BB Final: UL 3, Tulane 7

[Dad04]

When did he say that?

Just a guess. Diamond Club?

https://bleacherreport.com/articles/...-its-shortstop

[JMV JustMyView]

Just a guess. Diamond Club?

https://bleacherreport.com/articles/...-its-shortstop

Its really all a matter of opinion but I have played both and always felt like 3rd was harder.

[Rougarou]

Just a guess. Diamond Club?

https://bleacherreport.com/articles/...-its-shortstop

Nice article. I thought this summed it up nicely:

"The difference is not extreme in any instance, but there is a difference. And it can be seen, not in the best players at the positions, but in the average ones. Your average shortstop could move to third. Your average third-sacker could certainly NOT move to short. They would either be too slow or to awkward or too, uh, mentally limited. That is why most pro infielders (with the exception of the huge first basemen) were shortstops at some point in their careers. They started off as the best athlete and were put at SS. At a certain level, their defense became average for the spot, so they were moved to another position."

[MetryCajun]

We are a 500 team and that is about all there is to that. Just temper your expectations and realize we haven't recruited as well as we would have liked the last few years. Robe was brutally honest we didn't have the arms we need to compete this year.

After attending last night you can see what guys on our team fail the eyeball test. I was perplexed why an injured Lahare was playing while doing nothing at the plate. I got my answer last night. Our weekday pitchers? Not good enough command when ahead in the count.
Our biggest problem is we have no one in the batting order who scares anyone. I know the SBC typically has shaky pitching staffs past the Friday starter, but I would expect this team to struggle with consistency. A .500 record is probably what to expect with so few good hitters.

[Jacob81]

What exactly has Cantrelle done? And it wasn’t an outing. It was several and people were really patient with him not hitting for half the damn season last year because he was making up for it at SS. This year he wasn’t hitting AND booting balls, that’s what brought up the discussion, don’t compare him to gunner leger until he puts a skin on the wall much less the skins gunner has hanging. I was for giving someone else a shot, it wasnt Lockeridge though

Never mind. Already spent enough time on the subject. Guess we will never know who the Best SS on the bench is because Hayden Ain’t going nowhere.

[Dad04]

Nice article. I thought this summed it up nicely:

"The difference is not extreme in any instance, but there is a difference. And it can be seen, not in the best players at the positions, but in the average ones. Your average shortstop could move to third. Your average third-sacker could certainly NOT move to short. They would either be too slow or to awkward or too, uh, mentally limited. That is why most pro infielders (with the exception of the huge first basemen) were shortstops at some point in their careers. They started off as the best athlete and were put at SS. At a certain level, their defense became average for the spot, so they were moved to another position."

Exactly. I thought everybody knew that.

[Dad04]

After attending last night you can see what guys on our team fail the eyeball test. I was perplexed why an injured Lahare was playing while doing nothing at the plate. I got my answer last night. Our weekday pitchers? Not good enough command when ahead in the count.
Our biggest problem is we have no one in the batting order who scares anyone. I know the SBC typically has shaky pitching staffs past the Friday starter, but I would expect this team to struggle with consistency. A .500 record is probably what to expect with so few good hitters.

Hopeful for .500

[ConfusedFan]

Exactly. I thought everybody knew that.

Apparently not everyone

[CajunVic]

Never mind. Already spent enough time on the subject. Guess we will never know who the Best SS on the bench is because Hayden Ain't going nowhere.

That is a fact because his daddy was promised that for him to come here. All I hope is that he keeps on this year and he doesn’t take half a season to get there next.

[MetryCajun]

Hopeful for .500

We are not a bad team, we just don’t have the 2-3 good bats in the middle of the lineup that can put pressure on the other team. You could tell last night how good Tulanes top 5 hitters were. Cantrell, Breaux and possibly Kasuls are the only position players who would start for Tulane. We actually have an everyday DH who has not hit a HR. We have to recruit better hitters.

[JMV JustMyView]

We are not a bad team, we just don't have the 2-3 good bats in the middle of the lineup that can put pressure on the other team. You could tell last night how good Tulanes top 5 hitters were. Cantrell, Breaux and possibly Kasuls are the only position players who would start for Tulane. We actually have an everyday DH who has not hit a HR. We have to recruit better hitters.

Or how about coaching better.

[CajunT]

Exactly. I thought everybody knew that.

Well, you know the baseball season is over after 27 games so anyone can play short stop.