Cajun Baseball Talk

[Frenchie35]

_ Not sure where you are getting the 200lb average. I only saw 3 or 4 position players listed at 200+. _

OK 191 lbs. for the starting line up average. I missed it by 9 lbs. by just looking at the weights. So I added them up so as to satisfy some.

[cajun4life]

_ Don't get me wrong you can't win if you can keep the other team from scoring, but you also can't win if you cant score.

Our pitching is good enough to win! Our hitting is not! _

We have had good to great pitching ever since Robe has been here. Problem is we have rarely had a team full of guys who could mash the ball or hit for a very high average.

You can't win on the big stage without hitting. IMO That is why we have not had as much post season success as Rice, Tulane and other mid-majors. We have had the pitching just not the bats.

[cajunbaseball1]

What's the problem with our pitching this and last year then if we always have good pitching.

We have had good to great pitching ever since Robe has been here. Problem is we have rarely had a team full of guys who could mash the ball or hit for a very high average.

You can't win on the big stage without hitting. IMO That is why we have not had as much post season success as Rice, Tulane and other mid-majors. We have had the pitching just not the bats.

igeaux.mobi

[CajunProud]

_ We have had good to great pitching ever since Robe has been here. Problem is we have rarely had a team full of guys who could mash the ball or hit for a very high average.

You can't win on the big stage without hitting. IMO That is why we have not had as much post season success as Rice, Tulane and other mid-majors. We have had the pitching just not the bats. _

I agree with you on the hitting part, but I would say we have had good to very good pitching, not great. Our problem in the pitching department has been with depth. Look at 2002. Once we got past Gabriel and Gros, we didn't have much. Same in 2005 when we went to the Tulane regional. 2007 was the exception, but again, we didn't have the bats to get us out of the regional.

[cajunbaseball1]

We batted like 330 as a team in 2005. That's the difference. They also had a few guys pitching their butts off that year too. Not an accident they won the conference and ended up in a regional. And I know cajun2bag would back me up on that. They also had the "passion" he was talking about. To compare this team to that team is insane.

They had 6 guys on the bump they could count on game in and game out that year. Ardoin did lose his last 5 starts and there was some controversy but he also won his first 10 straight. We don't have one guy that you can compare to that pitching staff on this team.

I agree with you on the hitting part, but I would say we have had good to very good pitching, not great. Our problem in the pitching department has been with depth. Look at 2002. Once we got past Gabriel and Gros, we didn't have much. Same in 2005 when we went to the Tulane regional. 2007 was the exception, but again, we didn't have the bats to get us out of the regional.

igeaux.mobi

[Dad04]

In 2005 Ardoin and Faught anchored the staff very well. The team swung the bat with alot of arrogance. I remember watching an intersquad game just before opening day. They were crushing the ball all over the yard. I thought right then if they had decent pitching they were going to be successful that season. The line up was deep. They won about a dozen more games than the year prior.

[cajun2bag]

we held each other accountable! There wasn't anyone on that team that didn't want to be up at the plate with the game on the line! We did not have the best talent in the country, but we made the most of the talent that we had!

[cajun4life]

_ What's the problem with our pitching this and last year then if we always have good pitching.




igeaux.mobi _

The problem is that they know they have to pitch a perfect game to win. They know that they are going to get limited run support and its hard to pitch when you don't have confidence in the guys in the field and at the plate.

[CajunProud]

_ We batted like 330 as a team in 2005. That's the difference. They also had a few guys pitching their butts off that year too. Not an accident they won the conference and ended up in a regional. And I know cajun2bag would back me up on that. They also had the "passion" he was talking about. To compare this team to that team is insane.

They had 6 guys on the bump they could count on game in and game out that year. Ardoin did lose his last 5 starts and there was some controversy but he also won his first 10 straight. We don't have one guy that you can compare to that pitching staff on this team.



igeaux.mobi _

No need to get personal. For the record, I am not insane, just a passionate UL fan (I know, those two can get confusing at times)

I wasn't comparing this years team with the 2005 team.

Faugth and Ardoin were tremendous. There was also one guy on that staff that I thought could have really helped out, but for one reason or another, Coach did not use him enough (in my opinion). His name was Ian Pecarero.

[cajun2bag]

I agree about Ian. He was a hard thrower, but had trouble with command at time. However, his senior season the time he pitched he did very well. especially against Alabama in the regional.

I think the 2005 team could give the 2009 team a run for their money right now!

[rgncjn12]

I think the 2005 team could give the 2009 team a run for their money right now! _

Geez, way to really compare your 2005 team to a 6-9-1 2009 team. Every team should be compared to the 99-00 Cajuns. That was a bunch of men. No team comes close to them except maybe 2007.

GEAUX UL!
BEAT MICKEYNEESE!

[Dad04]

You might need to take infield once or twice first.....