May 18, 20241 yr 35 minutes ago, freyguy said: They're now predicting we go to the College Station regional....ugh. Likely changes with our 2/3 or 3/3 and A&M’s 1/3 likely
May 18, 20241 yr 1 minute ago, UTPhil2006 said: Likely changes with our 2/3 or 3/3 and A&M’s 1/3 likely Doubt it. The committee wants the eyeballs of a Texas in CS regional. They aren’t above just making it happening and justifying it later with moving teams up/down with some BS metric that changes year to year and team to team
May 18, 20241 yr 8 minutes ago, Js1 said: Doubt it. The committee wants the eyeballs of a Texas in CS regional. They aren’t above just making it happening and justifying it later with moving teams up/down with some BS metric that changes year to year and team to team A&M needs to fall lower to send us as a 2 there. Need to be 2 in a 12-14 regional. In Cali
May 18, 20241 yr 33 minutes ago, UTPhil2006 said: A&M needs to fall lower to send us as a 2 there. Need to be 2 in a 12-14 regional. In Cali Indiana or Santa Barbara nice this time of year.
May 18, 20241 yr 1 hour ago, UTPhil2006 said: A&M needs to fall lower to send us as a 2 there. Need to be 2 in a 12-14 regional. In Cali Committee laughs at this. We have been paired up with aggy in postseason in some format now how many times this year? soccer if aggy had won their second round volleyball men’s tennis Softball super regionals if we both win our regionals Last chance to make it happen
May 18, 20241 yr 15 minutes ago, TornACL said: If we got sent to CS and somehow ruined their season I would never stop laughing.
May 18, 20241 yr 1 hour ago, Balcones said: Indiana or Santa Barbara nice this time of year. Where the women flock like the Salmon of Indianapolis.
May 18, 20241 yr Regional as a 2 seed will likely be a challenge for us. 3 seed will throw their ace against us in Game 1 and if we win that we will definitely see the #1 seed's ace in the 2nd game. We struggle offensively against really good pitchers (a little duh there, but this team seems to have more variation than most on aces vs others). Yeah, nothing is easy. Just ruminating because this team is so damn hard to figure. 0-2 would not surprise, neither would Omaha.
May 18, 20241 yr 35 minutes ago, TrashMaster G said: Regional as a 2 seed will likely be a challenge for us. 3 seed will throw their ace against us in Game 1 and if we win that we will definitely see the #1 seed's ace in the 2nd game. We struggle offensively against really good pitchers (a little duh there, but this team seems to have more variation than most on aces vs others). Yeah, nothing is easy. Just ruminating because this team is so damn hard to figure. 0-2 would not surprise, neither would Omaha. A&M just struck out 14 times in 6 innings on 98 pitches vs Hagen Smith on Thursday. Had 2 hits in those 6 innings. There is no secret formula to hitting a great pitcher, you just hope to have a couple calls on borderline pitches go your way and hope they are a little bit off.
May 18, 20241 yr 1 hour ago, TrashMaster G said: Regional as a 2 seed will likely be a challenge for us. 3 seed will throw their ace against us in Game 1 and if we win that we will definitely see the #1 seed's ace in the 2nd game. We struggle offensively against really good pitchers (a little duh there, but this team seems to have more variation than most on aces vs others). Yeah, nothing is easy. Just ruminating because this team is so damn hard to figure. 0-2 would not surprise, neither would Omaha. The hallmark of the Pierce era it seems.
May 18, 20241 yr 1 hour ago, TrashMaster G said: Regional as a 2 seed will likely be a challenge for us. 3 seed will throw their ace against us in Game 1 and if we win that we will definitely see the #1 seed's ace in the 2nd game. We struggle offensively against really good pitchers (a little duh there, but this team seems to have more variation than most on aces vs others). Yeah, nothing is easy. Just ruminating because this team is so damn hard to figure. 0-2 would not surprise, neither would Omaha. Yeah, I think a super regional is better suited for us. You play 3 no matter what so you just have to win 1 of the first 2. In the regional, we need to win the first two. A 2 or a 3 seed doesn’t much matter as chances are we get the #1 guy in game 2. So we need to avoid those teams with top end 1s. And obviously us winning game 1 is no gimme. Hard to imagine this team surviving the losers bracket.
May 18, 20241 yr 2 minutes ago, Had Enough said: Yeah, I think a super regional is better suited for us. You play 3 no matter what
May 18, 20241 yr Just now, Js1 said: You are correct. Should have read you are limited to a maximum of 3.
May 18, 20241 yr I don't know how the hell we did it. And our pitching staff and Pierce have shit the bed multiple times. But looks like we're finishing #2 in the Big XII (admittedly, it was a down year in the league). But we get on a roll in Arligton and we get a favorable seed and we've certainly seen goofier shit happen in the post-season. Ah well, either way...fuck you Big XII...see you on the other side. And congrats to our 'Horns on a solid finish to end the season.
May 18, 20241 yr @Balcones Have to give you credit, stood on business saying we wouldn’t lose a series. 9/10, came up one short
May 19, 20241 yr Yeah, that was an impressive call given what this team was showing when he made it. Big ole hat tip.
May 19, 20241 yr I'm going to continue to say it, this is the weirdest Texas baseball team I've ever seen. And I'll add this - they are not boring.
May 19, 20241 yr 22 minutes ago, Cajun said: I'm going to continue to say it, this is the weirdest Texas baseball team I've ever seen. And I'll add this - they are not boring. Truth
May 19, 20241 yr Going to be Texas Tech game 1 of the Big 12 tournament on Tuesday at 7:30 pm. In other words, it will likely be a very late night. Will be curious to see who we go with in game 1.
May 19, 20241 yr 34 minutes ago, chase25 said: Going to be Texas Tech game 1 of the Big 12 tournament on Tuesday at 7:30 pm. In other words, it will likely be a very late night. Will be curious to see who we go with in game 1. I’m guessing Ace?
May 19, 20241 yr Gage threw 36 innings in conference play this year without making a single start. 16 more innings than the next closest guy out of the pen which was Dre who had 20. Gage only threw 5.2 less innings than Lebarron who started 10 conference games. The amount of stressful pitches Gage threw is pretty incredible. The offense did their thing most of the year, Ace, Max and Andre were obviously vital parts to this team being able to grind out series wins but without Gage consistently getting this team the final 6-9 outs pretty much every win, we would have been a .500 baseball team. Gage finished with 4 wins and 7 saves in conference play.
May 19, 20241 yr 48 minutes ago, chase25 said: Gage threw 36 innings in conference play this year without making a single start. 16 more innings than the next closest guy out of the pen which was Dre who had 20. Gage only threw 5.2 less innings than Lebarron who started 10 conference games. The amount of stressful pitches Gage threw is pretty incredible. The offense did their thing most of the year, Ace, Max and Andre were obviously vital parts to this team being able to grind out series wins but without Gage consistently getting this team the final 6-9 outs pretty much every win, we would have been a .500 baseball team. Gage finished with 4 wins and 7 saves in conference play. I read this in the LHN “he’s a longhorn legend” voice and it was pretty epic.
May 20, 20241 yr 3 hours ago, chase25 said: Gage threw 36 innings in conference play this year without making a single start. 16 more innings than the next closest guy out of the pen which was Dre who had 20. Gage only threw 5.2 less innings than Lebarron who started 10 conference games. The amount of stressful pitches Gage threw is pretty incredible. The offense did their thing most of the year, Ace, Max and Andre were obviously vital parts to this team being able to grind out series wins but without Gage consistently getting this team the final 6-9 outs pretty much every win, we would have been a .500 baseball team. Gage finished with 4 wins and 7 saves in conference play. Pierce has done a great developing him. He will be a huge asset for next year.
May 20, 20241 yr 2 hours ago, Fletch said: I read this in the LHN “he’s a longhorn legend” voice and it was pretty epic. RIP those commercials
May 20, 20241 yr 40 minutes ago, Balcones said: Pierce has done a great developing him. He will be a huge asset for next year. Well NOW you've done it.
May 20, 20241 yr Player of the Year: Max Belyeu, Texas Pitcher of the Year: Payton Tolle, TCU Freshman of the Year: Dominic Voegele, Kansas Newcomer of the Year: Payton Tolle, TCU Coach of the Year: Skip Johnson, Oklahoma All-Big 12 First Team 😄 Jake English, Kansas IF: Brady Day, Kansas State IF: Michael Snyder, Oklahoma IF: Jalin Flores, Texas IF: Jared Thomas, Texas IF: JJ Wetherholt, West Virginia OF: Carson Benge, Oklahoma State OF: Zach Ehrhard, Oklahoma State OF: Max Belyeu, Texas DH: Easton Carmichael, Oklahoma UT: Josh Kross, Cincinnati SP: Braden Davis, Oklahoma SP: Brian Holiday, Oklahoma State SP: Payton Tolle, TCU* SP: Derek Clark, West Virginia RP: Ben Abeldt, TCU RP: Gage Boehm, Texas *- unanimous selection All-Big 12 Second Team 😄 Kevin Bazzell, Texas Tech IF: Kodey Shojinaga, Kansas IF: Kaelen Culpepper, Kansas State IF: Colin Brueggemann, Oklahoma State IF: Peyton Powell, Texas IF: Reed Chumley, West Virginia OF: Cary Arbolida, Houston OF: Bryce Madron, Oklahoma OF: Nolan Schubart, Oklahoma State DH: Wesley Jordan, Baylor UT: Christian Mitchelle, Cincinnati UT: Justin Murray, Houston SP: Dom Stagliano, UCF SP: Reese Dutton, Kansas SP: Dominic Voegele, Kansas SP: Kyson Witherspoon, Oklahoma SP: Sam Garcia, Oklahoma State RP: Tyson Neighbors, Kansas State RP: Robert Cranz, Oklahoma State Ties resulted in five starting pitchers and two utility players on the second team Honorable Mention Baylor: Ethan Calder, Cole Posey BYU: Stone Cushing, Mason Olson, Collin Reuter UCF: Dominic Castellano, Chase Centala, Kyle Kramer, Danny Neri, Matt Prevesk Cincinnati: Lauden Brooks, Kerrington Cross, Josh Hegemann, Tommy O’Connor, Nathan Taylor Houston: Cade Citelli, Harold Coll Kansas: Michael Brooks, Hunter Cranton, Ben Hartl, John Nett Kansas State: Owen Boerema, Nick English, Brendan Jones, Raphael Pelletier, Jackson Wentworth Oklahoma: Cater Campbell, Anthony Mackenzie, Scott Mudler, Jackson Nicklaus, John Spikerman, Jaxon Willits Oklahoma State: Aidan Meola, Tommy Molsky TCU: Kurtis Byrne, Zachary Cawyer, Logan Maxwell, Sam Myers Texas: Rylan Galvan, Will Gasparino, Max Grubbs, Jared Thomas (UT), Ace Whitehead Texas Tech: Damian Bravo, Gavin Kash, Cade McGee, T.J. Pompey, Kyle Robinson, Drew Woodcox West Virginia: Aidan Major, Sam White (OF/UT), Kyle West All-Freshman Team Kuhio Aloy, BYU Nathan Taylor, Cincinnati Ace Reese, Houston Dominic Voegele, Kansas Blake Dean, Kansas State Jaxon Willits, Oklahoma Chase Brunson, TCU Sam Myers, TCU Will Gasparino, Texas Mac Heuer, Texas Tech Parker Hutyra, Texas Tech T.J. Pompey, Texas Tech
May 20, 20241 yr Huh . . . 3rd place in conference, more 1st team All-Conference players than the two teams "ahead" of us (ahem OSU).
May 20, 20241 yr Author I thought Grubbs and Dre pitched well enough for second team honors but I know that is nitpicking. Several of those starters on the second team had worse years statistically than Grubbs. Edited May 20, 20241 yr by Hookem2147
May 20, 20241 yr 1 hour ago, The_Great_Hornsby said: Im shocked Max was player of the year. But I will take it. Assuming all they look at is conference statistics? There were 2-3 guys with better batting stats. Max didn’t have an error in the field while the others did. https://big12sports.com/stats.aspx?path=baseball&year=2024
May 20, 20241 yr 1 hour ago, Navin R. Johnson said: O’Dowd should at least be honorable mention This is why we can't have nice things.
May 20, 20241 yr 1 hour ago, Navin R. Johnson said: O’Dowd should at least be honorable mention Got a feeling he’s going to make some big contributions in the regional/Super tournaments
May 20, 20241 yr 21 minutes ago, Horn80 said: Got a feeling he’s going to make some big contributions in the regional/Super tournaments
May 20, 20241 yr 5 minutes ago, Biff Tannen said: Well there’s always someone random that steps up big time in our tournament runs. We just gotta, you know, make a big run.
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