tomcatrav

Totally agree.

We may not have a KA or PS type ace, but our 1-3 (with Moore available) is pretty legit. Sheerin, Fontenot, Cowan, Guidry is pretty legit backend IMO. Unfortunately no lefties really being consistent yet.

Defense has been bad but I think with consistent playing time Pearson and Dardar will be avg at fielding their respective positions.

1b has been bad but I’m assuming the Yorke experiment is coming to a close. So it may get better or worse there.

C defense will be IMO the biggest limiting factor for any meaning post season push. You just can’t give free bases at that level of competition. I was pleasantly surprised by Yamin and am holding out hope that one of the other two takes a step forward defensively.

This team can make a run.

Love the lineup flexibility that gives us.

Hopefully that’s the spark we need.

Curiel
Arrambide
Brown
Yorke
Milam
Caraway
Dardar
Braun / Pearson
Stanny

“I don’t think Weeks not being in games had anything to do with players not being able to tackle or being in the right places”

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So, just playing devils advocate here, you don’t think your best tackler and qb of your defense being out had anything to do with the defenses ability to tackle or be in proper position ?


Again, I think you still likely lose both games. But if they are closer and looked better, I think BK is still has a job for better or worse .

I thought the presentation was solid. I thought he presented the DA’s report and relevant data in a fair and reasonable way. I thought his defense of his clients actions was well thought out and measured. overall, he did his job to prove his client’s innocence without going over the top with accusations or hyperbole. Job well done IMO.

I’m gonna tell you a little story. For reference I am mid forties and this took place a few years ago. A few subtle or not so subtle brags in here I guess but here goes.

I had been training for my first half-Ironman for a year or so and was feeling pretty good (hint: you CAN get in much better shape post 35). 4 days before my race I had a pretty bad fall off my bike and separated my shoulder.

I decided I would go to the race and give it a shot anyway, but was not sure if I could swim at all and was nervous as hell about getting back on the bike.

I was throwing a pity party for myself at the start line and worrying about all that could go wrong. I struck up a conversation with the 70 yr old woman next to me in the start area. She had recently been diagnosed with Parkinson’s, had shoulder surgery following a bike crash that year, and had completed a full Ironman a few weeks prior. Incredibly impressive woman.

All of a sudden my problems paled in comparison. It gave me the mental kick in the pants I needed to start and finish that race.

The moral of the story is as bad as you think it is or could be , somebody is dealing with way worse. Complaining and lamenting your fate or situation does no good for you or anyone else.

The best you can do is keep working, stay positive , and focus on things bigger than yourself. Make yourself and the world around you a little better each day.

I get the hate for PE. They are there to make money. People don’t like that health care is a business and business requires profit to run. I get that too.

What I think people tend to miss is in the equation here is that ALL providers of health care have to be profitable or the system eventually collapses into a single payer clusterf$&@.

Physician owned practices require profit to continue to exist. Same for hospitals or hospital systems that employee physicians. Private equity owned practices are no different in that sense.

It’s getting harder and harder for physicians to make it in private practice. IMO there needs to be another option besides hospital employment to keep the big hospital systems in check. I think PE backed firms are the solution for that and outlawing them is likely a bad idea.

Hopefully that is a sign of good things to come for him. Threw strikes and executed. Keep it going young man!

This guy makes almost every baseball thread unreadable. I can handle negatigers, sunshine pumpers, whatever. But this dude is something else entirely. His takes are factually dumb, emotionally driven, and completely designed to be trolling/argumentative. I love LSU baseball. And I love reading /talking about it here. This guy needs to go.

You have a legit ace that is an advantage over most and a push with the other elites in SR or Omaha.

You have a Saturday starter that is looking better and better and likely an advantage over most any number 2 starter.

You have 2 bullpen arms that match length and ability with any 2 bullpen arms in the country.

That’s a good place to start.

You need 2 arms to step up. It may or may not happen.

Offensively, need some better at bats. But everyone in the lineup has shown the ability to do it. I think they break out of this slump at some point.

Assuming we don’t shite the bed coming down the stretch, almost certainly will host a regional. I like our odds of winning the first 2 games. Then you just need to find a way to win one. I think this team can do that.

In a 2 of 3 SR, we are pretty well equipped to go get two games.

When you get to Omaha, you’re going to need an Ack-like (off the radar) performance from someone to get all the way through, but I think that’s true for most teams.

I think this team is actually in a pretty good spot. If they can win at least 4 games through the next 3 series, you’ll know you are in a decent spot. If they manage to win 5 or more games, you are in business. These next 3 series will feel like supers.