40-6
by Poseur on Mar 2, 2009 11:56 AM CST
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Print13-4, 11-2, 16-0.
That's not just a sweep, that's an annihilation. When you beat a team by a combined score of 40-6, it's hard to find anything to say other than, wow. So, wow.
This weekend we learned to amend the old axim that great pitching beats great hitting. That may or may not be true, but great hitting absolutely destroys mediocre pitching. And our great pitching and great hitting made UCF look silly.
And how awesome is Leon Landry? He already has 5 home runs and 6 stolen bases on the year. He's slugging 1.000. The crazy thing is, that doesn't even lead the team. LeMahieu right now is hitting an absurd 625/690/1208. Oh, and Jared Mitchell has already stolen 9 bases on 9 attempts this season. That's already more than halfway to last year's team-leading total of 16.
This team is putting up video game numbers right now. I know it hasn't exactly been Murderer's Row in the other dugout, but this is crazy. It's still too early to know for sure, but the early returns point to this being the best LSU team in a decade. And yes, I know we won a title in 2000.
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Poseur
What were our HR and Stolen bases totals from last year?
It seems like we didn’t run NEARLY as much last year, and I know we are well out pacing our HR total.
Landry is almost playing too well. I hope he doesn’t have a cousin named Angel.
HR/SB Total
Last year, LSU totals in 69 games:
100 HR
95 SB 120 ATT
So far this year, in 7 games:
15 HR
28 SB 31 ATT
We’re already 1/4 of our way to last year’s stolen base totals. But the difference is that 22 SB and 24 ATT all come from three players (Mitchell, Schimpf, and Landry). Three quarters of our stolen bases come from three players. Last year, six different players had 10 SB’s. Our top three base stealers last year had 44 SB on 55 ATT, less than half of our team’s totals.
So, short answer: more stolen bases coming from less people.
And I’m concerned there is a slowly deteroirated photograph of DJ LeMaheiue in his attic.
And I’m concerned there is a slowly deteroirated photograph of DJ LeMaheiue in his attic.
I think this is more of a beer and potato chip crowd than a wine and cheese crowd.
Richard Pittman
by Richard Pittman on Mar 2, 2009 5:45 PM CST up reply actions
Baseball fans
Hey, we’re COLLEGE baseball fans. I’m hoping I can make an Oscar Wilde reference and they’ll get it. We raise the level of debate here at ATVS. Coming soon, more literary references.
Hey, hey, hey!
I got it. I saw “The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.” You’re atalkin’ ‘bout that feller that got in a fight with that vampire lady and planted bombs all over Cap’n Nemo’s sub. But I didn’t see nothin’ bout baseball in that movie.
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SEC Baseball Standings
Last Update: May 17
# - SEC Tournament Seeding
Team Name = Eliminated from SEC Tournament
| West | Conf | Overall | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | L | W | L | |
2 LSU Tigers  |
17 | 10 | 40 | 13 |
| 5 Mississippi Rebels |
14 | 13 | 34 | 19 |
| 7 Arkansas Razorbacks |
13 | 14 | 36 | 17 |
| 8 Mississippi St. Bulldogs |
13 | 14 | 31 | 21 |
| 10 Auburn Tigers |
12 | 15 | 29 | 24 |
| |
7 | 20 | 19 | 33 |
| East | Conf | Overall | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | L | W | L | |
| 1 Kentucky Wildcats |
18 | 9 | 41 | 12 |
| 3 South Carolina Gamecocks |
17 | 9 | 38 | 13 |
| 4 Florida Gators |
16 | 11 | 38 | 15 |
| 6 Georgia Bulldogs |
13 | 13 | 30 | 22 |
| 9 Vanderbilt Commodores |
13 | 14 | 26 | 25 |
|
8 | 19 | 24 | 28 |
