Palmetto Proving Grounds

What games have you been watching he dominated Clemson in our regional. Posters should think twice about posting certain things about players because you never know who is reading.

Do you honestly think Matthews would be happy with his hitting in the CWS himself? come on...we definitely earned this championship series and we are all happy to be there but be honest and he has to be honest with himself he has probably left atleast 20 runners on base and atleast 12 in scoring position in the CWS..most of the time with only 1 out too.

I agree with him being in there because the team does view him as a senior leader but he should be in the 8 or 9 spot with Vergy moving up to his spot

What about that sliding catch he made last night. Sure a run scored on the tag but if he hadn't snagged it something worse could have happened.

This is what I'm talking about some people can find any negative.

No I do not think he was happy with his performance at the plate yesterday but we don't posters questioning Ray Tanner for having him in the lineup only because of senior leadership. I call that a cheap shot now if you want to say you believe he should be moved down in the batting order that's fine.

I don't think ANY of these kids should be criticized. They are ALL playing their hearts out. Yes, there may be slumps with any of them but they all deserve our support! We all want to win including every player out there! We should be behind them in good times as well as bad times!

That seems to be the logical move.

We can change his spot in the order, but we cannot take him out of the field. In this park, you need the best defensive outfielders you have.

In his defense, he did get a hit with a runner in scoring position on Thursday, but we didn't score. Also, he got a horrible 0-1 call last night on a pitch a foot inside that put him in a hole.

I've written him off before and he always comes back strong. He is in a real slump now, but he saved our butts against CU.

Baseballs a funny game and I think a few of our guys are due to break out. To answer your question Mathews is playing bc he is one of our three best OFs. He hasn't hit as well this year but he is still our best option. He's due for a few multi hit games.

Pankake has been hitting it hard, just right at people. Finally got a couple hits last night, drove in a run. gotta get the ball in play at the leadoff spot and he's gotten the bat on the ball.

Agreed we are in the Championship Series when at the beginning of the year we didnt know we would make the cws and we still have fans coaching from behind a computer screen.

Changing anything messes with a flow. These guys are here for a reason. Some of yall wont be so critical if matthews blasts one to win this thing for us.

No some of us want to have a good discussion. There is nothing wrong with having a discussion about things that could improve. It all depends on how you discuss these improvements. Do you say it with venom or say it because some of us have played the game before and have a little insight into where things stand.....