AAC Baseball Tourney Day 3 Chat

[NewEnglandBull]

3 minutes ago, Triple B said:

When I signed on not knowing what happened and on the Index saw that you were the latest post on the thread, knew we had lost ... Thanks for ruining the suspense for me.

[gmanbull93]

I was at the game...sad we could not have a better turnout...the weather was perfect...great venue to watch a game at. Ump was brutal in the 9th, but we got what we deserved with a lot of questionable managing and undisciplined play.

This was one of the more USF-iest losses that I can remember in recent history. 

Lets get it done against UCIF...but I think we will come out flat and poop the bed again.

 

 

[JoeB]

OK, here is my take.  I was there and saw every pitch.  The Ump was bad all night, not just the 9th.  He was bad for both teams too, not just USF.  Should we have gotten a few pitches...yes.  Should ECU have gotten a few pitches...yes.  That isn't what lost this game. I, like many on this board was wondering where is Perez?  I was calling for him in the 8th.  We were lucky to get out of that inning.  Why didn't he start the 9th?  Why didn't he come in when two batters reached and there was a lefty batting with no outs?  Very strange.  There have only been a few of us who've been to games all year, so I say this as one of the biggest baseball fans on this board...I had no idea why there were no moves made.  We've made the same moves all year with Joe C and Perez.  Its like clockwork.  He only trusts those two.  When I say he, I'm referring to Kingston (and Mohl I guess).  Its been this way since early on.  Every now and then we see Savarese for an inning around the 6th or 7th.  It was unbelievable to watch this game just slip away.  And for those that say this is so USF, you are wrong.  We haven't lost this way all year, this was different.  I'm not sure of the strategy.  Is Perez hurt?  If so, bring in Savarese for 3 outs.  Joe C cannot and should not be the only arm to trust in the late innings of a close ballgame.  He already did his job.  I'm not sure if we'll get an answer on this, since we have no reporters that actually report on baseball.  Very frustrating as this would have put us in great position to contend for the title.  We have potentially 4 games left in this tournament, with one healthy starter left.  You do the math.

[Brad]

Thanks for your trusted insight.  Certainly some mystery.  Coach can't speak to it with game tomorrow. 

[CousinRicky]

9 hours ago, gmanbull93 said:

I was at the game...sad we could not have a better turnout...the weather was perfect...great venue to watch a game at. Ump was brutal in the 9th, but we got what we deserved with a lot of questionable managing and undisciplined play.

This was one of the more USF-iest losses that I can remember in recent history. 

Lets get it done against UCIF...but I think we will come out flat and poop the bed again.

 

 

Unfortunately I'm afraid we'll see UCF end our run in the tournament which hurts even more.

[JoeB]

And actually the turnout was pretty good last night, forgot to mention that on my rant.  Not sure what the other guy is talking about above.  We had just about as many as I've seen for a USF game in Clearwater. 

[swamprat]

54 minutes ago, JoeB said:

And actually the turnout was pretty good last night, forgot to mention that on my rant.  Not sure what the other guy is talking about above.  We had just about as many as I've seen for a USF game in Clearwater. 

It was about the best crowd for us I've seen at any of these tournaments. Loud bunch, too. 

[jg233]

11 hours ago, JoeB said:

OK, here is my take.  I was there and saw every pitch.  The Ump was bad all night, not just the 9th.  He was bad for both teams too, not just USF.  Should we have gotten a few pitches...yes.  Should ECU have gotten a few pitches...yes.  That isn't what lost this game. I, like many on this board was wondering where is Perez?  I was calling for him in the 8th.  We were lucky to get out of that inning.  Why didn't he start the 9th?  Why didn't he come in when two batters reached and there was a lefty batting with no outs?  Very strange.  There have only been a few of us who've been to games all year, so I say this as one of the biggest baseball fans on this board...I had no idea why there were no moves made.  We've made the same moves all year with Joe C and Perez.  Its like clockwork.  He only trusts those two.  When I say he, I'm referring to Kingston (and Mohl I guess).  Its been this way since early on.  Every now and then we see Savarese for an inning around the 6th or 7th.  It was unbelievable to watch this game just slip away.  And for those that say this is so USF, you are wrong.  We haven't lost this way all year, this was different.  I'm not sure of the strategy.  Is Perez hurt?  If so, bring in Savarese for 3 outs.  Joe C cannot and should not be the only arm to trust in the late innings of a close ballgame.  He already did his job.  I'm not sure if we'll get an answer on this, since we have no reporters that actually report on baseball.  Very frustrating as this would have put us in great position to contend for the title.  We have potentially 4 games left in this tournament, with one healthy starter left.  You do the math.

That's what is so annoying and crazy about it.  Kingston had to know that after the first two guys reached in the 9th that we would lose if he left Joe C. in.  He had nothing left.  If we lost the game with anyone else in there I would not be so annoyed.  Farley or Sullivan or anyone who was fresh would have at least had a fighting chance.

[swamprat]

[charsibb]

12 hours ago, NCBull said:

Bush league post blaming the ump.  This game was ours to win.

Nathan's got a good article on it over at TDS. Basically he says it's Genord's fault for pissing off the ump

http://www.thedailystampede.com/2017/5/26/15696202/what-just-happened-usf-ecu-cliff-godwin-mark-kingston-aac-ucf-baseball-joe-cavallaro