-Great home crowds, despite crap weather on Saturday and sunday. The shame of it is that we would easily have topped the 8K mark for each game if weather had cooperated. But, those who stayed were loud and made an impact.
-Very small crowds from the visiting teams. Kind of surprising, as teams like Indiana and WVU brought quite a few fans to KPP last year.
-There was a lot of handwringing about our pitching on here (including a little bit of that from me over the last month of the season), but man, games 2 and 3 were pitching clinics from the UK staff and coaches.
-Pooser is just rock solid from beginning to end. Moore struggled and was behind in the count constantly, but battled back time and again (and got a LOT of great help from his d). Niman was great for four innings, but hopefully he can build on it next weekend.
-We still have a hard time getting much out of Burkes, McCoy, and Smith at the plate, but Waldy, Nicholson, Pitre, and Lopez are very dependable. Waldy and Nicholson are legit HR threats, and the others get one occasionally too. If we coul d just get SOMETHING from McCoy and Burkes, then I'd feel really good about our offense from top to bottom.
-Our defense. wow. only one error all weekend (Daly last night), but damn, they brought it. Makes it much easier on a pitcher when you're back up by guys like that.
-Ming has had his detractors (me included, especially in the middle years), but every move he made worked out this weekend. Winning two regionals in a row, and hosting a super is rarified air in college baseball, ESPECIALLY around here. If he can get us to Omaha, then build a statue.
-Very small crowds from the visiting teams. Kind of surprising, as teams like Indiana and WVU brought quite a few fans to KPP last year.
-There was a lot of handwringing about our pitching on here (including a little bit of that from me over the last month of the season), but man, games 2 and 3 were pitching clinics from the UK staff and coaches.
-Pooser is just rock solid from beginning to end. Moore struggled and was behind in the count constantly, but battled back time and again (and got a LOT of great help from his d). Niman was great for four innings, but hopefully he can build on it next weekend.
-We still have a hard time getting much out of Burkes, McCoy, and Smith at the plate, but Waldy, Nicholson, Pitre, and Lopez are very dependable. Waldy and Nicholson are legit HR threats, and the others get one occasionally too. If we coul d just get SOMETHING from McCoy and Burkes, then I'd feel really good about our offense from top to bottom.
-Our defense. wow. only one error all weekend (Daly last night), but damn, they brought it. Makes it much easier on a pitcher when you're back up by guys like that.
-Ming has had his detractors (me included, especially in the middle years), but every move he made worked out this weekend. Winning two regionals in a row, and hosting a super is rarified air in college baseball, ESPECIALLY around here. If he can get us to Omaha, then build a statue.
