geebus Stitch, that is a painful photo.

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nereus said:

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I am curious what gets said on the double play ball in the postgame. It almost feels like the short stop forgot about the runner on first and was thinking there was just a runner on second. Otherwise I don't understand it at all.

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I think he was just trying to get the certain out on the lead runner in case the double play didn't work. Conservative play but not without merit, if the double play throw goes wayward or is a close play that gives the lead runner space to score.

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The bigger problem is if you fail to turn it, the batter can steal second, and a single ties the game. We'll never know if they would have turned it.

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And if you throw to third in that situation, you have runners on first and second and a guy can hit it to the outfield to tie the game.

If you lose that game, your season is over. You have to try in that situation. You have to try.

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Right, if he takes out the runner at second instead of the runner at third, and davalon misses that same catch, its a lot less likely that a runner from first makes it home than the runner at second. Up until the post season, Arkansas wasn't stealing a lot of bases, so its not a given he'd steal second (succesfully)


even assuming that they fail to turn two, its still the wrong move. He got frozen and tried to make a smart/conservative decision and it cost him.


and I think Davalon could have made a smarter decision on the catch there if it was runners on the corners too.

Was Arkansas out of mound visits?? He should have made a visit if he could have after that play. (or challenged something stupid)

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I don't understand. The tying run was on first in either scenario.

magnolia tiger said:

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And to expand on that, Coastal beat Arizona in the finals to win it all in 2016, Jay Johnson was the coach of Arizona. Lots of story lines.

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omg

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The very last play of the game last night is why I always played 2nd base with a large glove. The first thing you have to do on defense is catch the ball, and the odds of not getting a line drive, bad throw, grounder in the hole, or a blooper over my shoulder were way higher than the odds of not getting the ball out of the glove. Players don't mess up transfers because the glove is too big. They mess them up because they're in a hurry.

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This was the epitome of LSU luck: Ark had the second baseman played PERFECTLY with respect to position. Then the left fielder's ball goes off into the corner instead of in front of him. Those balls were both inches away from not only being outs -- they were inches away from still being misplayed but not hurting Ark.

College baseball batters are good and have a lot of control as to where the pitches they hit go. But they don't have THAT much control (inches). The fact that it happened ONCE last night was one thing. Happening twice is all but unbelievable.

3 at 'em balls that should have gotten 3 or 4 outs and they got 1. The only person out there with composure was the freshman pitcher.

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austinag1997 said:

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This feels like the missed foul ball catch.

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And I know the kid who was the left fielder, that should've taken charge, that stopped and let the ball bounce 4 feet in front of him. Just wasn't in his DNA.

Wow! Wow! Wow!

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Would have been an awfully long run for that left fielder.

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Umm, the ball that lost them game two, of the championship series, was down the first base line, he stopped to let the 2nd baseman take it and it to fell between them, about 4 feet in front of him. He should've called them off and taken charge, but he didn't and the rest is Arkansas history.

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Umm, imagine thinking the LEFT fielder would ever have a play on a ball hit down the first base line. But then here you are repeating it again LOL!

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I guess you didn't read the rest of the replies, not surprised. I made a typo and meant right fielder, but feel good about your hubris.

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AggieBB said:

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austinag1997 said:

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This feels like the missed foul ball catch.

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And I know the kid who was the left fielder, that should've taken charge, that stopped and let the ball bounce 4 feet in front of him. Just wasn't in his DNA.

Wow! Wow! Wow!

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Would have been an awfully long run for that left fielder.

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Umm, the ball that lost them game two, of the championship series, was down the first base line, he stopped to let the 2nd baseman take it and it to fell between them, about 4 feet in front of him. He should've called them off and taken charge, but he didn't and the rest is Arkansas history.

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Umm, imagine thinking the LEFT fielder would ever have a play on a ball hit down the first base line. But then here you are repeating it again LOL!

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I guess you didn't read the rest of the replies, not surprised. I made a typo and meant right fielder, but feel good about your hubris.

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I mean…if the LF is that good…then he could have!