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18 hours ago, sbmcruise said:Anybody know where any other members of this year's team are playing this summer?
Hopefully, TexasSports.com and the AAS will provide info in the near future.
I thought Cobb was a Cape candidate.
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11 minutes ago, Terry Silver said:
Will aggy host a regional? If not, which super are they likely paired with?
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Will be interesting to see if Texas A&M hosts on Monday. Aggies were in good shape entering the day, but now open the door for some teams to leap them, IMO.
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2 hours ago, bschoolprof said:
; 2) the coaches have screwed around with hitter's swing planes and pitchers' arm angles this year and the results have been a disaster ;
I think there is truth to the above. Not a regular viewer, but happened to see part of Game Plan with David Pierce on LHN awhile back. He talked extensively about correcting hitter's mechanics using intricate terms.
Please keep us posted on other info and we will make your green bar expand.....oh, wait...
To amend my post above about Neely, AAS stated Pierce and the coaches had individual meetings with the players this past Monday to discuss their performance and future. Neely may have been told he was not part of the future. However, I talked briefly with his Dad at a high school game. Dad seems like a no bs guy wanting the best for his son. Neely is definitely a project, but has the tools to be very good. Perfect Game ranked Neely, Cobb, and Madden very close. Neely is not Pierce's type of pitcher due to control issues (walks).
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32 minutes ago, Moby Ric said:
Way to make it dramatic Tech. It took 3 pitchers in the 9th to get it done.
Coach Hughes has made KSt very competitive.
When did Jung move to SS ? Lost confidence in Baker ?
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31 minutes ago, GopherRock said:
Minneapolis Super is completely sold out. Tickets that hadn't been bought by season ticketholders went on sale at 9 this morning and were gone by 10.
Good Luck ! Beat LSU and the SEC.
Great, well coached team, great fans. Really enjoyed the visit to Austin in the past though Texas is 1-4. Coach Trachsel is the real deal.
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32 minutes ago, Js1 said:
Cross Jack Neely off - in the portal.
Though Neely's performance was erratic this year, likely indicates he feels he is not receiving proper coaching.
- From a UT Family. Great grandfather and grandfather played football here.
- Would have been a fairly high draft choice. Saw him pitch in high school couple of times. Numerous scouts. Told scouts he intended to attend UT, his dream school.
- May transfer to a smaller school and become draft eligible. Only 19 yo.
- Only negative he is a Red Sox fan. 😊
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- Did you know Elish’s younger sister, Madi, is a 2021 commit to Arizona? Come on, Miranda. Make another pitch, this one in recruiting.
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Tournament Schedule:
2019 Phillips 66 Big 12 Baseball Championship - Oklahoma City, Okla.
Wednesday, May 22
Session One
Game 1: No. 4 West Virginia vs. No. 5 Kansas - 9:00 a.m. (FCS)
Game 2: No. 1 Texas Tech vs. No. 8 K-State - 12:30 p.m. (FCS)
Session Two
Game 3: No. 2 Baylor vs. No. 7 Oklahoma - 4:00 p.m. (FCS)
Game 4: No. 3 Oklahoma State vs. No. 6 TCU - 7:30 p.m. (FCS)
Thursday, May 23
Session Three
Game 5: Game 1 Loser vs. Game 2 Loser - 9:00 a.m. (FCS)
Game 6: Game 3 Loser vs. Game 4 Loser - 12:30 p.m. (FCS)
Session Four
Game 7: Game 1 Winner vs. Game 2 Winner - 4:00 p.m. (FCS)
Game 8: Game 3 Winner vs. Game 4 Winner - 7:30 p.m. (FCS)
Friday, May 24
Session Five
Game 9: Game 7 Loser vs. Game 5 Winner - 3:15 p.m. (FCS)
Game 10: Game 8 Loser vs. Game 6 Winner - 7:00 p.m. (FCS)
Saturday, May 25
Session Six
Game 11: Game 7 Winner vs. Game 9 Winner - 9:00 a.m. (FCS)
Game 12: Game 8 Winner vs. Game 10 Winner - 12:30 p.m. (FCS)
Session Seven
*Game 13: Winner Game 11 vs. Loser Game 11, If Necessary - 4:00 p.m. (FCS)
**Game 14: Winner Game 12 vs. Loser Game 12, If Necessary*** - 7:30 p.m. (FCS)
Sunday, May 26
Session Eight
Game 15: Championship Game - 1:00 p.m. (FSN)
Times listed in Central.http://www.big12sports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=10410&ATCLID=211803862
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On 5/20/2019 at 7:54 PM, Dennis Taylor said:
We didn't offer this guy...slugged. 617 and had 28 xbh and 54 rbi this season
With due respect, apparently he was not offered by another P5 program, offered higher scholarship percentage at Sam, or other reasons.
But coaching matters. From Head Coach Matt Deggs profile, SHSU. SHSU is hitting .304 this year.
Sam Houston captured the Southland Conference's automatic bid into the NCAA Tournament, running off four-straight victories at the league tournament at Sugar Land's Constellation Field. The team hit .356 (48 of 135) at the event, averaging 9.25 runs per game while the pitching staff posted a 1.32 ERA, limiting opponents to a .167 average
Sam Houston finished the 2017 season as the Southland Conference leader in 12 different team categories including finishing third in the country in triples (28), fourth in sac bunts (70), 10th in hits (676), 10th in stolen bases (102) and 20th in runs (443).
Prior to Sam Houston, the Texas City native served as the Louisiana-Lafayette hitting coach and third base coach, while also overseeing team personnel and recruiting. The Cajuns were a game away from the College World Series in 2014, while the squad posted the most wins in both Sun Belt and program history, finishing the season with 58 victories.
For the second straight season Deggs guided an offense that was revered as the best in college baseball. Louisiana-Lafayette finished the season ranked in the top 10 in the nation in 14 offensive categories and had an OPS of .902.
http://www.gobearkats.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=19900&ATCLID=209533004
The second link lists the top Houston area players in 2018. We get our share - it is about development.
Carr, Lembcke, Roberts were cut. Holland went pro. Someone posted Carr led the state in home runs his senior year. With 11.7 scholarships, it is a numbers game. Pierce elected to carry 17 pitchers this year - relatively high number.
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Edit: To Pierce's credit, he was in the office at 10AM Sunday. Passed by and saw his sponsored vehicle (Tahoe) or perhaps he left it overnight.
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https://www.ksat.com/news/king-anbarkios-owner-fighting-for-life
As someone who is also searching for a vehicle, also seriously considering the 4Runner. However, safety ratings are below average for rollover and driver side impact.
Check the above vid at :042. This was a single vehicle accident, driver lost control. Passenger stated it was possible 4Runner was sideswiped by another vehicle but no proof. Passenger survived, driver did not. The incline is only about 15-20 degrees. Passenger stated in another interview that the 4Runner just kept rolling. Don't know if speed was a factor.
Can't believe the roof caved to that extent.
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Where have you been with score updates ? 😊
My guess is Todd and Henley go. They almost left during the coaching transition
Reynolds will depend on his draft position and advice from his Dad.
A touching moment during the 8th inning of the last OU game - as Pierce was making a pitching change, Reynolds put his arm around McCann.
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Houston 3, Sam 0, 5th inning, weather delay, t'storms.
Austin area under tornado warning until 8PM. Hope they reschedule remaining games for Sunday.
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47 minutes ago, Homercles said:
Wish I knew Holliday’s secret because the team seems to peek at crunch time.Baseball is all he has known since he was in diapers.
He follows his mentors' (his Dad, Gary Ward, Augie) methods to use the regular season to prepare for the postseason. I include Augie because Josh and he were close.
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Future radar indicates delay start times are very possible for our game.
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11 minutes ago, bschoolprof said:
It was a bad move, definitely, but these guys would like to have a word with you:
Touche ! 😊
No disrespect to Goodman for quoting him - just very emotional after the game.
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52 minutes ago, Goodman said:
It was nice to hear Mike in an interview call out the problem areas, he does not strike me as a coach who is here to coast towards retirement. He mentioned the need to recruit at a very high level, improve on defense, pitching and called out our hitting. How is his recruiting going?
Was that interview today ?
Did he mention why he pulled Bollinger who had allowed only 1 hit and and no runner had advanced to 2B ? And replaced her with a freshman who has seen limited action recently due to injury and is certainly not the pitcher she was early in the season. Not to mention she has no postseason experience.
One of the worst coaching decisions I have witnessed in any UT sport.
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Weather in May is unpredictable, but I hope the NCAA moves the Regional Day 2 to Sunday. Though there is a chance the games could be played late Saturday, nothing is worse than stopping/starting a game, players having to warmup again, etc. Guess is they will try to play the winner's bracket game from Day 1 late Saturday and possibly game 2.
https://weather.com/weather/5day/l/7472a7bbd3a7454aadf596f0ba7dc8b08987b1f7581fae69d8817dffffc487c2
1:00 pmSatThunderstorms 81° 87° 90%74% S 13 mph 2:00 pmSatThunderstorms 81° 87° 85%73% S 14 mph 3:00 pmSatThunderstorms 81° 87° 80%75% S 11 mph 4:00 pmSatThunderstorms 80° 85° 75%76% S 11 mph 5:00 pmSatThunderstorms 78° 83° 80%81% SSE 11 mph 6:00 pmSatScattered Thunderstorms 76° 81° 55%85% SSE 10 mph 7:00 pmSatPartly Cloudy 77° 81° 20%81% S 10 mph 8:00 pmSatPartly Cloudy 76° 80° 15%82% SSE 8 mph -
AUSTIN, Texas – Due to the weather forecast for Saturday, Texas Baseball and Oklahoma will play a doubleheader Friday starting at 1 p.m. at UFCU Disch-Falk Field. The series finale between the Longhorns and Sooners will get underway Friday at 6:30 p.m.
The weekend series is still scheduled to get started Thursday at 6:30 p.m.
UPDATED SERIES SCHEDULE
GAME 1: Thursday, 6:30 p.m.
GAME 2: Friday, 1PM
GAME 3: Friday, 6:30 p.m.https://texassports.com/news/2019/5/16/baseball-to-play-friday-doubleheader-versus-oklahoma.aspx
Edit: Guess Friday, 6:30PM game will be Senior Day. McCann certainly deserves a standing ovation.
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Nice interview with Miranda. Discusses her youth, Oregon transfer, etc. Great person, very dedicated athlete.
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On 5/10/2019 at 4:19 PM, bschoolprof said:
what the fuck has happened to our hitting???
On 5/11/2019 at 10:48 AM, Kel Varnsen said:I'm not liking our momentum going into the tourney. A game against a scrub might have been a good thing, but then again, we might have lost it...
The above !
Very concerning. And Shea's health...and mental approach. She has not looked confident in her recent limited appearances.
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siap, saw this on Barking Carnival. Nice vid.
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1 hour ago, Johnny Sack said:
He does from me. He and a few others helped Mack shed his propensity for being a pussy for several years. Tomey and Robinson were the first.
Tomey also was big into S&C and basically took it over for the defense when he was here. At least that’s what I was told. Made them accountable.
True. RIP, Coach Tomey !
Tomey, long known as a firebrand, joined UT coach Mack Brown’s staff in 2004 in charge of defensive ends along with co-defensive coordinator Greg Robinson. They convinced Brown to start holding Sunday practices, mostly to shake off any cobwebs from Saturday’s game, and then take Mondays off.
Granted, it was only one season, but it was transformational. Tomey helped overhaul UT’s strength and conditioning program and energized the Horns with new ideas for player development. A stronger, more aggressive defense finished 23rd nationally in total defense and 18th in scoring defense.
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"Fluff" piece by Bohls in today's AAS. Excerpts only, remainder has been well discussed here. Only posting because of yearning for Texas Baseball news.
There is a slim possibility of the post-season — maybe a 10-percent chance, the head coach says — but it will likely come crashing to an embarrassing conclusion with the home finale against Oklahoma.
“Our only real hope is to sweep,” third-year head coach David Pierce told me. “But I told the team if we can sweep LSU, there’s always hope.”
Before we dissect, know this: Pierce is the man for the job and will get this turned around. Quickly, it says here.
The result has been a mediocre 25-25 record, an ugly 6-14 league mark and considerable gnashing of teeth. Mostly Pierce’s teeth. And harsh, unforgiving and totally out-of-whack Twitter rage, which is ridiculous
“That’s a bunch of BS,” Longhorns great and television analyst Keith Moreland said of the fan fallout. “David’s the right guy. I think the program is good, and the situation is good. It boils down to finding the right personnel.”
Absolutely.
Texas needs a starting pitcher or two. And more left-handers. And bigger, stronger hitters who can bang.
“Texas needs to find a way to get more physical guys,” Moreland said. “Speed is wonderful. But today with people hitting the ball out of the ballpark and moving the fences in (at Disch-Falk) last year, you’ve got to hit 50 home runs as a team to think about winning the national championship. You can win a lot of games 1-0, but you can win a helluva lot more 10-9.”
The Longhorns have hit just 25 out of the park. Nobody has hit more than Zach Zubia’s five. Oklahoma State has 62 deep flies, but in a bandbox. Five other Big 12 teams have homers in the 40s.
The fault ultimately falls on Pierce, who’s tried everything from inserting himself as the third-base coach to playing guys at new positions to recruiting a former backup catcher out of a UT class. He knows it, acknowledges it and embraces it.
But let’s put an end to any scurrilous, is-he-in-trouble talk. He’s not and shouldn’t be and remains committed to restoring Longhorns baseball to its rightful place as a perennial College World Series contender.
“Expectations are always going to be there,” Pierce said. “We’re perfectly fine with that. It’s going to flip back around.”
I’d caution anyone from panicking.
The pitching should mature in a year.
Still high on freshmen like Ty Madden, Coy Cobb and returnees like Quintanilla — who may be better suited to be a starter — and Fields. Matteo Bocchi is probably better as a starter than a reliever. Mason Bryant has to rediscover the strike zone.
The chances of a big turnaround season next year could hinge in large part to decisions by players like Hamilton, Petrinsky and third baseman Ryan Reynolds to return. No. 2 pitcher Blair Henley and Lake Travis recruit phenom Brett Baty are more likely to go pro.
Don’t look for any staff changes, and Pierce and his assistants will be hungry to flip this script.
https://www.hookem.com/columns/bohls-theres-always-next-year-2020-looks-brighter-texas-baseball/
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51 minutes ago, bschoolprof said:
2) I'm worried we have may have worn Miranda out.
Agree on Miranda. She has yet to play this many innings at the collegiate level (both pitching and hitting). Her hitting has also regressed.
As js stated, don't see why MW did not relieve her earlier. Bollinger would have been a nice change of pace.
Listen to MW and Hathaway's comments below. At the risk of sounding aggy like, I perceive the comments to indicate they are considering this practice for the Regionals. But surely not with a Top 8 seed on the line.
2019 Texas Softball - Connie's overboard, Anchors Aweigh!
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Volume is poor. MW's comments start at 4:44, Murphy's comments at opening and 9:44. Murphy builds us up - good coach.