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St. John’s —> tx state would have been my choice on Witt but here we are down 2-0. Do not agree with Pierce on this one.

Sure. But we could also have 2-3 guys out of the pen tonight as well if one is able to get deep. Situation is fluid and not the end of world for our pen.

Easily one of the best sci-fi films I’ve ever seen and potentially a generational type film imo. Every scene hit. How Villeneuve was able to tackle complex issues such as politics and religion, and then execute it to the level he did was a master class. The cinematography was excellent but specifically in the third act he took it to another level. I’ll be seeing this at a minimum 3 times in the theater and I highly recommend seeing it in imax if possible.

The Duke transfer stepping away from the game is saving O’Dowd right now. Storm would be at 1st right now and O’Dowd would only see time as DH but even then he’s low on the pecking order. Edit: it would have been nice to see Sanders get some run at 1st last night.

We must be pretty thin at 1st.

Good example of Will getting short to the ball. He’ll hopefully get there more consistently as the season progresses. 100% team let him sit in the 9 hole and figure it out.

Same. Was the reason I got into F1 and now I couldn’t care less about it. I just like the meta memes that we may get out of it.

I started select ball around 10 and I had a blast the entire time. Going to the slump buster in Omaha then turning around watching the CWS at Rosenblatt is one of the highlights of my life. Weekends doing nothing but playing baseball and staying in hotels if it was far enough (we were the little shits playing tag up and down the place hotel) was peak for me in the summers. Once I got into high school some of the friends I played with or against throughout the years didn’t love it enough anymore which was sad to see because they were usually only there because of the parents forcing them. A lot of us were multi-sport athletes so during fall ball it was football all week, then film on Saturday and a double header on Sunday. They were good players too but it was obvious burn out had set in and it was taking the joy out of other sports they played. Select ball is fun but there is a stopping point for some and watching parents live through their kids is a miserable scene.

Yes on both but Jack should have a shorty leash at DH.

Very true. Although I don’t fully agree with their sentiment. Good baseball across the entire country.

Yeah there’s nothing I don’t disagree with here but most programs with the expectations that we do have good coaches but fall short on arrival. Texas isn’t the only one. I think the ‘20 roster was very complete with the pitching staff that would have been one of the elites in the past decade. Then in ‘21 we were pretty stout but blew our wad in game 1 against the eventual champs (winner of the elimination game to face vandy in the finals was the actual CWS champ imo). Hopefully as our NIL gets stronger we’ll see more Gasparino’s come our way with better luck in the injury department.

Of course but my original point was expectations can be way off only 2 weeks in the season and Pierce has proven to do more with less. Thomas looked lost in the field as a freshman but turned it on later in the season and was one of the best players. We have a handful this year that can easily follow that trajectory. I’m not discounting what the standard should be either. Getting to the CWS is damn hard and this program has pretty much made it a tradition. But Pierce addressed his pitching holes in the portal and then bad injury luck happened, what is he supposed to do? In the filed let’s see how Flores, Galvin, and Gasparino develop before we declare anything substantial.

Sanders reminds me of Cam Williams with his style of play.

I think that is always said on here during the early parts of the season and by conference play they’re in good form. Hell, we were a fly ball in the lights from going to the CWS with Daly and O’Dowd up the middle. It’s a young squad especially in some key areas and it’s going to be a bit of a roller coaster for the early stretches but we’ll be fine.

The foul ball that was replayed before Gasparino got his RBI shows he can get short in his swing. He’ll get consistently there with more at bats.

This makes me sad, knowing that if we didn’t suffer some injuries in the off-season, our bullpen would be pretty dang good.

Bartolo jr for San Diego

Nice job. Jayden has had good AB’s for the most part and has plus speed. Should be a no brainer in the lineup going forward.

Don’t forget Catcher is also suspect right now.

Just showed him at 1st

Probably would have just kicked O’Dowd completely out and had Max DH with Jayden/Dee at second or just pick second and DH between Jayden/Dee. Goofy lineup cards are back!

Didn’t Jayden Duplantier start a couple times last year? He made some errors but I’d imagine he could be an option at second if he’s developed over the offseason.

He knocked the fuck outta that ball