OTF Premium Baseball Game Thread: No. 4 Texas vs. Sam Houston (Tuesday, 6:30 p.m.)

[Jeff Howe]

 

[Here for the Wins]

11 minutes ago, horns96 said:

It's baseball, which I care more about than any other sport on campus.  There's a reason this game is going to go 4+ hours.

He was awful.  The smallest zone I recall all year.  On a Tuesday no less when everyone should know front line pitchers aren’t throwing.

Now, I guess you could say he was relatively consistent, but that’s because everything was a ball.

It’s a Tuesday game.  Let the overreactions to the pitching staff occur.

[Burnt Orange Horn]

Tinney lost his eye the last few weeks.  Unusual for a Catcher.  Glad he has found it again!

Mendoza has mostly found his strike zone.

Borba looks like he has regained patience and focus at the plate.

Now let's hope the relievers throw strikes and Riojas quits leaving breaking balls waist high over the middle of the plate!

🤘🏻🤘🏼🤘🤘🏽🤘🏾🤘🏿

 

[Assistant Regional Manager]

7 minutes ago, Alex Butler said:

Did we throw the entire walk-on bullpen out there tonight or what?!

There was probably 1 pitcher used tonight who you might see again this weekend.

So yes, it was a lot of experimenting.

[.45s]

Good comeback.  Tinney roasts that ball half the time when he hits it.  His first HR tonight left the field like a rocket.

[horns96]

22 minutes ago, Here for the Wins said:

He was awful.  The smallest zone I recall all year.  On a Tuesday no less when everyone should know front line pitchers aren’t throwing.

Now, I guess you could say he was relatively consistent, but that’s because everything was a ball.

It’s a Tuesday game.  Let the overreactions to the pitching staff occur.

I'm starting to wonder about the redistribution of college pitching talent with NIL, but these midweek games on SEC Network + are getting increasingly weird.  Or is it SEC umpires creating content 🤑?

[Here for the Wins]

3 minutes ago, horns96 said:

I'm starting to wonder about the redistribution of college pitching talent with NIL, but these midweek games on SEC Network + are getting increasingly weird.  Or is it SEC umpires creating content 🤑?

I think the strike zone has been shrinking for years.  They all vary somewhat though.  Lots more power in the bats than used to be.  When you have to bring it to the hitters zone, you’ll see more balls hit well.

People get worked up over walks, but the hits are what adds those runs up.  We only walked 4 tonight.  Course SHSU walked 10.  Still the homers were impactful and none of them cheap.

I think all the guys we ran out can be functional.  Winter is not ready to start.  Hamilton and Howard got pushed more than they’re accustomed to pitching.  Grubbs run was off a grounder with an exit velocity of about 70.  Crossland had the lowest ERA entering today (not including Howard).  Walls has a live arm.  Bing has some success at this level.  In a key game, this sequence will never occur.