San Diego @ Texas Series Thread

[MirrOlure 14790]

Same stuff as always…. he has some real negative trends with roster management and some WTF in-game, situational decisions. 

….not mention a tangible and year over year decline since the ‘21 CWS run, with no logical basis to assume it will reverse this year

[Horny Bull 2760]

1-2-3 inning for Howard.

[Hondo 682]

Just now, MuellerHorn said:

Not hurt. Subpar velocity and shaky command. All three outs in the first were on balls put into play. Pierce pulled him before it got really bad. 
 

Gotcha.  Thanks for the update.

 

Wonder what's up with the kid.  Some people can't mentally bounce back from injury; maybe he's one of them.  Hope not.  He had huge upside before the UCL tear.

[Hookem2147 21339]

The reset button needs to be pressed on Witt. 1 inning bullpen outings to start and go from there. Starting him might give him some sort of block thinking he has to save himself for 4+ innings. Just put him in against Houston Christian and tell him to let it rip.

[HuntinHorn 986]

weak ass bats

[UnhappilyMarried 816]

1 minute ago, MirrOlure said:

….not mention a tangible and year over year decline since the ‘21 CWS run, with no logical basis to assume it will reverse this year

Multiple years of failed recruiting classes was always going to have consequences. Injuries to the portal guys who were supposed to be stop-gaps doesn’t help. Freshman class is better this year. Has a chance to be elite next year. 

[Hookem2147 21339]

7 minutes ago, MirrOlure said:

….not mention a tangible and year over year decline since the ‘21 CWS run, with no logical basis to assume it will reverse this year

I mean, it’s hard to “increase” when you finish in the final 4.

We were in Omaha again the following season and arguably should have gone for the third year in a row last year. We won the conference last year, something we didn’t do in 2022.

It’s a stretch to say it’s a year over year decline. It’s baseball.

[WBT 20616]

Good ab there to work the walk

[AbeFroman 2192]

There you go JT

[AbeFroman 2192]

We definitely have our 2 best hitters batting 1-2

[shadow_operative2.0 16005]

Strong execution, SD. 

[AbeFroman 2192]

Razzle dazzle

[zlavydra 2123]

Execution? I'm all for it 

[WBT 20616]

Wow, they handled that worse than we did last night.

[shadow_operative2.0 16005]

Ha, that was fun. 

[Horny Bull 2760]

2-1 San Diego after 3.

[zlavydra 2123]

Meatball on a Kysar roll and O'Dowd misses it.

[Hookem2147 21339]

This zone is the size of a coke can

[zlavydra 2123]

Great comeback by Howard there.

[UnhappilyMarried 816]

Cody’s loving it 

[The_Great_Hornsby 3251]

That was a strike. The hitter was a douche. 

[DigDug 1672]

2 minutes ago, Hookem2147 said:

This zone is the size of a coke can

Would have needed a fishing net for Witt's outing.

[Hookem2147 21339]

O’Dowd and Flores have similar swing issues in my untrained eye. Both have pretty much the same swing plane on every one of their swings and it’s just a hope that the ball intersects with that plane.

[shadow_operative2.0 16005]

Find him, Dee. 

[Horny Bull 2760]

Hey look, we threw out a runner.

[hobbes2702 13045]

22 minutes ago, Hondo said:

Gotcha.  Thanks for the update.

 

Wonder what's up with the kid.  Some people can't mentally bounce back from injury; maybe he's one of them.  Hope not.  He had huge upside before the UCL tear.

He hasn’t physically recovered. He’s down 6mph on his fastball still.

[AbeFroman 2192]

There you go, nice throw and tag.

[Bevo&Pevo 5206]

Kimble makes a nice throw to shut 'em down.

[hobbes2702 13045]

Why are reviewing this? Easy out call

[Horn80 6129]

Out

[WBT 20616]

Howard is settling in well.  Too bad he walked the first 2

[NorthLoop 14215]

Tagged when he came off the bag

[The_Great_Hornsby 3251]

1 minute ago, hobbes2702 said:

He hasn’t physically recovered. He’s down 6mph on his fastball still.

Is it a recovery issue or an issue where he will never be the same? Because its been a while since that surgery. I would have to imagine that it's a structural issue at this point. 

[Braff Zacklin 13618]

13 minutes ago, zlavydra said:

Execution? I'm all for it 

 

[Horn80 6129]

Stop fucking around now Texas.  Score runs.

[NorthLoop 14215]

Just now, The_Great_Hornsby said:

Is it a recovery issue or an issue where he will never be the same? Because its been a while since that surgery. I would have to imagine that it's a structural issue at this point. 

Sadly I don't think we'll ever see peak Witt again. Hopefully he can find a way to contribute. 

[Mo Horn 8849]

Nice hit Porter

[SameSame 1705]

Hey Porter

[Bevo&Pevo 5206]

Don't get much closer than that.  

[Horn80 6129]

Fort Worth sending Texas players.

[Hondo 682]

11 minutes ago, UnhappilyMarried said:

Multiple years of failed recruiting classes was always going to have consequences. Injuries to the portal guys who were supposed to be stop-gaps doesn’t help. Freshman class is better this year. Has a chance to be elite next year. 

Maybe the top talent in the 2020's would rather play for long/dyed hair, beards, earrings/gold chains, trailer park looking programs where they're allowed to show their "swag."  

There's a marked difference in the culture at Texas and LSU; you can see it from appearances alone.  

We either force conformance with clean cut/professional culture or we recruit it - either way, we likely exclude some good talent in the process. 

Don't get me wrong - it's one of the things I've always appreciated about Texas baseball and, in my mind, I can't see why anyone would want to play anywhere else.

It just makes me wonder if the societal shift toward "all about me/look at me" affects old school/classic programs like Texas when it comes to pulling (some) talent.

[Bevo&Pevo 5206]

Kimble fixin' to tie it up with this AB.

[Horny Bull 2760]

Duplantier sac fly ties the game.

[bluto 4932]

Lordy I feel for Craig on the radio call, Nathan (thornhill?) is not ready for the role/has nothing on color. 

[HuntinHorn 986]

Nice situational bunting and hitting there!

[Mo Horn 8849]

And that is how you do good fundamental baseball

[Hookem2147 21339]

3 minutes ago, Hondo said:

Maybe the top talent in the 2020's would rather play for long/dyed hair, beards, earrings/gold chains, trailer park looking programs where they're allowed to show their "swag."  

There's a marked difference in the culture at Texas and LSU; you can see it from appearances alone.  

We either force conformance with clean cut/professional culture or we recruit it - either way, we likely exclude some good talent in the process. 

Don't get me wrong - it's one of the things I've always appreciated about Texas baseball and, in my mind, I can't see why anyone would want to play anywhere else.

It just makes me wonder if the societal shift toward "all about me/look at me" affects old school/classic programs like Texas when it comes to pulling (some) talent.

No facial hair, no hair to the shoulders, pants always be worn at the ankles or above.

Been a rule for Texas baseball forever.

[zlavydra 2123]

Duplantier know what he wants to do at the plate, and, more importantly, gets it done. Wonder if he could end up hitting 2nd? 

[ClubWhatever 12146]

Gasparino and his dad will know better than me, but it looks like his swing has a really long path to the hitting zone.   Be great if he could tighten that up.  He's had trouble getting around on inside fastballs in today and yesterday 

[AbeFroman 2192]

Gasparino looks like he's overthinking everything.  Just go back to see it hit it like you're playing in the backyard.