⚾ 🥎 ⚾ #18 Alabama at #15 Vanderbilt - Vandy takes weekend series, 2-1. (Troy, Tuesday night.)

[UAgrad93]

Damn Snell!

 

[Brandon Van de Graaff]

I'd walk Nelson here... at least give him nothing to hit anyway.

 

[Brandon Van de Graaff]

I'd walk Nelson here... at least give him nothing to hit anyway.

Ok, I'll take that. LOL

 

[Brandon Van de Graaff]

Damn. Tie game. Was afraid of that... bringing Ozmer in for the full inning today was a gamble for a few reasons....

 

[Brandon Van de Graaff]

Well shit.

 

[Brandon Van de Graaff]

Maybe Jackson and Vaughn will learn something from that... Well, Jackson won't, but hopefully Vaughn will.

 

[Brandon Van de Graaff]

 

[Brandon Van de Graaff]

Now I gotta go cut the damn grass after that... this sucks.

 

[UAgrad93]

Vaughn and or Jackson need a swift kick in the nuts for the way Heighburger was handled. Trot him out to start the ninth and bring Ozmer if needed.

 

[252BAMA]

Why the hell did they pitch to that guy? He had killed them in his two previous ABs. First base is open. His run means nothing. Walking him gives you a force out at any base to extend the game.

 

[UAgrad93]

7 regular season games left, Troy, 3 at home against UGA then 3 at Gaytors before SEC tourney starts in Hoover. LeBron needs to get out his funk!

 

[Bammerboy321]

Fire JJ.

 

[Brandon Van de Graaff]

Vaughn has to learn that there’s some things you aren’t going to be able to get away with in the SEC. He’s not facing Illinois and Northwestern every week anymore. Just having a “dude” or “gamer” go out there and get the job done over lesser competition is a thing of the past (other than an odd matchup like Mizzou). Ozmer has been really good this season, and I can understand to an extent why they’d want him to close it out. But working 2 days in a row for the first time all year, doing so in cold, wet weather, and facing the exact same guys in the lineup in that situation was just asking for disaster. Leaving Heiberger in unless/until someone got on would have been the best option, but he looked razor sharp in the 8th. Myers was another, better, option IMO… was sharp yesterday in just 1 inning and didn’t throw as many pitches as Ozmer.

The sad part of it, if the ump had a consistent strike zone none of it matters and Bama wins. The REALLY sad part is it now knocks Bama from hosting bubble to the very edge of the hosting cliff.

 

[BamaFan334]

Wish I had a dollar, and an explanation, for every time a Bama pitcher has thrown (purposely in this case) outside to a hitter with a shift applied to the pull side the last 3 or 4 years now.

Never been a fan of the shift. I understand the reasoning, but it's baseball and nothing is guaranteed. Just play it straight up, especially with the ability to dictate where the ball is thrown.

 

[Brandon Van de Graaff]

Never been a fan of the shift. I understand the reasoning, but it's baseball and nothing is guaranteed. Just play it straight up, especially with the ability to dictate where the ball is thrown.

Yeah, it's been a gripe of mine for years... I get it to an extent in MLB when you've got a pitcher who can put it in the spot he wants vs. a stubborn hitter who refuses to adjust. But more often than not, when it works for UA, it's more luck than skill. But I just really don't get some stuff JJ asks those pitchers to do... and setting up outside in that situation (and the pitcher actually hit the target) was dumb. Like some wires were crossed, only that's about par for the course.

 

[alabama mike]

Man that was an ugly game to watch at the end. Why, how and what on earth was they thinking? Good gracious alive!