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If I see another batter take a home run swing on a 2 strike pitch, I'm going to go nuts. Shorten up the swing!!!

We need to continue to recruit and raise the level of talent. Hopefully a conf. championship and a coach voted "coach of the year" are bargaining chips we can use. Need to find a couple of power hitters who can hit it out and clean the bases every once in a while. A little more speed on the bases would be nice, too. Just wishing as I type here.

At least we don't look like morons in the dugout. I understand having fun, but you don't have to make yourself look like idiots. (Again, my old man get off my lawn)

I hate that Alvarado walked the first two guys, but he's been so good all year, that it's hard to get mad at him.

Fortunate break allows more than one run in an inning for a change.

McSteen did well

Baby steps

Plus, leaving a small village on the base paths.

Maryland might have a long day ahead tomorrow.

The old adage is solo home runs won't beat you. We are looking to make that hold up.

It just looks like were trying way too hard. Go have some fun boys. Every tournament we pucker up.

Because that's not the new era of baseball. The new concept is that you get 3 swings, make them count. I guess we are just the get off my lawn old geezers.

We are really good at leaving people on base today.

D1 Baseball chat said they do not seed by 1-68. After choosing hosts, 2,3, and 4 seeds, they regionalize. That could be good for us.

Most air time the Hisle kid has ever got.

Last year, Minn. won the conf. and finished 1-2 in the B1G Tourney and NU finished 2nd and went 0-2. This year, Mich. was 2nd and went 0-2 and NU was the reg. season champ and went 1-2. Interesting coincidence.

It was going to be a monumental task, starting a pitcher who didn't even pitch in the conference, and then he only lasts 1 1/3 innings to make matters worse. I think we have a chance with Meyers.

Let's hope this isn't foreshadowing to Regionals...

To many strikeouts tonight to be productive. Ugly loss to a good team.

We don't come out better than this next week... it's 2 and BBQ

Walks just kill you late. Again, not doing fundamentals killed us

Probably should left Lunesman in

They really have gotten away from what was working. Works for me

Leunsmann can only take us so far. Let's get some runs!

Twice he has swung at a pitch helmet high

three up three down. as Robin Williams would say that's an end of an inning.

Let's keep chipping away and hopefully we are gaining some confidence.

Back in it boys

This thing isn't quite over.

Half way home, let's get some runs. 95 pitches Sent from my SM-G900V using Tapatalk

HEY!! Three outs, no baserunners. Woo hoo!!

It sure seems that we are a headcase lately at the plate in postseason play. I know we displayed that a few times in the Anderson era also. All these strikeouts are inexcusable.

Striking out 10 times in 4 innings gets you beat more times than not.

9-9 surprised me but I guess those back to back years taking Indiana the distance were impressive.

Just a bad day of baseball. Unfortunately, it is two games worth.

Hey an out not being a strikeout Sent from my SM-G900V using Tapatalk

Honestly I wish we had more fun and we're loose. Every other team looks like they're at the party or the year and our bench looks like they're attending a funeral.

Exactly, why is our hitting coach not preaching this

Only good thing is that the pitch count is getting up there on Blohm. Sent from my SM-G900V using Tapatalk

6 outs 6 strikeouts.

It looked like an oblique maybe. It looked like it was under his arm pit.

looked like tricep

Good lord our hitters don't keep their heads in when swinging. Can't hit what you can't see. Yes bugeater I know I left that right over the middle of the plate.

Come to think of it, I think you fat fingered the '3' for the wrong team.

Yes, which is why I was hoping to sweep the tournie and wham... come out with a 1 seed. Probably not happening now.

Well that's not how you want to start a game...

For what it's worth, there's a lot of Top seeded teams in other conference tournaments who have dropped out of their tournaments early.

Knowing our luck, we'll lose in Gavitt and then beat them in the tourney making our win exempt.

Scoring has increased because long range shooting is way better. Shooting is way better because the lane became more clogged after zone, etc., was installed. To give you an idea, Larry Bird was two percentage points better from three than Lebron. The idea that someone got decked to the floor every time they went up for a layup in the 80s is ridiculous. Were there more cheap shots? Yes. There is way better help defense now because of the rules, so there are way more kick outs. Also, there wasn't an emphasis on jumping straight up and allowing contact back then, so you might as well foul the hell out of someone since you're going to get called for it anyway when he jumps into your chest. There are way more no-calls around the rim today when two players collide, and rightfully so.

But to be fair, some of our freshmen (such as Lue and Hamilton) were not called on to be major scorers when they were freshmen. Heck, Lue and Hamilton had Mikki, Strickland, Boone and others on the floor playing major minutes. The make up of a team somewhat dictates the scoring that is needed. But your point is well made.