Texas @ Texas Tech Series Thread

[Levi 2592]

That’s embarrassing 

[SizzleChest 8284]

[Firemans4Horn 18131]

5 runs on 3 hits. 

[cabowabo 4514]

Embarrassing. 

[perfectchaos007 6677]

Theres several ways to lose, and thats certainly one of them

[ztejas 43550]

I mean that's just inexcusable. We really need to get our shit together. Totally handed them that game. 

[TwiceHorn 31591]

We got some problems.

[WBT 20676]

I guess on an 0-2 count against the guy hitting .176 is when you try something like that.

[Firemans4Horn 18131]

Just now, TwiceHorn said:

We got some problems.

not really

[cabowabo 4514]

Good scouting by the Raiders. They were just waiting to pull that off. 

[BERT 4393]

Just now, WBT said:

I guess on an 0-2 count against the guy hitting .176 is when you try something like that.

So what happened? 

[LTtxfan 49378]

26 minutes ago, Valmy77 said:

Nixon keeping us in it.

 

[Cajun 11754]

As bad of a choke job as I’ve ever seen.  Wow

[WBT 20676]

1 minute ago, ztejas said:

I mean that's just inexcusable. We really need to get our shit together. Totally handed them that game. 

 

Just now, TwiceHorn said:

We got some problems.

Nah, mostly just bad sequencing luck tonight.  4 solo homers yet 10 LOB.  Go get 'em tomorrow.

[mrhorn 1383]

So what happened? 

Tech stole home. Nixon looking down the entire time and never saw him

[WBT 20676]

1 minute ago, BERT said:

So what happened? 

Runner stole home while Nixon was staring down at his shoes.

[Firemans4Horn 18131]

Send that ump back to high school softball. Fucker would call a strike a foot off the plate if tech’s shitty catcher could rip his glove back into the zone in a reasonable time. 

[texastroubadour 1228]

3 minutes ago, ztejas said:

I mean that's just inexcusable. We really need to get our shit together. Totally handed them that game. 

Now a sweep wouldn’t surprise me

[Hookem2147 21369]

Texas Tech didn’t have a hit after the second inning 

[utxmike05 1828]

1 minute ago, WBT said:

Runner stole home while Nixon was staring down at his shoes.

Can’t see his shoes with those legs. Daydreaming about leg day. 

[texastroubadour 1228]

Tceh fans shooting the bird to our players and fans. It’ll be good to be rid of them soon

[Cairn Horn88 8286]

Just now, WBT said:

Runner stole home while Nixon was staring down at his shoes.

That play will be on ESPN later….that’s all on Nixon.  Ballgame ends and Nixon still has the ball in his glove.

[mrhorn 1383]

Send that ump back to high school softball. Fucker would call a strike a foot off the plate if tech’s shitty catcher could rip his glove back into the zone in a reasonable time. 

Can confirm he belongs in HS softball. Some of the dumbest mother fuckers on the planet. I got thrown out of my daughter’s game this week just for saying “that was horrible”. Soft ass weak ass bitches.

[Fletch 5800]

[ztejas 43550]

3 minutes ago, WBT said:

 

Nah, mostly just bad sequencing luck tonight.  4 solo homers yet 10 LOB.  Go get 'em tomorrow.

Jeez man I pump as much sunshine as anyone but we're now 5-4 in our last 9 and just totally blew our first conference game. Not exactly brimming with confidence that these guys are going to waltz to a conference title and Omaha. 

[LTtxfan 49378]

Yeah, I wonder if Tadlock thought the steal of home would actually work. Might have been hoping Nixon would balk...

[BERT 4393]

4 minutes ago, WBT said:

Runner stole home while Nixon was staring down at his shoes.

Lovely

[dcar00 14381]

2 minutes ago, texastroubadour said:

Now a sweep wouldn’t surprise me

yep.  unbelievable LOB 10-0 and you lose 5-4.

[Firemans4Horn 18131]

Just now, ztejas said:

Jeez man I pump as much sunshine as anyone but we're now 5-4 in our last 9 and just totally blew our first conference game. Not exactly brimming with confidence that these guys are going to waltz to a conference title and Omaha. 

“totally blew”

 

we were losing in the 8th inning on the road at the 16th ranked team and took a brief 1 run lead. Not exactly Chernobyl here. 

[Lat22 4019]

How did it happen? Let’s take a look. 

 

[TwiceHorn 31591]

5 minutes ago, WBT said:

 

Nah, mostly just bad sequencing luck tonight.  4 solo homers yet 10 LOB.  Go get 'em tomorrow.

I dunno man.  Something is fucked up about this team. 

Objectively, the bullpen is unreliable and scary, and it's getting to the point where it shouldn't be.

Some new bats are coming around, but some old ones are flailing.

 

[Levi 2592]

Pete had 3 bad pitches the entire night while sitting down 17 straight in the process. He pitched a good game. Kinda sad we went all smooth brain there at the end. 

[dcar00 14381]

3 minutes ago, utxmike05 said:

Can’t see his shoes with those legs. Daydreaming about leg day. 

It's funny in the South Carolina series I was watching him on the mound and thought man, someone is gonna steal a base on him because he seems not really be aware of what is going on between pitches.

[ztejas 43550]

1 minute ago, Firemans4Horn said:

“totally blew”

 

we were losing in the 8th inning on the road at the 16th ranked team and took a brief 1 run lead. Not exactly Chernobyl here. 

Sure. You can paint it that way. We were also winning in the bottom of the 8th and let them score 2 runs on 0 hits to beat us including a fucking stolen home base. 

[dcar00 14381]

1 minute ago, TwiceHorn said:

I dunno man.  Something is fucked up about this team. 

Objectively, the bullpen is unreliable and scary, and it's getting to the point where it shouldn't be.

Some new bats are coming around, but some old ones are flailing.

 

this team doesn't look like it has "it".  doesn't mean they can't make a super regional but it's gonna be a grind.

[dcar00 14381]

2 minutes ago, ztejas said:

Sure. You can paint it that way. We were also winning in the bottom of the 8th and let them score 2 runs on 0 hits to beat us including a fucking stolen home base. 

yep.  we totally blew that game.  

[texastroubadour 1228]

Just now, dcar00 said:

this team doesn't look like it has "it".  doesn't mean they can't make a super regional but it's gonna be a grind.

I agree. Tonight was a game you had…mentally tough teams don’t lose this game in my opinion 

[ztejas 43550]

1 minute ago, dcar00 said:

this team doesn't look like it has "it".  doesn't mean they can't make a super regional but it's gonna be a grind.

Some of the miscues from Silas behind the plate have been straight up bizarre. 

[BERT 4393]

Haven’t looked the same since Witt was scratched from the UCLA game. Between the ears issue? 

[dcar00 14381]

7 minutes ago, LTtxfan said:

Yeah, I wonder if Tadlock thought the steal of home would actually work. Might have been hoping Nixon would balk...

If Tadlock had watched video of Nixon he'd probably saw the opportunity.  at least it happened now and not in a regional/super regional.

[ztejas 43550]

1 minute ago, BERT said:

Haven’t looked the same since Witt was scratched from the UCLA game. Between the ears issue? 

100%

[Levi 2592]

5 minutes ago, TwiceHorn said:

I dunno man.  Something is fucked up about this team. 

Objectively, the bullpen is unreliable and scary, and it's getting to the point where it shouldn't be.

Some new bats are coming around, but some old ones are flailing.

 

For the future I have this bad feeling that if it’s a close lead with Stevens and Pete, and the bullpen needs to finish the last two or three innings, it’s going to be a 50/50 chance we win or lose. There’s just not enough consistent reliable arms in the pen. 

[dcar00 14381]

2 minutes ago, BERT said:

Haven’t looked the same since Witt was scratched from the UCLA game. Between the ears issue? 

maybe.  the unclutchness is kinda rearing its head.

[sailorhorn 11]

I agree

[ztejas 43550]

Let's keep things in perspective. That sucked major peen but no way are any of us as embarrassed as the guys on the team. Let's see how they rebound tomorrow and try and back door this thing. 

(And I'm catching myself as much as anyone else)

Edited March 26, 2022 by ztejas

[dcar00 14381]

14 minutes ago, ztejas said:

Jeez man I pump as much sunshine as anyone but we're now 5-4 in our last 9 and just totally blew our first conference game. Not exactly brimming with confidence that these guys are going to waltz to a conference title and Omaha. 

the pitching staff without Witt is not Omaha good IMO.  that said they have enough hitting and pitching to ham and egg it to get there potentially.

[dcar00 14381]

10 minutes ago, DoneWithit said:

For the future I have this bad feeling that if it’s a close lead with Stevens and Pete, and the bullpen needs to finish the last two or three innings, it’s going to be a 50/50 chance we win or lose. There’s just not enough consistent reliable arms in the pen. 

we haven't replaced Quintanilla or Witt.  Quintanilla was huge for us last year.  still a lot of baseball but a couple of guys are gonna really need to step up for long relief.

[petscii 1189]

I think Nixon had a tell like that before, it'll never fucking happen again.  It's fine.

[Levi 2592]

We get a quarter of the RISP in and we have a 5 run lead, maybe more, going into the 9th. 

[Levi 2592]

1 minute ago, dcar00 said:

we haven't replaced Quintanilla or Witt.  Quintanilla was huge for us last year.  still a lot of baseball but a couple of guys are gonna really need to step up for long relief.

Yep, made the comment earlier in the year when Witt first went down that we were going to feel the loss of Cole the most.