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The recs above for tart cherry juice and pickle juice are good. Do you have an exercise program to include stretching ? Good info on the 'net about stretching.

Hope so, best of luck to Kam. The skill is there, perfecting is the key. Should be noted he graduated (3 years) in May (Corporate Communications)

As it should be, good decision. Good Luck to Duke, enjoyed watching him play. Graduated in May with Todd, Petrinsky, and Zubia. Drafted in 20th rd in '17 by Padres, Dad played for the Diamondbacks. While they will certainly benefit the team, Todd and Petrinsky will not likely improve their draft status in '21, one reason is their age. Much uncertainty about the '21 draft, very likely reduced rounds. If you aspire to play at the next level, go for it.

This ! Not only great for Elder, but great for the program to have a top 5 draft pick.

Looks like there may be Summer baseball if Corona doesn't interfere. ROUND ROCK — There will be baseball games at Dell Diamond this summer. The Round Rock Express, with their Triple-A season shuttered, will field a temporary expansion team in the Texas Collegiate League, team officials announced Thursday. Ten teams are expected to play a 30-game season from June 30 to Aug. 2 with college-eligible players. Teams will be located in Round Rock, San Antonio, Bryan/College Station, Amarillo, Frisco, Victoria, Texarkana, Tulsa, Okla., and Lafayette, La. And Amarillo might have two squads. Players with remaining college eligibility will make up the rosters, pulling from regional talent. Most traditional summer leagues have been canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic. The Express will sell tickets for Texas Collegiate League games. Prices will be announced next week. They can have fans up to 25% capacity of Dell Diamond under social-distancing measures in place. Round Rock is planning theme nights, promotions and concession sales for its 15 home games, according to club officials. https://www.statesman.com/sports/20200611/play-ball-express-will-field

Good Luck, Bryce ! (excerpts) (Parker Joe advanced to Class A in the Angels orgn, did ok, listed as voluntarily retired, likely injury. Great person, may be governor of California someday or star in remake of Fast Times at Ridgemont High, could go either way) 🙂 What does one do in the days leading up to the MLB draft? If you’re Texas pitcher Bryce Elder, you golf. You prepare for a watch party with your family. And you head over to your grandmother’s home to mow the lawn because even a potential draft pick has chores to handle. For the past three years, Elder has mowed down batters as a member of UT’s pitching staff. On either Wednesday or Thursday, he could hear his name called in the MLB’s abbreviated five-round draft. “The way that the coronavirus ended the season, it made for a long time before the draft where you really can’t control anything,” Elder said this week. “I’m just trying to find ways to get better even though we can’t play. Wherever the chips fall, they do. I trust that’s what’s supposed to happen and we’ll move forward from there and see where it goes.” Will Elder be one of the 160 players selected this week? He believes so. MLB.com lists the 6-2, 200-pound right-hander as the draft’s 109th-best prospect Texas freshman Pete Hansen called Elder the “greatest leader I’ve ever played with.” UT coach David Pierce listed him as “one of the best pitchers that’s ever pitched for me.” According to Elder, the strides he’s taken over the past few years can partially be credited to working with Santa Barbara Foresters manager Bill Pintard in summer ball. He has attempted to emulate the on-mound demeanor of Parker Joe Robinson, who was a reliever and redshirt junior at Texas when Elder was a self-described high-strung freshman. “The way he went about things was way more relaxed than I’d ever seen it,” Elder said. “He didn’t care what happened when he was out there. He didn’t care if he gave up a ton of runs. All he did was go out there and throw his stuff.” Over the past few months, he has worked out on a mound that he borrowed from his high school and placed in a friend’s shop. He met with prospective teams over Zoom. Now, he is simply waiting for a phone call. “If we find the right fit, then I might go play pro ball. If we don’t, I’ll probably go back to Texas,” Elder said. “I think that’s what it comes down to, whatever the best decision at the time is going to be.” https://www.hookem.com/story/his-evolution-at-texas-now-complete-pitcher-bryce-elder-turns-toward-the-mlb-draft/

Saw this recent article about Gus. (excerpts) Story has been told many times but it never gets old. For your Summer reading in a baseball absent time. Led by legendary coach Cliff Gustafson, who went on to an iconic career at Texas, South San won an unprecedented seven state championships in 10 seasons from 1958 through 1967. No other school in the state has ever come close to equaling the Bobcats’ run. Now 89, Gustafson said he thinks of those glory years at South San and the boys who played for him “many, many times a day." The memories of that era have become more poignant with the passage of time. Gustafson's emotional bond with South San transcends sports. He met his late wife, Janie, a teacher at Athens Elementary in the South San district, a few months after leading the Bobcats to their first state title, and developed deep roots in the predominantly Hispanic community. South San won all seven of its titles in Class 3A, then the UIL’s second-largest classification. The Bobcats took back-to-back titles three times – 1960-61, 1963-64 and 1966-67 – before another coaching legend, Darrell Royal, offered Gustafson the baseball job at UT. Royal, one of the icons in college football history, was also the Longhorns’ athletic director. More than 50 years after coaching his last game at South San, Gustafson remains inextricably linked with the Bobcats and one of the greatest dynasties in Texas high school sports history. “We had a lot of talent and a great coach who stressed fundamentals,” Zamora said. “Gus knew “Gus knew the game but he got better as a coach every year. Once we won that first one, things fell in place for us. The expectations were high each year and that motivated us. But we knew we had to work hard.” South San won 12 district championships in its 13 seasons under Gustafson, who was 344-85-5 with the Bobcats. “We lost eight games in a row my freshman year,” Zamora said. “Gus took us to the football field after practice one day and sat us down in the end zone, and he told us what he thought. We took exception to what he said. He said there were too many guys on the team that just wanted to eat chicken-fried steak (on road trips). “All the guys got upset, especially the Hispanic. We had some pride. We weren’t well off, but we weren’t starving. We took it personally, even though he didn’t say, ‘You Mexicans.’ We thought, ‘We’re going to show him.’ I’m sure Gus didn’t know what our reaction would be. But, psychologically, it worked. Everything started to fall into place after that.” Zamora, who has drawn closer to Gustafson as they’ve aged, laughs at the memory now. “I think we needed that,” he said. “Think about it. We had lost eight straight games and we didn’t know what was going on. I was just a freshman, so I didn’t know what was going on.” Gustafson still remembers how his players responded after the pivotal meeting. “They felt like they owed the school, their families and the community more than what they were giving,” Gustafson said. “They decided they wanted to do whatever was necessary. They thought I would know what was necessary. “They worked hard for me. We worked on fundamentals a lot, things you would expect a junior high team to be working on. They worked on all that stuff and when it happened in a ballgame, they were ready for it.” Born in Kenedy but raised in San Antonio, Gustafson graduated from Harlandale High School in 1948 and had a stellar baseball career at UT. He is the younger brother of the late Martin Gustafson, who coached Uvalde to a football state championship in 1972 before becoming head football coach at Churchill. He later was athletic director of the Northside ISD. Cliff recalled some sound advice Marvin gave him after watching one of his baseball games at South San. “We went to my mother’s house for dinner that night, he and I both, and I asked him how he liked the ballgame,” Gustafson said. “He said, ‘It was a good ballgame, but I couldn’t play for you. You do too damned much hollering. You need to cut that out. They can play without that. So, I gave that a lot of thought because I respected what he said all the time. “I was just getting ready to go to Texas about that time, so I said, ‘Now would be a good time to change that.’ I got to where I didn’t yell and scream during the ballgame at all. People would ask me, up there (Austin) all the time, ‘How do you stay so calm during a ballgame?’ And I’d say, ‘Well, I might not be as calm as you think I am.’” Gustafson was noted for his stoic demeanor when he coached at UT, where he went 1,466-377 in 29 seasons and led the Longhorns to College World Series championships in 1975 and 1983. UT also won 22 Southwest Conference titles in its 29 years under Gustafson. https://www.kens5.com/article/sports/robert-zamora-always-will-be-synonymous-with-south-san-baseball-dynasty/273-9911defd-5c40-4a3a-b09f-dde7be01effe

https://www.veterinary.texas.gov/ May want to contact the Texas Board of Veterinary Medicine. Not sure groomers are under their purview, but they could advise. Don't be shy, many stories of incidents with pet groomers. Does the Pet Resort have cameras in the grooming area ? Many do. Hope Zoey is ok !

https://www.collegebaseball.info/post/rosters-for-csbi ESPN 2 will broadcast the Collegiate Summer Baseball Invitational tonight at 6PM from Travis Park in Bryan. Advertised as showcase for players prior to the draft. No Texas players listed, 2 or 3 from B12. DH played tonight with following games on Fri and Sat (pay per view). Seems like the main attempt is for the promoter to make a few $$$. But will be interesting to see the fan participation and atmosphere.

2015 Texas vs UCLA, LA Regional, 7PM tonight, ESPNU 38-17 in 2015, tied with Baylor for 2d place in B12 2015 Roster https://texassports.com/sports/softball/roster/2015

Just saw the below article today on a newsfeed (excerpts). (lengthy article, but informative read) Seems your physicians are aware and you are receiving good care, owlvis. Blood clots that can cause strokes, heart attacks and dangerous blockages in the legs and lungs are increasingly being found in COVID-19 patients, including some children. Even tiny clots that can damage tissue throughout the body have been seen in hospitalized patients and in autopsies, confounding doctors' understanding of what was once considered mainly a respiratory infection. Some conditions that make some COVID-19 patients vulnerable to severe complications, including obesity and diabetes, can increase clot risks. But many authorities believe how the virus attacks and the way the body responds both play a role. "COVID-19 is the most thrombotic (clot-producing) disease we've ever seen in our lifetime," said Dr. Alex Spyropoulos, a clot specialist and professor at Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research in Manhasset, New York. Clotting has been seen in other coronavirus infections, including SARS, but on a much smaller scale, he said. Scientists believe the coronavirus enters the body through enzyme-receptors found throughout the body, including in cells lining the inside of blood vessels. Some theorize that it may promote clotting by somehow injuring those vessels as it spreads. That injury may cause a severe immune response as the body tries to fight the infection, resulting in inflammation that may also damage vessels and promote clotting, said Dr. Valentin Fuster, director of Mount Sinai Heart hospital in New York. https://fox42kptm.com/news/nation-world/dangerous-blood-clots-pose-a-perplexing-coronavirus-threat

Baby Shark makes the ring. The "W" logo features 30 rubies, representing the 30 runs the Nats scored in their four World Series wins. "World Champions" has 32 sapphires, which represents seven walk-off wins, 13 shutout wins, the eight-game winning streak (their longest of the season) and the four playoff rounds won added together. There are 108 diamonds, representing the number of regular-season wins, postseason wins, one diamond for the World Series title and two additional diamonds to recognize the franchise having been both the Montreal Expos and Washington Nationals. The top and bottom parts of the ring have 12 rubies, signifying the total number of postseason wins. On the inside of the ring, there's a "Baby Shark" holding a World Series trophy. It also lists the four teams the Nats took down with the series game counts (for example, 4-3 over the Astros). Some of their phrases can be seen around the ring, such as "go 1-0 everyday" and "fight finished.

Done ! T&P for you ! Great advice from ROFL. Look forward to your future posts on the forum !

Just saw this interesting fact from the AAS. Didn't know Spencer had HC experience and good to see Chloe Romero doing well. This will be the second head-coaching job for Spencer, who turned 37 last week. Spencer also ran the program at Chabot Community College from 2007-10. At Cal, she is set to inherit a team that last reached the NCAA Tournament in 2018 and went 13-11 this past season. Sophomore Chloe Romero spent her freshman year at Texas, but the right-hander led the Golden Bears in wins (seven) and strikeouts (49) in 2020. https://www.hookem.com/2020/05/20/texas-assistant-coach-chelsea-spencer-to-lead-cal-softball/

https://utsa_ftp.sidearmsports.com/custompages/stats/baseball/2020/teamcume.htm Cursory look at UTSA's stats/box scores indicates he was the closer. Coach Hallmark, UTSA, is Pierce's good friend from their Rice careers.

Very happy for Coach Spencer. Nice words in the tweet by Coach White. We will need someone to develop a shortstop, pronto. Chelsea greatly improved Slack.

Best of luck to all ! No matter the level achieved, we all can remember our Little League days. Not frequently in public due to protocol, but when at the grocery market and see kids, it is noticeable they are not happy as before. May this be the first step in a safe, healing process.

2005 CWS Champ game vs Florida will be broadcast on ESPNU, tonight, 8PM, if you missed the earlier broadcast. Encourage you to set your DVR for the following game at 11PM, 2008 Fresno St vs Georgia. One of the greatest stories in CWS history. Fresno St went from a 4 seed regional team ( (8 seed at CWS) to national champions.

Went to Alamo Heights as AD and Head Coach and $$$.

Any further info on why Walsh left Guyer ? His son is now an offensive analyst with us, family moving for retirement gig ?

Do kev's advice and also check the link below. The hybrid sleep mode may be the culprit. https://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c03383935

As a refresher (primarily for myself 🙂), below is the incoming class of freshmen. Link has bio's. Someone posted earlier that Washington may have the inside track on SS, though tough to immediately step-in. iirc, there was one game where Tedder moved to 2B and Janae played SS - Spencer said on LHN they were just experimenting. Tedder played 2B in travel ball. That would probably be a last resort. Suppose Grace Green entered the portal to pursue her pitching career but she was very athletic, good hitter, and could have helped in the OF - hated to see her leave. Suppose Miranda will continue to play some in the OF (fingers crossed, no injury). Re: Spencer. Any word on the Cal search for head coach ? Read that Cal will have online classes for the Fall semester. Cal initially dropped their baseball program a few years ago until rescued by prominent alumni. Hope softball stays. Signees include (Position(s)/Hometown/High School/Travel Ball): Carlee Ratcliff (1B/3B/New Boston, Texas/New Boston High School/Texas Bombers-NTX), Jayden "JJ" Smith (C/1B/Rosenberg, Texas/George Ranch High School/Texas Bombers 18U Gold), Alyssa Washington (SS/IF/Abilene, Texas/Abilene High School/Impact Gold DFW), Jordyn Whitaker (DP/1B/Jacksonville, Texas/Jacksonville High School/Texas Bombers-NTX), Ryleigh White (RHP/Washington Township, N.J./Immaculate Heart Academy/Athletics Mercado) and Bailey Williams (UTL/Murrieta, Calif./Murrieta Valley High School/Corona Angels). https://texassports.com/news/2019/11/14/softball-inks-six-players-to-its-2020-signing-class.aspx

Chase aircraft does photography primarily. Link also has bio's of pilots. The photo-chase aircraft will maneuver as required to achieve the desired photographic position relative to the diamond, solos, or delta. The same rules and regulations which govern the 6-ship within the TFR and aerobatic box also apply to the seventh aircraft. The photo chase aircraft will never fly during an official demonstration. https://www.faa.gov/about/initiatives/airshow/media/military/Thunderbirds_Maneuvers_Package.pdf

ESPNU, today 13 May, 5PM, Game 3, 2012 Super Regional, Texas vs Oregon (game 3). If not mistaken, Mike White's initial trip to Austin. Unfortunate that game 2 (8 inn) which was the pivotal game is not shown. The game that Connie erred in not starting Rachel Fox. Poor Blaire had to start all 3 games. Fox transferred to aggy the following year. Though we went to the WCWS the following year, the 2012 SR really affected the program, imo.

Most likely never heard of Shawn Izadi - quite a success story (lengthy article, excerpts) Dr Shawn Izadi Shawn Izadi, who balanced the challenges of school, football and playing in the Longhorn Band at UT, put that training and discipline to work in graduating from The UTRGV School of Medicine this spring. A walk-on for two seasons under Mack Brown, the Coppell, Texas native initially arrived on the Forty Acres in the fall of 2010 intent on one day attending medical school. The self-proclaimed science nerd chose to major in biochemistry after a recommendation from a friend, while also joining the band to continue his passion for music. It was during his time with the band and performing at football games that Izadi began to think about playing football, something he had not done since his sophomore year at Coppell High School. An unsuccessful open tryout in the spring of 2011 followed by another in the fall of that year did not discourage Izadi, who made the team as a walk-on in 2012 after a third open tryout. "I don't know what he saw, but Coach Brown took a chance on me," Izadi said. "Shawn has a never give up, never quit attitude and we just loved that about him," Mack Brown said. "What we saw in him was passion, determination, dedication and pride. He just kept coming back, was not going to be denied and once he became a member of our team, he poured his heart and soul into everything he did." Izadi worked with Longhorn Band Director Robert Carnochan on a plan that would allow him to dress out for football during home games and march with the Longhorn Band during away games. A look at Izadi's schedule during his two seasons as a walk-on are a testament to this. He would typically wake up by 5 a.m. for early morning weightlifting sessions at 6 a.m. This was followed by classes throughout the morning - consisting of biochemistry, analytical chemistry, physical chemistry - then lunch and a short nap before practice at 1:30 or 2:00 p.m. Practice would run until around 6:15 p.m., at which time Izadi would make his way to band practice, which was held from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., three or four nights a week. On the evenings he did not have band practice, Izadi would schedule his labs, which ran four hours per session. He would then return home to study until midnight or 1 a.m., then do it all over again the following day. "On the Forty Acres, you will meet individuals from every race, creed and background who bring their own individual story to create an amazing family that is over 50,000 strong. But despite all the differences and paths it took to become a Longhorn, everyone shares a common ambition – to be at their own best and chase their dreams," Izadi said. "I realized that people didn't come to UT to just get a degree or an education – but rather to transform themselves as human beings, to change and better the world in their own unique way. That is the tradition of The University of Texas." https://texassports.com/news/2020/5/12/former-football-walk-on-and-longhorn-band-member-graduates-med-school.aspx