Way too long...

It's been way too long between updates.

And for that I apologize to my two loyal readers.

I thought baseball season was over, I really did.

But I was wrong. Imagine that.

I hope State does well at Clemson, perhaps they'll regain their early season form. I'm trying not to be too negative, any time a team from State makes the post season it's a good thing, but I just don't have much optimism left.

The pitching plan for the weekend is to go with Dunn on Friday and Pigott on Saturday and then see what happens. Our pitching depth is going to cost us this weekend. If we win the first game and Clemson some how loses on Friday, we should save Pigott for Sunday. In this scenario, we should do our best to get through UNC-Asheville with the rest of our staff and save Pigott for Clemson. That's our only (slim) chance to win this regional. I don't think our staff is good enough to beat Clemson twice.

(edited the last paragraph on Friday morning for clarification purposes)

Pretty much over

The season is pretty much over after last night's loss. Barring a minor miracle (Florida taking two from LSU and State winning the remaining two against Mississippi) the baseball season that started as a dream will be ending as a nightmare.

Most likely scenario from here.

NO SEC TOURNAMENT.

NO NCAA TOURNAMENT.

Pretty depressing results from a team ranked #1 in the entire land less than two short months ago.

Apathy is a Terrible Thing

This team lost me about three weeks ago. I can't really say, "I don't care." Because, I do. But, I just don't care as much as I should, and that sucks.

Polk has done something this spring that no one in 4 years has been able to accomplish, he actually has me looking forward to the football season.

Let me just get his off my chest...I don't care how good Kentucky's record is this year, a Mississippi State baseball team should NEVER, ever, get swept at UK.

And I really don't need an "I told you so" lecture from Rick Cleveland about baseball not being football. This sad sack has made a career of being a reporter/sports columnist at the Clarion Ledger...that's about all that needs to be said about his ability to overcome mediocrity. Why should he be lecturing anyone on expectations?

And speaking of expectations...our golden boy Norwood is being expected to achieve a lot in Atlanta. So much, that Duckett is being hounded by trade rumors.

And quotes like this have to help in recruiting, right?

Norwood's comfort level is high because he ran in a pro-style offense at Mississippi State. Croom took Green Bay's version of the West Coast offense to Starkville, and it's similar to the Falcons' version.

"I talked to Sly before we drafted him, and even a lot of the terminology is the same," Wilson said. "Anytime a rookie can come in and have a little familiarity with what's going on, it's a plus for him."

I suppose that is more than enough random thoughts for one day. I'm going to try to get back to regular updates...but don't expect too much, this isn't football.

It's been a long 10 days...

Since my last addition, on April 28, the Dogs have gone 4-3, losing a heartbreaking series to SC and winning a series at home against Florida.

Only Kentucky and Mississippi remain on the SEC schedule with a game against UT-Martin thrown in the middle of next week.

The Dogs play in Lexington this weekend against the number 8 ranked Cats, who took three from Mississippi last weekend. The first two games of the series will be televised on FSN.

State is currently sitting in the eighth and last slot for the SEC Tournament. They need to win at least 3, but possibly 4 or more of the next 6 games to make it in.

In other news...Justin Pigott was the SEC Pitcher of the Week for his complete game performance against Florida. Pigott needed only 83 pitches to complete the game, while allowing one earned run.