CWS Game 12: Texas vs. Mississippi State 6:55 CDT First Pitch

[perfectchaos007 6,674]

So Vandy would have used their Ace Saturday against NCST, but now they can save him for game 1 of the champ series. And they'll have Rocker for game 2 or maybe game 3 depending on how they decide to manage that. Vandy is going to be HEAVY favorites in the finals

[justhookit 4,191]

11 minutes ago, troph said:

Made it home. Tow charge $645. Gawd.

You shouldn’t have parked in the regarded zone.

[Cairn Horn88 8,275]

4 minutes ago, CDAK said:

Why can't the same 13 players that played for NC State today play tomorrow? Presumably those guys are vaxxed.

They don't have enough pitchers...

[BachelorTrek 3,047]

8 minutes ago, Machinator said:

Bringing back Nixon after the delay was risky, but it paid off, and now we'll have Quintanilla on a day's rest.

We need the Tristan Stevens who quieted TCU's bats and cruised through most of the regular season to show up. If we get the Stevens who struggled some against USF and was hit hard by Tennessee, the path to victory will be incredibly narrow.

[Born to Run 6,569]

Close, lake Travis near Briarcliff.

You couldn't cut the rope out or throw your spare prop on?

[NorthLoop 14,215]

2 minutes ago, Revolution512 said:

Kubichek likely game one starter if we make the champ series. I really thought he might start Witt tomorrow/today but that was obviously wrong

You thought he'd start Witt over Madden? Madden had 6 days rest... Witt had never pitched more than 4 innings ever. We need to sit down and talk

[BERT 4,380]

1 minute ago, perfectchaos007 said:

So Vandy would have used their Ace Saturday against NCST, but now they can save him for game 1 of the champ series. And they'll have Rocker for game 2 or maybe game 3 depending on how they decide to manage that. Vandy is going to be HEAVY favorites in the finals

No. They weren’t pitching him tomorrow. Said they were going with a bullpen staff

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1 minute ago, justhookit said:

You shouldn’t have parked in the regarded zone.

Pretty much the truth.

[utee94 15,834]

1 minute ago, perfectchaos007 said:

So Vandy would have used their Ace Saturday against NCST, but now they can save him for game 1 of the champ series. And they'll have Rocker for game 2 or maybe game 3 depending on how they decide to manage that. Vandy is going to be HEAVY favorites in the finals

It don't make a shit.

We were supposed to be heavy favorites against Fullerton in the finals, and they beat us pitching two dudes and two dudes only, who each went 167 pitches in their respective games against us, on only 1/2 day rest after pitching 232 pitches in their previous games.  Or at least, that's how I remember it...

 

[bluto 4,932]

Highly doubtful leiter would’ve gone tomorrow, 125 pitches and short rest. vandy having to use rocker was the most anybody could ask for. Worst case was forfeit today too or monster early lead and pulling rocker, but neither happened.

[Wishbone 4,762]

3 minutes ago, ztejas said:

I get it was an emotional game, but the part where he wished death and pestilence and for it to rain fire for a thousand years on the entire state of Mississippi was a bit much.

🤔

[ztejas 43,479]

5 minutes ago, perfectchaos007 said:

So Vandy would have used their Ace Saturday against NCST, but now they can save him for game 1 of the champ series. And they'll have Rocker for game 2 or maybe game 3 depending on how they decide to manage that. Vandy is going to be HEAVY favorites in the finals

Yes. We might get hosed out of a national title because a team in June of 2021 couldn't keep their covid shit together. 

Or we could just beat Vandy regardless.

If we make it though - could Hansen go G2 and Ty go G3? 

Edited June 26, 2021 by ztejas

[perfectchaos007 6,674]

2 minutes ago, BERT said:

No. They weren’t pitching him tomorrow. Said they were going with a bullpen staff

I heard they were but regardless it doesn't matter now. He'll 100% be pitching game 1 against UT/MSST

[NorthLoop 14,215]

Vandy will get a massive advantage by getting to pitch Leiter and Rocker in game 1 and 2 no matter who they face.... Heres the deal though... this CWS has shown their weaknesses. It's a shame that NCST didn't get to finish them off because they had their number. Vandy's offense is dogshit. You keep the game close and get Rocker/Leiter's pitch count up and you win. Their bullpen is crapola. 

[Shaggy3.0 1,695]

Stay drunk

 

fire errbody

 

rehire erebody

 

 

what do yall say?

lets just win this bitch.  Tbey whole damn thing

 

 

hooem

 

 

[troph 24,869]

1 minute ago, Born to Run said:

11 minutes ago, troph said:

Close, lake Travis near Briarcliff.

You couldn't cut the rope out or throw your spare prop on?

We cut the rope but some how it really got wrapped around it. The butchest of the lesbians (not me) actually dove under 10-15 times to deal with it.  Cutting it didn’t get it off so we had to tow. I do have a spare prop btw in my garage.  Happened once before. It was windy lots going on - I was trying to watch the game - kids everywhere - friends who don’t get out on the lake super excited and I have no idea how it got tangled more than once over but it did.
 

 

[Fletch 5,800]

8 minutes ago, msudawg said:

Brother I'm going to bed. you know I mean nothing but love. not getting into it with the others tonight. you won. you did amazing. 

but there's one more game to settle who has to matchup with this bullshit vandy lineup. 

get some rest dude. I'm finishing my pours. 

Oh you know I’m giving you loving shit haha. Gonna be a fun night, man! See you round first pitch 

[TexMexBuddha 988]

Hook'em

[BERT 4,380]

Just now, Shaggy3.0 said:

Stay drunk

 

fire errbody

 

rehire erebody

 

 

what do yall say?

lets just win this bitch.  Tbey whole damn thing

 

 

hooem

 

 

Now who can argue with that?

[ztejas 43,479]

Just now, NorthLoop said:

Vandy's offense is dogshit. You keep the game close and get Rocker/Leiter's pitch count up and you win. Their bullpen is crapola. 

Yeah. Vandy has serious issues. Not only their offense but they've been making some bad gaffes on D, too. 

They'll probably be favorites but I doubt they'd be massive favorites against Texas. 

[WBT 20,618]

3 minutes ago, NorthLoop said:

Vandy will get a massive advantage by getting to pitch Leiter and Rocker in game 1 and 2 no matter who they face.... Heres the deal though... this CWS has shown their weaknesses. It's a shame that NCST didn't get to finish them off because they had their number. Vandy's offense is dogshit. You keep the game close and get Rocker/Leiter's pitch count up and you win. Their bullpen is crapola. 

It's also like I'm the only person who was watching when Rocker gave up 5 in 5 innings+ on opening night

Edited June 26, 2021 by WBT

[Wishbone 4,762]

Just now, BERT said:

Now who can argue with that?

Revrndd!

[troph 24,869]

1 minute ago, NorthLoop said:

Vandy will get a massive advantage by getting to pitch Leiter and Rocker in game 1 and 2 no matter who they face.... Heres the deal though... this CWS has shown their weaknesses. It's a shame that NCST didn't get to finish them off because they had their number. Vandy's offense is dogshit. You keep the game close and get Rocker/Leiter's pitch count up and you win. Their bullpen is crapola. 

Yeah this Texas team can win it all. Not without putting a handful of us in the grave but they can win it all. The covid shit doesn’t really matter. Some teams have if. This Texas team might be that kinda special. 

[NorthLoop 14,215]

Just now, WBT said:

It's also like I'm the only person who was watching when Rocker gave up 5 in 5+ innings on opening night

Yeah but our offense doesn't do well against a pitcher like him.. 

[ztejas 43,479]

3 minutes ago, WBT said:

It's also like I'm the only person who was watching when Rocker gave up 5 in 5+ innings on opening night

I think he got hit pretty good today, too. Just didn't result in runs. And they were pitching against some fuckin scrubs out there.

He also threw 111 pitches today and Leiter threw like 125 in his last outing. Not insignificant when you aren't getting a week's rest.

Edited June 26, 2021 by ztejas

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Just now, NorthLoop said:

Yeah but our offense doesn't do well against a pitcher like him.. 

keep it close, not unlike the bednar game and and win in the 6-9 innings after he’s gone.  

[Fletch 5,800]

2 minutes ago, troph said:

Yeah this Texas team can win it all. Not without putting a handful of us in the grave but they can win it all. The covid shit doesn’t really matter. Some teams have if. This Texas team might be that kinda special. 

I’ll happily trade the 10 years this team has shaved off my life for a national title 

[NorthLoop 14,215]

Just now, troph said:

keep it close, not unlike the bednar game and and win in the 6-9 innings after he’s gone.  

That's my point... we're not gonna put 5 on him. But we keep it to 2 or 3 and get his count up, and we skullfuck his relief. 

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Just now, Fletch said:

I’ll happily trade the 10 years this team has shaved off my life for a national title 

touché !

[chitwood 155]

8 minutes ago, ztejas said:

Yes. We might get hosed out of a national title because a team in June of 2021 couldn't keep their covid shit together. 

Or we could just beat Vandy regardless.

If we make it though - could Hansen go G2 and Ty go G3? 

Isn’t Hansen game 1?  Followed my Madden and Stevens?

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Just now, NorthLoop said:

That's my point... we're not gonna put 5 on him. But we keep it to 2 or 3 and get his count up, and we skullfuck his relief. 

Yep same page 

[BERT 4,380]

2 minutes ago, Fletch said:

I’ll happily trade the 10 years this team has shaved off my life for a national title 

I’m willing to trade 10yrs of your life for a title too! 

[ztejas 43,479]

Just now, chitwood said:

Isn’t Hansen game 1?  Followed my Madden and Stevens?

Isn't game 1 Monday? Are we going to pitch Hansen on 3 days rest? Stevens is starting tomorrow I think so he's probably done after that. 

[troph 24,869]

Can I pause here and say the CWS is imo the best post season playoff in all of college sports. God I love this shit.

[Hook1997 5,390]

7 minutes ago, troph said:

We cut the rope but some how it really got wrapped around it. The butchest of the lesbians (not me) actually dove under 10-15 times to deal with it.  Cutting it didn’t get it off so we had to tow. I do have a spare prop btw in my garage.  Happened once before. It was windy lots going on - I was trying to watch the game - kids everywhere - friends who don’t get out on the lake super excited and I have no idea how it got tangled more than once over but it did.
 

 

You can not let this happen a third time, I think they take your boating privileges away after that.  Jk 

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Just now, ztejas said:

Isn't game 1 Monday? Are we going to pitch Hansen on 3 days rest? Stevens is starting tomorrow I think so he's probably done after that. 

I bet 3 days rest for a game three is enough for a few innings. 

[Born to Run 6,569]

We cut the rope but some how it really got wrapped around it. The butchest of the lesbians (not me) actually dove under 10-15 times to deal with it.  Cutting it didn’t get it off so we had to tow. I do have a spare prop btw in my garage.  Happened once before. It was windy lots going on - I was trying to watch the game - kids everywhere - friends who don’t get out on the lake super excited and I have no idea how it got tangled more than once over but it did.
 
 

I get it
Keep a spare prop, wrench and nut onboard. It's actually easier to pull the prop than try to slice and dice that that shit in heavy lake traffic.
I sucked up a metal fence about an hour before the 05 okie state game
Pulled the entire prop and wad of shit off and threw it up in the bow and swapped the proo out - home for kick off

Same with someone else's rope 3 years ago .

Pro tip. Pull the key out of the ignition first

[CDAK 216]

14 minutes ago, Cairn Horn88 said:

They don't have enough pitchers...

They had 4 pitchers today. They only used 2. So, they have 2 more. Plus, they can pitch a non-pitcher. Fairfield threw a guy against us that hadn't pitched all season. Fairfield chose to pitch a non-pitcher rather than forfeit.

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1 minute ago, Hook1997 said:

You can not let this happen a third time, I think they take your boating privileges away after that.  Jk 

Haha. First time was literally the first time we took this boat out 3+ years ago.  I think once every 3-5 years might be ok. 
 

I won’t admit to anyone but y’all that I was very distracted by my iPad…

 

 

[Born to Run 6,569]

Can I pause here and say the CWS is imo the best post season playoff in all of college sports. God I love this shit.

Yep

[ztejas 43,479]

1 minute ago, troph said:

I bet 3 days rest for a game three is enough for a few innings. 

We also get more Witt at some point. He didn't pitch a ton today. 

[Fletch 5,800]

5 minutes ago, BERT said:

I’m willing to trade 10yrs of your life for a title too! 

WIT

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2 minutes ago, Born to Run said:

I get it
Keep a spare prop, wrench and nut onboard. It's actually easier to pull the prop than try to slice and dice that that shit in heavy lake traffic.
I sucked up a metal fence about an hour before the 05 okie state game
Pulled the entire prop and wad of shit off and threw it up in the bow and swapped the proo out - home for kick off

Same with someone else's rope 3 years ago .

Pro tip. Pull the key out of the ignition first

Took the key out yes. We need better gear on board one knife wasn’t enough. Great idea about the spare prop on board. We have it so just take it with us next time.  Need a mask too, maybe even an air bottle and snorkel. 

[justhookit 4,191]

You don’t want to try to swap a prop out while in the water. Don’t ask me how I know this.

[Cairn Horn88 8,275]

Horns are now 50-16.

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1 minute ago, justhookit said:

You don’t want to try to swap a prop out while in the water. Don’t ask me how I know this.

The real answer is put the tube away for good and stick to surfing. Or watch the game at home.

[MaybeACoordinator 8,349]

2 hours ago, NorthLoop said:

If the rain weren't pouring, Ivan's HR would've landed in Iowa. 

Because I am old-school, and a poor, and live in a shack on the San Bernard River, I listened to the game on Westwood One radio through my phone. The announcers were Omaha/Nebraska locals -- I think it was the team for UNL. The color dude could not get over what a shot that was. He kept saying you never see people take it that deep to that part of the stadium in the daytime, much less at night and in the rain. He was in awe. 

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2 minutes ago, Cairn Horn88 said:

Horns are now 50-16.

And eleventy billion - 0 when scoring more than 5 runs. 

[ztejas 43,479]

Just now, troph said:

The real answer is put the tube away for good and stick to surfing. Or watch the game at home.

Are you not attaching the tube line to the tower? From that pic it looks like the boat has a tower.

[BachelorTrek 3,047]

5 minutes ago, troph said:

Took the key out yes. We need better gear on board one knife wasn’t enough. Great idea about the spare prop on board. We have it so just take it with us next time.  Need a mask too, maybe even an air bottle and snorkel. 

Yep, those "pony bottles" (small air tanks) are great for something like that if the snorkel can't get you close enough. #Scuba #NAUI