Road Trip Week of April 29

I’ve said for years now that if someone, anyone would coach Myers up to take even a half step closer to the plate he’d be a much better hitter. Doesn’t our well experience hitting coach or head coach see this? Even a T-ball coach could make that change.

Can a runner slide halfway between bags to avoid a tag?

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Originally Posted by dawg80

We're back in it, now down 7-5. But we still have to hold them from scoring too much more to have a chance.

Why can't Safford and Bates lay down bunts down the 3rd base line when they put on that shift? My gawd! surely they can handle the bat well enough to get down a damn bunt. Doesn't even have to be a great bunt, anything will do. Sheesh!

And Myers looks horrible when he strikes out. He couldn't reach the pitches he swings at with a broom.

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The fundamentals eacape us

Tech had a chance to come back with bases loaded and 1 out when McConnell hit into a double play. Chances are running out with our best players not coming through.

We are completely out of pitching

#6 Swinging for HR instead of opo like last weekend

How is that possible? We haven’t seen Martinez in months and Harland in a week or so. There are more pitchers on the roster. So, what have they been doing all year under Fouts? Surely they’re practiced up and ready to play.

Tech outhit 16-5 so far today. That’s just plain embarrassing by a veteran senior team in a home run half swing park. Burroughs and Gaspard have to be proud.

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We are completely out of pitching

#6 Swinging for HR instead of opo like last weekend

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According to the roster we have a boat load of pitchers. Unfortunately we’re not good at recruiting or developing pitchers because we don’t have any coaching.

12-6 final, at least they didn't 10-run-rule us, that's a blessing :icon_roll:

We are mediocre and lot of that has to do with inferior coaching. NMSU has a good hitting coach as you just never see those guys get themselves out at the plate, which is why they are so good on offense.

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How is that possible? We haven’t seen Martinez in months and Harland in a week or so. There are more pitchers on the roster. So, what have they been doing all year under Fouts? Surely they’re practiced up and ready to play.

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Martinez is the one I don’t get. I was impressed with his stuff his 1st year. But he has regressed ever since.

Yeah Fouts went to work on him and completely ruined his whole baseball life. It’s a good thing the majority of our pitchers are seniors otherwise in another year he’d ruin them too.

LB was in an intense conversation with the NMSU coach post game. Reckon what that was about?

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LB was in an intense conversation with the NMSU coach post game. Reckon what that was about?

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LB was saying, "you have to stop all this great coaching you're doing, else someone is gonna expect that of me too."

Their coach was very aggressive on the bases, stretching singles into doubles and runs scored from 1st base. Our outfielders looked lost on ball handling hits all weekend. We never got a throw close to getting a guy out stretching bases. Possibly they watered the crap out of the OF before the game today?

Maybe so, but a wet field wasn’t what ultimately beat Tech. It was simply their better pitching and hitting. All a result of their better coaching.