The Book 2007 Ragin' Cajun Baseball

[barry0]

Does anyone know the status of J Robicheaux's hand after he got hit?

[Cajun Express]

_ Does anyone know the status of J Robicheaux's hand after he got hit? _

serious bruise, he will be OK!

[cyalata]

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

[NewsCopy]

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." The rest of the story Dan McDonald dmcdonald@theadvertiser.com

[cajuns67]

The umpiring in this game was horrrrible. A lot of the fans were very vocal. I think Coach Robicheaux should have got out there to argue after the ump made the call that the ball hit to the right field line was fair. No way that ball landed in fair territory. That pretty much cost us the game.

what cost us the game was not hitting after the second inning

[CajunProud]

_ what cost us the game was not hitting after the second inning _

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.

[CajunProud]

_ serious bruise, he will be OK! _

Was it his throwing hand?

[CrazyCajun]

_ Does anyone know the status of J Robicheaux's hand after he got hit? _

i don't know for sure but i heard that it's still connected to his arm

[Dad04]

_ i don't know for sure but i heard that it's still connected to his arm _

He is a right-handed batter. It is probably his left or glove hand, which faces the pitcher when he bats.

[keithj]

what cost us the game was not hitting after the second inning

Be that as it may, getting screwed out of a couple big calls can be a real drag on moral.