Laf G7: Louisiana vs Arizona

[cajunhawk]

Pecan Patrol!

You say that like it's a bad thing...

[ManAboutTown]

I think the Zona coach and Mike Lotief came from the same school. Delay after delay after delay. Its obviously more common in softball but Mike is still an outlier. Zona is definitely an outlier for baseball. I don't ever recall seeing any other team in 30 years do more to slow a game down than they did. Exact opposite of how Tony runs a game. I should have kept track of how many times their infield met at the mound, coach goes to the mound, catcher come out from behind the plate to change signs, 3rd base coach timeout to talk to batter, taking the field extremely slowly.

Anytime a runner made it to scoring position, there was a meeting. Anytime a runner reached, Catcher stood up, first or third baseman would come in and change things up. It was a nightmare. Then, every frickin hitter would stand outside of the box forever. Constant meetings between coach and batter during at bats. Umpires had no control of pace of play. (I don't have much good to say about the crew they sent us this weekend.)

[raoul]

Depends on your perspective!

You say that like it's a bad thing...

[Just1More]

And even with all of that, if Kennon finds a way to poke that pitch into the outfield, we probably win that game. Also, If we don't kick the ball around in the first inning with Wyatt on the mound, it's 1-1 going into the 9th inning. Umpire squeezed both Guillory and Marks, but I'm not going to make it about that.

No one wants to hear this right now, but Arizona was better. They dug deep and battled. They got big hits and executed their gameplan to perfection.

The coach, Jay Johnson? I'd like to catch that guy in a back alley.

Exactly. Evan worked too hard to figure out that ump's zone. And he just couldn't find the edge. Wyatt wanted to find that drop ball he's a master with... and it was dropping 5 feet before it's time. One of the runs was on his wild pitch. I felt the ump's zone definitely got in both of their heads. But Arizona figured out how to work that to their advantage.

I know people were down on Kennon for that at-bat. But that was a great pitch. The ball was coming right down main street and ran up into Kennon's hands. It was a great pitch. The pitch caused the soft grounder... not the batter. I'd love to take some of the fans and place them at the plate. They have absolutely no idea what is actually going on.

Coach Johnson has an irritating way about him, no doubt.

[cajunhawk]

Depends on your perspective!

I'd do it all over again if I could.

[raoul]

No doubt.

[ManAboutTown]

this right here. i didnt get it. i know rightie leftie matchups and all, but it didnt work to well in game 1 but we stuck with it. i didntly like sensley in, and i didnt like kasuls in there. those two were part of what turned out to be a monumental play.

Playing this way got us 40 wins this year. Sensley was one of the only guys hitting the baseball. No way we could have taken him out of the lineup. The throw to second was on Kasuls. Kasuls had a tough weekend, but the guy was playing well down the stretch. He is going to be good, and the staff trusts him. You play who you trust.

We can second guess for days on end. We had a team that was limited offensively, and we got behind early (in both games). Arizona stepped up, Arizona kept the crowd subdued, Arizona handled the elements, Arizona hit the ball, Arizona made us pay for our mistakes, Arizona pitchers dug deep...

Arizona was the better team and deserved to win.

[cajunhawk]

Exactly. Evan worked too hard to figure out that ump's zone. And he just couldn't find the edge. Wyatt wanted to find that drop ball he's a master with... and it was dropping 5 feet before it's time. One of the runs was on his wild pitch. I felt the ump's zone definitely got in both of their heads. But Arizona figured out how to work that to their advantage.

I know people were down on Kennon for that at-bat. But that was a great pitch. The ball was coming right down main street and ran up into Kennon's hands. It was a great pitch. The pitch caused the soft grounder... not the batter. I'd love to take some of the fans and place them at the plate. They have absolutely no idea what is actually going on.

Coach Johnson has an irritating way about him, no doubt.

Please...second coming of Stan Musial...educate us unwashed masses on the finer points of throwing a round object, and hitting it with a ____ing stick.

[raoul]

Check Zona BAs against ours.

[raoul]

We watched far too many first pitches go by. I'm sure their pitchers were told to burn the first one right up the middle. The notable exception was Robbin's first pitch HR.