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I have two tickets to tonight’s game that I won’t be able to use. Free to someone who can. 

It was a bad night on offense this lineup can hit. My worry is that we are going to be hoping for outs. They held together better than expected through 8 but that might say more about UF first couple times through the order than our pitching performance. 
 

PSA. Midweeks are crap shoots 

Hopefully he does well. I haven’t seen anything so far to think anything has changed. 

Disappointed, not surprised. 

The OCs mugshot makes him look so disinterested 

11 hours ago, UCF_rustbucket said:

You might not get many surprises like that in this class. With the new early signing day there's virtually no time for incoming coaches to assemble a staff, assess the roster, and build enough relationships with recruits. First class is a bit of a throwaway if the outgoing staff left it bare.

I get all that. I’m just not in a moral victory mood. We were sold on recruiting and offense.  Can’t do much about the offense part just yet so just looking something out of the ordinary recruiting and this far, it just looks like the rest. 

I hope he has a splash steal tomorrow. Nothing has really moved the needle so far. 

34 minutes ago, Jonesy Bull said:

I saw his interview.  His emotions and all, you could tell he is very frustrated, upset about getting hurt.  Understandably.

He seems pretty adamant that this contributed to his injury.  Maybe so, he knows his body best.  It could also be possible, that he just needs something to blame.  Either way, it sucks for him and the Rays.

Anything is possible, but the science doesn't really support his stance. 

What makes this worse is that he says he only stopped using substances for two starts. UCL injuries are usually very gradual without a noticeable sudden impact (I.E. car wreck). 

I think his fastball is a much more likely culprit. The UCL isn't meant to support that torque and there a good chance they break after a while under that strain.

2 hours ago, Jonesy Bull said:

A really tough break for the Rays losing their Ace, Tyler Glasnow.  

Does this change the dynamic of this division?  Its tragic for a team to lose their Ace.  I think the Rays can still compete for the Division title or playoff berth, but it just got a lot tougher!

Sucks he got hurt......Needs to let the substance excuse go, while I agree that pitchers should have something to help grip, the grip doesn't change the amount of torque he puts on his elbow. If anything, it would cause him to throttle down. 

5.1 = 5 1/3, in baseball at least

Every situation is a little different so some go a little longer but every young pitcher has leash. Cole is on a different level and came in on a  different level, snell sent five seasons in the minors, SM has basically only had one full season in the minors. A lot of factors play into it but it doesn't seem outrageous especially considering the clubs philosophies. They have a lot better understanding of where his potential cliff is than us so

I don't know many pitchers who didn't debut on a leash. 

10 hours ago, Roaming Bull said:

ECU & Witchita are ahead of us???? I hope they accumulated those wins in 1900 and therefore they don’t count as modern era wins making them on par with us

ECU has missed the tournament only one time since 2015 and won to regionals in that span. They are a good program. WSU........Had Alec Bohm.  

16 hours ago, NewEnglandBull said:

I mean we already wear black and some type of green slime things at times now, so what the hell... 

Nothing can be worse

1 hour ago, Triple B said:

To be honest, it's **** impressive ..... Are they doing it without hash tags on their unis?

Lol It’s like you don’t have to have gimmicks to be successful or something. 

Also just so we are clear, impressions are just the number of times a tweet is seen and only one school makes a big deal about them. 

1 hour ago, John Tonison said:

Does this really require an explanation?   Brand recognition with a focus on recruiting........

so just sticking with the walking circus schtick huh? 

10 hours ago, John Tonison said:

Sure they did but the didn't get anywhere close to the same recognition from the national media.........

 

The schiano effect is different in New Jersey than it is in Tampa. I figured they would be good again, but that's impressive.

6 minutes ago, John Lewis said:

Current

Key word.

It was a good read. Not sure why this all played out, but you get what you paid for when you hire Rush Propst. Honestly, I think most of his accusations are just an egotistical A-hole trying to get some under the table money.

Was this the one that came for track too? 

On 3/17/2021 at 10:22 PM, JTrue said:

I've coached HS sports and know how stats are taken and reported,

Absolute farce. Same with pitch counts. 

Does it really matter who has the NHL if you are just going to get blacked out because fox sun doesn't want to work with anyone? 

18 minutes ago, chapelbull said:

There were bad at bats too but several of them were guys that still aren't hitting

im sorry we cant be 100% quality at bats and hit .300 1-9.