Who won?
Game hasn't ended yet. Bottom of the 8th, Minnesota threatening with bases loaded and nobody out.
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Who won?
Game hasn't ended yet. Bottom of the 8th, Minnesota threatening with bases loaded and nobody out.
Is it possible to have a bullpen this bad?
Ugh. The bullpen has been pretty horrific all year long. Main reason why we won't go anywhere in the tournament. But, we should be in, and I'm happy to make it.
The ump said that Fineman dropped the ball on that call. I don't know what the tv replay showed?Close call at the plate. Thought Smith was out on the Fineman tag.
Yes, that was pretty bad base running by Miller. The Minny guy made a very good play cutting that ball off to catch him, but he should not have been trying to tag from first on a fly to short center field. Dumb base running.It's the same 8th inning that killed us early in the year. I thought we overcame it. But someone might want to look into an 8 men out situation with Luke Miller against Minnesota. That's twice for him where he screwed us on the base paths. (Although the first one was a bad call, could have still been avoided if he didn't move his upper body until he left the base.)
It is a quite young team. Especially the pitchers. Making a tourney appearance will be great experience for these kids. We have a lot coming back next year so we could be very good. Have to find replacements for Butler and Dedilow though.Ugh. The bullpen has been pretty horrific all year long. Main reason why we won't go anywhere in the tournament. But, we should be in, and I'm happy to make it.
I think that IU waited way too long to replace the pitchers in both of Minny's big innings. You could see both times that the pitcher that was in, Saalfrank then Herrin, was tired and losing control long before they were pulled. Then you bring a kid into an impossible situation to try to bail out a poor coaching call imho.
Yes, I was sitting with a good friend who is a former IU pitcher and we both agreed at the start of the sixth that they should have had someone up in the bull pen and ready. They could have pulled him then when he showed that he was losing his control and throwing too many fastballs up in the strike zone. I tend to think they have been too slow all year in that sense.I thought Saalfrank should've been replaced prior to the sixth inning.
Oh definitely, I'm very pleased with the state of the program.It is a quite young team. Especially the pitchers. Making a tourney appearance will be great experience for these kids. We have a lot coming back next year so we could be very good. Have to find replacements for Butler and Dedilow though.
Could that speak to a lack of confidence in the bullpen?Yes, I was sitting with a good friend who is a former IU pitcher and we both agreed at the start of the sixth that they should have had someone up in the bull pen and ready. They could have pulled him then when he showed that he was losing his control and throwing too many fastballs up in the strike zone. I tend to think they have been too slow all year in that sense.
Could that speak to a lack of confidence in the bullpen?