06-06-2023, 10:48 AM
(06-06-2023, 08:07 AM)terry Wrote:(06-06-2023, 07:46 AM)Baller4 Wrote:(06-04-2023, 01:30 PM)StanfordMatt Wrote: Tom Emanski would have a heart attack watching this team. Just terrible fundamental baseball all year long. Terrible defense, poor base running and too many free passes from the pitching staff. It’s a shame that such a potent offense was wasted by these factors.
Eager has gotta go and Esquer needs to find a way to clean things up.
StanfordMatt, are you sure you are not trolling over here from the Bearinsider message board. You sound a lot like all the Esquer haters that were on that board who were talking trash, even during the 2011 season!
Let me guess, you probably thought Rusty Filter should have been handed the keys to the car! Better yet, Stanford could have hired Mike Neu! I come from that board, only because my faith in what Esquer was doing at Cal, and now my complaints on where the Cal program is going today. Had someone on that board accuse me of being someone with Ballbuster as their handle.
Stanford has hosted 5 out of the last 6 years with 2 CWS appearances and 3 Pac conference titles, and you think Esquer needs to go???
I wonder what your assessment is this morning??
I understood StanfordMatt to be saying that Eager needs to go, not Esquer. Given the spotty performance of Stanford's pitching this year, I think it's fair to question whether the pitching coach is doing a good job. Stanford's team ERA ranks something like 140th nationally and 8th in the Pac-11. To be fair, the pitching did rise to the occasion against Texas A&M.
Thanks, Terry. Yes, to confirm, I never meant to suggest that Esquer needed to go. Agreed with Bob that the pitching was fantastic over the last three games of the regional. In the big picture, the numbers don't lie and they show a pitching staff ranked 142nd in ERA, 189th in BB/9 and one that has steadily been declining in recent years but those are topics I'm not going to dwell on today. Eager gets a reprieve from me - at least for another week!
I mentioned to a friend yesterday afternoon that I thought we had a chance to win but I thought it would be a 20-18 type ball game. When it was clear from the 1st inning that Dettmer was on his A game, I thought we were doomed. Never did I expect our staff to shut down the Aggies the way they did. Simply phenomenal.
Looking ahead to the Supers, I am fascinated by what Esquer is going to do with the lineup. Based on reports of Sapien's facial fractures (get well soon, Jake!), I assume his season is over. I also assume that Montgomery won't be called on to pitch in a best-of-three series so I imagine he goes back to manning RF. I recognize Cobb is persona non grata on this board and his days playing SS are surely over but he's still a .325/.370/.476 hitter. Does he slot in at DH or does Esquer ride the hot hand with Campbell and look past his .205/.271/.250 line for the season?
And for the record Baller4, I advocated for neither Rusty Filter nor Neu when Marquess stepped down. My hope was for Garko. Best crow I've ever tasted!

