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Is it supposed to rain on Sunday? If so, odds they play 2 tomorrow? Perhaps the rain will hold off?
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I maintain going to Adler was a terrible decision. Holmes looked about as good as he had all year and was going to be facing a .182 hitter. Adler has an ERA over 10 in his last 7 outings. And for the R/R matchup you were chasing, shockingly Charlotte had a lefty hitting better than .182 on the bench that they immediately pinch hit with anyway. I can understand the argument that maybe Holmes was done and that he'd just had to wait around for 15 minutes for no reason. Kindof. But I don't get going to Adler. Anyway. That's Cdizzle@shockernet.net if you want to call me out on the next coaches show. Careful though, cause I'm one of the 18 people watching from the stadium seating instead of my couch.
I am super glad it worked out. Charlotte didn't deserve to be rewarded for whatever that temper tantrum was. That runner probably should have been ejected given the amount of yelling at the umps and, well, everyone, that he did. I assume some sort of obstruction argument? Or thinking the ball hit OB? Would be curious to hear from anyone that was watching the broadcast. Not sure how reviewable that is. Also not sure that the umps actually reviewed anything. Feel like they decided it would be faster to run off the field for 6 seconds and say call confirmed than to continue the argument.
Glorious weather and night at the ballpark. Crisp, clean, quick baseball. Fun to watch. I didn't think the Shox really had an approach problem early, the opposing pitcher was just giving them problems. It didn't help that on several occasions with runners on, some generous 0-1 counts were awarded to the Charlotte pitcher. The first time that didn't happen, Durnin deposited the ball over the fence a couple pitches later.
The Durnin Dinger was obviously the highlight, but what an AB by DJohnson just before him. Down 0-2, battled back to draw the walk, which ended up being the difference. The energy in the WSU dugout went from 10 to 100 over the course of the AB and they didn't look back. I didn't think there was anything wrong with the energy from the guys before that, but man were they into it afterwards, and that was a lot of fun. Watching them exhort the crowd in the 9th inning and getting at least a tiny semblance of atmosphere for a couple of outs was great.
Got that first one done. Had to start there and had to try to keep building any mojo they found in Tejas.Comment
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Cdizzle nailed it like a split hog and I probably should just leave perfection alone but anyway.
We HAD to get that last out. Holmes, who was SPECTACULAR, was out of gas and standing around for 5+. Season high 38 pitches. I contend Charlotte’s hissy fit was intentional to get him out. I wanted to go to Caleb instead, but I get it.
Our guys deserved that win. Good, clean baseball game. Tommy was strong, Hunter was special and thank you Kam!
Dugout energy DID step up! Awesome energy.
Extremely disappointing crowd. Thank you to everyone that made it! Great weather, important game, good baseball, empty stadium……on senior weekend. SmhComment
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Great to see Tom Kosich at the game too. Not sure what we did to earn his huge generosity, but thank you very much TK!Comment
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Hoping it will be better today, I’m bringing more with me.Originally posted by WuDrWu View Post
No idea how that Charlotte kid wasn’t thrown out. I saw them their opening weekend when we played hoop down in Charlotte. They are a team that likes to run their mouth and play with their emotions out.Brummett throws, STRUCK HIM OUT! THE SHOCKERS ARE NATIONAL CHAMPIONS! AN UNBELIEVABLE STORY!Comment
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So you're saying they're a bunch of Charlottans?Kung Wu say, man who read woman like book, prefer braille!Comment
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Today the weather is damn near perfectComment
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Starting Birge is a choice.Comment
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Charlotte continues to benefit from some generous strikes.Comment
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Gift run there but the sun is brutal. Favors getting hit pretty hard.
Lucky to get out of inning with just one.Comment
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Charlotte kinda hammering Favors. Should still be 4-1 without the 3-base missed fly ball. But still a lot of hard hit balls.Comment
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Yikes. Haven't seen that collision before. Hope they are both ok.Comment
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Favors won't be able to go as many innings if he doesn't get efficient real quick like.Kung Wu say, man who read woman like book, prefer braille!Comment
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He heard me.Kung Wu say, man who read woman like book, prefer braille!Comment
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