small and Ginn will need to go pretty deep. It we get knocked into the losers bracket I do not see us winning the tourney although we might still win a game or two.
I think LSU is toast. They have played the equivalent of three games in two days and now have to come through the losers bracket. They likely blew 4 arms for the tourney just last night with 4 guys throwing 4 innings apiece, and they gotta drag their exhausted butts back to the park in about 8 hours to play another game in the heat of a very hot afternoon.
Regarding our chances vs Vandy, playing 17 innings is like playing a DH which is nothing new. The problem is playing those 17 17ing innings until 4 in the morning. The other problem is that our next opponent did not have the same experience. The only saving grace is that at least it was played in a tolerable temperature and tomorrow night should be as well. Ethan is prolly going to have to do much of the heavy lifting.
I think LSU is toast. They have played the equivalent of three games in two days and now have to come through the losers bracket. They likely blew 4 arms for the tourney just last night with 4 guys throwing 4 innings apiece, and they gotta drag their exhausted butts back to the park in about 8 hours to play another game in the heat of a very hot afternoon.
Regarding our chances vs Vandy, playing 17 innings is like playing a DH which is nothing new. The problem is playing those 17 17ing innings until 4 in the morning. The other problem is that our next opponent did not have the same experience. The only saving grace is that at least it was played in a tolerable temperature and tomorrow night should be as well. Ethan is prolly going to have to do much of the heavy lifting.
