BB G1: Louisiana 1, Troy 7

[ManAboutTown]

Deggs said Troy 1B coach was tipping pitches. Our hitters didn’t compete good enough at the plate. Credit to Troy capitalizing on mistake pitches.

There’s always a GD excuse with this guy. Why do we always have someone picking up signals against our teams since Deggs took over?

[zeppelincajun]

Saying the team is “completely lost at the plate” after 2 innings or that Ray is “serving up beach balls” after a great AB where he eventually got beat is over the top in my opinion. There’s always some context to consider.

But if you’re in favor of trashing the players because they are behind after 2 innings, then have it at.

That said, I agree with you that Ray didn’t have a “put away” pitch tonight and it cost him. I also agree with some of the comments about this team not having a legit Friday night starter. And they are a couple arms short in the pen.

I also think that this team is better than the teams we’ve had over the last few years.

There’s still a couple innings left although it’s a high hill to climb tonight, but there are a couple games left in this series so let’s see what happens.

Let’s be clear he said he served up A beach ball. I said the same. That he hung a pitch. He did man. It was a fat pitch. Like I said earlier: I think guys were fouling off because Ray had nothing tonight he could get by them to finish an at bat.
As far as the comments on looking lost at the plate, we did man. I can’t speak for the other guy but this happens too much over the last few years where we can’t hit good pitching and it’s just chalked up to “running in to a great arm.”

I posted our error stats in the McNeese thread. That’s something I don’t know what to make of with this team. I heard “regional team” and “strong defense” before the season started. I’ve seen nothing out of our pitching staff that indicates we could win a conference tournament. The defense has been a HUGE let down. This was our 5th straight game with an error. We have been sloppy since the UCI series.

You’re right. We’ve got 2 more opportunities this weekend. I hope we make the most of them. I’m just not sure what to hang our hat on at this point. Our hitting is inconsistent, pitching is thin and not even that great at the top, and our defense is not living up to the hype.

[ManAboutTown]

The pattern is pretty easy to see. We don’t have an ace, we are paper thin in the bullpen and we can’t hit good pitching. It’s not that difficult.

We have a handful of really nice players but won’t go anywhere without quality arms.

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[mxpxfr690]

The pattern is pretty easy to see. We don’t have an ace, we are paper thin in the bullpen and we can’t hit good pitching. It’s not that difficult.

We have a handful of really nice players but won’t go anywhere without quality arms.

Exactly! Worst pitching staff we have had in a long time…if we had the staff of Leger and Marks with this lineup I think we would be a way better team…our hitters are much improved since the last 4-5 years.

[Rougarou]

Low scoring for one side. We are rebuilding. I still need more patience.

I do too.

[Rougarou]

There’s always a GD excuse with this guy. Why do we always have someone picking up signals against our teams since Deggs took over?

To be fair to Deggs he didn’t say we lost the game bc of tipped pitches. He was upset with our hitters for not competing at the plate first and foremost. He discussed our pitchers doing pretty well other than some mistake pitches that he credited Troy for capitalizing on. Troy had more runs than hits. He left the interview with Brad saying we are going to get the tipped pitches from the first base box stopped.

I could have summarized the interview better.

[Dad04]

Stealing signs in baseball is as old as chewing tobacco and is not cheating. Don't tip your pitches and don't get your signs stolen in the first place.

[CajunVic]

There’s always a GD excuse with this guy. Why do we always have someone picking up signals against our teams since Deggs took over?

Bailing on the coach again. I was wondering how long it would take until you reverted to the attitude you displayed last year . . .

[RaginScotsman]

There’s always a GD excuse with this guy. Why do we always have someone picking up signals against our teams since Deggs took over?

Whenever I hear the stealing signs excuse I always think two things. 1. The opposition obviously did their homework. 2. Why did we not do our homework and steal their signs?

[RaginScotsman]

Whenever I hear the stealing signs excuse I always think two things. 1. The opposition obviously did their homework. 2. Why did we not do our homework and steal their signs?

….it also begs the question-why are we garbage at hiding signs?

[ManAboutTown]

Bailing on the coach again. I was wondering how long it would take until you reverted to the attitude you displayed last year . . .

Not that I care what you think, but I never changed my opinion or stance. I’ve been very consistent on how I feel about Deggs as a manager.

[angeleast]

Whenever I hear the stealing signs excuse I always think two things. 1. The opposition obviously did their homework. 2. Why did we not do our homework and steal their signs?

Pure logic and I can't argue with this

[LifeTimeCajun]

Deggs is a top assistant just about anywhere in the country. He was great here in his prior stint bc he was extremely hungry with something to prove being he was out of baseball for a while and had a second chance. Idk if anything has changed, but his ability to run the entire organization is in question. It worked here bc he and Tony were polar opposites. Tony had the ability figure out the right mixture and had the final say on most things. Thats how i see it. We have either gotten away from what has made us successful on the mound whether that be in recruiting those kind of kids or the overall pitching philosophy. Everything starts on the mound. Very seldom did we have super power arms but we had pitchability. We pitched to contact and made plays behind them. I do think if we had that this year the offense would be enough to win more games.

[Skinnycajun]

Pure logic and I can't argue with this

re: tipping.why let them know we know?