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  1. Just a few notes about the signficance of this DH with ULL. - ULL is 11-3, loss to UNT, split DH with LSU and Ok St - HC Gerry Glasco, well respected, former asst coach @ aggy - Pat Roberts, Pitching Coach, former asst with Mike White at Oregon - Megan Kleist, former All American pitcher at Oregon - 13 Texans on the roster, most from the Houston area tl;dr: ULL is good, real challenge. Playoff softball in February.
  2. Cheap CSF tickets. Deadline 5PM, 25 Feb. Use promo code TEXAS48 to take advantage of this offer! http://texassports.fan-one.com/nl/jsp/m.jsp?c=%40BllS0TTlMoHgqqr%2BKfUdNBogh5xWUDPyDbeYV7ZVnqQ%3D LONGHORNS ON FIRE! Texas Baseball goes to 8-0 for its best start since 2009 and #4 Texas Softball improves to 15-1! Cheer on both teams by purchasing tickets to upcoming marquee games with this 48-hour flash sale! #4 Softball vs. #11 Louisiana (DH) Tuesday, Feb. 25 at 4:30 p.m./7 p.m. $3 General Admission tickets* Baseball vs. #24 Cal State Fullerton Friday, March 6 at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, March 7 at 2 p.m. Sunday, March 8 at 1:30 p.m. $7 General Admission tickets*
  3. Good story on Cam. (excerpts) The switch hitter actually called his shot. “Yeah, I told a few of my teammates,” he said. “I asked the Lord to let me do what I can do, and I did exactly what I came here to do.” This guy doesn’t lack for confidence. Or unselfishness. Or zeal, if you saw the way he raced around the basepaths, throwing fist pumps en route. At 6 feet 2 and 195 pounds, he’s built like a linebacker, but he’s strictly a baseball player. He’s an older player — Zubia said the team calls him “Uncle” because he’s older than most as a redshirt junior — who plays the game with the joy of a 6-year-old. But that’s about how long he’s coveted a Longhorn uniform since the day he told his father he wanted to only play baseball. The son of former major leaguer Reggie Williams wears the same No. 55 as his dad, who played four seasons for the Angels and Dodgers. He can’t remember another walk-off homer in his career, but he did hit eight long balls for San Jacinto College last season and played for Dallas Baptist before that after a stellar high school career for a Class 7A state champion in Odessa, Fla. “This is an unbelievable place,” he said of UT. “You see Texas on the cover of video games. It doesn’t get any better.” Williams, however, will. He’s an embarrassingly hard worker — so much, in fact, that Pierce almost wishes he’d cut down on his own load management. “He’s probably the most strenuous worker on the team. Him, Murph, Trey (Faltine), (Brenden) Dixon,” Pierce said. “He leads the league there.” Pierce still recalls the time in offseason workouts when he was watching from the warm inside of the Brown Player Development Center. “It’s raining. In the 30s. And Cam’s taking ground balls out there and throwing them into the first base net. That tells you something.” https://www.hookem.com/columns/bohls-cam-comes-keep-texas-unbeaten/
  4. Not sure, I think it is optional. aggy coach Evans does and maybe a few others.
  5. mmm, My Texas Baseball ego surmised that Boise St had asked for the series to begin the resurrection of their progam with a historic program. On Thursday, Pierce said there wasn’t much rhythm or reason to this decision. The Longhorns simply needed someone to play at home: We needed a home weekend and sometimes you have choices and sometimes it’s a matchup. Us wanting to play at home week two and their program being available (out) of a handful. Then you look at which one fits best. Is it a Boise State? Or is it a team out of the northeast that you know nothing about? I know they’ll have some good players because they’ll recruit pretty heavily out of California, and they’ve had some players on their campus, I think, for a year. It just kind of happened to be honest with you. We’re pretty strategic about our scheduling, but that one was kind of filling a void more than anything.” https://www.hookem.com/2020/02/21/boise-state-end-texas-baseball-teams-schedule/ Boise St has a coaching staff with MLB experience. https://broncosports.com/sports/baseball/coaches
  6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_White_(softball) https://texassports.com/sports/softball/roster/coaches/mike-white/1650 If possible, can someone correct Mike White's Wiki page ? I don't know how. Doing some research before the ULL game to verify that Mike Roberts, ULL pitching coach, was MW's pitching coach for a brief time at Oregon. MW's bio states he is an OU alum, played catcher at OU and Central Az. His correct bio is link 2. Looks like a disgruntled OU or Oregon fan distorted the facts.
  7. I like you Helo and your insight, but you may have jinxed the season. I'll call Pedro.
  8. https://texassports.com/feature/sbgameday https://utparking.clickandpark.com/venue bschoolprof can offer better advice, but check the above links for parking. Note that you can order online. I would recommend one of the surface lots since the baseball team plays at 7PM (SHSU) and also for tailgaiting. Not sure how many of the ULL contingent will attend, normally have a good showing. Should note that limited free parking is available on the streets if you arrive early, especially for a weekday game.
  9. Duplantier's hamate injury is a blessing in disguise. Knew he was good, just like his brother (Rice, 3rd Rd, Diamondbacks, mlb debut last year).
  10. At this time, looks like the UNT game will be played, first pitch 4:30. Current temp 49 degrees, 8mph N wind. Tape delay, 9PM, LHN due to baseball game. (per Texas Sports) Too bad the weather conditions are not favorable. UNT is 8-1 with a victory over Megan Kleist and ULL (2-1). Should be a great game. @bschoolprof - We need you to Facetime it live for us. 😊
  11. siap Eyes on Brown: The father of Vandegrift basketball star Greg Brown III told me Tuesday little has changed in the recruitment of his 6′8″ son. But he reiterated the family line that he is only considering Texas if it retains Shaka Smart. Asked for an update, he said that the possibility of Smart’s firing “definitely will send Greg elsewhere.” https://www.statesman.com/sports/20200218/bohls-big-12-itrsquos-your-turn-to-step-up
  12. 4. Once a Longhorn ...: Former Oklahoma and Auburn assistant coach Jay Boulware said he didn’t discard all his Longhorns clothes from his years as a Texas football player and grad assistant. In fact, Tom Herman’s new tight ends/special teams coach said, “My wife has Longhorn slippers that she wore around the house. I just told her to hide ’em when the players came over.” ... Boulware said he never stopped loving his alma mater. “This is my heart,” he said. “This is my home. I love this place.” ... He also said he’s on board with all the Horns Down gestures seen at every Big 12 stadium and said he considers them the ultimate compliment. “I agree 100% with it. There’s always been the Horns going up and the Horns going down. This is respect. That’s what it’s about. We’re living in their heads rent free.” https://www.statesman.com/sports/20200218/bohls-big-12-itrsquos-your-turn-to-step-up
  13. Good baseball at the Round Rock Classic, Dell Diamond, this weekend. Nice tourney for teams that are not at the Shriners' Classic in Houston. ROUND ROCK CLASSIC SCHEDULE Friday, Feb. 21 • 3 p.m. | Stanford vs. HOUSTON • 7 p.m. | Texas Tech vs. Tennessee Saturday, Feb. 22 • 2 p.m. | Tennessee vs. HOUSTON • 6 p.m. | Stanford vs. Texas Tech Sunday, Feb. 23 • 11 a.m. | Tennessee vs. Stanford • 3 p.m. | HOUSTON vs. Texas Tech Advanced tickets for the 2020 Round Rock Classic are available at RoundRockClassic.net https://uhcougars.com/news/2019/8/14/baseball-round-rock-classic-matchups-game-times-announced.aspx
  14. Don't subscribe, but iirc it was close to the same. May want to google for discount codes and watch for promos as the season progresses. Still pretty steep. Even The Baseball Cube now charges $15 a year for stats.
  15. Question from a layman: Will Meekins' depature affect the rapport with Texas High School Coaches ?
  16. Amended original post - imo. TCU recently beset by injuries and recruiting to a private school, but really like Schloss, Saarloos, and Moisello. Check their bios - imo, edges out the Tech staff.
  17. Never count out TCU, great coaching staff - best in the B12, imo.
  18. Bryce did not play well in the field and at the plate when given the task to replace Hamilton. Replaced by Hibbeler at SS. He transferred to Arizona after the season, however, he is not on their roster. May have to sit out the year due to transfer. We play Arizona at the Disch on Tues, 3 Mar.
  19. This. There are many UU churches in major cities. Check the link below for more info on the organization. I am not a member of UU but have heard of the organization. UU churches are popular with her age group. https://www.uua.org/
  20. Anyone heard of this ? May be optional depending on conference ? A new rule intended to help speed up the game also could thwart attempts to steal signs in college baseball. The NCAA will allow a pitcher to wear a wristband with a signal card when the season opens Friday, allowing him and the catcher to look into the dugout to get pitch calls and eliminating the need for the catcher to relay the call with hand signs. Sign stealing has come to the fore since the Houston Astros were found to have used electronics to steal signs during their run to the 2017 World Series championship and in the 2018 season. The wristband rule in college baseball was put in to expedite the process of coaches calling pitches from the dugout with the implementation of the 20-second limit between pitches. “The wristbands with the card that you can change every inning makes it harder for people to steal signs,” Minnesota coach John Anderson said. “We’re in a similar space as professional baseball with all the video systems and cameras and more television broadcasts today.” Attempts to steal signs has always been accepted in baseball, with coaches and players keeping an eye on the opponent’s on-field mannerisms, how the catcher sets up or how fielders move, not to mention trying to figure out hand signs. “There’s a way to pick pitches and a way not to pick pitches,” UCLA coach John Savage said. “If you get an unfair advantage from the in-game (TV) monitor or center field camera and relay pitches right away, I just think it’s very unethical. “The message has been sent. Everybody’s been talking about it literally every day since that (Astros) thing came out and they’re still talking about it, and it’s not going away. Your job as a staff is to make sure that you fix anything you’re doing in terms of giving away pitches. That’s always been on the plate. But this other way of doing it is clearly crossing the line.” Not all teams are on board with pitchers wearing wristband. “I think it gives them too much on their plate,” Savage said. “It’s tough enough to execute a pitch, pitch out of problems, navigate through a game. I don’t necessarily want the pitcher having to look into the dugout after every pitch and look for a sign. Our job is to come up with a system that’s really hard to pick from the pitching coach, which is myself, to the catcher.” Anderson is in wait-and-see mode. At Minnesota, the catcher and pitcher call games themselves with occasional input from coaches. Anderson said that system will continue, but he is considering having the catcher and pitcher wear wristbands and have the catcher flash signs that change by inning or situation. “We’re edging into that space, I’m afraid,” Anderson said. “We’re paranoid, no question, so we’re going to pay attention. If we feel we can’t keep our kids in position where people don’t have our signs, we’re going to have to go into that space as well.” The new rule requires the pitcher to be on the mound but not on the rubber when he looks into the dugout and then at his wristband. To not distract the batter, the card must be dark in color and worn on the inside of the forearm and wrist unless the card is covered with a flap. Savage and Anderson said they suspect, but can’t prove, some of their opponents have used technology such as TVs in the clubhouse to steal signs. “When you see guys sitting on pitches and squaring up pretty good breaking balls and change-ups in fastball counts, you start to wonder,” Anderson said. “I think we’re all a little gun shy, too, because we’re all aware of what’s potentially going on. You get a little paranoid just because you know it’s a possibility.” https://apnews.com/1ea96db1f0d394638803fe5f93460a75
  21. Pearland Dawson should be proud of Day - 4 hit shutout in first collegiate start, 2 for 3 with a double at the plate. https://texassports.com/news/2020/2/13/no-6-softball-blanks-california-baptist-4-0.aspx
  22. Does the browser work correctly with other sites ? Clear the browser and run adwcleaner. https://www.malwarebytes.com/adwcleaner/ Public wifi is always a threat. Run a scan with your antivirus. Unless you have alot of extensions on the browser, save your bookmarks, and consider uninstall/reinstall to be safe.
  23. Yep, rather she just DH. Always chance for injury especially on a field like they are playing on in Mexico. White said pregame it was a public park field.
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