Podcast: We're Talkin' Baseball

[JayWalker]

Jay you are right there is more than one way to manage a baseball game. One would have probably beaten So Al by at least 3 in 9 on Friday. The other got you into extra innings and a very luck win on Friday. And often with men on first and second and no one out gets you a ground ball out and fails to get runners in scoring position. Where as the other philosophy will get you 2nd and 3rd with one out and that ground ball gets you a run. Deggs has squandered at the very least 20 runs this year.

Which is probably the same or less than the ones his philosophy manufactured. We seem to only notice when it doesn't work.

[LifeTimeCajun]

Which is probably the same or less than the ones his philosophy manufactured. We seem to only notice when it doesn't work.

Thats a good point Jay. There are two parts of this philosophy thing in my opinion. Running the bases hard and aggressive, i dont have an issue with. In fact i love it. Fundamental mistakes i see on the bases in obvious situations (not seeing a ball thru the infield, pickoffs, trying to advance on balls hit in front of you) are costly mistakes. That in itself is giving up outs, which Deggs does not like to do. The question I have is…is it a baserunning mistake by the runner or a decision made by the runner based on a philosophy(coaching instruction). In my mind aggression on bases is great and it creates chaos and can blow up an inning for the good. It puts unwanted pressure on a defense that usually leads to defensive errors. But, you also have some baseball IQ mixed in there. Alot of baserunning is instinct. You cant think and react or else its too late. When that happens you are usually on the wrong end of a bang bang play.

[JayWalker]

Thats a good point Jay. There are two parts of this philosophy thing in my opinion. Running the bases hard and aggressive, i dont have an issue with. In fact i love it. Fundamental mistakes i see on the bases in obvious situations (not seeing a ball thru the infield, pickoffs, trying to advance on balls hit in front of you) are costly mistakes. That in itself is giving up outs, which Deggs does not like to do. The question I have is…is it a baserunning mistake by the runner or a decision made by the runner based on a philosophy(coaching instruction). In my mind aggression on bases is great and it creates chaos and can blow up an inning for the good. It puts unwanted pressure on a defense that usually leads to defensive errors. But, you also have some baseball IQ mixed in there. Alot of baserunning is instinct. You cant think and react or else its too late. When that happens you are usually on the wrong end of a bang bang play.

Well, you just illustrated my point about mistakes being magnified. We've tried to advance on a ball hit in front of us (from second to third) one time if memory serves (Kimple). We've had guys caught in rundowns between third and home on balls hit because a contact play was on (always that way with one out.) There was one time a runner did it with no outs and that's a no no.

And, the pickoffs are a mistake of aggression. In those instances, the guy was going to run and tried to get a bigger lead or just leaned too soon. I'd like to see fewer of those, but it's going to happen.

Although Marusak got picked last night, the aggression helped on numerous occasions last night.

[CajunVic]

Controlled Aggression . . . is what we need more of . . .

I hate that the Sunday game was moved up so early . . .

[KajunKrazy]

Well, you just illustrated my point about mistakes being magnified. We've tried to advance on a ball hit in front of us (from second to third) one time if memory serves (Kimple). We've had guys caught in rundowns between third and home on balls hit because a contact play was on (always that way with one out.) There was one time a runner did it with no outs and that's a no no.

And, the pickoffs are a mistake of aggression. In those instances, the guy was going to run and tried to get a bigger lead or just leaned too soon. I'd like to see fewer of those, but it's going to happen.

Although Marusak got picked last night, the aggression helped on numerous occasions last night.

If memory serves me correctly we did it last weekend too against So Al. It was a base running mistake that we got away with so no one noticed. However I do remember commenting to my brothers up in our box.

[ColoradoCajun]

Former Cajuns' great Javi DeJesus talks about his time at USL, where he is now, and baseball.

I surprised Javi with an old friend and some pictures of him in college. Great to get to know him a little bit as a person and not just a name in the media guide.

I enjoyed listening to your podcast with Javi! He seems like a great guy, and I also learned something new about Cajuns Baseball back then! Looking forward to the next episode!

[MelRock]

I enjoyed listening to your podcast with Javi! He seems like a great guy, and I also learned something new about Cajuns Baseball back then! Looking forward to the next episode!

Thank you, it was a fun time talking with Javi.