Handsome Monica

[CajunT]

Not sure why any comparison should be made at all.

Softball lost the heart of the team. Baseball lost Monica, an above average player at best last year.

End of analysis.

Sorry, Monica wasn't above average at most things. He did throw out .46% of the attempted stolen bases against him.

[Rainman66]

He did get up to .200, but slid back down that hill over the last week, or two. the fact we cannot solve an 85 mph lefty on Friday night is disturbing. Amateur baseball, I guess.

Gunnar is an 85 mph lefty on Friday night. If you can pitch, 85 is plenty fast enough in college.

[Just1More]

J1M,
we will have to agree to disagree (with respect) about which personnel loss was more monumental to the respective national power programs. I assume you feel the original post meant (biggest combo loss in "Cajun Baseball" history. I admit I am more of a softball fan than baseball fan, but I am a huge Ragin Cajun fan.

I chose not to explain myself... but softball was anything but a normal circumstance. Every sport has injuries year to year. I took the OP to mean losing 2 superstars in a single year, to start a season, lost to injury. But that’s just how I took it.

[Just1More]

I'll get back with you, I'm hosing off my rubber boots.

Turbine... let’s get serious... you never take your rubber boots off... and running this site... I think that would be wise.

[Just1More]

Wait what?

Robe has chosen to keep himself on his staff.

[UncleCajun]

I chose not to explain myself... but softball was anything but a normal circumstance. Every sport has injuries year to year. I took the OP to mean losing 2 superstars in a single year, to start a season, lost to injury. But that’s just how I took it.

I got ya now - thanks - I was looking more at the effects of the personnel loss regardless of reason as I assume Barisaxman was, as well - I'll re-read the post with that in mind.

[jumboragncajun]

Sorry, Monica wasn't above average at most things. He did throw out .46% of the attempted stolen bases against him.

Monica does not like your decimal.

[CajunVic]

Sorry, Monica wasn't above average at most things. He did throw out .46% of the attempted stolen bases against him.

That has to be the smallest percentage of any catcher to have ever played the game.

[Just1More]

I got ya now - thanks - I was looking more at the effects of the personnel loss regardless of reason as I assume Barisaxman was, as well - I'll re-read the post with that in mind.

Just different ways of looking at the comment. I’m in agreement with THE Barisaxman in terms of the softball player loss. It was just such an unusually odd situation (softball).

[Big Buds]

I chose not to explain myself... but softball was anything but a normal circumstance. Every sport has injuries year to year. I took the OP to mean losing 2 superstars in a single year, to start a season, lost to injury. But that’s just how I took it.

This was partially the way the original post was intended to be interpreted. Additionally, one can say that the catcher is the most important position in the game and acts almost like a QB does in football. Couple that with the loss of your All-American Friday Night Ace, both because of injury, and you got yourself a major ____ty situation. This team also had high expectations heading into the year and was opening up in a brand new park.

The post about softball is an excellent response and deserves to go down as one of the biggest blows to a program heading into the start of the year. With that said one would be remiss not to point out the drama beforehand and the subsequent firing of the previous staff. It would be expected to experience some attrition and fact is this team is better off without them...they chose to walk out on their teammates...the game didn't decide it for them.