Question for USCbatgirl
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The decline of Legion ball amazes me. I loved those days, great coaches, great friends. And you played for your home town.
Sightler was an excellent pitcher in H.S. He will do well on the mound, if he has himself prepared for College batters.
He may be exactly what we need in the rotation or out of the bullpen.
We need more than one person. We need at least six more good players. This team is pitiful. Kingston better hit the honey hole in this next recruiting class because we are awful.
Me too...grew up going to games.
Can you just imagine what this offense will be like without Olsen, Hopkins and Cullen next season?
Unless things somehow change for the better real soon, it"s hard to imagine that quality pitchers will want to join the Gamecock program wondering how the runs are going to be produced.
Those were the biggest crowds most HS ballplayers ever played in front of. HS games were a few parents and girlfriends. Legion games the stadiums were packed full. It was amazing.
Hopefully the pitchers that are hurt come back stronger and better than they had shown in the past. I have not been impressed with Mod, Ridge showed some flashes last year but very inconsistent, and Bridges little promise only lasted 1 outing before he was back to getting roughed up. Don't blame our pitching woes on the injuries, those players weren't putting up great #'s before they went down, and it wasn't vs SEC teams
Just did the same to mine on my way to Augusta for The Masters. I'm now wearing a boot a good bit of the time. Painful injury.
every time I think of Mlodzinski's injury, I think of the old Dizzy Sean story. A lot of people don't even know who he is. He was a very good pitcher back in the 30's and 40's. Later he became one of the color commentators on the Saturday Game of the Week. Dizzy was famous for his twist on the English language. People "SLUD" into a base, they didn't slide. He also would call infield pop ups and lazy foul balls to the outfield, "cans of corn".
Well ole Dizz was pitching and a batter hit a line drive off his big toe. He had to be pulled out of that game as he could barely walk. I think he may have had a broken toe. He tried to tough it out and come back too soon. To deal with the pain landing after each pitch, he adjusted his motion. That led to arm problems and ended up ending his career. He pitched a few more years but never as effectively as before the toe injury.
That's what concerns me with any sort of foot injury. With "Mlod" change his delivery any and end up hurting his arm?
Well ole Dizz was pitching and a batter hit a line drive off his big toe. He had to be pulled out of that game as he could barely walk. I think he may have had a broken toe. He tried to tough it out and come back too soon. To deal with the pain landing after each pitch, he adjusted his motion. That led to arm problems and ended up ending his career. He pitched a few more years but never as effectively as before the toe injury.
That's what concerns me with any sort of foot injury. With "Mlod" change his delivery any and end up hurting his arm?
so can anyone list our pitchers who are out?
1. Mlodzinski SP
2. Lawson RP
3. Bridges RP
4.
5.
6.
can't remember who 4,5, & 6 are. Just the ones named rocked our bull pen & the weekend rotation. It's amazing the number or freshmen we are pitching this year. One can only hope that will pay dividends the next couple of years.
1. Mlodzinski SP
2. Lawson RP
3. Bridges RP
4.
5.
6.
can't remember who 4,5, & 6 are. Just the ones named rocked our bull pen & the weekend rotation. It's amazing the number or freshmen we are pitching this year. One can only hope that will pay dividends the next couple of years.
We can't just blame the pitching. Seems like are bats are silent, can't seem to get timely hits, and score with men on base, or even get pressure on the pitcher at times. Baseball was the one sport I look forward to watching because we use to be good at that...Not these days though.... I think that
the coaching staff needs to light a fire under our players, and have better game plans for our team and get them a better chance to win some series.
Logan Chapman & Ridge Chapman come to mind. I also believe one freshman is redshirting with arm (maybe something else) issues.
USCBatgirl21
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When I made the comment A MONTH AGO, the biggest issue was the pitching. Since other issue are just a bad.
USCBatgirl21
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Just posted this in another thread:
Pitching is a problem, BUT not the biggest problem.
In SEC Play through 4/19:
SC is 5th in home runs (18) behind Miss St. - 22; Vandy - 22; Florida -21; and Kentucky - 20.
That is the good news. The Bad News:
Last in Batting Average - 194 next team is Alabama - .216 22 points behind.
Last in On Base %.
Last in Runs scored
Last in Hits
Last in Runs Batted In
Next to last in Total bases - Alabama
Last in total plate appearances
Last in At Bats
12 out of 14 in Walks
5th in Strikeouts
Last in Sac Flies
However, in our pitching, we make up for all that with:
Last in Batters Struck out
Last in Saves
Tied for last in Runners Picked Off
4th in Sac Bunts Allowed
11th out of 14 in runs allowed
11th out of 14 Earned Runs Allowed
3rd in Home Runs Allowed
Tied for 2nd in Wild Pitches
Tied for 3rd in Hit Batters
And !st in Intentional BB Allowed.
Who Would have EVER Thought we would be in this position????
