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  1. Thank Omar for Melendez. The El Paso product had only one Division I offer coming out of high school, from New Mexico State. He instead went to Odessa College to pitch and hit. He was eventually convinced to just focus on hitting; Melendez hit 17 homers and was an NJCAA All-American in 2019. Tipped off about the slugger by former Longhorns star Omar Quintanilla, Texas convinced Melendez to join its 2020 recruiting class. When Melendez signed, assistant coach Sean Allen described him as "a natural hitter with huge raw power." https://www.hookem.com/story/sports/baseball/2021/04/07/baseball-ivan-melendez-stays-hot-texas-wins-its-fifth-straight/7134100002/
  2. And thanks for the updates ! Cancellation of the Texas Classic (Ala, Az, Colo St) and other national tournaments has hurt the RPI (#25) and ISR (#20). Not sure if Boyd's and the NCAA are the bible on the rankings, but likely close. May be difficult to host a SR and possibly a Regional. Need to do some damage in conference play. Softball appears at this time to have a normal Regional setup. Selection Sunday is 16 May, Regionals begin 21 May. https://www.ncaa.com/rankings/softball/d1/ncaa-womens-softball-rpi http://www.boydsworld.com/baseball/isr/currentisr.html https://www.ncaa.com/news/softball/article/2020-05-04/womens-college-world-series-2021-schedule
  3. https://utamavs.com/watch/?Live=254&type=Live Audio for UTA game. Disable adblock, was sched for video, perhaps technical difficulties ? Jacobsen in the circle. I won't be able to give regular updates, perhaps someone ?
  4. Follow NMAS advice in post 3 and also may want to call the Ticket Office, 512-471-333 for box office procedures/availability. iirc, someone posted you lineup and then they issue a code to order and pay on your phone ? Not sure that is correct.
  5. Excerpts, AAS article on Daly. Praise for Tulo. Nice for Stehly to tutor since losing his position. Per his bio, Daly's dad is a 4 star General, US Army. "I feel comfortable on both sides of the middle infield," Daly said. "It hasn't really been too difficult. (Volunteer assistant coach Troy Tulowitzki has) done a great job and some of the older guys like Murph have done a great job of answering any questions that I've had." So, how did a player raised in the heart of SEC country end up at Texas? Daly said he once visited Austin with a travel team, and he felt an instant connection after visiting the UT campus with his dad. He committed to the Longhorns in December 2018. "I really just felt like it was a natural fit," Daly said. "I just credit God for that, just putting me where I think I belong." https://www.hookem.com/story/sports/baseball/2021/04/06/baseball-texas-opens-seasons-longest-homestand-21st-win/7095455002/
  6. SHSU beat aggy tonight 8-6. Childress in last year of contract.
  7. Spaceman_Spiff is not impressed.
  8. Thanks for posting. Exactly ! Never once in his columns at BC did he come close to criticizing Shaka. When questioned, his reply was "given benefit of the doubt, not at practice, blah, blah. He finally wrote an article in 2019 saying it would be best for a change. But never in the postgame articles did he question Shaka.
  9. Good point ! Should see a more consistent lineup with the start of conference play. Though MW likes to rotate 1B/OF for offense. Currently .953 fielding avg. Yikes !
  10. Some would agree. O'Leary solid, (3H, 7K's, 2BB, 0 runs) 4 runs in the second on 4 singles, and 2 walks, 7 total hits, Parker and Rhodes with errors (beginning to think we miss Chelsea Spencer, need to send Tulo over from the Disch) Tech pitcher walked 6 in key situations. Tech is last in B12 in hitting and next to last in pitching. https://big12sports.com/stats.aspx?path=softball&year=2021
  11. Thanks for posting ! Great interview. Lots of insight, no coachspeak.
  12. Will be difficult to sleep tonight, will add my $.02. - Antico did not consistently see this level of pitching at St Johns. Pierce is likely keeping him in the lineup because he leads the team in walks, 3rd with less K's, and 11-14 SB's. And the overall experience factor. I like him, he needs a breakout game to get back on track. - Can't see Witt getting AB's in a game like this when he is pitching. Mental thing especially for a freshman no matter his talent. Petrinsky hurt ? Geib, Melendez ? - Early in the year, someone mentioned team leadership. It wasn't there tonight. We looked tepid. Not football, but need to show more enthusiasm. Need a Kacy, Kody, Tres Barrera, Cameron Rupp. - Someone do a welfare check on @Fletch 🙂
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    2021 NCAA Baseball

    SCar beat Florida last night, 9-8, 14 inn, and won one game last week against Vandy. The more they win it helps our RPI/SOS.
  14. With Covid scheduling, limited travel for teams, etc, suppose there is the risk of "playing down" to the competition and not having focus. These teams are terrible. SDak (4-20) UTSA (5-13) UTA (4-18) Stats: 2nd Hitting, 3rd Pitching, Last in Fielding Gets real on Thurs with Tech coming to town. https://big12sports.com/stats.aspx?path=softball&year=2021
  15. siap, CDC's 40 Acres Insider Read as you will ... With the thrill of victory, we also experienced the agony of defeat last week. Saturday's Men's Basketball game was a heartbreaker as Coach Smart and our No. 9 Longhorns were stunned in the first round of the NCAA Tournament by Abilene Christian. It was a tough night all the way around as our Longhorns just couldn't find a groove, made far too many turnovers, and in the end came up one-point short, 53-52. Watching from Indy, it was just gut-wrenching seeing such a wonderful group of student-athletes experiencing such a disappointing end to a season that included so much success, like the Maui Invitational title (played in Asheville, N.C. due to the pandemic, of course), our first-ever Big 12 Tourney Championship, a No. 9 final ranking in the AP Poll and a 19-8 overall record. It was not how any of us wanted it to end and was so abruptly and truly devastating for us all, but like all competitors and those of us in athletics do, we must pick ourselves up off the mat, dust off and get back to work. https://texassports.com/news/2021/3/24/forty-acres-insider-march-24.aspx
  16. Read that Geib's 3 run HR was his first AB since his injury last year, and on the first pitch. Quite a reintroduction. Always liked him, 1st/3B, difficult to find a spot other than DH.
  17. https://www.surlyhorns.com/board/index.php?/topic/12678-2020-little-league-thread-of-dominance/page/8/&tab=comments#comment-3161866 Check above thread from the Baseball Forum. Most are from the Austin/Houston area but may be able to offer advice.
  18. Followed the Sunday game, but unable to watch. Any opinion if any of the 3WP’s could have been blocked ? Kubichek has 7WP’s and 5HBP in 21.1 innings.
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    2021 NCAA Baseball

    Be nice for SCar to take 1 or 2 from Vandy for our SOS/RPI. They lost to a 6-8 Davidson team Wed.
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    2021 NCAA Baseball

    Florida vs aggy tonight, 6PM, SECN. Scout aggy for our matchup on 30 Mar and check out Florida's new ballpark O'Sullivan got for declining Texas. (plus a 1.25M annual salary)
  21. https://big12sports.com/stats.aspx?path=baseball&year=2021 B12 stats as conference play begins. Overall, very good. iirc, best in awhile. Luv that Fielding stat.
  22. Never know about Tuesday games, but this could be a competitive game. Vaqueros took 2/3 from Baylor to open the season and just split a 4 games series with Grand Canyon (normally solid club) in Az this past weekend. That said, their stats are not impressive and Rimac hasn't pitched since 26 Feb when he was rocked by UW in Seattle. Head coach is Derek Matlock, former Texas St and WVU assistant, solid baseball guy. https://goutrgv.com/sports/baseball/stats/2021
  23. Not a member of either, but paid subscription is now the "way of the world". Always liked the D1 Baseball Chat on Monday but now requires a subscription. Very little, if any free content on either site. Even The Baseball Cube, premier research site, now requires subscription. D1 is $119 per year, $14.99 per month. Ouch ! They do sometimes offer specials but not much less. D1 started the fully paid trend and the others followed. I've met Kendall and talked to him at the Disch, but just not worth it. Find it helpful to glean info from visiting other team fan forums.
  24. 6 Feb 1939 - 15 Mar 2018 RIP, Great One ! Thanks for the memories. "You want to win everything along the way, because that buys you 24 hours of peace, but the national championship is the goal for this program."
  25. This week's schedule (aggyCorpus, BYU, Texas Southern, Tarleton St) are under .500. BYU has played a fairly strong schedule (Az, AzSt, Wash, Utah) Time to work on defense. https://www.ncaa.com/rankings/softball/d1/usa-today/nfca-coaches Polls: USAToday/NFCA - 10 D1 - 11 ESPN - 11
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