Texas Baseball 2025 - Show Me A Schloss

[PatrickMcHorn 376]

3 hours ago, jimmyjazz said:

We need a Hall of Fame.  13-0 BI, txjortsagent, TxTow for starters.

Dr. Dunkenstein as well. 

[Fuck Tim Beck 3815]

8 minutes ago, freyguy said:

So he got his mommy to post on TexAgs for him.  Holy shit....

Yep. And I'm sure she will accompany him to job interviews too. 

[Burt Macklin 19020]

19 minutes ago, Beau Vine said:

I mean, I don't blame him.  

Travis Chestnut is now going to be a legend in aggy baseball lore.  He'll be able to just walk right into any insurance agency in the Greater Houston area and get a job there any time he wants.  He'll never have to pay for a beer in public again, unless he orders an import or a Bud Light.  

 

FIFY. 

[OU Sucks 8798]

51 minutes ago, po elvis said:

Schloss had him bunt with 1 out, not 2 outs. The play worked. Chestnut got on base and ended up scoring. I am not sure what her problem was with that play. I imagine all of the aggy fans were ecstatic being able to manufacture a run for a 1-1 tie.

Hopefully his mom becomes the new head coach. I'm sure things would go well.

[Levi 2585]

1 hour ago, po elvis said:

Schloss had him bunt with 1 out, not 2 outs. The play worked. Chestnut got on base and ended up scoring. I am not sure what her problem was with that play. I imagine all of the aggy fans were ecstatic being able to manufacture a run for a 1-1 tie.

Schloss seems to be a blunt guy and just calls it like he sees it. Most of the times that’s fine and then other times something less direct is more appropriate. The interview he gave during the game was nothing to really get mad over and he was striking out a ton up to that point. Schloss was directly saying Chestnut had a better chance at making contact trying to bunt than swinging away, and what better time to do it than when Tennessee least expected it. 

Edited June 28 by Levi

[Chuckie Finster 22694]

1 hour ago, UTEX_ME said:

 

Reads like one of those fake visitors to Kyle Field stories.

So, to be clear, this 5'7, 155lb dude with eleven career extra base hits who is described as his own mother as having "unquestionable" speed and base running abilities and is a "spark plug is asked to bunt by his coach in a pitchers duel, it works and he ends up scoring.. and then the mom whines that coach isn't letting him play the way he excels?

[Hookem2147 21200]

Holy crap some posters on the OU on3 site are reporting that Skip Johnson is telling people he is taking the A&M job hahahahaha.

Please be true.

[Had Enough 2079]

31 minutes ago, Navin R. Johnson said:

I’ll repeat: chestnut started at 2nd base over Kent all season until Montgomery got hurt. Why is momma chestnut upset? He got way more than he deserved under schloss 

Can’t say I watched much Aggie baseball but statistically Kent had a higher average, slugging percentage and more RBIs.  Kent had more errors (neglible), grounded into more double plays, scored fewer runs, had a lot less stolen bases and was 27 points lower in OBP.  Throw in the stolen bases and Chestnuts OPS is pretty similar to Kent’s.  XBHs and ABs are close.  Total runs produced was 54-51 in favor of Chestnut.

Assuming Kent finished fairly strong and Chestnut did not then regular season Chestnut over Kent was reasonable.

-signed Chestnuts dad and Schloss.

[Chuckie Finster 22694]

I realize the answer is likely just "because aggy" but why do they think they are getting Earley back?

[Levi 2585]

Chestnut not having a good time right now 

 

[Navin R. Johnson 705]

10 minutes ago, Had Enough said:

Can’t say I watched much Aggie baseball but statistically Kent had a higher average, slugging percentage and more RBIs.  Kent had more errors (neglible), grounded into more double plays, scored fewer runs, had a lot less stolen bases and was 27 points lower in OBP.  Throw in the stolen bases and Chestnuts OPS is pretty similar to Kent’s.  XBHs and ABs are close.  Total runs produced was 54-51 in favor of Chestnut.

Assuming Kent finished fairly strong and Chestnut did not then regular season Chestnut over Kent was reasonable.

-signed Chestnuts dad and Schloss.

POS rep for the analysis. I’ll say I would have started Kent over chestnut. Kent and grahovac are the gems of the aggy portal class (assuming laviolette is aggy or lsu).

[ImissWallyPryor 9046]

3 hours ago, FloridaHorn said:

Spoiler alert....your son is not a very good baseball player.

Well, he didn’t get much out of the Texas baseball camp other than Augie got some of Daddy’s money. 

Edited June 28 by ImissWallyPryor

[derpyhorndog 2557]

1 minute ago, Levi said:

Chestnut not having a good time right now 

 

The venerable Coach Bean’s timeline is something to behold.

 

Check out this thoroughbred athlete from one of the most recent entries. Bet this specimen has “meat pimp” like celebrity status in Lubbock. 

 

[Rickylovesweed 14262]

28 minutes ago, Hookem2147 said:

Holy crap some posters on the OU on3 site are reporting that Skip Johnson is telling people he is taking the A&M job hahahahaha.

Please be true.

So much for the Vitello and O'Connor types they were talking about earlier. 

[Js1 85297]

7 minutes ago, Levi said:

Chestnut not having a good time right now 

 

Oh so the story has changed from an insult by Schloss the other day to an observation today 

Aggy can’t keep the story straight 

[Beau Vine 54209]

28 minutes ago, Hookem2147 said:

Holy crap some posters on the OU on3 site are reporting that Skip Johnson is telling people he is taking the A&M job hahahahaha.

Please be true.

I grew up with Skip, and he was always kind of country, so I could see him interviewing well there.  Probably not on the level of Schloss, but he will get sick of some of their shit, too.  

[Hookem75 214]

Chip Brown caveat

[Mittens 8259]

 

[Chuckie Finster 22694]

4 minutes ago, Mittens said:

 

This is the point where I would kindly ask my mother to shut the fuck up.

Edited June 28 by Chuckie Finster

[Hookem2147 21200]

1 minute ago, Hookem75 said:

Chip Brown caveat

Grahovac was giving positive feedback a few days ago but I was always a little skeptical. That one may have a few more twists and turns left as he is a California kid with basically zero allegiances to A&M.

I do not think Laviolette will be a Longhorn.

 

[Navin R. Johnson 705]

Holy shit this is so embarrassing 

[Had Enough 2079]

2 minutes ago, Beau Vine said:

I grew up with Skip, and he was always kind of country, so I could see him interviewing well there.  Probably not on the level of Schloss, but he will get sick of some of their shit, too.  

I’ve seen his kid and heard him speak a couple of times.  He comes off very country.  Yeah, A&M seems to fit.

[OU Sucks 8798]

Gotta love aggy whining about how terrible and mean their best baseball coach in history was, the moment he leaves for Texas. It's completely lost on them that he was this way when he was with aggy and they loved him.

[Navin R. Johnson 705]

I had a teammate who cried after every strikeout . I was 6.

[OU Sucks 8798]

4 minutes ago, Navin R. Johnson said:

I had a teammate who cried after every strikeout . I was 6.

Was his name Travis?

[po elvis 2070]

9 minutes ago, Mittens said:

 

It is possible that he hadn't heard from his mom in an hour and was upset.

[Navin R. Johnson 705]

3 minutes ago, OU Sucks said:

Was his name Travis?

I never knew his name. We called him Bitch.

[StrippersAndNobelPrizes 844]

2 hours ago, UTEX_ME said:

 

Reads like one of those fake visitors to Kyle Field stories.

Travis is a fucking pussy and his mom is a stupid bitch who thinks Travvy’s feelings should be placed above what’s best for the team. And the play actually worked, idiot! And here is idiot proudly posting Travvy - bunting - on her YT site. 🤣

[BlackCat 426]

Gonna start giving out a Travis Chestnut award to my little league kids that act like a pussy during the game. 

[Levi 2585]

40 minutes ago, Mittens said:

 

That ump could give two shits about his feelings. 

[OU Sucks 8798]

8 minutes ago, BlackCat said:

Gonna start giving out a Travis Chestnut award to my little league kids that act like a pussy during the game. 

Too late, college baseball already has the Travis Chestnut award for the softest baseball family and it always goes to the Chestnuts so they don't get upset about it.

[HenryJames 66038]

2 hours ago, Hookem2147 said:

It was believable until the part about an umpire asking him if he was okay while the coach supposedly yelled at him.

That umpire’s name - Albert Einstein.

[HOOKEM4 5036]

Holy shit. What a bitch ass family. Crushing his chances at, checks notes, A ball in Mexico.

[closetohumping 17437]

1 hour ago, Hookem75 said:

Chip Brown caveat

Wow looks like we just landed a couple of solid transfers

[royiv 9275]

I hope mama Chestnut is getting roasted.

[cmontexas 3270]

Mark Chestnutt had it right sitting up there at that old vfw watching the Dodger game instead of going home to that harpy

[Beau Vine 54209]

Quote

Q: Have you been surprised by the reaction to the move? Been on social media much?

Schlossnagle: I knew this would be a controversial move, leaving Texas A&M for Texas. But I didn’t anticipate the venom that my family, our staff, and their families have received … death threats, endless text messages, and other things. I do believe that most Aggies are really good people, and I have heard many positive things from many of them, but the vocal minority certainly has been aggressive, to say the least.

Q: So what changed?

Schlossnagle: Trev came to me the day before the regional to have a conversation. He asked me if I was frustrated. I told him that I had some frustration with how slow the ballpark process was going and that it was tough to operate without a sport administrator, but I was committed to working through it. He then made a comment to me — kind of comparing his situation of leaving his alma mater, Nebraska. He said to me, ‘You know, Jim, if you ever don’t feel like this is the place for you, that’s OK, and it’s OK to move on.’ I was a little taken aback by that, and that was the moment that I began to think that maybe this wasn’t going to work out. No one ever contacted me or my agent about a new contract for our staff, so I just decided to focus on getting our team to Omaha and winning.

Read more at: https://www.star-telegram.com/sports/article289608132.html#storylink=cpy

Read more at: https://www.star-telegram.com/sports/article289608132.html#storylink=cpy

 

[Hornsbay22 467]

20 minutes ago, cmontexas said:

Mark Chestnutt had it right sitting up there at that old vfw watching the Dodger game instead of going home to that harpy

Mark Chestnutt is currently in hospital after a heart attack (for real) .....probably given to him by that bitch

[Goodman 3273]

 

2 minutes ago, Hornsbay22 said:

Mark Chestnutt is currently in hospital after a heart attack (for real) .....probably given to him by that bitch

Fuck, that sucks. Prayers up.

[chase25 2048]

17 minutes ago, Beau Vine said:

 

Damn… It was worse than I thought. Basically told Jim to go find another job lol

[Post Oak 20209]

2 hours ago, Levi said:

Chestnut not having a good time right now 

 

You think that's bad? Rogers Hornsby was my manager, and he called me a talking pile of pigshit. And that was when my parents drove all the way down from Michigan to see me play the game

[jimmyjazz 45893]

16 minutes ago, Post Oak said:

You think that's bad? Rogers Hornsby was my manager, and he called me a talking pile of pigshit. And that was when my parents drove all the way down from Michigan to see me play the game

Did you coach @Armybrat?

[Bevo&Pevo 5122]

Need a little help from my friends here, somewhere here in the baseball forum there was a video of a little league coach who roasted his pitchers with some funny ass shit.  Where might I find that vid again?  Or who would I be looking for on YT?  Thanks.

ousux, btw. 

[The Earl of Texas 3132]

Just now, Bevo&Pevo said:

Need a little help from my friends here, somewhere here in the baseball forum there was a video of a little league coach who roasted his pitchers with some funny ass shit.  Where might I find that vid again?  Or who would I be looking for on YT?  Thanks.

ousux, btw. 

PM Derka

[Bevo&Pevo 5122]

^^ sure thing

[Post Oak 20209]

29 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said:

Did you coach @Armybrat?

 

[cmontexas 3270]

29 minutes ago, Bevo&Pevo said:

Need a little help from my friends here, somewhere here in the baseball forum there was a video of a little league coach who roasted his pitchers with some funny ass shit.  Where might I find that vid again?  Or who would I be looking for on YT?  Thanks.

ousux, btw. 

Bad News Coaching

 

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZPREUXsXB/

Edited June 29 by cmontexas

[Balcones 317]

 

[Beau Vine 54209]

This little turd lives in an entirely different reality, and he's fucking persistent about letting everyone know:

Quote

When the news about Jim Schlossnagle broke a couple of days ago, I had a couple of thoughts. First was something along the lines of "wow, it really happened!" Then, it was "I really timed that last post poorly, didn't I?"

Just a few hours earlier, I had put up a post detailing some reasons that I thought Schlossnagle would not be leaving Texas A&M for Texas. Of course, being mealy-mouthed in your rhetoric does little to capture hearts and minds, so I was pretty emphatic here and there; not inauthentic, just adding a little bombast.

Of course, in the wake of the fact that he actually took the job, I've certainly been taking my lumps for this article. You'll get no complaints about that from me, of course—it comes with the territory when you put yourself out there like that!

In the process of all this, though, I've noticed something interesting. As Longhorn fans flood the Facebook comments of the post with their own highly creative take on one of roughly three themes—either "this aged well!" (very original), "who are this guy's sources?" (don't have any and never said I did), or "then how come he's our coach now?" (great point)—they have been eager to pounce on any posts I've made about the situation.

I welcome the engagement, of course, and enjoy the back-and-forth associated with the rivalry. But as I've detailed the public ridicule of Schlossnagle following these events, I've seen a few talking points from the Longhorn faithful that I can't help but feel puzzled by.

You see, I'd think that—in a way—this is everything the Longhorns wanted. Your greatest rival gets to a huge stage in this sport, and you spoil it all by stealing away their coach. From what I had been reading on the Texas boards, I thought this was exactly how they wanted things to go!

But as the story went national—as the spotlight grows more and more intense—a strange phenomenon has manifested itself. There is a portion of Longhorn fans—a portion that, anecdotally, does not appear to be insignificant—who are in denial about one part of this process or another.

The story that Schloss and CDC have cooked up about not engaging in discussions on the coaching opportunity until after the season is all well and good, but we have solid reporting to the contrary. This was a move that, from all indications, was in the works for quite some time, such that the decision in a broad sense was made prior to the College World Series even beginning.

Of course, this casts a whole new light on the impassioned answer that Schlossnagle gave to Richard Zane at what we now know to be his last presser in an A&M uniform. A hit dog hollers, as the saying goes. From the outside, it appears that Schloss thought he was about to get off scot-free before the plucky young reporter piped up—and the coach was none too happy about what he asked.

Texags staff have later spoken of the fact that Schlossnagle approached Zane after the conclusion of the press conference, in front of all the reporters present, and told the young gun in no uncertain terms that he would never speak to him again. Given what we now know, it's hard to imagine a worse look for the newest Longhorn coach.

This is what has drawn the ire of the national pundits. Not the fact that Schloss was negotiating behind the scenes with Texas for a long period beforehand; as Longhorn fans have been so quick to point out, that is an unfortunate norm in collegiate athletics. No, it's the self-righteous grandstanding with the knowledge that the reporter had him basically dead to rights. It's the berating of a young guy who was lobbing what should have been a softball.

The months-long machination to get to Austin are simply a cherry on top. Corby Davidson of the Ticket in Dallas—a favorite of mine, though that makes me maybe an odd Aggie—has repeatedly said that the rivalry aspect of things is a line that shouldn't be crossed. I think there are some in this general area of the country that feel the same.

But I don't think Mad Dog Russo, for example, cares even one iota about the rivalry between Texas and Texas A&M; his evaluation of the situation begins and ends with the clear fact that this man made a fool and a hypocrite out of himself in front of God and everybody when he absolutely did not have to. That's the sense that most who have apprehended this situation from afar have departed with, based completely off of Schlossnagle's own actions.

It's why he opened with an apology to Zane at his presser in Austin—though "too little, too late" is the phrase that jumps to mind when contemplating his apparent contrition. It was clear damage control after hours of his ridicule by everyone from Dan Wolken to Barstool.

So, Longhorn fans, save the deflections of "well, A&M did the same thing when they hired him from TCU!" or "A&M did the same thing when they hired Elko from Duke!" People aren't galled by the fact that a coach moved from one place to another; they're galled by his comportment in doing so and the specific circumstances surrounding it.

Stop trying to change the focus. You may not like the intensely negative reaction to it, but embrace what your school did. There's nothing that people are failing to grasp about this situation—there's no double standard. The reaction is justified.

 
You want to know why I felt okay about putting up that post saying why I didn't think he would leave? Because I honestly felt that it stretched credulity to think that a man would have been cooking up a move to a bitter rival in the middle of the season, coach his team to the verge of a championship, berate a reporter for asking him about the then-open job, and then take the job a mere few hours later.

Well, consider credulity stretched.

Here's an extended quote that sums it up well from Aaron Torres during a radio appearance today: "There's no person with a functional brain that truly would have believed... that this guy would have been in the middle of negotiations with your biggest rival while you're playing for a championship. There's just no way that anyone would believe that... There's no way that anyone would believe that someone could stoop to that level.

"Good riddance, man. If that's the way that you operate... in the biggest moment of your career, you're already looking for the next thing, the next this, the next that, and then of course the added layer of insulting Richard Zane for doing his job, well then... good luck in Austin. It doesn't matter what school it is... that's not the way that you want somebody representing your university."

Don't run from it, Longhorn fans. You have the spotlight, now. Look at the criticism. Look at how risible and untrustworthy the national media now consider your baseball coach to be.

Isn't this what you wanted? Isn't this who you wanted?

 

[Cairn Horn88 8260]

1. Vaughn HC + Earley AHC
2a. Skip HC + Earley AHC
2b. Earley HC + staff tbd

I'd take any of those right now.