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  1. let’s get back on topic, FTD!

    Anybody going to Govt Mule in Eugene Sept 1? My favorite band to road trip with…show #15 in 12 years.

  2. Martinek to start, Ice batting 3rd, Gretler in as DH.
    We’ll see if Whoreton goes with the “1 inning per pitcher” approach, might Connie do the same?

    UPDATE: Pregame, Casey says may throw “6-7” arms tonight.

  3. Austin Kelly is atrocious. Martinek wasn’t much better. 4-0 ducks on all of 3 hits. Error and walked in a run. Way to play guys

  4. Gretler tags and gets to second on Atwood’s FO to center. Last season Gretler demonstrated some smart baserunning, A bit of a surprise here but worked out fine.
    t4, 7-2, one down with runners on 2 and 3…….Nobach to face 4th pitcher for ucks.
    UPDATE: Anderson to PH for Nobach

  5. Despite catching Donahue at third in the 5th, I’m not too impressed with Grebeck’s throws to home tonight. At least twice he has thrown 15+’ up the first base line when coming home.
    On to the b6, will Church continue on the mound?
    Down 7-5

  6. Warren throwing 94 for whoreton, was shown some interest by Beavs coming out of HS. I’m told it was the Beavs who lost interest.

  7. Final 7-6, game ends with runner 90 feet away from tying it up.
    Ice the last out, his second K tonight. I believe he has had more K’s in the last 3-4 games than he’d had all season previously. Does he K more often from left side?
    If he slumps now, and if KJ can’t step it up………….well, somebody (Anderson, Larnach, ?) is gonna have to get hot, quick.

    We got a look at ucks closer. May pay off later.

    Thanks for the thread, Angry, it was worth a try (?). I’ll not ask again, not much interest here for discussion during the action.

  8. The game was pretty much a preview of what will happen during regionals. Beavs will have to run the table in the postseason otherwise, the backend of the bullpen will have to throw and they can’t be trusted right now.

    Luckily, there is only one more weekday game and it’s on a Tuesday.

    • Don’t know where you got that information. There’s at least two and there will be a third if the postponed game against Portland in Corvallis is rescheduled.

  9. Don’t recall if anyone has yet posted a link to this ESPN article on Conforto: http://espn.go.com/blog/new-york/mets/post/_/id/117433/michael-conforto-the-king-of-hard-hitting

    The last three paragraphs quote Conforto as follows:

    “When I was really young, a few coaches in Little League told me, ‘You have a special swing,” Conforto said. “I guess I kind of stood out. But when I got older, I was big into football and I only played baseball in the summer. In high school, I’d just swing really hard.

    “In college, my swing became more consistent. In college, I took a lot of swings. My head coach, Pat Casey, was more my motivational guy, working on the mental side. Pat Bailey was more my swing guy. There was definitely a learning curve. In fall ball my freshman year, I was awful. I came in and I was supposed to start, but I lost the job. I didn’t start the first three or four games.

    “People say you can work on mechanics and things, but the framework and basis of your swing is going to be the same. I kind of believe that, because I’ve seen some video of myself in the Little League World Series and it really does look similar.”

  10. I find myself – on draft day – perusing articles re: “how you know” about a player – the Ryan Leaf/Peyton Manning legend still hasn’t run out of steam. The articles go every which way but I haven’t seen mention of their family backgrounds. Peyton, not only from a famous football family but one that valued a broader base of knowledge and experience. Ryan Leaf was a small town jock with not much else going for him. Some of his character flaws were apparent in high school but he was too important to counsel.

    Here is one article with this nugget: http://www.boltsfromtheblue.com/2012/4/23/2965217/nfl-draft-history-chargers-why-ryan-leaf-didnt-work-out

    “However, the injuries are not to be overlooked and the poor work by team doctors contributed further. Without them, maybe there’s a coach (one not named Kevin Gilbride or Mike Riley, two of the more clueless NFL head coaches I’ve ever seen) that could get through to Leaf. “

    • Remember reading an article a few months back suggesting that the Rams were comfortable going forward with Mannion as the potential starter this year. The trade to #1 suggests otherwise. Plus, they want to make a splash in the LA and a #1 pick at QB will help them get attention.

      Don’t take this as me knock on Mannion. I wish him the best of luck, but I don’t think he’ll ever be a sustained starter in the NFL and this is business after all.

    • Remember reading an article a few months back suggesting that the Rams were comfortable going forward with Mannion as the potential starter this year. The trade to #1 suggests otherwise. Plus, they want to make a splash in the LA and a #1 pick at QB will help them get attention.

      Don’t take this as a knock on Mannion. I wish him the best of luck, but I don’t think he’ll ever be a sustained starter in the NFL and this is business after all.

    • Every coach thinks they are the one who can reign in a wild but extremely talented player. That’s why you see so many coaches defend guys with less than sterling reputations. Say the standard bs “he’s a good kid, he had some bad luck or he made a bad decision but that’s not who he is”.

  11. Geoff goes #1 in the draft, I really didn’t get to watch many games of him playing. Is he really a #1 draft pick or is this a down year? He didn’t seem like he was amazing just a typical pac12 qb. What am I missing?

      • He COULD be. But usually #1 picks are reserved for guy who are going to make an immediate impact. I don’t see that happening with Goff, to me he’s in the same boat as Mannion. They are projects that have the pieces, they just need to complete the puzzle. I’m not down on him, I just didn’t see the #1 pick thing.

          • I love Mannion… But Goff is far better player.

            #1 picks are not always immediate impacts. Mariota and the Titans were picking #1 again, so not exactly an immediate impact. But you’d still be happy to have him as he projects as a good to great player down the road

        • I could see the #1 pick, if you’re a team that earned the first pick based on prior season, and in the QB market this year. It’s the trading of all the picks to get there and select him that seems like a reach.

  12. As long as Goff just hands off to Gurley he’ll be fine for this year. The team has ZERO receiving talent though so he won’t start to make many strides until that improves

    • I wouldn’t even start Goff. I’d give him a year in system before trotting him out there to be broken by very large people. QB in LA is going to be a body bag position this fall.

  13. Ole Miss player admitted to NFL reporters that he took money from coaches. It happens everywhere, but Ole Miss probably going to be burned to the ground by the NCAA.

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