The Friday night game with the wind, Texas got out to a big we thought lead in the first, pitching just fell apart and Texas got killed, the score was like 31-12. This was in 2012 in Columbia.
The Jacquez thing was well documented. He was the starter for Saturday. They weren't just coeds; they were members of a Missouri support group, and it was an organized plan to take him out as a starting pitcher the next day.
It was his birthday, and these coeds found out and went and talked to him after the Friday night game. He was a dumb Freshman with hormones, and not of legal age to drink.
They took him to a local place, with the help of the staff there he was allowed to drink and drink and stayed out really late and got totally wasted.
During his warmup pitches in the bottom of the first inning, he just walked off the mound into the dugout and threw up and that was that.
The next day a starting player for Missouri, the first baseman posted on a Missouri board forum thanking these coeds for doing a great job.
Augie was pissed and dismissed him from the team.
He got drafted and kicked around in the minors and then a longer period in the Mexican League.
6/8/13
Round 25 - RHP - Ricky Jacquez
5-9, 160, R/R, 5-6-93, Central Arizona College (AZ)
High School
Earned three letters for Coach Andy Powers at Franklin High School in El Paso, Texas
Recorded 209 strikeouts with an 11-3 record over 119 innings of work during his last two years at Franklin
Pitched and played shortstop for the West Texas Cats summer club
Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 39th round in the 2011 MLB Draft
5-10-12 -
We tweeted yesterday that Ricky Jacquez, Freshman Texas Baseball pitcher, was dismissed from the team for unspecified violations of team rules. The announcement hit the media avenues today that Jacquez was, in fact, asked to leave the team. Two days… two freshmen pitchers gone. Parker French lost to a shoulder injury and Ricky Jacquez lost to ….. well, that’s the hush part. While it was not disclosed exactly what Jacquez did to merit his dismissal by Augie Garrido and the Texas Athletic department, rumors have certainly been thrown around. We will not get into those but what we will tell you is that the series of events in the Missouri game in which Jacquez was supposed to pitch were a bit odd.