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Post by The Cats on Apr 29, 2019 9:41:14 GMT -5
 ASU
When: Tuesday, April 30, at 5 pm. Where: Boone, NC Radio: Catamount Sports Forum TV / Video: AppVisionASU's Record: 19-22 overall, 11-9 conference, 12-10 home Series: In Baseball, the Cats are 95-61-1 overall versus the Mountaineers, in a series that started in 1955. The Cats have lost the last four games played to ASU, dropping both games played in 2018. The game earlier this season was rained out in Cullowhee. App State welcomed 17 newcomers and returned 16 letter winners, including seven position players who were 2018 starters, three pitchers who started multiple games in 2018 and two of its top three relievers. Entering Kermit Smith's third season as head coach, Appalachian State's baseball team was picked to finish sixth in the Sun Belt Conference's East Division. The Mountaineers come into the game riding a 3 game winning streak, while the Cats are 1-2 in the last three games played. On Sunday, App State completed a sweep of league-leading UTA with an 8-4 victory Sunday, prompting players to high-five near the mound as fans continued to stand and applaud the performance. |
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Post by The Cats on Apr 29, 2019 9:43:09 GMT -5
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Post by The Cats on Apr 30, 2019 11:12:59 GMT -5
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Post by The Cats on Apr 30, 2019 11:31:29 GMT -5
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Post by upstatecat88 on Apr 30, 2019 13:54:28 GMT -5
No chance of a rainout I guess........
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Post by hampton on Apr 30, 2019 18:05:50 GMT -5
WOW!!! Coach MO just pinch hit for Wilder with a weak hitter who grounded out to second base with the bases loaded. If he needed to pinch hit he had other hitters to use. Just WOW!! Really makes you wonder. Now Appy is opening it up.
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Post by upstatecat88 on Apr 30, 2019 18:14:05 GMT -5
Seriously, I was hoping for rain and lots of it. This team becomes more of a disaster every day, and I can’t stand losing to Watauga.
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Post by FLCATAMOUNT on Apr 30, 2019 18:56:51 GMT -5
Seriously, I was hoping for rain and lots of it. This team becomes more of a disaster every day, and I can’t stand losing to Watauga. I just hope no one really thought that Moranda was going to pick up a win in Boone. Moranda sinks deeper and deeper into muck every have. Here's hoping he can find an assistant job somewhere next season. Lose to UNC-A, loose to the goones, get swept by the Keydets and will probably not win a game on the remainder of the season. What's left? I still think we are much improved over last year. Is this the last year of his contract? If it is the last year, he might be let go otherwise I do not think that Randy will buy out his contract. I think that Moranda will be back next year and we will be improved. If he gets to .500 and / or he goes deep in the conference championship, he could likely keep his job. I am not saying that to piss anyone off. I am just saying that he has been at Western for a long time now and although he let things get bad, he is starting to right the ship. |
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Post by 55 on Apr 30, 2019 19:10:40 GMT -5
Seriously, I was hoping for rain and lots of it. This team becomes more of a disaster every day, and I can’t stand losing to Watauga. I just hope no one really thought that Moranda was going to pick up a win in Boone. Moranda sinks deeper and deeper into muck every have. Here's hoping he can find an assistant job somewhere next season. Lose to UNC-A, loose to the goones, get swept by the Keydets and will probably not win a game on the remainder of the season. What's left? Didn’t get swept by VMI, fwiw |
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Post by bigcatfan on May 1, 2019 7:23:04 GMT -5
[/quote]I still think we are much improved over last year. Is this the last year of his contract? If it is the last year, he might be let go otherwise I do not think that Randy will buy out his contract. I think that Moranda will be back next year and we will be improved. If he gets to .500 and / or he goes deep in the conference championship, he could likely keep his job. I am not saying that to piss anyone off. I am just saying that he has been at Western for a long time now and although he let things get bad, he is starting to right the ship. [/quote]
Completely on the opposite side of the fence on this one. I see nothing in the form of righting the ship. I see a bunch of preseason hope for a good season get turned into sub.500 baseball with only the slightest glimmer of doing something in the SoCon tournament. And I see this reoccurring year after year. To my knowledge, the baseball coach has no contract, as he is essentially reviewed on a year to year basis. I don't care about youth or inexperience. He should be at a point in his tenure where he reloads, and doesn't have to rebuild. During the lean years of football and basketball, WCU baseball was always a positive that we could hang our hats on. It just ain't that way anymore.
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