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General Discussion => Beer and Queso => Topic started by: Nate Colbert on June 14, 2014, 01:54:49 pm
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UCI at the Horns in a few minutes, followed later today by Louisville vs Vandy.
On tap tomorrow is Tech vs TCU and Ole Miss vs Virginia. Look for Astros' draft picks Derek Fisher and Aaron Greenwood in the latter.
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I hope that UT doesn't come to regret all of those early-inning LOBsters.
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Anteaters rally late to beat UT 3-1.
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Anteaters rally late to beat UT 3-1.
That was deeply unsatisfying. At least 12 LOBsters, I think. And somehow the UCI pitcher went the distance.
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Longhorns now match up with Louisville in a losers bracket game on Monday afternoon.
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Greenwood gives up winning run as Ole Miss loses to Virginia. Fisher was I believe 0-4 in the game. Rebs vs Red Raiders in elimination game on Tuesday afternoon while the Cavaliers play TCU in winners bracket game that evening.
Again, Horns in their own elimination game tomorrow afternoon.
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Horns up 2-0 heading to the 5th. Parker French looking sharp.
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Now to the 8th with UT on top of the Cardinals 3-0.
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Cardinals go home as Horns win 4-1.
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Red Raiders 3 outs from elimination unless they can overcome 1-0 deficit against Ole Miss.
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Tie game!
1-1 heading to B9.
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TT pitcher botches DP ball to put Ole Miss runners on 1st and 3rd with one out in B9.
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Base hit wins the pitchers duel (then again, *all* games at TDAP are pitchers duels) for the Rebels and sends Tech home.
Ole Miss plays Thursday night versus the loser of tonight's TCU/UVA game.
Longhorns rematch with UCI tomorrow night.
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TCU loses in 15th to Virginia and Schlossnagle ain't happy:
Aaron Fitt @aaronfitt 35m
Jim Schlossnagle: "It's just a travesty what we've done to college baseball." Talking about the park and bat combination.
Aaron Fitt @aaronfitt · 3h
HR by year at #CWS, 2004-present: 17, 24, 20, 37, 38, 45, 32, 9, 10, 3, 0 (so far).
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For those complaining about TDAP, may I direct you to Minnesota coach John Anderson's comments at the Big Ten Tourney presser? He made the point that had they known the impact of the bats, they would have changed the design of the stadium. Was on the committee.
FYI, the NCAA has adopted a lower seam baseball for 2015 (http://www.baseballamerica.com/college/ncaa-to-switch-to-flat-seamed-balls-in-2015/) in order to generate more offense:
The raised-seam ball has a seam height of .048 inches, compared to .031 inches for the flat-seamed ball. The flatter-seam height is consistent with the balls used in minor league baseball, but still higher than what is used in the major leagues.
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TCU loses in 15th to Virginia and Schlossnagle ain't happy:
WFW
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WFW
No kidding. Had TCU won, pretty sure the "travesty" would have gone unmentioned.
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No kidding. Had TCU won, pretty sure the "travesty" would have gone unmentioned.
Not so fast.
Sorry to link to another message board, but I could not find this anywhere else: http://www.csnbbs.com/thread-692666.html
Long and short of it is that ESPN's reporter is noting that Schlossnagle's was expressing this opinion well before the game was over. Considering that TCU has had to play 21 additional innings of baseball thus far in the postseason, isn't it hard to blame him?
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0-0 in the Texas-UC Irvine game with two outs in the last of the fifth.
I am now a fan of Jessica Mendoza.
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Those 3 or 4 innings last night when the UVa and TCU closers were facing off were really something. The UVa guy's combination of fastball and slider were practically unfair.
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Lot of credit to the UCI first baseman there for watching Johnson round the bag rather than watching the ball rattle around in the LF corner.
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Nice home run by Hinojosa, 1-0 Texas in the seventh.
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Nice home run by Hinojosa, 1-0 Texas in the seventh.
which holds up for the win. UCI out. Vandy and Texas the afternoon game on Friday.
Horned Frogs and Ole Miss tonight.
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UT the lone Big 12 representative remaining as TCU loses to Ole Miss 6-4.
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Lot of credit to the UCI first baseman there for watching Johnson round the bag rather than watching the ball rattle around in the LF corner.
Just as a note, as a career first baseman, that was one the first things that you learn on extra base hits. Watch the runner step on first, then react to the play.
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Horns already up 4-0 in just the 3rd inning. Vandy starting pitcher Tyler Ferguson didn't even make it out of the 1st.
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4-0 score stands up. Same two teams tomorrow.
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4-0 score stands up. Same two teams tomorrow.
I only saw the first few innings. Did Vandy have to burn any more pitchers?
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No. The second pitcher (side arm guy) finished it out.
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Derek Fisher and his Cavaliers head to the CWS finals after knocking off Ole Miss 4-1. Those finals start Monday night.
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Infield single with 2 outs and bases loaded wins it for Vandy, 4-3 over Horns in bottom of 10th.
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Terrible swing and hit, but just effective enough. Rough way to go out for the horns.
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Watching UT for an extended period during the playoffs made me think how nice it would have been to sign Hinojosa. The guy is a really solid player.
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Terrible swing and hit, but just effective enough. Rough way to go out for the horns.
Yeah, but is there really a GOOD way to go out? Hard to be upset at what that team did. One of the guys on Shaggy posted a side-by-side comparison of more than a dozen team stats between 2013 and 2014 and they were better, but they weren't a ton better this season. This team just had a lot of fight and peaked at a great time. That was a run all Texas fans can (and should) be proud of.
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Yeah, but is there really a GOOD way to go out? Hard to be upset at what that team did. One of the guys on Shaggy posted a side-by-side comparison of more than a dozen team stats between 2013 and 2014 and they were better, but they weren't a ton better this season. This team just had a lot of fight and peaked at a great time. That was a run all Texas fans can (and should) be proud of.
Indeed.
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Yeah, but is there really a GOOD way to go out? Hard to be upset at what that team did. One of the guys on Shaggy posted a side-by-side comparison of more than a dozen team stats between 2013 and 2014 and they were better, but they weren't a ton better this season. This team just had a lot of fight and peaked at a great time. That was a run all Texas fans can (and should) be proud of.
You're absolutely right that UT fans should be proud. Will Garrido be back?
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No idea, but I'd be shocked if he were not.
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No idea, but I'd be shocked if he were not.
Accorgimg to BON, he want's an extension. No way Patterson doesn't offer.
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BON?
I probably should know this but am drawing a blank.
Burnt Orange Nation?
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I probably should know this but am drawing a blank.
Burnt Orange Nation?
Correct. Sorry.
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BTW, Considering how long it took to garner the moniker should've quit 500 posts ago, I predict I will never achieve another plateau.
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Who was the last big-time MLB quality hitter Augie brought to Texas? Does Brandon Belt count?
I understand why they play the way they do but damn, bring in some bats please.
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Who was the last big-time MLB quality hitter Augie brought to Texas? Does Brandon Belt count?
I understand why they play the way they do but damn, bring in some bats please.
The problem in college baseball right now is that they so deadened the bats that you can't tell much any more. They over reacted.
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Kyle Russell was more of a dominant hitter in college than Belt.
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The problem in college baseball right now is that they so deadened the bats that you can't tell much any more. They over reacted.
I disagree...I think pitching should dominate, but I realize that I'm in the minority on that, especially when college baseball, in general, struggles to attract fans.
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I disagree...I think pitching should dominate, but I realize that I'm in the minority on that, especially when college baseball, in general, struggles to attract fans.
I don't necessarily disagree with you. However, the best pitchers tend to be taken early in the amateur draft and sign, much more so than hitters. College baseball is primarily pitching thin, so hitters theoretically should dominate and did until they so deadened the bats that you can't tell any more.
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I don't necessarily disagree with you. However, the best pitchers tend to be taken early in the amateur draft and sign, much more so than hitters. College baseball is primarily pitching thin, so hitters theoretically should dominate and did until they so deadened the bats that you can't tell any more.
It's not the bats alone. It's the combination of the bats and baseballs. The baseballs are changing next year with the expectation that the offense should go up.
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The bats were engineered to behave more like wooden bats which makes sense to me.
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The bats were engineered to behave more like wooden bats which makes sense to me.
I don't disagree with you. However, I think that they went overboard. Look at the dramatic drop in home runs, particularly in the CWS. When a burly hitter solidly squares a ball up and it doesn't travel out of the yard, something is wrong.
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I don't necessarily disagree with you. However, the best pitchers tend to be taken early in the amateur draft and sign, much more so than hitters. College baseball is primarily pitching thin, so hitters theoretically should dominate and did until they so deadened the bats that you can't tell any more.
And I'm ok with all of that.
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I don't disagree with you. However, I think that they went overboard. Look at the dramatic drop in home runs, particularly in the CWS. When a burly hitter solidly squares a ball up and it doesn't travel out of the yard, something is wrong.
Weight room!!
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The bats were engineered to behave more like wooden bats which makes sense to me.
I know the reasoning, but this argument just makes me want twist someone's arm until they require wooden bats.
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I know the reasoning, but this argument just makes me want twist someone's arm until they require wooden bats.
This will never happen as 1) college baseball is too much in bed with the metal bat manufacturers, and 2) quality wood bats would be prohibitively expensive for all but the top college programs, creating a competitive disadvantage for smaller schools.
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This will never happen as 1) college baseball is too much in bed with the metal bat manufacturers, and 2) quality wood bats would be prohibitively expensive for all but the top college programs, creating a competitive disadvantage for smaller schools.
Agreed. It'll never happen.
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Why I prefaced my wish with "I know the reasoning."