During the regular practice sessions are we not working on hitting? Looking at the current trend we should be spending more time on driving the baseball, situational hitting and execution of small ball to manufacture runs. What are your thoughts?
histag10 said:
Okay. Here's my respectful, 100% serious answer:
Yes, they practice batting during practice. That is why they pay a hitting coach, and also, it is one of the key parts of baseball. Batting practice can make you better, but no one bats perfectly, and everyone has bad days. It is unfortunate that several people struggled last night in positions where there were opportunities for an RBI. Its also unfortunate that these conversations start after a loss, and only seem to imply that the coaching staff really screwed up by not ever practicing batting.
Hop said:histag10 said:
Okay. Here's my respectful, 100% serious answer:
Yes, they practice batting during practice. That is why they pay a hitting coach, and also, it is one of the key parts of baseball. Batting practice can make you better, but no one bats perfectly, and everyone has bad days. It is unfortunate that several people struggled last night in positions where there were opportunities for an RBI. Its also unfortunate that these conversations start after a loss, and only seem to imply that the coaching staff really screwed up by not ever practicing batting.
But it is a legitimate discussion point that for several years now, the A&M offense as a whole has been struggling. For many years, this has been a dead red hitting team. This isn't just one bad game, or even one bad season at the plate. Talent or approach? That's the question.
Hop said:histag10 said:
Okay. Here's my respectful, 100% serious answer:
Yes, they practice batting during practice. That is why they pay a hitting coach, and also, it is one of the key parts of baseball. Batting practice can make you better, but no one bats perfectly, and everyone has bad days. It is unfortunate that several people struggled last night in positions where there were opportunities for an RBI. Its also unfortunate that these conversations start after a loss, and only seem to imply that the coaching staff really screwed up by not ever practicing batting.
But it is a legitimate discussion point that for several years now, the A&M offense as a whole has been struggling. For many years, this has been a dead red hitting team. This isn't just one bad game, or even one bad season at the plate. Talent or approach? That's the question.
W said:
kind of the bottomline...the Ags have played 8 weekends of baseball.
for 2 of the 8 weekends...the hitting was great (vs. Vanderbilt and Kentucky).
for the other 6 weekends...it's been average to below average to dreadful.
the bats need to get going vs. Auburn. We want the Vandy & UK series to be the norm...not the exceptions
Hop said:histag10 said:
Okay. Here's my respectful, 100% serious answer:
Yes, they practice batting during practice. That is why they pay a hitting coach, and also, it is one of the key parts of baseball. Batting practice can make you better, but no one bats perfectly, and everyone has bad days. It is unfortunate that several people struggled last night in positions where there were opportunities for an RBI. Its also unfortunate that these conversations start after a loss, and only seem to imply that the coaching staff really screwed up by not ever practicing batting.
But it is a legitimate discussion point that for several years now, the A&M offense as a whole has been struggling. For many years, this has been a dead red hitting team. This isn't just one bad game, or even one bad season at the plate. Talent or approach? That's the question.
W said:
the Missouri staff is excellent and LSU's is very good / above average.
but the other 4 weekends...not so much.
need to get back on track vs. an Auburn staff that was hit hard by Arkansas and State
Hop said:histag10 said:
Okay. Here's my respectful, 100% serious answer:
Yes, they practice batting during practice. That is why they pay a hitting coach, and also, it is one of the key parts of baseball. Batting practice can make you better, but no one bats perfectly, and everyone has bad days. It is unfortunate that several people struggled last night in positions where there were opportunities for an RBI. Its also unfortunate that these conversations start after a loss, and only seem to imply that the coaching staff really screwed up by not ever practicing batting.
But it is a legitimate discussion point that for several years now, the A&M offense as a whole has been struggling. For many years, this has been a dead red hitting team. This isn't just one bad game, or even one bad season at the plate. Talent or approach? That's the question.
cevans_40 said:Hop said:histag10 said:
Okay. Here's my respectful, 100% serious answer:
Yes, they practice batting during practice. That is why they pay a hitting coach, and also, it is one of the key parts of baseball. Batting practice can make you better, but no one bats perfectly, and everyone has bad days. It is unfortunate that several people struggled last night in positions where there were opportunities for an RBI. Its also unfortunate that these conversations start after a loss, and only seem to imply that the coaching staff really screwed up by not ever practicing batting.
But it is a legitimate discussion point that for several years now, the A&M offense as a whole has been struggling. For many years, this has been a dead red hitting team. This isn't just one bad game, or even one bad season at the plate. Talent or approach? That's the question.
Nonsense. You can't talk like that here. We can't have a serious discussion about why we consistently underperform at the plate. /que the magic stats that say we better than the '27 Yankees
Our ground crew is amazing and our weather is pretty good. That means we generally end up playing more games than most teams and that inflates our counting stats. If you look at runs per game, we are 8th in the SEC and 58th in the country.HoustonAg2106 said:
We are 6th in the SEC in runs scored and only 6 runs behind LSU for 5th place....also good for 25th in the country. Can/should we be better? Yes of course, but to act like our offense never produces is just false.
I don't think small ball is dead at the college level, but you have to commit to it and recruit the right guys to play it.Quote:
Small ball is dead and we shouldn't do it unless the winning or tying run is on base in the last 2 innings.
histag10 said:Hop said:histag10 said:
Okay. Here's my respectful, 100% serious answer:
Yes, they practice batting during practice. That is why they pay a hitting coach, and also, it is one of the key parts of baseball. Batting practice can make you better, but no one bats perfectly, and everyone has bad days. It is unfortunate that several people struggled last night in positions where there were opportunities for an RBI. Its also unfortunate that these conversations start after a loss, and only seem to imply that the coaching staff really screwed up by not ever practicing batting.
But it is a legitimate discussion point that for several years now, the A&M offense as a whole has been struggling. For many years, this has been a dead red hitting team. This isn't just one bad game, or even one bad season at the plate. Talent or approach? That's the question.
But that's not the question that was asked. The question that was asked was whether or not the team practices hitting during practice.
Your answer is valid, just not to the question that was asked. I answered the question that was asked, not the question that some might think he meant to ask.