2023 Baseball & Softball Thread
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This has been like an 8 year old baseball game. Hit by pitch, walks, wild pitches, etc. I don’t understand how a division one player can’t throw strikes.
Sully got caught asleep at the switch. Plenty of innings left. Everybody on this board knew this could happen. Inexplicable that sully would let it happen.
As far as the criticism of cags, the guy hit 32 home runs and went 6-3 in the sec. We’re not here without him. He’s a year off Tommy John surgery and he’s probably the no 1 pick in the draft next year. You dudes need to get a grip.
At this point its like, dude.....put me in. Yeah lsu will make contact, but there's a better chance for it result in less runs.
The point is that you have to keep him on a much tighter leash....ESPECIALLY in this game. That's not unreasonable. That's called being responsible.
Which is why I said its on Sully. You don't put a relief in after giving up three runs and bases loaded against a team like lsu and think it will turn out well.....aka more runs not being scored.
You dont get fooled about yesterday's batting practice game and think it will carry over due to "motivation". The first game was more reflective of our hitting. Don't take leads against lsu for granted......and now it was wasted away when the damage could have been lessened.
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I don't think anyone should be surprised that this could happen. Cags is a great player and very happy he's a Gator. But he's been a wild card at best his last 4 starts except for FAMU game. Sully should've had the pen up much sooner. Let's see if we can hold them and come back.
Yesterday we showed that if you throw strikes and get ahead in the count good things happen. For some reason we decided against that strategy today.
I don’t have an issue w starting Cags but you have to have the bullpen warming up the second he hit the lead off batter in one pitch.
Yep, and once Milazzo got walked, essentially 2 1/2 walks to start the inning.....that should have been the limit. Nope. Sully let him hit another batter and walk another.
This is also a baseball problem. They talked about it yesterday. It’s all about how fast you throw. Not hitting spots and working the zone. If you throw 95 in a simulation or at some showcase you are elevated to great. Yet you walk batters and hit batters in actual competition so the speed really does zero.
Men on 1st and 2nd and you look at strike 3 right down the middle.
And Rivera lets a great opportunity slip by without taking the bat off his shoulder....what was the point of even coming out?
Yeah disappointing effort. We’ve done a good job of keeping the game under control even with sketchy pitching, but tonight it just ran away from us.
The tigers had the perfect game plan. Let the gators self-destruct.
Really other than Langford, none of our stars showed up in the CWS, other than game 2. And sully was just very sketchy throughout the tournament. Bottom of the lineup carried us and we had to overcome our starting pitching every game.
Yeah I spent a lot of the season bitching about the hype he got over our guys, but he is a class player. Their guys showed up in this series and our guys did not.
Look great season. We are national runner up. No shame in finishing 2nd in the country. Candidly we were a flawed team. Our bullpen started the year shaky as hell, so out bats carried us. Then in the CWS our pitching was solid up until the championship series and for some reason it fell apart. So the fact we made it this far is impressive. A credit to Sully. He got the most out of this team. Next year we need to replace some major pieces, so the portal will be important. Need another arm and outfielder.
Yeah I will never complain about a CWS appearance and definitely not a finals appearance. I agree on one hand that we were lucky to get as far as we did. We didn’t play great early but just made plays. On the other hand, i do think we were the most physically talented team in the country, but there’s more to it than that. As we just saw. I thought sully was really sketchy in the CWS, but you take the bad with the good because he’s obviously one of the top 5 program runners in the sport.
We’ll be loaded again next year and preseason top 5.
More like our Friday night starter. Again, he’s a true sophomore, coming off TJ surgery. He throws 99 from the left. He’s a stud. He just needs to figure out where the ball is going.
Yeah well people do improve as they gain experience. You’re probably a much more well rounded person than when you were 19. Someday maybe cags will do as much for UF as you have.
Lol. Looking forward to your five whiny baseball posts in 2024. Thanks for checking in on the thread g8rpaul.
I know this is a woulda coulda shoulda but if only their LF failed to make that game saving catch in the bottom of the 9th two days ago.
I’ll just put my head on my pillow and be happy I’m not so miserable in my life that I bag on 19-year-olds. What are you going to do without any sports to bitch about?
