A positive perspective on this situation would likely be the following. Our
staff probably thought that with an eight run lead, and only five outs to get, they could put some struggling or unproven arms in there to close it out. That would theoretically save more good arms for the (likely) rubber match on Sunday. By using Swift we now likely won’t have him for the deciding game. To say ZERO arms is a bit hyperbolic, imo, but we obviously don’t have enough good, consistent, reliable arms for all roles. Lazaro has been coming on and he was a lefty on lefty situational match up attempt. Grim is our highly touted freshman who was a surprise weekend starter who was recently injured and is working back into form. None of these guys are zeros but they were not good yesterday.
Thread Replies (14)
This is absolutely inexcusably ABSURD. How can you be a D1 team and have
-- hokiepro
Mar 28, 2026 at 05:47 PM ET
hokiepro
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03/28/26 05:47 PM ET
A positive perspective on this situation would likely be the following. Our
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-- VT One
Mar 29, 2026 at 12:50 PM ET
VT One
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03/29/26 12:50 PM ET
If you can’t throw a strike with an 8 run lead…
-- hokiepro
Mar 29, 2026 at 02:26 PM ET
hokiepro
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03/29/26 02:26 PM ET
I will agree that a P by your name on the roster doesn’t make you a pitcher**
-- VT One
Mar 29, 2026 at 05:31 PM ET
VT One
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03/29/26 05:31 PM ET
Looking at this board I thought we lost. Then I checked the score.
-- 7Hokie1
Mar 28, 2026 at 10:00 PM ET
7Hokie1
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03/28/26 10:00 PM ET
If you had followed the game Friday night and our bullpen this year you
-- U2Hokie
Mar 29, 2026 at 07:52 AM ET
U2Hokie
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03/29/26 07:52 AM ET
What if we’d had Swift to use late in game 3?? It matters **
-- hokiepro
Mar 29, 2026 at 09:13 PM ET
hokiepro
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03/29/26 09:13 PM ET
Sure - but lets put the dang bunt down in fair territory and WIN in the 9th**
-- U2Hokie
Mar 30, 2026 at 08:04 AM ET
U2Hokie
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03/30/26 08:04 AM ET
I could understand if it was a tight game
-- HokiesACC2004
Mar 29, 2026 at 02:52 AM ET
HokiesACC2004
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03/29/26 02:52 AM ET
Can you give it rest sometime?**
-- HokiesACC2004
Mar 28, 2026 at 07:11 PM ET
HokiesACC2004
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03/28/26 07:11 PM ET
Swift said to calm down**
-- La Gargola
Mar 28, 2026 at 05:54 PM ET
La Gargola
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03/28/26 05:54 PM ET
I needed to calm down…was I being too loud? 🎶 😂 **
-- hokiepro
Mar 28, 2026 at 05:58 PM ET
hokiepro
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03/28/26 05:58 PM ET
Yeah. I knew when he came in we’d be ok but the problem is he shouldn’t
-- hokiepro
Mar 28, 2026 at 05:57 PM ET
hokiepro
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03/28/26 05:57 PM ET
He'll be fine for midweek**
-- La Gargola
Mar 28, 2026 at 06:01 PM ET
La Gargola
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03/28/26 06:01 PM ET
Sweet. We'll takate it!**
-- hokieshade
Mar 28, 2026 at 05:55 PM ET
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03/28/26 05:55 PM ET