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Props to Pierce for candid insight on everything. Kash situation is addressed at 13:00 mark. Appears to be a question of scholarship money, maybe accept less ? Quites all the rumors. "Gavin Kash was outstanding when he was here. He fit in well." Also, nice player interviews. (Lengthy but worth the listen)

https://texassports.com/news/2023/2/21/baseball-to-retire-dressendorfers-jersey-number.aspx Saturday. Link above for those maybe not familiar with Dressendorfer. Other news: Brandon Beckel, key middle reliever for Tech, suspended for 4 games. Don't know, apparently for over celebrating, maybe taunting, key was he was warned. Strict punishment. The junior righthander from San Antonio Antonian was ejected after he struck out Cowboys right fielder Carson Benge to end the top of the sixth inning. Big 12 spokesman David Waxman said Wednesday in an email to the Avalanche-Journal that Beckel was ejected under a portion of the NCAA baseball rulebook that covers unsportsmanlike conduct. "Per NCAA Baseball Playing Rule 2-26-e, an ejection of a pitcher carries a four game suspension," Waxman wrote. "This is not a suspension handed down by the Big 12 Conference, but by NCAA rule. It is not able to be appealed by any entity, including Beckel, Texas Tech and the Big 12 Conference." Beckel is 3-0 with a 0.64 earned-run average this season covering seven appearances, all in relief. In 14 innings, he's struck out 19 batters, walked six and allowed nine hits. He's holding opponents to a .164 batting average. The suspension makes Beckel unavailable for No. 14 Tech's three-game series Friday, Saturday and Sunday against Texas in Austin, as well as a Tuesday game at New Mexico. Tech coach Tim Tadlock initially declined to answer questions about the incident after the game. "I'll say this: Baseball, college baseball's supposed to be played with some emotion," Tadlock said. "And big-league baseball, when it's played with it, is really fun to watch. And so, kid played with a little emotion. "The unfortunate part was, there was a warning earlier in the game, and it was at a much milder time in the game, quite honestly." Home Plate: Doug Williams First: Luke Hamilton Second Base: Mike Morris Third Base: Joe Harris Not positive, pretty sure Doug Williams is an aggy. Read an article that he lives in the College Station area. https://www.lubbockonline.com/story/sports/college/2023/03/22/beckel-to-serve-4-game-suspension-for-ejection-from-tech-osu-game/70038715007/

Everyone needs to give a "shout out" and rep to @Horny Bull for posting these scores and lineups all year. Saves time. Much appreciated !

@BillyGoatHill may be able to offer further advice. Busy weekend. Softball also plays Tech beginning at 12PM which affects parking. How many in your group ? Would recommend taking minimal number of vehicles. If you arrive early (probably around 9AM) you may be able to find street parking behind the softball field or cemetery. Below is from an email if you choose not to have your private tailgate or you can do both. Not positive, but pretty sure tailgaiting is not permitted in the parking garage. May want to call the Texas Ticket Office (512-471-3333) to verify that if you purchase a garage permit you can park in one of the lots. Good Luck ! Before Texas Baseball and Softball host Texas Tech on Saturday, March 25th, Texas Athletics will host the second annual Comal Street Block Party between UFCU Disch-Falk Field and Red & Charlene McCombs Field. Details: Tailgate opens at 11 a.m. and concludes at the start of the baseball game (2:30 p.m.) All amenities at the tailgate are FREE for all fans Tickets are required for entry to both games Inflatables available for kids Multiple food trucks Big Beertha will have 10+ beers on tap The Comal Street Block Party will use the parking lot behind UFCU Disch-Falk Field off Comal St. as well as the grassy area in front of the Texas Tennis Center. This will allow fans to use their normal tailgate spaces and access the additional amenities. Join Longhorn Nation as both Texas Baseball and Texas Softball open Big 12 play against Texas Tech. Game Schedule: Softball vs Texas Tech: First Pitch – 12:00 p.m. | Gates open – 11 a.m. Baseball vs Texas Tech: First Pitch – 2:30 p.m. | Gates open – 1 p.m. TraDISCHions Saturday: Kirk Dressendorfer Jersey Retirement The first 1,200 fans receive a t-shirt, courtesy of UFCU Parking: Texas Baseball permit holders with an East Campus Garage pass may park in the East Campus Garage beginning at 11 a.m. or in any East Lot starting at any time on Saturday, March 25th. Texas Softball permit holders will be able to park in Lot 115 or the East Lots starting anytime on Saturday, March 25th. *The current constructions projects on Comal St. may disrupt traffic patterns on game day. Please plan to allow for extra time to access your parking.

https://txstatebobcats.evenue.net/cgi-bin/ncommerce3/SEGetEventInfo?ticketCode=GS:TXST:BS23:BS21:&linkID=txstate&RSRC=SIDEARM&RDAT=sgl&_ga=&dataAccId=850&locale=en_US&siteId=ev_txstate Tickets go on sale Tuesday, 9AM, 21 Mar, for the Texas St game in San Marcos on 10 April. Always a sellout, need to order Tuesday to be safe. Though we play them at the Disch the following night, San Marcos trip is good trip, great venue, ballpark, Texas St does a great job of hosting. And always a great game. Texas St is 13-6 this year.

Quotes: “This whole game and our game plan offensively was to really own the paint,” Terry said. “It was a paint game for us on the offensive end of the floor. We didn't want to settle. We knew (Penn State) was a really good offensive team, we had to try to make them work on defense and we wanted to attack the paint all night long. “We knew we had a size advantage; we knew we had a guy (Disu) that could score the ball that's playing at a very high level.” “I said, ‘guys, we've been here before, it's nothing we haven't faced this year,’” Terry said. "I said we've played the toughest league in the country, let's go out right now. We've got to put it on our defense. We've done it all year long. We've got to get a stop and score and put some stops together here and try to finish this game out. And I thought our guys went out and did that at a very high level.” “We know some nights you know we're not going to shoot as well as we want to shoot, but our defense travels,” Terry said. “We've been battle-tested time and time again. This was nothing new,” Allen said. “When we got down there, there was no shake, no bend. We just went back to what we do, what we prepped for. We knew it wasn't going to be easy. We knew there was going to be a time today where we would have to go through adversity and get over that hump, and we did that. A ton of guys stepped up, a complete total group effort. And Dylan had a special night. Another special night, I should probably say.” https://www.statesman.com/story/sports/college/longhorns/mens-basketball/2023/03/18/dylan-disu-texas-men-edge-penn-state-to-reach-sweet-16-in-ncaa-tournament/70024808007/

https://texassports.com/sports/softball/stats/2023 I love Czech, but that is the 7th HR she has given up this year (Simpson 2, Morgan, Gutierrez 3) Which gets us back to the convo of using Simpson only in relief. Two out error by Goode in the 3rd which led to 2 unearned was key.

Do you know why Watts-Brown did not start, he is the Friday guy ? TCU 13 OU 5 Tech 8 Ok St 7 (10 inn) Game winning double by Kash

https://texassports.com/sports/softball/stats/2023/marist/boxscore/15405 Not a good start for Simpson, 3 BB and 1 WP vs a 7-16 team.

If you did not see, Vic threw out the first pitch of the baseball game vs NDSU last night. He then went to the dugout and fist bumped each of the players including the managers. Very nice gesture not always done by the honoree who throws the first pitch. Shows his respect for the student athletes. That said, the players seemed more enamored with Rori, Shay, and Taylor who accompanied Vic and looked super sharp in their just above knee dresses.

Thanks for sharing. Hopefully, an isolated incident. Before there were at least 3 students who do the in game promotions plus a supervisor. The supervisor directed the different promotions and the students. The students appeared to be chosen and normally have a great personality and a "fans first" attitude. Perhaps that has changed and now promotions are administered by a third party vendor in lieu of UT Students.

Texas needs to remove the name from the back of the uniform like the great ones (Texas Baseball, Yankees, Alabama softball, OUsux softball, etc) We're that good, fans will know your name.

What happened to the free OkSt fan forum (can't recall name) ? Still active, can't find it ? Visited some, especially during baseball season. Seemed to have knowledgeable fans.

Was it you that made the comment about Brown not being aggressive "He is used to having a SS or 3B make that play" ? (excellent comment) 11 games in, all new infield, still learning each other. I will be the optimist and say we revisit in a couple of weeks. Perhaps J. Duplantier will be the next Trey Faltine tonight. I really thought Flores would be the answer at SS but after checking seems he projects better at 3B or 2B where according to this Prospect Live report he played alot in HS. 90 Jalin Flores SS Brandeis Helotes, TX Flores is a tall, high-waisted, long-levered infielder with present bat speed and all-fields juice. There's some noise in the loading phase of his swing, but he's often on-time to drive the ball with authority into the gaps. Flores really hit a growth spurt in 2021 and now figures to likely shift to third base at the pro level, possibly even second base where he's played a good amount of his ball of late with Brandies. The bat is the calling card here. https://www.prospectslive.com/prospects-live/2021/12/29/2022-mlb-draft-top-300-prospects

Note the way Jaycee is holding up her left arm getting ready for the future. 🙂 Very happy for Cat and her Family.

Sry to hear. Many local teams probably bought all the tickets. If you haven't, may want to call SHSU ticket office to see if they are arranging for temporary extra bleacher seats or if lawn chair seating is available.

RIP, Jeff. Luv ya ! Jeff Ontiveros, who set home run records at Texas and still holds the mark for games played in a Longhorns uniform, died this week, the school acknowledged Saturday. A tweet from the Texas baseball program said: "We are saddened to hear of the passing of Jeff Ontiveros, ’02 national champion and the Longhorns’ all-time leader in games played. Our thoughts are with his family and loved ones." The Twitter account belonging to the baseball team at Round Rock High School, where Ontiveros won a state championship in 1997, said he died Friday morning. No cause of death has been announced. Ontiveros, 43, played at Texas from 1999 to 2002. The first baseman is still the Longhorns' all-time leader in games played (260), starts (253), at-bats (922) and total bases (510). He also left Texas as the Longhorns' home run king, though his 55 career homers were surpassed by Kyle Russell's 57. The 20 home runs he hit in 2002 were bested by Ivan Melendez (32 in 2022), Russell (28 in 2007) and Kody Clemens (24 in 2018). While Melendez was resetting the school standard last season, Ontiveros told the American-Statesman: "Kid's a phenomenal player. It's fun to watch him compete at that kind of level." On his final play in a UT uniform, Ontiveros scooped up a grounder hit by a South Carolina batter and stepped on first base to secure the 2002 College World Series title. "Jeff was someone I grew up idolizing as a high school standout, then a college leader, then a teammate who provided all of us with his blend of absolute toughness and beautiful love for the game," former UT teammate Huston Street tweeted Saturday. "He is a Longhorn Legend, Champion, and made all those around him better." After he left Texas, Ontiveros played for a few years in Boston's farm system. https://www.statesman.com/story/sports/college/longhorns/baseball/2023/03/04/former-texas-baseball-slugger-jeff-ontiveros-passes-away/69971648007/

Rice 3-2 over Tech. Rice looks much improved. Props to Jose Cruz Jr. TCU vs Michigan, 3PM aggy vs Louisville, 7PM

ATT Network (1758 Uverse) is telecasting Houston Shriner's Classic. Rice up 2-0 over Tech, top 6th.

https://therealstreamhub.site/showthread.php?tid=947&page=2 Good chance (no guarantee) of link being posted above. Scroll to bottom. Fullerton weather, low 60's, high 50's, minimal wind. Outfield may be soft due to past heavy rainfall. https://weather.com/weather/tenday/l/74c33e956c7c923366717ac3d7eefa9de4e9b8e94ee3dd76a7a5548baf5eb1f0

Hope they are successful in drawing support. Begins June 15. No mention of where they will play. Excerpts: Austin has a new professional sports team in town: The Texas Smoke, the fourth franchise team in Women’s Professional Fastpitch (WPF) softball. The team is owned by professional athletes and couple Brandon Phillips and Jade Cargill. Phillips previously played in Major League Baseball and currently plays for the Lexington Legends. Cargill is the current and longest-reigning All Elite Wrestling champion. The team will be coached by Tori Tyson, who is the current softball head coach at Howard University and previously an assistant coach for the Chicago Bandits, another professional fastpitch softball team. The Texas Smoke’s roster includes Janae Jefferson, AnaMarie Bruni, Ciara Bryan, Jordan Dail, Marta Gasparotto, Morgan Howe, Alyssa Rivera, Samantha Show and Shelbi Sunseri. Austin gets professional softball team 'The Texas Smoke' (kxan.com) Watch us play live in Austin, TX — THE TEXAS SMOKE Welcome to DA SHOW! (schedule)

Did you post in the baseball forum, or are you referring to the softball game @ Huntsville on the 14th ? Seems many are having to go StubHub.

Sinton's Blake Mitchell, highly rated HS prospect. '23 grad, committed to LSU if he doesn't go pro. Current ('22) photo of Adrian Alaniz. Staying in shape. Will be 39 on 12 March. 10. Blake Mitchell Catcher, Sinton Mitchell is a do-it-all player and the epitome of a high school star. On the mound, he's been up to 97 with a promising slider. Some think he's got a home on the mound. But his actions behind the plate have many believing he's a prototype backstop of the future. Mitchell, a left-handed hitting thumper, has significant raw power and feel for driving the baseball without selling out for the juice. He can get pull-happy, but has shown a willingness to use the left-center field gap. Behind the plate, Mitchell has plus arm strength with upper-tier athleticism for the position. His receiving skills are impressive considering his age. Mitchell has some similarities to Tyler Soderstrom from 2020 with more pure ability behind the plate at this same stage https://www.prospectslive.com/prospects-live/2022/1/15/2023-mlb-draft-prospects-38awn

Quotes: "At the end of the day, you walk two guys and had to groove a pitch and that's the bottom line," UT coach David Pierce said. "So we didn't make them earn the three runs in the ninth." So, it is too early to start asking if Johnson could contend for a spot in UT's weekend rotation? "No, it's not too early to say that," Pierce said. "It's electric. It's real stuff. That's Friday night stuff for anybody in the country. I think for him it's just repeatability and being able to just feel more and more comfort." Down by three runs, Texas was retired in order in the ninth inning. Facing LSU hurlers Thatcher Hurd, Nate Ackenhausen and Christian Little, a trio that Pierce said could be "very potentially a big league staff," Texas mustered four hits on Tuesday. https://www.statesman.com/story/sports/college/longhorns/baseball/2023/02/28/lsu-bests-texas-in-ninth-inning-of-tight-baseball-game/69956279007/

I just think there is a learning curve for both Pierce and Woody. I am sure your points are correct.