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Rebs in trouble in Oxford. Tulane 2 run homer, top of 9th to take a one run lead. Loss would eliminate Ole Miss.
Nice bit of pitching there to close things out. I’ll take it. Hoping Coastal doesn’t blow the doors off.
G’night, gents.
Just going to have to accept the fact that no lead is going to be safe from here on out. That blooper to center looked like a keystone kops routine…
Ali was a giant, he lit the way for so many to follow with the sheer intensity of his personality. The world is a little darker tonight.
I spent a year in 610c in Lee, high enough that we didn’t worry about shades or binoculars…
Bases loaded on walks? Are you kidding me? Pitching is going to KILL us against Coastal…
Hey, I noticed on the home plate camera angle, there were an awful lot of light on in the back suite room in Lee. Shouldn’t those young students be asleep?
Every time they run that self-congratulatory Billie Jean King commercial, I think about the watered down ANOA for those f@cks across West Raleigh’s ditches, and I puke in my mouth a little…
Another tough called 3rd strike, but as Wuf said earlier, today’s HP ump has consistently called it. Gotta fight that off at that pitch count.
Tough called 3rd strike on Sheppard, but it was close enough should have fought it off. Is it me, or is the ball/strike calling more consistent than yesterday?
^Something about the pitching staff late in the year here…beautiful base running and hitting last inning at bat. Leaving a lot stranded today….
Catching a few min of today’s game. Trouble in the 2nd, but nice pitching and beautiful work behind the batter gets out of the jam.
I care about winning something significant.
This. This. This.
Today’s game is different. Everybody keeps talking about the “epidemic” of transfers and the “tragedy” of one-and-dones. These things are viewed through the “bad-for-the-game” lens by some because both create instability and interfere with coaches’ ability to control the outcome. I don’t see these things as “tragic” or “bad for the game” or any other pejorative description that is applied. I see these things as simple evolution aligned with the current rules and practices. It will get more intense (not less) unless something substantial changes.
IMO Gott has earned his keep (and then some) so far. He has embraced the transfer culture and established his program as a safe haven for talented wanderers. He is absolutely unafraid to compete with anybody for the services of the one-and-done crowd, and I applaud that. I give him high marks for competing, for raising the perception of the program, and for overall recruiting. He’s chosen a path and a model, and he must now learn to work with the consequences: high turnover, rebuilding chemistry every year, etc.
There’s only one missing ingredient: F’in WIN SOMETHING. He gets no high mark in this area from me, and I share Va’s concern that he may not be the guy. He has worked roster management wonders, but now it’s time to see if he can follow up on the execution. He needs to win something. Let’s just say based on history I have high hopes and moderate expectations. If he fulfills the moderate expectations, the off season may be a defining moment for our program’s future.
EDIT I’m curious, Va: what do you consider “significant”? My version includes regular season mythical championship, tournament championship, plus any NCAA advancement beyond sweet 16 (his current ceiling, it seems).
CBS’ Will Brinson knocks this one out of the park: http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/russell-wilsons-memory-about-his-time-at-nc-state-is-conveniently-fuzzy/
Not that it matters, media will paint this the way they want to, and they want their underdog hero SO BADLY. Think not? This is what the NFL official twitter had to say:
<p lang=”und” dir=”ltr”>#MondayMotivation pic.twitter.com/2b2GOvrzUH</p>— NFL (@NFL) May 16, 2016
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