Texas @ West Virginia Series Thread

[Cairn Horn88 8,264]

Tee time.  Let’s go Horns!

[Spaceman_Spiff 121]

10 LOB, not pretty

[BillyGoatHill 4,312]

Great at bat Faltine.....Furk

[LTtxfan 49,187]

Double to leadoff inning -- can't get even a run

wtf

[totallynotabuttpirate 5,400]

At least aggy is down 7-0 again. 

[orangeut 212]

Faltine looked like a high schooler with that effort

[Dewey 3,286]

8 minutes ago, totallynotabuttpirate said:

At least aggy is down 7-0 again. 

[totallynotabuttpirate 5,400]

They pitched their closer 79 pitches so far. 

[hobbes2702 13,033]

FYI it looks like the grey hat is back in stock on the coop site.

[orangeut 212]

why put Nixon in?  oh yeah, give them more runs

[orangeut 212]

good call Pierce

[chase25 2,048]

I will say in regards to Nixon, the fact that we are through his 2nd year and he still only has two pitches is a damning indictment on Pierce and Allen. 

[Cairn Horn88 8,264]

Nixon….you have just one job to do here.  So.,..Do It!

[VirginiaLonghorn 4,771]

1 minute ago, chase25 said:

I will say in regards to Nixon, the fact that we are through his 2nd year and he still only has two pitches is a damning indictment on Pierce and Allen. 

Two pitches are just fine if you have command of both.  But, Nixon seldom has command of either … which can be said of everyone on that staff except for Hansen and Lucas.

[hobbes2702 13,033]

I don’t understand why with his arm slot he doesn’t have some kind of sinking fastball whether a split finger, sinker or cutter. 

[chase25 2,048]

1 minute ago, VirginiaLonghorn said:

Two pitches are just fine if you have command of both.  But, Nixon seldom has command of either … which can be said of everyone on that staff except for Hansen and Lucas.

Two pitches are not just fine. Can it work if you have elite command? Yes. Does it work once teams have analytical data on how you like to attack with those two pitches? No.

Also the two guys you mentioned both have 3 pitches.

[VirginiaLonghorn 4,771]

2 minutes ago, chase25 said:

Two pitches are not just fine. Can it work if you have elite command? Yes. Does it work once teams have analytical data on how you like to attack with those two pitches? No.

Also the two guys you mentioned both have 3 pitches.

The subject was command.  Pay attention.

[Bevo&Pevo 5,146]

Well, I got a pitcher that can't fail.  Vodka martinis is the name and he's calling for me over by the BBQ pit.  Peace out boys.  

[chase25 2,048]

4 minutes ago, VirginiaLonghorn said:

The subject was command.  Pay attention.

Even if you have great command, two pitches is not a recipe for success. No pitcher at Texas should still only have two pitches at the end of their 2nd year.

[hobbes2702 13,033]

Need you Trey

[hobbes2702 13,033]

Why did we pinch hit here?

[hobbes2702 13,033]

Did we really pinch hit for the guy that has 14 HRs this year?

[chase25 2,048]

1 minute ago, hobbes2702 said:

Did we really pinch hit for the guy that has 14 HRs this year?

Pinch hit for Daly

[hobbes2702 13,033]

3 minutes ago, chase25 said:

Pinch hit for Daly

Oh duh. In my defense he’s pretty forgettable 

[LTtxfan 49,187]

12 minutes ago, Bevo&Pevo said:

Well, I got a pitcher that can't fail.  Vodka martinis is the name and he's calling for me over by the BBQ pit.  Peace out boys.  

Way ahead of yah...

[zlavydra 2,121]

Well, i guess 2 of 3 in Morgantown is acceptable.

[totallynotabuttpirate 5,400]

Still pissed that Harrison turned to 3rd on a fucking good bunt and then was late to 1st. That pretty much lost the game right there. 

[Hookem2147 21,276]

14 minutes ago, chase25 said:

Even if you have great command, two pitches is not a recipe for success. No pitcher at Texas should still only have two pitches at the end of their 2nd year.

This is college baseball. Any team in the country would crawl over broken glass to have a pitcher in his second season who has full command of two pitches coming out of the pen. The ‘we are Texas’ doesn’t hold any weight in your argument. Plenty of guys pitch in a major league bullpen right now with only 2 pitches. That’s why they are relievers. If he was transitioning to be a starter or some crap then maybe he needs to add a 3rd pitch but he was freshman all American last year who dominated with two pitches.

Edited May 8, 2022 by Hookem2147

[Cajun 11,705]

4 minutes ago, zlavydra said:

Well, i guess 2 of 3 in Morgantown is acceptable.

Not really.

[Fletch 5,800]

Just now, Hookem2147 said:

This is college baseball. Any team in the country would crawl over broken glass to have a pitcher who has full command of two pitches coming out of the pen. The ‘we are Texas’ doesn’t hold any weight in your argument. Plenty of guys pitch in a major league bullpen right now with only 2 pitches. That’s why they are relievers. If he was transitioning to be a starter or some crap then maybe he needs to add a 3rd pitch but he was freshman all American last year who dominated with two pitches.

Yeah I’m still not watching cause apparently I’m bad luck for this team but “only” having 2 pitches is fine. Huston really only used 2 pitches. Same with J Brent. And a shit ton of our other bullpen studs from the last 20 years. Most of those dudes are fastball-slider guys with an occasional change 

[totallynotabuttpirate 5,400]

If he locates his pitches, the slider is almost unhittable.  Of course, if my aunt had balls, she'd be my uncle. 

[zlavydra 2,121]

3 minutes ago, Cajun said:

Not really.

Expand on that. Who has swept them there?

[NeverMarryAStripper 21,907]

I think these days your Aunt can have balls

[Pato del Muerto 52,498]

4 minutes ago, totallynotabuttpirate said:

If he locates his pitches, the slider is almost unhittable.  Of course, if my aunt had balls, she'd be my uncle. 

Reported

[BillyGoatHill 4,312]

14 minutes ago, totallynotabuttpirate said:

Still pissed that Harrison turned to 3rd on a fucking good bunt and then was late to 1st. That pretty much lost the game right there. 

While the play should have been to first from the start, through 7 we left 10 on base. 8 in scoring position.

Can't stand there with the bat on our shoulder watching good pitches go by and then swinging at one in the dirt for strike 3. Crappy at bats and some shoddy base running (AGAIN 🤬) cost us this game.

[Cajun 11,705]

12 minutes ago, zlavydra said:

Expand on that. Who has swept them there?

 

[Cajun 11,705]

13 minutes ago, NeverMarryAStripper said:

I think these days your Aunt can have balls

Does she swim?

[Fletch 5,800]

1 minute ago, Cajun said:

 

Even the peak Augie teams would happily take 2 of 3 on the road at a wildcard place like West Virginia. Just the way college baseball is. Not being able to sweep or “only” taking 2 of 3 at home has been one of our many problems since the Jungmann days 

[BillyGoatHill 4,312]

9 minutes ago, Cajun said:

Does she swim?

[chase25 2,048]

39 minutes ago, Hookem2147 said:

This is college baseball. Any team in the country would crawl over broken glass to have a pitcher in his second season who has full command of two pitches coming out of the pen. The ‘we are Texas’ doesn’t hold any weight in your argument. Plenty of guys pitch in a major league bullpen right now with only 2 pitches. That’s why they are relievers. If he was transitioning to be a starter or some crap then maybe he needs to add a 3rd pitch but he was freshman all American last year who dominated with two pitches.

He dominated because there was no scouting report on him. No reason every pitchers shouldn’t have some variation of a fastball, changeup, breaking ball. 

Most quality relievers at the major league level have 3. They may throw the 3rd less than 10% of the time but they have it, at the very least to put in the back of a hitters mind.

[EZ$ 2,105]

50 minutes ago, totallynotabuttpirate said:

Still pissed that Harrison turned to 3rd on a fucking good bunt and then was late to 1st. That pretty much lost the game right there. 

I pretty much knew we were going to lose as soon as we immediately gave back the 3-0 lead and pulled our “starter”. 

[Fletch 5,800]

22 minutes ago, chase25 said:

He dominated because there was no scouting report on him. No reason every pitchers shouldn’t have some variation of a fastball, changeup, breaking ball. 

Most quality relievers at the major league level have 3. They may throw the 3rd less than 10% of the time but they have it, at the very least to put in the back of a hitters mind.

I’m guessing there was a scouting report on him by the time the post season rolled around last year and he pitched pretty well in the Austin regional, super and Omaha. Or maybe it’s super easy to sit belt high fastball while his slider can’t find any part of the zone 

Edited May 8, 2022 by Fletch

[Cajun 11,705]

45 minutes ago, Fletch said:

Even the peak Augie teams would happily take 2 of 3 on the road at a wildcard place like West Virginia. Just the way college baseball is. Not being able to sweep or “only” taking 2 of 3 at home has been one of our many problems since the Jungmann days 

I meant my stress.

Pay no attention to me when I’m emo.

[Rockethorn1978 6,077]

So many posts about aunts having balls. What’s the fucking score?

[Cajun 11,705]

4 minutes ago, Rockethorn1978 said:

What’s the fucking score?

That’s none of your business.

[Hookem2147 21,276]

1 hour ago, chase25 said:

He dominated because there was no scouting report on him. No reason every pitchers shouldn’t have some variation of a fastball, changeup, breaking ball. 

Most quality relievers at the major league level have 3. They may throw the 3rd less than 10% of the time but they have it, at the very least to put in the back of a hitters mind.

Look, I am all for criticizing Nixon for what has transpired this year, but chalking up his success last year to teams not having a “scouting report” on him is just wrong.

This is 2022. Every Texas game home and away is televised. The moment he threw his first pitch last year teams had data and film on him. He made 27 appearances. He was not an unknown by the end of the season and that was when he was at his best.

[dcar00 14,208]

we should give Olivarez the start next Sunday.  see how far he can go.  Stevens and Nixon are really unrecoverable this year.

[dcar00 14,208]

1 hour ago, Cajun said:

Not really.

this.  these dudes were begging to be swept and we bullpen'd it up along with really shitty hitting in the clutch.

[Cajun 11,705]

^^That.

They were in the fetal position waiting for two in the back of the head and then sweet, sweet darkness.

As per usual we just couldn’t finish the job.

[Cajun 11,705]

1 hour ago, Hookem2147 said:

Look, I am all for criticizing Nixon for what has transpired this year, but chalking up his success last year to teams not having a “scouting report” on him is just wrong.

This is 2022. Every Texas game home and away is televised. The moment he threw his first pitch last year teams had data and film on him. He made 27 appearances. He was not an unknown by the end of the season and that was when he was at his best.

Nixon is and has been completely lost all year.  You can smell it on him.  
 

It’s got nothing to do with scouting and everything to do with being self mind-fucked.