re: 2024 Shriners Champions

Tennessee hitting was poor in 1 game after 3 games.

Rant retards: Vols can’t hit a slider. Going to be a long season for Tenn.

I still can't believe Vitello moved Burns to the bullpen which made him transfer
How do you get rid of a talent like that

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How do you get rid of a talent like that

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He didn’t get rid of him. Burns transfered on his own and wasn’t pushed out at all. In fact it was Vitello and Anderson that saved his career by moving him to the bullpen. Burns was a first round pick after his freshman year if he was eligible for the draft. But once Burns got to 65-80 pitches in the game, he would fall apart. Just go look at the Notre Damn game 2 years ago in the Supers. And compare how he started the game and what his pitches looked like the last 2 innings he was in. Vitello left him in and it cost us the game when he gave up a homerun.

He has won the SEC tournament and regular seasons. So that’s not exactly true. But to bring Tennessee to its current state, compared to where it was when he took over, has been amazing. Not many people can do what he did in such a short time. He took over one to the worst baseball programs in the SEC and turned it into a national contender in short time.

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But once Burns got to 65-80 pitches in the game, he would fall apart. Just go look at the Notre Damn game 2 years ago in the Supers. And compare how he started the game and what his pitches looked like the last 2 innings he was in. Vitello left him in and it cost us the game when he gave up a homerun.

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Yeah he looked terrible as a starter for Wake Saturday.

6.0 innings 10 SO 1 BB 3 H

I said what I said. They are a girls basketball school.

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Yeah he looked terrible as a starter for Wake Saturday.

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That’s not the point. When Vitello knows he’s a pro, he’s even admitted as much. Plus they faded an Illinois team that has only 1 regional championship in history. And hasn’t made a regional since 2019. But let’s take a dive into this topic since you have a narrative you want to push.

2022 Burns (freshman)-
8-2, 2.91 ERA, 17 games, 80.1 IP, 1.120 WHIP, 103 K’s, 31 runs, 26 ER, 7.3 HP9

2023 Burns (sophomore)-
5-3, 4.25 ERA, 18 games, 2 saves, 72 IP, 37 runs, 34 ER, 114K’s, 1.139 WHIP, 7.5 HP9

As you can see his numbers declined and he pitched in more games than he did as a full time starter. He was given the chance to start and moving him to the pen worked and saved his career. Keeping him as the starter last year wouldn’t have got us to Omaha.

Now let’s look at his replacement

2023 AJ Russell Freshman-
2-0, .89 era, 30 IP, 47 K’s, .527 WHIP, HP9, 2.7, 13.9 K’s per 9,


2024 AJ Russell Sophomore-
0-0, 4.15 era, 2 ER, 10K’s, .923 WHIP, 6.2 HP9, 20.8 K’s per 9. After 1 start

We are happy with AJ Russell and he’s a year younger than Burns. We wish Burns the best, but with him as starter last year, we don’t go to Omaha, that’s just facts

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I said what I said. They are a girls basketball school.

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I seem to recall USCe winning two national championships in baseball. How many does UT have?

Vs SEC:
32 IP 7.88ERA 28ER 39H 10HR 53K 11BB 2-3Record

Vs teams like Illinois:
24IP 1.87ERA 5ER 13H 0HR 39K 6BB 3-1Record

Burns wanted to get away from the SEC more than he wanted ti start. He got both with Wake Forest. He will be a backend bullpen guy in the pros.

62-0 vs Army in football. 27-5 vs Virginia Military in baseball. Every yr you sic freaks get off on beating up our countrys servicevmen.