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Crap.

Nice season goes down top fast.

Heartbreaking. The pitcher before Holiday lost it for us, but the bats never did show up in the entire post season. Great season, but this team was capable of much more. If we could have made it past UVA, I think we had a great chance at greatness. Such a shame.

Got shut down by the back half of their roster, capped off by a walkoff HR by the guy who started the game on the mound….

Didn’t bring the bats. It was only a matter of time. Oh well.

We can never have nice things

And this is why i refuse to put any faith in an ODU team. They NEVER show up or want to win when it matters.

(06-08-2021 12:21 PM)LetsGoODU Wrote:  We can never have nice things

Its the ODU way... always this close (hold thumb and forefinger closely together) to awesome, but never quite there. It was a great season though. One of the best. Which is why I was hoping for even more.

(06-08-2021 12:22 PM)FTW ODU Wrote:  And this is why i refuse to put any faith in an ODU team. They NEVER show up or want to win when it matters.

To say they don't want to win is asinine..

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No worse feeling than getting home, hoping the Monarchs are still in the fight, turning on the TV and seeing some kid from Virginia get a mid-interview ice bath and then Stephen A. Smith screaming at me

I'm gonna guess nobody on this board knows how hard it is to get where they were today. Let me speak from REAL experience. It is really really freaking tough! Tip of the cap to the team and Finny. Absolutely outstanding year!

(06-08-2021 12:22 PM)FTW ODU Wrote:  And this is why i refuse to put any faith in an ODU team. They NEVER show up or want to win when it matters.

Well the important thing is you get to feel good about yourself. Oh well, maybe one day ODU will have a team that will deserve your precious support. But then they'll lose and you'll go back to patting yourself on the back about how you knew they didn't deserve you in the first place.

(06-08-2021 12:22 PM)FTW ODU Wrote:  And this is why i refuse to put any faith in an ODU team. They NEVER show up or want to win when it matters.

Well that is the stupidest post ever.

Another play that will get overlooked is when they sent Gagliardi home on the Tommy Bell single in the eighth inning. He was out by a 10 feet. I know there was 2 outs but, with his speed, he has no chance to score unless the throw is wildly off the mark. Take a chance with the next batter?

(06-08-2021 12:29 PM)Vabirds Wrote:  Another play that will get overlooked is when they sent Gagliardi home on the Tommy Bell single in the eighth inning. He was out by a 10 feet. I know there was 2 outs but, with his speed, he has no chance to score unless the throw is wildly off the mark. Take a chance with the next batter?

100% send that runner. No questions asked.

(06-08-2021 12:28 PM)757ODU Wrote:  I'm gonna guess nobody on this board knows how hard it is to get where they were today. Let me speak from REAL experience. It is really really freaking tough! Tip of the cap to the team and Finny. Absolutely outstanding year!

Definitely. We beat a very scrappy Jacksonville team and beat an SEC team in their stadium in front of 7000+ fans. That's special. They made history.

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oh well on to football...at least VCU can't say that

It is such a bummer how the odds were completely stacked against ODU as a number 1 seed, but that’s baseball. Magical season, see ya in the fall.

Heartbroken for these guys. They were a couple wild pitches and bounces away from winning that one and going to Supers. But that’s baseball.

I’m thankful I got to enjoy the ride with this team and all the memories I have watching them play. It stinks to be so close to making supers and failing but they did a lot of things no other team in ODU history has done.

(06-08-2021 12:29 PM)Vabirds Wrote:  Another play that will get overlooked is when they sent Gagliardi home on the Tommy Bell single in the eighth inning. He was out by a 10 feet. I know there was 2 outs but, with his speed, he has no chance to score unless the throw is wildly off the mark. Take a chance with the next batter?

Maybe but if he gets the hold sign and ends the inning on third, we're going to wonder what would have happened if he had gotten the green light. Gotta play the percentages and read how the game's going, and it sounds like it was the right (if not guaranteed) call.

(06-08-2021 12:28 PM)Cyniclone Wrote:  

(06-08-2021 12:22 PM)FTW ODU Wrote:  And this is why i refuse to put any faith in an ODU team. They NEVER show up or want to win when it matters.

Well the important thing is you get to feel good about yourself. Oh well, maybe one day ODU will have a team that will deserve your precious support. But then they'll lose and you'll go back to patting yourself on the back about how you knew they didn't deserve you in the first place.

Oh I do support, i just expect to lose rather then win. It is rare that ODU is clutch and wins when it matters.