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46 minutes ago, texastroubadour said:

did you knee him in the nuts?

He didn't have any.

 

39 minutes ago, troph said:

The other thing I’ll say, I’d struggle to accept Texas as a mid tier football program in the SEC and glad we didn’t have to do that, but I have zero tolerance for The  University of Texas baseball being anything but in the hunt for a title in this league. We barely got our guy just in time. Can you imagine the shit we would have out there if no change had been made. FML. Thank god for CDC and Schloss.

I am very doubtful we challenge for the title this year, but would love to see it. I remain steadfast that I will be happy with a winning SEC record, but this team MAY surprise me.

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3 minutes ago, hornian said:

Literally had this same conversation in the stands tonight. 

"That fuck Farmer needs to learn to take a pitch or two to start the AB and wait on something he likes"

- @hornian's 9 year-old daughter 

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1 hour ago, txduck87 said:


Yep . One more athletic NA IPA for me! What a win! Hook em !

I used to drink Athletic, I think Best Day (whole line of NA beers), Karbach (also a whole line of NA beers), and Deshutes NA are better, actually much better.  give them a shot. Best Day's hazy IPA tastes like... a legit IPA.  Corona NA is great for that mexican lime light beer. actually had 3 with lime and tajin at a crawfish boil the other day, was able to just keep on going without needing an alcohol induced nap.

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LSU fan on SEC Rant says LSU pitches Sat and Sun backward, Sun is supposed to be a "MLB talent" pitcher. what's the word there?

I'll say I was not impressed with LSU's pen, and one of the posters over there said that was always lurking in the shadows.  What I saw on the stats on the scoreboard for their relievers wasn't very impressive either. so we need to get the starter out of there by the 4th or 5th

also apparently Schloss said Curiel is the best freshman hitter he's ever seen. I don't doubt it at all.

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21 minutes ago, troph said:

LSU fan on SEC Rant says LSU pitches Sat and Sun backward, Sun is supposed to be a "MLB talent" pitcher. what's the word there?

I mean - okay? Their starter was fucking solid. They lost as soon as they pulled him. 

I wouldn't spend too much time over there you may catch something through your screen. 

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1 minute ago, ztejas said:

I mean - okay? Their starter was fucking solid. They lost as soon as they pulled him. 

I wouldn't spend too much time over there you may catch something through your screen. 

I wasn’t asking for that I was asking for who is their Sunday guy and what do we know about them. You know, actual details. 

 

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30 minutes ago, troph said:

I used to drink Athletic, I think Best Day (whole line of NA beers), Karbach (also a whole line of NA beers), and Deshutes NA are better, actually much better.  give them a shot. Best Day's hazy IPA tastes like... a legit IPA.  Corona NA is great for that mexican lime light beer. actually had 3 with lime and tajin at a crawfish boil the other day, was able to just keep on going without needing an alcohol induced nap.

I'd like to make fun of you for this shit but I've needed to quit drinking for years now. I may or may not ever totally achieve it - but I applaud you talking up an alternative - even if I think NA stuff isn't really for actual alcoholics. 

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3 minutes ago, troph said:

I wasn’t asking for that I was asking for who is their Sunday guy and what do we know about them. You know, actual details. 

 

My point is whoever said they pitch Sat/Sun reverse sounds dumb because their Saturday guy threw a great fucking game. They didn't lose tonight because their starter wasn't up to snuff. 

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10 minutes ago, ztejas said:

My point is whoever said they pitch Sat/Sun reverse sounds dumb because their Saturday guy threw a great fucking game. They didn't lose tonight because their starter wasn't up to snuff. 

I understood your point the first time. It wasn’t responsive to my question though. But thanks for explaining it again. 

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30 minutes ago, troph said:

LSU fan on SEC Rant says LSU pitches Sat and Sun backward, Sun is supposed to be a "MLB talent" pitcher. what's the word there?

I'll say I was not impressed with LSU's pen, and one of the posters over there said that was always lurking in the shadows.  What I saw on the stats on the scoreboard for their relievers wasn't very impressive either. so we need to get the starter out of there by the 4th or 5th

also apparently Schloss said Curiel is the best freshman hitter he's ever seen. I don't doubt it at all.

Saying they pitch Sat/Sun backwards is copium. Shores is really talented, 6’8 with a fastball up to 98-99 currently a top 50 prospect in the 2025 draft but he hasn’t been better than Eyanson. They certainly have the advantage tomorrow on paper because we will probably roll Flores out there for 3 innings to open the game.

Jay got a little cute with their bullpen tonight because of how good they are offensively. They still haven’t used their closer this weekend Casan Evans. They are in a situation similar to us, they have about 3-4 arms that are in that circle of trust. They burned one last night in Cowan, one tonight in Schmidt who got roughed up like Dre last night.

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Game 1
LSU – So. LH Kade Anderson (4-0, 2.57 ERA, 28.0, 8 BB, 48 SO) 
UT – Sr. LH Jared Spencer (2-0, 2.36 ERA, 26.2 IP, 10 BB, 36 SO) 

Game 2
LSU - Jr. RH Anthony Eyanson (3-0, 3.90 ERA, 27.2 IP, 6 BB, 40 SO) 
UT – Jr. LH Luke Harrison (2-0, 2.08 ERA, 21.2 IP, 10 BB 24 SO) 

Game 3
LSU – So. RH Chase Shores (4-0, 3.80 ERA, 23.2 IP, 10 BB, 27 SO) 
UT – TBA

Found this on tiger droppings 

 

Posted (edited)

Shores is legit but he is also coming off Tommy John so I think he’s in the Sunday role to help ease him back in a bit. He’s been hit around a bit this year against teams not named Purdue Fort Wayne or Omaha.

They threw their closer Evans for 44 pitches against Missouri last Saturday so my guess is he could give them up to 3 innings tomorrow if needed. If we can get Shores out of the game by the 5th they could be in that no-mans land where they have to throw a less trustworthy arm to try to bridge the gap.

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Posted
6 hours ago, troph said:

I used to drink Athletic, I think Best Day (whole line of NA beers), Karbach (also a whole line of NA beers), and Deshutes NA are better, actually much better.  give them a shot. Best Day's hazy IPA tastes like... a legit IPA.  Corona NA is great for that mexican lime light beer. actually had 3 with lime and tajin at a crawfish boil the other day, was able to just keep on going without needing an alcohol induced nap.

I don’t think much of Athletic, but really like Beck’s NA…

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…and have recently found Sam Adams Just the Haze NA IPA.

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The Sam Adams is a little thinner than a normal IPA, and it’s not overpoweringly pine cone bitter like some can be. Plus, it doesn’t kickstart a little acid reflux like a normal IPA can, so that’s nice.

 

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6 hours ago, Hookem2147 said:

Shores is legit but he is also coming off Tommy John so I think he’s in the Sunday role to help ease him back in a bit. He’s been hit around a bit this year against teams not named Purdue Fort Wayne or Omaha.

They threw their closer Evans for 44 pitches against Missouri last Saturday so my guess is he could give them up to 3 innings tomorrow if needed. If we can get Shores out of the game by the 5th they could be in that no-mans land where they have to throw a less trustworthy arm to try to bridge the gap.

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Posted (edited)
3 hours ago, Napoleon said:

I don’t think much of Athletic, but really like Beck’s NA…

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…and have recently found Sam Adams Just the Haze NA IPA.

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The Sam Adams is a little thinner than a normal IPA, and it’s not overpoweringly pine cone bitter like some can be. Plus, it doesn’t kickstart a little acid reflux like a normal IPA can, so that’s nice.

 

Haven’t tried either. I saw a commercial or something for Sam Adams and was intrigued. Athletic was the only game in town during Covid, but it’s not even a close second to the offerings coming out now. I agree.

best part about guzzling NA beer on a Saturday night? Sunday morning coffee is a peaceful and enjoyable experience. 

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LSU fan over there says shores pitches to contact, that’s a good sign… I hope.

saw he is coming back from TJ surgery couldn’t tell if this is his first year back, I thought he was hurt in 23.

besides Spence, Harrison and Grubbs, who else is spent for Sunday? In other words what does our Sunday rotation look like? 

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@hornian was nice enough to provide us with a couple tickets for Friday and Saturday.  Our family went back and forth between those seats and our LSU provided seats.  Our closest friends in Houston and Lil’ Nigel’s teammate for 10 years, is LSU’s new closer.  So, Hornian’s seats provided a safe space for UT fandom.

I have seen some speculation on here about pitching tomorrow.  Shores does not inspire certain confidence among the LSU faithful yet.  Evans, does not know what the plans are for him as of post game last night.  His parents and the Tufnel Family think he will pitch, but don’t know what his pitch count would be.

I will add, that was my first game in a few years and with LSU there, for the first time, Disch Faulk felt too small.  It needs to expand to ~10k.

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12 minutes ago, Grande Mart said:

Man, this video makes me miss living in Austin. Looks like an awesome atmosphere for that game last night!

Funny, it just reminds me of how much I hate when there is a wide shot and you see these guys staring at their little phone cameras running around and through all the action. /lawn

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6 minutes ago, Nigel Tufnel said:

@hornian was nice enough to provide us with a couple tickets for Friday and Saturday.  Our family went back and forth between those seats and our LSU provided seats.  Our closest friends in Houston and Lil’ Nigel’s teammate for 10 years, is LSU’s new closer.  So, Hornian’s seats provided a safe space for UT fandom.

I have seen some speculation on here about pitching tomorrow.  Shores does not inspire certain confidence among the LSU faithful yet.  Evans, does not know what the plans are for him as of post game last night.  His parents and the Tufnel Family think he will pitch, but don’t know what his pitch count would be.

Well I hope his era goes to 11 today. 

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Posted
15 minutes ago, Nigel Tufnel said:

@hornian was nice enough to provide us with a couple tickets for Friday and Saturday.  Our family went back and forth between those seats and our LSU provided seats.  Our closest friends in Houston and Lil’ Nigel’s teammate for 10 years, is LSU’s new closer.  So, Hornian’s seats provided a safe space for UT fandom.

I have seen some speculation on here about pitching tomorrow.  Shores does not inspire certain confidence among the LSU faithful yet.  Evans, does not know what the plans are for him as of post game last night.  His parents and the Tufnel Family think he will pitch, but don’t know what his pitch count would be.

I will add, that was my first game in a few years and with LSU there, for the first time, Disch Faulk felt too small.  It needs to expand to ~10k.

Lots of empty seats still. The foot print is small, but not sure we really need more seats. We need more open space to roam around but that ain’t happening. 

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I want to say it was 1998 when #1 USC came to town for an early series (they ended up not being that great but early rankings etc) and it was very full. That was a renovation or two ago, and based on the seats for this series it does seem like we have it about right for current demand. I can an influx of visiting fans didn’t fill it up, or at minimum didn’t get ticket holders to show up or sell to someone who would. 

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2 minutes ago, Nigel Tufnel said:

I feel the same way as I did with football.  Expanding to over 100k worked when we had plenty of empties at 76k.  Build it, and the average will most likely increase.  Being in the SEC will raise the numbers.

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There is nothing wrong with the current stadium capacity.

Once we start packing the Disch for midweek games against Sam Houston State and our current stadium seating isn’t occupied by 15-20% opposing fans on weekends like this, I’ll entertain the thought of expansion.

It’s been mentioned before but I think they want to do a Yeti Yard in RF in that similar space. That could open up some interesting possibilities with student seating for big weekends.

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1 hour ago, Hookem2147 said:

There is nothing wrong with the current stadium capacity.

Once we start packing the Disch for midweek games against Sam Houston State and our current stadium seating isn’t occupied by 15-20% opposing fans on weekends like this, I’ll entertain the thought of expansion.

It’s been mentioned before but I think they want to do a Yeti Yard in RF in that similar space. That could open up some interesting possibilities with student seating for big weekends.

Seth Meyers Thank You GIF by Late Night with Seth Meyers
 

All the stadium expansion talk is so stupid. We don’t fill it now and the place is full of our opponents fans. The number of empty seats in our section is insane. When our group is planning to use all of ours and needs extra, we just buy GA because we know the section with our season tix will have plenty of seats to sit in.

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