Baseball at JU, Tue 2/18, 6:00 pm

74nole · Feb 19, 2025 at 6:01 PM

TheBoss said: ↑

I'm happy to beat the midweek game dead horse.

That point is 100% correct, but as we have seen, SEC games get them into the post-season, midweek games exist to prepare them win SEC games and post-season games. Most of the midweek, and early season weekend, games are against decent competition and the ability to beat them MIGHT be an important reflection of the team's overall performance. Every year, we get some harsh complaints about taking losses to JU or Stetson or others that actually help build a CWS level team. I'm one of the people willing to trade midweek losses for developing young pitchers who learn to burn innings in Omaha.
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Boss—

You are so right about developing younger pitchers against quality mid-week teams. That said, the thing that gets me fired up is when we face a less talented team and end up “playing down” to their level.

That can put me in the basic word group pronto.

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