Baseball: Bama wins first in Baton Rouge; game 3 updates!

[pmull]

Bama had 4 errors. That does not include a misplayed fly ball that was called a hit. We let a win get away from us today 

Salem, a 4th year starter, cannot strike out looking with the tying run on 2nd base. 

Hell, after the 1st and 2nd called strikes were both outside and low (2nd nearly hit the plate), he prolly didn't know what a strike looked like any more!!

 

Right down the middle, belt high, senior at the plate, tying run on 2nd, 2 outs, bottom of 9th and the game on the line. You cannot take that pitch.

[pmull]

Chech, how did you like watching the game on SEC Network +?

[SUPERCOACH]

This is just one loss and we did win the series.  But I saw numerous mistakes that are a result of poor coaching:

1.  Batter sliding into 1st base.
2.  Outfielders not wearing sunglasses when the sun is in their face.
3.  Left fielder completely misses a slow roller that goes past him and allows the runners to advance while he chases it down.
4.  Down by 2 or 3 runs and the runner on 3rd almost tries to go home on a passed ball that was recovered quickly.  You don't even go there unless it is 100%.  Seems like they did this late last year in a critical game and got called out at the plate.
5.  I can't even count the times we didn't field a routine ground ball cleanly.  However, one of the errors called on the SS should have been ruled a hit.

I could probably list a dozen fundamental mistakes like those.  I haven't followed the baseball team that much, but this indicates poor coaching to me.  I know ALL 12 of my 6 to 8 year olds run through first base and turn out into foul territory.  We totally gave this game away.

I will say that I enjoyed the LSU announcers this weekend.  Sure they were hoping for the home team to win, but I must say they called it right down the middle.  Numerous times a call went against Bama and they pointed out the ump probably made the wrong call.  That was quite refreshing, especially considering their home team was 6 outs away from being swept.  My wife noted that there were several times when I would make a comment, and then they would say the exact same thing (verbatim in some cases).

Enough ranting.  I'm going outside with little SC for BP.  He hits 2 buckets of balls on days we don't have practice (96 balls total).  It looks like it is starting to pay off.  That will be a much more productive use of a Sunday afternoon.

[Chechem]

Chech, how did you like watching the game on SEC Network +?

Excellent, thanks for the help.

The ESPN3 streaming site causes my computer to lock up at times, but no problems with the SEC Network.

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