Season starts in 3 days (Friday the 19th) with a home series against Ball State.
Go Hogs
Seems like the media is real high on this team. It was very exciting year last year and a great run to Omaha. I hope the baseball team starts a good tradition of getting there. With Van Horn I think it is very capable. Go Hogs!
Baseball America has us ranked #18 to start the season. I'm ready to see what we can do. I have high hopes for this team, but pitching depth is probably a concern again this year, but I'm still hopeful we can make it to Omaha again this year. Especially since it will be the last year the CWS is at Rosenblatt.
Omaha or Bust
Quote from: jbell96 on February 16, 2010, 07:44:17 pm
Baseball America has us ranked #18 to start the season. I'm ready to see what we can do. I have high hopes for this team, but pitching depth is probably a concern again this year, but I'm still hopeful we can make it to Omaha again this year. Especially since it will be the last year the CWS is at Rosenblatt.
Where will it be played after next year?
Downtown omaha
Thanks Bro.
18th? What a joke. We are a top ten team and I would put us at top 5 preseason.
J-lo, you know there are certain teams that they will over rank during the preseason, but I don't mind beign 18th. It should give us a reason to play with a chip on our shoulder.
Baseball America has always had us low. I think Aaron Fitt is the only guy on there who will give us props from time to time.
Last year when we were top 5 on everyones rankings we were still like 12 on BA.
When I heard Arkansas' preseason rankings in the various polls I was surprised. I thought they were a lock to be a preseason top 10 team, and the highest I've heard them being ranked is 16th. How many people does Arkansas return off of last year's team? I was under the impression Arkansas had quite a bit returning, and couldn't believe a team that made the Final Four of the CWS last year that is returning so many players, couldn't be ranked any lower than the top 10-12.
Pitching depth is definitely a concern, but Van Horn is putting all the pressure on his offense. I think our bats can offset the lack of pitching depth, but some pitchers are going to have to step up for us to make it back to the CWS.
IT'S TIME.
Can't wait. I'm listening to it online as we speak. Or type.
Quote from: MUHawk on February 19, 2010, 02:57:17 pm
Can't wait. I'm listening to it online as we speak. Or type.
Konig?
Fo Sho, haha. Double Dipper??
Yessir.
After 3 innings, Arkansas 3 Ball State 0.
Bo Bigham left the game with what appeared to be a shoulder injury. Hope everything is okay, he had already made one great catch and was attempting to make another play when the apparent injury occurred. He can play and we'll need him.
Otherwise, everything looks great. Watching it on Razorvision, the crowd looks good as well as the weather.
Quote from: msubulldogs21 on February 19, 2010, 04:18:36 pm
Lane Kiffin?
Tennessee wasn't the first to use that phrase, nor the most notable to ever use it.
Obama's already called it for 2012.
Bigham's injury is a separated shoulder so he's going to be out for quite some time. Man that is a big blow.
Hogs win 10-2. We scored five runs off four Sac Fly's and a passed ball. Wilkinson homered in the 7th for the Hogs only dinger. Bolsinger got the win with 5 effective innings. Nice way to start the year, but Bigham's injury puts a damper on things.
I have a friend who is friends with Bigham's little brother. He said it is a dislocated shoulder and is estimated to be out for 2 weeks.
That sounds a lot better than being out for a while.
Quote from: MUHawk on February 19, 2010, 06:30:42 pm
I have a friend who is friends with Bigham's little brother.
A friend of a friend of Bigham's little brother. Only four degrees of separation between you and Bigham. That sounds like a reliable source. ;)
Well if it helps I actually saw the post telling him that it was a dislocated shoulder and he would be out 2 weeks. Haha.
He is right, it will only be 2 to 3 weeks. It is his non-throwing shoulder so that helps, too.
Quote from: MUHawk on February 19, 2010, 09:13:50 pm
Well if it helps I actually saw the post telling him that it was a dislocated shoulder and he would be out 2 weeks. Haha.
I was just giving you a hard time. That source and to that degree is a lot more reliable than some of the other sources that cause people to start "breaking news" threads.
Wow, the starter for today's game worked 3 innings in all of last year. He wasn't even projected to be in the midweek rotation, so I'm curious what the deal with Smyly is. Regardless, best of luck to Davenport.
Quote from: RGP on February 20, 2010, 12:01:40 pm
Wow, the starter for today's game worked 3 innings in all of last year. He wasn't even projected to be in the midweek rotation, so I'm curious what the deal with Smyly is. Regardless, best of luck to Davenport.
I think he broke team rules.
We were down 5-2 when I got out of my car. We had left 10 runners on base going into the 8th, 5 of which I would guess were in scoring position. Had bases loaded with 2 outs and Eibner struck out. Twice had a runner on 2nd with 1 out only to have a K/Fly out combination to end the inning.
We lost 5-2
Korrrrrriiiiiiiiiiiii sssssssssuuuuuuuucccckssssssss, hahahaha
We won 9-2 today in case anyone didn't already know. Monk Kreder had a good day today.
Quote from: RHS on February 20, 2010, 04:28:28 pm
We were down 5-2 when I got out of my car. We had left 10 runners on base going into the 8th, 5 of which I would guess were in scoring position. Had bases loaded with 2 outs and Eibner struck out. Twice had a runner on 2nd with 1 out only to have a K/Fly out combination to end the inning.
Top teams score some of those runners especially at home. I hate to lose games to small schools like Ball St. I mean we really have a top 20 team and to lose even 1 game in a series at Baum has got to be killing Van Horn. I like the expectations of this team but we need to sweep all these small schools even though I know they all have at least one ace. Our pitching depth should also shutdown the smaller teams hitters. Go Hogs!
Quote from: InYoGrill on February 23, 2010, 06:43:59 am
Quote from: RHS on February 20, 2010, 04:28:28 pm
We were down 5-2 when I got out of my car. We had left 10 runners on base going into the 8th, 5 of which I would guess were in scoring position. Had bases loaded with 2 outs and Eibner struck out. Twice had a runner on 2nd with 1 out only to have a K/Fly out combination to end the inning.
Top teams score some of those runners especially at home. I hate to lose games to small schools like Ball St. I mean we really have a top 20 team and to lose even 1 game in a series at Baum has got to be killing Van Horn. I like the expectations of this team but we need to sweep all these small schools even though I know they all have at least one ace. Our pitching depth should also shutdown the smaller teams hitters. Go Hogs!
Our pitching depth? Oh, you mean the same pitching that is our biggest concern and keeping us out of the top 10 to start the season? We had a bad game, and pitched 2 freshmen in our loss. It was their first ever college game in case you didn't know what freshmen meant. Davenport gave up 2 in the first inning and then settled down for the next 3 or 4. Baxendale gave up 3 in his 2nd inning I believe. Every team is going to lose a game to an inferior opponent in baseball, and I do mean EVERY team. #1 Texas lost their opening series at home to New Mexico. Ole Miss lost to Louisiana Monroe. San Diego lost to Indiana and Coastal Carolina lost to Kentucky. We have nothing to worry about.
I'm not questioning the Hogs pitching depth, or lack thereof, but yesterday on Bo's show they had a guy from Baseball America on there, and they were both talking about how the Hogs actually have some pitching depth this year, which he said is something they didn't have much of last year.
Quote from: rsvl_hogfan4 on February 23, 2010, 09:02:41 am
Quote from: InYoGrill on February 23, 2010, 06:43:59 am
Quote from: RHS on February 20, 2010, 04:28:28 pm
We were down 5-2 when I got out of my car. We had left 10 runners on base going into the 8th, 5 of which I would guess were in scoring position. Had bases loaded with 2 outs and Eibner struck out. Twice had a runner on 2nd with 1 out only to have a K/Fly out combination to end the inning.
Top teams score some of those runners especially at home. I hate to lose games to small schools like Ball St. I mean we really have a top 20 team and to lose even 1 game in a series at Baum has got to be killing Van Horn. I like the expectations of this team but we need to sweep all these small schools even though I know they all have at least one ace. Our pitching depth should also shutdown the smaller teams hitters. Go Hogs!
Our pitching depth? Oh, you mean the same pitching that is our biggest concern and keeping us out of the top 10 to start the season? We had a bad game, and pitched 2 freshmen in our loss. It was their first ever college game in case you didn't know what freshmen meant. Davenport gave up 2 in the first inning and then settled down for the next 3 or 4. Baxendale gave up 3 in his 2nd inning I believe. Every team is going to lose a game to an inferior opponent in baseball, and I do mean EVERY team. #1 Texas lost their opening series at home to New Mexico. Ole Miss lost to Louisiana Monroe. San Diego lost to Indiana and Coastal Carolina lost to Kentucky. We have nothing to worry about.
Not worried there Broyles JR. Do you like live with Frank cause you seem overly confident on all your posts about everything on every topic of the Hogs.
Quote from: AB on February 23, 2010, 02:54:01 pm
I'm not questioning the Hogs pitching depth, or lack thereof, but yesterday on Bo's show they had a guy from Baseball America on there, and they were both talking about how the Hogs actually have some pitching depth this year, which he said is something they didn't have much of last year.
We may have more arms than last year, but some of them are not proven and we don't have that ace like we did in Keuchel.
Quote from: rsvl_hogfan4 on February 23, 2010, 09:02:41 am
We had a bad game, and pitched 2 freshmen in our loss. It was their first ever college game in case you didn't know what freshmen meant.
Negative. Only DJ Baxendale was a freshman. It was only his first ever college game, in case your math escapes you.
Quote from: RGP on February 23, 2010, 04:17:51 pm
Quote from: rsvl_hogfan4 on February 23, 2010, 09:02:41 am
We had a bad game, and pitched 2 freshmen in our loss. It was their first ever college game in case you didn't know what freshmen meant.
Negative. Only DJ Baxendale was a freshman. It was only his first ever college game, in case your math escapes you.
You are right Davenport isn't a freshman, he is a sophomore, but it was his first career start...lol
Quote from: InYoGrill on February 23, 2010, 03:31:45 pm
Quote from: rsvl_hogfan4 on February 23, 2010, 09:02:41 am
Quote from: InYoGrill on February 23, 2010, 06:43:59 am
Quote from: RHS on February 20, 2010, 04:28:28 pm
We were down 5-2 when I got out of my car. We had left 10 runners on base going into the 8th, 5 of which I would guess were in scoring position. Had bases loaded with 2 outs and Eibner struck out. Twice had a runner on 2nd with 1 out only to have a K/Fly out combination to end the inning.
Top teams score some of those runners especially at home. I hate to lose games to small schools like Ball St. I mean we really have a top 20 team and to lose even 1 game in a series at Baum has got to be killing Van Horn. I like the expectations of this team but we need to sweep all these small schools even though I know they all have at least one ace. Our pitching depth should also shutdown the smaller teams hitters. Go Hogs!
Our pitching depth? Oh, you mean the same pitching that is our biggest concern and keeping us out of the top 10 to start the season? We had a bad game, and pitched 2 freshmen in our loss. It was their first ever college game in case you didn't know what freshmen meant. Davenport gave up 2 in the first inning and then settled down for the next 3 or 4. Baxendale gave up 3 in his 2nd inning I believe. Every team is going to lose a game to an inferior opponent in baseball, and I do mean EVERY team. #1 Texas lost their opening series at home to New Mexico. Ole Miss lost to Louisiana Monroe. San Diego lost to Indiana and Coastal Carolina lost to Kentucky. We have nothing to worry about.
Not worried there Broyles JR. Do you like live with Frank cause you seem overly confident on all your posts about everything on every topic of the Hogs.
Lol, Frank? That is a first time. I have been called many things, but never Broyles. You said we had enough pitching depth that we shouldn't have lost any games to them. We pitched 2 pitchers that had never pitched a game for Arkansas, and lost 5-2 on a day when many top 25 teams lost. Like Kirk said, we have more arms, but only a few are proven. We lost two key pitchers off last year's team.
Quote from: InYoGrill on February 23, 2010, 06:43:59 am
Quote from: RHS on February 20, 2010, 04:28:28 pm
We were down 5-2 when I got out of my car. We had left 10 runners on base going into the 8th, 5 of which I would guess were in scoring position. Had bases loaded with 2 outs and Eibner struck out. Twice had a runner on 2nd with 1 out only to have a K/Fly out combination to end the inning.
Top teams score some of those runners especially at home. I hate to lose games to small schools like Ball St. I mean we really have a top 20 team and to lose even 1 game in a series at Baum has got to be killing Van Horn. I like the expectations of this team but we need to sweep all these small schools even though I know they all have at least one ace. Our pitching depth should also shutdown the smaller teams hitters. Go Hogs!
You're blood pressure is going to be off the charts high then, because they won't be the last small school Arkansas loses too in baseball. And it's not like Ball State is a terrible small school. They are the favorites to win the MAC.
People who don't know anything about college baseball are the ones that get upset about these type losses.
Quote from: bulldogs1159© on February 23, 2010, 06:46:23 pm
People who don't know anything about college baseball are the ones that get upset about these type losses.
Exactly. Baseball is the one NCAA D1 sport where the little guys can beat the big guys with regularity. I don't see Cardinal fans ripping the team after they lose a game to the Pirates or Nationals. That is the equivalent of complaining about losing one game to Ball State.
What people don't understand is that it is VERY hard to sweep a team in baseball. But what does matter is that you win the series' that you are supposed to win. IE: Ball State. Which we did. You can make a case for the Hogs not being up to par when they lose a series to a team like NJIT.
Wilkins and McCann with homers and the Hogs lead 3-1 in the 5th (I think).
Brett Eibner with his first HR of the year to make it 5-1. It was a sweet swing....
Quote from: RGP on February 26, 2010, 04:46:12 pm
Brett Eibner with his first HR of the year to make it 5-1. It was a sweet swing....
Not as sweet as the one he against Virginia in the CWS last year. That one still hasn't landed yet.
Hogs get 5 in the 7th to break the game open. Up 10-1 in the bottom of the 8th.
Final 10-1... Something just doesn't feel right watching baseball in 30 degree weather
Hogs are up 10-8 in the bottom of the 8th (so says D1baseball.com (http://www.d1baseball.com/2010/daily/0227.htm)).
Wilkins hit a 2 run bomb and Eibner has a 3 run shot (both crushed according to sources). Cox has a 2 run HR as well. Wind is apparently blowing out HARD today and I think Troy has 4 HR's of their own.
That wind sucked once the sun was off me.
Quote from: bulldogs1159™© on February 27, 2010, 05:04:45 pm
That wind sucked once the sun was off me.
Should've moved to the sunny side. Everyone else did. ;)
Quote from: theHammer on February 27, 2010, 05:07:20 pm
Quote from: bulldogs1159™© on February 27, 2010, 05:04:45 pm
That wind sucked once the sun was off me.
Should've moved to the sunny side. Everyone else did. ;)
I was working the camera in the 1st base dugout, or else i would have been in the hog pen lol
Oh no, we gave up 8 runs. We better start worrying.
Hogs win 7-6 today and sweep the series. Eibner threw 3 hitless innings to start the game and the hogs jumped out to a 7-0 lead after 2 and held on the rest of the way.
Dominated #25 Kansas today, 15-3. Jarrod McKinney had a 3 run HR. KU walked 14 batters today.
Hogs are up 2-1 going to the B5 against Cal. Had a chance for a big inning in our half as we had the bases loaded off of a single a 2 HBP, but we popped up to end the inning.
Wilkins hit his 4th HR of the season earlier in the game to tie it up at 1.
Wish I had time this weekend to drive up to watch them play. (4 hour drive)
Hogs end up getting 5 runs in the 8th to beat Cal, 7-3. Bigham is back (limited at the moment), and Bolsinger pitched 7 strong innings.
Hogs up 9-1 in the bottom of the 8th.
Wilkins has been playing as well as anyone in the nation.
Final was 9-5 yesterday.
Always good to go on the road and beat a Pac-10 team, even if their only supposed to be middle of the pack.
Lost 6-0 today. Had a few errors leading to unearned runs. Gave up, I believe, 2 home runs. DVH was making a lot of changes in the lineup that he usually wouldn't do. Sample, Bleeker, and Vinson all played some. They only have a combined 18 at bats this season.
So the Hogs play a few more freshman and obviously aren't pitching their weekend starters, and we lose to South Dakota State. It is a mid-week game against a 6-2 team, and the players didn't even get home from Cal until 5 p.m. Monday afternoon. They had less than 24 hours before they played another game. All of their hits were right to fielders. However, Hogville is already freaking out. It went from us potentially making a run at the CWS and being one of the top teams in the nation, to us being pathetic and most legion teams would have beat South Dakota State. A few threads have been deleted, but they were ridiculous.
We shouldn't have lost, but this happens all the time. We will probably come out today and win by 10+ runs and then sweep our weekend series and everyone that started those threads will be cheering about how we are going to roll through the SEC.
Quote from: rsvl_hogfan4 on March 10, 2010, 07:01:12 am
So the Hogs play a few more freshman and obviously aren't pitching their weekend starters, and we lose to South Dakota State. It is a mid-week game against a 6-2 team, and the players didn't even get home from Cal until 5 p.m. Monday afternoon. They had less than 24 hours before they played another game. All of their hits were right to fielders. However, Hogville is already freaking out. It went from us potentially making a run at the CWS and being one of the top teams in the nation, to us being pathetic and most legion teams would have beat South Dakota State. A few threads have been deleted, but they were ridiculous.
We shouldn't have lost, but this happens all the time. We will probably come out today and win by 10+ runs and then sweep our weekend series and everyone that started those threads will be cheering about how we are going to roll through the SEC.
I agree, baseball is a different animal altogether. This team will be fine and DVH is building some quality depth and getting some younger players some field time. Come SEC play the Razorbacks will roll.
OH NO! WE LOST TO SOUTH DAKOTA STATE! It's obvious that Dave Van Horn isn't getting the job done. We should fire him. FIRE VAN HORN! We need to get back to the glory days of Razorback baseball! Maybe if we hired a former Razorback assistant, he could turn out to be the program's savior.
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Did I read some of the posts on Hogville correctly? I could have sworn I heard some posters almost freaking out because the Hogs lost yesterday. I'm just going to go out on a limb (because it happens every year) that every team currently ranked in the top 10 will lose at least 3 games to vastly inferior opponents.
Also, just wondering if someone that follows the team pretty closely, how has Vinson looked in his brief appearances this year? I don't personally know him very well, but not too many athletes from Alma rarely go on to a big name D1 program in any sport. All I know about him is that he was probably the best high school baseball player I've seen come through Alma.
Quote from: AB™ on March 10, 2010, 12:56:00 pm
Did I read some of the posts on Hogville correctly? I could have sworn I heard some posters almost freaking out because the Hogs lost yesterday. I'm just going to go out on a limb (because it happens every year) that every team currently ranked in the top 10 will lose at least 3 games to vastly inferior opponents.
Also, just wondering if someone that follows the team pretty closely, how has Vinson looked in his brief appearances this year? I don't personally know him very well, but not too many athletes from Alma rarely go on to a big name D1 program in any sport. All I know about him is that he was probably the best high school baseball player I've seen come through Alma.
He has started 3 or 4 games, but hasn't been very good at the plate. I don't think he has a hit yet. It isn't surprising though being a freshman. A lot of our freshmen are struggling at the plate.
I just hope all of our coaches stay away from the boards on Hogville. I like the site, but man some people on there just go crazy after a loss. The baseball team will be fine. Texas lost 2 out of 3 at home to New Mexico & there fans weren't freaking out about it so I don't see why our fans are so crazy right now. It's the 2nd week of the season.
Quote from: rsvl_hogfan4 on March 10, 2010, 01:17:17 pm
Quote from: AB™ on March 10, 2010, 12:56:00 pm
Did I read some of the posts on Hogville correctly? I could have sworn I heard some posters almost freaking out because the Hogs lost yesterday. I'm just going to go out on a limb (because it happens every year) that every team currently ranked in the top 10 will lose at least 3 games to vastly inferior opponents.
Also, just wondering if someone that follows the team pretty closely, how has Vinson looked in his brief appearances this year? I don't personally know him very well, but not too many athletes from Alma rarely go on to a big name D1 program in any sport. All I know about him is that he was probably the best high school baseball player I've seen come through Alma.
He has started 3 or 4 games, but hasn't been very good at the plate. I don't think he has a hit yet. It isn't surprising though being a freshman. A lot of our freshmen are struggling at the plate.
Yeah, it'll take him and the other freshmen to adjust to seeing college pitchers, as opposed to high school pitchers. He's a switch hitter who has pretty decent power from both sides, has a good arm, and is pretty fast The potential is there.
I don't follow the baseball program enough, but I've heard some quite mumblings from fans who aren't happy with the hitting coach. Is he that bad or is it just Arkansas fans overreacting?
Quote from: AB™ on March 10, 2010, 02:18:59 pm
Quote from: rsvl_hogfan4 on March 10, 2010, 01:17:17 pm
Quote from: AB™ on March 10, 2010, 12:56:00 pm
Did I read some of the posts on Hogville correctly? I could have sworn I heard some posters almost freaking out because the Hogs lost yesterday. I'm just going to go out on a limb (because it happens every year) that every team currently ranked in the top 10 will lose at least 3 games to vastly inferior opponents.
Also, just wondering if someone that follows the team pretty closely, how has Vinson looked in his brief appearances this year? I don't personally know him very well, but not too many athletes from Alma rarely go on to a big name D1 program in any sport. All I know about him is that he was probably the best high school baseball player I've seen come through Alma.
He has started 3 or 4 games, but hasn't been very good at the plate. I don't think he has a hit yet. It isn't surprising though being a freshman. A lot of our freshmen are struggling at the plate.
Yeah, it'll take him and the other freshmen to adjust to seeing college pitchers, as opposed to high school pitchers. He's a switch hitter who has pretty decent power from both sides, has a good arm, and is pretty fast The potential is there.
I don't follow the baseball program enough, but I've heard some quite mumblings from fans who aren't happy with the hitting coach. Is he that bad or is it just Arkansas fans overreacting?
We have been in hitting slumps from time to time. Last year we struggled down the stretch of SEC play and everyone was calling for his head. Then we get in the NCAAT and don't lose until the CWS and finish 3rd in the nation. We have a very potent lineup, and when they are hitting to their potential won't lose too many games. Just about everyone in our lineup can take it yard. We have been without Bigham, and have been playing a lot of freshman like Atkins, Vinson, Reynaulds, and then some players that really don't get much time like Sample. Monk Kreder is a new face in the lineup this year, too. It will take time for them to adjust, but when we have our best players in the lineup we can put a lot of runs up. Hog fans are just always quick to jump to conclusions. Like I said, last week we were going to win the CWS. Now we are struggling to hit the ball and won't do good in SEC play.
Well, the Hogs got their bats back to life today and beat SDSU 21-2. Vinson got his first hit as a Hog, a three run triple.
After yesterday's 3-2 loss, the Razorbacks let out some frustration today to the tune of a smooth 21-2 rematch.
Loooooooooooooong game to be in the light rain.
Oh no! They scored 2 runs. Fire our staff!!!
Arkansas probably needs to win by 20+ runs tomorrow in order to save Van Horn's job.
Quote from: Coach Venny Slocombe on March 10, 2010, 09:00:38 am
Quote from: rsvl_hogfan4 on March 10, 2010, 07:01:12 am
So the Hogs play a few more freshman and obviously aren't pitching their weekend starters, and we lose to South Dakota State. It is a mid-week game against a 6-2 team, and the players didn't even get home from Cal until 5 p.m. Monday afternoon. They had less than 24 hours before they played another game. All of their hits were right to fielders. However, Hogville is already freaking out. It went from us potentially making a run at the CWS and being one of the top teams in the nation, to us being pathetic and most legion teams would have beat South Dakota State. A few threads have been deleted, but they were ridiculous.
We shouldn't have lost, but this happens all the time. We will probably come out today and win by 10+ runs and then sweep our weekend series and everyone that started those threads will be cheering about how we are going to roll through the SEC.
I agree,
Never thought I would see this...
Quote from: AB on March 10, 2010, 10:28:36 pm
Arkansas probably needs to win by 20+ runs tomorrow in order to save Van Horn's job.
Almost made it.
Quote from: Smithian on March 12, 2010, 11:11:40 am
Quote from: AB on March 10, 2010, 10:28:36 pm
Arkansas probably needs to win by 20+ runs tomorrow in order to save Van Horn's job.
Almost made it.
Actually, they didn't play.
I think Smithian may have been talking about the 21-2 win on Wednesday
Quote from: rsvl_hogfan4 on March 12, 2010, 11:52:06 am
Quote from: Smithian on March 12, 2010, 11:11:40 am
Quote from: AB™ on March 10, 2010, 10:28:36 pm
Arkansas probably needs to win by 20+ runs tomorrow in order to save Van Horn's job.
Almost made it.
Actually, they didn't play.
No, they didn't, and they should be fired for that. Not playing is just unacceptable for Razorback baseball. They need to be playing baseball every day of the week. It's time to get real, Razorback fans. IT'S TIME TO FIRE VAN HORN! BRING RAZORBACK BASEBALL BACK TO THE GLORY DAYS!
I civured it was a 3 game series. iwho were they playing today? I know I heard about 30 seconds of a game when I was in my car this afternoon.
Quote from: AB™ on March 12, 2010, 05:55:12 pm
I civured it was a 3 game series. iwho were they playing today? I know I heard about 30 seconds of a game when I was in my car this afternoon.
Wisconsin-Milwaukee
That's supposed to be figured not civured. Interesting word though.
Hogs started out a little flat today, but had a big 7th inning to win 14-6. That was about as miserable as I've been watching a baseball game. It was 40 degrees, windy, and raining.
14-6 win for hogs today. Found ourselves down 6-3. Then, our bats came alive.
Kansas has not lost since we beat them 15-3 in a mid-week game last week. Our win is more impressive for a mid-week game than it usually would be because Kansas' Sunday game got rained out so they pitched their Sunday starter vs us. We didn't pitch any starters, obviously. Kansas is playing a series @ LSU this weekend. They were up as many as 11-2 yesterday, and ended up holding on 11-9.
If Ranaudo doesn't pitch like expected, I wouldn't be surprised to see us take the series in Baton Rouge next week. That is assuming we hit like we are capable of. It will definitely be a good measuring stick since it is on the road against probably the best team in the country.
Cal has taken the first 2 of a 4 game series @ #9 Rice 8-6, 6-4.
Hogs were up 7-0 going into the 9th today when I got out of my car.
Smyly had a great day. 7 IP, 4 hits, 11 Ks and only 2 BBs.
Quote from: RHS on March 13, 2010, 04:43:14 pm
Hogs were up 7-0 going into the 9th today when I got out of my car.
Smyly had a great day. 7 IP, 4 hits, 11 Ks and only 2 BBs.
Yep, 7-0 when I last checked, too.
Love listening to the other teams broadcast (uwm), here in Minn. They couldn't be more "pro" piggies. And with good reason.
Wouldn't be surprised if Arkansas wins the LSU series to see a big jump in their ranking after the first away series in the SEC.
Hogs win in comeback fashion to sweep the UW Milwaukee whatevers
LSU lost their series in Baton Rouge to Kansas.
Vinson hit his HR to dead center in the 10th according to Chuck.
If we can steal a series in Baton Rouge, that would be huge. I like getting them out of the way early.
Quote from: RHS on March 14, 2010, 07:39:45 pm
Vinson hit his HR to dead center in the 10th according to Chuck.
If we can steal a series in Baton Rouge, that would be huge. I like getting them out of the way early.
That and Renaudo probably won't be able to pitch.
Quote from: RHS on March 14, 2010, 07:39:45 pm
If we can steal a series in Baton Rouge, that would be huge. I like getting them out of the way early.
This is my thinking exactly. Perfect spot having them this early in the season. I think it will really push them in the polls and we all know how big the homefield advantage is for the Hogs when LSU ends up coming to town later down the line.
The Hogs take game 1 @ #7 LSU, 6-3. Hogs were down 2-0 early after a 2 run homer from LSU with 2 outs. The Hogs answered a few innings later scoring off a 2 run homer from Wilkins, and another 2 run HR from Eibner. Eibner had 2 two run homeruns in this game. Hopefully we can go ahead and get the series win under our belt tomorrow.
Who would have thought after a devastating loss to South Dakota St. Arkansas would be able to bounce back and get a win in Baton Rouge. Van Horn clearly saved his job tonight.
Eibners second HR was one of the longest I have ever seen. It went WELL over the scoreboard that is BEHIND the bleachers in left-center. It went above the lights and never back back in view.
Quote from: AB™ on March 19, 2010, 09:52:45 pm
Who would have thought after a devastating loss to South Dakota St. Arkansas would be able to bounce back and get a win in Baton Rouge. Van Horn clearly saved his job tonight.
He's not safe unless he wins 2 of 3 at LSU. Only then does he have a chance to save his job. Nice poke ABS.
Quote from: AB™ on March 19, 2010, 09:52:45 pm
Who would have thought after a devastating loss to South Dakota St. Arkansas would be able to bounce back and get a win in Baton Rouge. Van Horn clearly saved his job tonight.
We still gave up 3 runs to one of the best teams in the nation, though. It is unacceptable. If we aren't shutting teams out, than we aren't doing our job. Dave Jorn should be fired if our pitchers aren't pitching no hitters every game.
Guys, I don't know if DVH will be around after today. In the 5th inning we have only scored 4 runs and htey have already scored 1. We need at least 10 more.
Quote from: Ken Griffey Jr. on March 20, 2010, 04:40:33 pm
Guys, I don't know if DVH will be around after today. In the 5th inning we have only scored 4 runs and htey have already scored 1. We need at least 10 more.
The 10 more part is no friggin joke.
Van Horn pulled Smyly too early. He had a 4-1 lead and then the bullpen gave up 8 runs in the 7th.
Quote from: Ken Griffey Jr. on March 20, 2010, 04:40:33 pm
Guys, I don't know if DVH will be around after today. In the 5th inning we have only scored 4 runs and htey have already scored 1. We need at least 10 more.
dude..
How'd it turn out?
I think the Hogs ended up losing 8-7. They had a 4-1 lead in the 6th or 7th, Smyly got pulled, and the bullpen blew up.
Quote from: AB™ on March 20, 2010, 07:19:14 pm
I think the Hogs ended up losing 8-7. They had a 4-1 lead in the 6th or 7th, Smyly got pulled, and the bullpen blew up.
We actually blew a 5-1 lead.
Yeah Cox hit a solo homer in the top of the 7th.
Wow, sorry guys. I will not post until we have actually won the game from now on.
Quote from: Ken Griffey Jr. on March 20, 2010, 10:21:19 pm
Wow, sorry guys. I will not post until we have actually won the game from now on.
That's more like it. lol
Eibner had a great game against lsu the 1st game of the series but kinda strugled at the plate the second game..cant believe the bullpen blew up the second game
Anybody know about the game tonight (score)
Quote from: DevilDog4 on March 26, 2010, 08:36:57 pm
Anybody know about the game tonight (score)
Hogs were down 5-0 in the 5th. Cox hit a 3 run homer and Wilkins hit a 2 run homer in the 5th. It is now 6-5 in the bottom of the 6th.
put on the rally cap
Hogs take it from tide 9-8 woo pig sooie.
Quote from: DevilDog4 on March 26, 2010, 09:29:58 pm
put on the rally cap
Down 8-5 in the bottom of the 8th, Cox gets a bases clearing double to tie it. The next batter hits to the SS and it goes between his legs to score the go ahead run. Hogs end the game on a double play. Baxendale has been a stud so far. Hogs take game 1 after being down 5-0. Great win to start the series.
Whoever the freshman playing SS tonight made two errors, on what sounded like routine plays from the way the radio guys described them, and that lead to the Bama 3 run first. Cut those out and Arkansas probably never trails or really has much trouble in this one.
What a great night for baseball. The outfield fans were having a lot of fun with the center and left fielder and it was quite the game. Reynolds screwed us early with his two errors but he also had some nice plays. Heluva night by Cox. Also, DJ has really developed into a player within the past year. After the game, he talked to some of his ole buddies while signing autographs for little kids. Still the same guy as last year, just now he's an excellent closer for the Hogs....
Let's see if we can ride this momentum for these next two days.
Being down 5-0 and winning in the SEC is a pretty big deal. Often the only difference between the top and bottom of the SEC is teams that manage to come back from big deficits 2 or 3 times and the teams that let 2 or 3 W's slip through their fingers. Everybody in the SEC wins games. As of tonight, every team in the West has a conference win. LSU did it to the hogs last week, so now we're even. I think we just need to be plus 4 or 5 in games decided by one run to finish in the top three of the SEC. Tennessee and Georgia are both 0-4 so far. Georgia will wake up I suspect and Tennessee last year was the worst SEC team of the last decade probably.
Those guys in LF that were having fun were my and my buddies. Glad you noticed Lol.
Yes coming back from being down 5-0 is impressive in the sec..Who the hogs got starting out on the mound 2day?
Quote from: bulldogs1159™© on March 27, 2010, 02:49:39 am
Those guys in LF that were having fun were my and my buddies. Glad you noticed Lol.
Some of your friends may be some of my friends, then. I was out there with about four guys and we were getting after the "two and a half men" with about 10 other guys from the fence. Also, very random, but were you driving a red car? I could be completely wrong but I thought I recognized you from facebook profile picture. I think I had parked close to you and noticed while we were getting back in my car.
Last night was freaking intense. Some of the stuff that went on was just ridiculous. bammer's 3rd base coach giving it to Cox, retarded bammer fans, bad umps, the awful attitude of bammer's players (not to mention the incredible amount of batter interference that occured), etc., etc. I don't usually get bothered by opposing teams fans, because its usually in good fun. But, last night was different. I would have been perfectly fine with knocking the crap out of a few folks (one, in particular), had it not been for the kids around.
BTW, did anyone notice the left fielder? I saw at least two middle fingers and a crotch grab from the guy. lol
I hope we beat the living mess out of bammer today.
That's Alabama for you. I prefer Auburn fans by a wide margin, and I don't necessarily like them either.
I know this much from my few trips to Baum, you don't want to be an opposing left fielder.
Quote from: RGP on March 27, 2010, 11:03:14 am
Quote from: bulldogs1159™© on March 27, 2010, 02:49:39 am
Those guys in LF that were having fun were my and my buddies. Glad you noticed Lol.
Some of your friends may be some of my friends, then. I was out there with about four guys and we were getting after the "two and a half men" with about 10 other guys from the fence. Also, very random, but were you driving a red car? I could be completely wrong but I thought I recognized you from facebook profile picture. I think I had parked close to you and noticed while we were getting back in my car.
Haha yes I do drive a red car. Small world.
HUGE comeback victory for the second day in a row for the hogs. Trailed 3-0 going into the 8th, before finishing that inning tied 3-3 heading to the 9th. Then Hauskey, pinch hitting, drives in a run to end the game. It was awesome. If bammer was demoralized after last night, I can't imagine how bad its going to be tonight.
Hopefully the hogs can get the sweep tomorrow.
Quote from: RHS on March 27, 2010, 02:36:29 pm
I know this much from my few trips to Baum, you don't want to be an opposing left fielder.
Hehehe. No sir. Unless you're a huge crybaby and go running to coach and tell him those mean old Arkansas fans are getting in your head, and if he doesn't make them stop you'll call mommy.
Isn't Alabama ranked? If so this is a big series win for the Hogs.....
Quote from: gatecrasher on March 27, 2010, 11:06:47 pm
Isn't Alabama ranked? If so this is a big series win for the Hogs.....
I know they are #20 this week in Baseball America.
Yes i believe they are ranked somewhere around there..
Hogs putting on a hitting clinic today lots of HR..
Got the win today, and the sweep. Beat Bama today 10-5 after 4-run innings in the 6th and the 7th.
That's big stuff. Bama is good.
I'm waitin for the return series with LSuckU.
We GOTTA take that series. They are a thorn in the Hogs' side....
Quote from: gatecrasher on March 28, 2010, 05:51:09 pm
I'm waitin for the return series with LSuckU.
We GOTTA take that series. They are a thorn in the Hogs' side....
There isn't a return series. You play everyone, but I think one team, in one series. We don't play Tennessee this year, but play everyone else in one series.
I expect us to go 5-1 in our next 6 games, but wouldn't be surprised with 4-2 or 6-0. We should jump up a few spots in the rankings this week, and if we can sweep this next week we may crack the top 10.
Ah....ok.
For some reason I thought it was a home-and-home thing, like basketball.....
Quote from: gatecrasher on March 28, 2010, 11:29:47 pm
Ah....ok.
For some reason I thought it was a home-and-home thing, like basketball.....
That would be a 60 game conference schedule. I'm down.
Shows how much I pay attention sometimes....;D
Quote from: B> on March 28, 2010, 11:41:45 pm
Quote from: gatecrasher on March 28, 2010, 11:29:47 pm
Ah....ok.
For some reason I thought it was a home-and-home thing, like basketball.....
That would be a 60 game conference schedule. I'm down.
You could do a home and home within your division then an atlernating one game series with the other division, just like in basketball. That would make it a 48 game conference schedule. Still brutal and a little too long, though.
Zac Cox was named SEC offensive player of the week today. Good week for the baseball Hogs.
If I was an Arkansas fan, I would just completely boycott basketball season until a change is made, and start doing whatever you can do to support the baseball team a couple of months earlier. At least the baseball program has proven to be a consistent top 25 program since Van Horn was hired.
Hogs are up to #10 in the nation in the Baseball America poll this week. We could climb even higher after this week where we should go 4-1 and possibly 5-0.
Centenary is the midweek series....
Who do we play during the weekend this week?
Kentucky comes to Baum and they are just 1-5 in the SEC. While not SEC series is a given if we play like we should we should def win the series and probably sweep. But its the SEC and you never know.
The SEC East looks like the weak sister again. Their bottom 3 teams have garbage records in conference already.
Quote from: RHS on March 30, 2010, 06:44:20 pm
The SEC East looks like the weak sister again. Their bottom 3 teams have garbage records in conference already.
We might finish 3rd in the East, and we're terrible.
The West is basically like the AL and the East is like the NL.
Sounds like the two divisions just switched roles from basketball season.
Josh, where was State picked to finish in the West?
Quote from: AB on March 30, 2010, 08:04:15 pm
Josh, where was State picked to finish in the West?
Last, for a reason.
This is Cohen's 2nd year but his 1st with his own recruiting classes. I think we had like the 7th best class in the nation but it was primarily pitchers. Probably the youngest team in the SEC. All 3 of our SEC weekend starters right now are true freshman if that tells you anything, and our best pitcher (who's currently hurt) is just a sophomore.
Beat Centenary 18-2 tonight.
Quote from: msubulldogs21 on March 30, 2010, 07:02:34 pm
Quote from: RHS on March 30, 2010, 06:44:20 pm
The SEC East looks like the weak sister again. Their bottom 3 teams have garbage records in conference already.
We might finish 3rd in the East, and we're terrible.
The West is basically like the AL and the East is like the NL.
Y'all will be back. Finishing last in the West isn't anything to be embarrassed about unless you finish in last by a lot of games. It's definitely going to be an up and down - and aggravating - season with three true freshmen as your weekend starters.
Quote from: AB on March 30, 2010, 10:14:11 pm
Quote from: msubulldogs21 on March 30, 2010, 07:02:34 pm
Quote from: RHS on March 30, 2010, 06:44:20 pm
The SEC East looks like the weak sister again. Their bottom 3 teams have garbage records in conference already.
We might finish 3rd in the East, and we're terrible.
The West is basically like the AL and the East is like the NL.
Y'all will be back. Finishing last in the West isn't anything to be embarrassed about unless you finish in last by a lot of games. It's definitely going to be an up and down - and aggravating - season with three true freshmen as your weekend starters.
I think we'll be back too, but it won't be for another couple years. Outside of Connor Powers who is hitting .393 with 9 HR and 39 RBI through 25 games, we don't have a very formidable lineup. Our young pitchers have actually done pretty well, but aren't getting a ton of run support. Unfortunately Powers is a senior, although he's going to be drafted high.
Quote from: RHS on March 30, 2010, 06:44:20 pm
The SEC East looks like the weak sister again. Their bottom 3 teams have garbage records in conference already.
When were they the weak sister before? I know they dominated the last decade at least.
Zach Cox is on a 24 game hit streak and is batting .432 with 27 RBI and 5 HRs. The top of our lineup is pretty sick.
Collin Kuhn is batting .345 with 19 RBI and is 11 for 11 in stolen bases.
Wilkins is batting .311 with 10 HRs and 33 RBI. He was actually in a slump, and still has very good numbers. Reynolds and McKinney are bringing the team BA down. They aren't too good at the plate. Our team BA is .292.
Is Vinson getting any PT against SEC teams? I heard he had a big game tonight, granted it was against Centenary. I caught the tail end of the statement on the radio on my way home tonight and they said he got 4 or 5 hits, and raised his average from .188 to .250, or something like that.
Quote from: AB™ on March 31, 2010, 12:22:20 am
Is Vinson getting any PT against SEC teams? I heard he had a big game tonight, granted it was against Centenary. I caught the tail end of the statement on the radio on my way home tonight and they said he got 4 or 5 hits, and raised his average from .188 to .250, or something like that.
Yeah, he had a really good game tonight.
Yeah, he gets some at bats in SEC play. He played in every LSU game. He got a hit or two in the first two games, but went 0-4 on Sunday. I don't think he played Friday or Sunday against Alabama, but I was at the Saturday game and he got a hit in probably 5 at bats. He isn't very consistent, but I would definitely take him over Reynolds. I am not sure why he is even in the lineup. He rarely gets on base, and makes 3 or 4 errors each series.
With Monk batting -.127 these days why don't we give Vinson or heck even Hauskey a shot at DH? Hauskey came in the pinch hit last night to a standing ovation and promptly drove in a pair of runs.
Plus I would like to move Carver back to short and put Vinson in right anyway. The Monk experiment hopefully is nearing its end.
Quote from: bulldogs1159™© on March 31, 2010, 05:14:09 am
With Monk batting -.127 these days why don't we give Vinson or heck even Hauskey a shot at DH? Hauskey came in the pinch hit last night to a standing ovation and promptly drove in a pair of runs.
Plus I would like to move Carver back to short and put Vinson in right anyway. The Monk experiment hopefully is nearing its end.
I say we give Hauskey more at bats, too. He did good last season when he got ABs, and has already been clutch this season against Alabama on Saturday.
Cox is ranked the #1 third baseman in the nation according to Rivals.
The Hogs are starting a true freshman tonight. It is his first career start. Hopefully we score plenty of runs early to help him out.
I know we'll probably be using today to get some younger guys who don't normally play some PT, but I would love to see another big win. We have a real shot at hitting an 11 game win streak riding into Starkville next weekend. That would be a good high to be riding going on the road.
hogs got the sweep..they won 9-4 today
Quote from: B> on March 30, 2010, 11:56:05 pm
Quote from: RHS on March 30, 2010, 06:44:20 pm
The SEC East looks like the weak sister again. Their bottom 3 teams have garbage records in conference already.
When were they the weak sister before? I know they dominated the last decade at least.
Georgia has been underachieving this season and all of last year, and Florida has been down the last couple of years (this year they are pretty solid). Those are the typical power teams in the East. The only consistent team the last few years has been South Carolina. Also I think the fact that the West is so good top to bottom the East appears weaker by comparison. Thing is, I don't want to draw any SEC team at least until a Super Regional.
AND I DON'T WANT TO SEE ARKANSAS AT ALL IN THE POSTSEASON.
PLEASE sweep or at least win the series this weekend! i will NEVER hear the end of it!!! i have been in kentucky since august and all i hear is john wall john wall john wall.. i need somethin on them!
Quote from: Chief_Osceola™ on March 31, 2010, 08:53:16 pm
AND I DON'T WANT TO SEE ARKANSAS AT ALL IN THE POSTSEASON.
Reasons? :)
Quote from: Chief_Osceola™ on March 31, 2010, 08:53:16 pm
Quote from: B> on March 30, 2010, 11:56:05 pm
Quote from: RHS on March 30, 2010, 06:44:20 pm
The SEC East looks like the weak sister again. Their bottom 3 teams have garbage records in conference already.
When were they the weak sister before? I know they dominated the last decade at least.
Georgia has been underachieving this season and all of last year, and Florida has been down the last couple of years (this year they are pretty solid). Those are the typical power teams in the East. The only consistent team the last few years has been South Carolina. Also I think the fact that the West is so good top to bottom the East appears weaker by comparison. Thing is, I don't want to draw any SEC team at least until a Super Regional.
AND I DON'T WANT TO SEE ARKANSAS AT ALL IN THE POSTSEASON.
I based my statement solely on regular season conference champions.
Quote from: B> on March 31, 2010, 11:21:31 pm
Quote from: Chief_Osceola™ on March 31, 2010, 08:53:16 pm
Quote from: B> on March 30, 2010, 11:56:05 pm
Quote from: RHS on March 30, 2010, 06:44:20 pm
The SEC East looks like the weak sister again. Their bottom 3 teams have garbage records in conference already.
When were they the weak sister before? I know they dominated the last decade at least.
Georgia has been underachieving this season and all of last year, and Florida has been down the last couple of years (this year they are pretty solid). Those are the typical power teams in the East. The only consistent team the last few years has been South Carolina. Also I think the fact that the West is so good top to bottom the East appears weaker by comparison. Thing is, I don't want to draw any SEC team at least until a Super Regional.
AND I DON'T WANT TO SEE ARKANSAS AT ALL IN THE POSTSEASON.
I based my statement solely on regular season conference champions.
The East will have 1 or 2 really good teams, and one of them may happen to win the SEC. However, the West generally is the best top to bottom. I know a year or two ago the only team in the West that wasn't ranked was Auburn.
Quote from: B> on March 31, 2010, 11:21:31 pm
Quote from: Chief_Osceola™ on March 31, 2010, 08:53:16 pm
Quote from: B> on March 30, 2010, 11:56:05 pm
Quote from: RHS on March 30, 2010, 06:44:20 pm
The SEC East looks like the weak sister again. Their bottom 3 teams have garbage records in conference already.
When were they the weak sister before? I know they dominated the last decade at least.
Georgia has been underachieving this season and all of last year, and Florida has been down the last couple of years (this year they are pretty solid). Those are the typical power teams in the East. The only consistent team the last few years has been South Carolina. Also I think the fact that the West is so good top to bottom the East appears weaker by comparison. Thing is, I don't want to draw any SEC team at least until a Super Regional.
AND I DON'T WANT TO SEE ARKANSAS AT ALL IN THE POSTSEASON.
I based my statement solely on regular season conference champions.
You have to remember the East will always have Kentucky and Tennessee.
Quote from: bulldogs1159™© on March 31, 2010, 08:57:46 pm
Quote from: Chief_Osceola™ on March 31, 2010, 08:53:16 pm
AND I DON'T WANT TO SEE ARKANSAS AT ALL IN THE POSTSEASON.
Reasons? :)
Didn't Arkansas knock the Seminoles out of their OWN Super Regional last year? Maybe that has something to do with why he doesn't want to see the Hogs this year. ;D I'm just guessing. 8)
Kentucky slips past arkansas 12-8
Quote from: DevilDog4 on April 02, 2010, 10:39:17 pm
Kentucky slips past arkansas 12-8
More like blew passed them to a huge early lead off Bolsinger, Hogs couldn't catch up
Hopefully they get it together today on the mound.
Arkansas leading it 6-0 right now..its the top 5th
Now 10-0 in the bottom of the 5th. Wilkins left the game with an injury at some point, which is NOT good.
Reported strained hamstring for Wilkins. Hammys are always tricky.
Bolsinger has been hit or miss on Friday nights. I say if Smyly can continue going good after his blister ordeal, switch him to Friday nights for a while. His 17 walks in 3 SEC games aren't great, but only 1 of his 7 today crossed the plate.
Quote from: RHS on April 03, 2010, 04:55:57 pm
Reported strained hamstring for Wilkins. Hammys are always tricky.
Bolsinger has been hit or miss on Friday nights. I say if Smyly can continue going good after his blister ordeal, switch him to Friday nights for a while. His 17 walks in 3 SEC games aren't great, but only 1 of his 7 today crossed the plate.
Smyly did walk a lot of guys, but I think he only gave up 4 hits, 2 in the inning they scored, and 2 the whole rest of the time he was in.
Hogs win big 10-1...lets take the series 2maro boys!!
As of 4/3:
East
1. Florida, 6-2
1. South Carolina, 6-2
3. Vanderbilt, 4-4
4. Georgia, 2-6
4. Kentucky 2-6
6. Tennessee 1-7
West
1. LSU, 6-2
2. Arkansas, 5-3
2. Ole Miss, 5-3
4. Alabama, 4-4
4. Auburn, 4-4
6. Miss. State, 3-5
Where SEC teams rank in the Baseball America poll:
#5 LSU
#8 Florida
#10 Arkansas
#11 Ole Miss
#12 South Carolina
#20 Vanderbilt
#25 Alabama
Holy ish we won @ South Carolina today. Amazing.
Quote from: msubulldogs21 on April 03, 2010, 09:19:51 pm
Holy ish we won @ South Carolina today. Amazing.
Tennessee won at Ole Miss for their first conference win, and Georgia won at LSU in a game that wasn't even close for their second. Today was a prime example of how tough playing in the SEC is.
Crazy game today. Hogs are down 5-0 and score 13 unanswered. Up 13-5, then 13-9 in 8th. We give up 7 in 8th to go down 16-13. In bottom of the 9th, we have 1 on and 2 outs. We get 2 more on and Kuhn hits a 2 out walkoff grandslam to win.
Yet another come from behind win.
Posting from my phone...could a mod move this to baseball thread? Thought it was where I posted.
wow?!? nothing about todays game? i started reading the blog during the 7th. hogs win on kuhn's walkoff slam
I tried, but accidently put it in recruiting forum because I misread on my phone.
Not exactly the way I wanted it to get done but I was correct on our 4-1 record this week.
Amazing game today, one of the BEST live games I have ever been to. Freaking nuts!
I was told on FB that we blew a 13-5 lead....
So we pulled it out?
hopefully this doesnt affect baxendale too much after giving up that home run the put them ahead
Quote from: gatecrasher on April 04, 2010, 06:22:17 pm
I was told on FB that we blew a 13-5 lead....
So we pulled it out?
That would be correct sir.
Gotta love how fast people are on and off the bandwagon on Hogville. They were banning people today for bashing the team. I have said it before and I will say it again. Hogville is trash.
Quote from: bulldogs1159™© on April 04, 2010, 07:59:55 pm
Gotta love how fast people are on and off the bandwagon on Hogville. They were banning people today for bashing the team. I have said it before and I will say it again. Hogville is trash.
While most college sports based, team specific, message boards are a nuthouse, Hogville is about as bad as I've been on. The UNC board I frequent, has been pretty bad this season - questioning Roy Williams as a head coach being the most absurd thing - but even with as bad of a season as UNC has had, along with dook probably winning a national title, I don't think it has even melted down as bad as the Jump Ball section of Hogville did this year. And UNC basketball fans may arguably the be most passionate in the nation.
I was so close to going to the game today. I guess I missed a lulu.
On the HV deal, I do hate the way it seems to sway back and forth at times. I get busted on all the time just because I don't like the lynch mob mentality that gets too much steam through falsehoods. It's a feeding frenzy.
It's just so big. It's a microcosism of the bandwagon jumping of what the world has become. I like it, but at times you have to put on your big boy pants and just stand tall without crossing the line.
It's a great place to go for some info, but the number of self-proclaimed sources outnumber others about 2:1. And I hate to use the word "hate", but when something turns that way it's a madhouse.
Now back to the Hogs. I certainly plan to get my attendance up from the zero that I've added to it this year. I'm ashamed I've not gone already.
I don't have a schedule. Is there a home series the weekend of the Red/White game?
I'm coming up to see that....may take in the baseball game too (if they are at home)
Quote from: gatecrasher on April 04, 2010, 06:22:17 pm
I was told on FB that we blew a 13-5 lead....
So we pulled it out?
2 outs and 1 on down 3 in the 9 we load the bases and Kuhn hits a grandslam.
EPIC!
I was driving somewhere around Tilly when it happened. Almost drove off the road.
I don't know if anyone is keeping up with the game vs St. Louis tonight, but the Hogs lead 14-0 going into the TOP OF THE 2ND INNING.
21-1 Hogs over Billikens, Top of the 4th.
We've got the get some pitching.
FIRE VAN HOREN, THEY GOT ANOTHER RUn!
I hear Pelphrey is coming in to pitch the 9th.
Quote from: QF© on April 07, 2010, 08:41:35 pm
I hear Pelphrey is coming in to pitch the 9th.
Jeff Long will be catching.
:-X
We don't need Pelphrey pitching so he can blow away the lead.
Quote from: Romeo on April 07, 2010, 09:06:21 pm
We don't need Pelphrey pitching so he can blow away the lead.
Ouch!!
Sample is probably going to play his way into a weekend starter if he keeps this up. Kuhn is absolutely on fire, too. When Wilkins gets healthy this team could be extremely dangerous if Sample can consistently hit like this. Plus Bolsinger is now moved to the pen. Two or three of the games we have lost were because we didn't have in middle relief. Smyly dominated LSU, and then when we pulled him because of the blister we didn't have anyone to give us a few innings so Baxendale could come in. If we can find a solid 3rd starter we will be set in pitching. Starter, Bolsinger, then Baxendale.
Jeff, heard McKinney got hurt. Anything serious?
32-7?
Not this game, but the past 9, should strike fear into a pitcher's heart against Arkansas.
Mckinney has possible ACL tear.
Quote from: QF© on April 07, 2010, 09:49:24 pm
32-7?
Did we score 5 td's and Tejada miss the 3 extra pts?
And they called it after 7. Arkansas was only 1 run away from tying the school record for runs scored. I'm sure Arkansas would've scored 40 if they played the full 9.
Quote from: RHS on April 05, 2010, 11:20:34 pm
I was driving somewhere around Tilly when it happened. Almost drove off the road.
. Tilly? Were you lost lol
Quote from: AB™ on April 07, 2010, 09:46:27 pm
Jeff, heard McKinney got hurt. Anything serious?
No word yet, but DVH expects the worst. It doesn't look good.
Sample would have been taking his place in my opinion, anyways.
One of the SLU pitchers tonight had a lot of TRADITION.
I was surprised by the score, since I saw they have a few quality wins. Looking back over their schedule, they have as many bad losses. Seems like maybe they just have one or two good pitchers and absolutely no depth at all.
HF, no I wasn't lost. Just bored lol.
McKinney didn't even use his left leg last night when being helped from the field.
AB, they were only 3 hits away from a new school record as well. The 14 runs in the first inning were a new school record (old record was 12, twice) and 11 of those came before they ever got an out. If we hadn't been so far out in front we probably could have gotten the run record since we had the bases loaded and got 3 consecutive singles to the outfield, but held runners up.
I ended up leaving after the 4th was over. Temps in the low 50's + a steady 15 MPH wind = no fun. Consider I was in shorts and a t-shirt it's a mircale I stayed so long.
Arkansas should have no problems sweeping State this weekend. We've got some talent, but most of it's freshman pitchers. I haven't heard yet but we may be starting all freshman again in the Arkansas series. Our best pitcher (sophomore Nick Routt) is currently hurt.
Quote from: msubulldogs21 on April 08, 2010, 11:39:58 pm
Arkansas should have no problems sweeping State this weekend. We've got some talent, but most of it's freshman pitchers. I haven't heard yet but we may be starting all freshman again in the Arkansas series. Our best pitcher (sophomore Nick Routt) is currently hurt.
I hope we cn sweep, but on the road won't be easy.
Hogs won tonight's game 8-3.
Scoreless after 4 innings. Eibner has 8 strikeouts and also struck out once.
Edit:
Arkansas wins the second game 8-5 and also the series. The hogs are now tied for first in the SEC overall with LSU and South Carolina going into tomorrow.
Eibner had 10 strikeouts in 5 innings.
Hogs up 4-1 in 7th on Sunday. But lots of LOB's might haunt them at some point.
Randall Fant has given us everything we could want from him today. 6 strong innings with 4 K's and only 2 hits. We still have TJ Forrest and Bolsinger out of the pen if need be before we get to Baxendale.
LSU just lost again to Auburn. If the hogs hold on today they're all alone at first in the West.
Hogs are finally plating some runs, up 10-1 now in the 7th.
Eibner grand slam! 10-1!
Home games are going to become even more popular.
Hogs get the sweep with a 13-3 win.
What makes it even better is that there are some Arkansas kids on this team making big impacts in games.
Nice way to follow up your best start as a hog: http://co.washington.ar.us/sheriff/summary/Detainee.asp?bn=4102983
Yall must have some really good dope in NWA.
Right QF?
BWHAHAHA!!!!
;D ;D
We have 2 of the best hitters in the SEC. Going into the game yesterday, Cox was batting around .477 in SEC play and Kuhn was batting around .433.
Baxendal shut out New Mexico through 6. UNM tied the game at 1 in the 8th and took a 3-1 lead in the 10th. With 2 outs in the bottom of the 10th the Hogs pushed 2 runs across the plate to send it into an 11th inning.
In the bottom of the 11th, Hauskey gets yet another clutch hit. One of the most clutch players on our team.
Hogs win 4-3. UNM is 24th in the RPI and took 2 of 3 in Austin earlier this season. Good win for the Hogs. Hopefully we get another tomorrow.
Van horn has the MACHINE rolling up on the Hill. One after another come back win this year. Great feeling for later in the season during the real crunch games with this team.
UNM will give someone fits in the Regionals
Good to see how Bax can do with a start. With #3 suspended for this weekend, if they can get by without using him Friday or Saturday, could he be the starter Sunday? I think if they need him to make sure they get 2 out of 3, they would, but if they have big leads, maybe they could save him for Sunday.
Quote from: parpar on April 14, 2010, 11:44:40 am
Good to see how Bax can do with a start. With #3 suspended for this weekend, if they can get by without using him Friday or Saturday, could he be the starter Sunday? I think if they need him to make sure they get 2 out of 3, they would, but if they have big leads, maybe they could save him for Sunday.
DVH said himself that he plans to use Bax as the Sunday starter this weekend. He was nothing short of awesome last night against a team that really can hit the ball.
Good 2 game sweep against New Mexico. They took two of three from Texas to open the season (I think) and are a top 25 RPI team.
7 of the 9 Hog starters are batting .300 or better. Sample is hitting .299 and is 17 for his last 24 and 20-29 during his 10 game hit streak.
Who was hurt with hamstring a week ago or so?
If somebody has posted already I apologize for the repeat, but the UGA game is on the deuce as I type.
3-2 Hawgs in the third.
yea wilkins jacked one out down center field hogs lookin good. a few pitching errors though
I watched most of the game on ESPN2 and the Hogs looked great. The announcers said a lot of positive stuff about the program and stadium. The main announcer even said the Hogs looked the best he's seen this season so far.
It's just gonna get worse for the Dawgs. I'm serious, their pitching is awful.
Quote from: Chief_Osceola™ on April 16, 2010, 11:08:52 pm
It's just gonna get worse for the Dawgs. I'm serious, their pitching is awful.
yeah 8.8 era
good lord metal bats or not that's pathetic!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ever since Smyly's amazing performance against OU last year, he has been a stud. If it wasn't for the bullpen and errors in 2 games, Smyly would be undefeated. The bullpen gave up that huge lead against LSU when Smyly had shut them down.
We have won 16 of our last 17, and we are on a 9 game winning streak. With us having the bullpen fresh, we could easily sweep this series, too. This weekend is going to be huge. Taking the series on the road against a top 10 team would be really nice. The only two series I wouldn't be surprised to see us lose are the Ole Miss and Florida series. Both are on the road and both are solid teams. We are a better team than Ole Miss, but if Pomeranz is feeling it in the first game he will be extremely hard to hit. If we take the first game than we will take the series.
Quote from: DevilDog4 on April 16, 2010, 08:24:06 pm
yea wilkins jacked one out down center field
That just strikes me as odd.
Hogs win 10-2.
Well the boys are def swinging the bats good. lets just hope they can keep it up.
Hogs are up 13-3 in the top of the 7th.
Hogs won 13-5 to sweep the series.
We win all in convincing fashion. Get 10+ hits yet again. The offense is clicking, the pitching is doing well. We have won 18 of our last 19, and 11 in a row. We should be top 5 in every poll after this weekend.
LSU is tied 5-5 with Bama in the top of the 14th. Bama was up 5-3 in the 8th and blew it.
I think we are in the overall SEC lead right now.
These are good times for the program. We need to enjoy the ball they are playing.
Will be interesting to see if some polls have Florida in front of us again.
Quote from: bulldogs1159™© on April 18, 2010, 05:30:07 pm
I think we are in the overall SEC lead right now.
That would be correct. One game lead on SC and LSU.
We got the bats swingin....
We have the pitching and defense at a high level....
I hope I'm not jinxing anything, but this team is playing like it can win it all right now.....
Lot of baseball left but right now this team is a top 5 team easily. If we can avoid injuries and suspensions we will be a team that nobody in the nation wants to play.
D.V.H. Just satated that Fant will get the start vs. O.R.U. On tues. If everything went right.
Conference schedule gets tougher from here on out. If we're going to win the SEC we will definitely have to earn it.
@ Florida
Auburn
@ Ole Miss
South Carolina
@ Vandy
Baseball America apparently has their heads shoved up their rear ends again. We stayed at #9 this week despite FSU & Florida both losing two games.
http://www.baseballamerica.com/today/college/top-25/2010/269837.html
Quote from: jbell96 on April 19, 2010, 12:37:09 pm
Baseball America apparently has their heads shoved up their rear ends again. We stayed at #9 this week despite FSU & Florida both losing two games.
http://www.baseballamerica.com/today/college/top-25/2010/269837.html
UCLA and UVA did too.
UCLA dropped, but UVA, FSU, and Florida didn't drop. UF and FSU beat each other this week, but we should have jumped ahead of 1 if not both. We have a better record than everyone in the nation but UCLA and Arizona State. We have a higher SOS than everyone except for UCLA in Baseball America's top 10. We should definitely be a lot higher than we are.
We are first in the SEC yet behind USC, LSU, and a ten loss Gaytor team. Only team you could have a small argument with behind ahead of us in the group is LSU.
Quote from: bulldogs1159© on April 19, 2010, 12:47:08 pm
We are first in the SEC yet behind USC, LSU, and a ten loss Gaytor team. Only team you could have a small argument with behind ahead of us in the group is LSU.
I can see LSU ranked ahead of us because of what happened head to head, but Florida is a joke. I hope we sweep them this week, but I will be happy with 2 out of 3.
The thing with LSU, yes they won the series but we have a better SEC and overall record. But those silly things don't mean much.
Baseball America is the only poll that has Florida & Florida State ranked ahead of us. All other ranking systems have us no lower than 7th, two have us in the top 5, and in everyone of them we are ahead of FSU & Florida. We need to play with a chip on our shoulder this weekend.
Sent this question in for the Baseball America chat that starts in 35 minutes.
"How can you rank Florida & Florida State ahead of Arkansas in your poll? The Razorbacks have a higher RPI, better conference record, & better overall record than both. They took a two games series from the same New Mexico team that won a series at Texas this year & took care of business against Georgia this past weekend. No other poll in the country has Florida or Florida State ranked ahead of the Hogs. What gives?"
Solid. I sent:
"How high do you see Zach Cox, Andy Wilkins, and Brett Eibner going in this years MLB draft and what are the chances for the Hogs to get any of them back next season?"
Lets see if we make it on! Lol
Quote from: bulldogs1159© on April 19, 2010, 01:37:29 pm
Solid. I sent:
"How high do you see Zach Cox, Andy Wilkins, and Brett Eibner going in this years MLB draft and what are the chances for the Hogs to get any of them back next season?"
Lets see if we make it on! Lol
I made a Tim Kurkjin chat on ESPN.com one time, but that is about it. I have yet to make a Bill Simmons mailbag or chat. That is my ultimate chat/mailbag goal.
I'll admit that LSU has the only legitimate argument to be ahead of us in the polls, seeing as how they took the series against us, but here lately, they've been a little inconsistent. They've been winning games, but they haven't been very impressive. They dropped a game to Georgia 12-6, took 12 innings to beat Southern Miss, dropped a series to Auburn, and took 14 innings to beat Alabama yesterday.
I had a couple emails read on the Dan Patrick Show back in the day.
My question made it!
And what was their answer?
QuoteJustin (Springdale Arkansas): How high do you see Zach Cox, Andy Wilkins, and Brett Eibner going in this years MLB draft and what do you think are the Hogs chances of getting them back for next season?
Aaron Fitt: None of them will be back -- you can take that to the bank. Cox is a lock first-rounder, and Eibner will probably go in the first round or sandwich round, as a pitcher. Wilkins will probably go in the top three rounds because of his power bat.
Quote from: jbell96 on April 19, 2010, 01:57:20 pm
Quote from: bulldogs1159© on April 19, 2010, 01:37:29 pm
Solid. I sent:
"How high do you see Zach Cox, Andy Wilkins, and Brett Eibner going in this years MLB draft and what are the chances for the Hogs to get any of them back next season?"
Lets see if we make it on! Lol
I made a Tim Kurkjin chat on ESPN.com one time, but that is about it. I have yet to make a Bill Simmons mailbag or chat. That is my ultimate chat/mailbag goal.
I made it on ESPN.com for an interview with Jermaine Taylor before his fight with Pavlik. I asked a question for the heck of it. They said my name and location and asked the question.
Quote from: rsvl_hogfan4 on April 19, 2010, 12:45:07 pm
Quote from: jbell96 on April 19, 2010, 12:37:09 pm
Baseball America apparently has their heads shoved up their rear ends again. We stayed at #9 this week despite FSU & Florida both losing two games.
http://www.baseballamerica.com/today/college/top-25/2010/269837.html
UCLA and UVA did too.
UCLA dropped, but UVA, FSU, and Florida didn't drop. UF and FSU beat each other this week, but we should have jumped ahead of 1 if not both. We have a better record than everyone in the nation but UCLA and Arizona State. We have a higher SOS than everyone except for UCLA in Baseball America's top 10. We should definitely be a lot higher than we are.
First off, you're giving us too much credit. And the gaytors. We beat UF, then lost to Jacksonville. UF didn't beat us this week. We took the season series from them 3-1. I won't be surprised if Arkansas sweeps them this weekend. Also, don't put a lot of stock into the Baseball America poll. I think it's widely considered the worst poll of the 5 major ones.
J-Lo's question got answered, but mine didn't. Although there were a few similar to mine that got on there.
Quote from: jbell96 on April 19, 2010, 03:57:45 pm
J-Lo's question got answered, but mine didn't. Although there were a few similar to mine that got on there.
Two very similar to your were answered like question 1 and 3 on the chat. I think he must have got a ton about where the hogs are.
Quote from: Chief_Osceola™ on April 19, 2010, 03:57:40 pm
Quote from: rsvl_hogfan4 on April 19, 2010, 12:45:07 pm
Quote from: jbell96 on April 19, 2010, 12:37:09 pm
Baseball America apparently has their heads shoved up their rear ends again. We stayed at #9 this week despite FSU & Florida both losing two games.
http://www.baseballamerica.com/today/college/top-25/2010/269837.html
UCLA and UVA did too.
UCLA dropped, but UVA, FSU, and Florida didn't drop. UF and FSU beat each other this week, but we should have jumped ahead of 1 if not both. We have a better record than everyone in the nation but UCLA and Arizona State. We have a higher SOS than everyone except for UCLA in Baseball America's top 10. We should definitely be a lot higher than we are.
First off, you're giving us too much credit. And the gaytors. We beat UF, then lost to Jacksonville. UF didn't beat us this week. We took the season series from them 3-1. I won't be surprised if Arkansas sweeps them this weekend. Also, don't put a lot of stock into the Baseball America poll. I think it's widely considered the worst poll of the 5 major ones.
Oh, I saw they went 1-1 in midweek and that they played Florida. I just assumed both games were Florida.
One part of me would have felt better losing to the crocs rather than Jacksonville, but then again I hate losing to them any time. The Hogs should sweep the gates; we've been pretty average the last few weeks and beat them twice in that span, whereas Arkansas is on fire right now. Also I think UF is a bit banged up right now. I'm not sure what their weekend rotation looks like, but if the Hogs can get to their pen then UF is in trouble. It's not Georiga bad, but we shelled their bullpen 3 out of the 4 times we played them.
Their ace and two starting outfielders are hurt. I don't think a sweep is out of the question if we pitch well.
The only thing Arkansas has going against them going into the series with Florida is a potential 12 game win streak. It's just so hard to win 15+ games in a row in baseball. Even if you're clearly the better team and on fire. A streak gets that long, and you're just asking for a close loss and/or losing to a team you're better than. Maybe Arkansas will lose to a decent Oral Roberts team tomorrow and start a brand new streak against Florida this weekend.
Decent might be generous this season.
Quote from: AB™ on April 19, 2010, 10:40:20 pm
The only thing Arkansas has going against them going into the series with Florida is a potential 12 game win streak. It's just so hard to win 15+ games in a row in baseball. Even if you're clearly the better team and on fire. A streak gets that long, and you're just asking for a close loss and/or losing to a team you're better than. Maybe Arkansas will lose to a decent Oral Roberts team tomorrow and start a brand new streak against Florida this weekend.
I honestly wouldn't mind a loss to ORU. That doesn't mean that I'll be hoping for one, but I won't be upset if we do lose. This is a good opportunity to rest some of our better players for a big series this weekend. Plus, if we do lose, it won't count against the conference record, which is more important. We've got a tough schedule ahead of us for the rest of the season. No more easy SEC series.
Theres no such thing as an easy series in the sec first of all, and no ORU isnt an important game but you want the morale high goin into a three game series with florida and the win streak they are on will give them an edge to the series.
Hogs 9 ORU 5
That's 19 out of the last 20.
Quote from: QF© on April 20, 2010, 09:59:18 pm
Hogs 9 ORU 5
That's 19 out of the last 20.
We had 15 hits. I think that is 15 straight games with 10 or more hits. I may be off a game or two, though.
I think its 19 Jeff. But I may be a game high.
It's 17.
Quote from: Chris Murphy on April 20, 2010, 12:48:34 am
Quote from: AB™ on April 19, 2010, 10:40:20 pm
The only thing Arkansas has going against them going into the series with Florida is a potential 12 game win streak. It's just so hard to win 15+ games in a row in baseball. Even if you're clearly the better team and on fire. A streak gets that long, and you're just asking for a close loss and/or losing to a team you're better than. Maybe Arkansas will lose to a decent Oral Roberts team tomorrow and start a brand new streak against Florida this weekend.
I honestly wouldn't mind a loss to ORU. That doesn't mean that I'll be hoping for one, but I won't be upset if we do lose. This is a good opportunity to rest some of our better players for a big series this weekend. Plus, if we do lose, it won't count against the conference record, which is more important. We've got a tough schedule ahead of us for the rest of the season. No more easy SEC series.
Wouldn't mind a loss? Come on man, we are good enough this year to run over everyone this year. Understand what you are saying about the rest and the tough conference but you play thegame to WIN each time out. Kind of like the Colts throwing the 2nd half against the Jets last season. That still burns my gut!!! Glad I didn't make a long drive and fork out big bucks for that joke.
Quote from: InYoGrill on April 21, 2010, 07:59:33 am
Quote from: Chris Murphy on April 20, 2010, 12:48:34 am
Quote from: AB™ on April 19, 2010, 10:40:20 pm
The only thing Arkansas has going against them going into the series with Florida is a potential 12 game win streak. It's just so hard to win 15+ games in a row in baseball. Even if you're clearly the better team and on fire. A streak gets that long, and you're just asking for a close loss and/or losing to a team you're better than. Maybe Arkansas will lose to a decent Oral Roberts team tomorrow and start a brand new streak against Florida this weekend.
I honestly wouldn't mind a loss to ORU. That doesn't mean that I'll be hoping for one, but I won't be upset if we do lose. This is a good opportunity to rest some of our better players for a big series this weekend. Plus, if we do lose, it won't count against the conference record, which is more important. We've got a tough schedule ahead of us for the rest of the season. No more easy SEC series.
Wouldn't mind a loss? Come on man, we are good enough this year to run over everyone this year. Understand what you are saying about the rest and the tough conference but you play thegame to WIN each time out. Kind of like the Colts throwing the 2nd half against the Jets last season. That still burns my gut!!! Glad I didn't make a long drive and fork out big bucks for that joke.
I think you misunderstood what I was trying to say. I'm glad we won. We have a great streak going and are playing better baseball than arguably anyone else in the country right now. I still expected them to go out and give it their best, but in midweek games that aren't part of a two game set, you usually don't let your starter go too deep and you get a group effort by the bullpen. I was just trying to say that if we did end up losing, I wouldn't have minded it as much as I would have a conference loss. Streaks in baseball weigh on you more than probably in any other sport.
ya maybe if your superstious haha.
Apparently we have some die hard baseball fans here seeing as no one has mentioned todays game being played. Its 2-1 Florida end of the 6th.
Bo with a 2 run shot!3-2 hogs top 6th
Die hard Hog baseball fans aren't geting on Fearless to report or find scores.
That's right, they are watching the draft.
3 run shot by Kuhn! 6-2 hogs! top 7th
Very nice.
Well, we just ended our 9th with only 9 hits. If we take care of our 5 run lead for 3 more outs, our double digit hit streak is over.
Hogs win game one 8-3. Smyly and Bolsinger were lights out.
Quote from: B> on April 23, 2010, 08:15:29 pm
Well, we just ended our 9th with only 9 hits. If we take care of our 5 run lead for 3 more outs, our double digit hit streak is over.
I like the streak of wins we have going :) haha , as we win this one 8-3!
This Arkansas team might be pretty good. Just got another win on the road against Florida. If they win this series they'll almost certainly move up into the top 5 of every poll.
Quote from: Marionpats07™ on April 23, 2010, 08:20:02 pm
Quote from: B> on April 23, 2010, 08:15:29 pm
Well, we just ended our 9th with only 9 hits. If we take care of our 5 run lead for 3 more outs, our double digit hit streak is over.
I like the streak of wins we have going :) haha , as we win this one 8-3!
Agreed.
Quote from: AB on April 23, 2010, 08:20:45 pm
This Arkansas team might be pretty good. Just got another win on the road against Florida. If they win this series they'll almost certainly move up into the top 5 of every poll.
Nah, Baseball America will probably drop us a spot. ;D
Quote from: Marionpats07 on April 23, 2010, 07:31:36 pm
That's right, they are watching the draft.
Or at work where he got 0 updates. Friend fail.
Smyly has been a workhorse the last 2 outings. 130 pitches today and like 120 last weekend.
Quote from: RHS on April 23, 2010, 09:24:18 pm
Quote from: Marionpats07 on April 23, 2010, 07:31:36 pm
That's right, they are watching the draft.
Or at work where he got 0 updates. Friend fail.
Smyly has been a workhorse the last 2 outings. 130 pitches today and like 120 last weekend.
Sorry man, left my phone at work.
I think Arkansas is going to win the national title.
Quote from: msubulldogs21 on April 23, 2010, 11:14:52 pm
I think Arkansas is going to win the national title.
Just come out and say it. Trying to jinx thme I see? ;)
Quote from: AB™ on April 24, 2010, 12:20:32 am
Quote from: msubulldogs21 on April 23, 2010, 11:14:52 pm
I think Arkansas is going to win the national title.
Just come out and say it. Trying to jinx thme I see? ;)
He has been trying to do that for a couple weeks now.
Quote from: msubulldogs21 on April 23, 2010, 11:14:52 pm
I think Arkansas is going to win the national title.
We all hope so. The excitement is really building each week we get into the conference. Take no prisoners I say!
Eibner's not so hot today.
Edit: Eibner's done after 3.2 innings and we're down 4-0 already.
Edit again: Make that 7-0, still in the 4th. I'm turning this game off for an hour and comign back to see if we did anything. Eibner was awful today.
Yeah, it is getting ugly.
Did some quick math, and Eibner's ERA today was 12+. He never does that.
Eibner gets an RBI double to put us on the board 7-1. Hopefully this will get the bats going and we will be able to have another dramatic comeback.
It's baseball. Can't and wont' win them all, obviously. It was only a matter of time. general history tells you Arkansas was probably going to lose at least one of these games this weekend. They're riding a long win streak and on the road against a top 10 conference foe. If Arkansas had swept Florida this weekend I would personally feel like they are the best team in the nation. Even without the sweep, I have a hard time believing there are more than 2 or 3 teams in the nation better than the Hogs.
Quote from: AB™ on April 24, 2010, 02:07:52 pm
It's baseball. Can't and wont' win them all, obviously. It was only a matter of time. general history tells you Arkansas was probably going to lose at least one of these games this weekend. They're riding a long win streak and on the road against a top 10 conference foe. If Arkansas had swept Florida this weekend I would personally feel like they are the best team in the nation. Even without the sweep, I have a hard time believing there are more than 2 or 3 teams in the nation better than the Hogs.
It is far from over, though.
Travis Sample just hit a RBI single. Runners on first and second in the top of the 6th. 7-2 Florida.
Travis Sample has been the best addition to this lineup. He is batting .492 going into this game, and I believe he is now 2-2 in the game.
Well it's 7-2 going to the bottom of the 6th. We're in range to pull an LSU at least.
Quote from: B> on April 24, 2010, 02:13:35 pm
Well it's 7-2 going to the bottom of the 6th. We're in range to pull an LSU at least.
Yeah, assuming we can hold them, 5 runs isn't out of the question in 3 innings for us. Especially since we seem to get better as the game goes on. We are nearing the top of our lineup again, so we have a chance to get some runs in the next few innings. I saw where the Hogs are batting something like .330 against teams after they go to the bullpen. Not too bad.
Welllll, we didn't hold them.
We make suitcases out of them tomorrow.
Quote from: Rebel Dog™ on April 24, 2010, 02:33:32 pm
We make suitcases out of them tomorrow.
That would make me perfectly content with the weekend, but my day is completely ruined today.
Ole Miss is up on LSU 8-2 in only the bottom of the 2nd right now. South Carolina isn't playing today and will attempt a double header tomorrow. Both of those are great news for the hogs staying in first place in the SEC.
Well Eibner didn't have the worst ERA for a starter today. Ranaudo for LSU, maybe the best pitcher in the SEC, just left with a 48.60 ERA for the day. Weird day.
I guess Pomeranz is shutting down the LSU lineup. I'll be happy when him and Ranaudo are gone.
Quote from: RHS on April 24, 2010, 05:00:05 pm
I guess Pomeranz is shutting down the LSU lineup. I'll be happy when him and Ranaudo are gone.
Pomeranz only made it 3 innings. Walked 9. It's 9-5 Ole Miss now, top 5. Pomeranz only gave up 1 hit, but part of that was because he was almost refusing to throw strikes and at times the LSU hitters were just standing there staring at him til they got to walk down to first.
Moral of the story is, the top two pitchers in the conference had their worst outings of the whole season against each other.
Appears likely the Hog/Gator game is destined to be rained out today.
Ole Miss won game 2 yesterday, too.
Hopefully we can get this game in.
Looks like we may get it in, start time set at 2:30 now.
Quote from: B> on April 24, 2010, 05:11:25 pmMoral of the story is, the top two pitchers in the conference had their worst outings of the whole season against each other.
Figures since ESPN had been talking about how it'd be a great matchup.
Looks like Fant with the start today.
Hogs went in order in the top half of the first with Kuhn and Bigham striking out.
Hogs have not scored after 7. Fant gave up a solo homer and that's the score, 1-0 bottom 7.
It's started raining a lot again in Gainesville and Kuhn just tied the game with a solo homer in the top of the 8th. We have a man on second with 2 out due to an error.
This game could potentially end in a tie. I'm sure the hogs have a curfew, and if the weather delays the game for too long they'd just end it. There's no delay yet but if the game goes to extras it's not unlikely.
Bottom of the 9th 1-1.
Hogs drop the game and the series 2-1, and are no longer in first in the SEC. That one hurts a lot. Guess Baseball America was just the only poll that was right.
Heard there were a couple of questionable calls in the late innings. Saw this quote on Hogville: "Who do we have to bl*w to get a fairly officiated game in Gainesville?"
Quote from: jbell96 on April 25, 2010, 05:03:20 pm
Heard there were a couple of questionable calls in the late innings. Saw this quote on Hogville: "Who do we have to bl*w to get a fairly officiated game in Gainesville?"
I'd want to see it before I said anything rather than base it on a biased radio announcer. The hogs just lost. Should have scored more than one run, and shouldn't have given up three straight hits in the bottom of the 9th.
We lose in the 9th inning on the road to the other co-best team in our conference and people go crazy.
It doesn't hurt us at all. We're going to host a regional and make the tournament. Baseball polls are good for a basis on where you stand and then to watch the idiots come out.
Quote from: B> on April 25, 2010, 04:59:25 pm
Hogs drop the game and the series 2-1, and are no longer in first in the SEC. That one hurts a lot. Guess Baseball America was just the only poll that was right.
Because we lose our first series since the LSU series, both being on the road to top 10 teams, and get some very questionable calls, BA was right?
Wilkins got picked off when he was safe, and there was a play at the plate that was very, very questionable. We definitely should have scored more runs, though. Cannot really blame anyone but ourselves. It just sucks that we shouldn't have lost this series or the LSU series. We just have to finish strong. I feel pretty good that we will make it to Omaha.
Ole Miss just swept LSU.
Quote from: rsvl_hogfan4 on April 25, 2010, 05:12:20 pm
Quote from: B> on April 25, 2010, 04:59:25 pm
Hogs drop the game and the series 2-1, and are no longer in first in the SEC. That one hurts a lot. Guess Baseball America was just the only poll that was right.
Because we lose our first series since the LSU series, both being on the road to top 10 teams, and get some very questionable calls, BA was right?
Wilkins got picked off when he was safe, and there was a play at the plate that was very, very questionable. We definitely should have scored more runs, though. Cannot really blame anyone but ourselves. It just sucks that we shouldn't have lost this series or the LSU series. We just have to finish strong. I feel pretty good that we will make it to Omaha.
All Baseball America did was rank Florida ahead of us. So I'd say yes, they were right.
Quote from: rsvl_hogfan4 on April 25, 2010, 05:12:20 pm
Quote from: B> on April 25, 2010, 04:59:25 pm
Hogs drop the game and the series 2-1, and are no longer in first in the SEC. That one hurts a lot. Guess Baseball America was just the only poll that was right.
Because we lose our first series since the LSU series, both being on the road to top 10 teams, and get some very questionable calls, BA was right?
Wilkins got picked off when he was safe, and there was a play at the plate that was very, very questionable. We definitely should have scored more runs, though. Cannot really blame anyone but ourselves. It just sucks that we shouldn't have lost this series or the LSU series. We just have to finish strong. I feel pretty good that we will make it to Omaha.
If LSU and Florida had swept Arkansas and more or less dominated all three games, then Arkansas fans should feel bad. Arkansas, despite having cold bats in the last two games, were still in very good position to take 2 of 3 on the road against Florida, and LSU didn't dominate them either. Arkansas is fine.
Quote from: AB™ on April 25, 2010, 05:36:57 pm
Quote from: rsvl_hogfan4 on April 25, 2010, 05:12:20 pm
Quote from: B> on April 25, 2010, 04:59:25 pm
Hogs drop the game and the series 2-1, and are no longer in first in the SEC. That one hurts a lot. Guess Baseball America was just the only poll that was right.
Because we lose our first series since the LSU series, both being on the road to top 10 teams, and get some very questionable calls, BA was right?
Wilkins got picked off when he was safe, and there was a play at the plate that was very, very questionable. We definitely should have scored more runs, though. Cannot really blame anyone but ourselves. It just sucks that we shouldn't have lost this series or the LSU series. We just have to finish strong. I feel pretty good that we will make it to Omaha.
If LSU and Florida had swept Arkansas and more or less dominated all three games, then Arkansas fans should feel bad. Arkansas, despite having cold bats in the last two games, were still in very good position to take 2 of 3 on the road against Florida, and LSU didn't dominate them either. Arkansas is fine.
Yeah, if it wasn't for a bullpen meltdown in our Saturday game against LSU, we would have won that series. That was terrible. We have had plenty of comebacks though, so I cannot complain too much.
Quote from: B> on April 25, 2010, 05:06:43 pm
Quote from: jbell96 on April 25, 2010, 05:03:20 pm
Heard there were a couple of questionable calls in the late innings. Saw this quote on Hogville: "Who do we have to bl*w to get a fairly officiated game in Gainesville?"
I'd want to see it before I said anything rather than base it on a biased radio announcer. The hogs just lost. Should have scored more than one run, and shouldn't have given up three straight hits in the bottom of the 9th.
I saw the play on the news (poor quality video) and really couldn't tell but I was listening to the game on the florida website and their own announcers were shocked the Florida runner was called safe at home. They also said DVH absolutely lit into the ump for 3-4 minutes.
(http://www.rabidhogfans.com/rhf_php/upload/555450/bildeedt.jpg) Just another screwing against the Gaytors
The hogs are ranked 6-9 in all the new polls today.
What sucks even worse is that the ump didn't even call him safe on the dive back part of that play, he called him safe on the initial slide where he completely missed the plate.
Quote from: Indiana Jones on April 26, 2010, 05:08:04 pm
(http://www.rabidhogfans.com/rhf_php/upload/555450/bildeedt.jpg) Just another screwing against the Gaytors
Wow just wow! We got bent over on that one. Nice pic you found!!
Quote from: RHS on April 27, 2010, 02:23:58 pm
What sucks even worse is that the ump didn't even call him safe on the dive back part of that play, he called him safe on the initial slide where he completely missed the plate.
I find it odd, when the ump signals safe without the runner touching the bag... twice.
Missouri State 4 Hogs 3 5th inning
Game on Channel 119 on Cox in NWA.
Oops.. Hogs 5-4 on a 2-run shot by Eibner.
Quote from: QF© on April 28, 2010, 08:23:16 pm
Oops.. Hogs 5-4 on a 2-run shot by Eibner.
Final
SMS MSU wouldn't have really been in the game if not for one bad pitch that got sent to space with 2 men on.
Nice win on Friday. I was surprised they got the game in.
Down 4-0 and came back to win 9-4. This team is very impressive in their demeanor. They just stick to what they do and wait for the positive results to come.
Drew Smyly is in beast mode.
LSU just hit a 5-game losing streak, dropping game one of their series at Florida. They are playing a double header today.
Edit: I just now realized that the game that was suspended last night was not the game they started first today. So Florida won a game 7-3 and also has a 7-0 lead in the bottom of the 5th at the resumption of Friday night's game. Wow.
Auburn scored 8 runs in the 5th and won game 2 8-7. Had a man on third with one out in the bottom of the ninth and stranded him. This is certainly a game the hogs should have won.
Florida just took game two from LSU. Actually would have been more beneficial to the hogs if LSU had won. Florida's win drops Arkansas to third in the conference overall and if LSU had won, we'd still have a 2 game lead on them.
Quote from: B> on May 01, 2010, 05:01:26 pm
Auburn scored 8 runs in the 5th and won game 2 8-7. Had a man on third with one out in the bottom of the ninth and stranded him. This is certainly a game the hogs should have won.
And a man on 2nd. We pinch ran for Wilkins so we had some speed on the bases. I wish we would have sent Eibner on Kreder's fly ball. The outfielder looked like he was taking a while to drive and throw it to the plate. It sucks that this isn't the first game we have outplayed our opponent for 8 innings, but due to one HUGE inning we lose. I believe they had 5 homeruns in that inning today.
Lost again today.
I'm afraid we're due for a little late season slump. Need to go ahead and get it out of the way.
We played terrible all weekend. Even in the win on Friday. I think its becoming more obvious to scouts that they need to draft Eibner as a CF not a pitcher.
They were talking on the broadcast today that scouts still love Eibner as a pitcher more than a fielder.
Pitching after Smyly really falls off.
yea i hate to seem them lose.. but im glad they are gettin it out of the way before regionals.. thats why they call it a marathon, not a sprint
Quote from: RHS on May 02, 2010, 07:58:11 pm
They were talking on the broadcast today that scouts still love Eibner as a pitcher more than a fielder.
Pitching after Smyly really falls off.
As awesome as he is in CF I have a hard time seeing what they see.
Same here Mr Bell.
Cox and Eibner still on the list for the Golden Spikes Award.
Hogs facing Ole Miss and the best pitcher in the nation. They have done pretty good against him. We just haven't been able to get hits with runners in scoring position. In the top of the 7th with 2 outs and Kuhn on 3rd, Ole Miss walked Cox to get to Eibner. Eibner hit a 3 run homer off Pomeranz in dead center. The Hogs are now up 4-2 in the top of the 8th. If the Hogs can beat Pomeranz I think they take the series. This could potentially be his first loss of the season.
Baxendale will be pitching tomorrow, so I think Bolsinger will likely try and finish this one out from the 7th on.
Carver with a 2 run homer in the top of the 8th. Hogs up 6-2.
Travis Sample came in and pinch hit and hit a grand slam. Did the Hogs end up winning 14-7?
Quote from: Ken Griffey Jr. on May 07, 2010, 11:20:01 pm
Travis Sample came in and pinch hit and hit a grand slam. Did the Hogs end up winning 14-7?
Close, lol. 11-4
Yeah I know, I heard the Reds score, which was 14-7 right after I heard the Hogs score and got them confused.
Quote from: theHammer on May 07, 2010, 11:50:14 pm
Quote from: Ken Griffey Jr. on May 07, 2010, 11:20:01 pm
Travis Sample came in and pinch hit and hit a grand slam. Did the Hogs end up winning 14-7?
Close, lol. 11-4
Today's Lesson from Mike Bianco: Moves that did not work! Intentional Walks from LHP with best ERA in league to Lefty batter (Cox, 3-3) to bring up Righty (Eibner, who also leads league in HRs) NO GOOD! OK, let's do it again later, just to set up a GRAND SLAM! [First Post]
They realized it was a gamble, but they had a one run lead in the 7th, we had a man on third with two outs, and Cox was 3-3, and Pomeranz had been doing alright so far. It wasn't what I would call a stupid decision. They just rolled the dice and lost.
hit a bomb in the 9th, but still lost 3-2 tonight. ole miss scored all three runs in the 1st and 2nd
I really Wish Kuhn, Bigham, Wilkins, Kreder, and Sample could get out of their slumps. Almost half our lineup has been slumping and it is killing us. I know the game we lost by 1 on Saturday to Auburn Kuhn and Bigham were 0-5 each. Kuhn had 4 strikeouts. We cannot have that from our 1 and 2 hitters.
Wilkins finally wakes up and hits a 2 run homer. Hogs up 3-0 in bottom of 6th. Bolsinger got the start and is making the most of this chance. He has had quite a few quick innings.
This should be the new lineup:
Friday - Smyly - DUH
Saturday - Forrest, he started on Saturday last year late in the season and he was productive yesterday
Sunday - Bolsinger
This is a solid lineup, if the bats wakeup, nobody can touch us with this lineup. Also, we will have a good staff to work with in the bull-pen and and we can keep Baxendale in the Closer position where he has excelled.
Bolsinger has 10 strikeouts and 1 hit through 7.
Nice series win on the road.. ole miss only managed 2 hits.. 7-0 final
Anybody have any tickets for sell to the game in NLR tomorrow?
Hogs trailing 4-3 bot 6th to La Tech in LR.
4-4 to the 10th. LR area fans getting their moneys worth.
Still 4-4. Bot 10. 1 out and Hogs have 2 on with Wilkins up.
Game over. Hogs win as Wilkins hits the game winner off the wall.
Quote from: QF© on May 11, 2010, 10:26:39 pm
Game over. Hogs win as Wilkins hits the game winner off the wall.
Oh well, sounds like my Dawgs made them work for it.
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Quote from: bleudog on May 11, 2010, 10:27:43 pm
Quote from: QF© on May 11, 2010, 10:26:39 pm
Game over. Hogs win as Wilkins hits the game winner off the wall.
Oh well, sounds like my Dawgs made them work for it.
They threw everyone they had at us, too.
It is crazy that despite being down so much in so many games, I rarely feel like we are out of it. I cannot honestly say there has been a game this year other than the Sunday game vs Auburn where I felt we had no chance once we got down. I knew we were going to come back and win this one. That wasn't even a question. My only question was by how much. I honestly expected us to break it open in the 7th or 8th with a big innings and end up winning by multiple runs. Didn't expect extra innings.
bleu, how is that Tech team this year? I expected the Hogs to blow them out. They must have been better than I gave them credit for.
Quote from: gatecrasher on May 11, 2010, 11:06:16 pm
bleu, how is that Tech team this year? I expected the Hogs to blow them out. They must have been better than I gave them credit for.
They aren't that good. They are 25-23 overall, and 10-10 in conference. It was a mid-week game away from Baum Stadium. A lot of these small teams play over their heads when playing a top team in baseball. They pitched 3 of their better pitchers that usually are seen on the weekend. The only guy we threw that consistently comes in on the weekend is Baxendale. We also switched the lineup some. Kreder came in and caught a few innings, and Hauskey was at DH rather than coming in to pinch hit.
Quote from: rsvl_hogfan4 on May 12, 2010, 08:37:31 am
Quote from: gatecrasher on May 11, 2010, 11:06:16 pm
bleu, how is that Tech team this year? I expected the Hogs to blow them out. They must have been better than I gave them credit for.
They aren't that good. They are 25-23 overall, and 10-10 in conference. It was a mid-week game away from Baum Stadium. A lot of these small teams play over their heads when playing a top team in baseball. They pitched 3 of their better pitchers that usually are seen on the weekend. The only guy we threw that consistently comes in on the weekend is Baxendale. We also switched the lineup some. Kreder came in and caught a few innings, and Hauskey was at DH rather than coming in to pinch hit.
Gate, he got the numbers right. The Dawgs have had their moments the year but have not met expectations. They have a double header against set Texas this Sunday and a one game series in Ruston against UCA on the 18th before wrapping up the conference with a four game series in Reno against Nevada.
But the Hog game was really a no-win game for Tech. If they lose, they were supposed to. If they win or stay close, folks like rsvl pull out the mid-week card. Tech played a total five sophomores and three freshmen Tuesday night. The relief pitcher who went 4.2 innings was a freshman. I was in Ruston a few years ago when Tech got the W. The games usually work out to be pretty entertaining for non-conf games.
Tech's path to anything after the WAC tournament would be to win it. One thing though, since 2003 the WAC has produced twice the number of DI baseball champions than the SEC. ;)
Here's the game write up from the Tech site: CLICK HERE (http://www.latechsports.com/sports/m-basebl/recaps/051210aaa.html)
Someone is a little defensive about an honest recap of the game. There is no mid-week card, because it is what it is. A mid-week game.
Quote from: bulldogs1159™© on May 12, 2010, 02:59:35 pm
Someone is a little defensive about an honest recap of the game. There is no mid-week card, because it is what it is. A mid-week game.
Tech played five sophomores and two freshman including a freshman pitcher who got over four innings of work. It was a mid-week game for both teams. LTU did have the benefit of not having a conference series this weekend but there's not much "benefit" in playing in a double header against #1 Texas in five days.
Sounds like the folks who bought tickets got their money's worth and the home team's fans left the park happy (although probably a little later and more relieved than they expected). Most folks were like gate and expected a blow out and it didn't happen.
I hope the two teams continue to schedule games in the future and the Little Rock venue is a great place to do so.
Heck, I won a bet on the over/under on how long it would take somebody to use the term "mid-week game" in a post. 5/12 @ 08:37:31 AM ;D
Quote from: bleudog on May 12, 2010, 03:18:53 pm
Quote from: bulldogs1159™© on May 12, 2010, 02:59:35 pm
Someone is a little defensive about an honest recap of the game. There is no mid-week card, because it is what it is. A mid-week game.
Tech played five sophomores and two freshman including a freshman pitcher who got over four innings of work. It was a mid-week game for both teams. LTU did have the benefit of not having a conference series this weekend but there's not much "benefit" in playing in a double header against #1 Texas in five days.
Sounds like the folks who bought tickets got their money's worth and the home team's fans left the park happy (although probably a little later and more relieved than they expected). Most folks were like gate and expected a blow out and it didn't happen.
I hope the two teams continue to schedule games in the future and the Little Rock venue is a great place to do so.
Heck, I won a bet on the over/under on how long it would take somebody to use the term "mid-week game" in a post. 5/12 @ 08:37:31 AM ;D
We are pretty young, too. We also played Kreder at catcher a few innings, something he has only done a few times this year because he is usually DH. We started Hauskey at DH, a guy that is usually a pinch hitter.
You guys pitched your pitcher that is #1 in wins for the season and is a weekend started. You also pitched 2 other guys you pitch on the weekends, including another guy that is among the top in wins for the season. You guys threw some of the best arms you had at us. We pitched Fant and Baxendale, both are Freshmen. Davenport is a sophomore.
You guys played good, but it is what it is. A mid-week game...
Quote from: rsvl_hogfan4 link=topic=101560.msg2208159#msg2208159We are pretty young, too. We also played Kreder at catcher a few innings, something he has only done a few times this year because he is usually DH. We started Hauskey at DH, a guy that is usually a pinch hitter.
You guys pitched your pitcher that is #1 in wins for the season and is a weekend started. You also pitched 2 other guys you pitch on the weekends, including another guy that is among the top in wins for the season. You guys threw some of the best arms you had at us. We pitched Fant and Baxendale, both are Freshmen. Davenport is a freshman.
You guys played good, but it is what it is. A mid-week game...
Wins by LTU pitchers1. Petersen, Trevor 5
2. Bradshaw, Jamey 4
Jefferson, Mike 4
4. Barrett, Josh 3
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Yes, Peterson does lead the teams in wins and did pitch. He pitched two thirds of an inning in the 10th and took the loss.
The #4 pitcher in wins did get the start. Bradshaw and Jefferson saw no action Tuesday.
Louisiana Tech
pitchers vs UA ipBarrett, Josh 2.1
Dudley, Caleb 4.2
Alvis, Will 1.2
Petersen, Trevor L,5-6 0.2
Thanks for the good play reference though. It did sound like a good game to watch. Congrat on the W and good luck for the rest of the year.
Huge weekend. Someone posted this list of videos on Hogville to get you psyched up for this weekend:
Quote from: rubmyHOG on May 14, 2010, 07:34:11 am
at some of the biggest moments & greatest finishes in recent Diamond Hog History......
6. Tied at 7-7, we needed a long fly ball.....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y229ynBDK64
5. Down 16-13, 2 outs, 2 strikes.....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sANPGdrhf3w
4. Bottom of the 9th, bases loades, winning run at the plate.....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9J33WP1xG20&feature=related
3. 4-2, 2 outs, Top 9th. Hogs have not been to Omaha since 1989.....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLnnUIJS1Q4&feature=related
2. Hogs need 1 to tie, 2 to punch their ticket.....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mkYLfeFZHs&feature=related
1. Season coming to an end, down 3-1, 2 outs, top 9.....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwW3fdvHcU0&feature=related
Quote from: bulldogs1159© on May 14, 2010, 08:34:48 am
Huge weekend. Someone posted this list of videos on Hogville to get you psyched up for this weekend:
Quote from: rubmyHOG on May 14, 2010, 07:34:11 am
at some of the biggest moments & greatest finishes in recent Diamond Hog History......
6. Tied at 7-7, we needed a long fly ball.....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y229ynBDK64
5. Down 16-13, 2 outs, 2 strikes.....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sANPGdrhf3w
4. Bottom of the 9th, bases loades, winning run at the plate.....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9J33WP1xG20&feature=related
3. 4-2, 2 outs, Top 9th. Hogs have not been to Omaha since 1989.....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLnnUIJS1Q4&feature=related
2. Hogs need 1 to tie, 2 to punch their ticket.....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mkYLfeFZHs&feature=related
1. Season coming to an end, down 3-1, 2 outs, top 9.....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwW3fdvHcU0&feature=related
This is one of my favorites that was left off that list.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jzy75Jkoq_g&feature=related
What about this one?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1hreXJfdJE&feature=related
Quote from: bulldogs1159© on May 14, 2010, 04:05:51 pm
What about this one?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1hreXJfdJE&feature=related
That was classic for all the wrong reasons.
Tonights game and Sundays games are on CST.
Ole Miss vs Alabama somehow made it on ESPN on Saturday.
Well it's kind of like Arkansas/UGA making it on ESPN over Ole Miss/LSU.
Hogs down 3-2 bottom of the 8th 2 out and man on 2nd.
Now runners on 1st and 2nd.
Check swing ground out lead to disappointing out.
3-2 S.C. leads going to the 9th.
who won?
They are in the 12th, still tied.
Quote from: QF© on May 14, 2010, 09:47:15 pm<br />They are in the 12th, still tied.<br />
whats the score? whos pitching for the hogs?
Quote from: pick_DA_EAGLES on May 14, 2010, 10:01:32 pm
Quote from: QF© on May 14, 2010, 09:47:15 pm<br />They are in the 12th, still tied.<br />
whats the score? whos pitching for the hogs?
5-5 Baxendale is in. Now in the 14th.
sounds like im missin a good one.
Quote from: QF© on May 14, 2010, 10:09:45 pm<br />Quote from: pick_DA_EAGLES on May 14, 2010, 10:07:26 pm<br />sounds like im missin a good one.<br />
<br />No doubt.<br />
aren't we all.
whats the score now? ;D
Too bad you had to have help from a lurker.
Fish.
Quote from: QF© on May 14, 2010, 10:17:26 pm<br />Too bad you had to have help from a lurker.<br /><br />Fish.<br />
do what?
Last night was just more proof that we cant hit a curve ball to save our life. Lets hope all we see in the NCAAT is fireballs.
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We went from possibly a 2nd seed in the SEC tourney to a 6th if it started today.
I love all these people freaking out right now. Do they not remember last year? Assuming we don't face any SEC teams until Omaha, I think the SEC is tougher than Regionals and Super Regionals.
They don't bother me. Let them live with their self-inflected suffering.
Jeff or QF, you think LSU will get to host a regional? I've seen some people suggest that the NCAA will show favor towards them but I just don't see it. You'll have probably 5, maybe 6, teams with better records than they will and would host first, Box or no Box.
Quote from: RHS on May 16, 2010, 08:45:50 pm
Jeff or QF, you think LSU will get to host a regional? I've seen some people suggest that the NCAA will show favor towards them but I just don't see it. You'll have probably 5, maybe 6, teams with better records than they will and would host first, Box or no Box.
The NCAA loves that money
I think we are a virtual shoo-in to host. That being said, it definitely depends on how it goes from here at Vandy and in the conference tournament.
I think as little as 1-2 at Vandy and 2 wins at the SEC will do it.
Quote from: Rebel Dog on May 16, 2010, 08:52:16 pm
Quote from: RHS on May 16, 2010, 08:45:50 pm
Jeff or QF, you think LSU will get to host a regional? I've seen some people suggest that the NCAA will show favor towards them but I just don't see it. You'll have probably 5, maybe 6, teams with better records than they will and would host first, Box or no Box.
The NCAA loves that money
Wonder if they would do like they did with us and OSU the one year, where it was held at Baum but we were the #2 seed and OSU the 1. While they love the money though, SEC would have 4 or 5 better host sites with teams that have better records than LSU would.
I honestly think there is like 3% chance they host.
Quote from: RHS on May 16, 2010, 09:00:25 pm
Quote from: Rebel Dog on May 16, 2010, 08:52:16 pm
Quote from: RHS on May 16, 2010, 08:45:50 pm
Jeff or QF, you think LSU will get to host a regional? I've seen some people suggest that the NCAA will show favor towards them but I just don't see it. You'll have probably 5, maybe 6, teams with better records than they will and would host first, Box or no Box.
The NCAA loves that money
Wonder if they would do like they did with us and OSU the one year, where it was held at Baum but we were the #2 seed and OSU the 1. While they love the money though, SEC would have 4 or 5 better host sites with teams that have better records than LSU would.
I think we will be the 1 seed unless we lose the series to Vandy and do bad in the SECT. Beat OU and win the Vandy series, then make a run in the SECT and we could play back into a top 8 national seed. As RD said, the NCAA love money, and we will draw in a lot of money.
I think we host a Regional, but I think we screwed our selves out of a Super, unless we get super hot and win the rest of the games leading up to the NCAA Tournament Regionals.
Quote from: Rebel Dog™ on May 16, 2010, 10:12:29 pm
I think we host a Regional, but I think we screwed our selves out of a Super, unless we get super hot and win the rest of the games leading up to the NCAA Tournament Regionals.
That does not have to happen to host a SR...
We are 9th in the RPI. If we beat OU(rpi of 25) and win the series @ Vandy(rpi of 13) our RPI will probably be back around 6th. Our rank would inevitably go up a few spots more than likely. Depending on what happens in the SEC this week we could finish around 2nd or 3rd overall, I believe. Go 2-2 or 3-2 in the SECT and our RPI will still likely be in the top 8 with a pretty solid overall ranking. I don't think we host a SR, but it won't be nearly as difficult to achieve as you think. Given our SOS, RPI, ball park, and fan base, we would have a good shot if our RPI remains in the top 10 and we can boost our overall rank back in the top 12 or so. Last year TCU hosted a regional and barely had anyone turn out. Opposing teams had more fans than TCU. Here, we will have to turn people away.
As long as they get hot at the end of the season its possible, Look at last year who knows what can happen. and yes the sec is a different level of play i think.
An update a little bit on the hosting thing. The UA Ticket office is expecting to host. They are preselling tickets and have sold a bunch.
I figure even after last weekend Arkansas is a lock to host a regional. I don't think they'll get a national seed unless they win the SECT and hope USCe or UF doesn't have a good showing. There are too many other teams that are hot right now, and even though the SEC is probably the toughest conference top to bottom, I don't see the selection committee giving them 3 national seeds.
FYI, Hogs series at Vandy is Thur-Sat. The rain we saw has made it to there and created a delay for tonight.
It appears they will get the game started at 8:30.
Hogs score twice in the 2nd to tie it 2-2. Still batting.
Make it 3-2 Hogs going to the bot of the 2nd.
Still 3-2 in the fourth.
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Team freaking sucks.
Todd Butler sucks.
Van Horn sucks in May.
Yes I am ticked.
Quote from: Rebel Dog™ on May 20, 2010, 11:40:12 pm
Team freaking sucks.
Todd Butler sucks.
Van Horn sucks in May.
Yes I am ticked.
Wasn't everyone saying that last year, too? Wait until the entire season is over. Players don't always carry their slumps over into the post season knowing nothing in the past matters. We tanked the season last year, got in the post season and rolled over everyone. We just have to get Cox healthy.
Quote from: rsvl_hogfan4 on May 20, 2010, 11:47:15 pm
Quote from: Rebel Dog™ on May 20, 2010, 11:40:12 pm
Team freaking sucks.
Todd Butler sucks.
Van Horn sucks in May.
Yes I am ticked.
Wasn't everyone saying that last year, too? Wait until the entire season is over. Players don't always carry their slumps over into the post season knowing nothing in the past matters. We tanked the season last year, got in the post season and rolled over everyone. We just have to get Cox healthy.
I don't care about the post-season. I care about this team sucking hind-tit in the Month of May it starts and ends with Todd flippin Butler. We couldn't even lay a bunt down? Really? Todd?
Van Horn is losing my respect if he doesn't fire Butler and move on. Van Horn teams suck it up in May and then get hot in June. That's great, but we are tanking so bad right now, we can forget about even hosting.
Always blame it on the coach. That's gotta be it, Todd Butler has no knowledge of hitting. If we had someone that just knew something about hitting, we would be on fire right now. Todd Butler can't go up there and do it for them, and it's not his fault Carver didn't have the balls to get a bunt down in crunch time.
It does kinda make you wonder why we tank in the latter part of the season. We did rebound last year but you can't expect to do that every year. I hope we will be alright but hosting doesn't look so good right now...............
I am ticked off about last night as well, but if we win the next two we'll host. Butler must be fired. I'm tired of seeing everyone chase breaking balls in the dirt.
Hitting is definitely fickle by nature. But when you can see repetitive errors over time it gives credence to the fact that we're being seen as predictable by our opponents.
That of course is not a good thing.
Last nights game plus the series goes to show you that defense and goot pitching will beat hitting every time. Not that it matters really since we're not exactly tearing the cover off the ball right now, but SC and VU both had pretty darn good pitching and timely hitting.
Losing sucks, but it's not like we're getting blown out. And if we suck in May but win in June, what in the world do I care about May then? We won last year when it mattered and advanced to one of the last 4 that were standing.
If you ever want to win many SEC titles you have to win in May.
Quote from: bulldogs1159© on May 21, 2010, 05:06:03 pm
If you ever want to win many SEC titles you have to win in May.
At least we didn't pull a Kentucky and lose to Georgia.
Hogs up 4-1 in the 8th with a runner on.
Vandy's only run is from an error. Need to take tomorrow to keep our chances of hosting alive.
And I jinx us. 2 solo shots in bottom of the 9th. 4-3 2 outs
Bolsinger was great. Eibner, not so much.
But, Hogs win 4-3. It appears we'll play Auburn next week in our SEC Tournament opener. Or so I heard.
Quote from: QF© on May 21, 2010, 08:29:42 pm
It appears we'll play Auburn next week in our SEC Tournament opener. Or so I heard.
Not even close. Auburn is going to win the west, so they will be the 2 seed. Arkansas is going to be the 4 or 5, depending on the outcome of the game tomorrow. If we win, we are the 4 and Vandy is the 5. If we lose, Vandy is the 4 and we are the 5. We will be playing Vandy in the first round of the SEC Tournament.
That's what I get for trusting a poster on HV. I was careful to qualify it. ;)
Quote from: QF© on May 21, 2010, 08:43:09 pm
That's what I get for trusting a poster on HV. I was careful to qualify it. ;)
That was Vandybuff. The "we" was meaning Vandy, but he was wrong too.
I know this is the Hog baseball thread, but what happened to Kentucky? They sweep LSU & then turn around and lose the first two to Georgia, including a 22-0 loss yesterday. Guess they don't want an NCAA or SEC tourney berth.
We play Vandy in the first round no matter what happens today, but a win all but locks up a host for a regional.
Hogs up 5-0 in the 3rd.
I swear to God, Jorn can suck a frog. Forrest was doing just fine.
So I haven't watched any of Auburn's baseball games and saw last night that Auburn has won the west. Auburn has been terrible in baseball for quite some time and I was wondering why they are doing so well all of the sudden? Are they suddenly filled with talent or is this just a hot streak? Did they find themselves a good manager all of the sudden or something?
Quote from: War Eagle on May 22, 2010, 06:45:52 pm
So I haven't watched any of Auburn's baseball games and saw last night that Auburn has won the west. Auburn has been terrible in baseball for quite some time and I was wondering why they are doing so well all of the sudden? Are they suddenly filled with talent or is this just a hot streak? Did they find themselves a good manager all of the sudden or something?
They have a good coach from what I can tell. They play gorilla ball & they are very good at it. They earned the Western Division title.
I really hope we beat Vandy in the 1st round. I want to play those cheating pieces of crap from Jortville, aka Gainesville, in the 2nd round.
They (AU) lead the SEC in dingers but they aso lead in BA as well. They just know how to hit the ball.
Saw the stat during yesterday's UA-VU game that Auburn was hitting as a team at a .354 clip. LSU was second (.319) followed by Ole Miss (.315) and Arkansas (.312). Just insanity.
Also, AU had 113 HR's while UK was second with 81.
We are hitting over .300 as a team? Fire Todd Butler imo. He's terrible. /end sarcasm
Yes.
Also meant to post earlier that we likely won't see Cox OR Eibner for SEC Tourney play.
Whats up with Eibner?
His hand or wrist is bothering him. DVH said we wouldn't see them for Wednesday, but I bet we might in DH situation if needed. He said basically we will figure something out for the SEC tourney and plan on being healthy for Regionals.
It isn't a good idea now, but I was going to say we should pitch Mike Wednesday because he did good against Vandy, then have Smyly ready for the 2nd game. If we had Eibner I really feel confident Mike could get us a win and then we would be in good shape still having Drew. Smyly shut down both UF and LSU's bats.
No Smyly and McCann won't play in game 1 either.
Let's start Kowalchuc---we aren't going to win any ways, might as well pitch someone who wont see Regional action.
Quote from: Rebel Dog™ on May 25, 2010, 07:30:42 pm
Let's start Kowalchuc---we aren't going to win any ways, might as well pitch someone who wont see Regional action.
Why won't we win? Vandy is solid, but they aren't unbeatable. It will be tough, but we won without Smyly pitching twice against Vandy. We won without Cox in the starting lineup against. This game is definitely winable.
Everyone overreacting about who isn't playing in the SEC tourney needs to calm down. It's all about getting ready for regionals.
I have to say baseball is the one college sport where I see conference tournaments useless. Especially in the SEC where you pretty much play everyone.
The only reason I can see the tournament not being useless is that if we did well enough we could come out hosting a Super, of course we would have to win the region first. Other than that, rest these guys, our season isn't depending on this week.
Quote from: Ken Griffey Jr. on May 26, 2010, 07:30:11 am
Other than that, rest these guys, our season isn't depending on this week.
Which is exactly why I'm not concerned about this week. I'll take a trip to Omaha over burning the team out before the regionals start.
We would have to win the SEC tourney to get a Super & even then it wouldn't be a lock. I hope we go 2-2 in the SEC tourney just so we stay sharp before regionals start.
Quote from: jbell96 on May 26, 2010, 10:18:30 am
Quote from: Ken Griffey Jr. on May 26, 2010, 07:30:11 am
Other than that, rest these guys, our season isn't depending on this week.
Which is exactly why I'm not concerned about this week. I'll take a trip to Omaha over burning the team out before the regionals start.
We would have to win the SEC tourney to get a Super & even then it wouldn't be a lock. I hope we go 2-2 in the SEC tourney just so we stay sharp before regionals start.
Winning the SECT would be about as close to a lock for a super regional as it can get. Showing you can win in a tournament scenario looks good. Not to mention we already have an RPI of 10 and ranked 15 or better in just about every poll. It would only go up after winning the SECT.
However, with our injuries I don't see that happening. I just hope we win at least one. If we can get by Vandy tonight, things will be looking good with the options we have at pitcher tomorrow and if Eibner and McCann can come back.
I agree that winning the SEC tournament would pretty much be a lock for us, but with our injuries I don't want to push it too hard and have nothing left.
Who is starting tonight? I can't remember.
Quote from: jbell96 on May 26, 2010, 10:33:41 am
I agree that winning the SEC tournament would pretty much be a lock for us, but with our injuries I don't want to push it too hard and have nothing left.
Who is starting tonight? I can't remember.
I agree. It isn't worth it. We made it to Omaha on the road last year, we can certainly do it again this year if we have to travel for a super regional.
Heatley is starting.
Alabama is up 3-1 on Auburn in the 7th.
Bama downs Auburn 7-1 in game 1. Really surprised by this given how efficient Auburn's offense has been this year.
Ole Miss up 2-0 in the top of 4th
Quote from: jbell96 on May 26, 2010, 01:24:44 pm
Bama downs Auburn 7-1 in game 1. Really surprised by this given how efficient Auburn's offense has been this year.
Hoover is a big park and they rely on the long ball for the most part to drive in runs. A lot of their hits were just short of homeruns, but would be out in other parks.
Quote from: rsvl_hogfan4 on May 26, 2010, 03:28:59 pm
Quote from: jbell96 on May 26, 2010, 01:24:44 pm
Bama downs Auburn 7-1 in game 1. Really surprised by this given how efficient Auburn's offense has been this year.
Hoover is a big park and they rely on the long ball for the most part to drive in runs. A lot of their hits were just short of homeruns, but would be out in other parks.
Yeah, I forgot how big that stadium is compared to most college parks.
Ole Miss blanks USC-E 3-0. No doubt Pomeranz pitched today. He's the only guy Ole Miss has that can win on a consistent basis.
Pomz did pitch today. I watched most of that game in the dentist chair today haha.
Most media around the U of A are saying we should go 0-2 and get out of there and come home and get healthy. So I will be ok and not freak if we go 0-fer while we are there.
It's the day of the lower seed so far.
We keep leaving runners stranded in scoring position. Heatley got out of the first inning with bases loaded, but has done a good job since then. We are missing our best hitters, and our best pitcher and we are still in position to win. Hopefully we can pull this one out. It looks like it is going to be a close one.
Heatley pitches 5 scoreless innings and only gives up 3 hits. Sam Murphy comes in and gives up a lead off walk. Vandy moves the runner over to 3rd on 2 outs, then Murphy throws a slider in the dirt with a runner on 3rd and he takes home. Very stupid decision, and it may end up costing us the game. Going to the bottom of the 6th Vandy leads 1-0.
Scrap group, fighting, but we won't win.
Hogs lose to Gators 5-3.
Hogs had runners at the corners when McCann looped one into right, and the right fielder made an incredible catch then doubled up the runner at first to end the game. Would have been tied up had the Florida fielder not caught the ball.
Bad timing to be in a tailspin slump. Hope we have an easy team in the first game to at least get a WIN!
I don't envy the teams that won. The conference tournament is stupid.
I agree. The conference tourney is useless. It is useless in basketball also. Nothing more than a way for the SEC to make money.
Tell Mississippi State last year that the basketball tournament is useless.
I wouldn't say we're in a tailspin slump. Sure the month hasn't been great, but we won 2 series on the road, went into the SECT with less than a full deck and still played well despite going 0-2.
Nobody we see in the regionals will have near the pitching we've seen over the last few weeks.
Quote from: bulldogs1159™© on May 29, 2010, 03:26:20 pm
Tell Mississippi State last year that the basketball tournament is useless.
I see that as an example of it's uselessness. A team that didn't play well enough to make the big dance for an entire season got in because they played well for a few days. As a result, some mid-major somewhere with a legit resume had to stay home.
Except Mississippi state didn't make the tournament either. They should have over some of the other SEC schools that got in, aka Florida.
Quote from: Ken Griffey Jr. on May 29, 2010, 04:54:59 pm
Except Mississippi state didn't make the tournament either. They should have over some of the other SEC schools that got in, aka Florida.
Ah, I didn't do my homework and confused it with Georgia doing what I described a year or two ago.
Now, after doing that homework, I say that it seems very clear that the NCAA Selection Committee either just plain doesn't like State or that they didn't realize the tournament even happened.
The hogs get to host a regional. SC, UF, Auburn, and Arkansas all are hosting.
I can't go Friday so hopefully I can get single game tickets to Saturday and Sunday games, if we advance to Sunday.
First warning to all
I don't want any text, no updates, no e-mails, nothing I will be in a class next weekend in Newark, NJ from 9 am to 7 pm. I plan on watching replay in Hotel on Razorzone. First one that text me HOGS win --- I will fong you. ;)
Fong?
what in the world does that mean????
Quote from: gatecrasher on May 30, 2010, 03:20:35 pm
Fong?
what in the world does that mean????
Late medieval English term for 'beat the heck out of'
I wish I would have paid more attention to this team. Our baseball team is a force usually, as compared to basketball and football. I guess I can't feel too bad though. It isn't extremely easy to keep up with it in Central Ark. Either way, now that the post season is rolling around, and school is about to end, I'll be able to keep up with them much more easily now.
So, I guess you can call me a bandwagon fan if you want, but I'm here to root for those hogs, just like everyone else! GHG!
I love going to MLB games but there is nothing like a regional weekend. Cant freakin wait.
Quote from: bulldogs1159™© on May 30, 2010, 04:21:46 pm
I love going to MLB games but there is nothing like a regional weekend. Cant freakin wait.
Yes, the timing of this school couldn't be any worse.
Quote from: bulldogs1159™© on May 30, 2010, 04:21:46 pm
I love going to MLB games but there is nothing like a regional weekend. Cant freakin wait.
I will NEVER forget the Toops grand slam in 2004. I still get goosebumps.
My prediction:
1. Arkansas
2. Oregon
3. Kansas State
4. St. Louis
Oregon and K State could swap seeds and I think we could get any lower Pac Ten team say Cal, or Arizona, or Oregon State.
1. Arkansas
4 Grambling (losing record)
3 Kansas St
2 Washington St
And, we're paired with the Arizona St. regional for supers. Not a good draw, but I'll worry about that after regionals are said and done. Anything can happen.
Quote from: theHammer on May 31, 2010, 01:44:27 pm
And, we're paired with the Arizona St. regional for supers. Not a good draw, but I'll worry about that after regionals are said and done. Anything can happen.
Arizona State shouldn't be happy, either with us being paired with them.
What happened with LSU? Are they hosting? I've been driving all day and haven't had time to check the brackets.
This article should make hog fans smile: http://www.tulsaworld.com/sportsextra/OU/article.aspx?subjectid=92&articleid=20100531_92_B4_OUsCal751519
Quote from: jbell96 on May 31, 2010, 05:32:42 pm
What happened with LSU? Are they hosting? I've been driving all day and haven't had time to check the brackets.
2 seed @ UCLA.
What times do the Razorbacks play? Any on tv?
2:05, and its on razorvision for free on the razorback website.
Wow, Kuhn leads off the bottom of the first with a bomb. Cox then hits a line drive off the umpire for a single, then Eibner hits another bomb. 3-0 Hogs in the bottom of the first, Wilkins up, no outs.
After 1, Hogs lead 6-0
Hit 3 HR's in the inning.
8-0 Hogs after 2.
Eibner scored on a sac fly from 2nd...2nd!!
Grambling's pitching is absolutely terrible.
DVH has already benched Cox.
Nice win.
Arkansas 19
Grambling 7
Final.
We win by almost two touchdowns....
Nice....;D
Normally I'd be a little concerned with giving up 7 runs, but we didn't use any of our main pitchers in relief.
Quote from: RHS on June 05, 2010, 04:41:29 pm
Normally I'd be a little concerned with giving up 7 runs, but we didn't use any of our main pitchers in relief.
Grambling is only down 9-8 to KSU, so our performance doesn't look so bad.
What an 8th!!
Collin Kuhn with a solo shot in the ninth!
Whats score...or final?
Quote from: HF on June 05, 2010, 10:09:30 pm
Whats score...or final?
Hogs 6
Washington State Cougars 4
Heading to the bottom of the ninth.
First batter doubled to left. Next better flew out to center. Batter after that flew out to deep left. Last batter of the game was retired on an awesome diving catch by the left fielder!
Arkansas 6
Washington State 4
Final.
The 8th inning for Washington State was one of the craziest atmospheres I have been in at a baseball game. Bases loaded with 0 out and they have already scored 1 run off a walk. They are only down 5-4 and all the momentum has switched to them because we couldn't throw a strike to save our lives and we were on our 3rd pitcher. I had pretty much already accepted the fact they would score 2 or 3 runs in that inning. Pratt comes in and goes down 3-0 and everyone is yelling and in a panic.
Then he gets the guy to pop out. After that the entire momentum and mindset of everyone changed. The crowd got up and cheered and Pratt threw better to the next 2 batters. It was awesome. getting that 3rd out.
That was such an awesome atmosphere, when Pratt struck out that second batter the place went crazy. Vinson had an awesome catch to finish the game off, too.
Washington State's infielder had one of the best defensive performances I have seen. There were 3 or 4 balls that should have been base hits that he made some amazing back hand stops on the slide and threw the guy out. His only weakness seemed to be getting a tag down. He had 2 guys out at 2nd with ease, but didn't put the tag on them in time.
The play at home when the 2nd baseman made that stop threw it to first and Carver dove at first and was safe, then we sent McCann was a bunch of BS. McCann slid through that catcher over the plate, and then the catcher fell on McCann to tag him. He was safe.
Someone please txt me updates...In class till 6:00 (eastern)
Quote from: Rebel Dog™ on June 06, 2010, 12:51:10 pm
Someone please txt me updates...In class till 6:00 (eastern)
The Hogs don't play until 8:05 ET 7:05 CT
unless you're asking for updates on the Kansas St/Washington St game ;)
That first base umpire was terrible, too. That play where Cox grounded to short and he made a bad throw, Cox definitely got tagged before he got to the base but he was called safe. He made another bad call on that double play when we tried to hit and run and hit it straight to the second baseman.
Quote from: Ken Griffey Jr. on June 06, 2010, 01:14:17 pm
That first base umpire was terrible, too. That play where Cox grounded to short and he made a bad throw, Cox definitely got tagged before he got to the base but he was called safe. He made another bad call on that double play when we tried to hit and run and hit it straight to the second baseman.
I thought he might have got tagged, too. The Wazzu coach wasn't arguing that, though. He thought Cox fan out of the baseline.
Quote from: Indiana Jones on June 06, 2010, 01:03:54 pm
Quote from: Rebel Dog™ on June 06, 2010, 12:51:10 pm
Someone please txt me updates...In class till 6:00 (eastern)
The Hogs don't play until 8:05 ET 7:05 CT
unless you're asking for updates on the Kansas St/Washington St game ;)
Awesome. TY good sir.
Washington State 2
Arkansas 1
End of three.
down 7-5 7th inning now.. Kuhn just hit a bomb
7-6.. kreder with a homerun
Washington State pitcher was just cruising through the bottom of the seventh, and then gives up another solo shot with two down!
Headed to the top of the eighth,
Washington State 7
Arkansas 6
now 10-6.... this may be a dumb question, but is it win or go home for both teams since we havent lost?
That was an ugly 8th!
And no, they have to beat us tonight, and tomorrow as well. If they win tonight, then tomorrow is for all the marbles.
Washington State 10
Arkansas 7
Play tomorrow for the regional championship
well tomorrow it is then.. wonder who we are gonna throw? they were talkin about either heatley or baxendale
Definitely should have won that game, we gave them way too much with errors. Let's get it done tomorrow.
Didn't keep up with this game tonight, but RHS told me we gave them 4 runs off booted double play balls. Got to take care of business tomorrow.
Tonight's loss was dumb! Had 3 errors in the eighth inning alone (okay, one was the infield fly that was dropped, so 2). Good grief, we should be able to get them tomorrow though. Hopefully WSU will be a little more sore than we are tomorrow. GHG!
Quote from: jbell96 on June 06, 2010, 11:06:42 pm
Didn't keep up with this game tonight, but RHS told me we gave them 4 runs off booted double play balls. Got to take care of business tomorrow.
Yep, it was terrible.
Also, Wilkins dropped a short pop-up to third with runners on 2nd and 1st that was ruled a infield fly rule while it was in the air. Doesn't that mean all runners have to tag up? The runner stood between 2nd and 3rd and then ran to third when Wilkins dropped it. We threw it to second and got the guy out. Either way you look at it, it should have been 2 outs right? The batter is out b/c infield fly rule was called, and if they have to tag up the runner that ran to third is out because we touched second. If they don't have to tag up then they have to run and the runner from first is out at 2nd.
Arizona St took care of Hawai'i tonight, so it's a very good Sun Devil team we face with a win tomorrow.
Quote from: rsvl_hogfan4 on June 06, 2010, 11:10:40 pm
Quote from: jbell96 on June 06, 2010, 11:06:42 pm
Didn't keep up with this game tonight, but RHS told me we gave them 4 runs off booted double play balls. Got to take care of business tomorrow.
Yep, it was terrible.
Also, Wilkins dropped a short pop-up to third with runners on 2nd and 1st that was ruled a infield fly rule while it was in the air. Doesn't that mean all runners have to tag up? The runner stood between 2nd and 3rd and then ran to third when Wilkins dropped it. We threw it to second and got the guy out. Either way you look at it, it should have been 2 outs right? The batter is out b/c infield fly rule was called, and if they have to tag up the runner that ran to third is out because we touched second. If they don't have to tag up then they have to run and the runner from first is out at 2nd.
On a called infield fly, the batter is ruled out and the runners advance at their own peril. Meaning that if the ball is caught, they can be doubled off. If the ball is dropped, there is no force play because the batter is automatically out.
Quote from: trevster10 on June 06, 2010, 11:07:44 pm
Tonight's loss was dumb! Had 3 errors in the eighth inning alone (okay, one was the infield fly that was dropped, so 2). Good grief, we should be able to get them tomorrow though. Hopefully WSU will be a little more sore than we are tomorrow. GHG!
So shouldn't that have been a double play when Wilkins dropped the infield fly and the runner took off without tagging up? Every game I played in and have watched, the infield fly was basically like catching a pop-up. The batter is out and all runners must tag up. That way it makes it so the fielder cannot drop the ball and get an easy double play because the runners are forced to stay back on a pop-up. It just automatically calls the batter out and the runners do not have to worry about retreating if caught or moving forward if dropped, it is just treated as if it is a caught fly ball.
Quote from: Chief_Osceola™ on June 06, 2010, 11:30:50 pm
Quote from: rsvl_hogfan4 on June 06, 2010, 11:10:40 pm
Quote from: jbell96 on June 06, 2010, 11:06:42 pm
Didn't keep up with this game tonight, but RHS told me we gave them 4 runs off booted double play balls. Got to take care of business tomorrow.
Yep, it was terrible.
Also, Wilkins dropped a short pop-up to third with runners on 2nd and 1st that was ruled a infield fly rule while it was in the air. Doesn't that mean all runners have to tag up? The runner stood between 2nd and 3rd and then ran to third when Wilkins dropped it. We threw it to second and got the guy out. Either way you look at it, it should have been 2 outs right? The batter is out b/c infield fly rule was called, and if they have to tag up the runner that ran to third is out because we touched second. If they don't have to tag up then they have to run and the runner from first is out at 2nd.
On a called infield fly, the batter is ruled out and the runners advance at their own peril. Meaning that if the ball is caught, they can be doubled off. If the ball is dropped, there is no force play because the batter is automatically out.
Ok, makes sense. I guess you just don't see infield flys being dropped too often, so the scenario doesn't come up much. DVH was obviously confused, too because he came out and argued for a while. Right after that a guy bunted for a base hit bringing DVH out again.
Okay, so I was just listening to the game, and didn't get to watch. So, how did those runners move up if it was just an infield fly ball? Did he drop it, and like kick it or something?
And if there is ever an infield fly that is really skyed high, why don't the runners just take off and get to the next base before the fielder can make a play on it?
Quote from: trevster10 on June 06, 2010, 11:51:10 pm
Okay, so I was just listening to the game, and didn't get to watch. So, how did those runners move up if it was just an infield fly ball? Did he drop it, and like kick it or something?
And if there is ever an infield fly that is really skyed high, why don't the runners just take off and get to the next base before the fielder can make a play on it?
Chief said if it is caught than they have to tag up, but if it isn't than they can advance. The batter is out, but the runners pretty much do what they want. It was hit to the 3rd base side of the mound and Wilkins called off the pitcher and tried to basket catch it, and he took his eye off to look at the runner and it fell out of his glove.
I believe that same inning a guy bunted it hard to Wilkins, almost a line drive. Wilkins booted the ball and didn't pick it up in time and all runners were safe. If he tries to pick it up with his bare hand he had an easy double play. Carver also booted a ball that inning at short stop that would have been a double play ball. two big innings killed us. We went from down 2-1 to down 7-1, and then down 7-6 to 10-6 all in 2 innings.
I feel pretty comfortable tonight if we don't give them 5 runs on errors.
Any word on who is pitching for the Hogs?
Quote from: jbell96 on June 07, 2010, 02:52:45 pm
Any word on who is pitching for the Hogs?
I believe Forrest. Wouldn't be surprised if we saw Smyly again for an inning or two.
Forrest worked a heck of a 5 and 1/3 innings. Then, they brought in Smyly for the last two outs, and Washington couldn't get a run across.
Heading to the top of the seventh,
Arkansas 6
Washington State 2
Probably 2 or 3 different close calls in that last half inning that all went WSU's way. It's all good though, we got through it. GHG!
Derrick Bleeker went yard with two down in the top of the seventh.
Washington State 2
Arkansas 7
Add another controversial call for the last strikeout.
Smyly works through another inning allowing only one hit. Same score heading into the eighth.
Washington State 2
Arkansas 7
Final.
Hogs will head to Tempe this weekend for the Super Regionals against Arizona State.
Bring on the #1 seed.
FYI, Zack Cox was drafted by the Cardinals with the 25th pick. Hopefully he will sign since his stock can't get much higher. Next year's draft class will be loaded so he needs to sign.
And with the games being in Arizona, we'll have late games all weekend.
Game 1 - Sat 6/12 - 9 P.M.
Game 2 - Sun 6/13 - 10 P.M.
Game 3 - Mon 6/14 - (if necessary)
Oh, and FWIW, Ben Wells (that kid that threw the perfect game in the state championship game) has recently signed with Arkansas.
Quote from: trevster10 on June 07, 2010, 10:23:18 pm
And with the games being in Arizona, we'll have late games all weekend.
Game 1 - Sat 6/12 - 9 P.M.
Game 2 - Sun 6/13 - 10 P.M.
Game 3 - Mon 6/14 - (if necessary)
I love it. I won't miss a game due to work. Looks like some late nights, though.
FYI, Washington State took 2 out of 3 from Arizona State this season. Arizona State struggled with Hawaii and Milwaukee in their regional, despite going undefeated. They are definitely a great team, but I am not scared that they are the #1 team. However, if we don't get our errors under control we won't win.
McCann, Kuhn, Bigham, and Kreder had a pretty good regional for the most part. Eibner, Cox, and Wilkins are always a threat at the plate. Eibner looked very good in the 9th tonight pitching. Hopefully he can be an option in Tempe.
Kansas State and Washington State were both top 25 teams, and we went 3-1 in our regional.
Anybody making the trip to Tempe now's your chance to check out the heart attack grill: http://www.heartattackgrill.com/
I'm so glad Miami won't host their SR assuming they beat Texas A&M in the regional that'll never die, anyone who plays after them would never get to see their team play due to Miami's crappy weather. In 6+ games they've probably had 20 hrs of delays ::)