IU Rutgers Baseball: BIG TEN CHAMPIONS

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Just now, Fkfootball1 said:

 

Doesn’t matter. I came around on him. I never liked Lemonis though.


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It does matter. Its annoying to the rest of us. Lemo was a solid coach and a great person. It'd be silly to think otherwise. 

[Class of '66 Old Fart 84,773]

Lot of former IU players and coaches of other IU sports have tweeted out their congratulations but I thought this was an especially nice one.

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Congratulations to @IndianaBase on winning the outright Big Ten Conference title today.

[mjhoosier 93]

Mercer walked into a nice roster but IU was only projected 4th pre season. To win the big 10 in his first year is impressive. To me, he’s got to be Big 10 COY no matter what they do in BTT. They better give their strength / conditioning guy a raise. The strength and power this team has is something. Mercer has a very nice looking group of recruits coming next year. They will lose a bunch of talent but should reload quick. The development of these players has been something to watch this year.


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[ccgeneral 38,084]

Atta boys!

[TheWatShot 14,000]

This is 3 in the last 7 years, isn't it?

 

Out of curiosity, I took a glance at how our former coaches are doing. I know Tracy Smith was under a lot of pressure at Arizona State, and many were shocked he wasn't fired after last season. He must have figured something out, as they're currently 36-14. Chris Lemonis has Mississippi State at 45-11.

[Brass Cannon 24,809]

3 minutes ago, TheWatShot said:

This is 3 in the last 7 years, isn't it?

 

Out of curiosity, I took a glance at how our former coaches are doing. I know Tracy Smith was under a lot of pressure at Arizona State, and many were shocked he wasn't fired after last season. He must have figured something out, as they're currently 36-14. Chris Lemonis has Mississippi State at 45-11.

Smith I think finally broke thru. Lemonis might be riding the player development of his predecessor 

[8bucks 6,455]

Mercer walked into a nice roster but IU was only projected 4th pre season. To win the big 10 in his first year is impressive. To me, he’s got to be Big 10 COY no matter what they do in BTT. They better give their strength / conditioning guy a raise. The strength and power this team has is something. Mercer has a very nice looking group of recruits coming next year. They will lose a bunch of talent but should reload quick. The development of these players has been something to watch this year.


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I don’t follow baseball as much but didn’t he win with kids recruited to play a different style? If so, it is really impressive to win early even though you had to adapt your style to match your roster. Hopefully he can maintain this level of play and success


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[FCHoosier 172]

Just got around to watching the final strikeout and wanted to say how awesome it was that Gabe Bierman was on the mound for it. It’s been a tough past three days for him as his father passed away on Thursday and once I heard the news figured he would sit out this weekend and head back home to Jeff to be with family. Coming from a rival high school and having faced him for three years, it was always so hard to root against him (luckily I don’t have to anymore). I had a ton of respect for him before this weekend but after playing a few days after such a tragic event, that respect has increased tremendously. Great weekend by our Hoosiers and look forward to a postseason run.

BTW I appreciate all of the in-game updates from each of you! It makes it so easy to get caught up when I’m unable to catch it live. Thanks again guys


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[Brass Cannon 24,809]

2 hours ago, ccgeneral said:

We outscored them 23-4 in our sweep of them at their place earlier. 

Fingers crossed we are ready. 

[Brass Cannon 24,809]

Not sure how I missed this but that Welsh kid has 3 career homers. He had none on Wednesday. 

BTW Mercer is the first coach to win the Big Ten his first year since 1982. 

[TXHoosierDaddy 1,375]

On 5/18/2019 at 8:09 PM, Brass Cannon said:

Smith I think finally broke thru. Lemonis might be riding the player development of his predecessor 

ASU has been struggling as of late. They have lost or tied 5 of the last 6 series. They should get in though but would help their odds with a win in Pac-12 tourney (they played a very weak out of conference slate).

Miss St. is a title contender. Lemo walked into an amazing situation. Definitely a top 8 seed that will host all the way through and could get to Omaha. 

[TXHoosierDaddy 1,375]

On 5/18/2019 at 8:13 PM, 8bucks said:

I don’t follow baseball as much but didn’t he win with kids recruited to play a different style? If so, it is really impressive to win early even though you had to adapt your style to match your roster. Hopefully he can maintain this level of play and success


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He did a great job with what he had. Lemo left us with some good pieces and it just worked out that guys like Milto, Fineman and Lloyd didn't get drafted or were drafted very late so came back. Guys like Gordon, Bierman and Richardson all have been impact pieces coming in. He tweaked the lineup throughout the year and finally found a pretty good one although I don't think its his style but more of a power hitting style with lots of #'s and k's. He shored up the defense big time as the year went on. Couldn't be happier. We have a very bright future with this guy. 

[Brass Cannon 24,809]

11 minutes ago, TXHoosierDaddy said:

ASU has been struggling as of late. They have lost or tied 5 of the last 6 series. They should get in though but would help their odds with a win in Pac-12 tourney (they played a very weak out of conference slate).

Miss St. is a title contender. Lemo walked into an amazing situation. Definitely a top 8 seed that will host all the way through and could get to Omaha. 

By broke thru I think he stopped the collapsing tailspin and is building something. 

They are a title contender for sure but let’s see

[ccgeneral 38,084]

@Matt_Cohen_: IU finished first in the Big Ten this year in...

- Home runs (90)
- Runs (389)
- Runs per game (7.1)
- Slugging (0.464)
- K/BB ratio (2.97)
- WHIP (1.22)

Matt Lloyd and Cole Barr finish tied atop the Big Ten with 16 home runs each. 

Lloyd led the B1G with 54 RBIs

 

[Aaron 4,293]

I updated the name of this topic to reflect the Championship. Will post Big Ten Tourney thread and preview tomorrow probably.