Does anyone know the status of J Robicheaux's hand after he got hit?
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Does anyone know the status of J Robicheaux's hand after he got hit?
serious bruise, he will be OK!Quote:
Originally Posted by barry0
I was sitting behind the Cajun's dugout and saw one member of the team get thrown out of the game for comments directed at the first base umpire. The reason Robe came out of the dugout the second time was because he was called out by the first base ump and needless to say got an earfull and a lesson on not giving a coach the curled finger "come see" and a lot more about doing his job. Robe then proceeded to tell the player he's out even though he wasn't in uniform he headed to the locker room. After the last pich of the game Nolan Gisclair made a comment to the same ump as he was exiting next to the dugout and was given the thumb up "your out" signal which will probably mean he have to miss Friday's game!!!!!! I don't condone out of line comments by players and don't pretend to even guess what the comment was but this guy caused the game to get away from measuring the play between two very talented teams. He and the home plate ump failed to call the game the way a seasoned crew would have and allowed the match to be determined other than by hitting, pitching and catching. And in closing to the Tulane player who gave the Tiger Wood fist pump to the Cajun dugout after scoring.....you better hope you don't see our boy's down the road.
CYALATA
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Maybe the late-season power surge came early.
Jefferies Tatford and UL baseball fans are hoping so, anyway.
The Cajuns' senior left fielder and occasional first baseman found Western Kentucky pitching to his liking last weekend, with home runs in all three games against the Hilltoppers. It was enough to earn Tatford honors as both Sun Belt Player of the Week and state Hitter of the Week.
It was also a sudden show of power in what has been a remarkably consistent season for the Lafayette and St. Thomas More product.
"I don't feel like I'm doing anything different," Tatford said one day prior to the Cajuns' Sun Belt Conference series opener at Troy. "I'm just putting good swings on balls in my zone."
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Tatford had five hits in the WKU series, with the three homers almost equaling his season total of four going into the weekend. In fact, between Feb. 18 and April 6, he had only two homers.
"Sometimes it just happens," he said. "The key is to not take driveable pitches."
Tatford hasn't taken a lot of hittable pitches during a season in which he started hot and hasn't cooled off. He was hitting over .400 the entire month of February, and hasn't dropped below .350 all season, taking a team-leading .374 average into today's 6 p.m. opener against the Trojans in Troy, Ala.
In contrast, Tatford had a late-season surge last year, hitting .350 over the final 10 games of the season to boost his season average to .336. He also had three of his four season home runs in those last 10 games, two of them in the Sun Belt Tournament.
"You can tell by watching that he's a much more confident hitter," said Cajun assistant coach John Szefc. "Last year, he'd get in a groove and have several good at-bats in a row. This year, he's had good at-bats just about every time."
A lot of those good at-bats came last week when he hit .429 and drove in nine runs. But Tatford has been a problem for opposing pitchers all season, mostly because he has proven to be much more in command of the strike zone.
He is far and away the team leader in both walks and hit batsmen, drawing 28 walks and being hit by pitches 10 times for 38 free passes. All last season, he drew 17 walks after getting only seven in his sophomore season.
It's helped him become a baseball rarity ... leading his team in both slugging percentage (.661) and on-base percentage (.526).
"There aren't any big differences," Tatford said. "Every day I go out early and get in some work, and all you try to do at this point in the season is stay in the zone and try to get good pitches to hit."
Those pitches have come both at home and on the road, with Tatford's numbers similar at both places. That's been a big part of UL's recent road success, with the Cajuns winning four of their last five away games prior to Wednesday's 5-4 loss at Tulane.
UL plays seven of its next eight games away from Moore Field including the key three-game series with the defending league champions that begins tonight.
"It helps to know that we've been getting after people pretty good on the road," Tatford said, "so there's no pressure in that sense. We know we have to be prepared every night and every night's going to be a fight from here on in."
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Originally Posted by keithj
what cost us the game was not hitting after the second inning
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Originally Posted by cajuns67
I wasn't there, but from the sound of it on the radio, the umpiring was horrible.
But I agree with you 100% as to why we lost. We need to stay focused. Bad umpiring is no excuse for not hitting. That is a mental flaw. If we expect to go far in the post season, we will have to become mentally tougher at the plate.
Was it his throwing hand?Quote:
Originally Posted by Cajun Express
i don't know for sure but i heard that it's still connected to his armQuote:
Originally Posted by barry0
He is a right-handed batter. It is probably his left or glove hand, which faces the pitcher when he bats.Quote:
Originally Posted by crazycajun
Be that as it may, getting screwed out of a couple big calls can be a real drag on moral.Quote:
Originally Posted by cajuns67