Loving this Monday afternoon. Your turns, Coach Herman and Coach Smart (or, rather, Shaka's replacement).
Texas Baseball
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It will take some good fortune for sure, more than the norm
Zubia needs to really come thru. And the pen needs to Throw freaking strikes.
I see where Texas Tech is in the CWS for the third time in 5 years. They obviously have a solid bb program. What can we expect from them in Omaha?
We're in the tougher part of the bracket.
Florida is defending champ
Tech as you said is here for 3rd time in 5 years
Arkansas is the 5 seed
Texas is here for the 36th time
North Carolina is very good
Oregon State has won nattys
Washington 1st trip
Mississippi St has been lucky (granted they've created much of the fortune)
Honestly I don't think tech has the bats to beat florida. Obviously I hope I'm wrong because I think we match up much better against tech than florida. Let's be honest with ourselves.... I hope tech and florida play 15 innings and tech wins 13-12. Both bullpens would be burned up and if we can slip past Arky, we'd be set up nicely. If tech plays their usual game, Florida will rick roll them..... but if tech can get a good outing from the mound, manufacture a few runs, have a dark horse player blast one out, and catch a break or two, tech can pull it off.
But enough about the west texas aggys...... we've got to get past the pigs first. Arky is going to be tough. They beat us like a Mongolian war drum earlier this year.
It's not that I'm a TT fan but to equate them with aggies is mean spirited. Nobody's that bad
I was worried about our ability to play at an elite level outside of Austin, and looks like it came to bite us in the end! Still, great season overall and proud to be Big XII champs.
My thoughts from the CWS thread:
Very proud of our baseball team. The talent level was subpar, and definitely not in the top 8. The fact that we put up big fights late in the year and dispatched Texas A&M, Indiana, Tex Southern, and Tenn Tech was impressive. Big wins, peaking at the right time. Getting to Omaha was definitely not expected and really nice to see from this team. The culture has improved, and I really think Coach has been great and making matchups and in-game adjustments.
It's unfortunate the season ended as it did, because in the right environment I really think we could've beaten both Arkansas and Florida. We outplayed Arkansas in pretty much every inning except for that one dismal Armageddon-like showing. Our bullpen, which had been stellar in regional and super-regional play, just completely fell apart and cost us one mortal inning against Arkansas. To make things worse, for some reason our bats didn't make the trip to Omaha. The team really seems to feed off Kody's energy, and he just couldn't figure it out. Perhaps the writing was on the wall when you check our schedule results all season away from Disch-Falk. I was worried we might not be able to play with the same tenacity outside of Austin, and looks like that was correct. It would've been really fun to see that same passion at the CWS, to see Kody blasting hits like he had all June, to see the other batters hit with enthusiasm, and to see our relievers pitch with the same focus. But for some reason, we just couldn't put all the pieces together. I saw enough to believe in Coach though, and with a more talented and more consistent roster, there's no reason we can't be right back here next year and fight farther.
Congrats to the other teams at the CWS, they definitely played better than us when it counted and took advantage of our mistakes.
Hook 'em.
My thoughts from the CWS thread:
Very proud of our baseball team. The talent level was subpar, and definitely not in the top 8. The fact that we put up big fights late in the year and dispatched Texas A&M, Indiana, Tex Southern, and Tenn Tech was impressive. Big wins, peaking at the right time. Getting to Omaha was definitely not expected and really nice to see from this team. The culture has improved, and I really think Coach has been great and making matchups and in-game adjustments.
It's unfortunate the season ended as it did, because in the right environment I really think we could've beaten both Arkansas and Florida. We outplayed Arkansas in pretty much every inning except for that one dismal Armageddon-like showing. Our bullpen, which had been stellar in regional and super-regional play, just completely fell apart and cost us one mortal inning against Arkansas. To make things worse, for some reason our bats didn't make the trip to Omaha. The team really seems to feed off Kody's energy, and he just couldn't figure it out. Perhaps the writing was on the wall when you check our schedule results all season away from Disch-Falk. I was worried we might not be able to play with the same tenacity outside of Austin, and looks like that was correct. It would've been really fun to see that same passion at the CWS, to see Kody blasting hits like he had all June, to see the other batters hit with enthusiasm, and to see our relievers pitch with the same focus. But for some reason, we just couldn't put all the pieces together. I saw enough to believe in Coach though, and with a more talented and more consistent roster, there's no reason we can't be right back here next year and fight farther.
Congrats to the other teams at the CWS, they definitely played better than us when it counted and took advantage of our mistakes.
Hook 'em.
