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This I want to address because if drives me fuqing CRAZY. Those sweeping fastballs at the knees to lefties happens when you don't understand the type of hitter you are dealing with. Most HR hitters and power hitters in baseball are upper cut-dead pull hitters..the one place the ball doesn't need to be is inside part of the plate knee to mid upper thigh ht. That **** is gone. up and in, low away or up away is where you have to pitch those guy. And of course NEVER down the dick..period. Every RHP should have a good change up that falls down and away IF they can develop it or at least a sinking 2 seamer because LH hitters hate that spot. Great hitters can hit any pitch where it's thrown but the days of Tony Gwynn and Rod Carew are pretty much gone. Everything now is about HR's and Velo. RHP throwing a breaking ball into the swing of a dead pull lefty is a tank waiting to happen unless you can bury it on the back foot but if you miss...bye.LSU just looked at that forkball as it dove down across the plate to the dirt. BALL!
That nice sweeping fast ball at the knees to the lefties? LSU stroked that into the right field stands.
It sure seems like our Pitching thrived on un disciplined hitters all year, swinging at that 2-2 pitch in the dirt or off the plate.
Well this past season we had two completely different SP's and they represented about as good as fans could reasonably expect. Both could be dominant and both could get into trouble with good hitting/ disciplined teams. Sproat created leverage off of a high 98+ fastball that tailed in to R batters and away from L hitters. His change was very good and his curve was adequate. He had a ton of 3rd strike looking this past season. Waldrep was what is generally called a "swing and miss" pitcher. Even though he could throw a 96+ fastball his strikeout pitch was the unhittable splitter. It was unhittable because it was never in the strike zone when it crossed the plate. A plate discipline team like LSU watched his best pitch hit the dirt and called a ball so he had trouble.This I want to address because if drives me fuqing CRAZY. Those sweeping fastballs at the knees to lefties happens when you don't understand the type of hitter you are dealing with. Most HR hitters and power hitters in baseball are upper cut-dead pull hitters..the one place the ball doesn't need to be is inside part of the plate knee to mid upper thigh ht. That **** is gone. up and in, low away or up away is where you have to pitch those guy. And of course NEVER down the dick..period. Every RHP should have a good change up that falls down and away IF they can develop it or at least a sinking 2 seamer because LH hitters hate that spot. Great hitters can hit any pitch where it's thrown but the days of Tony Gwynn and Rod Carew are pretty much gone. Everything now is about HR's and Velo. RHP throwing a breaking ball into the swing of a dead pull lefty is a tank waiting to happen unless you can bury it on the back foot but if you miss...bye.
The "rumor" is that Sully was having an affair with the woman he is now married to. I'm not going to get the rest of this 100% right (someone else may know)... She was married with two sons. Apparently had/having affair with Sully. Her husband was having financial issues with his company. Whether because of the affair, the financial issues, a combination, or whatever... the husband killed the two sons and himself and burned them up in a vacation house (this part was big news at the time). He also supposedly texted the wife that she would never get the kids prior to doing this. Afterwards, she and Sully got married. Maybe there was no affair between them before the murder-suicide, I don't know, but it's messy as fuk.What's the story ESPN alluded to when referencing Sully's Wife and a personal tragedy? We don't get straight answers up here in leg humper land...
The "rumor" is that Sully was having an affair with the woman he is now married to. I'm not going to get the rest of this 100% right (someone else may know)... She was married with two sons. Apparently had/having affair with Sully. Her husband was having financial issues with his company. Whether because of the affair, the financial issues, a combination, or whatever... the husband killed the two sons and himself and burned them up in a vacation house (this part was big news at the time). He also supposedly texted the wife that she would never get the kids prior to doing this. Afterwards, she and Sully got married. Maybe there was no affair between them before the murder-suicide, I don't know, but it's messy as fuk.
Yeah, it was awkward during one of the games as well when the onfield reporter during the telecast asked one of the players (can't remember who) what the names were written on his arm band... it was the two sons.Holy shiit
One of the sons was the team batboyYeah, it was awkward during one of the games as well when the onfield reporter during the telecast asked one of the players (can't remember who) what the names were written on his arm band... it was the two sons.
Yeah, it was awkward during one of the games as well when the onfield reporter during the telecast asked one of the players (can't remember who) what the names were written on his arm band... it was the two sons.
Wait a minute. I thought the young boy who did that was Sully's son. You're telling me the boy who used to be on the field with sully and walk with him at the end of games was murdered???One of the sons was the team batboy
Don't know about all that! I was told that one of the murdered boys was a batboy that season.Wait a minute. I thought the young boy who did that was Sully's son. You're telling me the boy who used to be on the field with sully and walk with him at the end of games was murdered???
One of the sons was definitely a batboy for the Gators at some point.Wait a minute. I thought the young boy who did that was Sully's son. You're telling me the boy who used to be on the field with sully and walk with him at the end of games was murdered???