Gonna be a good one tonight......Bobby Wahl vs. Chris Stratton.....who do ya like and why?

[CEO2044]

Gonna be a good one tonight......Bobby Wahl vs. Chris Stratton.....who do ya like and why?

Might want to rethink that whole "we've played UT and you haven't" argument. Teams we've faced have a composite ERA of 4.04. Teams you've played have a composite ERA of 4.13. So explain to me again how you're so much better than us at virtually every position but can't score any more runs than us against worse pitching.

There's a lot that goes into it other than the stats. <div>
</div><div>Like I was saying earlier, but no one bit- .237 scoring 84 runs. Does that not jump out at you some? It should because it's telling you we don't really have to hit a lot to score runs (or, we're not). We play to get on base (however possible) and advance that guy home. At the end of the day, I want to be able to hit and score, but while we're maturing at the plate, we're still learning to get people across. We were awful at that at the beginning, and still aren't great, but I'd say we've gotten better at scoring.</div><div>
</div><div>You can pitch us great, but if you let somebody on base (and we have guys that do that fairly well) and we get the right hit.... we can win too.</div>

 

[CEO2044]

Gonna be a good one tonight......Bobby Wahl vs. Chris Stratton.....who do ya like and why?

Teams you've played are 56-52, while teams we've played are 55-53. We have a 3.69 ERA compared to your 4.45. So yeah, I'm sticking with our pitching staff being better.

So yeah. We've played a tougher schedule thus far.

Let's start at the top...

You said OM's hitting is no better than MSU's and point to us being tied at 84 runs scored. You didn't mention any other info regarding offense, just runs scored. Fair enough.

Earlier you said your pitching was better and I point out that there is only 3 runs difference in our two staffs ER. If the only thing that matters is runs scored, as you stated early, surely you acknowledge that there isn't that much difference in our pitching staffs (based on your criteria of runs scored) when you consider that we have played a slightly tougher schedule.

There is a third factor that isn't being considered. Defense isn't just pitching. When you account for fielding, the two defenses look very similar.

I think our defense is kinda ****** at times, really.<div>
</div><div>I do think our pitching is better in that regard... I don't think our defense helps our pitching cause much at all. I think it makes them look worse than they are at times. Esp. Graveman, though he's showing better now. I thought he was doing well earlier, but he didn't look that good because we weren't supporting him in the field.

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[patdog]

Gonna be a good one tonight......Bobby Wahl vs. Chris Stratton.....who do ya like and why?

At MSU, I think it's pretty close to dead even. Should be a good series. And a very important one for both teams, not just because of the rivalry factor.

 

[mcdawg22]

Gonna be a good one tonight......Bobby Wahl vs. Chris Stratton.....who do ya like and why?

because Stratton is the ****!

 

[Uncle Ruckus]

Gonna be a good one tonight......Bobby Wahl vs. Chris Stratton.....who do ya like and why?

now that we have the same record, let's go through this. our era was 3.69 (lower now) your's was 4.45 (maybe .01 lower now). we were tied with runs scored. now we're ahead of you by runs scored. same record, better era, more runs scored per game. how does that no equate to a better team????? more runs scored + less earned runs > less runs scored + more earned runs...most of the time anyway