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  On 5/15/2021 at 12:56 AM, Pato del Muerto said:

So just throw him out there at the back end with Witt and el cobra?  Or does Witt go to starter next season?

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If a guy is going to come out of the pen to become a starter, Witt probably has the best chance next year imo. His pitch count has been up in the high 40s a couple times I believe and he’ll only get stronger in the offseason.  It will be interesting how next year plays out with Nixon and Duplantier. Last year Duplantier was going to be our closer; he had 3 saves with a total of 8 relief appearances. If Witt has the ability to start next year I would put Nixon in Witts role that he has now and let Duplantier become our closer. Side note, Duplantier also had 2 starts at third last year, too. 

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  On 5/16/2021 at 10:46 AM, Cajun said:
Well, pig got stuck yesterday.
Nice and good too.

Late pig scoring for the win.

Vols-in-tears gave up 8 runs in the last two innings resulting in two losses in that pig series.
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Got it, but that walk-off hr for the lone Vol W was what I was talking about.  In that moment Pig got skewered.

And I will let no one talk me out of my enjoyment of that moment.

1st loss all year after leading in the 8th.

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Speaking of resumes... How about the Nevada Wolf Pack, 21-17, currently 27th in RPI, 11-2 since they lost both midweek games to Texas. What looked like two, hold your breath thank god we survived one run midweek victories, has turned into two quality wins against a scrappy ballclub. Likely going to be the Mountain West champs.

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  On 5/17/2021 at 6:34 AM, chase25 said:

Speaking of resumes... How about the Nevada Wolf Pack, 21-17, currently 27th in RPI, 11-2 since they lost both midweek games to Texas. What looked like two, hold your breath thank god we survived one run midweek victories, has turned into two quality wins against a scrappy ballclub. Likely going to be the Mountain West champs.

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Weirdly enough, I don’t think that’s even surprising. 
 

I think most here realized Nevada was pretty good and definitely better than their record. Their RPI is now catching up with how good they are. 

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Comment section on there already getting funny.  SEC fans complaining Texas shouldn't move up in rankings because we didn't play last week.  Basically SEC fans...teams in front of us lost.  We moved up.  We didn't play because our players were doing this weird thing called studying and taking actual final exams.  Novel concept in your league outside of Nasvhille.

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Damn, quite a tumble by TCU.  #6 to #14  

There are better baseball minds than mine on here.  And there are sure as shit better weather minds on here (I'm still proud of my 'barely' C- in Troy Kimmel's weather and climate class at UT).  But we gotta start thinking about what happens if we don't get 3 games in WVU this week (Thu-Sat).  Standings defer first to winning percentage, before GB/head-to-head tiebreakers.  TCU is in Manhattan from Thu-Sat, where there's just 30% of storms during the series.  They'll get all 27 innings completed.  We'll be lucky to get in two games with our forecast.  We can't overtake, or match them, unless we get at least 2 in.  Even if KSU were to steal one from TCU this weekend, and we only played two and won them...we'd still finish behind the Frogs...tiebreaker be dammed.  

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  On 5/17/2021 at 9:21 AM, texasstrong12 said:

Weirdly enough, I don’t think that’s even surprising. 
 

I think most here realized Nevada was pretty good and definitely better than their record. Their RPI is now catching up with how good they are. 

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^^^This.

I went to both of those games and was surprised at their record as they seemed to play good fundamental baseball and had some talent too. Thought then that they would improve throughout the season.

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  On 5/17/2021 at 9:21 AM, texasstrong12 said:

Weirdly enough, I don’t think that’s even surprising. 
 

I think most here realized Nevada was pretty good and definitely better than their record. Their RPI is now catching up with how good they are. 

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I wasn't surprised that they hit well, but their pitching stats were absolutely abysmal coming into Austin. Guess they've pitched better?

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  On 5/16/2021 at 10:46 AM, Cajun said:

Well, pig got stuck yesterday.

Nice and good too.

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You mean THE OmaHogs? How? In 2018 I was assured by Arkansas fans that I’ve never seen a baseball team like what they have now. Guess they forgot about 2004 when the game was over after the 2nd and we won 13-2 as they went 2 and q

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With WVU likely needing to head home Saturday night or Sunday morning, so they can turn around and come back to OKC Monday so they do the play-in game with Kansas on Tuesday night in OKC........I don't see how we can press any later than Saturday night to get these three games in.  And we're looking at shitty, wet field conditions on Thursday.  Hopefully we can fashion together a double-header either on Friday or Saturday with all the rain. 

Because even if we take 2 from WVU (with a rainout on the 3rd game be it on Thursday or Sunday), and KSU does steal one from TCU (which I really think they can between Manhattan voodoo and Wicks on the mound against a batting order that's been struggling lately).........we remain a half game behind TCU with no way to cover the ground.  A tied record and we're golden, even if the bullshit conference trophy says "co-champs"....we're the best team in the league with the #1 seed in the tourney and the benefit of both those things in the bigger bracket.  But we miss so much as one game this weekend, even if it's called in the 4th or 5th, we'll be stuck behind them.  

Only thing I hate relying on more than the weather in Texas is the baseball in Kansas.  

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Meh, it'd be fun to tee off on Rice pitching this year but 80% of thunderstorms from tomorrow afternoon thru Wednesday afternoon.  I don't see them bothering to make the trip over.  Our guys could use the rest after finals to reboot and focus on sweeping WVU.  But whatever PhDhorn's weather forecast and Pierce's sage wisdom have in store for us...I fully support.  

Shit, we need to start figuring out as soon as Wednesday evening how/when to fit in 21-27 innings with WVU this sloptastic week.  It's wetter than South Austin's mom during Jonas Brothers cover-band contest night at Butler Pitch 'n Putt. Or something, I dunno.  Lovely woman.  Let's get two!

 

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My personal opinion is that no manager should ever manage from the coaches box, especially third base.  At least one job will suffer, and more likely both.  I didn’t stay at a Holiday Inn Express, nor do I get paid a buttload to manage a world class college baseball program.  I do have my moments though

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  On 5/17/2021 at 2:36 PM, Lobo said:

Damn, quite a tumble by TCU.  #6 to #14  

There are better baseball minds than mine on here.  And there are sure as shit better weather minds on here (I'm still proud of my 'barely' C- in Troy Kimmel's weather and climate class at UT).  But we gotta start thinking about what happens if we don't get 3 games in WVU this week (Thu-Sat).  Standings defer first to winning percentage, before GB/head-to-head tiebreakers.  TCU is in Manhattan from Thu-Sat, where there's just 30% of storms during the series.  They'll get all 27 innings completed.  We'll be lucky to get in two games with our forecast.  We can't overtake, or match them, unless we get at least 2 in.  Even if KSU were to steal one from TCU this weekend, and we only played two and won them...we'd still finish behind the Frogs...tiebreaker be dammed.  

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You're concerning yourself with the wrong thing. And I know that I made a big deal about it sucking to lose the B12 but when we lost on Saturday I had resigned our fate to almost assuredly finishing 2nd. We are past that. 

Basically the leading baseball poll in the country has us at #2. Right now (to plagiarize) the only thing that's left to do is win the whole fuckin' thing. 

Whoever commented about us breaking TCU during that Friday night game gets what this team is capable of - and that is ruining dreams and ambitions while we put our nuts on the plate and dare you to beat us. This team will go into the 8th inning down 4 runs and not give a fuck. 

I'm not sure we are even close to a guarantee to make the CWS - but I know for an absolute fact this team is capable of winning a national championship (good God when's the last time that was the case with any big 3 squad?).

So, why don't we go fuck around and do that?

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Yes, I agree.  I would also just like to pickup this one piece of hardware that's so close to within our grasp.  Just don't want the rain to fuck it up, that's all.  I know it's not going to terribly effect our RPI or seeding one way or the other if were to finish .5 games behind TCU.  But I'm old school when it comes to baseball.  Pennants in MLB, Conference Trophies in NCAA.  Obviously the World Series in MLB or Omaha is the big price, but it's good to pickup merch along the way. 

Here's the just released bracket projections from collegesportsmadness:

https://www.collegesportsmadness.com/article/19470

They're off as much as the others, but something to read Tuesday because I don't see how we're playing Rice at this point.  

They have us with LSU, Tulane, and Murray State as #3 overall.

TCU still clinging to #6 overall, which is horseshit at this point with UCLA, Dallas Baptist, and Campbell.

Texas Tech at #9 overall, with Stanford, Alabama, and Oral Roberts.  Baylor to #12 Arizona as a #2 in Tucson.  

Big riser is Oklahoma State as a #1 seed at the LA Tech (#14) regional.  With VA Tech and SE Louisiana 

Under this scenario, which Is actually quite plausible...Texas would pair with OSU/LAtech winner in Supers.  

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  On 5/18/2021 at 4:21 AM, Lobo said:

Yes, I agree.  I would also just like to pickup this one piece of hardware that's so close to within our grasp.  Just don't want the rain to fuck it up, that's all.  I know it's not going to terribly effect our RPI or seeding one way or the other if were to finish .5 games behind TCU.  But I'm old school when it comes to baseball.  Pennants in MLB, Conference Trophies in NCAA.  Obviously the World Series in MLB or Omaha is the big price, but it's good to pickup merch along the way.

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Yeah but we aren't chasing TCU for conference championships. We are chasing USC and LSU for national championships. 

The B12 reg season title means something to me because it displays that in conference play we were the best team in our conference. While that technically might not end up being true this year - we are still probably the best team in our conference overall and so it becomes a bit more moot and easier to stomach when I know that this team has the potential to win against anyone in Omaha. 

I mean shit - we have a guy on our team that threw a complete game shutout earlier this season. We have pitchers that are striking out multiple batters in the same inning on the road up 1 with RISP against a top 5 team. We have a guy that switch-hit home runs in the same fucking game. And if Faltine isn't the best defensive short stop in the country holy shit I want to see the guy that is. 

This team fucks. It won't fuck less if TCU wins a regular season baseball title.. 

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Man this sucks having our games rained out.

Ah well at least we will be well rested to sweep West Virginia.

I hate being matched up with Stanford, UCLA, and UC Irvine. The west coast schools are usually very fundamentally sound and significantly under-rated. 

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