Well, somehow the Pat Casey Head Baseball coach has gotten the Beavs into the PAC Tourney. What of it? A chance to rebuild momentum? A historical opportunity to win another banner? A possible 6th game vs quacks?
The tourney schedule is linked below, who do you want to see matched against the Beavs? What should the rotation and overall strategy be? Who should be given AB’s to get ready for the NCAA’s?
GO BEAVS! (leave the black jerseys at home)
https://pac-12.com/baseball/tournament
At this point I’d like to see them go for it, as long as they can keep there starter on regular rest for the regional. I don’t think they are a lock to be a national seed if they lose to Washington
Black unis always seem like bad luck in the tournament
Yes. Leave the black jerseys at home please
break out the greys
grinder grays
Also WSN’s favorite online dating site -)
Lol.
As Greg Giraldo said it…..
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=YIOa4RtQA2M
I am third.
You medaled!
He would have gotten away with it if it wasn’t for those meddling kids!
Football single game home tickets just went on sale this morning. Might be a good idea to jump on them early with the reduced seating this year. I picked up 4 pretty good USC seats, don’t even know if the date will work, but figured I can unload them pretty easily later if it won’t.
Anybody know when the Montana St game goes on sale?
Should be soon. Season ticket holders have bought their tickets. Once they allocate the tickets, then the rest should open up.
Learned that the Portland game vs Montana St will be sold exclusuvely via Seatgeek. Not on sale yet and no date known yet either.
Might get some “sellouts” if the Beavs win the first three games.
If they go 3-0 and don’t “sell out” 26K seats against a free agent-loaded USC team, that would be lame…
Surprisingly, the USC game was just priced as an average Pac12 game. I guess because we have Oregon at home too.
Also, only Civil War seats for sale were the club seating area.
I wonder if the student area is being reduced to make room for more paid seats? Would be too bad because the students are the only ones whoncam be counted on to bring energy to the stadium
Actually applied for season tickets and paid for the seats but still haven’t heard a peep from the ticket office. That place is all around not run like a business, more like a group of people trying to keep it all together with no clue.
Per Daschel in an article last week:
The Sept. 17 game vs. Montana State at Providence Park is not part of the season ticket package. But season ticket holders are currently able to purchase tickets for the game. Tickets will go on sale to the general public June 3.
So championship game is winner take all even if one or both of the teams haven’t lost yet?
It’s double elim for two pools of 4 teams and the winners of the pools play for the title in a winner take all.
Makes sense, so basically the same as the regionals/supers but the supers is one game instead of best if 3
From Bill at the last of the previous thread:
“Sort of off topic. Two candidates to become the next president of OSU are on campus today. Both are dean’s at other schools, haven’t been president’s before. No experience with dealing with athletic departments.”
Contest to out woke the other?
I thought Ed Ray was a great President for the University and did wonders to expand OSU’s Academic footprint in the State and garner National and International recognition in certain Academic fields. With that being said, he could have cared less about the Athletic Department and left that up to the Athletic Director. While ultimately the Academic side of the University should always come first, I think F. King Alexander would have paid more attention and helped the Athletic side more. He really got the shaft and I think would have made a great all round President for OSU. Unfortunately, I don’t think we will be getting a President of Ray’s or Alexander’s experience or caliber. Scott Barnes will still have to steer the Athletic Department. Barnes has surprised me though. He still comes across as a used car salesman and I truly didn’t think he’d stick around this long but he has gotten the expansion of Reser done and a number of other lesser projects. GO BEAVS!!
After watching Barnes interview on blowing up Reser I wouldn’t be shocked if he either started more renovation projects or moved on to be ceo of a demolition company. He really really enjoyed pushing that button
My theory as to why baseball has more superstitions surrounding it is because of the slow pace and dead time during games. The brain starts to wander about odd things like how socks carry magical powers that influence the game.
It’s an exacting game where pretty much everything matters. Humans are built to break complex things down into simple ideas and to find patterns. Superstitions in baseball and all sports are exactly that. Get 3 hits when you do the same thing each time or wear a lucky jock, now it’s a part of getting hits.
Any Better Call Saul watchers here?
Quite the mid-season finale tonight.
Just sitting down to watch it on the dvr. Don’t spoil it!
Breaking Bad was without a doubt the best show I’ve ever watched. This show is up there too.
Whoa. Didn’t see that one coming. Gotta wait 6 weeks until the last 6 episodes start.
Just watch season five episode one. Yeah it’s a great show.
Not a fan of the whole split finale season thing, but they’ve done a great job of building up these last 6 episodes. Gonna be a long 6 weeks.
the super regional for the Lady Beavs dates and times (except for game 3 if neccessary) have been set
Game 1: Oregon State vs. Stanford, 7:30 p.m. PT Friday (May 27) on ESPNU
Game 2: Oregon State vs. Stanford, 3 p.m. PT Saturday (May 28) on ESPNU
Game 3: Sunday, May 29, if necessary
https://pac-12.com/article/2022/05/23/super-regionals-schedule-announced-all-5-pac-12-teams-left-2022-ncaa-softball
Beavs are offering quite a few 2023 guys from Texas the last couple of days. Wonder if this is the Robert Cole Moore connection (new recruiting coordinator we hired away from U.Texas recently to replace Yray)
Won’t see Hjerpe the first game. More than likely Hunter will start and the mid-level pitchers from bullpen will pitch later innings. This will save better pitchers for later games. Unless we get in trouble the first game.
Hitters…. who knows… Team has 3 or 4 consistent hitters, after that very sporadic. Depends on who shows up.
Leg humpers website lists the starter as Jaren Hunter.
Was Engman the husky pitcher the Beavs struggled against?
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=YIOa4RtQA2M
Oh FFS. Wrong link
https://gohuskies.com/news/2022/5/23/baseball-pac-12-tournament-starts-wednesday-as-huskies-battle-beavers-in-the-desert.aspx
Looks like huskies are starting their Friday guy.
After Hunter, I think Mitch plays to win. Top bullpen guys will go unless its a blowout. Then hope Hjerpe can go deep in the next game.
Ferrer should be the first guy out of the bullpen after Hunter. Just keep it close until then.
Totally. It also makes sense for rest. If Ferrer does relief day one he can likely help later too. Guys an amazingly versatile.
Raeth is their best by a good margin by the numbers and eye test.
I like the idea of having Pfennigs start the championship game or in a game 4 elimination.
That was him. Not Engman. Couldn’t remember who it was the Beavs struggled against.
https://admin.osubeavers.com/news/2022/5/24/baseball-jacob-melton-named-pac-12-player-of-the-year-eight-beavers-named-first-team.aspx
Well deserved all conf honors
Congrats to Jacob and well deserved. But how the fuck was Forrester a first teamer and Justin Boyd honorable mention? Boyd left off the first team is a slap in the face.
I’m not convinced Logan should be a first team selection either. The rest of it I agree with.
Maybe it will convince him to stay and prove them all wrong…please?
A surprise to me but Hjerpe does not win pac12 pitcher of the year.
Williams from Stanford wins it. Based on conf stats, he earned it.
Stanford nearly sweeps all individual accolades. Pitcher of the year, freshman of the year, defensive player of the year and coach of the year.
They out athleted the rest of the conference
“We hadn’t gone through any adversity all season,” assistant coach Darwin Barney said. “This will be good for us. The guys will learn from it.”
As quoted by Eggers, this too:
“Garret flew out deep, went in and had a peanut butter-and-jelly sandwich, and then he hit the next one out,” Canham said with a smile. “He’s squaring up balls. He’s getting good pitches to hit and taking good passes at them.”
https://www.kerryeggers.com/stories/postseason-starts-wednesday-for-beavers-who-made-the-regular-season-a-special-one
So we have scientific proof that if he eats a peanut butter and jelly sandwich he will hit a home run! Why would he not eat a peanut butter and jelly sandwich before each at bat.
Angry: June issue of Fine Wood Working has an article on carving a wooden spoon.
That centerfold is going to win Wood of the Year. Calling it now
Are you saying you wanna spoon with the centerfold?
Nice! I just made a 3rd guitar. It’s freaking amazing.
Acoustic? Electric? HollowBody?
Latest Wood and Steel discusses various species of acacia for acoustics.
I built a Strat. I’m not even a Strat guy, but I wanted to revisit one built to my own specs. I really like it!
Aiden childs picks up more offers. Beavs leading the pack again in offering someone then bringing in the others. Cal, Oregon, UW, WSU, Kansas State offered recently too. Hope we have a few back-up options in the back pocket.
Recruiting isn’t even worth watching anymore until the last 2 months before signing day. It used to be fun, now it’s just another version of watching us lose.
Haha, this is so true. Even the last 2 weeks are going to be filled with L’s and then we’ll flip some kid from Colorado School of Mines and look for ways to call it a W.
Colorado School of Mines won all but one of their conference games and two championship games for. CSM won mostly by lopsided scores and mostly over schools you’ve never heard of; lost a close one to Valdosta State (Georgia) in the playoffs. Maybe there is a hidden gem there!
I see what you did there. Hidden gem indeed!
Pretty sure he is the backup option after Dorman
Well that is more than likely true. Guess we need a backup to the backup option.
Just waiting for a school to give him an NIL deal and we will finish 4th place in his recruiting. Maybe we can make his top 5 or something cool like that.
Arizona drops Oregon into the losers bracket with an 8-6 win.
Well that’s really a shame…
Need another west coast team to host to avoid Gonzaga in the regional. Either Oregon wins a couple more or Gonzaga wins their conf tourney.
Stanford started one of their backups today on the mound. Wonder if they will play to win today.
Couple errors allows ASU to get on the board first. 1-0 in the 5th
Got a big JC OLineman on campus for an official visit currently.
6’4 & 320 lbs Andrew Johnson. I think he’ll be available this season wherever he ends up.
https://twitter.com/SDmesafootball/status/1529537491447029761?s=20&t=8iCR8k5-xH7dd0bhZ3iXAg
Stanford scores 5 unanswered to beat Sparky 6-3.
No Bazzana in the lineup tonight. Didn’t hear why.
Nm. Parker just said on the air Bazzana hurt his wrist sliding against Ucla. Could be back by Saturday if the Beavs stick around. Should be good to go for the regional.
I remember that play he got up kind of shaking his wrist out
Bases loaded balk and a fielders choice. 2-0 good guys after 2. They’re making Engman work. Almost at 50 pitches already.
I am not real well versed in the balk rule. My only understanding is you have to step off the pitching rubber before making a throw to an occupied base. Bill? Can you explain what Engman did wrong there?
At least 3-4 years ago college baseball banned the fake to third and throw to first move. Think MLB did as well. If a pitcher steps off with a runner on third and moves toward third, they have to throw it or it’s a balk
Thanks. Did not know that
I’m not watching or listening. Just following online. What happened?
Engman moved towards 3rd and then faked a throw to 3rd.
BTW, I forgot to mention I found this last week on the rule changes for 2021 and came across this…
“An illegal pitch or quick pitch with the bases unoccupied cannot be made by the pitcher or else a penalty will be called.”
https://thebaseballguide.com/ncaa-baseball-pitching-rules/
So, I was wrong and you were correct on the Verburg pitch against Arizona
Looked like a double-play ball to me. Too bad.
On the error at 3rd?
Yes
The downside of Not playing Gretler and third.
Six left on base after three innings
Townsend comes in and can’t get anyone out either. 4-2 UW now
Do we ever shift defensively? Kinda weird we never do it when Mitch is a big analytics guy
FFS 6-2 now. Beavs brought their Arizona pitching back to the desert.
Not sure what the fuck the strategy is, but Townsend ahead in the count last three hitters and leaving way too many over the plate….
….Need to throw something outside of the strike zone and make the hitter chase it.
Wow…. Beavs getting rocked.
And they’re crapping down their leg this inning
Didn’t feel great about the Beavs chances in this one with Townsend as their main long option out of the pen. He is bad. Conference tournament format really isn’t all that beneficial for the top teams. Just hope they don’t blow through their arms trying to come back and win this tournament if they lose this game with regionals next week
I’m not conceding defeat. Yet. Other than 2 guys the huskies pitching is trash. This could end up like the Friday night game in Tucson.
However, UW is on fire and a confident team right now. So there is that.
Not conceding is a good move given that Dernedde is able to knock out the huskie starter with a leadoff double in the b4
Even Parker is brightening up.
Long way to go but the beavs haven’t exactly been playing super great these last 3 weeks.
Outside of Ferrer, Ryan Brown and maybe Verburg are there any other arms in the bullpen you’d trust?
I feel like Boisvert has pitched fairly well but I’ve only seen him a few times so perhaps I’m wrong. Definitely hasn’t had enough time this season so not sure I’d be going with high pressure situations. Sebby? Lattery? Not sure really…was mostly a strong suit of theirs for like the middle of the season but to start and the last 3 series they haven’t been great in general.
What’s happening with A J Lattery, looked good earlier.
Thought I heard Canham say on the pregame show he’d been hurt and they were bringing him back slowly?
Something along those lines. I was only half assed paying attention.
Sebby has been pretty good. It’s a pretty small group of trustworthy arms though. Carpenter either looks good or is a complete disaster. That’s why their 3 weekend starters have got to be good in the postseason cause bullpen options are limited
6-3 now. 1st and 3rd, nobody out. UW going to the bullpen again. At the very LEAST the Beavs need to get another run in this inning.
And now it’s tied. Forrester finally providing some pop. Only the second time this season they’ve overcome a 4+ run deficit
Peanut butter and jelly sandwich comes into play, 3 RBI HR for Forrester ties it
Brand new ballgame!
Forrester 3 run bomb and we are tied at 6
1st and 2nd. Still nobody out. Beavs have a chance to put up a crooked number this inning.
This is the best the lineup has looked in a long time. Not sure there has been a bad at-bat yet. They look pretty locked in. Showing some serious mental toughness to come right back
Bases loaded walk. 7-6 good guys. UW going to the pen for the 3rd time this inning.
Dernedde hits into a bases loaded double play. Disappointing but important to get back in this game and take the lead. Could be a lot of runs tonight.
Probably gonna take at least 10 runs to win this one.
Beavs need to have a lead late to avoid facing Raeth.
Right on cue. Washington scores on a 1 out double. 7-7. Hope we don’t use too many arms tonight.
I don’t know how often guys get asked to take 3-1 at this level but I was hoping he’d lay off that pitch
Yeah Wash pitchers struggling with walks, definitely take the pitch and put pressure on him with bases juiced. Did Washington a huge favor there.
A lot of fat pitches are being served up by Beav pitching tonight. Better than walks, but damn.
Our pitching blows
Ha…yeah, Washington bottom of order killing it.
Another 3-1 with Valasquez all over the place.
Come on Melton!
Nice! Melton ties it 8-8 with base hit.
Brand new ballgame!!
Raeth comes in b5 to try stop the bleeding. How long can he go?
This game is a microcosm of the entire season.
t6, 10-8 good guys, Ferrer comes on……….if he’s on let him go all the way.
That’s what she said…
Looks good so far.
Too bad Dukart swung at ball four.
Fuchs really just only provides the occasional walk. He’s really not bringing anything else with the bat. When Bazzana returns, he should not play. Trosky is pretty obviously better. He made the switch to Jake at third and come regionals, hopefully he makes the same switch with Trosky at DH.
You’re right, but still that 2 out single by Fuchs adds pressure to huskie arm, Duckart seals the deal with his third hit; now Trosky has a chance for a 2 out RBI…or more off of a new arm.
Kind a feel bad for UCLA and Cal having to wait another couple of hours to start their game – not really.
Ride Ferrer as long as possible. If he falters go to Ryan Brown.
Hopefully the Beavs can tack on a few more runs.
F you Meggs ! He’s out
Forrester finishes a P-B&J, comes up with Meckler on 1st, nobody out. b7
And……..BINGO, 2WP’s and a sac fly makes it 11-8 Beavs!
If Ferrer is hurt that’s a serious blow to postseason hopes. Hope he’s ok.
What did it look like? I missed the audio just saw him walking to the dugout.
Leg problem, slight limp.
All the fault of Miiiiitch.
Nice to see us finally “out athlete” a team to get back on the winning track.
Now Brown can’t throw strikes! WTF and now an error
Nails
Why is Melton out?
Casper pinch hitting for him.
Wasn’t Kasper inserted in the outfield t8?
Pulled up slow going to first
Miiiitch!
Both teams have just burned through their bullpens tonight. UW moreso. Parker said on the radio broadcast that Cal/UCLA cannot start after 10pm. Nit sure if that’s true or not but would benefit the Beavs if those teams would have to play 2 games tomorrow.
Can’t see how they would fit in 5 games tomorrow. Big benefit to the winner, play at night.
Apparently Cal and UCLA are still going to play tonight. If so they won’t end until after 1am.
To the 9th. 13-8 Beavs. Need 3 more outs
Impressed with Trosky. Waits his turn, gets out there and just grinds. Would like to see him play more.
Wasn’t easy and the Huskies were a tough out. 13-8 final. Another bizarre game in Arizona, but stay in the winners bracket.
That’ll do Beavs, that’ll do.
Maybe, hopefully, a tough out will be good for them going forward.
Meggs probably still thinks they won
He’ll lobby to keep the Beavs out of the NCAA tournament
What an ugly win but a win is a win. Hope Melton is ok and no other injuries.
Really need Hjerpe to go deep into the game tomorrow. I would say Verberg and Townsend would be available tomorrow. This would be for tourney experience, throwing back to back days. Even it’s for just a batter or two. Guys who haven’t done it before tend to struggle when they are asked to do so.
Agreed. Hjerpe needs to go at least 7 tomorrow night.
Melton got a cramp running to first. Took him out as a precaution.
Verburg picks up the win, that’s baseball………at least the third win this season in which he really didn’t perform like a winner. Not sure he is really back, hope to be proven wrong over the next few weeks.
Why is the Cal-Ucla game delayed?
Because the beavs game took 5 hours. The grounds crew needs time to prep the field between games and the teams have to warm up. That’s the reason for the 45 min break in between games.
Thanks
Gavin Logan man of the match. Two run double to take lead, HR, and tag-out at the plate. Nice day for him.
Yup, but lets not forget Boyd’s arm.
Beavs should absolutely be a national seed after tonight no matter what happens.
Hopefully Ferrer, Bazzana and Melton are ok.
If not. Lose and regroup for the regional.
RPI 2
SOS 13
If that isn’t the record of a national seed………….well what does it take?
I don’t see another 40+ game winner with a SOS better than 35
RPI 2
SOS 13
If that isn’t the record of a national seed………….well what does it take?
They don’t play in the SEC or ACC.
Texas A&M has worse stats and they’d be a national seed because they won their division in the SEC. How is it that 8-12 teams from a 14 team conference can make the tournament? Are they that good beating up on each other? Or is the deck stacked against everyone else???
Honestly, right now I’d like to see how the Huskies would fare against a middle of the road SEC or ACC team. Unfortunately, that won’t happen. Something does need to change.
Cal/UCLA first pitch at 10:10pm. Have fun with that. Advantage Beavs
As written after the Beavs fell behind 6-2. Beavs outscored them 11-2 after that.
whiskey soaked napkins
May 25, 2022 at 6:43 pm
Ignored
I’m not conceding defeat. Yet. Other than 2 guys the huskies pitching is trash. This could end up like the Friday night game in Tucson.
However, UW is on fire and a confident team right now. So there is that.
Cal/UCLA first pitch at 10:17pm west coast time
Yikes. What if their game goes 5 hours? Wonder if there is a time limit?
good! fuck em.
Scoreless after 2. Go Cal!
https://mobile.twitter.com/ShotgunSprD1/status/1529686344561135617?cxt=HHwWgsColYboxLoqAAAA
Update for ben and Jacob
Didn’t see anything about Jacob in there.
https://mobile.twitter.com/ShotgunSprD1/status/1529692147137384448?cxt=HHwWgMCg3ea5x7oqAAAA
Presser https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xET_BhAuB0s
Sounds like the injuries are likely heat cramps. So lots of fluids, bananas, and maybe some pregame ivs.
Or Bazzanas?
Bazzana would have no problems in this heat being from Australia. Maybe that’s why he dominated in Tuscon?
I think he just needs some Vegemite
I was chuckling because it looked like Logan didn’t even want to run the bases on his homer. Must be complete exhaustion catching in that heat.
Expect Smith behind the plate tonight
1-0 Cal after 3 innings
Solo bomb makes it 2-0 Cal. Hopefully they can keep it up. Would rather face them than UCLA again
3-0 Cal in the 5th as the clock strikes midnight.
4-0 Cal
4-0 Cal after 5 innings. I don’t get it. At all. UCLA looks like a completely different team than the one that won a series against the Beavs this past weekend.
That’s baseball. It’s just one game and anything can happen.
Assuming the injuries aren’t anything serious I think this was a solid win. UW was desperate and threw the kitchen sink at this game. Beavers were looking ahead and planning for the entire tourney. Only real bummer was running Browns pitch count up a little high but maybe he is good for one more outing in addition to the championship game should we make it that far.
FWIW:
D1 has Beavs hosting Gonzaga, Grand Canyon, and North Dakota State.
Stanford also hosts.
Also in their field: UCLA, Arizona, quack
Gonzaga and Grand Canyon are dangerous teams that I do not want to see in our region!
I think I’d rather see Beavs get screwed out of a national seed rather than get GCU and zags in same regional. That would be a brutal matchup.
Look on the bright side maybe you’ll get both!
Zags need to win their tourney to get that additional west coast host.
The Melton injury is a hamstring thing that apparently has been lingering per the linked tweet above in chat. If true, as much as you’d like to bring your best out there, perhaps sitting Melton might not be a bad thing? Even if they don’t win the tourney you’d think the rpi and schedule would still warrant them being a top 8 seed.
Conference tournament is proving to be a crappy idea.
Injuries to key players. Scheduling that has teams playing till 1:30am.
What are the positives that come from all of this?
Maybe Cal making the tournament if they stay hot? But that would likely come at the expense of lower seeding for the other Pac teams. Yay?
Besides, I guess TV money is the only point of these tournaments (even basketball) to give non-playoff teams one last chance to qualify? We Beav fans were the beneficiary in hoops two years ago, so sometimes there is a payoff, but for a lot of teams it seems pretty pointless and as others have said comes with risks.
Not sure how much TV revenue they’d get with all the games but the title game on pac12.
Right, they’re paying themselves to run Pac12 conference ads after midnight. Probably costs more just to keep the facilities open all day and pay people to staff everything.
And only around 2k people in the stands to watch games. A good chunk of that is family getting their tickets comped.
I’m not sure how they make money since most of the ads are pac12 related. I guess the fees from cable companies is significant enough to not need advertising dollars.
I think it means very few advertisers are willing to pay for advertising on the network, so they’re forced to play filler spots to fill those empty gaps.
So it’s even more pointless!
Benjamins, Baby!
Beavs game will probably get the super late start tonight. Winners get a valuable day off.
I think Mitch again will play to win tonight to get that day off. Hjerpe as long as he can go. Then Sebby and even brown to close out if needed.
Ok, this Oklahoma State slugger. Dude has hit some serious moon shots this year and just went to the upper deck at the Rangers’ stadium last night. The sound it made off the bat with the dome ceiling shut was loud. Lol.
Looking at their roster, I don’t see anybody with more than 13 HRs.
Here’s the one he hit yesterday. Has had a few that have left stadiums this year. Not sure if he’s been healthy all season or maybe he doesn’t hit a ton of them but the ones he does hit go into orbit.
https://twitter.com/OSUBaseball/status/1529838358054293505?t=K8Hnl4hL71KfI9k9IXBGvg&s=19
That was a breaking ball too. Yikes.
Cool Civil War highlight for the ignorant baseball fan!!!
ASU with a 2 run jack to take the lead against UO.
Good, I noticed how the announcers were still pumping Quack regional hosting during the Beavs game last night. Must be some announcer prerequisite to work Oregon into any P-12 game. I would think two and out would put that to rest.
Oregon not hosting sends Gonzaga to Corvallis if the zags don’t win their tourney.
I’m always up for seeing the Quacks fail. The Beavs should not fear Gonzaga.
Melton is okay according to joe beaver from mp
*show
Ducks eliminated. ASU wins 4-2
Quacks out of tourney with 4-2 loss
Game times for 4 Football games announced. First 3 and the Washington game. game vs UCKS moved to Saturday
https://osubeavers.com/news/2022/5/26/four-kick-times-announced-for-2022-football-season-game-vs-oregon-moves-to-saturday-nov-26.aspx
Yuck, more late games…
On one hand this will be nice since I’m usually out cycling all day in the summer, but…that’s about the only perk for me. Anyone else sick of all the late starts?
Hate the late start for home games. I wondered how they were going to do night games with half the lights gone this season. Must be bringing in temp lights.
Try being on Eastern time. It’s terrible.
I remember doing that when I lived in ET. Brutal! And then they’d lose, even more brutal!
Absolutely terrible start times. Even staying up to watch them at home will be a challenge.
Ucla didn’t start their Friday guy today or yesterday. They aren’t exactly super secure if they go two and out. If other conferences steal bids, UCLA might be bumped out.
Go leg humpers then
Been a wild game for sure. UCLA up 7-6, top of the 7th.
Both those teams are gonna be spent after being in the heat all day.
Maybe next time, use the diamondback stadium instead. Big12 is using the rangers park.
I had that thought as well. Have to coordinate it when the D bags are on the road.
Or rotate it. The Mariners, Giants and Dodgers all have mlb stadiums. Could even use AAA ball parks. Plenty of those on the west coast.
Rotate it from Seattle, Phoenix, LA and SF
This UCLA/UW game is only in the top of the 8th.
Doubtful that Stanford/Arizona first pitch will be at 4:45 as scheduled. That’s gonna push back the Beavs game further. Depending on how long they go, Beavs may be looking at a 9:30 start time. Or later.
Hope our boys slept in today, cause it’s gonna be a late night. Winner gets tomorrow off.
Positive is that it’ll be cooler. Players may not cramp up as much.
Trainers need to have the players drink a cup of Gatorade between innings. Keep them hydrated and prevent cramps. Once the cramps hit, they don’t go away.
The winner tonight will have an early afternoon start on Saturday. Yuck
Leg humpers peeing all over themselves. Now down 13-7. Bases loaded and Nobody out in the top of the 8th.
Pretty sure their pitching staff is shot between last night and today.
Two and Q for Nike U. ha, ha, ha, ha….
Ucla eliminates UW, 14-8 final. Stanford/UA first pitch at 5:20
Back to back solo blasts and Stanford with the early 2-0 on the ‘Cats after 2 innings.
There goes Stanford with the black jerseys in the heat — Williams struggling in the third inning.
‘Cats tie it up at 3
Stanford is legit
Just for fun, BetMGM has odds on CWS winner. Beavs +800, Tree +2200
I’d have ’em much closer, maybe +1400 for each.
Tree has hit 4 bombs in this game. Now lead 7-3. And they rocked Garrett Irvin.
Stanford today’s PAC-12 version of the ‘90s Atlanta Braves. Lots of league titles but disappears in the NCAA tournament. Would be nice to see Beavs and Cardinal in the CWS.
Stanford went to the cws last year. Which was their first since 2008. So your statement does have some merit.
Yeah it was a stretch comparison. The Cardinal don’t have the “magic” like the Beavs do — am I the only that thinks this, or am I comparing the programs with their own history too much?
Different year, different teams I get it, but Stanford will have a lot to prove me wrong….would be nice to see them eliminate a couple of SEC teams in the tournament.
For about a 10 year period until last year? I agree. They always seemed to flame out…..
2010 – 0-2 in Fullerton regional
2011 – won Fullerton regional, lost at UNC in supers
2012 – won Palo Alto regional, lost at FSU in supers bigly
2014 – won Bloomington regional. lost at Vandy in supers
2017 – Lost to Fullerton in Palo Alto regional
2018 – Lost to Fullerton in Palo Alto regional
2019 – won Palo Alto regional, lost at Mississippi St in supers
Since Stanford used to be the Indians, perhaps it’s a karma thing.
Tree blowing it open now. 13-4 in the 6th
I’m predicting 10:30pm start time.
I’m predicting Hjerpe will have 3 K’s by 10:30.
I’ll have three old fashions by 1030
Maybe the Ducks are crazy like a fox? Take the L’s head home to rest and regroup. This thing is turning into a shit show.
Seriously. Probably the smart route
There is a 10 run rule in effect for the tournament after the 7th inning.
They need a 4 hour rule
Lineup is posted: Logan goes again at C, Melton resting leg is DH, Fuchs in LF, Dukart/Trosky/Dernedde same as last night.
Good lord. Stanford with 15 runs on 21 hits!
The beavs are better than Cal in every statistical category except home runs and slugging %. Don’t give up the long ball tonight and they’ll win.
Need Hjerpe to go 6-7 innings.
Is the Pac12 tournament in Scottsdale next year?
Yes
“The Pac-12’s initial agreement with the City of Scottsdale runs through 2024.”
https://www.experiencescottsdale.com/event/pac-12-baseball-tournament/367491/
Thanks. Might have to plan a trip next year.
Mercifully the game finally ends. Stanford wins 15-8. Game ended at roughly 9:30. Beavs and Cal first pitch will be roughly 10:15.
Has it started
“only moments away”
Boyd starts it off with a single. Beavs visitors so things will have to move along if Cooper is to get those 3 K’s by 10:30.
It’s 10:30 and Hjerpe has 3 outs. No K’s though.
Dukart an E, Bears leave 2 in the b1
Trosky an outstanding play to end the b3, Bears strand another.
Warriors back in Finals. Will GP2 have luck o’ da beavers and miss the finals?
I wonder how many father/son combos have played in the finals?
That smile by Hjerpe. Lol. Dylan Beavers had already struck out about 6 pitches earlier.
Wasn’t a strike but probably a make up call. Take a seat Bubba.
Sac fly. 1-0 good guys top of the 4th.
Fuchs rocks………..sorta
And there’s the long ball they need to avoid. Tied at 1
Cal is fouling off a shit ton of pitches tonight. Hjerpe already at 74 pitches through 4 innings. Tied at 1
Cal batters really making Hjerpe work.
You wonder if they’ll let Hjerpe go longer tonight since he’ll get an extra day rest before regionals. 74 pitches through 4. Normal week he’d be on track for 5 maybe 6 innings with his pitch count up.
There we go! Boyd doubles off the wall. Meckler brings him in with a triple to the gap.
2-1 good guys, top of the 5th.
And Forrester drives in Meckler with a single to center.
Doing 2 out AND 2 strike damage.
3-1 Beavs
What is there to gain by overusing Hjerpe?
An extra day of rest?
Hjerpe been walking the tightrope all night. Gets out of a bases loaded jam but at 103 pitches through 5.
Gotta give credit to Cal. They’ve been battling and fouling off a fuck ton of pitches tonight.
Hjerpe fired up! Love it! “You wanna fu$!&$! talk”?
Hjerpe’s night is done. Reid Sebby in to pitch.
And gets 3 outs on 6 pitches.
3-1 good guys heading to the 7th.
Sebby with a 1-2-3 inning. Only 17 pitches. Does he have another inning in him?
3-1 Beavs after 7
Gotta piece together 6 outs. I’m nervous. 3-1 Beavs after 7-1/2
Fantastic job in relief by Sebby! 3 shut out, clean innings.
To the 9th, 3-1 Beavs
Here we go. Last of the 9th. 3-1 Beavs. Sebby gonna try and finish this.
Excellent job out of the bullpen by Reid Sebby. Player of the game. 4 shut out innings and only allowed 1 hit.
Beavs win 3-1 and get a well deserved day off.
That’ll do Beavs. That’ll do
Great! I fell asleep Beavs up 3-1 in 7th and woke up to shitty 12 best UNike football players on PAC-12 Northwest…..yuck!
Clutch!!!
YES! Was more worried about extras than a loss. Almost wonder if you call it “good” at this point and start mixing in some other players to give the starters more rest with at least two more games to play. Even playing at night, four games in four days in 90 degree heat will wear you down. Next game will start noonish, going to be brutal. Then a potential rubber match to get to the final on Sunday.
Beavs are in good shape to reach the title game. Still have Kmatz and Pfennings.
Ucla and Cal will have to play another game burning through arms.
No matter what happens Saturday and Sunday the Beavs have a national seed locked up.
Gotta wear the black unis in the midday heat to show how tough the Beavs are!
I got a confession to make… I didn’t watch any of that game. Looks like it was a good one.
First game I missed this year. Something about 10:15 midweek starts is just shit?
I say we start twittering to have Goss and PK host the tourney next year. Good weather, full stadiums, two parks so all games are prime time. All the money stays in conference.
Threat of rain delays probably won’t allow it, but 2 stadium model does make the most sense for this many teams.
They were saying on the broadcast last night the Big 10 tournament went even later, luke around 2:00am. Also they were playing at Charles Schwab Field in Omaha, which seems like a bit of an unfair advantage, giving their teams time to acclimate to that field before the world series starts.
Yeah, desert baseball makes sense in the spring. Too hot this time of year. Of course memorial weekend in the PNW can be hit or miss. San Diego is probably the best bet.
San Diego would be the best
2 stadiums and good weather or covers is a must if they actually want people to show up. I think you should also be hosting in a baseball city where people will go for fun.
San Diego, Bay Area, LA would all work. Scottsdale blows and in late May its death.
Well, I live here and it’s definitely starting to get a little warmer but as far as facilities go, there’s so many options for spring training facilities but I suppose it’s spendy to try and grab 2 of them vs utilizing 1.
Cats and Devils play at peak temperature today 103 deg. Brilliant. I guess better them than anyone else.
Very Pac12. It’s all about the kids, I’m sure.
These pac12 dumbbells can’t seem to get out of their own way.
One park, 100+ temps, >10pm start times, holy shit what a cluster.
Let’s be honest, I don’t think they would have to turn away many fans at any of the Pac-12 venues given the tournament attendance – biggest problem is hotel rooms for the teams.
Gp2 expected to be ready for game 1 of the nba finals. Sorry, back to baseball.
Don’t forget about the lady Beavs tonight. Play Stanford in the Supers!
https://www.espn.com/college-softball/game/_/gameId/401441313
Keep seeing Gonzaga projected as a #2 seed in the Corvalkis regional. That would blow. Wonder if OSU/Stanford’s outcome of the Pac12 tournament would flip flop their national seeding and affect where Gonzaga lands?
D1 has Gonzaga AND Grand Canyon in the Corvallis regional. That would be a brutal draw.
https://d1baseball.com/top-stories/2022-field-of-64-projections-may-27/
That would almost make it worth attending this gates of hell tournament. Having to abuse the roster and follow up with the zags would further show the idiocy of the pac ‘brain trust.’
If that happens and the Beavs make it through that gauntlet they should go all the way.
Brutal indeed. They need to send Grand Canyon to a Texas school regional at least for the sake of variety as GC has already played OSU, ASU, UA, and Stanford and a large number of West Coast teams (UC Irvine, San Diego, Cal State) w a 5-4 record against the PAC. Texas would be much shorter distance to travel for the kids — isn’t it all about the kids and needing time to focus on their studies?
The committee tries to keep teams from traveling too far for regionals. So if there is no other host on the west coast, someone gets stuck with Gonzaga.
But if beavs take the title over Stanford, it probably would flip the seeds but maybe not where the zags go. But if they do take their tourney title and aren’t hosts, it’ll be hard to justify sending them to Corvallis or Palo alto.
Beavs as the 2 seed have always had to travel. Not sure why Gonzaga gets special treatment?
Typical biased slim-pickings granted to the West from the committee.
They have an old nun.
Gonzaga/San Diego at 3:30 today. Winner is in the title game.
Would also like to see Grand Canyon win their conference tournament. Maybe move them up to a 2 seed instead of a 3 and send them to some other regional.
If both those teams do wind up in Corvallis the good news is they’d have to face each other first. There’s a good chance one of them would eliminate the other.
Another big game to watch tonight is Virginia tech vs north Carolina. Winner advances to the acc semi finals. Loser is done in the acc tourney.
If the Beavs advance to the finals and v tech loses tonight, they’ll pass VTech in the national seeds.
Gotta love this time of year right? Even though these tournaments are horseshit, might as well accept it and enjoy more baseball. I’ll be glued to all of these games tonight!
The Sunday final is THE final right, regardless of the number of losses? So even if Stanford plays the Beavs and both teams are undefeated, it’s only one game?
Yes
Arizona eliminates ASU, 8-6 final.
I have some tragic family news to share. One of my cousins has committed to play for the Ducks.
Please respect my family’s privacy as we seek healing and navigate this difficult situation.
~GWH
Lol. What sport?
Football
Oh well done!
Family is full of studs. Older sister was a 4 years starter for Arizona volleyball, and his younger brother is 15, probably 6’-6” and has been dunking a ball for 2 years. And they’re the best, most humble, kind people.
He’d have been a great Beaver.
Anyone have a stream link for lady Beavs tonight?
Zags lose to San Diego 5-3. They’ll have to come through the losers bracket.
Cal with an early 2-1 lead over ucla
Gonzaga now has to turn around and play Portland in am elimination game tonight. Winner will play San Diego tomorrow for the WCC championship but will have to beat them twice.
Lady’s up 3-0.
Softball is up 3-0 already. Stanford is batting in the bottom of the second.
OT- My oldest son signed an LOI/scholarship to play soccer for Clark College in Vancouver, WA. Never thought I would have a college athlete in the family. It will be interesting to see if he makes it to a four-year school. I don’t have to worry about him becoming a Duck unless they “suddenly” decide to add soccer based on the Beav Men’s success.
Congrats… When you consider the 1000’s of little kids that start any sport at 5 or 6, the number that make it all the way to any level of college is remarkably low. Assume you will be able to attend most of his matches in the fall.
Thanks, PBH. Yup, especially the Saturday matches. He was on the road to receiving an offer from a 4 year NAIA school but at 21k a year tuition and him not being sure what he wants to pursue educationally, he decided JC was the best place to start. The ironic thing is that he’s getting a better financial package at JC!
SEC tourney going deep into the night. 11:10pm first pitch for Tennessee
VTech loses, opens door for the 2 seed
Cal up 7-5 in the 5th now. I think we’d rather face the Bears again considering,
Max Rajcic has not pitched yet in the tournament. Guarantee he would start tomorrow against the Beavs. Their Saturday starter Ethan Flanigan started against UW yesterday and went 4-2/3 innings throwing 76 pitches. Their Sunday starter Kelly Austin also pitched against UW going 1-1/3 innings throwing 19 pitches. He also started tonight’s game and went 3-1/3 innings throwing 58 pitches. He likely won’t be available tomorrow.
They would def start Rajcic in a game 1 and piece together a 2nd game. We have Kmatz and Pfennings on a weeks rest for 2 potential games tomorrow. Cal does not have the pitching depth of UCLA.
Agree? No? Thoughts?
Softball up 3-1, 2 innings left.
Check out this crazy sequence.
https://twitter.com/StanfordSball/status/1530391915471859712?t=DNRwK-ouWCqMLb8tlfC4iA&s=19
Bad base running by the lead runner first and then the trail runner.
Lead runner got caught being aggressive. Smart play by the Stanford ss. Trail runner did what she was supposed to at first. If lead runner in a pickle, advance as far as you can bc most likely they will be out. Then trail runner got dumb and left to go back to second. If she stayed on the bag, only one runner would have been out.
All of this just says, where is the third base coach?
Still 3-1 Soft Beavs. 3 outs left
UCLA ties it up at 7 in the 8th
Ladies take the first game vs Stanford 3-1. One win away from the WCWS!
Mazon was dominant. Pretty impressive pitching
No days off for pitchers in softball, they can ride that arm every game.
Softball….the team that wins game one, has a 87% of winning series
well they have now beaten Stanford 3 out of 4 games all in their park this year. They should be a confident bunch
Really wouldn’t mind if this Ca-UCLA game goes deep into extras.
Lol! I was just thinking the same. I hope they play 17 innings and the game doesn’t end until 2am
This Palmer guy on UCLA is Meckler’s doppelgänger! I swear with glasses and stache….even bats left LOL
UCLA/Cal headed to extras.
Welp, UCLA it will be tomorrow. Bruins outlast the Bears 9-7 in 10 innings.
Please, for the love of God, don’t wear the black uniforms
Gonzaga eliminates Portland. They will face San Diego tomorrow for the WCC championship but will have to beat them twice.
And Grand Canyon loses to Abilene Christian. They’ll play again tomorrow with the winner advancing to the WAC championship.
https://d1baseball.com/postseason/2022-field-of-64-projections-may-28/
No change in the projection today but the door is still wide open to move up a slot or two. Being the 2 or 3 seed would mean they’d be on the opposite side of the bracket from Tennessee.
I don’t think the Zags will host even if they win out now. The RPI just isn’t there. Needs a lot of help.
These teams need to lose to help a zags bid.
LSU, Georgia Southern, Oklahoma St, Texas Tech, and others who are on the hosting bubble.
Here’s the ideal day today, it won’t happen but we can dream
Stanford loses the first game to Arizona in extras. Second game also goes to extras but Stanford wins.
Beavs beat UCLA in one game.
So far it’s a decent possibility, with Arizona up slightly on Stanford
Furd up 5-2 and still batting, bottom 8
Cats make it interesting and had the tying run in scoring position but Stanford holds on 5-4. They’re in the title game.
Pfennings starting instead of Kmatz. Bazzana back in lineup. Any word on Ferrer?
UCLA has not posted their lineup online but according to someone on twitter it is James Hepp getting the start today and not Max Rajcic. Unless they’re sandbagging.
Hepp has pitched all of 4 innings in May and has an ERA of 9.00
Yep. James Hepp on the bump for Ucla. Freshman with only 4 innings total this season.
Punish this kid, Beavs.
The twins are at first!
No longer on first. Thanks Forrester!
Forrester 2-run bomb. Beavs with the early 2-0 lead
At least they’re not in black…Grinder grays, let’s go
Pfennings not gonna last long. Terrible start.
2-1 Beavs, bases loaded, not outs
I will never understand why they keep throwing anywhere close over the plate when ahead in the count….makes no sense!
Pfennings giving runs right back.
Pfennings needs to go.
Good lord. Jekyll and Hyde pitching
Is the P-12 Network truly unable to sell normal advertising space? I’ve managed and owned various businesses for over 30, I have no idea how they make any money? I’m now assuming they don’t.
If they sold ads how would they remind everyone how woke they are?
Terrrrible!
Steal attept didnt even have a chance. And then they end up walking us anyway.
Fuchs has killed us. He swings and misses to much. He just swung at ball 4. I cant believe we cant put someone else in that produces
more than Fuchs.
Trosky please!!!
Last two hits, the count 1-2….
Man what is with the pitching? The last several games no one has looked sharp.
4 bases loaded walks = 4 unearned runs. FFS. Look I get that they’ll have another shot at it this evening if they can’t come back, but Boisvert and Lawson as the first two out of the ‘pen? Neither have been anything to write home about this year.
Who would start the 2nd game???
This team is going to go 0-2 in the regional if the pitching doesn’t improve significantly from not just today, but the past few weeks. They don’t have the offensive firepower top-to-bottom for me to believe they can rely on outscoring every opponent.
reckon at this point you just pitch the end of the bullpen
I don’t get playing Melton.
This ump is so inconsistent — seeing a lot of good pitches called balls for both teams. Wouldn’t be surprised if this game ended with 25-30 runs scored.
TROSKY not Fuchs!!!!!!
Your nightmare scenario. Finally get a bases loaded situation, but with 2 out and Fuchs up on a new pitcher….well….it was nice to get the 1 run back.
Alright alright alright. Redemption by Fuchs. Bases clearing double.
For Fuchs sake!
Well I guess he showed me. FUCHS is the man. This time
Fuchs! Feel like every good championship team has some sun .200 hitter that drives in 8 runs in Omaha.
Ah ye of little faith haha
…and commentators wondering why UCLA is pitching anywhere close to the strike zone against Fuchs….will take it! My goodness dumb pitching strategy on both sides of the ball right now.
Jesus Christ!!!….and another 1-2 hit given up.
I’m sorry but Lawson is fucking terrible. There’s a reason why he’s pitched very little this season.
There’s a long way to go and this game is not over. At least give yourself a chance to stay in it.
I think if you can get something out of him from here you ride it… short short leash though.
Nope. Lattery coming in. See if he can fare any better. Probably the only off limits pitchers in this game are Hjerpe, Kmatz, Ferrer and Sebby. Unless you get to the late innings with a lead. I’d rather have tomorrow’s plan as Kmatz then Ferrer. Gotta get to tomorrow first.
This game is dragggggiiinnngg on, at this rate it may not end until 8 pm…
Calling it now….14-13 Beavs!
Well, at least their pitching sucks too?!
Another base clearimg 3 run double with 2 outs. Logan this time.
Nice
Beavs not getting any of these close ones
Beaver women up 2-0
This might be the shittiest Beav pitching I’ve ever seen.
….this umpire sucks too, so there’s that!
Did I mention this umpire?
Forrester 3 run bomb. #2 on the day
13-8 Beavs
Wild game, beavs will need to hang on for dear life. Might take 20 runs to win.
no kidding. I don’t think this game is over by any means. Just keep your foot on the gas
Melton doubles followed by Logan RBI double. UCLA bullpen must be shot.
14-8
Nice to “out athlete” our way to the lead and overcome the chronic horrible coaching.
Especially from the mound, huh?
When it was 7-2 I figured there’d be another game today. Impressive the team not only came back but imposed their will.
Gotta hand it to both Forrester AND Gretler to get the little guy at third to end the b5, 14-10 Beavs.
Beavs have em loaded with one out in the top if the 6th. And Forrester coming up
Melton scaring me
Huh?
Thought he showed heart to beat out that RBI single in the b6.
17-10 Beavs, b6
Since UCLA was ahead 7-2 after 2 innings, the Beavs have outscored the Bruins 15-3
Mazon comes in with bases loaded with one out, strikes the next 2, wow
On 6 pitches
On 6 pitches, Dominant
Good gals up 2-0 top 6
Could get pretty ugly at the end. Beavs have to ride someone out in case they play again today.
This games so long my tv just asked if I am still here
Softball 3 outs away
Done
Congrats to the ladies! WCWS bound
“”It’s amazing,” Berg said in a pre-Supers interview. “They talk about the bad apple ruining the bunch, it really is true. You get rid of the negative people and bring in a good group of young kids who really wanted to change the culture, and that was one of the things that they said.
“We sat down September 15, when we’re allowed to start and said, ‘This is what we want.’ And I said, ‘Okay, then what is the culture? I have my idea what it is and what I think it should be, what are your ideas? And we just sat down there and we talked about it. I remember it being in our hitting facility and it being a really long conversation about this is what it’s going to look like and you have to hold each other accountable to it. Because you can talk it, but if you don’t live by it, it’s not going to mean anything.”
So who was the negative influence that got shown the door?
Quite a few players it seems as she ended last year with only 7 players on the team. Added 2 transfers and the rest freshman. Glad Hammoude and Mazon stayed.
Maybe Berg should chat with WT at the end of the year?
“Maybe Berg should chat with WT at the end of the year?”
No shit. Might learn something about team chemistry
Softball wins, as soon as mazon came, Furds hitters seemed to just give up…intimidated
Gretler 2 RBI single, smart move by Miiiitch to bring him in to help out athlete the Bruins.
19-10 Good Guys, on to the b8
Chinless wonder comes on, can he get 4 outs before giving up 6 runs?………….piece-o-cake
Gets a bit more cushion but is it enough? That poor UCLA reliever was a sacrificial lamb.
Half surprised Pfennigs got the start today, probably means they are switching him to be the #2 guy and Kmatz #3.
Interesting by doing that, they are asking Kmatz to pitch in clinching games or to keep from getting eliminated.
Have your 2 best starters pitch the first 2 games. I think I’d wait until I saw the regional field to make that decision.
Pfennigs recent performance’s may show that Kmatz is the better choice to pitch as #3 with the attendant pressure.
Duly noted. He did pitch well last weekend. Didn’t have it today for sure
Gretler E and a WP by Carpenter; trying to make this harder than it should be, just “pitch to contact”!!!
E, HBP. Wouldn’t be a normal inning without the bases juiced. Sheesh!
Is this game ever going to end?
I think at this point you better get Ryan Brown warming up. Please don’t blow this
Well there would be a game two….when someone out of the stands will have to pitch.
If this goes to a 2nd game you have to start Kmatz. No other option really
Errors up and pitching is baaaaad. Regression? Or just a bunch of third and fourth stringers going at it?!?!? Stanford gonna tee off tomorrow.
This is a bad idea bringing in Victor Quinn. FOUR of his warm up pitches went to the backstop
….and he can’t buy a strike with this horrible umpire! At least two of those pitches looked good.
Ryan Brown coming in
I’m more and more impressed with Forrester as a team leader. Just watching his conduct at mound meetings and his interaction with the pitcher at the end of an inning is impressive.
Yeah, dude doesn’t get overly excited, just goes out there and continues to be a very hard out. He was slumping big time at the beginning of the year, and probably seeing the best out of all the hitters right now.
DJ Carpenter is so bad. Ferrer, Brown and Sebby are the only reliable relievers right now. Lattery once he shakes off the rust too but Carpenter and Verburg just look like they belong nowhere near a regional right now.
That last walk was ridiculous right now though. At least 3 of the 4 pitches caught a lot of the plate. Ump changing his strike zone in the 9th is very cool
Good fucking christ…absurd.
Pure unadulterated choke artistry.
This is looking like an all time choke job. Truly unbelievable that UCLA has a chance to tie this
THE WORST STRIKE ZONE (or lack thereof) IVE EVER WITNESSED, EVER!!!!!
You never saw me call a little league game
And tied, with Logan down…great
Wow
I cannot fucking believe what I’m witnessing. You can’t hold a 9 run lead and get 3 outs you don’t deserve to win
Holy shit. Epic meltdown. Pitching is…not great. Great job Dorman!
Unbelievably non-competitive pitching. Double clutched, bad throw. Logan hurt. Good Lord, you can’t make this shit up.
I honestly say they ought to just bag this piece of shit of a tournament and forfeit. Between the heat, game times, absurd umpires, and players getting hurt….fucking just leave now!!!
When there are only playoff teams left its sort of pointless.
Mazon available?
At least a pitcher who throws strikes and moves the game along.
The chances of blowing a 9 run lead in the 9th is damn near impossible but they did it. Pitchers and Dorman can walk back to Corvallis after this tournament is over
It’s not all on them, this umpire’s strike zone is right down the middle of the plate, the size of a dime about 1 inch above the knees. If you try to paint the corners, you get nothing. Sure the Beavs benefited but this fucking game is the worst I have ever seen. You can tell when a dozen batters on either team pause after a normal would be strike, but realize it is a called ball. This umpire has had a horrible night, along with the pitchers on both teams.
I don’t know if you are watching the P-12 broadcast, but the analyst was starting the question the umpiring a few innings back and Roxy Bernstein started defending him, saying he is regarded as one of the best umpires in all of college baseball.
We had a head FB coach who was also regarded as one of the best; nice guy, rode a bike.
Free baseball!!!
Well there go all the good pitching stats.
Playing for one run with this pitching? Is Canham watching the same game we are?
Maybe say fuck it and bring in Ferrer? What else can they do at this point? He’s been the most reliable reliever all year
Nope, still going with Brown and his hanging slider.
No one has really pitched well today. At this point I don’t think it matters.
3-4-5 batters due up for Bruins in b10, 22-21 Beavs
That field is rock hard. Unless the ball is hit right to the infielder, it’s getting through.
2nd and 3rd with nobody out. Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuck
Goodnight! Seen enough!
And a balk lol. Brutal
Not a balk but it doesn’t matter anyway.
That was inexcusable.
That’s not a balk! Fuck this umpire
For fuck sake
Wow, that’s about as bad as it gets. It will be interesting if they can come back in the second game.
Unreal. Well, we have a game 2 in 45 minutes
They just completely gave that game away. Gave up 13 runs and got 3 outs in the 9th and 10th
Complete choke job. Shows the mental weakness of this team.
Pitchers had been doing that step off the rubber and fake throw to 2nd the entire game. Please tell me there will be a different umpire behind home plate for game 2
He’ll move to third, can still screw things up in many scenarios.
The common denominator is that fucking horrible umpire. He let about 30-40 strikes go by as balls. Just the worst officiated home plate I have ever seen! Pfennigs had at least three pitches that would be strikes under 999 out of 1000 umpires calling it. Come guys, the pitching was bad, but this umpire forced the hand!
That game was hilariously dumb. For those pulling out their fire Mitch signs remember that Jon Savage played just as shit a game as coach. Should UCLA throw him out?
That was the dumbest game and the irony that Kmatz starts in 35 is so hilarious
UCLA has absolutely nobody left to pitch, so I’m confident the Beavs will go up big but with basically nobody reliable out of the pen, it’s gonna be hard to watch late
More revealing than dumb… 13 runs in last 2 innings. UCLA has played one additional game, too.
Game represents a HUGE red flag for Dorman’s ability to develop competent pitchers.
No, this is about 75% on the umpire. Come on man, look at the stats! Nobody hits that good, even with shitty pitching….the umpire forced his tiny strike zone on this game, 25-22 says it all!!!
Seriously, somehow 16 pitchers on both teams had a shitty day!!!!! Not likely!!!
No it doesn’t lol. It was a ridiculous game. Those players will likely ever be in something that dumb again. It’s an outlier not a trend in any way.
Per Bill an hour ago, …they are asking Kmatz to pitch in clinching games or to keep from getting eliminated.
So, do ya put him in that position in a half hour for the second game today? And deal with a possible game vs Tree tomorrow when tomorrow comes?
Whoever starts, they will be key; got to break Bruin momentum quickly. And, minimize use of BP.
Beavs home team for second game at 7:25pm…….put on the coffee (and whatever additives you prefer).
Pat Casey will be needing a new high def television tomorrow.
What a fucking shit show of a meltdown under an absolute implosion of an embarrassment.
I’m going to say it’ll be a 2-1 game.
I was in the pool here in AZ periodically checking the score. Wtf? Lol. Wow. Guess the bull pen is going to get some experience today.
Worst part about the game wasn’t the loss but the Logan injury. Offensively the drop off from him to Smith is significant. If he’s out next week or longer, it’s gonna hurt a lot.
Hate to see Meckler out as well.
Players should take a cold shower, rinse off the stink of the last game. Hopefully come out a bit refreshed.
Anyone watching Lincoln Lawyer? Seems like a better use of time tonight.
The new Obiwan Kenobi series is streaming on Disney+. Two episodes in and I can say it’s good.
Both were good. Also, Bosch is worth getting into and Stranger Things season 4 dropped so lots of options.
Winning times on HBO max was great
Pac12 just shooting itself in the foot. Pretty much fucking the best teams right before the regionals.
No Meckler in game 2 tonight. Today’s game couldn’t have been much worse
Fuchs-Boyd-Kasper in the outfield. Big park/less experienced players…….could see some Bruin Xtra base hits if Dorman’s guys don’t up their game.
Both teams are out of gas. It’s not like Beavs are the only ones with injuries and exhaustion.
Good thing us Debbie downers aren’t being called upon!
We’ll see how much mental fortitude they have after giving up 9-run lead in the 9th inning. That’s a serious ball buster.
They quit playing and started coasting thinking it was in the bag.
Not sure I agree. Real test of mental toughness will be the second game. Glad Beavs will be home team.
Geez, to pile on even worse, there’s Cristobal spewing his crap after the Quacks Rose Bowl win!
LiveStats, linked from the Bruin page:
https://stats.statbroadcast.com/broadcast/?id=408000&vislive=ucla&_gl=1*1qevbz7*_ga*MzM4MTY0MTIyLjE2NTE5NTc1NzQ.*_ga_2ZWVK1X7BJ*MTY1Mzc5MDkyMC4yMi4wLjE2NTM3OTA5MjAuMA..
Is it the same ump?
Nope, it is an entirely new crew.
some teams, coaches, programs never recover from a loss like that. Case in point: Mike Riley/OSU football after the 2009 Civil War. Program still hasn’t recovered almost 15 years later.
A couple civil war wins since would say otherwise.
At 2:28pm I said: “ This ump is so inconsistent — seeing a lot of good pitches called balls for both teams. Wouldn’t be surprised if this game ended with 25-30 runs scored.”
Boy was I wrong….47 runs for fucks sake!!!! I knew something was really wrong when Fuchs had that clutch base clearing double.
WTF happened? In Glacier Park…
Beavs lost 25-22 in 10 innings. UCLA scored 9 runs in the bottom of the 9th to tie it.
The smallest strike zone ever….even for Ron Jeremy!!!
And Boyd is hurt too? Cancel the tournament
Bazzana moves to CF for Boyd, Trosky to 2b
So I haven’t been tuned in much today with other things going on but it kind of seems like Beavs are really beat up. Melton injury seems worse than was being relayed as he’s been playing DH last few games. No Logan. No Meckler. Pitching somehow regressed even worse than early season. Hope these things are minor but kind of stacking up to be an early exit from the post season. This offense runs through 4 players typically and if meckler and Melton are out or relegated to small contributions, it won’t matter if we’re a top 8 seed. Will save us from a long trip home I guess. Anyway, it honestly would probably be beneficial to lose this game and at least get another day of rest in.
Not that the four players mentioned aren’t the key, but others seem to be coming on: Fuchs 2 hits in early game, Gretler 3, Dernedde 2, Dukart some nice AB’s lately as well.
Tryin’ to stay positive
This tournament alone we have 5 injuries. Melton, Meckler, Boyd, Ferrer and Logan. In a tournament that wouldn’t help or hurt our chances of hosting next week.
A cramp is an injury?
I can’t blame them for holding guys out. It was an exhausting game. Hopefully they are available for late game at bats.
Miiitch……..a great challenge; negates a Bruin DP, what would angry say??
Let the Beavs add another run, too. About 30 more should do it.
Fuchs a SacFly brings in Bazzana with the oven-mitt slide into home. Beavs up 5-0 after 2 innings……..got it made, right??
note:Fuchs/Smith/Dukart account for 4 RBI’s out of 5
Two inches of oven mitt minimum to secure the run that for sure!
Goddamn UCLA will single you to death.
Broadcaster just said Beavs are in control with a 5-2 lead. Did he not learn???
I heard that as well. Figured that’s the kind of thing that gives rise to the “Talking Head” meme
B4 Forrester and Melton on 1&2 with no out, for momentum sake gotta get run(s) out of this.
Too bad, Fuchs, Kasper and Smith not able to bring anything in.
The sac bunt was effed up by Fuchs. Should have got another one there.
At least this ump is calling the knee and outside corner a strike. Back to normal?
Safety squeeze for another run. 6-2 good guys
Dukart don’t need no stinkin’ oven mitt!
Yeah he might be hurt without it….walked away holding his hand.
Going to the bullpen. Strap yourselves in. Gonna be a roller-coaster for the next 3+ innings.
Is something f up with PAC feed? Can’t get the game.
You’re not missing anything…unless sloppy play is your thing
What moron brings their dog to a ballgame?
The same moron that thinks the rules don’t apply to them and takes Fido into Safeway, Home Depot or a restaurant. Been living in Oregon long?
Only 15 years. Yeah, here everyone is a moron dragging their dog everywhere, and while I almost had it out with a dude that had his dog at suds once, never have seen a dog at goss.
Pretty ugly 1,2,3 inning there by Fuchs, Casper and Smith. Beavs up 3 but it feels tenuous at best. Been able to watch the last few innings and UCLA seems more confident and collected despite being down 3 runs. Hope I’m wrong but my gut is saying these 3 runs won’t hold. As I’m typing this ucla gets a leadoff hit by beating a throw from Dernedde. That was sharply hit…maybe he double clu5ched the throw? Anyway, stupid shit like that has plagued this team the last month. Wow. Now a sliding attempt at a fly ball in right and it goes to the fence for an rbi triple. Guess my gut was right.
Pretty easy to see how the Beavs gave up 9 runs in one inning now.
Because other than Hjerpe and Ferrer they don’t have any consistently reliable arms.
Lol. Sadly what you say is true. Honestly, losing might be the best thing for them. Hate losing and you want positive momentum but I think this team vs Stanford tomorrow would get stomped badly. Last 3 weeks has been pretty rough.
Ben Ferrer coming in. If they’re going to even get to the title game he’s their last shot.
If Ferrer was available why did we not use him game 1?
good question. Ask Mitch and Rich
Tie game. Wow. Beavs look defeated. Wouldn’t be surprised if ucla hangs 4+ more runs before this one is over. Can you throw in the towel?
Yup….hats off to what’s left of the team. This tournament fucked Em up. If Beavs lose I’ll be glad the shitshow is over….way passed time to move on….good night! Jesus Christ!
There’s nothing left in the tank. Let the chips fall where they may because neither of these has any pitching left to beat UCLA. Unless UCLA decides to unleash Max Rajcic. I’m curious why he has not pitched at all this weekend. Saving him for the regional?
*to beat Stanford
Beavs have some serious question marks for the post season. We need more than 3 pitchers. Wtf did Dorman do to his staff this last month? No more juice? Hope we pulled our guys for health precautions otherwise this squad might not score any runs if Melton, Boyd and meckler can’t play. Logan was just getting hot too. Legitimately would have 7 guys in our starting roster batting below .250 if those 3 truly can’t play. Unfortunate when scoring 22 runs can’t win you a ball game. Lol. Yikes. Anyway, fingers crossed we don’t incur any more injuries over these last 2 innings and head back to colder weather.
The desert has not been kind to the beaver pitchers
Doesn’t bode well for Omaha. If they get that far.
Gonzaga and Grand Canyon both lost today so neither will win their conference tournament. So it’s pretty likely Gonzaga winds up in the Corvallis regional as the 2 seed. Grand Canyon will likely be a 3 seed and will wind up in Corvallis, Palo Alto or in regional in Texas. Luck o da Beavs though they’ll probably also wind up in Corvallis.
UC Santa Barbara will most likely be the 2 seed in Palo Alto.
Beavs don’t have chance now, UCLA has their lockdown Designated Hitter on the mound.
Austin is actually legit. He doesn’t give away freebies but is hittable.
So why wasn’t that a balk???? UCLA pitcher did the same thing Ryan Brown did in the first game TWO times before even throwing another pitch.
Answer? Because it wasn’t a balk. In the first game nor in this game
“Win or lose it’s been a harrowing day” – Mike Parker just now on the radio.
He’s not wrong
Maybe it’s the Beavs turn to have some 9th inning magic here…………
FFS, we can’t even bunt. Casey has to be having an aneurysm.
A gift from the gods.
Well, they actually did it, thanks to huge error by Bruins and some clutch hitting.
I think the Beavs gifted them enough runs via errors in the first game. We will take that one
Reminiscent of game 2 of the 2018 CWS against Arkansas.
BEAVS WON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Jacob Melton. Thank you. No matter what happens tomorrow. Fuck UCLA
Got it done. Guess they might be mentally tough enough!
…well…we won…yay
Pitch count favored the beavs by 28. Nearly 900 pitches in these two games lolol
Grit….and a some luck
It is what it is. Even if they lose 25-0 tomorrow. Welcome to the world of conference tournaments.
Give me 9 guys who can pitch 1 inning each at this point.
Stanford is certainly rested and the team to beat. If it gets out of hand early? Big picture and let it go. Beavs have a national seed locked up
Well that was exhausting just watching one game. Good thing I chose not to watch the second.
On one hand winning really depletes the arms, but on the other hand, winning after that marathon was good. PAC12 might want to look into the acc model. Max 4 games for teams that make the final.
So I think Sebby gets the start tomorrow. Then anyone else whose arm is still attached. Lattery, Quinn, Grewe, Case, position players.
Mitch does not have to play to win tomorrow. Anyone with the slightest injury should sit. Try to save as many arms as possible.
Could pfennings go tomorrow? I love finding out the outcome of the game by reading these comments.
I have no idea, but that was my feeling after pulling him early was that they would save him for Tomorrow and see if he has better results
No, he threw 41 pitches. Would not be available.
CWS, yes he’s available but not here.
Not worth it.
You’re probably correct on Sebby starting. Hjerpe might be available in relief. They’re gonna have to piece it together. If it gets out of hand, let it go. Big picture.
Literally anyone but Hjerpe and Ferrer. Game doesn’t matter. Pitch Dorman before those guys.
Playing devils advocate here, having to piece it together to get through this weekend might be beneficial going forward. Are the Beavs the only team that is having to deal games like this? Overused or tired arms?
If we’re gonna win it’s gonna be a messy bullpen and bats that do it. This is why we kept throwing sketchy arms all season, we would need them later
I get on a plane in Hawaii, following the game on Twitter. We are up by 9 runs with 3 outs to go, it,s 21-12 and I go into airplane mode…
Landing in Oakland, I come out of airplane mode, we lose 25-22. Just catch the last part of game 2 on my Twitter feed driving home.
Unvelievable… What else can I say. We definitely need to rethink this tournament format.
Here’s who’s likely available,
Multiple innings, max 40-50 total pitches.
Sebby
Hunter
Quinn
One inning max due to usage on Sat.
Verberg
Carpenter
Lattery
Boisvert
Not sure who else made the trip but those guys would be available too.
Big key – They do not have to play to win here so that rules out Hjerpe, Pfennigs and others.
Case, Hibbard and Grewe are the guys who haven’t thrown yet this tourney but have this year.
But did they make the trip? Announcers said the rosters were capped at 30 players. So 5 guys didn’t make the trip. I’m guessing they’d be all the injured players like Frisch, Mundt, etc.
Story was that the extra 3 (from 27 to 30) were all pitchers, it was noted that that was why McDowelll wasn’t a factor in the outfield lineup decisions because he wasn’t on the trip.
For sure the conference tourney needs to be re-evaluated, ACC model of max four games should be a starting point.
Just gonna throw this out there, but look who has gotten hot at just the right time and is up to No. 4 in RPI……
https://www.warrennolan.com/baseball/2022/rpi-live
we’ve seen this before. Could be nothin. Just sayin.
At this point I just don’t care aslong as we don’t play UCLA again.
Wow, missed theses two games. So all are best players are now injured? Luck O…
Degree of injury is probably suspect. Melton should heal up, Boyd was just tired AF, Meckler is tired and banged up but fine, Baz is good to go. Logan is the big one ans his injury might be bad. Haven’t seen a report yet but from where and how he was grabbing something in his crotch ain’t right.
Basically they played on concrete for like 10
Hours. Anyone who’s banged up should just rest. The game doesn’t matter and our pitchers are going to be batting practice. Play young guys and get them experience.
Softball to the CWS!
Biggest accomplishment blowing a 9 run lead in the ninth and then losing or coming back to win the second game with a walk off?? I thought they’d lose the second game and once they gave up the lead I figured they had nothing left. Gotta love sports and all the chaos.
That’s the only tiny sliver of good yesterday. Not many teams can come back from that kind of collapse.
Today’s game doesn’t matter.
A win would be cool, but it’d be cool if Stanford scored 50 too
We only won cause I fell asleep! I’m bad luck this season
Maybe you are good luck. Go maintain a healthy sleep schedule and we’ll keep winning!
Hated the conference tournament idea all season, and now I hate it even more. Only upside is bragging rights to winning the first Pac12 tournament if they actually win today.
Why is the tournament so terrible? I get the late games and all that stink. It’s been pretty exciting though. I’m guessing if you asked the players they’d say it’s been a blast. Isn’t this how kids grow up
Playing in tournaments all day every weekend? Pac-12 has been behind the times. There might be a year the Beavs need the conference tournament to get in.
They need to go to an 8-team single game elimination format. PAC not doing itself any favors by exhausting and injuring its own players for argumentatively a meaningless tournament for its top two teams. This tournament just proved what we’ve seen all season — Stanford is #1; OSU #2, a bunch of similar teams after (Arizona, UCLA, UO). Sure it was more exciting baseball, but I can’t say ANY team is better for it — if anything they are coming out worse. They need to decrease the number of games and aim to give at least a week off before the NCAA tournament to rest and heal.
All of this. Regular season is the conference tournament.
If anything it puts the top two teams at risk of losing a seed, etc should they bow out of the tournament early — the risks outweigh the rewards.
“Regular season is the conference tournament.”
Succinct, dead-on-balls accurate.
But we were so excited when the basketball team won the conference tournament? I get that we feel
Differently because the baseball will get to the post season most years though. Also, I just don’t like the late night games. Single elimination sounds good. So that would
Eliminate a couple of games. These pitchers will be ready to go for the regional. I think Mitch Willa just his approach next year. There are teams holding out players in the conference tourney. He could have done the same.
How about Melton. Player of the year, will be drafted high. Getting it out and wins the game making it look easy.
Basketball was fun, single game elimination. Never been a fan of any of the tournaments, just another money grab for the conference and sponsors and again, does nothing for the top two or three teams but risk injury and lack of incentive to win it all playing more games to do so.
Yup, single-elimination, no climate issues. All teams participate. No chance of a game lasting five hours. I don’t see a need for a baseball tourney. I guess it gives a couple of teams one last hope, but that’s not much on the positive side.
Playing in AZ is terrible. 100+ degree heat and playing on concrete. No wonder there are injuries.
I’d be interested to see the attendance figures and compare them to Corvallis.
Where do you think some of these teams are going to be playing at next weekend? The weekend after? Omaha?
Get used to it.
Update on Logan is a sore hip. That could be a nagging issue for a catcher. We’ll see.
Maybe DH him today?
At this point, if there is any doubt, just rest the guy. Tanner could use the reps anyway.
Here’s Melton after the second game last night, around 1:25 you’ll see Logan walk past. He seems to be walking OK. Maybe there’s hope.
https://youtu.be/EmkiRRRzGIo
Injury update https://mobile.twitter.com/ShotgunSprD1/status/1530954603910426624?cxt=HHwWgMCj1brGhb8qAAAA
Time for a new thread. This one taking too long to load…
This guy Ben Joyce throws some serious heat, but looks a bit wild. Patience at the plate and he seems beatable.
https://www.espn.com/
ESPN Link not copying….here’s other highlights
https://youtu.be/n9zws5Keb0Q
First class framing by his catcher doesn’t hurt a bit.
So it appears the ladies will face Florida first in OKC
If ASU wins today the PAC-12 will be sending 4 teams to the WCWS. The Big 12 has 3 teams in.
Tennessee 9 outs away from winning the sec tournament.
Making my first of two predictions look like ass.
I propose for next year’s conference tournament…..
4 days, all 11 teams, single elimination.
Top 5 teams get a bye. Teams 6-11 play on day 1.
Only day 2 would have 4 games.
Just scrap it and f thats the move. The only real use of the tournament, unless you get a birth from it , is preparation for the tournament. Single elimination wouldn’t prep them for anything, just more pointless games.
Not happening. Pac is contractually bound in Scottsdale through 2024.
5:30 pm host sites are announced
I do think the tournament (particularly the double-elimination format) helps teams mentally prepare for the NCAAs, particularly those games that are nuts, when you’re depending on your sixth or seventh best pitcher to avoid elimination or pitch you into the final. Find those guys a bit down the bench that can deliver in the clutch – and figure out who you can’t count on.
My conspiratorial gut thinks the conference tourney was a bit of a show from the new conference leadership, with a couple of obvious (to me) changes to attempt to boost interest and eye balls towards PAC12 baseball leading up to the real postseason.
I wonder if :
1)the balls were juiced a bit,
2)if the umps were instructed to squeeze the plate,
3)playing field chosen was a vast expanse with huge space in the outfield, quite different than all conference parks
4) playing surface was like a concrete infield which speeds up all grounders
The result was the games became 5 hour marathons with a lot of offense, a lot of arms used by every team to get through it, multiple games with one team scoring over 10 runs, In addition, apparently no one at the PAC12 offices live in Arizona in May-September with any experience in that kind of heat.
PAC12 has done a great disservice to all teams participating in this tourney, and likely have cost both Stanford/OSU any real chance to make a great run into Omaha. I think the teams have been placed into unnecessary situations without any real benefit to either team, given they likely were both top 5 seeds from the start. For UCLA, Cal, UW they have all played 3-5 extra games that may not change their situation either and will now go into regionals with bullpens full of worn out arms before the regionals even begin. UCLA may mash their way through at least.
OSU has no reason to even play today if the locations and seedings will be announced before 1st pitch. Pac12 commish needs to dump the idea of a conference tourney and preserve the health and maximize the opportunity for conference teams heading into postseason. Any comparisons to basketball fall short since the toll is on pitching more so than field positions players, but the heat takes a toll on those guys as well. Basketball doesn’t play in 102* heat mid-day for 6 hours 4 days in a row, or last until 2am into night either.
PAC has to hit the drawing board and reconsider the wisdom of this whole concept, late night games are a joke, no fans is a joke, the heat and conditions are a joke, and the supposed revenue stream from such a thing is probably non-existent. I don’t see a real advantage to it, less as each day goes by and the capper is the championship game isn’t even meaningful…except to the individual teams but no influence on seeding for overall tourney.
For UCLA, Cal, UW they have all played 3-5 extra games that may not change their situation
There is no situation for Cal and UW as their season is over. Neither team had anything to lose and winning the tournament was their only shot of qualifying for a regional.
For ucla nothing changes as they did not use Max Rajcic in the tournament. Unless he’s injured and that’s why he did not pitch. UCLA will have a week off before a regional.
For OSU and Stanford the best hope is that a regional doesn’t start until Saturday giving them almost a week.
Hjerpe will have at least a week off before starting the regional. He hasn’t pitched since Thursday.
This is it going forward. Regionals and if they get there, Omaha will be the same model.
Most other teams outside of the PAC-12 have been dealing with the same thing.
Ducks played it smart.
I even thought the managers of the teams that are already in the playoffs were very casual and even blase in the countless P-12 Network in-game interviews. Nothing at stake, no stress.
Perfect example…When the cumulative ucla infield dropped that blooper Saturday night the next tv shot was their skipper laughing and shrugging his shoulders.
D1 baseball’s latest projection…..
They have Grand Canyon as the first team left out.
Luck o da Beavs says they’ll be the last team in and a 4 seed in Corvallis
Air Force, Gonzaga and UC Santa Barbara in the Corvallis regional
https://d1baseball.com/postseason/2022-field-of-64-projections-may-29/
Looks like Beavs will be home team tonight, per the layout on the Nolan RPI site.
EDIT/ADD: Nolan led me astray, Beavs visitors…….not ideal
They’re wrong
Auburn
Austin
Blacksburg
Chapel Hill
College Park
College Station
Coral Gables
Corvallis
Gainesville
Greenville
Hattiesburg
Knoxville
Louisville
Stanford
Statesboro
Stillwater
There’s your 16 regional hosts
https://osubeavers.com/news/2022/5/29/baseball-hosting-2022-corvallis-regional.aspx
Mitchell Verberg to get the start, per D1 writer Shotgun Spratling
Why not, I guess? a senior with little to no pro prospects after this year. He can throw his arm out. I hope he called for the ball, gives a little more motivation and leadership to the team.
Whoa, I doubt he is gonna be left in to throw his arm out. Pretty sure he called for the ball, listening to pre-game radio.
OT – as someone else pointed out, GP2 likely to return for finals:
https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nba/2022/05/29/three-warriors-make-progress-toward-nba-finals-returns/50299995/
Be pretty crazy if GP2 got a ring too.
I have the DVR set for 4.5 hours plus the next program until 12:30. I’ll watch it tomorrow in a couple of hours. Can’t stand live baseball on tv. Endless; walks to the mound, pitching changes, reviewed calls, ten pitch at bats, minor injuries etc. Adios.
And soccer is too fast for you. Let me guess — tackle football is more up your alley?
At the game. Haven’t looked at starting lineup but most the injured guys seemed to at least warm up.
Only one not playing tonight is Logan
Fuchs in LF for DH Melton. Meckler starts, batting second behind Boyd.
Carpenter looks to be 1st relief spot. Kids are really enamored with him. How tall are you? You throw gas? Lol. 6’8″ was the answer and “yes” to the gas.
Once again, OSU site doesn’t link to live stats, found on Stanford site:
https://stats.statbroadcast.com/broadcast/?id=408002&vislive=stan&_gl=1*ysgus6*_ga*NDU0MjQ4NDgzLjE2NTM4Njg3OTA.*_ga_2ZWVK1X7BJ*MTY1Mzg3NzA3My4yLjAuMTY1Mzg3NzA3My4w
Three rough at-bats by the heart of the Beav order. A weird triple by Stanford. Verburg not fooling anyone. 1-0 Furd already.
Beavs look defeated already. Game could get ugly real fast
Hopefully the Beavers won’t need to go to Verburg in a big moment in the regionals cause he’s a complete disaster. If they got Hunter warmed up in the first, not sure why they just didn’t start him. Mitch and DJ are probably the 2 worst arms in the pen right now
Beavs on track to utter embarrassment on national television.
And it matters because?
Looks as rough in person as it does on TV I’m sure. If the tree puts a few more on here early, I’d pull the starters
I’ve just spent 10 minutes trying to explain to my 15-year-old son why the Beavers are playing in this tournament when the regular season is already over and they have a regional position sown up. I’ve given up.
Dorman’s pitching moves all tournament long have been hard to understand. Mitch has struggled almost all season and has been getting smacked around in Arizona and Hunter has the better pitcher for the last 2 months. Makes no sense to go Verburg to start the game off when Hunter could go 3 innings or so at least and set you up better with your pen as the game goes. Winning or losing isn’t a big deal in this one but it’s just another move that really makes zero sense
No one should be taking this game seriously. Just need to get out of the game with no injuries.
Bet ya the guys on the field don’t feel that way.
That was big to get out of that inning. Playing with house money. Good to see some guys performing well under pressure.
Hunters 35 pitches in 2 innings will pay personal confidence dividends.
I have figured out why they do the step off fake throw now. It’s to reset the pitch clock.
What channel they airing this on? I have ah hr of Mets/Philies ?????
MLB game went long. It’s now on ESPN2
Why not start Hunter? Throwing Mitch a bone?
Mitch is definitely relaxed and comes off well in these interviews. I don’t think he cares whether they win or lose this one. What was needed has already been accomplished.
Beavs hitters looking pretty tired. Stanford pitcher rolling but more of an issue of the Beavs looking spent than him being dominant. He only has the fastball going and thrown a bunch of hangers but they ain’t locked in. Not a surprise. Good to see Jaren Hunter throwing well. He’s getting a lot of swings and misses. He’s gonna be a big piece next week
This home plate umpire is atrocious. Beavs have gotten horrible home plate umps all tournament
Fuchs………didn’t K!
RBI groundout to bring in second run for Beavs
Smith throws a guy out at 2nd, Hunter throws strikes…….good experiences that will pay off.
Now, isn’t 3 innings and 54 pitches enough from Hunter for today?
Home plate ump is rattled
Fuchs choked again. Sigh
The pitch clock is causing way too many problems. Guys just aren’t used to it.
BUT if this something that is enforced in the tourney, best get used to it now.
Swing the bat man!!!!!!
Fuchs……..does K, leaving bases loaded.
5-4 tree going to b5
Omygosh……..Carpenter comes on
Doesn’t swing the bat once. Ffs
Home plate ump is terrible. Fuchs has more watched 3rd strikes than any player ever. Why not Trosky or Casper or anyone else.
Not outfielders
Bazzana played outfield last night for a bit. Gotta be a better option.
Why did hunter come out…. I guess another learning opportunity.
54 pitches
For Fuchs sake
Fuchs currently at .235 for the season. I get he’s a senior but we really can’t bring in a DH that can do better than that? This bottom half of the lineup is atrocious.
Beavs still in this even with all of the freebies given to Stanford. E and HBP ended up scoring….seeing this trend the last couple of weeks — errors and HBP way up, not good.
Bad trend includes BB as well.
….and giving up solid line drive hits on 0-2 or 1-2 count….just killers. They have given up two hits 0-2 and one hit 1-2 tonight. Need to be finishing those.
It’s possible that Stanford is good.
….and Arizona, and UCLA….did not pitch well against them too…lots of hits on 0-2 counts. Dorman can certainly work on that.
0-2 on Braden. Throw some serious junk here!
AJ scuffles through the b6, still Beavs down only 1 run. Expect AJ to get another inning.
Meckler, Forrester, Melton due up.
There you go!
There have been some crappy at-bats in key situations. Furd is trying to give the Beavs an opening and they aren’t taking it.
Jesus, what happened to Forrester?
I think he’s trying too hard to create something that isn’t there. He is/was the hottest batter in the lineup, and he knows it too.
Tied at 5!
Tell Melton this game don’t matter!
Ever since Bazzana got benched for a couple games while slumping, he’s probably had the best at-bats on the team. Took a horrendous call from the home plate umpire for him to not get his 3rd walk tonight. Hopefully this is the last game this season where Fuchs is in the lineup. Can’t be many options worse than him
Same home plate ump that that did game 3 against Arkansas.
Nice walk by Fuchs. Why anyone wouldn’t lob balls up there to a guy hitting in the low 2″s is probably giving the pitching coach heartburn. Tie game.
OT: No football bowl for the Beavs, that’s the prediction from College Football News. Good sign?……under the radar?
Another horrible 1-2 pitch! Same pitch!
Darn it, Jake, even if the challenge is successful ya gotta make a better throw.
Even if the challenge shows he was out and they get it wrong, definitely need to make a better throw.
Another absolutely unnecessary freebie!
Fucking horrible call! That is an out all the way!
Worst fielding % in the tourney…….who’d a thunk it!
Well based on the last month there hasn’t been a lot of positive results so I guess I’m not too surprised.
…..and another hard hit 0-2 count pitch.
Wow….struck out Jones on a low junk ball on an 0-2 count.
And Graham on 3 pitches
….and another low junk ball to strike em out on 0-2 pitch. Guys see a pattern yet?!?!?
D1 baseball final projection
https://d1baseball.com/postseason/2022-field-of-64-projections-final-edition/
Canisius, Gonzaga and UConn in the Corvallis regional. Beavs as the no 3 national seed.
They have Grand Canyon in the first four out
Eh, we can hope. Honestly, if the March/April Beavs show up then they’ll advance and could make the final 8. If the May Beavs show up, I don’t think they make it to round 2. We’ll see what the draw is but if true what was posted above, UCONN and Zags definitely have more than enough ability to bounce them out even when playing top ball.
Oops, this was supposed to be for a comment down below. Got work to do myself.
Hats off to Beav baseball. Gave Stanford a solid battle. Lots of fight in em after creating a lot of drama for themselves. Need to clean up ALOT of things before the tournament.
…..and Fuck You!!!
This week is hopefully a good lesson for the Beavs that they cannot afford to find themselves playing out of the losers bracket. Not enough arms
They might not have enough arms for the winners bracket tbh.
Well that’s probably ballgame right there. They’ve kept it closer than I thought they would considering the pitching situation. Stanford is good. That’s gonna be a tough team to beat in the post season for anyone.
Regroup, rest up, heal and get ready for the regional.
Tough loss. Team battled but was running out of gas after yesterday. Sebby wasn’t sharp with the breaking ball and Stanford isn’t missing on mistakes right now. Hopefully Logan is ready to go by Friday. Recharge for next weekend and get an Omaha run started
Parker said on the pregame Logan told him today he would be good to go for the regional
Stanford is definitely good. They’re definitely going deep in the tournament.
Is the question about Mitch’s ability to have a team mentally tough answered now?
Yes and no
We’re going to find out in the regionals.
Melton hitting .500 in the conference tournament. Gonna need some more of that going forward.
Good work by the Beavs to get to the final. Maybe I’m overly pessimistic but I’m not sure they make it out of first round playing like they have the last month. Too many errors and defensive lapses. They need more than 3 consistent relievers. They need the bottom half of the lineup to do something. They don’t need to be Allstars but dam, we’ve got 4 every day players well below. 250. That’s crazy and not sustainable for making a run in a tournament. I’m actually a little worried about Melton. Has a Kwan feel to it where the hammy wasn’t a big deal but then he played like 1 game in Omaha. Melton has DHd the last 4 games. A side issue from that, meckler not looking comfortable in right field so you’ve got people playing out of position. Hope they can recover and make some moves.
A couple of the regional teams coming to Corvallis won’t anywhere as good as the upper half of the Pac-12. I think they’ll be fine in the regional. They certainly are capable of getting to Omaha. But this team isn’t going to win it all.
Heard that both ways before. Baseball is weird.
Tip of the cap to Stanford. Regular season and conference tournament champions. They earned it.
Forrester Pac-12 tournament mvp
Michigan pitcher ejected for sticky substance.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBtI0MDBNPs
I posted something erroneous earlier.
ALL regionals will start on Friday. Super regionals are split. 4 start on Friday and 4 on Saturday.
VaTech, Tenn, Stanford and OSU are the top 4 seeds
Of the teams we kept seeing connected to the OSU(Airforce, GCU, Gonzaga) all 3 have already landed in other regionals.
Vandy and San Diego. Glad zaga is not in this one but vandy won’t be a pushover.
Paired regional has Auburn, FSU and UCLA.
Vandy always makes me nervous for some reason…hopefully repeat performance from 2017.
Regional Opponents – Just the numbers
New Mexico State (24-32, 10-20) – 231 in RPI, #197 in Boyds world ISR, #190 in warrennolan elo ratings, won their conference tourney to get in,
San Diego (36-18, 17-10) – #48 in RPI, #28 in ISR, #41 in elo ratings, won their conference tourney
Vanderbilt (36-21, 14-16) – #6 in RPI, #16 in ISR, #22 in elo ratings, #8 seed in SEC tourney went 1-2,
None are ranked in the Top 25 polls.
Hot take,
I think the Beavs got a fair shake here. Got a cupcake in NMSU. Did not get Gonzaga or UC Santa Barbara which would be tougher matchups than San Diego. Vandy is a fair #2. Up and down year but only 10-17 vs Q1 opponents and they have to make the long trip to Corvallis.
About as good as could be expected. Did not think they’d get the #3 overall. And the cupcake NMSU 1st game is a bonus.
Beavs reputation helped them this year(that and having the conference tournament last night after these selections were probably already set helped keep the Beavs and Stanford close in the overall seeding.
Can the backup catcher dh instead of Fuchs for a game or two just to see if we can get some production there? Assuming Logan is back starting. Anyone heard what’s going on with Wheeler?
That fucking whistler makes an appearance in goss and I may snap
I’ll have to turn off the sound, that shit drives me insane also.
I watched quite a bit of baseball over the last 5 days and have to say I’m not a big fan of the PAC 12 tournament as it did absolutely nothing to change the regular season final standings – but may have exhausted some of the teams for the regionals this week; maybe even hurting the Beavs chances of getting to Omaha. First off, the scheduling by the PAC 12 was terrible – should be 2 games each day: one in the morning, one in the evening – no team should be expected to play 11 hours of baseball or well into the early hours of the am. Arizona is hot this time of year, no question, and coming from Oregon and Washington, you could tell the kids were affected by it. How many pitchers were used by the Beavs on Saturday; heat was a factor for sure? Maybe have it in Vegas or Norcal?
Again, maybe I’m splitting hairs and just another old guy complaining, but we’ll see what the last few days of baseball have done to the Beavs chances of getting out of their own regional.