A Sea Of Red

jweaks wrote: ↑June 4th, 2021, 9:57 pm Wright St choked big time.

Of course, Ballcoach would say that Tennessee "got lucky."

Cider Jim wrote: ↑June 4th, 2021, 10:29 pm

jweaks wrote: ↑June 4th, 2021, 9:57 pm Wright St choked big time.

Of course, Ballcoach would say that Tennessee "got lucky."

Other pitcher was doing a decent job. I think coach managed himself out of a win.

Feels like it might be a long night

Already 5-0 Vols in the 2nd inning.

Feel like I'm watching a homerun derby

TH Spangler wrote: ↑June 5th, 2021, 6:47 pm Feel like I'm watching a homerun derby

I said the same thing. Ugh.

Hopefully, we can gain a little momentum so that we are not totally demoralized going into tomorrow.

Maybe they should check for corked bats.

I kid.

That place is a launching pad. Only 320 down the line. I have hit softballs further than that. Plus with it being hot and high humidity, it makes it even smaller.

Reminding me at the moment of the Duke game when we tore it up in the first few innings and went cold and they started coming back. Hope for better results than Duke had.

flameshaw wrote: ↑June 5th, 2021, 8:06 pm That place is a launching pad. Only 320 down the line. I have hit softballs further than that. Plus with it being hot and high humidity, it makes it even smaller.

Not a big deal when you were using a Freak or Supermax.

That was a HORRIBLE call! And the ump doubled-down and tossed SJ. That's a bad call and worse game management.

Really quick Strike 3 call, maybe anticipating? And MAYBE he didn’t check his swing. But if so, just say so. But to me. That appeared to be an ump second-guessing his own call, feeling vulnerable and not wanting to be exposed. In that moment, you have to eat it, and let SJ get a little of his in. You NEVER make a bad situation worse by running the manager for questioning a call that your sour self are questioning in your own head!!!

Incredibly poor game management. Umps like that shouldn’t be in situations like these.

JK37 wrote: ↑June 5th, 2021, 8:22 pm That was a HORRIBLE call! And the ump doubled-down and tossed SJ. That's a bad call and worse game management.

Ump has a quick trigger. It's not Billy Martin kick dirt on him or something. He just ask if it was a swing or call strike

TH Spangler wrote: ↑June 5th, 2021, 8:28 pm

JK37 wrote: ↑June 5th, 2021, 8:22 pm That was a HORRIBLE call! And the ump doubled-down and tossed SJ. That's a bad call and worse game management.

Ump has a quick trigger. It's not Billy Martin kick dirt on him or something. He just ask if it was a swing or call strike

You don’t argue balls and strikes. That’s a hard rule. But SJ and the batter had legitimate reason to simply ask was the call a strike or a check swing that didn’t check. After no appeal to 3B Umpire, it’s a perfectly fair question. And he could’ve handled that SO much better. Get a little closer to SJ and answer him once, THEN if he persists you could run him. Blue didn’t even give him that chance. I cannot BELIEVE an ump assigned to this kind of game makes that kind of poor move.

Completely changed the game. For no good reason. A good ump never wants to be the story. This guy is a chump.

Let's bring our A game tomorrow, beat Duke and take another swing at these orange guys.

Could have given up but have out-scored them 3-2 in the last 6 innings. The ejections may help motivate team tomorrow.

Not saying it would've mattered, but that Ump definitely killed our momentum. Then he finished us off by tossing Williams for who knows what.

We’re putting a hurt on the Dookies early. Nice to have your 9th guy hitting grand slams.

So assuming we get three more outs, who is the starter in the second game?

Devils go down in Flames, 15-4!! Couldn't have asked for a much better performance. Need to keep the bats hot, and jump on Tennessee early.

I would love nothing more than to beat UT tonight.

Even without a win, I’m thrilled with making the final in the hardest regional in the country.

Finishing the season in the top 32 is a great place to be.

And beating the ACC champ to get there is strong.

Man, I hope we save some offense for later tonight! Great win for sure.

Like Jon said, win or lose tonight, I'm really proud of this group.

With the said, let's keep winning

Just John wrote: ↑June 6th, 2021, 5:33 pm So assuming we get three more outs, who is the starter in the second game?

According to the lineups posted on live stats, we are Starting Ellard, but you might as well just say it's a guy named A.H.O.D.

Edit: I see Ellard is getting the start. Looks like we’re going bullpen

stokesjokes wrote: ↑June 6th, 2021, 3:16 pm We’re putting a hurt on the Dookies early. Nice to have your 9th guy hitting grand slams.

It's good to see Mathieu and Guy start hitting well.

These Liberty Tennessee match-ups are starting to feel personal Our softball eliminated theirs, SJ got tossed last night and they want our football coach but can't have him I hope we Aggravate them a little more tonight.