With Washington having a 125 RPI and the Beavs at home, this has to be a sweep. Anything less will be considered Mitch-the-out-athleting-extraordinaire…choking.
Speaking of which, some people chose to go pretty dark in the past thread…pretty dark. Lighten up, Beavos.
Go Beavs!
Credit to Mitch: the aggressive baserunning thing is showing up on the stat sheet.
Beavs lead the conference in SB’s, 2B’s, and 3B’s.
Aggressive baserunnig, as promised (by Mitch), puts pressure on the opponent which goes beyond the easily quantified. So far it has proven out on a cost/benefit basis.
Doesn’t hurt that Mitch has recruited several “plus speed” players.
One of my favorite aspects of the game.
Yup, Melton turned a single into a triple when Zaga errored trying to prevent the steal.
Gipson has the offensive reigns this year and that trust has been rewarded big time.
Yeah but how many outs have they run into? Without knowing that you can’t calculate if it’s paying off.
After watching/listening to nearly every game I’m confident in my statement: So far it has proven out on a cost/benefit basis
Actually Angry, it seems to me that you’ve been somewhat on the doom and disaster train here lately and particularly after Mitch. Perhaps I’m wrong.
Nah. He’s the Mario of baseball. It is what it is.
And Dorman?
Townsend had a crap first inning but hung tough and gave up only 2 hits in 3 innings after that. Only 2 hits given up by the relievers as well. Maybe they’ve found a few more guys? Once Pfennings builds up some arm strength, we will have some depth. Hopefully we can get some of the less experienced pitchers some action against UW and Utah.
A player I’d forgotten about with the defensive side of the ball is Shippen. Is he going to contribute this year? I had high hopes for him but haven’t heard his names mentioned much.
Shippen was listed in Carter Bahns two deep projection after spring. McCartan and Chatfield could both have breakout years at each end. Fisher and Speights in the middle and the corners have good talent. I really like our D. With 2-3 scholarships open, hopefully we’re snooping around for an O and D lineman to add before fall.
Angry you keep not answering. Are you watching or listening to the games?
Some. Enough to know what we have.
You might want to get more informed. Your entrenchment on your Mitch opinion is leaking you look silly.
If we were just out athleting everyone then why do the bats go silent for long stretches. Wouldn’t supreme talent always bat well?
Our starting pitchers at the start of the year were Hjerpe, Pfennigs, and Kmatz. We have lost 2 games (Stanford for Hjerpe and Cal for Kmatz) with our starting pitching. All the other loses are Sunday or midweek where most teams will struggle. In fact the best team in OSU history lost three regular season games that were games 1 or 2 in a series.
The only stat you can really directly attribute to coaching is errors, welp were #1 there and not by a small amount.
You projected that the program would continue to slide under Mitch and we would become a foot note as we stopped being of any national significance. Well we’re consensus top 5 all season with a strong RPI so seems like that one doesn’t track.
Out athleting? Seriously? We lost 9 pitchers to injury or moving on that were significant to our success last season. Claunch, Ober and Froemke all move on which you said was Mitch losing the team. Weird that a dude that is fading into obscurity and has lost the team can bring in upgrades to those three players. I guess being a great recruiter is a negative? If we are out athleting that’s a credit to Mitch.
We are losing midweek and Sunday games because we lost our 2nd best pitcher and have been developing a bullpen in a serious hurry. Most of our losses have been Verberg or Townsend who you would have thought would be ready to fill that void.
Guess the players are just super athletes winning in spite of their shit coaches that they don’t respect.
tl;dr syndrome is real
One thing to say about the Mario comparison is that he did actually win the conference 2 times, a Rose Bowl appearances/, a Fiesta Bowl appearance in 4 years.
If Canham wins the conference and gets to Omaha several times in less than 10 years, he would be a great success, and a great successor to Casey-warts and all.
Angry can gripe as we all do about Mario, but he did produce results that were far superior than OSU in the same timeframe. I think Angry has a convenient villain in Mario, whom none of the readers care for, and in the process Angry is trying to taint Canham by association. Let Canham stand or fall on his own merits.
Angry = Stephen A Smith
Nah. He was 5-9 in year 1 and finished 5th last year. He recruited well so he’s out-athleting teams so he’s doing well this year. Bad in-game manager, though. Players coach. In his own head, etc.
That’s all reality. If people can’t deal, it’s on them. I’m not complaining. I’m describing reality.
Remember tho –everyone’s reality is colored by their perceptions (right or wrong) — and that is their basis for “describing reality”.
Yeah? Who are all the wonder athletes that make this team so much better than last year?
Year 1 – Season Cancelled
Year 2 – Ft Worth Regional
Year 3 – Projected National Seed
Mitch seems to be doing just fine. I’m just describing reality.
I live in Central Oregon and I can smell your bullshit clear over here!
There’s nothing to say about the Mario comparison.
It’s apples to oranges.
Are we seriously going to compare a shit Pac-12 football conference to baseball?
Compare Cristobals accomplishments to Canham’s?
PAC-12 football is garbage. PAC-12 baseball is not.
Its a comparison in analogy only.
You must be watching too much baseball. You need to watch just enough to know the story but not too much.
Out athleting is a red herring from the get. Baseball is not about pure athletic ability like football or basketball. Baseball is a skill and mental game. Michael Jordan was the GOAT in basketball and looked foolish in a run at Baseball. There are many examples of pitchers in the Majors that have been pedestrian for a few years then have a Cy Young season. And there are others that have done the exact opposite.
I enjoy reading this site for football as there are many out there that know a tremendous amount more than myself, including Angry. However, I do get frustrated often during Baseball season because people on here, including Angry apply there knowledge from pure athletic sports to a sport that isn’t. That is not to say that recruiting is not important, it is important to get guys into the program that is able to execute the strategy.
Pat Casey was a sport psychologist and a strategist and a great one. I think Mitch is growing in both and is also able to lean on the past success of the program.
All you have to do is look at 40 times in baseball. Definitely not a pure athletic sport.
https://mobile.twitter.com/KendallRogers/status/1516625648806211588?cxt=HHwWiMC55b-_kYwqAAAA
And then there’s this:
https://twitter.com/i/status/1516625237223165957
Looks like Beason might be headed to WSU.
What’s with all of the in-conference canibalism this year?
I’m thinking Beason should get a lot more targets in the run and shoot if he cracks the rotation.
But can he catch them?
Speaking of inter conference poaching, Rueck just picked up Arizona transfer guard Bendu Yeaney, who is from the NW.
Also had a stint at Indiana. Final stop OSU?
https://twitter.com/Benduyeaney1/status/1516933698549035008?t=BVeweGLGZBHXAM4BlAvPPA&s=19
Wasn’t there hope for the Stanford point guard?
D1 baseball has their latest tournament projections up….
Have the Beavs as the number 3 national seed, Ducks no 6 and Gonzaga no 8.
Still lots of ball to be played and things can change. Beavs end the regular season with murders row and for the first time ever (I think) there will be a conference tournament.
https://d1baseball.com/analysis/2022-field-of-64-projections-april-20/
https://www.baseballamerica.com/stories/2022-ncaa-baseball-tournament-projected-field-of-64-42022/
Baseball america’s projection. Same seed.
It will be interesting to see if those three can hold up through the end of the season. It seems the college baseball world balance of power is shifting NW.
Kwan with a great throw for the outfield assist:
http://www.espn.com/video/clip/_/id/33775331
It’s a real shame AB has lost their sense of humor.
You could try jokes that are funny?
“Remember NuclearBeaver? He used to be a pretty reasonable guy. QAnon must have gotten to him”
Lolol
Wet Blanket
Definition: Someone who is over-emotional. One who dwells on their negativity.
“Ah man that stupid emo guy always whines about stuff, what a wet blanket!”
Are you claiming that your critical comments about Mitch Canham are just jokes? Is this Angrybeavs or Angry(haha)beavs?
I’m claiming there’s going to be a massive shortage on drying machines, and that’s not going to help the inflation.
Angry I think you’ve lost it. Super thin skin and irrational. There’s some really good posts here that are well thought out and logical. I don’t see them as dark or lacking a sense of humor. I’m sorry but maybe you’re just trying to be provocative and stir things up… get under peoples skin. LOL
There’s some really good posts here that are well thought out and logical.
Thanks. I thought so, too.
It isn’t a great look for a blog. Usually a blog has a primary content creator and then people who follow it and comment. Lately it’s more like a poorly formatted forum. I miss the passion and analysis but life moves on and there’s plenty of healthier pursuits than watching big money college sports slowly descend into winner takes all end game capitalism.
Angry has been talking about it for about a decade and I’m sure it is tiring to watch it happen in slomo while trying to give a shit on a blog.
Historians will eventually mark the day Angry discovered high-potency edibles as the day angrybeavs.com went downhill
Nah. Didn’t even do any for 4/20.
AB went downhill the day football season ended. Same as every year. It’ll be back soon. Though, there has been a huge demand on my time in the past couple years.
Goodnight, ABs. Love you cranky bastards.
Birds of a feather….and all that.
Did anyone go to the Spring Game, and if so, what were your impressions? I’m trying to catch up on the YT clips this morning. Not much info there, though.
Nice sounds like Martinez could be ready to perform this year.
Definitely underrated as a recruit. I love the idea of having Martinez/Fenwick and Lowe/Collins as options. Hopefully Steward and Lindgren can deploy them all effectively.
Don’t forget the new transfer.
From YT highlights:
-Nolan still can’t throw a catchable deep ball
-Both Nolan and Gebbia throw wobbly passes
-Nolan forced a lot of passes into double/triple coverage. Maybe just scrimmage psychology and not wanting to throw it away, but it was a trend.
-Receivers really struggling to catch anything
-OL doing a good job opening holes for the run game
-Collins is really explosive. Not a big guy, but he gets up to top speed in a hurry.
Gulbranson can throw a good ball and makes good decisions but is taking to long to throw and is not experienced at reading the defense. Against the ones he probably would have been sacked a bunch.
First four games will say a lot about this team: v. BSU, @ Fresno, Montana State @ Portland (a highly ranked FCS team), then v. USC.
All are winnable given a healthy beaver squad. With coaching gaffes, maybe 2-2 is realistic?
If a bowl game becomes out of reach, i suggest starting Gulbranson the rest of the season w/a strong emphasis on using that stable of running backs.
There’s no reason to be okay with 2-2. BSU isn’t what they once were and it’s a home game. Definitely winnable.
One of my gripes with Lindgren is sometimes he calls plays that take too long to develop. Incorporate more quick outs, wr screens, etc. You can’t always wait for guys to get down the field 20 yards.
The lack of screen game absolutely killed me last year.
It was really effective when they used Harrison on WR screens and let him use his moves to make tacklers miss. That seemed to happen more toward the end of the season. The only thing I can think of is Lindgren was trying not to overuse it.
Which is why missing out on Daniels sucked. Nolan doesn’t throw guys to the open field. Always YAC wasted opportunities.
OL did a good job in pass pro. Lots of time for the QBs to throw, even if they weren’t good throws.
Defense looks like they will be MUCH better this year. That was the main impression. Offense is more difficult to gauge. But they are returning a massive amount of experience in the QB room and are loaded at RB. We know the offensive line will be good for as long as Coach M sticks around. The biggest ? is WR and it looks like Bolden could be the guy to step up this year. But on defense they have a lot more size and length up front and a 4 man front makes WAY more sense with our personnel. You have to have huge disruptive nose tackles to run a 3 man front and we have just never really had those type of guys. Not to mention they have some really talented freshman coming in on D in the fall. I am going to risk my non-existent reputation on saying that barring a catastrophe, this will be their best defensive year under JS.
Is this still angry Beavs or is it changing to offended Beavs?
Please ban Alpha. He triggered me.
I don’t deserve to feel like this.
https://www.oregonlive.com/beavers/2022/04/oregon-state-guard-jarod-lucas-down-to-six-transfer-targets-including-washington-state-texas-am-alabama.html
Sounds like there is potential for Lucas to come back to Oregon State. He sounds really uncertain on what he wants. But it also sounds like he wants the ball in his hands more which will happen if he stays given the lack of experience at guard. I for one am totally fine with him playing more at the point, but he has to get better at distributing. He draws a lot of attention from the defense and he needs to get better at translating that into buckets for his teammates IMO.
Eh, while we need bodies and experience I’m not sure this is a look the school wants. Just come hang out and even if you don’t want to be here you can always come back if you don’t find a better option. Kind of a pathetic position by Tinkle’s part and sends a bad message IMO. No problem if players want to xfer but I think it needs to be a clean split and no “takebacksies”. Seems like a liability for Tinkle too. IF he were to come back, and was unhappy again a few weeks into the season and says, nah I’m not playing anymore, really puts Tinkle in a bind.
This will be common someday if they don’t make rules. Players schools want will suddenly get a lil gift to stay.
Perhaps it will be common practice. Seems like having part-time players not truly wanting to be here and being bought into the program was a large part of the problems with the team this year and so why would you want to double down on it? Personally think it’s a bad message to send to other players on the team or prospective recruits.
Sounds like with others gone Lucas would enjoy the culture again.
Expecting for a sweep is calling for disappointment. While the Beavs are the better team, it’s never easy to sweep a conference opponent.
Beavs pitching is still not on solid ground which reduces the chances of sweeps. The path to a sweep is for the starters to go deep into their outings. Hjerpe has shown he can go the distance. Kmatz hasn’t pitched into the 7th yet. Pfennigs is probably a 2 inning max. So at minimum the bullpen will throw 3 innings Sat and 7 innings on Sunday. If Hjerpe has a short outing, it makes the Sunday game a lot harder as they will have to go deeper into a shallow bullpen and depend on the offense the bail them out.
Agreed. Goal for any conference series is a win.
Most of us have come to expect around 6+ innings from Hjerpe; but it isn’t unusual for even an ace to have an off day. Just sayin’.
OTOH, maybe Pfennigs can come along faster than we expect. Anyway, for the foreseeable future it seems the bats are gonna have to make up for the BP.
Bats and base running!
And D
I’m alright with Pfennigs taking his time. I’d much rather him winning games in the post season than on Sunday. If he soaks up even 2 innings that’s two innings of work Sebby, Lattery and Ferrer don’t do.
As for the Mitch debate, I’d say the jury is still out with this season still going. But looking like a step forward from last year. I wouldn’t change my preseason prediction that the ceiling is supers. May change once the reg season is complete.
I mean even the best teams are basically never favored to make Omaha over the field in the supers so that is always a safe bet.
If the Beavs can land a top 8 seed, I would expect them to make it to Omaha.
Decent chance 2 pac 12 teams get top 8 seed. I could see Beavs and Stanford. I’m not one to get carried away with a loss here and there but I really believe if we sweep UW this weekend, we’ll win the P12 which would give us a top 8 seed. Obviously a lot of tough games to end season but we could finish 7-5 in league games after UW sweep and still finish 20-10 in league play and 1-2 in non league games and finish 39-15 overall with high rpi. Plus win 1 in conference tourney and get 40 wins. That should get you a top 8 seed. This weekend is huge
Oregon has a very good chance to be a top 8 national seed. They’ve already played Stanford and UCLA. Their toughest series left is OSU at Goss and Arizona in Eugene to end the season. 10-5 (and tied for first) they have a very realistic chance of winning the Pac-12. Better than OSU imo due to schedule.
They also just swept Washington in Seattle. Which is why anyone that believes OSU sweeping UW at home is an unrealistic expectation is FLAT WRONG. UW is not very good. I don’t expect OSU to sweep everyone. But sweeping the conference bottom feeders isn’t an unrealistic expectation. But whatever.
Like it or not Mark Wasikowski was a very good hire for them and is light years better as a coach than Fatty McBurrito.
You’re right. Could come down to the series vs Ducks in Corvallis. I like our chances to take 2 of 3 vs Ducks because of Cooper. Looking at Ducks schedule, I’m guessing they finish 9-6 in conference in second half. I think the Beavs will finish 10-5.
Angry, I lost the guitar and banjo we were talking about. Damn I hate auctions. They’re like watching Beaver football. You get invested and you think there’s a good chance things will turn out in your favor, and someone swoops in at the last minute to snatch away that victory.
Damn, Lucy.
You’re the Mike Riley of auctions….
“I should have bid more in the second half…”
What did it sell for?
Both went in the $250 range i think. Maybe higher but i stopped paying attention. was a little extra cautious since it looked like the guitar had been mofidied and the Banjo needed some obvious repairs.
Any of you guys who own a business seeing any signs of recession? Everyone seems paranoid about it, but I’m not seeing much data to support it other than paranoia over rate hikes (from -5%!).
Busier than ever in structural engineering. There is some people panicking over rates trying to get projects out fast but most of my bussiness is being driven by young families moving from big cities to central oregon and eastern Washington now that remote work has set them free. Central Oregon in particular is disassociating from the local economy with prices being driven by what people from out of the area are willing to pay. 800k for a small family home looks damn good to people making 200k plus moving from cali or Seattle.
Seems more like panic over inflation and rates than actual economic issues driving the recession idea. Ukraine/Russia could actually be a huge help to American agriculture. I also see spending/investing on renewables absolutely exploding world wide just when big technology advances and investment in sustainable battery technilog my is kicking off. My guess is we have 2 or 3 years of weird instability followed by an interesting period of economic adjustment to new tech and ideas.
Nah, people still drink in good and bad times for the most part. Raw goods have gone up significantly which is lame
This, metal fabrication mostly in support of brewing, cannabis and distilleries has never missed a beat.
I get a lot of random projects and construction based work also. People are still out there making and spending money.
Our daycare is increasing about 20 percent per month next year. I guess that’s because of cost of goods and labor.
My employee benefits firm is as busy as ever. Everyone is still hiring and there aren’t enough folks available to fill them.
Can I work remotely as a second job? I’m about to be broke.
Our business has slowed down. But, we also were heavily tied into covid related business, so some slow down was expected.
Commercial construction is booming and doesn’t have an signs of slowing down for at least a couple /few years. More work on our books than ever before and the furthest out we have ever had project lined up
Shoot we’re trying to get our master bath remodeled, can barely get anyone to give us a quote,and so far the one we have had out quotes $80k. We didn’t ask for a gold plated bidet! And the other two people we have scheduled to talk to can’t get to see it until mid may.
&80K?!? Good fuck.are they stocking it with organic cocaine-based toothpaste?
Right!?!
10 x 12 closet and bath space, rip out existing shower enclosure, replace with tiled shower, new vanity and shitter. Tile floor, reconfigure closet.
I should have known when he walked in and dropped the name of one of our mutual customers who is one of the wealthier old timber money folks in town.
We’ll see what the other two bids come in at.
Been getting bids for a basement remodel the past several months. They’ve been all over the map, but $80k seems really excessive considering ours includes a full bathroom remodel among the 1000sqft project and ours includes significant concrete cutting and plumbing reconfigurations. I feel your pain though, every contractor comes back saying materials just keep going up so its tough to bid work accurately
Youre in Hawaii though, right? I bet everything is 1.5x what it is here in Oregon, at least
No, we’re in Corvallis. Just seems absurd. Seems more like “I don’t want the job’ pricing.
I’ll be curious to see what the other two bids come in like.
OT: USA today PAC12 spring Power Poll is #1Utah, #2UO, #3UCLA, #4 OSU #5 USC, #6WSU
https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/pac12/2022/04/21/pac-12-spring-football-2022-power-rankings/7366471001/
WSU apparently installed a new offense and will pass less this season(?), no details provided though.
I wonder how Smith and the team will deal with increasing expectations? I expect other media to pick them in the top half of the PAC as well…
UCLA 3rd is strange.
Wow, check out this open field tackle. The runner’s helmet goes flying. To bad it occurred between 3rd base and home plate on a go-ahead home run:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/mlb/watch-college-pitcher-tackles-opponent-after-go-ahead-home-run/ar-AAWq66w
This link might work better, first video up on USAToday sports page:
https://www.usatoday.com/sports/
Pitcher needs to get some mental health therapy. And change sports to football.
Beavs could use him on defense
He’d be a great goal line defender
Pair him w/Julian, pretty good open field tackle…
15 yard penalty for Targeting
Nah, hit him with the shoulder right in the ribs. Perfect technique on how to not lead with the head.
Baseball has become quite the brawl!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTyirGHGwkw
When does behavior like this qualify as assault?
Maybe if in the judgement of the umpire, the pitcher has intentionally thrown at a batter, the game should be stopped, and the pitcher immedialy ejected, w/batter required to stay at plate until pitcher is gone(?).
That was quite the punch. I expect legal action will ensue.
I think all fighting in all sports (not including boxing and MMA of course) should be heavily discouraged through hard repercussions. I am a huge hockey fan and have to admit I enjoy a good fight once and a while in hockey. The NHL was made it a part of the game. But honestly I wish it wasn’t. What I see happening in hockey is fights for advantages. The top players become targets in an attempt to get them out of their game or out of the game altogether. College football is good about all this. You shove a guy and bam, here comes a penalty. In pro sports the penalty for fighting should be suspension and loss of pay. It is a hard thing to manage for sure. Fans love it until one of your guys gets hurt.
Grew up playing hockey, fighting keeps the cheap shit in check.
my worthless two pesos on the matter……………..
The ruthless trash talking has gotten out of hand. Couple that with many of these athletes being thin skinned pussies that can dish it out but can’t take it and instances like this are bound to happen.
Whatever happened to letting your play do the talking?
“Be gracious in victory, be gracious in defeat. Without the opponent, there is no game.”
Some of these athletes need a reminder of that statement.
This was a fun video to analyze.
Both pitcher and batter were chirping after the hbp and both walked toward each other. I think the pitcher was saying the batter leaned into the pitch or had started to swing. Batter disagreed. Batter lands a big blow. Pitcher goes down. But then he gets up and attacks the runner from third who was trying to break up the fight. Then the pitcher is the one on the ground at the end with a leg injury. In summary, pitcher chirps at batter, gets punched and ends up with a leg injury.
I’d say 90 percent of the blame is on the pitcher. Chirping after the hbp and the batter was going to first with no issue. Then for some reason attacking someone who was trying to break up the fight.
Harumpf, what do you expect with a politically incorrect team name like, “the Binghamton Rumble Ponies”?
As of today that pitcher has been booted from the team and may be expelled from the school.
Also I have not seen this anywhere else except from a news station in Houston that obtained a copy of the umpires report from the game……
The batter said fuck you to the pitcher as he was between 2nd and 3rd. This is when you see the umpire pointing and walking towards him telling him to shut his mouth. The report also noted that the batter got into a verbal altercation with another pitcher after striking out earlier in the game.
Sounds like a hot head to me.
Not that I’m exonerating the pitchers behavior.
Arnez Madison has left the team and is in the portal
In case anyone else couldn’t remember him:
https://247sports.com/player/arnez-madison-46102385/
It’s not like we have a ton of DB depth. Who is recruiting at that position?
We’ve got Blue and Perkins now both coaching DBs/Safeties. So twice the recruitng that we had a year ago when it was all Blue
remaining opponents current RPI (Beavs sitting at 6th)
UW – 120
Utah – 72
Portland – 66
Oregon – 4
Arizona – 30
UCLA – 42
The good news is after this weekends games vs UW, there aren’t any current RPI killers left on the schedule.
Is this supposed to be impressive that MBB is watching the same talent as these three other schools?
IUPUI, Mercer, Oregon State, McKendree University are among the schools watching Griffin Elite Bordas and 94 Feet Elite.
God help us….how much longer does Big Tinks buy out last again?
Don’t sleep on McKendree. They won more than 4 games last year
Fake news. They’re watching the same game as a few other teams. Doesn’t mean anything.
Also it’s a U17 team, so they’re a few years away and whoever they’re watching is someone they think has potential
Today’s healine grabbing NIL story.
Oklahoma announces a new collective that will funnel between $40k-50k to every Oklahoma scholarship football player, and will also expand to include other sports.
In other news, Oregon State has a website where fans can pay athlete’s $30 for a cameo video, if both parties agree.
https://www.si.com/college/oklahoma/football/1oklahoma-announces-nil-collective-for-oklahoma-student-athletes
Myro IV starts at ss, Wheeler DH
Dawgs have only 1 player starting with a BA over .300
Go Beavs!
Mitch going with offense tonight. Dernedde has really struggled at the plate.
Listening to the pregame interview with Mitch was maybe the most interesting coach interview I have ever heard. Here are my 3 takeaways.
1) Mitch takes the long view on development, in game strategy and approach to the game. The way he talked about hitting and adjusting to strike zones without compromising their overall hitting strategy was fascinating. Also the way he talks about what he is watching for in players on defense and how they conduct their position when the ball is NOT in play.
2) Mitch knows more about baseball than most people ever will. Its very obvious he is an absolute student and even researcher of the sport. His answers to Mike were detailed, instant, coherent and frankly really generous. No coach speak bullshit, all about the gears and cogs of how to play the game successfully.
3) Mitch knows his players very very well. He knows what they are doing right now, what their potential is, how hard they are working and when they are slacking. He sees them as people first and his priority is helping them get all they can out of their career.
if theres anyway to listen to the KEJO archives or something and take a listen everyone interested in beaver baseball should, absolutely fascinating.
I agree 100%. He’s the real deal. Met him personally before and not super cordial but nice enough and type A guy. Very intelligent and thoughtful. Not at all like Mario but I digress:-)
Not at all like Mario but I digress:-)
Well said!
Mario was a student of the game too. He had books on his shelf, like Art of War and Shoe Dog, to prove it.
Hjerpe faces 4 strikes out 3. Hes at 89 K on the season.
Now 5K with 8 BF. Guy might break 100 tonight. On pace to take the record from Heimlich.
7K top of third. 95 on season.
Gutsy or very informed call to send the runner home. Left fielder had the ball before Dukart rounded third. Terrible throw. Run on that guy all night.
Our scouting and stats dudes are pretty good. I’m guessing Gippy knew the guys arm wasn’t up to snuff.
The shadows between the mound and home plate are pretty unforvorable right now. Ball travels from sun to shade to sun again before crossing the plate
Hjerpe will love that lol
The hjerpe special
The Dirtbag ace used those same shadows to great advantage a couple weeks back. Take what the environment gives…..anytime.
Coop with 9k T4th. 97 on the season.
Hjerpe Fans them in the 5th. 12K 100 on the season
Hey that guy is pretty good
This didn’t age well
You’re right he’s turrible
Hope he gets drafted in the first round so we don’t have to deal with his shit.
Take what the environment gives…..anytime.
Huskies use the sun to turn it around, 3-2 dawgs……b6
Hjerpe at 94, Dorman with a decision.
Sebby is not throwing strikes, but who do you bring in?
Carpenter or Lattery Probably
Carpenter dealing, 7 pitches – 7 strikes.
We’ll see Sebby again this weekend.
If they end up dropping this series opener, oh boy. Only lost 3 straight and 6 conference games all year. Goodness. 6 outs to make a comeback.
Didja watch Meckler run the bases on his HR? Guys a ballplayer.
WSU helping out with the standings, up 7-0 to oregon in the 5th
Beavs need to get this one
Brown is becoming pretty dependable. Nice to see at least one arm emerging in the bullpen. Too bad we had to use him up tonight.
3 pitches for Brown; Carpenter tossed 30 (26 strikes).
Carpenter was so filthy he needs a 3 day bath. Dude is really stepping up.
Whew. Disaster averted. Some poor defense by the leg humpers on the 10th
Bazzana with a clutch 3B and Forrester brings him home. Good guys win.
Pulled that one out!
Turn about is fair play?
Baseball gods even out the Beavs bad luck early in the game but killer for UW as it happens in extras.
It’ll be an interesting game tomorrow to see who is still mentally in it. Lots of emotions spent tonight by both teams. UW knocked out one of the nation’s best pitchers but could not finish the job. Beavs deflated by bad luck when Hjerpe was dominating. Having to come back in a game where they didn’t think UW had much of a chance.
I’d add if Beavs beat UW tomorrow, I don’t think UW shows up for game three.
Yup, Meggs will forfeit the third game so they don’t have fight Corvallis traffic getting out of town-)
Oregon, UCLA and Arizona all currently losing
Watching the replay of the walk off, in the rush to get Forrester, someone got trampled and injured…they were wearing a jacket so didn’t see the name. Could not tell the severity.
Saw that, looked like a leg got stepped on. Don’t know who.
BTW, wild finish in progress in Eugene right now…….in front of, maybe, 50 fans.
Cougs do what they do best. Ducks win in extras
Cats walk it off with an hr in the bottom of the 10th
Meow
is it still not letting me post?
Some people can’t take a hint….-)
Ughhhh, oblivious people are the worst.
Great win. Hot takes:
1) Hjerpe with another outstanding game. The 3 runs were on Meckler imo, tough drop in the sun. Coop with 100 strike outs on the season.
2) Sebby struggles and Carpenter comes in and delivers like he works for DHL. Guy was nails with amazing stuff and 87% strikes.
3) Brown solid again.
4) Never disrespect the Donkey, ever.
Don’t diss Carpenter that way. He’s way more reliable than DHL.
Okay DHL heavy international freight, not sure he average DHL.
Any issues with people being blocked from posting should be fixed. If that happens, don’t be a Darren and send me an indignant message. Just fill out the form and assume you got flagged by the bots for some reason.
Can I be a Karen? Seems to be the thing these days.
It’s completely up to you
Just be careful which restroom you use…or maybe it’s just a mood thing?
Should the Beavs stop with the Reser construction and put that money into NIL deals? No way they come close to competing in the pac 12 once things really get out of hand.
The program would sustain a little longer if the construction money went towards talent, but just would be a delay of the inevitable
I wonder if they’ll start taking donations to a “collective” for NILs? They won’t keep up w/other schools, but it will probably become more common.
50/50 raffle at the games???!
Softball needs a “breakthrough” today against UCLA. Four straight one-run losses in league play.
Good game so far. 4-0 beavs.
Kmatz was sharp for 6.1 innings and Verberg had a really nice outing so far to clear out the 7th.
Any news on who it was that got banged up in the celebration on the field last night?
EDIT/ADD: Celebration today much more sedate than last night; more “been there”. Remember the “only one dogpile per season” team?
The Melton hr went completely out if the park. Like 10ft above the right field bleachers. Lol. Holy shit
Complete with bat flip and soft jog around the basepaths………very different from Meckler’s last night. Nothing wrong with Melton’s approach given that he’s been slumping lately, but I enjoyed Meckler’s more.
I mean. Meckler averages like 4 a season and that was a huge solo shot to tie up a game when bats were dead. Hell if a lot more exciting haha
Speaking of wade he had 3-doubles today.
I may be reading too much into it, but seemed to me Meckler’s hustle around the bases was an example of joy of the game and desire to get back with his mates to celebrate.
OTOH, Melton had more of an “it’s about me” vibe. That said, I don’t begrudge him, he’s been going through a dry spell.
You make a good point, the circumstances of the two HR’s was night and day different.
Melton does tend to just look bored unless he’s stealing. Idk if he’s just really reserved or kinda a dbag. Hard to say! Anyone ever talked to him?
Outfield is so good. Meckler been lookin the best of the 3 the last few weeks which is crazy with how well Boyd has been playing. Great problem to have.
Verburg closing has a great 2.2 6K outing. That’s the guy I remember!
What’s the difference with verburg? Competing? Injury Recovery?
I don’t care if he’s mediocre the rest of the way, glad Verburg had a strong outing in front of a good home crowd. The guy has been through a lot.
Parker said on one of the Gonzaga broadcasts that Verburg and the coaches were looking at film of him from a couple years ago and comparing it to film from this year. Might be something as simple as an adjustment in mechanics.
Or something close to that.
8-0 Beavs. Melton had a monster homer
We got to stop winning. We are becoming too much like the mariners! Pretty nice to see both teams on top of their divisions.
Comparing us to the Mariners is quite the insult. Our trophy box actually has things. Mariners are the only team in the MLB to never play in the World Series.
Damn Nuc! Apparently I can’t be happy that both are winning. Is your trophy box full of sad things?
Mostly participation medals and most improved awards…so yeah, you read me right lol
Checks out. If you aren’t following the Mariners, might be the time. Damn fun team, with a real bullpen. I think folks like you may be surprised. I like seeing good baseball and both teams are bringing that.
I’ve just been burned by Mariner and Giants early records soooo mannnyyy timmmeessss. I don’t really look at the mlb tell college is done.
I also don’t really like sports with no financial parity. It’s driving me away from college football and basketball too.
Wsu won
UW is spent. An expectation of a sweep now is reasonable.
It always was
Sure do love beating the Huskies :)
Of course Craig Robinson has to do this now when we can’t even win a game. Makes our program look bad by association. Tinks suuure has his work cut out! Everyone linking him to osu wtf
“This all started as a lot of parents… we heard what was going on in the classroom because of COVID, and there were repeated use of racial and ethnic stereotypes that were in actual assignments. The use of the word plantation and things of that nature.”
FFS. Seriously?
https://www.golocalprov.com/news/former-brown-basketball-coach-robinson-obamas-brother-in-law-sues-kids-scho
They’ll win in court. Privileges of the political elite.
Exactly right,
Meanwhile, in Eugene, the police chief says party goers should be “ashamed”…for throwing cans and bottles at cops, blocking roads, and delaying police response to other calls.
“Ashamed”?………no arrests, no fines, no good sense.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/cops-pelted-bottles-control-1-152002387.html
“In all of this, we thought maybe we’ll have a communication with them and give them some suggestions. And once we gave them those suggestions and had a little bit of a back-and-forth, they summarily dismissed our young children, retaliating against them because of the issues that we brought up.’
Translation: we tried to tell them how to do their jobs, they told us to pack sand, so they’re obviously racist.
Why is the first response from the right-wing to deny incidents of racism and prejudice, rather than waiting to see more details? It’s okay to put your response on hold for a bit.
Why is it the left wing’s first response to white knight for whiny entitled black political elite?
And to answer your question, it probably has something to do with every time any black person doesn’t get their way it’s because racist.
It’s their guilt complex
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Judge for yourself. The worksheets in question are attached in the article.
https://www.wisconsinrightnow.com/2022/04/22/craig-robinson/
I seem to recall some parents trying to get involved with certain subjects they didn’t agree with being taught to their children labeled as domestic terrorists recently.
I bet you’re always pouring over the latest memo from the National School Board Association.
You don’t see the irony or hypocrisy here?
heading into tomorrow the Beavs are all alone in first place. However, it’s Stanford’s division to lose based on remaining schedule imo…..
at UW
vs Cal
at Utah
vs USC
Pretty weak.
Based on the remaining schedule, I do not expect the Beavs to be a national seed. But I do expect them to be a regional host. I also agree with another poster that the super regionals is the ceiling of this team. And there’s nothing wrong with that.
A lot of people keep mentioning the remaining schedule but IMO, they already played their toughest opponent in Stanford and if not for Verburg struggling, they likely win that series. Arizona on the road is tough but they’ve been very shaky for a while now and UCLA hasn’t been very impressive lately either. Utah might be a stiffer test at this point. Oregon will be the toughest remaining series but they aren’t even top 75 in ERA. Beavs should be favorites in that series.
College baseball in general doesn’t have any great teams beyond Tennessee and the Beavs have flaws but with Pfennigs back and Verburg slowly returning to past form, the CWS is absolutely this team’s ceiling. They’re the country’s second best team IMO. Other than Tennessee, there isn’t a team who match them offensively and on the mound in a series. Anything can happen in baseball and players can slump but they’ll be significant favorites in any regional or super regional. This isn’t like 2019 where the team was a 1 man show that had significant issues up and down the roster.
The concept of a ceiling is weird. There no ceiling on any team that makes the post season.
I’d say it’s a regional is expectation for our team year to year. Reasonable expectation to make a super based on our teams performance now. Omaha is fulfilling our hopes as fans but expecting it before the post season starts is just unreasonable. It’s baseball, weird shit happens all the time. Teams get hot, teams get cold.
Finishing any season top 3 in conference and with a post season bid is a great season.
Definitely not Stanford’s to lose IMO. If the Beavs win today, they’d have a 2 game lead with 12 to go. If the Beavs finished 7-5 (I’d expect them to do better but let’s say they slump), Stanford would have to go 9-3 to win p12. Possible but I’d say this is the Beavs division to lose and if they win p12 they’re a lock for national seed. I’d put the Beavs odds to win p12 at >50%
Beavs 51%
Duck 25%
Stanford 15%
Arizona 5%
Field 4%
Dernedde returns to starting at ss today; be nice to see him shake out of the slump at the plate.
Pfennigs gets the start, how many pitches are ya lookin’ for from him today?
He was on a 40 max PC. Dernedde had a nice game.
Beavs forgot their corked bats today.
They broke them out in the 7th
Ha! Ducks lose in extras to drop the series at home to the Cougs.
Had they not couged it in the 9th Friday night? Wazzu would’ve swept them in Eugene.
Guess they forgot to out-athlete the lowly Cougs?
gotta say, Cougs have been playing better. Won series in Tucson and Eugene. Glad the Beavs got them early in the season
Agreed 100%, that’s not a bad team. Just goofing on the very obvious bad take by Angry that Oregon State is not well coached.
Sweep as expected. Nice out-athlete job.
Kay
11-1 in the past dozen games with only loss being against #12 team in the country. Obviously a very good team. Pitching depth is a concern, but they look like a solid Top 10 team, and maybe even Top 5 to me. Mitch has made some adjustments from last year. He is moving away from the Pro model of bringing in hitters or pitchers simply based on probabilities and riding the hot hand instead. Also huge improvements in pitching with a lot fewer walks and HBP. I think he deserves a ton of credit for these adjustments, don’t you?
Beside Gonzaga and Maryland, the Beavs have played the fewest games against top 50 RPI teams of any team in the top 25 and they have only gone 5-4 with all 4 losses coming at home. Over the next month we play 11 games against the Top 50 and a road series against Utah #67.
Right now all we know is this team is winning the games it should, 25-4 against 50+ RPI teams, which is really good, but based on our recruiting that’s what we were should expect. I’d much rather be in this position than UCLA which is an impressive 10-3 against the Top 50 but lost 9 games outside the top 50.
I think it is fair assessment by Angry to say we are “out-athlete” teams when you breakdown the wins/lose by RPI, but does an additional win against Stanford or a mid week game against Gonzaga really change the outlook of this team? or my opinion of Mitch? No, I view this team like I do a 6-0 SEC team Arkansas team ranked in the top 10 that hasn’t played Bama, LSU, Auburn or Georgia yet. End up going 11-1 and you are truly top 5 team, go 8-4 and you were over hyped.
These next 4 weeks will tell us who the Beavs really are. Every game from here on out…………..(current RPI in parenthesis)
11 games vs top 50 RPI teams
Utah (67)
Oregon (8)
Portland (75)
Arizona (38)
UCLA (40)
Stop. It’s clear you know nothing about baseball, just stop talking about it, you’re making yourself look like an idiot.
As much as you know about humor.
I know humor is 1) based in truth and B) funny.
not all humor is based in truth
Example?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2hZkoTRUJk
Go watch any stand up comedian. They make shit up all the time.
Proved my point.
lol
Damn, Kwan injured running into wall. Arguments from CF and Yankees fans follow, then Yankees fans start throwing garbage at Guardians players. Baseball lately is showcasing some really poor behavior. At least some Yankees players intervened to try and help.
Hope Kwan has a speedy recovery.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/2022/04/23/yankees-fans-throw-garbage-guardians-players-what-how-happened/7427026001/
Not defending the actions of the Yanks fans but that was a really stupid move by the Cleveland player climbing the wall to confront someone.
This may seem to many of you a “Well, Duh”, but watching the team I think I’m seeing more confidence — more we Will beat you attitude.
Another thing Mitch has preached since the beginning of the season. Nice to see coaches calling their shots and then seeing them come to fruition.
Kennedy brown goes to Duke
Aleah Goodman is on staff there. That’s the connection.
Do I remember correctly that even Goodman could have played another year (and yes I understand that students sometimes want to get on with their lives). The fan base can kiss national championship aspirations goodbye. It ain’t going to happen with the turnover and hodge-podge teams. Rueck’s “WBB family” is not a reality in this current college hoops environment.
She tested the draft waters, got picked, then got cut, then joined a hardship roster but was released again, so took the job at Duke next.
I dont think it was a bad blood sortof thing.
Otherwise she wouldnt have come back last year.
https://twitter.com/BeaverWBB/status/1504652143306821638?t=NCM3ByabT9Ujo2oP23cgiA&s=19
I was thinking more of a “good blood” situation, where she loved the program so much she was compelled to play another year and try to win a championship! Not so much and now she’s pouching Rueck from her Duke perch!
Why are so many (5 now?) leaving the “Family?”
The loss of his two assistant coaches last year has to be a factor, but there has to be something else going on.
Heard Rueck was a jerk on multiple occasions this year, one in particular when a local gal from Albany was visiting. It could just be parents/players throwing dirt on him. Anyone else hear anything similar?
Might have already been mentioned, but in case not, Taylor Jones is headed to Texas
I guess you can call this officially the beginning of the stretch run,
at Oregon – a big preview of what’s to come. How the weekday staff holds up against a good hitting team with lots of pop is the big question. Like the second Zags game, Canham plays to win here. Will play all the starters. Outside Ferrer, all the top bullpen arms will be ready. Have to wonder if Lattery is hurt as he hasn’t pitched in over two weeks. Coin flip between Hunter and Townsend on the start. Both are coming off poor outings.
at Utah – A team on the bubble for earning a postseason bid and at home. They define the bubble team perfectly. Swept by Oregon, lost series to UCLA, won series against UA, UW, WSU and USC. Has one of the best named players I’ve ever seen, Dakota Duffalo.
Fun fact: Utah’s HC has a master’s degree in sports psychology from SDSU.
Despite being all over the map on predictions (too many napkins)……
Reality is this. Just win every series 2-1 going forward. Beavs do that and they finish 21-9. Stanford would have to go 10-2 (albeit against weaker competition) to win the conference title. While they certainly could, it just doesn’t SEEM likely. Of course I say that and Stanford could go 12-0 against the bottom feeders.
I’m a little nervous for this Utah series. They’re playing better and just took 2 of 3 at SC. I’d be happy with a series win in SLC.
BTW, I looked at the schedule for the 3 game series.
Friday – 10am
Saturday – 10am
Sunday – 6pm
Huh? Why such a late start on Sunday????
First, beat the fuck out of the ducks on Tuesday. Please
I remember a late start road Sunday game at WSU a few years ago screwed the Beavs because they had an agreement to end the game early if it got too close to time to flight time.
WSU was ahead when they called it, but the Beavs had momentum and were poised to take the lead soon.
Utes share a stadium with a AAA team and have to schedule around them. Anyway, that’s Parker’s explanation for the unusual schedule; he also said that the team will stay overnight on Sunday.
The SLC Polygamists…a farm team for multiple MLB squads.
Lots of reasons for this Utah series to go sideways. Utes are middle of the PAC and should be a really good road test.
I don’t see this year’s Beav team as a top 8….hope I’m wrong and they keep trending, but lots of good teams left on the schedule. That Friday night game against the Huskies is exactly what can happen to anyone at anytime — just a tough grind-it out game — which I could see the Beavs being on the losing end in at least three of the upcoming series.
BTW, Beavs have a losing record against the top 25, so there is that.
Good news is that with the tough remaining SOS, losses are less impactful on RPI
“BTW, Beavs have a losing record against the top 25, so there is that.”
That’s key.
Harder to out athlete the top 25.
That’s right. Can’t run them out of the gym.
Kinda.
GCU – mid week (Split the 2 game series), bubble ranked team.
Zaga – mid week (3-1 this season against them)
Stanford – weekend so much more weight.
Against current D1 top 25 we’re 4-3 with one of those losses being a midweek where we threw the bottom of the bullpen.
We won’t know for sure for a couple weeks when we face the back of the PAC schedule against very motivated teams.
Yeah I went off of D1Baseball. But it looks like .500 ball at worst against the remaining “tough” schedule. The Beavs were very fortunate to have the bottom half of the conference loaded at the beginning of the season to get time for recovery of the injured starting pitchers. And guess the other bright side is we know what the backups are capable of — and good experience with live fire. With Pfennigs getting stronger each game, the chances of going 2-1 each series looks really good…..
Fluky things happen in baseball all of the time, gotta make your own luck, out-athlete AND out-coach, and this team will be fine.
I’m OK with Mitch — he has shown that he is learning from mistakes AND not afraid to mix things up to keep opposing teams off balance. Probably the last piece for him to become great like Casey, is the psychological aspect of the game. I’m not sure on if or how Mitch is implementing this vital aspect of the game, hopefully as he matures, the psychological approach will bear fruit as it is the only piece keeping the Beavs from another Natty!
What would show that aspect?
I’ll be happy if we close the season undefeated and by 10 run rule every game but in the event that doesn’t happen winning the remaining series will suffice. I may also be good with losing the Zona series in exchange to sweep the Ducks…cause FTD.
The Yucks games seems like a ton of runs are going to be scored. Should have the nod in pitching but those asshats have hit 57 homers to our 33 but we draw quite a few more walks. Plate discipline will be needed for sure. Gotta get the free bags and take advantage of them cause they will hit dingers even against our top 6 or 7 pitchers. Feels like it could be a bloodbath on our relief pitchers. Interestingly, for a team with that many homers, they don’t strike out much. Best in the pac in strike outs while the Beavs are 9th. Those 2 categories are the major differences…runs, hits, etc are pretty close. They hit homers, singles and don’t strike out. We hit doubles, draw walks, swipe bags or strike out.
Plate discipline will be key. Nike’s pitchers have the worst BB/K ratio in the conference.
Wonder what oregon’s HR count is for home games vs away?
They moved their fences in 10-15 feet this year, which might be aiding in their high HR count
I’ve seen quite a few OSU hitters get out on shots that drop at the warning track, that would be homers in Eugene
Ducks: Left – 335 ft (102 m) Center – 400 ft (122 m) Right – 325 ft (99 m)
Beavs: Left: 330 ft (101 m) L. Center: 365 ft (111 m) Center: 400 ft (122 m) R. Center: 365 ft (111 m) Right: 330 ft (101 m)
Google didn’t give me more detailed info so not sure about left center or right center for the Ducks. Maybe it’s there but, I’m too lazy to go further. Right field is shorter I guess so in theory that could help our line-up. Regardless, 24 more is pretty significant. Really have to capitalize with our runners. Can’t strand 8 or 9 guys a game vs their offense. Might be hitting philosophy more than anything. They are also last in fly outs while Beavs are in 5th…so kind of points to focusing on power vs getting on and aggressive running. Both strategies seem to work as we’re 1 & 2 in runs with the Beavs getting 16 more. Will be interesting to see the different styles. I think in past years I’d feel much better about the Beavs since the bullpen was so strong. That’s the clear weakness in this team once you get past the top 3 relievers.
Those were the pk park distances they listed last year before the remodel, so wonder if some of those come down a little?. Cant find any specific info, but looks like it would be comporable to Goss. But point taken, Beavs wouldnt have better numbers in PK Park based on the dimensions
Oh gotcha. I just grabbed 1st results. Like I said, lazy. Lol
Per game ratio is just slightly lower on the road (1.4) vs home (1.5)
They’re a legitimately good offensive team.
Prospects Live has Hjerpe going #13 overall in their latest mock draft. Gotta love the recruiting pull of pumping out high draft picks on a yearly basis.
Cooper Hjerpe, LHP, Oregon State
“The Angels went awfully hard on pitching in 2021 and we expect that to take place once again in 2022. Ideally, the Angels would like to find a college arm for this spot, but as things currently stand, it’s not the most robust talent pool at the top. Still, Hjerpe is a bit of a data-darling with unicorn-type metrics in his low release and elite approach angle. He’s a polarizing prospect who will require advanced player development techniques, leveraging his unique ability to maximize his future impact. There’s an above average slider and a solid average changeup here too. If the Angels are convinced Hjerpe can start, this is a good spot and a good value. Gonzaga RHP Gabriel Hughes makes sense here too, as does Brebeuf Jesuit RHP Andrew Dutkanych if they’re willing to dip into the prep ranks. “
Their March top 200 list has Melton as the #90 prospect and they say he has some of the best upside of any college upperclassmen prospect.
Clearly a great talent and size/frame to boot. Meckler has probably been more valuable on both sides of the ball over the last month. Kind of reminds me of Kwan in that the other outfield guys get more recognition yet clearly more than capable of being the top dog of the group.
Meckler’s a heck of a ball player, good choice for leadoff.
OT: USC @ OSU next year ought to be entertaining, with OSU hopefully possessing a healthy D and some confidence after last year’s victory. USC spring scrimmage:
“In two 15-minute halves where he switched off drives with backup Miller Moss, Williams completed 10 of his 12 passes for 98 yards and threw two touchdowns. He also ran the ball twice for long gains. But it was the way he looked — from his poise, to his control in and out of the pocket, to the ease with which he did things — that bodes well for USC’s fall.
“I don’t really get nervous,” Williams said with a chuckle when asked about his first USC appearance. “It was awesome. … We’re not even close to what we’re going to be.”
Transfer RB Travis Dye and WR Williams apparently looked good.
Issue with Williams is he will run around holding onto the ball and force it downfield. Hopefully the defense can confuse him and capitalize off of the mistakes. I forgot Dye went there.
Reser will be odd. Mostly one side, sparse end zones…about 25K…not much of a home field advantage
Big azz screen to watch though, so there’s that.
I doubt it’ll happen, but it would be cool to put the old screen facing the parking lot so we can watch highlights and pregame stuff.
Dye looked good? According to Oregon Twitter when he xferred he’s trash. Lol.
The Civil War should be a fun one too. Duck QBs can sling the ball downfield but they throw way too many picks.
Anyone get their pac12 baseball tournament tiks yet?
Eggers mentions: Tuesday’s Civil War matchup between No. 2 @BeaverBaseball & No. 25 @OregonBaseball
in Eugene is a non-league affair but will still have meaning. It’ll be interesting to see how the Beavers fare against a rival that dominated them last year, winning 5 of 6 & outscoring them 25-9.
Guess I flushed that memory.
They out-athleted us last year
Haha. And out coached us.
There’s that angry humor we all come back for!
NOT!
I wouldn’t approach a mid week game with ducks any differently than any other mid week game. Ultimately the only thing that matters for a national seed is the next 12 conference games. Win P12 = top 8 seed. In fact, I could make an argument that sweeping ducks in all 5 games could put ducks in the Corvallis regional which I wouldn’t want to see.
I don’t think teams from the same conference can be placed in the same regional.
They can’t. But the west coast usually gets hosed because the matchup the west coast regionals against each other.
At this point we just really want Gonzaga to host. Alt though it wouldn’t be the end of the world as we are 3-1 against them and they have lost some top pitching staff
Yes, want the Zags to host to stay out of the possible Corvallis regional.
OT: Wilner:
“Since the end of the regular season, 243 football players have passed through the transfer portal on their way out of or into the Pac-12.
And more could follow.
With the May 1 transfer deadline fast approaching, we expect a handful of transfers — and perhaps multiple handfuls — in the final days before the window closes.”
243 incoming transfers amounts to nearly 3 full rosters or 25% of the conference players on scholarship have changed due to transfer alone.
It doesn’t seem sustainable. How can the schools adjust to the chaos and force some amount of sanity?
Possible remedies/responses by schools/ADs:
1) no more scholarships,
2) total free agency,
3) NIL deals for each player at signing day with strings attached and timeline penalties
4) Conferences must either dissolve or come to agreements on trying to limit player migrations
5) Conferences dissolve and reconfigure based on haves/have-nots as new landscape of college football
6) College football departs from school affiliations and exists as semi-pro leagues, players are no longer amateurs
7) Coaching staffs add NIL coordinators, General Manager, and lawyers staff to deal with transfer players, player signings and legal documentation
8) Behind the scenes collusion among the elite coaches schools to stop the mass movement of players by not signing them once they transfer
9) Formation of a players union of college athletes begins to demand more direct payments from school endowments
I wonder how many of these things will happen within a few years or have begun happening behind the scenes already. College football is in trouble, other sports will not be far behind and the shine is now off of all major college athletics. I blame ESPN, SEC, and NCAA for most of the damage, but there have been uninformed people calling for players to be paid for decades and they don’t realize what it will reap/destroy in college athletics.
Pay for play doesn’t really work for college since the variations from school to school are so vast. I suppose we can always have fond memories of a better and purer era, which can also be tainted in its own way. NIL and the transfer portal are changing college football in ways that cannot be stopped, nor does anyone really see where it will lead.
Sports are only a diversion, and even the diversion is in peril now.
#5, then #7, #9, then #6?
Football players.
Throwing in basketball, wbb, and other sports, holy moley. Teams will look different every year. Curious to see what coaches can navigate that flux. Will money actually drive success if the coach is clueless about assembling pieces?
All sports teams will need to shift more resources toward “HR”-type roles, for sure
I think that’s why teams now have pro style office roles. Player personnel directors, chief of staffs, etc.
“Sports are only a diversion, and even the diversion is in peril now.”
Agree. I said something similar a decade ago.
One of the problems you’re pointing out is a fatal lack of leadership. Nobody can identify where this is going and lead it there in a productive way that sustains competition.
Conforto out for the season with shoulder surgery. Probably should have taken the qualifying offer from the Mets? Hope he bounces back and get one more big deal.
You mean gets his first big deal.
True, got to think next year he plays on a prove it type deal.
Or he’s done. The way baseball is setup, guys reach free agency around 30 years old. If they aren’t a superstar, they are basically done with baseball because there are younger cheaper options.
Beavs up 1-0 after 3. Hunter starting makes me nervous.
There’s gonna be a ton of runs scored regardless and with this pitching crew, anything outside 6 or 7 of them, is enough to cause some major nervous twitches. Hunter has had issue keeping the ball low and against a team that hits dingers that’s not a good place to miss.
Think the over/under I saw was 15.
So far so good, 1-0 after 3 and a new arm in for nike.
Boyd robs a 2 run home run with a snag over the right field wall. He’s saved 2 runs and hit a 2 run hr
Ducks SS Grant was a beav signee back in 2017. Not sure if he ever made it to campus.
Utah also has a former Beavs signee, Carter Booth. He didn’t play either.
Both guys were in the 2019 class. Guys still with the team include Gretler, Mundt, Pfennigs, and Fuchs. Phillips was also part of the class but left for the pros after one year.
Dorman does the right thing and pull Hibbard with the 3-0 lead intact. Sebby on with 2 down in the b5, runner at 2b
Sebby was shakey but got the flout. 7 balls on 10 pitches. Nice work getting the 3rd out though even if he made it more interesting by walking a guy.
Sebby can’t throw strikes, but gets out of the 5th, will Dorman pull him?
Who’s going to be better? They ride or die with sebby for a few innings. Will need a couple more insurance runs to win this game.
I think Dorman is doing the right thing by pulliing Sebby even after he finally gets a K. Would be different if Beavs had a 5+ run lead.
Carpenter on but not likely to go to the end, so another arm will be needed.
Sebby hits low outside corner though he doesn’t serve them up. This is a big game I think Reid had more in him.
Where is Lattery is he going to close? I’d figured he’d start?
huge RPI implications today
6th arm comes on for nike to toss the 9th, sure would be nice to see Beavs jump on him.
EDIT/ADD: well, that wasn’t very nice
Beav hitters very impatient at the plate, makes for quick 1-2-3 inning for Duck pitching.
5 ks on the day and Dukart has 3 of them.
Dukart should not be playing
Brown comes on to close, apparently Mitch agrees with Clatskanie Tigers……huge RPI implicatons today
Don’t Coug it, Beavs!
Beavs>Cougs
Mitch played to win. And he did.
Another brilliant coaching job by Mitch and Dorman. Lesser coaches would have been out athleted by the highly ranked recruits brought in by nike.
Lesser coaches would have been out athleted by the highly ranked recruits bought by nike.
FTFY
Well said!
Apparently, jumping 15 feet in the air over the outfield wall to make a catch is one way to out-athlete your opponent.
heh, heh. 15 feet
https://twitter.com/i/status/1519143819308003330
Damn, somebody tell Tinkle to give him a spot on the MBB team. That 15′ vert could come in handy
4-2 final. That’ll do Beavs
OK, Beavs win. Any downside to using 6 arms? Especially both Brown and Verburg? Did the quacks make smart moves by holding back arms we’ll see later. Will seeing Brown and Verburg tonight be an advantage for quacks later? Opinions??
The only arm that is really done for the weekend is Hunter. Verberg can go 60+ pitches to and Sebby barely pitched. Carpenter might be shutdown but the rest can help out.
Agree only Hunter would be unavailable but could go Sunday in an emergency.
Everyone else should be available on Friday.
I wonder if Hjerpe and Kmatz go deep into their starts and Pfennigs goes a little bit longer, maybe Ferrer gets the weekday start.
Could be. Maybe Ducks were playing to win the future conference series and Beavs were playing to win the game. I guess we’ll see in a couple weeks.
Ducks never got the lead so they weren’t necessarily being “smart” and holding back arms. They just pitched to the situation as did the Beavs. Doesn’t impact Beavs chances vs Utah. Still lots of good options available. All but Hunter. Good road win against strong opponent. Staff held one of the P12s best offenses to 2 runs in midweek game. Beavs now 5-3 vs current top 25 teams. If Mitch could actually coach and not just win with superior athletes then we’d be 40-0.
Anteaters whip UCLA at Jackie Robinson. Maybe the ab who said the Bruins were fading is on to something?
Cougs didn’t coug it against the Bulldogs.
Beavs jump up to #3 in RPI
Damn! Despite being 6 games under .500 Washington State is up to 71st in RPI with their recent surge.
https://www.warrennolan.com/baseball/2022/rpi-live
Crap, forgot about the game. Sounds like da Beavs played well?
They out-athleted them by 720 ft.
Haha! As long as they out scored them.
Looks like OSU out athleted another team
Another college sport that will become an arms race. Bummer.
Kendall Rogers
@KendallRogers
I’ve said for a while baseball is going to look much different in 2-3 years.
The NCAA transformation committee wants to 1) eliminate scholarship caps on baseball 2) eliminate coaching caps on baseball, conferences decide.
Incredible, ground-breaking news if it happens.
Be a slower process. Not nearly as much money in baseball and when it comes to money your competing with the mlb.
Junior walling enters xfer portal. Buried in depth chart I guess but he seemed to be all around the ball in spring game.
The scholarship caps is an interesting thing. Many MLB clubs throw in money to complete a college degree to get players to sign after their junior years in any event. And they’ve pared back the minor leagues and drafted fewer players out of high school because they would rather have more data points against stronger competition before committing to a player.
11.7 scholarships among 27 players on a max 35 deep roster is ridiculous. Better to have 10-15 full-rides and another 10 you can portion out as players develop. Shoot, maybe MLB will even kick in some with the money they’re saving on the minor leagues now. Considering the time demands on baseball players (its pretty much a year-round sport when you include fall ball and the college summer leagues) – it’s overdue.