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You have to have the quickness & speed to play bunt-ball, don'tcha.?
 

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The noles are next in tally. When we played them three weeks ago, they were ranked 5th at 16-7, but since that loss in Jacksonville, they were swept by the irish, lost a series to ga tech and the hatters took them to 12 innings. Those teams are good, but the noles seem like they are falling apart. I think Milchin will start, but in the last game against the noles, he allowed 5 hits in 12 batters he faced.

Again, Purnell won and saved over the weekend in relief; he only allowed 4 hits while facing 22 batters, and the #2 team in the country only scored 1 run in the six innings he pitched. Against the noles last month, the faced 9 batters in 2.2 innings with no hits and he was credited with the save. I don't think we have a decent long reliever, but Purnell is looking good in his role!
 
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The noles are next in tally. When we played them three weeks ago, they were ranked 5th at 16-7, but since that loss in Jacksonville, they were swept by the irish, lost a series to ga tech and the hatters took them to 12 innings. Those teams are good, but the noles seem like they a falling apart. I think Milchin will start, but in the last game against the noles, he allowed 5 hits in 12 batters he faced.

Again, Purnell won and saved over the weekend in relief; he only allowed 4 hits while facing 22 batters, and the #2 team in the country only scored 1 run in the six innings he pitched. Against the noles last month, the faced 9 batters in 2.2 innings with no hits and he was credited with the save. I don't think we have a decent long reliever, but Purnell is looking good in his role!
Nick Pogue is Sully's other choice to start against the Noles. It seems he prefers to allow him to start since it is part of his rehab strategy and as yet not used him in relief. I hope he give the nod to Pogue as he was really good before the Tommy John. Milchin has worked as both a starter and reliever this season. The plan will be the same to try and work thru the line-up one time before going to the pen, which with a few exceptions has been the Achilles heel for this team.
 

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Nick Pogue is Sully's other choice to start against the Noles. It seems he prefers to allow him to start since it is part of his rehab strategy and as yet not used him in relief. I hope he give the nod to Pogue as he was really good before the Tommy John. Milchin has worked as both a starter and reliever this season. The plan will be the same to try and work thru the line-up one time before going to the pen, which with a few exceptions has been the Achilles heel for this team.

I would like to see Pogue get the nod! You are correct he could hurl it before his surgery. We need starters who can give us 5 or 6 routinely.
 

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Wow not much said about the HUGE series WIN over #2! ranked Ark. Ark had been DOMINATING teams too until we smashed them to win the series. Can we keep the momentum going or does it all come crashing down with each loss?
 

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Wow not much said about the HUGE series WIN over #2! ranked Ark. Ark had been DOMINATING teams too until we smashed them to win the series. Can we keep the momentum going or does it all come crashing down with each loss?
Boss, you should know by now that redundant questions are redundant ;) Seriously, our fortunes will increase as our pitching stabilizes and some key spots are reliably filled. The Arky series win might be a glimpse. Only an idiot or a drunk would not be happy with the outcome. I know because at one time or another I’ve been both!

Now, on to more important things…what’s your position on small ball vs. power, launch angles, etc.?

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@cover2 lol yeah I see what you are saying but I just don't understand that when we WIN a HUGE series, our resident Baseball junkies/experts are SILENT but say we lose to FSU they WILL be back in FULL force like the wins never happened or mattered. No bs about "oh I was too busy at work" or "oh I was away traveling" like they say every year. Constructive criticism is GREAT with the losses but to not even acknowledge a HUGE series win against the #2 team in the Nation? Yeah that is beyond me but certainly not a surprise considering the hate and disdain for Sully as a whole.
 

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@cover2 lol yeah I see what you are saying but I just don't understand that when we WIN a HUGE series, our resident Baseball junkies/experts are SILENT but say we lose to FSU they WILL be back in FULL force like the wins never happened or mattered. No bs about "oh I was too busy at work" or "oh I was away traveling" like they say every year. Constructive criticism is GREAT with the losses but to not even acknowledge a HUGE series win against the #2 team in the Nation? Yeah that is beyond me but certainly not a surprise considering the hate and disdain for Sully as a whole.

I have learned not to read too much into one series win or one series loss. I hope things are turning around but I am not optimistic. Remember last year? We won series against Texas A&M, Ole Miss, Missouri, Auburn, Vanderbilt (NCAA runner-up), Kentucky, Georgia and we even beat Mississippi State (NCAA Champ) 13-1 in the SEC Tournament. Baseball is a marathon not a sprint.

No one hopes more than me that the numerous problems carrying over from last season will disappear, however that is not a likely scenario.
 

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The truth of the matter @Jbossgator8 in my opinion is that O’Sullivan has done some great things with the baseball program. Mixed in there are some underperformances as there are with any baseball program. But it’s a game of averages and getting hot at the right time when the best play the best. As has been mentioned, pitching is our greatest concern thus far. Maybe we are starting to turn a corner. The next couple of series should let us know.

Fans today range from rabid to fickle and make the most noise when things aren’t going good, but by that same token they can also find things to pick apart in the midst of success. That’s just the way it is and probably always has been to an extent. We’re really no different from any other fan base, despite what you may hear. There’s a lot of joy to be had just from being able to watch sports and pull for your alma mater.
 

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Gators gave up 5 runs in the bottom of the 1st.

Now bottom of 4th & 1 out.
 

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I felt bad for Pogue; he was having a hard time with his control except for the fastball over the plate. It did not work out well for him; 4 runs in 0.1 innings including back-to-back homers. Welcome back!!!

The error by Fabian ended up allowing another run in the first inning, but that was it for the noles. The awful part about this game was that we could only manage 2 hits for the contest and there was a goose-egg under UF on the scoreboard at the end of the game.

Our relievers, especially Ficarrotta and Abner, did a great job. Although he only pitched one, Hartman set them down in order in the 8th. The noles never had more than 4 batters see the box after the second inning. Of course, except for the 4th, it seemed like we had to be hit by a pitch or walked to get on base. Again, 2 hits all game! I hate losing to the noles!
 

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It all came down to Launch Angle.....


All any player needs to know about launch angle. It's always been around but somebody decided to make it a buzz word so people who like analytics but don't really know shyt about hitting could feel smart. Ask Bichette who was the better hitter, Gwynn or Jackson?
 

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All any player needs to know about launch angle. It's always been around but somebody decided to make it a buzz word so people who like analytics but don't really know shyt about hitting could feel smart. Ask Bichette who was the better hitter, Gwynn or Jackson?

Gotta say he just summed it up! That's a doctorate class on great hitting in simple terms with a demonstration on bat head control and approach. Thanks Spur for finding it.
 

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All any player needs to know about launch angle. It's always been around but somebody decided to make it a buzz word so people who like analytics but don't really know shyt about hitting could feel smart. Ask Bichette who was the better hitter, Gwynn or Jackson?


Funny, you always say to ask this person or that person who was the better hitter, yet you never actually know the answer... You should ask Dante, and while you're at it ask him why his son has an upward swing plane and tries to hit for power until he has two strikes. Even then, the swing plane doesn't change, he just goes to a toe tap instead of a high leg kick. When you ask about Gwynn vs Jackson, make sure you point out Reggie had more HR's, RBI's, runs, MVP's, championships and a higher WAR. Those are real world numbers (with the exception of WAR), not analytics. But don't take my word for which swing plane is most desirable, take Juan Soto's, or better yet, Ted Williams', then STFU.


 

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Ted Williams? Sure but I'm surprised you find him an authority since he and Gwynn share a common bond. But don't take my word for it, ask an expert, that is if you have a 5:31 second attention span. I didn't think cutting this clip to :40 s was appropriate but I can put it into a bunch of 40 s clips if it helps? You're such an easy putt.

 

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Ted Williams? Sure but I'm surprised you find him an authority since he and Gwynn share a common bond. But don't take my word for it, ask an expert, that is if you have a 5:31 second attention span. I didn't think cutting this clip to :40 s was appropriate but I can put it into a bunch of 40 s clips if it helps? You're such an easy putt.



LOL, what exactly did that say about swing plane? Is their common bond studying hitting or "getting a good ball to hit? Those are shared by every hitter that's ever played the game, genius. But thanks for the clip, Jerry Coleman mentioning that Williams (upward swing plane) hit for power and average while Gwynn (flatter swing plane) only hit for average further proves my point. Keep up the great work!
 

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LOL, what exactly did that say about swing plane? Is their common bond studying hitting or "getting a good ball to hit? Those are shared by every hitter that's ever played the game, genius. But thanks for the clip, Jerry Coleman mentioning that Williams (upward swing plane) hit for power and average while Gwynn (flatter swing plane) only hit for average further proves my point. Keep up the great work!
. Like Gwynn, Williams never a won a World Series and only played one. Something you used to discredit Gwynn. You left out Coleman saying he felt Gwynn was the GREATEST hitter of his generation. Sounds like I need to break that clip into 40s runs for you afterall. You're a 3 ft putt with no break.

They guy your trashing.

The historic 1994 season in which Gwynn batted .394 -- the closest anyone has come to hitting .400 since Ted Williams did so -- was cut short by the strike. Could Gwynn have reached .400? It's pure speculation at this point, but he was batting .423/.472/.613 in the second half that year. Gwynn's .334 career second-half batting average is the third best in the last 50 years.


• Rather famously, Gwynn struck out three times in a game only once -- against Bob Welch and the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1986. But Gwynn played a pivotal role in that game, nonetheless, singling in the eighth, and scoring the tying run in the 10th after reaching on an error. In fact, he added 37.9 percent to the Padres' win probability that day.


• Including postseason play, Gwynn faced 18 Hall of Fame pitchers for a total of 541 plate appearances. That’s essentially a full season’s worth of plate appearances exclusively against Hall of Famers. Gwynn batted .331/.371/.426.

• In his entire 20-year career, Gwynn struck out 434 times -- an average of 21.7 K's per season. Last season, 129 players had struck out 22 times by the end of April.

• Since Gwynn debuted in 1982, a hitter has finished a season with a batting average above .350 only 46 times. Gwynn has seven of those seasons, the most of any player in that span.

• Gwynn batted .300 in every season but his rookie year, giving him a record 19 straight seasons above .300. J.D. Martinez is the current leader with four straight .300-plus seasons.

• Gwynn finished his career batting .302 with two strikes. That's easily the best mark for any player since numbers were first tracked by count in the mid-1970s. Wade Boggs comes in second at .262. In fact, in 1994, Gwynn batted an absurd .397 in two-strike counts.

• Six times in Padres history has a player recorded 200 hits in a season. Five of those seasons belong to Gwynn (1984, '86, '87, '89, '97). Mark Loretta had 208 hits in 2004.
 
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