austinag1997 said:

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Who are these guys calling this game? Annoying.

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austinag1997 said:

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Who are these guys calling this game? Annoying.

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Gyles Marrett said:

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Bunk Moreland said:

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RGLAG85 said:

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Bunk Moreland said:

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RGLAG85 said:

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Good decision, unfortunate result. It happens, but Prager was rolling.

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No it wasn't. You either walk out there and pull him or don't walk out there at all. Terrible, weak, not assertive and the result was predictable with 90+ pitches to that dude.

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No, it was. Sometimes you have to look then in the eyes.

Easy for you to snipe though, so hindsight 20/20 and all.

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Earley is nowhere near the level of head coach who walks out and has the ability to read a pitcher in the manner you are describing.

On top of that, Prager had given up 5 runs thru 6 and 2/3 up to that point and has been destroyed in conference play for a while.

He's at 90+, had given up almost a run per inning tonight and the coach gave it a whole half second.

Earley walked away because he was hoping Prager would finish it off to help his confidence. A real HC doesn't leave the dugout and thus shows his trust in him to get it done or he walks out and takes him out against his wishes because he knows it's best for him and the team.

This may sound like a mountain out of a molehill to some but it's another small example of why he clearly isn't the dude right now. Just bad bad bad.

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It sure is easy to sound this smart in hindsight. Simple fact is if Praeger gets that changeup down is likely a groundout and everyone would be singing Earley's praise.

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austinag1997 said:

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Who are these guys calling this game? Annoying.

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jkag89 said:

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austinag1997 said:

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Who are these guys calling this game? Annoying.

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We certainly did not get the ESPN best college baseball announcers. The baseball gods are probably punishing us for complaining about them last Friday.

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Gyles Marrett said:

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Bunk Moreland said:

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RGLAG85 said:

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Bunk Moreland said:

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RGLAG85 said:

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Good decision, unfortunate result. It happens, but Prager was rolling.

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No it wasn't. You either walk out there and pull him or don't walk out there at all. Terrible, weak, not assertive and the result was predictable with 90+ pitches to that dude.

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No, it was. Sometimes you have to look then in the eyes.

Easy for you to snipe though, so hindsight 20/20 and all.

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Earley is nowhere near the level of head coach who walks out and has the ability to read a pitcher in the manner you are describing.

On top of that, Prager had given up 5 runs thru 6 and 2/3 up to that point and has been destroyed in conference play for a while.

He's at 90+, had given up almost a run per inning tonight and the coach gave it a whole half second.

Earley walked away because he was hoping Prager would finish it off to help his confidence. A real HC doesn't leave the dugout and thus shows his trust in him to get it done or he walks out and takes him out against his wishes because he knows it's best for him and the team.

This may sound like a mountain out of a molehill to some but it's another small example of why he clearly isn't the dude right now. Just bad bad bad.

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It sure is easy to sound this smart in hindsight. Simple fact is if Praeger gets that changeup down is likely a groundout and everyone would be singing Earley's praise.

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Fquin said:

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Gyles Marrett said:

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Bunk Moreland said:

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RGLAG85 said:

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Bunk Moreland said:

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RGLAG85 said:

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Good decision, unfortunate result. It happens, but Prager was rolling.

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No it wasn't. You either walk out there and pull him or don't walk out there at all. Terrible, weak, not assertive and the result was predictable with 90+ pitches to that dude.

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No, it was. Sometimes you have to look then in the eyes.

Easy for you to snipe though, so hindsight 20/20 and all.

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Earley is nowhere near the level of head coach who walks out and has the ability to read a pitcher in the manner you are describing.

On top of that, Prager had given up 5 runs thru 6 and 2/3 up to that point and has been destroyed in conference play for a while.

He's at 90+, had given up almost a run per inning tonight and the coach gave it a whole half second.

Earley walked away because he was hoping Prager would finish it off to help his confidence. A real HC doesn't leave the dugout and thus shows his trust in him to get it done or he walks out and takes him out against his wishes because he knows it's best for him and the team.

This may sound like a mountain out of a molehill to some but it's another small example of why he clearly isn't the dude right now. Just bad bad bad.

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It sure is easy to sound this smart in hindsight. Simple fact is if Praeger gets that changeup down is likely a groundout and everyone would be singing Earley's praise.

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You obviously don't know how difficult it becomes to locate pitches when you become fatigued as a pitcher.

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jkag89 said:

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austinag1997 said:

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Who are these guys calling this game? Annoying.

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We certainly did not get the ESPN best college baseball announcers. The baseball gods are probably punishing us for complaining about them last Friday.

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StinkyPinky said:

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austinag1997 said:

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Who are these guys calling this game? Annoying.

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Greg Olson is one

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Fquin said:

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jkag89 said:

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austinag1997 said:

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Who are these guys calling this game? Annoying.

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We certainly did not get the ESPN best college baseball announcers. The baseball gods are probably punishing us for complaining about them last Friday.

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You are basically hearing the LHN.

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Gyles Marrett said:

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Bunk Moreland said:

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Gyles Marrett said:

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Bunk Moreland said:

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RGLAG85 said:

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Bunk Moreland said:

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RGLAG85 said:

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Good decision, unfortunate result. It happens, but Prager was rolling.

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No it wasn't. You either walk out there and pull him or don't walk out there at all. Terrible, weak, not assertive and the result was predictable with 90+ pitches to that dude.

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No, it was. Sometimes you have to look then in the eyes.

Easy for you to snipe though, so hindsight 20/20 and all.

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Earley is nowhere near the level of head coach who walks out and has the ability to read a pitcher in the manner you are describing.

On top of that, Prager had given up 5 runs thru 6 and 2/3 up to that point and has been destroyed in conference play for a while.

He's at 90+, had given up almost a run per inning tonight and the coach gave it a whole half second.

Earley walked away because he was hoping Prager would finish it off to help his confidence. A real HC doesn't leave the dugout and thus shows his trust in him to get it done or he walks out and takes him out against his wishes because he knows it's best for him and the team.

This may sound like a mountain out of a molehill to some but it's another small example of why he clearly isn't the dude right now. Just bad bad bad.

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It sure is easy to sound this smart in hindsight. Simple fact is if Praeger gets that changeup down is likely a groundout and everyone would be singing Earley's praise.

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Ok pal. You're right. Earley has a laundry list of decisions he has made that tells us his decision to come out to the mound, mess with Prager's rhythm over 90 pitches thrown when he has not had a good game against SEC competition in a long time, including tonight, only to immediately walk away was a good choice.

And for the record. Had he not come out to the mound you would not have heard me *****ing about the decision to leave him in.

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If he had pulled him and Moss had given up a bomb you sure would have been complaining

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