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[Dann]

Live chat on the uconn huskies site.

Who are we going to see start these 3 games?

 

[mets1090]

My bet is Ward Marzi Fischer

 

[Dann]

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Huskies counter w/ CF-Ferriter, DH-Martin, 2B-Mazzilli, 1B-Fuller, 3B-Testani, SS-Verdi, C-David, LF-Yavarone, RF-Moore


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1. Richardson CF, 2. Talbut DH, 3. Wessinger SS, 4. Schwindel 1B, 5. Baltz LF, 6. O'Hare 3B, 7. Bethea C, 8. Kelly RF, 9. Dennis 2B #stjbase

 

[Dann]

Welcome in to Jack Kaiser Stadium for this weekend's crucial match-up between Big East rivals Connecticut and St. John's.

Friday April 13, 2012 2:53
2:53

[Comment From hfd hfd: ]
who is on the mound for each game for uconn?

Friday April 13, 2012 2:53 hfd
2:53 Friday: RHP-David Fischer; Saturday: RHP-Jordan Tabakman; Sunday: LHP-Anthony Marzi

 

[mets1090]

Wow Ward must really be messed up. Fortunately Tabakman and Marzi have exceeded expectations.

 

[Dann]

clean 1st. fuller starts the 2nd with a single

 

[mets1090]

Ferriter up bases loaded 2 out. UConn up 1-0. Would be a big hit to get a big early lead here.

Edit: HBP makes its 2-0. Martin up

 

[mets1090]

That's all they get. Sometimes it can actually be difficult to hit a guy that has no control. Hard to adjust and get a feel for where the ball's going when the pitcher doesn't even know.

 

[ATLDYKA]

Defense, Defense, Defense. Once again killing us. Error by Moore cost an unearned run and then even when they don't get credited for an error but a pop up in foul ground and neither guy catches it and then the batter drives in the run. Small little things that keep making a big difference.

 

[ATLDYKA]

Second time this game Moore can't get down a sac bunt and ends up striking out and not getting the runner down to second. Terrible.

 

[Dann]

3-2 sju in the 7th. not happy about it.

 

[ATLDYKA]

St. Johns reliever dominating. Will be hard pressed to get anything going in 9th.

 

[Dann]

fischer should be done, giving it up here.....4-2 sju 1st and 2nd 1 out

well we put ourselves in a nice hole for the rest of the weekend.

 

[ATLDYKA]

Defense again. Home field scoring gave the lead off hitter in the 8th a hit but was clearly an error on testani pulling Fuller off the bag on the throw. Then Verdi doesn't charge the ball and they get an infield hit and now another run.

 

[ATLDYKA]

Another error. This teams infield is horrendous. 2 more runs 7-2

 

[businesslawyer]

If we had a bullpen, I doubt they would have gone with Fisher so long. But with Jolin out and Feehan not being good enough, they're in a tough spot.

 

[rw005]

dang

gotta regroup tomorrow and Sunday.

 

[BBall2012]

If we had a bullpen, I doubt they would have gone with Fisher so long. But with Jolin out and Feehan not being good enough, they're in a tough spot.

,,It's if we had a pitching coach who had a clue..that is root of the problem...No actual coaching from him..

 

[mets1090]

Pitchers that had real innings out of the bullpen last year: Vance, Feehan, Fischer, Jolin, Moore (14.1 - mostly garbage innings), Catalina (10.0 - mostly garbage innings). Nobody else had double digit innings out of the pen. Nobody else had double digit innings out of the pen.

Pitchers with real innings out of the pen this year: Oberg, Feehan, Jolin, Cross, Fischer (early in the season), Hurvul. Healey may also get to double digit innings to match the likes of Catalina and Moore in terms of garbage time.

So 6 pitchers in both cases. If/When Ward gets back to 100% and rejoins the weekend rotation, the smart money says one of Fischer/Tabakman/Dettman will return to the pen and pick up inning in middle relief. So I think the idea that the bullpen is being used differently than it would be if Blood was here is a myth.

Also, if you compare the results of said bullpen pitchers, Oberg more or less cancels out Vance, Feehan/Jolin both were there last year and have produced similar results, Cross/Hurvul cancel out Moore/Catalina. Feehan is the only one that has struggled noticeably compared to last year. It is basically the same on the whole though. Maybe a slight step down. The difference is that this year we don't have a guy like Barnes to go out there and toss 8 innings every time out and give the bullpen a day off. If Blood was here, Ward wouldn't magically be a dominant ace like that.

Also, suddenly we don't have a combination of offense and starting pitching that hands the bullpen an 8 run lead more often than not. So this year's bullpen is pitching under pressure more than they were last year which changes everything. So your fringe bullpen pitchers are clearly going to have more issues than they did last year.

Is the loss of Blood good for the team? Obviously not. He was a great coach and recruiter. But stop trying to blame this teams woes on the loss of one coach leaving. Maybe it has more to do with losing guys Barnes, Vance, Nappo, Glynn, Van Woert, Springer, Nemeth, Ahmed, Elliot and Andreoli. Of course Blood had something to do with guys like Barnes and Nappo, but they were also not just Freshmen and Sophomores (Dettman, Tabakman, Marzi). This team is young and will have its growing pains. We all knew that coming in so stop acting like a loss to St. John's is some catastrophe.

I get that the loss to Brown was an absolute nightmare, but it was the result of the SP allowing 7 runs. That's one guy who has been a pretty reliable arm for us. Up until the Brown game he had performed better than last year when Blood was here. For some reason, he just couldn't get the job done that day. It was the type of game we probably win 99 times out of 100. Everything that could go wrong did and we barely lost on a walk off hit.

This team and program will be fine in the long run. They probably won't win the Big East this year. They probably won't win the tournament, but they have a shot. They almost certainly won't get an at large bid unless, but that was a bit of a reach coming into the season given what we lost from last year's team.

Again, the loss to Brown was probably the worst loss in recent years but other than that the season has basically gone like I expected it would. The team is 8-2 in conference which is pretty damn good given how many new faces are starting.

 

[businesslawyer]

Jolin hasn't been pitched since he twitched his leg. Him being out and Feehan not being as good as the last two years is a killer. Hard to understand why that is coaching. Frankly, given what they lost from the staff (Barnes, Nappo, Glynn, Van Woert and Vance), I don't think it's fair to be displeased with the overall pitching effort.

Fielding, however, is something else.

 

[mets1090]

Jolin hasn't been pitched since he twitched his leg. Him being out and Feehan not being as good as the last two years is a killer. Hard to understand why that is coaching. Frankly, given what they lost from the staff (Barnes, Nappo, Glynn, Van Woert and Vance), I don't think it's fair to be displeased with the overall pitching effort.

Fielding, however, is something else.

Thank you for saying what I said in much shorter terms. I got stuck speaking Spackler.