The Virginia Cavaliers: Quite Offensive
by BrianWalker'sElbow on Jun 4, 2009 6:00 PM EDT
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Fear us, Rebels! We will charge the mound with our swords!
The Cavaliers come into Oxford with a lineup that has the same potency of the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers (before Pom shut them up). They sport a .331 average and a modest 55 HRs. We Rebels have a .315 average and 54 HRs. In the extra bases category, they have 121 doubles and 27 triples. We have 119 two baggers and 14 three baggers.
The Hoos have a .492 slugging % and .406 OBP. In the same departments, the Rebs sport a .461 and .403 respectively. VA averages 8.1 runs a game and Ole Miss averages 7.5.
As you can see, these two teams have many similarities offensively. They are both small ball teams that like to move the runners on the base-paths. However, Virginia has stolen 104 bases compared to our 89.
Leading the offensive charge for Virginia is Dan Grovatt who is batting .378 with 7 dingers and 50 RBIs. Jarrett Parker also bats .378 and has 16 HRs and 64 RBIs. Parker has stolen 19 bases. These guys are dangerous.
In the "a little bit less dangerous category" is Tyler Cannon who is hitting .349, Hultzen who is hitting .335, and Steven Proscia who is hitting .325 with 9 HRs.
Their averages and speed will present many problems for our pitching staff and coaches. Do we start Basham behind the plate to counter their speed with his arm? Whom do we intentionally walk?
This is going to be a great series!
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Start Aaron Barrett.
Throw it at a couple of the best players’ heads, knocking them out.
Aaron gets tossed for the rest of the season, we triumphantly march to Omaha.
This sounds fool-proof to me.
Pig Pen this here's Rubber Duck, and I'm about to put the hammer down.
Basham must play
Henson is great in the lineup, but he is not as solid behind the plate. We can’t afford to lose this weekend because we let them run on us. Play Basham, hope he pulls out a few hits in the lineup or at least moves runners over, but most importantly we have to get production out of Henry. He has to draw walks, take pitches and overall demoralize the opposing pitchers. He is going to be our barometer this weekend.
by HaterOfAllThingsCrimsonAnd-OrTide-ish on Jun 5, 2009 1:52 AM EDT reply actions
Agree on Basham.
He has to play this weekend. His defense is going to be important and may save us more runs than Henson could give us at the plate. You can always bat Henson at DH when we’re facing a lefty.
The plus with Basham is that though he’s not a good hitter, he’s very good at moving runners and putting down bunts, so he can at least give you something.
GAMEDAY MOTHER FUCKERS
get to oxford, get drunk, get loud, get swayze crazy, get to omaha
button over fergie (even though i hate both)
basham over henson (even though i hate both)
OOOOOORRR…..we could just clone mort 9 times and have him play every position over everyone because his glove is so sick nasty it even gave chuck norris the swine flu, WTF SRSLY
i have GA tickets so ill either be in left field or down the 3rd base line yelling at the left fielder again. i imagine finding seats for todays game wont be that much of a problem considering the game time, see ya in oxford!
What do bama fans and maggots have in common? They can both live off a dead bear for years and years and years.
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