The Official Kentucky @ #4 Tennessee Series Thread (Fri. April 18th 6:30PM EDT) (Sat. April 19th 6PM EDT) (Sun. April 20th 1PM EDT) All Games SECNET+

#851
#851
Drewbydoo said:
I hope you know the answer to this even though I'm somewhat embarrassed to ask:

1. How fast is Doyle's fastball?

2. Why do you think he's as good as he is? I think he has a good plan of how to pitch each batter and has the control to execute the plan, but I can't tell if his velocity is well above average.

3. What do you think the average fast ball velocity is in the SEC?
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A lot more to fastball effectiveness than velo. Doyle is a rare lefty with high spin rates and a flat vertical approach angle. See Snead for comparison. Big arm, high velo, but doesn't have the pitch shape of a truly elite fastball.
 
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#852
#852
Drewbydoo said:
I hope you know the answer to this even though I'm somewhat embarrassed to ask:

1. How fast is Doyle's fastball?

2. Why do you think he's as good as he is? I think he has a good plan of how to pitch each batter and has the control to execute the plan, but I can't tell if his velocity is well above average.

3. What do you think the average fast ball velocity is in the SEC?
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I'll do #2

Doyle is a lefty psycho
 
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#857
#857
Orange. said:
Just look at these losers.

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cardvolfan said:
Yeah, the home run celebration was just strange and weird….like Aggie yell leader weird. I forget which other player was on 2nd after he doubled early in the game, but the guy literally did a Chippendale-type lewd routine. Really strange culture.
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#858
#858
StarRaider said:
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On principal, I always endorse live music over canned, if for no better reason than to support and encourage musicians.

It's a bad PR look, though, because it demonstrates that you can't fill your stadium, and you knew long before the game that you couldn't fill your stadium.

It could be effective as advertising, on a temporary basis, if the sound of the band attracted students who were on campus to come check out the scene (depending on student admission prices).

As for live music that would enhance the event or the fans experience...

1) If fans totally love hearing that band in other venues (football or basketball) so there's already an energy connection by association, maybe it could work.

2) But baseball is so different from other sports spectator experiences, so if I was going that route, I'd look for a totally different combination of instruments and music... maybe a jazz-savvy quintet with a broad repertoire.

3) Baseball's pace allows for /calls for the music to have wit and situational awareness, which means a broad repertoire of memorized songs.

4) Can they provide each player's walk-up music? Mixing canned and live music almost always leaves one or the other sounding worse than either alone.
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Yeah, I gotta say no. UNLESS... [see follow-up post]
 
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#864
#864
I’m really curious how Marcus Phillips will pitch today. He’s struggled his last two outings, and had a bunch of bases swiped as well. We can’t let Kentucky get the early momentum running the base paths like Ole Miss did. I know there is a plan, but just wonder what we might do tonight. Problem solved if we score 10-12 runs, but that‘s not a given.
 
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#867
#867
Tenacjim said:
There was a radar gun in use (announcers mentioned pitch speed multiple times). People in the stadium can see it. Mentioned Doyle hit 97 multiple times and 98 at least once.

The graphics on these SEC+ games (at least when we are the home team) are abysmal. They often have balls/strikes wrong, men on the wrong base, etc. Asking them to flash up pitch speed is probably well beyond their limited skill set…..
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Most softball games do much better. Almost seems intentional…
 
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