150 COMMENTS

  1. Beavers down 3-2 in the 7th after a two run single by King. Grenier laid down a sacrifice bunt down 3 runs for….some reason. With 2 hits coming after the bunt, the Beavers could have had the lead right now if Grenier was allowed to swing away. Bizarre decision

  2. The bullpen sucks year after year. Not like the kids aren’t talented. They have maybe 2 reliable guys out of the bullpen every season. Thanks, Yeskie.

      • That really doesn’t have a huge impact cause they still throw midweek and usually get a lot of action on Saturday and Sundays in the conference when the ace isn’t throwing. They just haven’t been able to develop guys in middle relief and it has really cost them in the postseason when they don’t have more than 2 reliable arms. Been an issue for far too long

  3. OT sorta: Softball takes down 12/11 Oklahoma 6-4 with a 3 run walk-off. They’re now 11-1 on the season and should be able to take down the rest of the field in their tourney. If they do, wouldn’t be surprised to see them ranked next week as they received some votes last week.

    • If Utah wins out (Arizona at home Saturday and Colorado at home the following weekend) and the Ducks pull another disappearing act in LA like they did in the bay area, guess who will be Pac-12 champions? It’s not out of the realm of possibility either

      • hate to say it, but we do better if the losers win out… except for the Pac Tourney… they really don’t match up well with bigger teams… which would be most of the Pac this year

        They peaked early and could get some traction in the second season. But I would buy a second round loss on them.

        • Utah and Cal are the two teams that are peaking at the right time.

          I can’t see the Beavs finishing any higher than 7th. Even that’s gonna be tough because after the leg humpers get waxed in Eugene on Sunday they finish with Wazzu at home. They’ll finish 9-9 in conference

          • As a given, yes. That’s what I was saying a couple weeks ago about us getting a 7 seed or better at season’s end. Beating UW helps because I expect that 9-9… maybe 8-10 if Wazzu feels spunky, is where they will end. If we get to 9-9, we’re in because of that tie-break.

            Actually, we should be in if we win three more games before selections take place.

            Whatever.

          • USC has shown a chink in their armor the last 3 games. Needing a double digit comeback (and some home cookin) to beat the Buffs at home, then losing their first home game to Utah. Stanford rolled them last night and Cal will do the same this weekend.

  4. OT: BWB’s get help from GWB’s. GWB’s knock off #5 tOSU at the Barn. If the BWB’s can take care of business this weekend, a #1 seed in the NCAA’s is there for them.

  5. Looks like Jarmal was a trend setter. As if you don’t need another reason to hate Duke.
    In the news
    Image for the news result
    Duke Blue Devils star Grayson Allen seen tripping another opponent in win over Florida State Seminoles
    ESPN? – 11 hours ago
    Duke star Grayson Allen tripped Florida State’s Xavier Rathan-Mayes during the Blue Devils’ …

    • Ideally the Beavers would prefer to get the 7 spot and hope Utah gets the 2 seed cause they’ve played Utah very well and can beat them. Hopefully Stanford gets the 10 seed in that scenario tho.

      • I checked the standings today, and think this has already changed as it had Colorado in 5th at 9-7 and Usc 6th 8-7. So I think best case scenario would be to finish 6th and face Arizona St. We would have to pass UW (who we beat in our only meeting) and Usc who we have beaten once already. So, if we beat WSU and UsC we might be able to pull that off. I would think avoiding ucla would be good, since we would be playing them within a week. The most stable seed looks like 11 and 12, so thats what I thought would be best. We could finish 8th and still could face ucla or stanford. Or we could finish 7th and face either one of those two.

        Finishing 6th looks like a matchup with Arizona St. I know we lost to them big earlier, but they don’t look good and it will be a neutral site. We would have more urgency for sure. It looks like they have given up and we need payback.

        • 6th is definitely possible but making it the semis of the conference tournament would put the Beavers in the NCAAs pretty solidly if they take care Wazzu and split in LA and a quarterfinal matchup with Utah instead of Arizona or Cal would preferable for this team imo. Utah is really good but the Beavers match up well with them and I like their chances there way more than against Cal or Arizona

        • those standings are correct. Colorado is currently in 5th. CU, Utah, UW and WSU have played one more game than everyone else. They finish next week with just one game against their geographical rival (Cu-Utah and UW-WSU). IF……………UW loses in Eugene Sunday and USC loses at Cal the Beavs would jump UW and be tied with USC for 6th after they beat Wazzu Sunday. These last 3 regular season games are all important

  6. Pinch-hitting for Gillette in the 2nd inning is……..odd. He’s been fine in limited appearances so far this season. Don’t understand that decision

        • He seemed confused about it and suggested it was due to performance. I think that’s unlikely given Casey stuck with Thompson after his years of awful performance. My guess is a tweak that they discovered in the dugout. But if not that, I’d guess it was coping attitude/immaturity that Casey didn’t like, rather than due to under-performance.

  7. Jake Thompson has thrown 5 shutout innings, but in the 5th K-State hits some balls very hard on him. Yeskie better have some guys ready to go in the start of the top of the 6th in case Jake runs into trouble quick

  8. Cadyn Grenier with a bases clearing 2 out double. 11-0 Beavs. I think today we’re seeing the team everyone thought the Beavs would be. Could be the level of competition

  9. off topic but,

    Here’s how the ACC gives kid glove treatment to 5 star programs for player on court misconduct. Any one wonder how the Reid incident would’ve been handled had it been a player for Arizona that did the tripping? Just wow

    http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/14853209/grayson-allen-duke-blue-devils-suspended-acc-apparent-trip

    AND, drum roll please…………………Larry Scott tells Lorenzo Romar to shut the fuck up

    http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/14853412/lorenzo-romar-washington-reprimanded-pac-12-commissioner-larry-scott-criticizing-officials?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=feed

    • Different treatment for doing something to an official and worried about safety there, but Grayson Allen at least should have suspended for a game for being a repeat offender. Duke, ACC and NCAA are now saying it’s okay to trip players intentionally. Can’t suspend players for doing that now. Funniest part about it was Grayson knew what he was doing and then started pretending like he had no idea what happened. Coach K wouldn’t discipline him for any reason, too focused on seeding for the big dance

    • If the pretenious putz Coach K had any balls he would suspend Grayson. Romar can just shut the fuck up at this point, refs could call traveling on 30% of the plays this day and age.

    • I wish Oregon State scheduled annual baseball series against the likes of UNC, LSU, Florida, FSU or Virginia. Obviously not all of them but would make the non conference a lot more intriguing and challenging and really test a lot of players in different environments

        • Not necessarily. Vanderbilt is playing at Stanford this season and Vandy played at Oregon a couple years. There are some SEC squads who will do home and home agreements, but Florida and LSU are not one of them. Miss State, Ole Miss, Vandy, Texas A&M, South Carolina would all be good opponents to do that with and Oregon State’s national profile makes them more intriguing to teams from the SEC and ACC. Non conference schedule this year is just way too light, I’d like to see more challenging opponents to get the team more prepared for conference play. It’s nice to see them steamroll teams but it’s never a bad thing to face some legit top 15 opponents.

          • Next season the Gophers are hosting a B1G PAC challenge in March in the new Vikings stadium.
            UCLA is going to be here, but I can’t remember the other two schools from the west coast.

        • I think Georgia came out and played a series in Portland against the Beavs a few years back. It may have been the one season where the Beavs did not make the playoffs, but they won the series against the Bulldogs and they were highly ranked at the time.

  10. Madrigal is very good and Harrison is as well, but Grenier is this team’s best player. Works the count, has some pop, walks a ton and sprays the ball around the field and plays a very solid 3B. Easily could be playing SS too. He’s gonna drive in a lot of runs in the 5 spot.

  11. OT: Watching the Utah AZ game and ESPN listed AZ’s tournament resume. OSU was listed as a quality win and UCLA as a key loss. When’s the last time that happened?

  12. Yikes, this would be a very bad loss for Oregon State. Kansas is not a good team and lost 15-1 to Utah yesterday. Nate Yeskie once again extremely late to make a move. He’s consistently unprepared when a starter runs into trouble.

    • 2-1 Kansas, runners on first and second and no outs. 3 straight hits to start the inning before Yeskie goes to the bullpen. Guys should have been ready out there before the bottom of the 7th began

  13. It feels like this team can hit their way back into any non-conf game, but I think it’s living a little dangerously once league play starts.

    • Also hurt them that Ice, Gillette, Anderson, King didn’t start today. Didn’t have the depth in the lineup they usually have. Soon as those guys came in the game the team started scoring like crazy

    • I doubt he’ll see much playing time in conference.

      Seems like Casey is throwing everyone in to get playing time now because the starting 9 won’t be taken out of games once conference play starts.

    • Nice to see the bastards take their first loss of season, also. Illinois St. pitcher shut them down, poor Quackies, two runs wasn’t enough!

  14. Luke, through 3 innings, 7 ground outs and two K’s.
    Hitting the first batter he faced was no predictor of “future performance”! He’s throwin’ strikes.

    • That wasn’t the observation; it was which pitcher throws better in the 1st inning.

      Obviously other factors come into play (bullpens, fatigue, etc), but it’s a very good indicator, and a main reason Vegas doesn’t allow bets once a game starts (at least not without adjusting).

  15. I may have misinterpreted the radio on the “drifting high” observation, still, a seven inning shutout and 102 pitches ought to be enough from Luke today.
    Beavs up 3-0 through 7.

  16. Ice visits the mound, Max puts a curve past the batter for the K and the bases are left full to end the 8th. That is the kind of thing that builds trust and “team” between Ice and the staff.

  17. BWBs gag away the first half lead and find themselves behind at Cal. Ol’ scotty’s flameout prediction from the Stanford thread not looking so stupid now, eh?

    • Actually, outscored the good gals in the 3rd period.
      Cal comes in with a disappointing season and hasn’t “learned” how to win, the Beavs know how to win, even with a coupe clinkers this season. Marie and Gabby don’t get enough credit, same with Hunter.

  18. ASU losing to UCLA is pretty important. The ladies will no longer be the last #2 seed and will miss the UCONN bracket, making the trip to SD pretty likely, The ladies still need to execute, but things are looking better.

  19. Pretty damn good last couple days, Beavs win Pac 12 championships in wrestling and womens hoops. And O-Live hasn’t mentioned either one.

  20. As for the game vs wsu, game plan should be to attack the rim on offense. And then keep attacking. Don’t be settling for threes. Should be less than 15 three attempts. Beavs are at home so the refs will give them more calls.

    Knock wsu out early, don’t let them feel like they have a chance.

LEAVE A REPLY

Please enter your comment!
Please enter your name here