College Station Regional

[Hookem2147 21343]

This isn’t just depressed fan talking but I don’t think we are even winning the first one tomorrow.

That game was so emotionally draining, Louisiana didn’t even break a sweat against Grambling today and have their 2nd best starter fully rested going against Ace Whitehead.

We went all in tonight and it didn’t happen. 

[The_Great_Hornsby 3259]

5 minutes ago, Hookem2147 said:

This isn’t just depressed fan talking but I don’t think we are even winning the first one tomorrow.

That game was so emotionally draining, Louisiana didn’t even break a sweat against Grambling today and have their 2nd best starter fully rested going against Ace Whitehead.

We went all in tonight and it didn’t happen. 

I dont think we should pitch Ace. We should pitch our worst arm. If we lose, we lose. Ace is the only dude that gives us a small chance against aggy. 

[NashLonghorn 271]

32 minutes ago, dcar00 said:

he's not getting fired.  sure I'd be absolutely fine with it but it's not happening.

He’s .587 (101-71) at Texas while has career winning percentage is .647. Not impressive considering the reputation of Texas and our facilities.   Win 3 Big12 titles.   
 

Surely there has got to be someone better wants this job.  
 

 

[dcar00 14286]

Just now, NashLonghorn said:

He’s .587 (101-71) at Texas while has career winning percentage is .647. Not impressive considering the reputation of Texas and our facilities.   Win 3 Big12 titles.   
 

Surely there has got to be someone better wants this job.  
 

 

Oh I agree.  I just don't think we have the balls to fire him this year.

[TornACL 7719]

I would never fire for Pierce for his coaching. 

I would absolutely fire Pierce for his roster management.

[NashLonghorn 271]

1 minute ago, TornACL said:

I would never fire for Pierce for his coaching. 

I would absolutely fire Pierce for his roster management.

One can’t overcome the other unfortunately 

[NashLonghorn 271]

4 minutes ago, dcar00 said:

Oh I agree.  I just don't think we have the balls to fire him this year.

Why not?   The team seems to be getting worse.  You don’t fire him if the team makes the CWS but shit we may end up 1-4 postseason- that’s went it counts. 

[Helobious 9462]

22 minutes ago, Hookem2147 said:

This isn’t just depressed fan talking but I don’t think we are even winning the first one tomorrow.

That game was so emotionally draining, Louisiana didn’t even break a sweat against Grambling today and have their 2nd best starter fully rested going against Ace Whitehead.

We went all in tonight and it didn’t happen. 

There’s a mountain of stats at the MLB level now showing that postseason rest is meaningless. I imagine it translates at least somewhat to college. 

[UnhappilyMarried 816]

22 minutes ago, TornACL said:

I would never fire for Pierce for his coaching. 

I would absolutely fire Pierce for his roster management.

The offensive plan was solid. Impossible to expect PB to fall off, maybe you could say they should’ve added someone more productive than Cummings. The plan to showcase JT at CF likely caused issues pitching playing time

Pitching is obviously the issue. Minimal high school adds over 3 year. Chips all in on LBJ and Witt. Caught off-guard by Gordon signing. Reliever injuries galore. Bad luck injury bug or Pierce issue?

Edited June 2 by UnhappilyMarried

[Had Enough 2083]

37 minutes ago, WBT said:

Exactly, we're in the same spot now as we would have been in the best case with the lose game 1 plan.  The difference is we had a chance tonight and lost.  But the let's play Grambling at all cost plan never gives you a chance at all.  This team doesn't have the pitching - their only chance was to go 2-0.

Except you still have at least 1 more of Grubbs and LBJ.  Maybe both.  So when I say we’re in the same place, that’s because we’re down to 3 teams and a maximum of 3 games.  But make no mistake about it, our staff is in as bad a condition as it could be at this stage of the tourney.

 Imagine Grubbs going against ULs #2 tomorrow then we have LBJ going against the Ags #2 or #3. That’s a significant shift in odds of winning those two games.  Now you’ve got Hurley or Ace versus the Ags #3 or some dude that’s only started 3 or 4 games.

Anyway I’ll be done with it.

[troph 24874]

Just finished watching fuck me. You tell me A&M has 2 runs in 9 after LBJ and Boehm and I’m 100% certain Texas won. Fuck. 3 errors. Fuck. It’s 2am. Fuck.

no complaints about the game except Flores mental gaffs at SS twice in the same inning.  middle innings plate discipline started to fall apart some. But that wasn’t the game. If the game ends in 9 like it should, later pitching problems never show. Heck, held Montgomery in check, really nice job for 10 innings. Ugh. The errors were plain and simple. Great game otherwise. Not confident the rest of the way, but college baseball you know?
 

 

Edited June 2 by troph

[TornACL 7719]

1 hour ago, Hookem2147 said:

This isn’t just depressed fan talking but I don’t think we are even winning the first one tomorrow.

That game was so emotionally draining, Louisiana didn’t even break a sweat against Grambling today and have their 2nd best starter fully rested going against Ace Whitehead.

We went all in tonight and it didn’t happen. 

If we saw their best starter on Friday then I am not worried a single fuck about their second best starter. 

Fuck the Cajuns.

[Mother mopar 3319]

I would never fire for Pierce for his coaching. 
I would absolutely fire Pierce for his roster management.

And third base coaching

[Horn80 6131]

Texas had opportunity to win it and just didn’t do it.  Good news is they are resilient so maybe they will bounce back.  

[Balcones 310]

6 hours ago, NashLonghorn said:

He’s .587 (101-71) at Texas while has career winning percentage is .647..  
 

 

What/Who are you talking about?

[TwiceHorn 31506]

6 hours ago, UnhappilyMarried said:

The offensive plan was solid. Impossible to expect PB to fall off, maybe you could say they should’ve added someone more productive than Cummings. The plan to showcase JT at CF likely caused issues pitching playing time

Pitching is obviously the issue. Minimal high school adds over 3 year. Chips all in on LBJ and Witt. Caught off-guard by Gordon signing. Reliever injuries galore. Bad luck injury bug or Pierce issue?

If it was an isolated occurrence (poor pitching), I'd say bad luck.  But our pitching has been subpar by Texas standards for most of Pierce's tenure.

To his credit, though, I guess, he's managed to "develop" pitchers enough in the past that they can put together reasonable post-season performances.

[MirrOlure 14799]

We will have to agree to disagree here. In that situation you run to the bag, plant a foot on it and field the ball in front of the bag. Instead, he hesitated and then panicked because he hesitated and failed to field it cleanly because he was rushing to make the play. 

Yep. That was another of the multiple gifts they gave us and we fumbled it away. A medium almost soft roller with no spin on it right at the bag. Powells first move was inexplicably to the line BEHIND the base.

An average college 3B makes that play in their sleep. That was just horrible all around.

[YGIFS 19452]

In the immortal words of my late father’s favorite Cub, Ernie Banks. 

Let’s play two! 

 

 

[troph 24874]

Gut wrenching. We can do better, that’s all I’ve got. 

[Balcones 310]

44 minutes ago, MirrOlure said:

An average college 3B makes that play in their sleep. That was just horrible all around

Great point. Is PP a below average college 3b?  Or did Tulo teach him to field that way? Or do even the best make errors sometimes? What do you think?

[EZ$ 2105]

Yes, Flores and Powell fucked up, but nothing about Porter Brown continuously being sent up there against lefties that he had no chance against??  Two dominant lefties (throwing 88-89) mowing us down all night and you don’t pinch hit Borba (or start him to begin with)?  
I wouldn’t be surprised at all to see O’Dowd in the lineup today. 

[Beer Horn 93]

18 minutes ago, MirrOlure said:

Yep. That was another of the multiple gifts they gave us and we fumbled it away. A medium almost soft roller with no spin on it right at the bag. Powells first move was inexplicably to the line BEHIND the base.

An average college 3B makes that play in their sleep. That was just horrible all around.

This along with Flores issues.  Not the recipe for post season baseball success. Very disappointing. But Hookem. Go 3-0 the rest of the weekend and get to the supers.  

[Hookem2147 21343]

Hurley is going to have to come out of the bullpen in game 1. We have no other options. 

I just can’t see a path to winning 2 games today. Last night was the chance to get in the driver’s seat and steal this regional.

[NeverMarryAStripper 21907]

Really disappointing aspect is that Oregon is now set up to win the UCSB regional.  All the pieces were there for a dream outcome.  

[The_Great_Hornsby 3259]

1 minute ago, Hookem2147 said:

Hurley is going to have to come out of the bullpen in game 1. We have no other options. 

I just can’t see a path to winning 2 games today. Last night was the chance to get in the driver’s seat and steal this regional.

We should pitch our shittiest worst arms in Game 1 and if we lose, who really gives a shit. 

[EZ$ 2105]

1 minute ago, The_Great_Hornsby said:

We should pitch our shittiest worst arms in Game 1 and if we lose, who really gives a shit. 

All we have left is our shittiest worst arms…..

[Hookem2147 21343]

1 minute ago, The_Great_Hornsby said:

We should pitch our shittiest worst arms in Game 1 and if we lose, who really gives a shit. 

That’s the spirit 

[Hookem2147 21343]

Just now, EZ$ said:

All we have left is our shittiest worst arms…..

You say that now. Wait until we are gifted a David Shaw appearance if we are fortunate to advance to the night game.

[NeverMarryAStripper 21907]

Don’t you have some blind, homeless people to beat up?

[zlavydra 2123]

5 minutes ago, Hookem2147 said:

Hurley is going to have to come out of the bullpen in game 1. We have no other options. 

I just can’t see a path to winning 2 games today. Last night was the chance to get in the driver’s seat and steal this regional.

Ace, Chuck and 15 runs in the first game. Easton Tumis channeling his inner Hollingsworth in game 2. 

[The_Great_Hornsby 3259]

8 minutes ago, Hookem2147 said:

That’s the spirit 

Would you rather play to win the regional or play to beat UL so that we can get assblasted by aggy? You play to win the regional. You pitch Ace in game 2 tonight and you pitch Shaw or some other hack in Game 1. If you lose, you lose. 

[OU Sucks 8880]

17 minutes ago, EZ$ said:

Yes, Flores and Powell fucked up, but nothing about Porter Brown continuously being sent up there against lefties that he had no chance against??  Two dominant lefties (throwing 88-89) mowing us down all night and you don’t pinch hit Borba (or start him to begin with)?  
I wouldn’t be surprised at all to see O’Dowd in the lineup today. 

Borba had more HRs against KU than PB, O'Dowd and Dee had combined HITS against KU, and he was rewarded by never seeing an at bat again after that.  Fuck DP.

[TexArcher 37983]

You guys need to calm your tits and get ready to watch the bats go absolutely apeshit today.

 

[Hookem2147 21343]

The best part about the Porter Brown thing is pinch hitting not only improves your offense but also upgrades you defensively.

He had a good game 1 so I get starting him even against a tough lefty but he should have never been allowed to face Aschenbeck.

[TwiceHorn 31506]

Eh we were living on borrowed time and needed things to line up about perfectly to make it out of the regional. 

We cut it too close last night and ended up on the wrong end of it. 

[The_Great_Hornsby 3259]

2 minutes ago, TwiceHorn said:

Eh we were living on borrowed time and needed things to line up about perfectly to make it out of the regional. 

We cut it too close last night and ended up on the wrong end of it. 

We needed to make routine plays at short stop? That's lining up perfectly?

[BurntOrange&White 39934]

Ace is starting.

[petscii 1189]

1 hour ago, TwiceHorn said:

If it was an isolated occurrence (poor pitching), I'd say bad luck.  But our pitching has been subpar by Texas standards for most of Pierce's tenure.

To his credit, though, I guess, he's managed to "develop" pitchers enough in the past that they can put together reasonable post-season performances.

Going back to 2019 with McCann we always seem to lose a key piece that causes us to have to work a lot harder than we should to do basic things like win.  Instead of taking an island of misfit toys we should have more depth than this and that is 100% on the ball coach,  these games are won and lost in the offseason.  Not some Tuesday night game or even last night.  He's playing the roster he brought and to expect it to magically improve during the middle of the season, or squeeze more out of them over and over is stupid.

 

Edited June 2 by petscii

[GreenspointTexas 9661]

We arent winning the regional so all of this teeth gnashing is hilarious

[jimmyjazz 45981]

8 hours ago, NashLonghorn said:

He’s .587 (101-71) at Texas

Uh, what?  Pierce is 293-157 (0.651) at Texas.

[TwiceHorn 31506]

4 minutes ago, petscii said:

Going back to 2019 with McCann we always seem to lose a key piece that causes us to have to work a lot harder than we should to do basic things like win.  Instead of taking an island of misfit toys we should have more depth than this and that is 100% on the ball coach,  these games are won and lost in the offseason.  Not some Tuesday night game or even last night.  He's playing the roster he brought and to expect it to magically improve during the middle of the season, or squeeze more out of them over and over is stupid.

 

Yes, hence the faint praise on "developing" pitchers late in the season.

[BillyGoatHill 4312]

18 minutes ago, The_Great_Hornsby said:

Would you rather play to win the regional or play to beat UL so that we can get assblasted by aggy? You play to win the regional. You pitch Ace in game 2 tonight and you pitch Shaw or some other hack in Game 1. If you lose, you lose. 

Right...

And then after losing game 1 today, you would be bitching about "How did we not pitch Ace?!!"

Game 2 (today) doesn't matter if you don't win game 1.

Same as everyone here thinking all of a sudden PP is a shitty 3rd baseman. That play NEVER happens if Flores makes at least one of his two throws in the 8th. Plus not getting the big hit with runners on after the 8th. 

[BrazilHorn 6619]

8 hours ago, Had Enough said:

Except you still have at least 1 more of Grubbs and LBJ.  Maybe both.  So when I say we’re in the same place, that’s because we’re down to 3 teams and a maximum of 3 games.  But make no mistake about it, our staff is in as bad a condition as it could be at this stage of the tourney.

 Imagine Grubbs going against ULs #2 tomorrow then we have LBJ going against the Ags #2 or #3. That’s a significant shift in odds of winning those two games.  Now you’ve got Hurley or Ace versus the Ags #3 or some dude that’s only started 3 or 4 games.

Anyway I’ll be done with it.

You think LBJ could throw after how many pitches he threw last night. 
No way. He did well last night but was still spiking balls in dirt every batter, he just worked his way out of it. I can’t see him being able to pitch. 

[The Original Greaser Bob 2841]

Me: 

[MuellerHorn 4256]

8 hours ago, TornACL said:

If we saw their best starter on Friday then I am not worried a single fuck about their second best starter. 

Fuck the Cajuns.

Texas has Whitehead, Hurley, and a bunch of nobodies left in the BP. It doesn't matter if Texas wins today vs. ULL. Not a chance in hell this pitching staff wins three straight. Winning last night was the only shot. Texas had it and blew it, multiple times.

Edited June 2 by MuellerHorn

[The_Great_Hornsby 3259]

13 minutes ago, BillyGoatHill said:

Right...

And then after losing game 1 today, you would be bitching about "How did we not pitch Ace?!!"

Game 2 (today) doesn't matter if you don't win game 1.

Same as everyone here thinking all of a sudden PP is a shitty 3rd baseman. That play NEVER happens if Flores makes at least one of his two throws in the 8th. Plus not getting the big hit with runners on after the 8th. 

Agreed there. 

Aggies didnt pitch their ace against Grambling. Sometimes you take risks to better your long term position. 

[Horndog 2228]

At this point it's all about offense.  We have to score 10+ in every game. If we do that there's a chance. 

[BillyGoatHill 4312]

3 minutes ago, The_Great_Hornsby said:

Agreed there. 

Aggies didnt pitch their ace against Grambling. Sometimes you take risks to better your long term position. 

Grambling probably shouldn't have been in the tourney. We wouldn't have started a #1 against them either if we had played them. 

We are short on pitching now. You cant hope someone else steps us so we can save Ace for game two today. Lose game 1 and season is over. You HAVE TO GET TO GAME 2. 

If Ace isn't the starter in game 1, this board will go apeshit.

[Hookem2147 21343]

I almost made the comment before the regional started.

If we were going to lose a game it needed to be the first one. We could have used yesterday as basically a rest day for all our quality arms against Grambling and headed into today with Boehm, Dre, Whitehead and maybe even LBJ still available.

Losing the second game burned more trusted arms and left us in a worst spot.

Edited June 2 by Hookem2147

[Valmy77 13247]

Yeah you pitch your best guy available in an elimination game. Louisiana is a good team.