2019 Texas Baseball Thread

[ClubWhatever 12277]

So...we will be hitting from behind in the bottom of the 1st on Saturday.

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[The Dude 1257]

Derp

Edited March 2, 2019 by The Dude

[TexEx15 17913]

On 2/28/2019 at 4:08 PM, ClubWhatever said:

So...we will be hitting from behind in the bottom of the 1st on Saturday.

About that.

[ClubWhatever 12277]

1 minute ago, TexEx15 said:

About that.

He pounded the zone all game starting with the first batter.  He was outstanding.  

He also had a really good change working.  I don’t think he had command of that pitch like that in his prior starts. 

Edited March 3, 2019 by ClubWhatever
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[TrashMaster G 18030]

36 minutes ago, ClubWhatever said:

He pounded the zone all game starting with the first batter.  He was outstanding.  

He also had a really good change working.  I don’t think he had command of that pitch like that in his prior starts. 

Henley has good stuff, good movement.   His key is keeping the ball down in the zone.  For the most part he did that today.  Got in trouble when he didn't. 

[wood 11747]

This team's resume is starting to look pretty fucking legit.

[Enfield 109]

Texas Baseball is best when it has a designated closer. A guy who owns the responsibility. Street, Cox, Knebel, Wood, Thames, etc...  I’d like to see Pierce designate someone. Who is the guy?

Edited March 3, 2019 by Enfield

[Auto Driller 2563]

8 minutes ago, Enfield said:

Texas Baseball is best when it has a designated closer. A guy who owns the responsibility. Street, Cox, Knebel, Wood, Thames, etc...  I’d like to see Pierce designate someone. Who is the guy?

Quintanilla

[Cajun 11771]

^^Yep.

[troph 25089]

Texas Baseball is best when it has a designated closer. A guy who owns the responsibility. Street, Cox, Knebel, Wood, Thames, etc...  I’d like to see Pierce designate someone. Who is the guy?

You serious?

[Enfield 109]

7 minutes ago, troph said:

 

You serious?

 

No. I’m just kidding. We have actually sucked when we have a designated closer. Our worst teams have had designated closers. We are way better just being random.

[Bgoins 0]

Texas Baseball is best when it has a designated closer. A guy who owns the responsibility. Street, Cox, Knebel, Wood, Thames, etc...  I’d like to see Pierce designate someone. Who is the guy?

Diaz when healthy


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[wood 11747]

4 hours ago, Auto Driller said:

Quintanilla

Yeah, beat me to it. Every time I've seen him he's looked pretty damn impressive. Great heat on the fastball, and impeccable location on breaking pitches and changeup. He had 'em chasing their tails trying to figure out what was coming next yesterday.

[texasstrong12 4668]

Quintanilla and Diaz are made for the closer role. Both pound the zone and have swing and miss stuff. 

It's a good problem to have. 

[troph 25089]

No. I’m just kidding. We have actually sucked when we have a designated closer. Our worst teams have had designated closers. We are way better just being random.

The comment was to the “who is he?” the night or morning after we saw a kid mow down the opposition in a closer role.

[Enfield 109]

10 minutes ago, troph said:

 

The comment was to the “who is he?” the night or morning after we saw a kid mow down the opposition in a closer role.

 

He is really good and certainly could do it. May be best in a starting role or long relief. Diaz, Bryant, other options exist. Have to have an attitude and leadership to really be great, IMO. 

[troph 25089]

He is really good and certainly could do it. May be best in a starting role or long relief. Diaz, Bryant, other options exist. Have to have an attitude and leadership to really be great, IMO. 

He seemed to have it against the (former) #1 team in the nation in an early season defining series. He had a nice lead so it may take more to see but those strikeouts and his aggression toward the strike zone were totally impressive.

[Hornmatic 285]

What’s wrong with Petrinsky?

Edited March 3, 2019 by Hornmatic

[LTtxfan 49909]

12 minutes ago, Hornmatic said:

What’s wrong with Petrinsky?

Not hitting as well as Tate.  Also it's been mentioned in another post that a shoulder injury may be bothering DJ.

[ClubWhatever 12277]

Phil Haig seems to be pretty good with the pitchers.  I look at his bio and he’s been a volunteer coach with DP for the past 7 years.  How does he manage that financially?

[TwiceHorn 31987]

11 minutes ago, ClubWhatever said:

Phil Haig seems to be pretty good with the pitchers.  I look at his bio and he’s been a volunteer coach with DP for the past 7 years.  How does he manage that financially?

No clue.  I googled around and don't see a lot of other visible means of support.  Allusions to golf (pro?) and duck hunting (guide?).  Also , he was booted off his UI baseball team.

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46 minutes ago, ClubWhatever said:

Phil Haig seems to be pretty good with the pitchers.  I look at his bio and he’s been a volunteer coach with DP for the past 7 years.  How does he manage that financially?

 

34 minutes ago, TwiceHorn said:

No clue.  I googled around and don't see a lot of other visible means of support.  Allusions to golf (pro?) and duck hunting (guide?).  Also , he was booted off his UI baseball team.

Makes money running camps

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[texasstrong12 4668]

Life doesn’t get easier with Stanford. 9-1 and tied with a top 25 Fullerton team in the 8th inning of game 3. Stanford won the first two games of the series on the road. 

2-2 would be a good result. 

[Beau Vine 55824]

He didn't want this to be publicized, but I heard that Wayne Graham was in attendance this weekend (he and his wife now live in Austin) and he spoke to the team before Friday's game.  

[texasstrong12 4668]

Graham was at several postseason games last year. I didn't know he lived in Austin but that's cool with the Pierce connection. I'm sure he will be at several Texas games this year. 

Edited March 4, 2019 by texasstrong12

[Js1 86939]

Next year but don’t care. Finally back 

 

[Pato del Muerto 53331]

1 minute ago, Js1 said:

Next year but don’t care. Finally back 

 

That’ll be serious 

[EZ$ 2125]

3 minutes ago, Js1 said:

Next year but don’t care. Finally back 

 

Guess aggy couldn’t get out of their games against St. Edwards. 

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[WBT 20884]

Finally is right.  That will be a fun little Big XII / SEC challenge.  It was already announced that aggy will be in the undercard in frisco.  I'm cool with that. 

So cougar high and rice won't be there?  I thought they were there every year.

[Pato del Muerto 53331]

5 minutes ago, Machinator said:

 

C’mon aggy, don’t puss out

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[Helobious 9755]

I'm sure it's been mentioned on here, but on the Texas baseball official pitching stats page it literally has Jack Neely's WHIP listed as "Infinity". It's both kind of mean and hilarious. 

[bschoolprof 6335]

So, about our defensive issues. How much do you think it’s due to practice/emphasis versus pierce just recruiting and playing dudes that can hit as opposed to field? We are definitely a much better hitting team. I can live with some fielding miscues, but it’s weird seeing ut being somewhat sloppy on defense. 

[NeverMarryAStripper 22241]

I'm sure it's been mentioned on here, but on the Texas baseball official pitching stats page it literally has Jack Neely's WHIP listed as "Infinity". It's both kind of mean and hilarious. 

Wouldn’t his ERA be infinity also?

[WBT 20884]

7 minutes ago, bschoolprof said:

So, about our defensive issues. How much do you think it’s due to practice/emphasis versus pierce just recruiting and playing dudes that can hit as opposed to field? We are definitely a much better hitting team. I can live with some fielding miscues, but it’s weird seeing ut being somewhat sloppy on defense. 

Between the outright errors and McCann giving up free bases left and right, there's definitely room for improvement.  I'm not going to complain though when we're able to overcome all of that to sweep the #2 team in the country.

[Machinator 32102]

I'd say that playing true freshmen and backups due to injuries and roster churn are the biggest reasons we've had a rough defensive start.

Things would be different if Petrinsky and Hamilton were healthy.

[texasstrong12 4668]

5/6 are underclassmen and 4 are freshman. Young talent for days. 

 

[Pato del Muerto 53331]

We didn’t even see Diaz all weekend for some reason.  After only using fields and Q the first two games, I was sure that it would be Diaz, madden, and Bryant on Sunday in some order. 

Didnt expect bocchi and the lefty, even to match up. 

[texasstrong12 4668]

Diaz is just now getting healthy. He's not going to throw much early in the season. Diaz had a couple setbacks with the injury from last year so they are being conservative with him. 

Edited March 4, 2019 by texasstrong12

[Llano Estacado 1257]

Wouldn’t his ERA be infinity also?

 

Officially showing 99.0

 

Must be using less than 1/3 IP as that would be an ERA of ~81, but less than dividing by zero.

[Pato del Muerto 53331]

Good news for him is that his stats will improve tremendously when he records an out, then again when he records another. 

[Steel Shank 9533]

That's a good point.

[Guest Lobo]

Especially when that point moves one spot to the left.  Really good when it moves two spots.  

Edited March 4, 2019 by Lobo

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[Js1 86939]

Mutual decision apparently.