UL @ USM

[Rougarou]

There will be a lot to ponder on that long bus ride home. I imagine it will be quiet.

Hopefully this down performance becomes a turning point for our offense this season (much like the midpoint of last season when Shug got everyone fired up on the bus ride home). I hope our offense has officially hit bottom.

[Rougarou]

Can we get a cardboard cutout of Farmer in a bikini that Tony can take a piece off each time we win?

Lol

[CajunStros]

This season has taken years off my life. We are almost always one pitch away from disaster because our offense is a joke.

Hitting coach issues? Thurman has fallen off the face of the earth. Trosclair?? Safe to assume he is broken? Sensley has regressed so much from DII. I know there is a learning curve (no pun intended) but Jesus, this kid was drafted last summer. He had 20+ homeruns last year, he has 3 right now??
Robbins has been a much improved but seems to be a terrible slump of late. Clem is solid. Mills is much improved. Conrad status quo I guess.

[angeleast]

Well this sucked.. Now lets beat laturds azz

[Rougarou]

This season has taken years off my life. We are almost always one pitch away from disaster because our offense is a joke.

Hitting coach issues? Thurman has fallen off the face of the earth. Trosclair?? Safe to assume he is broken? Sensley has regressed so much from DII. I know there is a learning curve (no pun intended) but Jesus, this kid was drafted last summer. He had 20+ homeruns last year, he has 3 right now??
Robbins has been a much improved but seems to be a terrible slump of late. Clem is solid. Mills is much improved. Conrad status quo I guess.

Mills is slumping now. He just looks like he isn't seeing the ball well.

Robbins has been battling a thumb injury that has apparently gotten a little worse. Tough to hit with that I imagine.

[wcd35]

Tomorrow is a critical game in my opinion. Long ride home after getting your butt kicked, let the last two games send you into a tailspin at the plate and a Tech team playing well coming in. Need to respond because how we play tomorrow will affect a tricky road weekend.

Or we can respond and turn it into a catalyst for a good week

[LifeTimeCajun]

Pretty simple equation here...when our pitching isn't lights out, it can not cover up our shortcomings at the plate. Game was blown open on an 0-2 pitch that landed over the wall. And that was the game. We left 11 on base and they gave us 7 free base runners. If I'm not mistaken our two runs were on a flare to the outfield. I know this...we have been an action team the last few seasons. Bunt, steal, hit and run, squeeze....and we stuck it in the gap when we needed to. We are not an action team this year. We do not put pressure on the defense. That's concerning to me. We are not a power team and that's fine. But we have got to make things happen on the bases. And I don't mean run ourselves out of innings like we are capable of.

[CajunDreDog]

Meanwhile in Auburn, AL

S Bama 8 10 0 - LOB 10
Auburn 0 1 1 - LOB 3
Middle 9th

[ManAboutTown]

This season has taken years off my life. We are almost always one pitch away from disaster because our offense is a joke.

Hitting coach issues? Thurman has fallen off the face of the earth. Trosclair?? Safe to assume he is broken? Sensley has regressed so much from DII. I know there is a learning curve (no pun intended) but Jesus, this kid was drafted last summer. He had 20+ homeruns last year, he has 3 right now??
Robbins has been a much improved but seems to be a terrible slump of late. Clem is solid. Mills is much improved. Conrad status quo I guess.

This is exactly why people think it's a system issue. Forgot how to run the bases over the summer? Forgot how to execute a bunt? Forgot how to be aggressive in a smart and useful way? Forgot how not to be picked off? Forgot how to pick pitches? Trosclair went from an all american to an 8 hole hitter in one off season?

Is there a single bat in this lineup not named Kyle Clement that scares anyone in the country??

[ManAboutTown]

Pretty simple equation here...when our pitching isn't lights out, it can not cover up our shortcomings at the plate. Game was blown open on an 0-2 pitch that landed over the wall. And that was the game. We left 11 on base and they gave us 7 free base runners. If I'm not mistaken our two runs were on a flare to the outfield. I know this...we have been an action team the last few seasons. Bunt, steal, hit and run, squeeze....and we stuck it in the gap when we needed to. We are not an action team this year. We do not put pressure on the defense. That's concerning to me. We are not a power team and that's fine. But we have got to make things happen on the bases. And I don't mean run ourselves out of innings like we are capable of.

Did you happen to hear the post game interview with Robe?