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Maybe some from those areas but I’m mostly talking about the more affluent portions of Northside and Northeast ISD inside 1604.

There's a lot of white flight from north and northeast San Antonio towards NB and Boerne and all points in between. And a whole lot of the people I know are moving/have moved into this belt at least in part because of its social and political conservatism. The whole area has been red for as long as I've been around it (~35 years). German Americans and others frequently fall into that category of R's that despise Trump but don't have the moxy to jump ship.

He prefers Bush’s too

Their self image is made up of feeling like they are special, and only they can see it, and the rest of the world is just trying to fuck them over. They aren't alphas, and they never will be. The reality is that they are uniquely retarded. They value their uniqueness over everything, because it's the only thing that makes them feel special. And therein lies the problem: they aren't special. They are the common clay of the new west.

These guys win their precious natties in mental gymnastics. Every single year.

I admire your ability to sort through that unadulterated bullshit.

This was the Cole Pittman game, IIRC

Maybe mostly true. There is that cool sales tax exemption though. Which is real money if you can get it.

Surly point well taken. Now I’m thinking that the knock wasn’t against flips, but flips who did it more than once. That makes more sense honestly.

If Landon Rink turns out to be analogous to his dad as a football player, he belongs at A&M more so than Texas. His dad wasn’t bad but nothing to write home about while we were being dominated by RC and friends. I’m curious about some of the dynamics at play now. In the past, CTJ has talked about how “flips” aren’t the most desirable players to have on roster. Their hit rates suck. Sark goes about things differently. He’s apparently not about the hard sell. He’s more about the long game. I wonder how this plays with the previous notion that flips aren’t all that desirable. Regardless, this is fun to watch. I continue to feel nothing but remorseless and merciless fuck you to all of our cheating, bag throwing rivals. Most of all A&M and OU, but not limited to them. Fuck yall. Sow the wind, reap the whirlwind.

OU not being a true road game really narrows the field here.

Maybe. I can’t figure out why AI is so fucking long-winded.

Funny that W, of all people, understood it early on.

Oh yeah. When it comes to high school baseball recruiting, I could write a tome. It's a strange sport to judge. What separates great from good is consistency. And that's hard to judge in high school because good players often end up with the same stats as (eventual) great players. Also, it's a sport where physical size doesn't mean a whole lot, to a point. Relationships are everything. Did your kid get on with Marucci in time to be their premier SS for the next three years? Did you play college baseball? Do you have relationships with college coaches because you played? These are important questions in the baseball recruiting world. Camps are important, but only if the people putting on the camps have their eyes on you when you show up. Otherwise, the camps are mostly money grabs. This is the ultimate networking sport. And if you don't have a network, here's what happens (from experience): Your kid struggles to get D1 offers, even though he is a three year varsity starter (hitting .400+ each year). He runs a 6.36 60, with velos to match. I know this is what happens, because it happened to us. It's not sour grapes. My kid did end up playing D1. I won't be surprised if big schools come after him this year or next. It's such a different game from college football or basketball. Look at rosters across the sport. Players on their third school are the rule, not the exception.

Phrase is trademarked. Gimme my tree fiddy

What happened to that motherfuckers chin?

Back in the 90s we recruited a LB prospect who chose Lubbock over Austin because “the water tasted better” there. Mom’s emotions are one of the least crazy reasons why some of these guys choose where to go. Maybe his mom is fucking ferocious. Who knows?

Since Scaife we've rolled out David Thomas, J-Mike, and Sanders. If Washington is better than those three guys, that would be awesome.

UTRGV would be an interesting coaching job. Any Texas resident student whose household income is $120k or below goes to school for free there. We don’t qualify. Since baseball is a club-driven sport, I’m not sure how many kids would qualify. Club sports to me are the very definition of “necessary evil”. Topic for another day. But imagine if you could recruit position players from one tax bracket and save scholarship money for pitchers, for example. It’s what most schools do anyway, without the <$120k advantage. Fun to consider. Our kid wanted to play for a D1 school, recruiting for baseball was all kinds of messed up through last year because of Covid, and we liked the coaching staff. That was enough for us.

That was a really strange feeling, being at a Texas game and not rooting for the ‘Horns. The boy did his job. He went 0-1 with 2RBI. He was 3 of the HBP and 2 of the BB. I thought that Jalin got him at 2nd early on. Guess the replay wasn’t conclusive. He’s a patient batter and a tough kid. I could have done without the chest beating after one of the walks, but whatever. He was excited to help his team in his first start ever. He is fast, would probably be one of the fastest guys on Texas’ team too. We ended up with his club coaches in the stands along with a lot of friends and family. That has to do it for Pierce. So maybe in the strangest most backward way ever, he will help Texas after all?

That's awesome. Played for Ogletree?

My son plays for UTRGV. He will get his first start tonight. He's been a Texas fan his entire life, and he's giddy about playing at the Disch.

Things that stick with me about the bonfire fiasco: 1) The immediate reaction from every aggy I knew was "No one is going to sue. They were all good ags doing what they loved" 2) Winning the game proves that God is with the aggys (heard this before and after the game) 3) LHB v. FTAB, halftime. They have a unique ability (echoed years later in the 27-25 herp derp halftime performance) to show their ass. Generally I don't care much about halftime shows, but these two encapsulate aggy for me.

Aggy will get him and scream flip. Between him and Rink, they have their argument that the elk trampled Sark in year one. Everyone wins.