Post by beavadelic on Jun 26, 2018 19:31:58 GMT -8
Two awful, frustrating decisions by the umpires that took at least 2 runs off the board. Pitching by our staff that was some of the best and some of the absolute worst I’ve seen in a while. A comedy routine by All-American defensive players on several occasions while Arkansas’s defense made play after play. Giving up twice as many walks as hits. The top of our order doing NOTHING at the plate all night. The ball taking crazy bounces like the perfect carem off the wall down the 3rd base line that cost Zak a potential rally-producing double. Kwan did not look like Kwan - no explosiveness with that hammy.
Luke started well and had a chance do go out and erase the sting of that mess that occurred in the bottom of the 5th, and he absolutely fell apart. I was incredibly disappointed with the team-wide meltdown that followed that call against Adley. The ump was full of 💩 on his explanation. The spirit of that rule is player safety, and Adley couldn’t have been safer. The only reason the SS double-clutched was that nobody was covering first and Adley didn’t come closer to making contact with him. That’s a stupid rule in the context, and I have always hated that they send back the runner to 3rd when there are less than 2 outs and there was no effort to make a play at the plate. But then, I think that it’s dumb to throw a flag in football when a guy holds across the field and 30 yards behind the runner. Where’s common sense in these rules? How could anyone figure that Grenier would only have gotten a single if the first base ump had made the correct call live, when he was approaching first with the ball barely in fair territory and the right fielder 50 feet from it?
With all that occurred in the middle of that game and the silly roller-coaster that our inconsistent pitching, lifeless hitting (especially from the 1-3 hitters) and unbelievable Keystone Kops routines (with All-American defensive players), we still were one batter away from having the tying run at the plate in the ninth.
Kudos to Chamberlain for the job he did in long relief. He had a couple of balls hit hard for doubles and strung together some weird walks a couple of times, but after that fateful interference call, the kid was one of very few Beavers who looked like their head was in the game. Well, how about dejavu circa ‘06 again? If I learned anything from that 4 hours of frustration, it’s obvious that the Beavs can get this done if they screw their heads on. We still had 9 hits on an anemic night. Come on, Beavs...get right between the ears and even this thing tomorrow!
Luke started well and had a chance do go out and erase the sting of that mess that occurred in the bottom of the 5th, and he absolutely fell apart. I was incredibly disappointed with the team-wide meltdown that followed that call against Adley. The ump was full of 💩 on his explanation. The spirit of that rule is player safety, and Adley couldn’t have been safer. The only reason the SS double-clutched was that nobody was covering first and Adley didn’t come closer to making contact with him. That’s a stupid rule in the context, and I have always hated that they send back the runner to 3rd when there are less than 2 outs and there was no effort to make a play at the plate. But then, I think that it’s dumb to throw a flag in football when a guy holds across the field and 30 yards behind the runner. Where’s common sense in these rules? How could anyone figure that Grenier would only have gotten a single if the first base ump had made the correct call live, when he was approaching first with the ball barely in fair territory and the right fielder 50 feet from it?
With all that occurred in the middle of that game and the silly roller-coaster that our inconsistent pitching, lifeless hitting (especially from the 1-3 hitters) and unbelievable Keystone Kops routines (with All-American defensive players), we still were one batter away from having the tying run at the plate in the ninth.
Kudos to Chamberlain for the job he did in long relief. He had a couple of balls hit hard for doubles and strung together some weird walks a couple of times, but after that fateful interference call, the kid was one of very few Beavers who looked like their head was in the game. Well, how about dejavu circa ‘06 again? If I learned anything from that 4 hours of frustration, it’s obvious that the Beavs can get this done if they screw their heads on. We still had 9 hits on an anemic night. Come on, Beavs...get right between the ears and even this thing tomorrow!
