The projected pitching matchups:
OSU – LHP – Luke Heimlich – 15-1, 2.42 ERA, 142 strikeouts in 111 2?3 IP
MN – RHP – Reggie Meyer – 8-3, 2.62 ERA, 67 Ks, 103 IP
OSU – RHP – Bryce Fehmel – 10-1, 2.77 ERA, 54 Ks in 97 1?3 IP
MN – RHP – Patrick Fredrickson – 9-0, 1.73 ERA, 63 Ks, 86 IP
OSU – RHP – Kevin Abel – 3-1, 4.13 ERA, 77 Ks in 52 1?3 IP and 5 starts
MN – RHP – Jake Stevenson – 1-1, 5.52 ERA, 15 Ks, 29 1?3 IP
Go Beavs!
First suckers!
With the cold and wet weather expected, runs will come at a premium. Both teams used to playing in these kinds of conditions so hard to say it’s an advantage for the beavs. I’m expecting a low scoring ball game, something like 4-2.
Any team that puts together a big inning will take the game. Early lead will be key.
The numbers say they pitch to contact. Patient bats and clean fielding should win it.
Stetson lost to UNC today 7-4. Right now the puppies are down 2-0 bottom of the 2nd with 2 outs 1 on first for Cal St Fullerton. UW pitcher is already at 47 pitches.
runners at the corners now for CSFU
two to two bottom of the 4th for the Dogs and CSFU
Runners on 1st and 2nd not outs top of the 5th. puppies are up to bat. CSFU pitcher count is up to 69 pitches.
4-2 UW Top of the 5th 2 outs 1 on at 1st moved to 2nd due to passed throw to first base.
Can you stop polluting the thread with this nonsense? This is why I don’t like putting threads up early. This has nothing to do with the topic at hand, which is our game vs MN.
ok. fair enough. Just thought I’d state how the only other Pac-12 team was doing in the tourney. Guess no one really wants to “back the pack”. Looks like “our game” will be rained out tonight and possibly delayed all weekend.
Wait… neither of you mentioned Green Bay.
Why are we talking about them?
Parker saying Luke will pitch today, Fehmel tomorrow.
Luke wanted it
It is Friday.
But only on 6 days rest compared to the usual 7 after throwing 110+ pitches.
bryce did that last weekend and he did really well.
Wasn’t Bryce on 7 days rest last week? The UCLA series started on Thursday so Fehmel pitched the last 2 Friday’s.
Only touching 94. Clearly not ready and rested.
I hope that was sarcasm because Fehmel only consistently hits 91-92 with his fastball. He doesn’t over power hitters. He’s a finesse pitcher that locates ala Greg Maddux.
Or maybe you were referring to Luke today?
Yes, 100% sarcasm. Touching 94 meant that he was bringing it today. I was admitting I was proven wrong to question whether he would be good to go on 6 days rest.
It is Friday.
We are big favorites- $360 to win $100, over/under is at 10.
Go Beavs!, and get the game over before Jethro Tull tonight!
Larnach hits a huge 2 run jack
2-0 Beavs on a Larnach HR.
3-0…Adley goes deep.
Yikes, Beavers en fuego…
Andy Clutschman with a 1 run homer! same exact spot as Larnach.
Could not have asked for better start. They are ready to play.
And Adley follows 3-0 Beavs in he Bottom of the 1st!
Kwan adds another with a sac bunt 4-0 Beavs in the b2
Is five innings considered an official game in this playoff or do they suspend and continue later?
They would suspend. That’s the downside if we burn Luke today.
Thank you ESPN for sparing us the graphic we had to see in the regionals regarding Luke. They finally got it right.
They lead the broadcast with it for about 1 minute. As Luke took the mound they showed him closeup, talked about the SI story and shared that he didnt get drafted(but didnt mention any of the other 6 guys who DID get drafted, because apparantly that’s not newsworthy)
They did say that Luke could potentially end up as a free agent somewhere or overseas in Japan, but I think that was more about potential options and not based on anything Luke has said.
Yeah, it seems like they’re almost sympathetic to Heimlich. They’ve said a couple of times now that not getting drafted doesn’t mean he does not have other options….free agent, independent leagues or other countries.
Ugh… Fortunately, I missed that.
Does anybody else’ ESPN online feed keep randomly switching over to track and field?
I keep thinking the game got postponed for weather, but then find out the game is still going but i have to click back into it
Mine’s doing it too. Have to back out and enter again.
A common male issue.
You devil!
Go to ESPN2.
Yeah it switched to ESPN2.
Nice to hear announcers who like OSU. Said we have an SEC atmosphere (I think our atmosphere is better, but these shills do work for ESPN).
RBI double for Rutchsman followed by an RBI triple from Nobach to drive him in. 8-0 good guys in the 7th.
Maybe it’s just me but honestly I have not been that impressed with Minnesota so far. Pitching or hitting.
Figures. As soon as I write that the Minnesota pitcher gets two K’s to end the 7th and their bats get going here in the 8th.
Looking for an active Golden Gopher forum and coming to the conclusion that nobody besides beavergopher gives a crap about UM sports
Kind of like BeavGopher with the Beavs.
The baseball team is a blip in the sports scene. Twins rule the spring and there is a minor league team in St. Paul that has a cult following. Trained pigs deliver the balls.
“Trained pigs deliver the balls.” Minor league baseball certainly has some unique charms….
Anyone have a link to a Beaver forum with active posters? After witnessesing the tigger droppings game forums, my definition of quantity is askew.
Maybe give http://www.pure-orange.net a try. Thanks for stopping by.
Apropos username.
Fucking racist LSU fansite is more apropos.
The Kwan mentions last year pissed me off and were the reason I decided to ignore them this year. But I was reminded of it, and I was once again royally pissed off.
Oregon live has put up a lengthy and slanted piece on Heimlich. They describe It as a summary of his senior season but some veiled shots are taken and they are selective with facts.
In other words, they’re piling on.
Another article on Heimlich? At what point will they just shut the fuck up? I can’t wait for the “where is he now” article in about five years. Maybe we get lucky and the paper is out of business and Canzano is out of a job by then.
None of them write well or generate interesting story ideas so they write polarizing tropes for click bait. It’s easier than researching, thinking, honing one’s craft.
The Oregonian is working on Alinsky Rules at this point. Do anything and everything to hurt Luke.
I’ll just assume you’ve never read the book, and this is the monoculture speaking.
I’ll just assume you dont see the organization of attacks on Luke. Or that you dont notice each article by the Oregonian is essentially the same paragraphs reorganized with diffrent authors over and over and over. And that with each article nothing new is brought forward other then updating his stats.
Thanks for the confirmation.
Since it’s apparent that you’ve never read or studied Alinsky in any way, I’ll give a quick recap.
He started as a researcher of juvenile delinquency, and he wrote a book with a bunch of rules for tactics.
By virtue of the word rules, “anything and everything to hurt” is just a ludicrous thing to say… about an advocate for juvenile rehabilitation… in an ongoing argument about juvenile rehabilitation.
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Crickets? How apropos.
At the risk of sounding like I haven’t cancelled my subscription, Ron seems to have a measured, journalistic voice generally, including this one. He parrots some old, stereotypical viewpoints but doesn’t trot them out as his own; for him to turn into Canzanos useful idiot Morany or into the screecher himself would surprise me. There is also some reading between the lines that might be done when he points out that the University and MLB representatives have no comment on Luke outside baseball, probably means they all understand and respect record is sealed.
In typical “We Are The Boss” fashion, ESPN flashes a backward K when Kwan goes down in the b8, but forbids display in Goss!
And then fail to show the “curtain call” for Luke as described by Parker and Big Jim on radio,
Did Luke acknowledge the curtain call? I loved seeing him tip his cap as he left Goss for the last time.
A report from a fellow ab at Goss is that, yes Luke did come out of the dugout to acknowledge the love from the crowd.
“He waved his cap and the roar was thundering”
And Lundeberg tweets: “After heading into the dugout, Luke Heimlich came back out for an encore”
Parker, when Luke came off, “Luke Heimlich, one of the finest young men I’ve ever been around in this program…”
He did.
good guys take it! 8-1 final. Hopefully big game Bryce shows up tomorrow evening and the Beavs punch their ticket back to Omaha.
Go Beavs!
Who canceled their Oregonian subscription?
It’s time to look in the mirror and name names.
I never had a subscription to cancel. But I’ve avoided clicking that rag like it’s coated with plague
Never had one and refuse to click their revenue generating masturbatory clickbait.
I Never had one, but found out about the 5th inning my dad called them right after the original story came up to cancel and told them why. My dad was a juvenile probation officer for several years, he knew there was much more to the story then they were telling and called them on it.
I live out of state and haven’t had one in years. Would like to know what else we can do to fight them. They are turning this into fans vs victims when that couldn’t be further from the truth.
We can be compassionate for victims while still challenging the injustice of outing someone who accepted a plea as a juvenile and will now be labeled an offender for the the rest of his life due to their irresponsible reporting. They have misused their reach to ruin his life.
Better question might be who had a subscription to that obsolete product to begin with
It struggled due to tech, as all did. But it was on the rise in 2011. Circulation has fallen from 240k to 80k since the Newhouse family bought it. They’re concentrating on click-bait and digital cut and paste. The average visit to their digital site is less than three minutes.
That circulation is daily. I don’t know the Sunday circulation. It was 170k in 2015 after being ~300k in 2011. I would guess somewhere around 110-120k at the rate they were going.
Actually if you look at the bigger picture:
“Who canceled their Oregonian subscription?”
Most everyone!
I’ve never spent a dime on that piece of crap. Honestly, who actually pays for news these days?
luke just threw shade on all his critics and accentuated it with a big FU to all if them.
There has to be a better descriptive term for his “critics”.
Ignorant’s, virtue signalers, pieces of shit. Take your pick.
That was boring and stale and not imaginative.
Seems to me, that you’re the only one who cares…
Jack, BTW, that piece I wrote the other day that you commented on stating that I made it sound like it was about me….well, guess what….it was in part about me. That is, if an actual victim who was directly impacted by molestation has the capacity to forgive, then people who aren’t directly affected or haven’t been victimized should consider the importance of forgiveness because they’re outsiders looking in. Given the fact that I forgave my my cousin for what she did is a strong act of compassion and apparently you missed that point.
Good for you. And literally nobody cares what jack says or thinks
I know….Jack’s off in a lot of ways.
I missed the part where s/he said s/he was or wasn’t a victim. I just read the pain in the person’s words and noted your lack of compassion while you excoriated him or her about making it all about them… while you made it all about you.
I also noted that survivors relive trauma differently and should be shown compassion for irrational responses that do make it personal for them… as I am doing now.
But if you think survivors can be called pieces of shit, by all means, you go ahead and believe that.
But if you want to call survivors pieces of shit, as you, cj, A@A and mammothboner are doing, you just go ahead and do that.
But if you want to call survivors pieces of shit, as you, cj, A@A and mammothbummer are doing, you just go ahead and do that.
I’m the bad person here… always have been.
Hey!
There are my posts!
Cool… like the government… in triplicate and accurate.
Jack don’t put words in anyone’s mouths here. The only time “piece of shit” came up was in YOUR POST(s)!
Please get back on your meds….
Mammothboner6969 says:
JUNE 8, 2018 AT 5:53 PM
Ignorant’s, virtue signalers, pieces of shit. Take your pick.
Jack says:
JUNE 8, 2018 AT 7:17 PM
Rating: -2 (from 4 votes)
That was boring and stale and not imaginative.
cj says:
JUNE 9, 2018 AT 9:50 AM
Jack don’t put words in anyone’s mouths here. The only time “piece of shit” came up was in YOUR POST(s)!
Please get back on your meds….
Derpology 101
The more things change, the more they stay the same.
Jack,
Nice assumption that I am referring to victims as pieces of shit. The majority of his critics are not victims/survivors and in fact the majority of survivors that I’ve encounter both inside and outside of OSU are not ill willed towards Luke. Unless we’re talking about Brenda Tracy; she’ a piece of shit.
You got me. It was an assumption.
And now that you’ve said it explicitly, it’s no longer an assumption.
Nice, try. Again if you have reading comprehension the fact I mention the majority of the critics not being victims means I’m not talking about victims.
Now you’re just arguing with yourself.
You said it.
Own it.
I said it? Please point me to the exact quote where I said victims are pieces of shit. I’ll be waiting.
There are victims among the critics. You called one specifically a pos.
Can you not read?
Own your words.
Exactly what I thought. You provided no proof beyond assumptions. Also, calling one specific “victim” a POS =/= calling all victims a POS.
Own your assumptions.
Yeah… except that some of us know that adding an s t the end of some werdz makes it plural.
But then, you’ve always tipped your hand as a “hate the player” type. That you would go this far with a little prodding from other like-minded losers is no surprise.
You’re also virtue signalling, if it’s any consolation.
http://www.startribune.com/gophers-thumped-8-1-by-oregon-state-in-ncaa-baseball-super-regional-opener/485010271/
Not even that reporter could leave out the tabloid journalism. She/he has en email address posted in the article.
One comment suggests OSU steals signs.
We all know the bats won’t stay hot forever, and at some point the Beavs will need to battle through a tight 1 run ball game to win it all — remember the Michigan game back in 2007, and how the defense performed big. If this series goes to a third game, Abel will need to keep it under 4 runs.
Well, pretty much the outcome I expected today. Luke is too good. Larnach made a momentum killing snag. We will see if Fredrickson has it tomorrow. He struggled with control for first time this year against fUCLA, but made just enough pitches to keep them in the game.
Hey BeaverGopher, you didn’t happen to be wearing a Minn hat and white/orange OSU shirt at the game today, did you?
Special Gopher shirt and Orange Benny hat.
Hmm, exactly opposite, maybe that was “gopherbeaver”
Hey Jack, did you happen to be at the game? Straight jacket and multiple personalities?
Did you witness such a person?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzi0nSpEvrE
Crowd gave as standing ovation, and chanted Luke during his curtain call
Cue up Brenda Tracey…..
Why?
Anyone else fear this is Casey’s last hurrah?
I think he has a good 3 years left. Helps that his son will be on the team a few more years
The son is the key.
Nope….coaches live and breathe coaching….that’s what they do….he’ll be around for awhile.
Back to Luke’s “curtain call”, Cadyn Grenier tweets:
“Community loves a kid this much, even wanted a curtain call after. Not a reason in the world anyone in pro ball should be worried about picking him up. Just more proof right here”
You haven’t come across a video of this have you? Please link it if you do. I hope there’s a place for him at OSU in some capacity if not in pro ball.
https://twitter.com/BeaverBaseball/status/1005256916627525632
That was awesome, than you. Very meaningful to hear Parker call him one of the finest people he’s been around when his own daughter has been a victim.
Sorry, I should have said his daughter was victimized. She is anything but a victim.
Steve Mims had a wider angle. Stay for the last second middle finger in the air from a happy?/pissed off? fan.
https://twitter.com/SteveMims_RG/status/1005238059082792960?s=19
He did it backwards, weird.
There were some people saying things that were deserving of the bird. This one just happened to sit right behind that person.
Bird is the word? I believe The Trashmen were from Minneapolis.
Lol I’m an idiot. Didn’t even think about people behind him.
It is a pleasure to watch excellence in the game of baseball.
You have to be very picky to something the Bears did wrong today.
Luke was sharp, Nick provided the spark, Larnach and Ad’s the bomb.
Plenty of defense gems (Grenie, Larnach, and Kwan)
Team looks very focused.
Bears? :-)
DAAAAA Bears!
The MLB teams have made a strong statement: “We don’t believe in rehabilitation of juvenile offenders, they must be punished until the day they die.”
I don’t think they care about any punishment. MLB management certainly take back wife and girlfriend beaters after suspensions all the time. They only care about the backlash that would come from signing Heimlich. Like the general public, they just see the sensationalized side of this case. Forget nuance here, it’s not happening.
https://twitter.com/benwetzler28/status/1005309031613915142
More like, “if we select him, dumbshits who only read headlines might not come to games and hurt our bottom line. Oh wait, that’s what we did. We are the dumbshits.”
Rewatching game this morning. Fourth inning right before Taylor hits double to score Anderson, anyone else notice him saying something as he starts to swing? Can’t tell if he says timeout or something else. Maybe he said, “rbi!”
The tv guy said he did call time out. Thought it was funny the ump either didn’t hear or ignored him just before Taylor hit the double.
Guy on beaver twitter this morning complaining about r-rated ads and then further discussion of horrible ads on TV generally, especially with sporting events.
Yet, Luke Heimlich is the pariah.
Another great one from Eggers:
https://portlandtribune.com/pt/12-sports/398008-292387-a-lot-to-like-about-beavers-in-game-1-a-lot-of-love-for-heimlich-in-his-final-game-at-goss-stadium
Yes, indeed. Unlike Canzano’s bullshit about how MLB teams care about the little girl so they didn’t draft Heimlich, Eggers tells the truth, he wasn’t drafted because they were worried about possible negative publicity, nothing more. I wish Eggers could debate Canzano on this, but then I don’t want to give that ass-clown any more publicity.
I would hope the down votes are directed at me and not Eggers. He’s the only guy willing to provide fair coverage to OSU in the Portland market.
I don’t get who would down vote your post and link. Must be the anti-Heimlich assholes that have been showing up here lately.
I don’t get the whole idea of voting for a post.
If you’re too cowardly to say out loud that you like or dislike something, then voting is a meaningless endeavor.
D1 up with a fairly straight sports story on Luke, taking their foot off the gas? More bile behind the paywall? I was only able to read the public portion of the article.
First four comments are positive, haters appear to be sleeping late this morning (or maybe they are all at the O).
https://d1baseball.com/at-the-ballpark/heimlich-dominates-in-final-home-start/
There was a story up on espn yesterday about the game/Luke. Overall mostly positive with a few troll posts in the comment section.
Damn the SEC teams make a lot of errors. They can rake, but it’s a miracle if they ever get a bunt down
Noticed the same thing. Long s guarantee the ball will get to first base.
North Carolina advances. Will be waiting for the beavs or Minn as first game.
Angry I know you don’t like me… let’s do a vote on who is banned from this site, me or Jack. I’m more than willing if he is.
No one should be banned unless they out people’s personal information, or make serious threats of violence.
There are mute buttons if you just can’t stand someone, or if you’re an adult you can just skip over people you don’t want to read.
In the end, it’s an anonymous blog. Why the fuck should anyone of us really care what some faceless, nameless people think?
It’d just be fun for jack to put his money where his mouth is. He thinks he’s smart and he thinks people care about anything he says.
I think the former, yes… especially when you’re around. I think my dog is smart when you’re around.
He displays logic.
I couldn’t care less what people care about. I wouldn’t be free if I was so inhibited by a vanity so droll.
I see you’ve added “tool” to your resume.
I wholeheartedly object to the idea of voting to ban Angry@angry or Jack. Specifically, the “or”.
Hey! That’s what I said, Angry has a huge bowlner for Jax for some reason and let’s him rant on his blog for free
Maybe Jack pays good money for his rants…
Just because he makes some offputting snarky comments doesn’t mean his opinions doesn’t matter. Yes it can get boring. Yes sometimes it seems like hes talking down to people. But some times jack has some good/great takes. Hes an acquired taste. But who wants a blog with only one voice? I came here for something diffrent from the other circle jerk/do no wrong type blogs and online communities. This is the only blog that allows all takes on beaver sports without the fear of getting banned because you won’t goose-step with the rest of the beaver yes-men.
Good question.
The answer is apparent.
I’m pretty sure sure I’ve spoken against angry on many occasions about many things.
You might not have noticed, because they involved reason. But they happened.
I’ve also never pretended to be angry and post as such.
I mean… wtf?
He gives him free legal advice: As your attorney I advise you to drive at top speed and it’ll be a Goddamn miracle if we get there before you turn into some kind of wild animal. Are you ready for that?
Meanwhile, we’re hours away from the Beavers potentially getting back to Omaha. Let’s talk about banning maybe say…next week?
Looking at Eugene T&F on ESPN…pouring down there.
It’s been nasty down here off and on all day.
Well, it IS Eugene.
Pretty fortunate Adley was able to catch that strike 3 pitch. Tip of his glove witha full reach
Stop it now ESPN announcers. Don’t need you stealing our signs (AGAIN) with your high def cameras.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8EnsUeR2MyI
Boy, Larnach was lucky to get that walk. Grest pitch on the ball4
*great*
Man, Fehmel looked lost for a couple of innings, then looks like someone gave him new life in the 6th.
Beavs looking like they’ll be lucky to get to this Meyer kid, Taylor lookin really bad at the plate
Madrigal, Larnach and Rutschman need to get this next inning going in a positive way. Outs are shrinking quick
Man this Meyer kid is more than advertised. Great pitching.
He is good. But Gretler got into one, Kwan had the swinging bunt, and his pitch count is going up. The 8th will be where they have to make some noise though.
He’s going to be scary good in a couple years.
Beavs trying to delay this game in case the weather forces the game to get called till tomorrow and Meyer gets used up?
Why pull Fehmel on an 0-2 count?
Yeskie?
Nobach drives in Larnach ties at 3 with go ahead run at 3rd
I dont like having heartburn this late at night. Ugh.
C’mon beavs, it’s legend time :)
CLUTCHMAN DELIVERS
CLUTCHMAN!!!!!
#legend
Is it just my imagination, or does this team take an unusually high amount of hand/wrist hits?
2 straight hit batters make it 6-3 Beavs!
Wow, really hope Gretler’s hand just got a stinger.
I hope Yeskie made the right pitching decision here.
Nevermind………
What a game keep it going Beavers
I love my Beavs, but they always have to test my heart!
Beavs to CWS :D
Respect to the Minnesota program. Played better than the final scores indicated, and their fanbase isn’t loaded with a bunch of racist assholes *cough*LSU*cough*
What a great finish. Able still riding high in confidence into Omaha, and now Chamberlain too after a stellar performance with the win. Pitching staff feeling great. Kudos to Minnesota for coming in and competing and keeps laser focus on the task coming ahead. Enjoyed the professionalism not to partake in injury prone dog piles.
I hope you are right that these freshmen arms have turn a corner and if they can keep it up and pitch to there potential this team will be hard to beat and sets up for a good year next year too.
Back to Omaha
https://youtu.be/E1IZdqPYuts
Now beavergopher doesn’t have to be torn anymore and can fully back the superior rodent ;-) (just trollin’, love ya bg)
Who’s making the trip to Omaha? I’m 50/50 right now.
Looked at flights for the first 3-4 days–running around $1,000 per out of RDM right now.
Oh man N. Carolina HATES us, I can’t wait to see Luke up against them
Extra security detail on the fire alarms, please
Steve Gress saying Greg Street will be part of the Game1 crew for OSU/UNC in Omaha. No joke
Barnes should be fired if he doesn’t LOUDLY protest!!
BTW: which Carolina is Street from? Not that it matters much.
Now Gress is saying he was just trolling….
Good grief, now the GT is fucking with us.
Just appreciate that someone who covers our sports is in tune enough to even know our angsts.
Was at the game. Great atmosphere.
Beavs did what championship teams do, grinded out a win. Minnesota’s reliever Meyer was pretty lights out for 3 innings. Wipeout slider. Once the beavs got a second look at him, he was toast. Coach left him in too long. He’s going to be a good one. Prob pick up more velocity as he grows into his body frame.
If the beavs play like they did this weekend, they’ll be right there to play for the title.
Meyer looks like hes 14. Hes going to be scary when he grows up.
At the game as well – great grind out win. I think Meyer was their closer brought in early correct? Guy threw more pitches (~80) than their starter and you could tell was getting tired. understandably.
Crowd really started getting into around the 6/7th inning down 3-2 and you could feel the momentum shift.
The Minnesota fans we talked to were down to earth and friendly – nice people. Reminded me of Beav fans traveling across country for Baseball/Football games to tailgate and have a good time.
Admittedly, I didn’t watch that many games this year, but has Chamberlain pitched like that all year? Guy was filthy at times. Also curious – from the fans watching from home, was the strike zone as small the ump was calling it? Or was he really inconsistent? Super gutsy win…exactly what you want on your way to Omaha!
Ump was all over the place
He was a little inconsistent, but to be fair, that game featured some of the best pitching I’ve seen in a college game all year. Lots of movement and speed change. It would have been a tough game to call perfectly. Both teams benefitted from some bad calls. Hard to say if one team consistently got the upperhand because of that though.
I agree NB, generally well called game, if you’ve umpired at all, it’s tough. There were some missed calls but it didn’t feel like a one sided affair. It certainly didn’t rise (lower?) to a Greg Street fiasco.
What a fucking gutsy win by this team. This is the challenge they needed before going to Omaha, battling back from a 3-2 deficit against a beast of a pitcher.
This was the challenge they needed. I kept thinking if they just breeze through the regional & super regional they might have a choke game in Omaha, because of overconfidence. They were tested and ground out a win. Perfect!
Heading home after a month on the road just in time for CWS. Ready for my recliner, air conditioning, family and my dog. Things are going to get serious for the boys in Omaha. Regionals seemed easier than league play. JB
Great game…just enough patience to win a game where execution/fundamentals were missing for once.
Best part of the game: NO DOGPILE! That’s a pretty bold statement right there…
I admit, I haven’t seen any UNC baseball this year, but their resume is really not very impressive. They played and beat several bad teams, but lost to most of their quality opponents. Beating Stetson seems to be their biggest achievement, but Stetson also was a team that seemed a bit over ranked based on resume as well.
I keep seeing people say we had an easy street route to Omaha and UNC will be our first real test, but Minnesota had a much better resume(and improved as the season went on) than UNC, in my opinion.
Anybody here know much about this year’s Heels?
All I know about this year’s Tar Heels is that I hope they follow the same proud tradition of their past teams in losing to the Beavers in Omaha :-)
I haven’t looked at UNC much. Who else do we get on our side? I know the winner of CSF and UW is one.
I think there’s enough talent on any given team once they make it to Omaha that anyone can get hot and win it all. We already know there’s enough talent for anyone to take advantage of a vindictive strike zone.
Easy Street? Hmm, Beavos beat Washington, UCLA, Stanford, Minnesota, Fullerton, LSU.
Minnesota gave them a good test as a lead in to Omaha. Once there, it will take more of the same grit…of course Greg Street staying home would be nice too.
And don’t forget ESPN using high def cameras to explain how to steal our signs.
Watched post-game interview with John Anderson and Micah Coffey. Classy guys. I understand BG’s conflict. Anyone else notice Minnesota has an assistant coach named Patrick Casey. John Anderson re: Luke – he’s a pro pitcher. If only.
OT…Got a call this morning at 6…my buddy’s float plane didn’t make it back to town last night…ceiling too low to search today. If he’s alive he’s got to survive another day. A lot of scenarios possible, few of them good.
Wow, I’m sorry…usually people who fly those things have incredible bush skills, so there’s hope.
Sorry to hear this GWH. Any progress on the search?
From the news this morning they found the plane last night and the outcome is not good news.
Yeah my brother had been working with the troopers and USCG. He’d pulled his gps from is 185 that had all of his flight slug trails…they used that to zero in. They didn’t let anyone know they’d found him until this morning.
I am sorry to hear this and for the loss of your friend. Condolences to your family and his.
Well shit. Sorry to hear this GWH
Yeah we are pretty devastated….my dad, brother and niece were flying with him earlier in the day. Everyone is pretty numb right now.
Any idea on the cause of the accident yet?
No. Of course we are all speculating. He’s such a careful pilot, that it’s a bit shocking. Airplanes don’t just fall out of the sky, and it’s usually operator error. We’re hoping it wasn’t. He went down in a place where you can almost count on seeing brown bears, so it’s likely he banked over to show his passenger. If he stalled and didn’t have the altitude to regain air speed…ugh. It’s hard even speculating.
This is the same guy that survived a night in the ocean clinging to a tote lid. Search for “Stonie Huffman.”
He seemed invincible.
Sorry, GWH. Awful stuff.
Is there a link to the story in the paper explaining what happened? Would like to read it. Condolences from AB if you need anything write me.
I highly doubt they know what happened yet but the NTSB will try and piece it together. Flying in Alaska is a way of life for them like driving is for everyone else. Many remote areas that aren’t accessible by road. So many crashes happen in the summer it’s mind boggling. Sometimes a cause is never found. In some cases the planes and their occupants are never found. Glad to hear they found GWH’s friend so that his family may have some closure.
http://juneauempire.com/local/news/2018-06-11/two-men-found-dead-after-plane-crashes-river-near-sitka
Football topic: why can’t we get a good qb in the 2019 class?
https://www.gazettetimes.com/sports/beavers-sports/baseball/commentary-heimlich-s-career-one-that-won-t-be-forgotten/article_cbeb37b2-4b58-5e06-9b25-cdcca92780c5.html
Disappointed in the writer, he seems to assume that Luke plead guilty only because he did what he was accused of. He should become more familiar with the information available on the topic of plea bargaining.
He said within the piece that he didn’t want to rehash that. He wanted to concentrate on the consequences of the backlash and the inability of those who would advocate for law and order and compassion to understand that they make their own arguments moot.
He’s essentially saying, “Hey! Some of us know only the facts that we had to go find, so we can’t make conclusions. If you want to conclude something on either side, that’s on you. But maybe you should look in the mirror when you tits attack you tats, and vice versa.
Well, that was a great game last night. Actually two well played games. My Goph’s aquited themselves quite well. You could sense the apprehension and Casey was pacing like a caged cat late in the game.If the ball Coffey smoked in down the first base line in the 7th was a few inches to the left……..? .Imagine if Madrigal’s base running error cost them the game? He never screws up.
Remarkably, I was not that conflicted. I wanted a well played series and Beavs going to Omaha.
Wish granted. I talked to coach Anderson in the airport and you could sense the sadness. Not his usual upbeat self. I feel bad for him. I did find out from from him that there will be a rodent rematch next year in Surprise, AZ.
Goss was awesome. College Fenway. What a great venue. Last game I watched there it was aluminum bleachers and a chain link fence you could hop over.
How about the the two frosh pitchers? Those two are going to fun to watch the next two years. Think how good Meyer will be when he hits puberty!
Congrats to both teams for great seasons and a fantastic, well played Super Regional.
Go Beavs and finish this!
Meyer reminded me of a right handed Kevin Gunderson. Small in stature but needs a wheelbarrow to carry his sack. Filthy stuff.
“I talked to coach Anderson in the airport and you could sense the sadness. Not his usual upbeat self.”
He has nothing to be sad about, he has a young team with lots of talent. Hell, any other regional and they would be in the CWS in a sweep. They are better then most of the teams playing this weekend except the beavs.
Holy shit the huskies are coogin it with 2 outs in the 9th
Puppies are cougin’ it.
Dogs win
Wow, Fullerton choked that game away. Liner goes off the 2nd baseman’s glove for a hit (it would’ve been a tough play). A throwing error from pitcher to first allows the tying run to go from first to third. A routine grounder to the SS that he booted. Could be wrong but I think they committed four errors in the bottom of the 10th. Sac fly ends it and the Leg Humpers are off to Omaha.
Only team in the Pac never to have been to the CWS. Crazy.
When has Utah or the ducks been to the CWS????
At some point they made it. I dunno? I’ve heard that repeated all weekend by the announcers. Is it incorrect?
Utah made it in 1951 and Oregon 1954. So ancient history, but they both have appeared.
I think Fullerton is the better team but it looks better for the Pac12.
I’ve said it before, but it bears repeating, Fuck Meggs.
Bracket 2 for the CWS is set. Beavs/North Carolina and Washington/Mississippi St. All 4 Super regionals for bracket 1 are going to a decisive game 3 on Monday.
I had heard on the radio on Friday I think that if the Beavs advanced to the CWS and played UNC that game would be on Father’s day but that doesn’t make sense to me. It makes more sense for bracket 2 to open the CWS on Saturday and bracket 1 plays on Sunday. It would give all teams closer to the same amount of rest before the CWS. If bracket 1 plays on Saturday those teams would only have 4 days off until the CWS. For this reason I think the beavs will play on Saturday. Start times I believe will be noon and 5pm pacific. The guess here is 5pm Saturday as OSU/UNC is a sexier matchup than UW/Miss St imo.
I like our chances in that group of four, but definitely need to win game1 vs UNC.
Also nice to get the Saturday schedule in my opinion. Take care of business and then scout the other bracket.
Shit I hope they play Sunday because commencement is on Saturday and I’m driving out there…
shows what I know
Last tidbit for the night………………
In the 5 postseason regional and super regional games at Goss, the Beavs outscored the competition 49-8
Max Meyer reminds me a little of the pitcher Whitt Bass from Angels in the Outfield Disney movie.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jy_5VbIjSdQ
Quote from coach Anderson this morning in the Minneapolis paper. “Heimlich is perhaps the best left hander I’ve seen.” Keep in mind he has been coaching here 37 years.
Greg street fucking up calls during Texas tech/Duke game.
Texas and Texas Tech to the CWS
Yuk.
Former Beaver closer, Mitch Hickey, went 7-3 as a starter for UCSD this year and was drafted in the 28th round by the Mets. Number of elite pitchers at OSU led to him transferring.
http://www.morganhilltimes.com/sports/hickey-can-t-wait-to-start-pro-baseball-career/article_07978974-6dca-11e8-a5a2-a311fc2b595e.html
Beavs/UNC at noon on Saturday
https://twitter.com/BeaverBaseball/status/1006373777066766336
99 for the high. Should be like a sauna with the normal humidity.