ND @ Miami Game Three

Lance Roffers

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Greg Veliz pitched in game three and didn't have his best stuff today. He was able to get through 4 innings, allowing 4 runs (3 ER), on 3 hits, 1 BB, 8 K's, a hit batsman, and a two-run HR.

Miami has had their bats wake up some in this series, scoring five runs on only four hits, drawing five walks and a hit batsman. They've still struck out 8 times. Isaac Quinones is honestly taking the starting catching job with two more hits today and a walk. Reaching base all three times to the plate.

Jenkins, Burns, Zamora all have stolen bases with none being caught.

Cabezas now on in relief with the Canes trying for the sweep here in the top of the 7th.
 
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Another bad play for Miami's freshmen. A leadoff ball hit hard to 2B. He makes an error.

Tony Jenkins jogs to the ball. The runner was playing hard though and gets to 2B on a ball 10 feet behind second base because he loafed. Honestly, I might actually take Jenkins out of the game at that moment as a teaching moment.

They bunt the runner to 3B. A ground out scores him and ties the game.

Such a shame to see the team play this way in a game they could take control of.
 
Zamora thrown out at the plate to end the 9th after a single by Tackett. He's helping to lengthen the lineup, but right now we are headed for free baseball.
 
Let's just say Miami fell apart in the 10th. Again, defensive miscues, self-inflicted wounds, and poor situational play cost Miami a game.

Taking two-of-three to open conference play might sound good, but this was not a good loss tonight. Completely gave the game away.
 
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Gonna be a long season. It never ends. Errors, awful at bats, poor base running and the usual comedy with RISP.

Is there an actual agreement about Dinada taking over the program, or is it assumed?
 
Gonna be a long season. It never ends. Errors, awful at bats, poor base running and the usual comedy with RISP.

Is there an actual agreement about Dinada taking over the program, or is it assumed?

The athletic department announced it in June of 2014.
 
Home losses are RPI killers. We might have won the series, but our record for RPI purposes is 1.4-1.3 for the weekend.
 
Gonna be a long season. It never ends. Errors, awful at bats, poor base running and the usual comedy with RISP.

Is there an actual agreement about Dinada taking over the program, or is it assumed?

Hopefully assumed BC this staff checked out in ‘07
 
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Insanity! How can they justify naming a coach-in-waiting FOUR years in advance, especially for a program that is rapidly fading, and the successor looks to be a big part of the problem?

We have the worst AD of all time.
 
DiMare is the head coach next year 100%.

All I ask is that he goes away from small-ball and lets the kids hit.
 
Insanity! How can they justify naming a coach-in-waiting FOUR years in advance, especially for a program that is rapidly fading, and the successor looks to be a big part of the problem?

We have the worst AD of all time.
Meanwhile, Greg Lovelady is 13-3 at UCF with two wins against UFelony...Wednesday won't be pretty. Yeah, Yeah, in-state tuition my A$$. Had a chance at him while he was at Wright State but $$$ first here at UM, at least as far as baseball is concerned.
 
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If we're supposed to be a national power, Gino does not deserve this job. Period. Say what you want about the last few years of Jim Morris's tenure, but he had a nice resume when he was hired here. Gino has no resume.
 
If we're supposed to be a national power, Gino does not deserve this job. Period. Say what you want about the last few years of Jim Morris's tenure, but he had a nice resume when he was hired here. Gino has no resume.

Based on his tenure at the program you have to give him an opportunity IMO. If he fails, he fails, but I can also see the uproar if he hadn't been given a chance and went somewhere else and was successful.
 
Based on his tenure at the program you have to give him an opportunity IMO. If he fails, he fails, but I can also see the uproar if he hadn't been given a chance and went somewhere else and was successful.

This is the lazy attitude that got us into this mess to begin with. You don't promote the assistant just because he's been there a long time. You do a national search.
 
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This is the lazy attitude that got us into this mess to begin with. You don't promote the assistant just because he's been there a long time. You do a national search.

So on what basis would you deny him the job? Because you don't like the idea?
 
So on what basis would you deny him the job? Because you don't like the idea?

Because he has not demonstrated that he has the qualifications to be a head coach. That seems obvious to me. In order to be the head baseball coach at the University of Miami, you should have success as a head coach somewhere else. DiMare's qualification, in your mind, is that he didn't ever get fired as an assistant, hence his longevity.
 
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