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By tyndal23
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Jonathan Carone wrote: May 28th, 2021, 10:29 pm It’s a terrible facility. That deserves its criticism.
What do you have against chain link fences and old carpet rolled up in a maintenance yard as a backdrop? You must be starting to get idol worship of facilities that Rogers 3 warns about....
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By LU Grad 11
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Why are we visitors today? ECU and Campbell were home teams in the same situation. Hopefully it won't matter, but interesting.
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By Cider Jim
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The announcer last night said LU should be the HOME team since we were the higher ranked seed.

What time is the game today? :dontgetit
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By Just John
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Cider Jim wrote: May 29th, 2021, 2:23 pm The announcer last night said LU should be the HOME team since we were the higher ranked seed.

What time is the game today? :dontgetit
It started at 1pm. We are down 2-1 in bottom of the 4th.
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By Just John
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Not sure how in the bottom of the fourth our guy didn't score from second with two outs and a slow to complete play at first which included a a ball that got away. Would seem if he was running on contact he would have had it but they didn't show him on camera. We are not scoring runs and too many LOB.
By LU Grad 11
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Pitching has been well enough. Have to score runs, especially against pitchers with a 7+ era. Going to make a quick exit in a regional (if we make one), without any bats.
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By aredd33
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LU Grad 11 wrote: May 29th, 2021, 2:38 pm Pitching has been well enough. Have to score runs, especially against pitchers with a 7+ era. Going to make a quick exit in a regional (if we make one), without any bats.
I don’t think our at-large chances could take a third 230ish RPI loss.
By ballah09
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No way we get an at large if we lose. Committee won’t take a team with 3 losses to 200+ teams esp losing twice to a 13 win team.

Crazy we can’t hit these pitchers with sub 6.00 ERA. Making our hitters look like amateurs.
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By aredd33
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This is so frustrating to watch. I guess we know how the Big South felt when we won the basketball tournament with Dale Layer. Horrible team playing great at the right time.
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By LU Grad 11
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aredd33 wrote: May 29th, 2021, 3:22 pm This is so frustrating to watch. I guess we know how the Big South felt when we won the basketball tournament with Dale Layer. Horrible team playing great at the right time.
What an embarrassment. JU looks like the best team in the conference.
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By aredd33
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Unbelievably pathetic performance.
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By aredd33
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Just John wrote: May 29th, 2021, 4:11 pm
aredd33 wrote: May 29th, 2021, 3:52 pm Unbelievably pathetic performance.
And it just got worse...
Yup, nothing to do now but just laugh and say oh well. Somehow the worst team in the conference turned into the 1998 Yankees...maybe with a tad bit of luck on their side.
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By PAmedic
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Typical liberty
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By aredd33
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7-3 final. Load the bases with no outs in the 8th and 9th and only score two runs.
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By Just John
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aredd33 wrote: May 29th, 2021, 4:15 pm
Just John wrote: May 29th, 2021, 4:11 pm
aredd33 wrote: May 29th, 2021, 3:52 pm Unbelievably pathetic performance.
And it just got worse...
Yup, nothing to do now but just laugh and say oh well. Somehow the worst team in the conference turned into the 1998 Yankees...maybe with a tad bit of luck on their side.
When you load the bases in the 8th with no outs and in the 9th with no outs and get a combined 2 runs you really don't deserve to win.
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By jinxy
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The last 2 innings were some of the worst at bats weve had all year. I will say jacksonville pitching did a good job keeping the ball out of the middle of the plate but our offensive production against them was way below average.

I would have probably started willard over hand. Hands first start was good and he seemed to get worse every start until he lost the job in early april and i dont believe he had pitched since.
By LU Grad 11
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aredd33 wrote: May 29th, 2021, 2:43 pm
LU Grad 11 wrote: May 29th, 2021, 2:38 pm Pitching has been well enough. Have to score runs, especially against pitchers with a 7+ era. Going to make a quick exit in a regional (if we make one), without any bats.
I don’t think our at-large chances could take a third 230ish RPI loss.
As bad as it stings, we should get an at-large bid. Sitting at 36 in RPI and 33 in ELO. UC Irvine, a projected 2 seed, has 5 Q4 losses to our 3. Also, they have 4 Q1 wins to our 7. We're 14-10 against Q1 and Q2. Our resume is pretty solid, compared to other bubble teams. Jacksonville up to 203 in RPI (117 ELO), 12-13 against Q1 and Q2. They could spring some upsets in a regional.
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By aredd33
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LU Grad 11 wrote: May 29th, 2021, 5:05 pm
aredd33 wrote: May 29th, 2021, 2:43 pm
LU Grad 11 wrote: May 29th, 2021, 2:38 pm Pitching has been well enough. Have to score runs, especially against pitchers with a 7+ era. Going to make a quick exit in a regional (if we make one), without any bats.
I don’t think our at-large chances could take a third 230ish RPI loss.
As bad as it stings, we should get an at-large bid. Sitting at 36 in RPI and 33 in ELO. UC Irvine, a projected 2 seed, has 5 Q4 losses to our 3. Also, they have 4 Q1 wins to our 7. We're 14-10 against Q1 and Q2. Our resume is pretty solid, compared to other bubble teams. Jacksonville up to 203 in RPI (117 ELO), 12-13 against Q1 and Q2. They could spring some upsets in a regional.
Hopefully you’re right. Aaron Fitt and Kendall Rogers both seem to think we will get in.
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