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Gus was picked due to his high school team that he was coaching, win 6 state titles in 14 years @ South San (two of my Uncles played for him there).....He took a pay cut to come to UT. Hung up on DKR when he first called him about the job because he thought it was prank call.

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Well those were two miserable games in front of apathetic crowds with terrible announcers.

I hope for something better tomorrow, although the crowd and the announcers will be the same.

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So rumor at the game is Stanford is being replaced with Vanderbilt on the schedule going forward.

So tomorrow (outside of regionals and super regionals) may be our last day in Palo Alto.  :(

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1 minute ago, DoneWithit said:

The 4-2 score feels like a blow out in some ways 

This was a self-inflicted wound.  I'm not saying Stanford would not have scored but we let them have that game.

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47 minutes ago, Valmy77 said:

Well those were two miserable games in front of apathetic crowds with terrible announcers.

I hope for something better tomorrow, although the crowd and the announcers will be the same.

Stanford's crowds always have an "apathetic" feel in baseball which is kind of odd given they are normally good. 

What am I missing here? 

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2 minutes ago, texasstrong12 said:

Stanford's crowds always have an "apathetic" feel in baseball which is kind of odd given they are normally good. 

What am I missing here? 

There were less of them than usual.  Stanford was never rowdy but they know their baseball.

 

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Just now, petscii said:

There were less of them than usual.  Stanford was never rowdy but they know their baseball.

 

Yeah, I've been to a couple Stanford games with family on the West Coast. In terms of being hospitable/friendly  they're probably near the top. They were all fun to interact with. 

But it was odd attending their games. It's like Texas basketball fans but 30X worse in terms of being apathetic. 

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I do hope Pierce lays into them. Mistakes are fine this early in the season, but they're useless if you don't learn from them.

And yeah, I'm done with the Reagan at SS experiment for now, though it wouldn't surprise me if Pierce keeps him there until Tech.

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15 minutes ago, texasstrong12 said:

Stanford's crowds always have an "apathetic" feel in baseball which is kind of odd given they are normally good. 

What am I missing here? 

west coast apathy. Thursday's game had 907 people in attendance. Friday's game had 1400 people.  If you go and look at the previous series (2017?), IIRC they also had a game where less than 1000 people showed up

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1 hour ago, chase25 said:

Pierce is going to have to get creative. Ford deserves more opportunities before he is written off this year but you may have to see if Kennedy can play 2B, move Tate back to LF, and play Sam at 1B.

Kennedy’s speed is valuable in the outfield and to move him to 2B would be a mistake imo

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1 minute ago, DoneWithit said:

Kennedy’s speed is valuable in the outfield and to move him to 2B would be a mistake imo

Kennedy also struggled in the outfield to start the year. Moving a true freshman positions that already had some issues seems like disaster written all over it. 

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Catcher is what it is. Get well soon, McCann.

Priority number one needs to be to stabilize SS. Put Hibbeler there, and play around with 2B as necessary. We'll have to take our lumps with Kennedy at LF, the damage is limited there and he's good at the plate. No need to put more mental stress on him.

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17 minutes ago, Machinator said:

Catcher is what it is. Get well soon, McCann.

Priority number one needs to be to stabilize SS. Put Hibbeler there, and play around with 2B as necessary. We'll have to take our lumps with Kennedy at LF, the damage is limited there and he's good at the plate. No need to put more mental stress on him.

I wouldn’t be against just swapping Hibbeler and Reagan. Reagan has it athletically and putting him in a less stressful position might help. If it doesn’t then you got Ford. 

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12 hours ago, Machinator said:

Catcher is what it is. Get well soon, McCann.

Priority number one needs to be to stabilize SS. Put Hibbeler there, and play around with 2B as necessary. We'll have to take our lumps with Kennedy at LF, the damage is limited there and he's good at the plate. No need to put more mental stress on him.

What about Bryson Smith in middle infield. He is a Junior by grade, and started 1 year at Western Kentucky. Decent numbers on his stat line from that year. Is this guy even an option?

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14 hours ago, DoneWithit said:

The 4-2 score feels like a blow out in some ways 

Because it really should have been.

The fact that this team, with all of its deficiencies and holes is where they are right now is actually amazing.  DP is earining his money.

The catcher and short stop positions being what they are for us right now is like trying to run the 40 yard dash after being shot in the thigh with a nail gun.

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30 minutes ago, Cajun said:

Because it really should have been.

The fact that this team, with all of its deficiencies and holes is where they are right now is actually amazing.  DP is earining his money.

The catcher and short stop positions being what they are for us right now is like trying to run the 40 yard dash after being shot in the thigh with a nail gun.

 So far minus this series, Texas has had to deal with errors but their bats would make it up. Idk about Stanford but Texas left a bunch of RISP.   In baseball your fielding  needs to be automatic because the probability of a team not being able to hit on a certain day is greater than a team not been able to field. Texas is making  this game a lot harder by putting more pressure on the bats than there needs to be. 

 It is an obvious statement but Augie’s teams were good because the fielding percentage was awesome and he used small ball to achieve runs easier. I don’t think this team has a good enough lineup to consistently produce a 4 to 6 run inning. 

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One thing that this team seems to have in common with Augie's last few iterations is craptastic base running.

That shit needs to get fixed right the fuck now.

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None.  It's at best just brain dead and at worst lazy.

The pick-offs fucking enrage me.

That shit yesterday was something that should be dealt with harshly and immediately.

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3 minutes ago, zlavydra said:

Missed yesterday, but the cliffs notes seem to be that Henley pitched well enough to win, and we were undone by stupid shit?

That's about right yeah. 

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3 minutes ago, TwiceHorn said:

Was there a pickoff other than Peter at second yesterday? 

Don't remember one, but there was one at first that was damn close ... by the catcher. IMHO if you get picked off at first by a catcher, even a great one, you should just stop playing baseball.

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