You mean like how Eddie Emerson from Maine has a 9.53 ERA with 3 K's against Texas Tech and Ohio, but managed to plow through us with 11 K's like Clayton Kershaw against Columbus High School?
lol...Laughing to keep from crying at this point.
Sadly, some people think a new crop of players will solve the problem. Then we remember that junior Romy Gonzalez struck out three more times last night after being a pretty elite hitter in high school.
And since I'm drawing parallels between the FB team's defensive woes and our current baseball struggles...I guess this means that Romy = Chickillo?
I've posted this on this site before...but I hate players who think striking out "pretty" is a productive AB. It's like "hey, look how pretty I swing over and/or behind the ball right over the plate, don't I look like a great pro, MLB scouts? I mean...just think about how far that would have gone had I
actually made contact..." >>>Not actually what's happening, but it sure feels like it. I'm sick of guys playing pretty. Get the bat on the ball, be aggressive on the basepaths when you do reach...get dirty, get the job done by any means necessary. I said it in another thread - but if you're already out-manned talent-wise or whatever, take chances - make mistakes of aggression if you're gonna make mistakes. Don't strike out in 50+% of your ABs in a midweek game against FIU. Shorten up your swing and put the ball in play...amazing things tend to happen when you simply put the ball in play and put the pressure on the defense to make a play.
Remember how teams like UCSB and Coastal Carolina had success a couple of years ago, just being pesky and aggressive all over the field? ****, it won Coastal the CWS. There is NOTHING in the rulebooks to say that Miami can't play that brand of baseball. Teams like that play that brand of baseball because they have less talent than their opponents overall. We have less talent overall than most teams we'll face this season (at least, we're playing like it currently)...so, why not switch it up? What's the worst that could happen? We lose a game apiece to Rutgers, Maine, FAU, and FIU? Well...we've already done that this season, so it can't get much worse. Plus...that kind of baseball is FUN to watch and to play. It's frustrating to the opponent, and keeps them off balance. I'd love nothing more than this team to say "fvck it", and just play that dirtbag brand of baseball. I'd almost guarantee you we'd play better, have more fun, and likely win more games.
That's admittedly a pipe dream, however.