DH Game Thread vs USA

[LifeTimeCajun]

30 before 15

36 before 15. The new standard

[JMV JustMyView]

Thanks for posting. Danny had a feel for the moment. Always seemed to be making big time plays in big time moments. I still say, there are 3 people responsible for my love of baseball. My grandfather, Ken Griffey Jr. and Danny Massiate.

Danny teams also played stronger competition. And the bats are way better now.

[JMV JustMyView]

36 before 15. The new standard

What is the standards in baseball? Some folks think each program at UL should have different standards.

[MWolf]

A lot of that is directly related to the opponent.

We can only play who’s on the schedule Mr. AboutTown. We’ll have opportunities against better competition later in the season. For now I’m glad we’re winning. 1st in the west. 2 games clear already. Let’s keep it that way.

[MWolf]

What is the standards in baseball? Some folks think each program at UL should have different standards.

SBC baseball has parity throughout the league. Softball does not. You can’t compare the two.

[CrazyCajun]

SBC baseball has parity throughout the league. Softball does not. You can’t compare the two.

Every sport has different levels of parody and different levels of financial support as well.

[Turbine]

... I know Nelson is one of the most revered players in Cajun history. I loved watching the guy play. But what Heath Hood has done on the field since becoming a full time starter, well….

Nathan Nelson 2000 Omaha Season:
271 ABs
58 runs
101 hits (.373)
47 RBIs
15 doubles
2 triples
7 HRs
15 walks
3 HBP
33 SBs

Heath Hood since becoming a full time starter:
266 ABs
63 runs
100 hits (.376)
59 RBI
20 2B
7 3B
6 HRs
21 walks
9 HBP
38 SB

So tell me, you still gonna stick with “Never compare HH to NN”? I’d say those numbers are pretty darn similar. Nelson had another full season as a Cajun, and a good one, so his career numbers are better. But in the games Hood has played here, he’s been pretty much, as I said in my original post, “a Nathan Nelson clone”.

Strong rock solid case being made here.

This magnifies Nelson's accomplishments, it does not take way from them.

[JMV JustMyView]

SBC baseball has parity throughout the league. Softball does not. You can’t compare the two.

Is that why sunbelt softball is the #5 conference?

[Turbine]

Every sport has different levels of parody and different levels of financial support as well.

Definitely different levels of parody, but I can tell you this if Degg's is successful (long term) every school in the Sunbelt will be copying his style.

[sportsfanatic21]

One more stat to possibly help ease some folks’ minds.

Yes, the staff has walked too many guys this year. That said, it was exacerbated over this weekend due to playing 10 games in 12 days. Some guys were forced into action for that many games, while others, like Rawls in game 2, threw way more pitches in a week (111) than he had all year, and did so in a 4 day span. But he gritted it out and ate some much needed innings.

The 5 guys that have been on the mound the most this season, Hammond, Moody, Nezuh, Rawls, and Christie, have combined to throw nearly 60% of the innings so far. And that percentage would be higher without the aforementioned 10 games in 12 days stretch.

Those 5 guys are averaging less than 3 walks per 9 innings this year.

So the guys that are throwing the majority of your innings aren’t walking many guys at all. Not to mention that those walk averages have gotten better as the season has gone along.