Have we had a single long inning this season? I remember we used to wear down pitchers like crazy. Seemed like we were always working counts, getting people on base, putting pressure on pitchers. Feels like we have too many guys swinging for the fences this year or something. We just don't have long innings anymore.


It is a just the start and baseball is a marathon not a sprint. I'm just starting to get a little worried about our approach.

I don't put this all on Earley either. The players and the coaches all have a role in the wins and losses. They all take responsibility for the results. I rarely hear great players blame coaching unless its like pete carrol throwing on the 2 or something.

I'm very surprised bergevin has not gotten some more ABs.

I think we have a lot of guys with proven hitting talent who are a little more worried about competing to nail down a position rather than focusing on the opponent's pitching etc. Given the level of extreme talent our hitters are absolutely known to have, this would be understandable. Also, we have quite a few young or inexperienced arms on this team, most of whom have shown that they possess very good stuff, but they really need to get their control down and gain more composure and poise as the young season unrolls.

W said:

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hide the women and children...

last year's team scored 80 runs in its first 7 games

this year's team has scored 47 runs in its first 7 games

that's quite a difference

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ya that's not how baseball works. Tenn was ranked #1 and didn't go to Omaha. people go on streaks in this game.