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re: Jay has a lot of work to do on hitting
Posted by LSshoe on 2/28/26 at 8:17 pm to Who_Dat_Tiger
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Regional loss to USM
National champions
Regional loss to UNC
National champions
Regional loss to NCSU <— we are here
National champions
I would absolutely take a guaranteed every other year natty. I'd still go to games and enjoy the off years. Knowing you won it all last year and you will again the next year... thats some good consolation prize.
Realistically, the ceiling is very high for this team, but they have a lot of work to do to get there. There aren't any absolute superstars maybe, but basically everyone on the team is really ggood.Jay has more than earned my trust that he'll figure out how to make it work by the time it matters.
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re: Northeastern 1 @ LSU 3 Final
Posted by LSshoe on 2/28/26 at 3:45 pm to SmackDaniels
Its on the country station. 100.7 maybe? Must be a bb game later
We've done this kind of thing a fair bit before. Maybe not every year hut pretty often. It's a win win win. We get 4 games in, so do 3 other teams. 2x northern schools and one smaller la school. We get practice rotating teams and they get to play in the box (where its not freezing cold).
re: Dartmouth 2 @ LSU 5 Final
Posted by LSshoe on 2/27/26 at 9:57 pm to Btrtigerfan
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Please resist the urge to put the car in front of the whores. It's a long season.
They'd get exhausted
re: Dartmouth 2 @ LSU 5 Final
Posted by LSshoe on 2/27/26 at 9:31 pm to DustInTheWind
He just looked soooo slow going home. And he's very much not slow. Maybe he was gassed from the 3b he just hauled, but he didn't seem to get a good jump and he seemed to hesitate or pull up towards the end. Just a weird run.
Humor is subjective, so that's understandable. I'm personally usually into it though, even the sort of intentionally cringeworthy jokes.
Good eats is one of the things that got me into cooking, though. In my opinion you don't really watch it to learn how to cook a specific recipe, though occasionally you can do that. For me, it's the learning WHY you want to do x y or z thing when you're cooking stuff or how it works that I always appreciated. I'm going to forget the recipe. Hell i was probably only going to half follow it anyway. But I'll remember the important bits of why im doing the things and how it works. The way my brain works I like that kind of stuff.
Good eats is one of the things that got me into cooking, though. In my opinion you don't really watch it to learn how to cook a specific recipe, though occasionally you can do that. For me, it's the learning WHY you want to do x y or z thing when you're cooking stuff or how it works that I always appreciated. I'm going to forget the recipe. Hell i was probably only going to half follow it anyway. But I'll remember the important bits of why im doing the things and how it works. The way my brain works I like that kind of stuff.
I gave zen a try a month or two ago, making it the default browser on a couple machines. It's nice, but i think I'm eventually going to make my way back to Firefox.
re: 97 runs through 8 games
Posted by LSshoe on 2/22/26 at 9:09 pm to PerkinsVillageVandy
The lineup is a battering ram. Just pound on you until you collapse. Seems like there's pressure every inning, and often enough they break through.
Reports before the season started led me to believe he was best suited for the job and I have seen nothing thus far to counter that. I think defense would be more likely to be his downfall than his bat. I don't think he's been bad there but that would be my only potential concern with having him there full time. I think with more reps he can get more and more comfortable. Not sure who the best defensive option we'd have for 2b and how much of an upgrade that would be over Dardar so I suspect he'll stick there.
Eh, I didn't think it was a homer live but through that shifty replay I'm pretty sure it was actually out. You couldnt tell definitively but from the way it bounced back onto the field, it seems most likely that it did indeed go over.
All that being said the production overall leaves a lot to be desired. The field was all torn up, the camera work was subpar, the umps had to try to watch replays on what looked like a 15yo 22" desktop monitor. Hell even lyn and ben seemed to be of their game.
All that being said the production overall leaves a lot to be desired. The field was all torn up, the camera work was subpar, the umps had to try to watch replays on what looked like a 15yo 22" desktop monitor. Hell even lyn and ben seemed to be of their game.
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For those that do participate in lent, I'm curious as to what you get out of it?
I was raised catholic but am not much of a practitioner. I always partake in lent. Maybe not by the specific rules. I either give up a bad habit, a crutch, or something of the like or inversely I force myself to do something that I should but normally wouldn't. For me its about practicing self control which is a skill that comes easier to some than others but regardless must be honed like any other. Lent is the season I work on my self control.
re: I’ll take the W. But concern with LSU giving up too many runs??
Posted by LSshoe on 2/17/26 at 7:20 am to TigerFan244
We just played 4 games in 4 days. Most teams didn't and having to pitch 4 days straight means you'll have to use effectively all of your arms just to get through, especially early in the season when you're not stretching anyone out. That's a feature not a bug for Jay. He wants to get all his guys a chance to pitch. But it does mean that you're going to be more likely to give up runs. There is a mild bit of concern that even some of our top arms weren't exactly dominant, but overall I think the staff did fine. It's early season. Let's reevaluate in a few weeks
Ha yeah not big green egg. Green pan. The ceramic one is fine. It's the waffle skillet things that are garbage. I just haven't gotten around to replace them since we use our cast iron primarily.
I have a big green egg ceramic that works well for what it is. My wife bought a few of their skillets with the waffle texture or whatever... I loathe those things. Always get shite stuck in the little pock marks. Seems a terrible design to me.
re: Kent State just swept SLU in Hammond this weekend.
Posted by LSshoe on 2/15/26 at 9:07 pm to jasonbr1975
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We went through some pitching as well. I like 4 games in 4 days early on though. It’ll let you see where you are early on.
We theoretically should have plenty pitching available unless a bunch of guys just really aren't on their game. Certainly I would expect that we at least have more in the tank than they do. In any case a relatively high scoring affair would not surprise me.
Love the championship golds
re: Way too early thoughts on opening weekend, or things you want to see going forward.
Posted by LSshoe on 2/15/26 at 6:56 pm to BiggaGeauxrilla
With the "way too early" tag, my thoughts:
Hitting is overall good, but their first couple guys in the first two games held us down pretty well. Could be early season sluggishness, could indicate that we're going to struggle at times.
Not enough data on any of the fielding really, even with the way too early tag. Very very few difficult opportunities. Most of their balls in play were ones that we had no chance to field or more or less routine. Milam had a pretty good play but we already know hes great there so it doesn't really reveal anything. Jake brown dropped a ball in the sun, which brings back some ptsd flashbacks, but I'm not going to roast him over it.
Pitching did struggle at times, and while they definitely consistently overpowered the batters, they also let up runs throughout, even guys who are expected (and needed) to be really really good. It does give some concern that they're going to struggle when the completion ramps up. I dont think we have a truly top end guy at this time, but I think if this staff is going to get us across the finishline its going to just be an arsenal of really good arms one after another.
In terms of other stuff, we didn't attempt many stolen bases which it seems every year we hear how we're going to steal more and havent. We didn't really bunt much and that seemed to be a trend early and often last year. Not sure what to take from that.
All in all I think next weekend will give us a lot better idea of who and where we are.
Hitting is overall good, but their first couple guys in the first two games held us down pretty well. Could be early season sluggishness, could indicate that we're going to struggle at times.
Not enough data on any of the fielding really, even with the way too early tag. Very very few difficult opportunities. Most of their balls in play were ones that we had no chance to field or more or less routine. Milam had a pretty good play but we already know hes great there so it doesn't really reveal anything. Jake brown dropped a ball in the sun, which brings back some ptsd flashbacks, but I'm not going to roast him over it.
Pitching did struggle at times, and while they definitely consistently overpowered the batters, they also let up runs throughout, even guys who are expected (and needed) to be really really good. It does give some concern that they're going to struggle when the completion ramps up. I dont think we have a truly top end guy at this time, but I think if this staff is going to get us across the finishline its going to just be an arsenal of really good arms one after another.
In terms of other stuff, we didn't attempt many stolen bases which it seems every year we hear how we're going to steal more and havent. We didn't really bunt much and that seemed to be a trend early and often last year. Not sure what to take from that.
All in all I think next weekend will give us a lot better idea of who and where we are.
Got plenty arms available I'd think
re: Schmidt
Posted by LSshoe on 2/15/26 at 3:08 pm to PrairievilleTiger
Eh I could see him getting the shores treatment. Getting almost forced into starts early on to get him reps so that he's in prime form later in the season. He needs reps. He needs to get his shite together for sure but he needs reps to make that happen.
re: Chris Stanfield
Posted by LSshoe on 2/15/26 at 3:04 pm to Tigergirl2015
I saw him in the dugout earlier in uniform and looked fine. I think Jay knows what he's got with him so he's letting some younger guys get some time today. He'll get most of the reps but I wouldn't be surprised if he sits against some early season scrubs and midweek opponents.
re: Is this years baseball team better 1-9 than last year's lineup?
Posted by LSshoe on 2/15/26 at 11:35 am to Hold That Tiger 10
We've been ok but haven't exactly looked dominant thus far. It's early for both teams but talent aside especially so for Milwaukee. You can't really judge a team this early as they haven't had enough looks for any kind of statistical trends to have developed. For instance I don't know if there's been a ball hit to the 3rd baseman yet. Nor do I think we've had to defend against a stolen base attempt. Edit: I do remember they had one successful streak attempt against us but it was overall handled well.
Struggling early in game is common when the opposition has likely their best pitchers on the mound but it's also Milwaukee. Likewise we haven't been absolutely dominant on the mound.
Now does any of this really mean anything in the long run? No not really. Team has a lot of newcomers and needs time to gel and to get back into their groove. I'm in no way freaking out but I'm certainly not seeing anything that definitively says this team is better than last years national championship winning team. There's plenty enough talent there. Outside of g1 and g2 starters. I don't think we have anyone on this roster who is going to surpass those two guys. Probably not even come close. But there's the (not yet realized) potential for the staff as a whole to be as good or better overall than last year. We shall see if it comes to pass. I think this team is going to be good though. We'll see if they can become great.
Struggling early in game is common when the opposition has likely their best pitchers on the mound but it's also Milwaukee. Likewise we haven't been absolutely dominant on the mound.
Now does any of this really mean anything in the long run? No not really. Team has a lot of newcomers and needs time to gel and to get back into their groove. I'm in no way freaking out but I'm certainly not seeing anything that definitively says this team is better than last years national championship winning team. There's plenty enough talent there. Outside of g1 and g2 starters. I don't think we have anyone on this roster who is going to surpass those two guys. Probably not even come close. But there's the (not yet realized) potential for the staff as a whole to be as good or better overall than last year. We shall see if it comes to pass. I think this team is going to be good though. We'll see if they can become great.
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