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T&L Extra: The Advocate's Leah Vann Previews Mississippi State-LSU

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SuperTalk Mississippi Media

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4.81.2K Ratings

🗓️ 7 April 2022

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

Two old rivals will slug it out at Dudy Noble Field this weekend, both trying to get a foothold in this crazy baseball season. What does LSU bring to Starkville, and what is this Tiger team? Brian Hadad welcomes Leah Vann from The Advocate in Baton Rouge to give an inside look at the Bayou Bengals. Photo courtesy of 247 Sports

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0:00.0

A Super Talk Mississippi Media Production.

0:05.2

All right, joining me at this time, Leah Van.

0:07.4

She covers the Tigers for the Advocate down there in Baton Rouge.

0:11.1

It's an interesting team, Leah, an interesting mix of newcomers and old faces.

0:15.7

You know, there's a lot of names that Mississippi State fans and SEC fans are going to be familiar with.

0:19.3

And then there's a lot of the new faces, obviously those who came from Arizona and elsewhere. Do you feel like, you know,

0:24.1

at this point in the season, this team has meshed well and, you know, the chemistry is where

0:28.1

they wanted to be? You know, they claim to be meshing well. You have to remember they're going

0:34.7

through a transition with this new coaching staff,

0:38.3

with Jay Johnson,

0:41.1

with even the pitching coach and the hitting coach.

0:43.8

They have a different approach to things in the past.

0:45.9

So they've had to adjust to new routines.

0:48.4

They've had to adjust how they approach the plate.

0:53.3

But as far as the chemistry, you know, it's a little bit lacking defensively. I think LSU leads in defensive air is a season.

0:57.6

The infield play has just been a lot of miscommunication and a lot of guys just kind of messing up the fundamentals.

1:04.1

So what they say in the dugout and with everything, you know, that they're very positive and that they are meshing.

1:11.2

There's just been a little bit of miscommunication on the defensive side.

1:15.9

When you talk about defense, obviously that has been a huge issue for LSU.

1:20.5

We talked about it a little bit earlier on our podcast.

1:23.4

19 errors between Thompson and I think it's

1:27.7

it's Doddy.

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