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      Joe Maddon did. And got shit canned today.

      Angry may turn out to be wrong about Miiiiiiitch, but he was spot on about Joe Maddon

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        I mean we’re all bound to get something right at some point lol. Angry was definitely wrong on Miiiiiiiiiitch! He wanted the dude fired a year ago. Thankfully angry isn’t the AD.

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          Jury is still out on Mitch. He’s been atrocious at times with in game decision making (just look at the past few threads) and got by on talent. That works while you have the talent and/or are playing bad clubs, so we shall see. He’s had one good year record-wise, and in it were many bad decisions. Brady Anderson hit 50hr one year…Mike Riley nearly went to 2 rose bowls. Means little in the big picture of their careers.

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            Jury will always be out when you don’t watch games to form an opinion using evidence. Keep filling us in though on your thoughts buddy.

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            Jury will never be out when the HC is “one of us”, a former star player. Keep loving guys and ignoring all their problems just because they’re Beavs. Keep filling us in though on your biased thoughts, buddy.

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            Who’s the talent. Please point to the incredible talents on the roster that keep saving the day. This is like my 5th ask.

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            Because it’s an awful/self evident question you can answer yourself. Melton, Forrester, Meckler, Boyd, Bazzana, Herpe, Kmatz, Ferrer, etc. I don’t know if he recruited every one of those guys, but that’s a different discussion. If he didn’t, then former staff’s should get the credit for this team, not Mitch.

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            So the dudes that were talents after they developed under Mitch? Best guy in your list out of high school is Boyd and it’s not like he was a game 1 starter as a frosh. Hjerpe is next and he was the 79th rated LHP. Hjerpe has consistently developed under Mitch with his ERA going from 5.3 to 2.4 and his whip going from 1.3 to 0.86. Meckler has gone from a decent player to an great hitter under Mitch.

            None of the guys you listed are talented by recruiting standards. Your argument is bone headed. Mitch makes mistakes, like literally every coach and manager, but if the talent saves him it’s cause he nurtured and developed the talent.

            47 wins and counting. 6th most in program history.

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            Those are all Mitch’s guys. Even if they committed under Casey, Mitch got them to campus and not transfer when he took over. Remember Mitch lost Drew Gilbert and Daniel Susac right off the bat when he came on board. Both all Americans this year and probable first round picks. He took all of the blame for that.

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            “Those are all Mitch’s guys. Even if they committed under Casey, Mitch got them to campus and not transfer when he took over. Remember Mitch lost Drew Gilbert and Daniel Susac right off the bat when he came on board. Both all Americans this year and probable first round picks. He took all of the blame for that.”

            Right so Mitch get’s all of the blame, none of the credit. Interesting take for sure.

            Angry, I’m not sure anyone here is trying to compare the guy to Casey (a guy btw that you liked to scour for warts) but even you have to admit the guy has done alright, and maybe shake the moniker for a sec and enjoy what’s been accomplished, in only his 3rd year.

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            Casey has been gone for 4 years. The team dropped off immediately after his departure with steady improvement year over year. Made regional final last year without Melton. Top 3 national seed this year. Player development has been very good… see Melton, Meckler, Boyd, Hjerpe, etc. This team has talent but is overachieving considering the issues at catcher, shortstop, bullpen, and injuries. Mitch has proven he can rebuild and reload through recruiting and player development.

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            I get it now. The team doesn’t have talent on days they lose, they have talent when I point out the guys who are doing well, but they have no talent again if those guys were recruited by the former staff and we instead have to wait for mitch’s talent to arrive on the scene, unless of course the former staff’s talent does well, then it’s because of mitch’s great coaching. Got it.

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            How do you measure talent? Recruit ranks? Development? How
            They perform first year? Where does talent diverge from coaching to you?

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            Your gang’s logic:

            Beavs win = Mitch is the man, maybe even a genius!
            Beavs loses = We have no talent and it’s the prior staff’s fault.

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            Wrong…

            Beavs Win = Good job Mitch and Co
            Beavs Lose = Mitch and Co will get it squared away

            The dude is 87-45 in his first 2+ seasons of being the Beavs head coach and has been to a regional and now a super regional+. You missed the boat on Miiiiicth bro. It’s gonna be ok…

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            I haven’t really seen anyone say either of those things. Most people of us are saying he’s a good coach and are very happy with the progress. When he loses it’s usually about player errors, coaching miscues. You are the only person on the blog that I really see having an entrenched position. You practically root for every loss at this point.

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            I’d say the majority of this team consists of talent Mitch recruited. 100% of the roster consists of players he’s developed. Any credit or blame should be placed on Mitch’s shoulders. Is Mitch perfect or at the same level as Casey? Of course not. Is he improving? Absolutely. Could we have done better? I doubt it. He’s done an incredible job reloading and getting the program to an elite level. Ask Jimmy Anderson how hard it is to follow a legend.

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            I get it now. You really have no clue and just want to generate a lot of comments with baseless and uneducated statements. Got it.

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        Joe Maddon did. And got shit canned today.

        OMG…about time. I called it with the Cubs. Horrible manager. Easy to have a good record when you have Bryant, Rizzo, and the actual manager (Ross) at catcher.

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        • You really think MLB managers have that much influence on their teams these days? Everything is run by analytics in the front office.

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            Yes. Just watch a game of his. Horrible lineups, horrible in game decisions. Front office has no control over any of that. Maddon liked to do unorthodox things just so people would call him a genius if they turned out to work.

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            Front office has all the control over that. He’s reading the card in his pocket that says when to do things. All stats based. All risk is minimized. He’s not taking chances that aren’t approved by the front office.

            He can only manage what’s between the players ears.

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      By the way, I started playing that stats based baseball sim I mentioned years back. You guys got a kick out of that for some reason, but it’s an extremely accurate sim and a difficult game; you’d all get killed in it given the (lack of) knowledge shown here. We can play in a league together if you don’t believe me. I’ll only do this if my worst critics (A@A, et al) all agree to play in the same league. That might be the best way to end this squabble. By far the best and most in depth baseball game out there. Already ranked 20th in the world after a 20 year hiatus. If Mitch ever needs some pointers I’m here.

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        I’m in, but certainly won’t hold my breath you’ll follow thru on anything.

        For the record, burglar, OJ, and pride are right. Mitch recruited basically this entire roster, developed them and took them to a Super regional. This is a solid team not loaded with stars. He’s done a great job so far. We definitely didn’t “out athlete” Vanderbilt and won’t Auburn either.

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    With Meggs and the USC coach getting fired, Beavs could pick off some talent via the transfer portal. The craziness in football is definitely happening in baseball too. UW has one signee that the Beavs should target, Jacob Reimer. Big bat the Beavs could use if he decides to go the college route.

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    The game against Vandy in the final game really should have been a Beavers blowout. The errors on a relatively easy plays and pitchers giving out free passes gave Vandy a chance when offensively they really weren’t doing much out of the homer off Hunter. Beavers have a lot of players who have never been on this stage before as a favorite with a lot of expectation and have played pretty tight down the stretch. Gutting out a win with that is gonna give them a huge boost of confidence. Team showed some serious grit to come back multiple times. Of all guys, Gretler and Dernedde with the 2 clutchest hits of the season.

    Should be some close games but Beavers are better and Auburn does not have a Hjerpe and are very vulnerable on the mound. Beavers don’t beat themselves with mistakes in the field and they win this super regional 2-0

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      Dernedde had to get those hits since his errors directly led to three runs going the other way. Had he made those plays, the inning would have ended with no runs scored. Should have been 6-2 going into the 7th.

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        If you look at the schedule we haven’t been flat out best many games. Most of our loses we’re self imposed damage. That’s pretty normal in baseball but it’s always hard to swallow.

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        Exactly. The game was only that close because the Beavs (Dernedde) shot themselves in the foot repeatedly.

        If I recall Vandy only had 5 hits the entire game. 6 runs on 5 hits. Let that sink in.

        I don’t remember if it was a walk or hbp in the prior at bat to Spencer Jones home run. The free passes are getting just as alarming.

        Beavs have some serious shit to clean up. The deeper you get into this tournament the smaller the margin for error becomes. But as you stated it’s been 4 weeks now and it seems, one good game then one bad game. They could get away with that shit against the USC’s and WSU’s. Not against a quality opponent. This just may be their identity the rest of the season and probably what is going to end it.

        Looking ahead, I can see the Beavs winning this weekend. I can also see them losing.

        If they do get to Omaha they’ll have either North Carolina or Arkansas (good juju) on their side of the bracket. That’s worked out well for the Beavs every year they’ve made a deep run. Besides, who here doesn’t mind ending either of those teams seasons in gut wrenching fashion?

        The only team I would fear on the Beavs side of the bracket would be Stanford.

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          I think there’s been an overreaction to losing that one game to Vanderbilt. That was a damned good regional win. The committee tried to screw us and Stanford both and we both got em.

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          • Not seeing how they tried to screw is? Beavs and Stanford both had pretty sub-par regional draws.
            The Miami regional with Arizona and Ole Miss was much more up for grabs(the 3 seed Ole Miss ended up advancing)

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          • uh yeah, the Beavs got a pretty favorable regional. Didn’t get rival Gonzaga or Grand Canyon or UC Santa Barbara.

            Vandy was a middle of the road SEC team who had to travel across the country to play. Those schools think the country stops at the Mississippi river. Vandy is a brand name like the Beavs.

            Oklahoma St had a tough regional, Florida had a tough regional, Southern Miss got a tough draw.

            Beavs just made it look like a tough regional.

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            I disagree. The Beavs had a tough draw IMO. I didn’t want to see GCU or Zags but I think both Vandy and USD are better teams. Vandy was peaking at the right time and they have a tough lineup with power and speed. The Beavs are fortunate that USD was able to beat them in game 1. USD just doesn’t have the pitching depth to compete after a couple games.

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            Texas State was much better than most folks thought. They were probably under seeded. I feel bad for them but at the same time? I don’t. They had a 2 run lead, only needed to get 3 outs to advance and host a super regional. I’m betting that is a building program that is only going to get better and they’ll be back next year. San Marcos is only 30 minutes from Austin and It’s probably not too hard to recruit Texas and the leftover scraps that the bigger schools don’t want are still pretty good ball players.

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      As of now, what you saw in the last four games IS OSU baseball. Close dysfunctional win, blowout win, blowout loss, and close dysfunctional win. About on par with the last month’s, PAC tournament included. No matter the opponent, this is OSU. My only hope is this pattern holds, no consecutive losses…. they should go far.
      However! (Channeling Bill Burr here) I can’t recall any Casey coached teams with as many boneheaded and dysfunctional plays over and over….Like several of you already noted, they are playing like shit at times, but also recovering just enough to get the wins — that in itself is big. The sky is the limit for this group….can they cleanup the self sabotage for one last magical run??? I won’t and can’t expect them to, as I realize they are a bunch of misfits who may know only one way to win, dysfunctionally attached to high expectations.

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        I said this was a super regional team at best and I stand by that. No matter what happens this weekend, they’ve met my expectations. If they make it to Omaha? They’ll have exceeded expectations imo.

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            and Omaha is a very realistic possibility. If they play their best baseball I can even see them getting to the national semifinals. I just don’t see these guys winning it all. They don’t have the depth across the board to get it done. Any games after this weekend are gravy. My worthless two pesos.

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        They played very clean for lost of the season and the results were pretty great. They need to just calm down and get back to incredible fielding.

        I can live with aggressive base running errors aslong as the players learn from it. The one that’s really killing me is Baz running out of short leads. He probably got away with it forever because he’s so fast but he needs to have adjust to the college game if he does he will be our next stealing machine.

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        There were a few folks here and even more on the twitters showing the Pac-12 disdain for the Monday game being on SEC network. Repeat after me.

        It has nothing to do with the Pac-12.

        ESPN owns ALL the television rights to NCAA baseball tournament games. The SEC network is owned by, SURPRISE! ESPN. Which is owned mostly by Disney (80%) Hell, even the Longhorn, ACC and Big Ten networks are either owned directly or jointly by ESPN/Disney. The If you want to be mad? Be mad at Disney for the monopoly they have created. The Pac-12 does not have the capital to even be in the same room as Disney. ESPN can put these games on any network they want. Except the Pac-12 network. And the Pac-12 isn’t going to be selling off to the Disney monopoly anytime soon. Sorry, but thems the facts.

        Their job is to put eyeballs on the games for obvious reasons. Only two super regionals are hosted by west coast teams. So guess what? Those are going to be the late west coast games on TV. Sorry to be the bearer of “reality sucks”.

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    Back to the Jacob Reimer thing, he’s scheduled to play for the Bend Elks this summer. Trosky, Myro, and Weber are also on the roster. hmmm

    and the coaches…Joey Wong and Tyler Graham! hmmm… Wong works for Seattle U. Lots of potential to recruit a potential free agent.

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      When I go to the games I’ll make sure the Beavs get extra cheering! Maybe he likes getting cheered for and will come to Goss.

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        Do it! That’s how the Beavs got Ferrer. He was playing for Bend last year and word got out about him. Then he transferred in.

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        • Actually saw Ferrer and Kmatz last year when I went to the game vs Medford. Saw Baz In the series against the knights. Saw AJ pitch against Bellingham?

          It’s hard to see the whole game since we bring the he kids (5,3,1 last summer) but it’s always cool to see our players. Going to be fun to see the coaching staff this year too!

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    And to answer the question asked in the previous thread by someone? Do I ever sleep? Yes. Here and there and when it actually happens. Went to the dr today for my 6 week post op appt and have another 3 weeks of downtime. Which will coincide nicely with the conclusion of the CWS. So I won’t be going back to work until July now. Sorry, ya’ll are stuck with my ignorant late night takes for another few weeks. Besides, someone has to pick up the slack since Jack went MIA. I promise, no shitty music, politics and will keep it sports related. Peace degenerates.

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      Agree very surprising with all the offers starting to add up. My eyes says this guy is full of talent. Needs the right coaching to unlock it all. Not an immediate impact player. Likely competing for the job as a redshirt sophomore.

      Still wary of a UCLA offer. That seemed like his dream school from his earlier comments.

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      Nice job by OSU landing a QB that we had competition for.
      I dont think the oregon offer was really an option, but with WSU, CAL and UW also giving him official visits, I think you can say we legitimately beat out 3 division rivals for a HS QB. When was the last time that happened?

      I also like Chiles size and mobility. Should provide plenty of options for the offense going forward.

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  15. Wonder if we got some NIL money in the works? He was set to take more official visits this month which included Cal and UW I thought. Might be wrong on the specific schools but pretty cool to see.

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      I hope that isn’t the difference for him, otherwise he will just transfer if he begins to have great success. I’d like for the staff to find guys that love the school/staff/conference opportunities and plan to be loyal to the program rather than chasing guys looking for quick cash from NIL. Let Oregon take those mercenaries and stumble along with dysfunction because of it.
      Smith needs to create a counter culture to the trend of what is happening rather than try to compete with it at a meager level. OSU will never have a deep pocket donor drop multi-millions into the athletic programs and NIL deals. If it hasn’t happened behind the scenes (cheating) in previous decades, it won’t happen out in the open now (NIL).

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      • Yeah, I’m totally on board with that just curious since he had several more visits planned and in the 24/7 write up he mentioned he wasn’t coming on the official visit with commitment in mind but that he felt at home and wanted to honor the commitment they had made in him with the early offer. Good offer sheet with 10 schools including the Ducks, both Washington schools, Kansas state, etc.

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        • UW recently had 4* QB Avery Johnson visit, and he allegedly loved the visit and offense.

          Maybe that was a factor for Chiles?

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    • Haven’t but he has seen his stock really rise the last 2 months. Beavs were an early offer a month or two ago but since then he’s gotten offered by the Yucks, UW, Kansas state, Washington state and others. 10 offers I think. So doesn’t necessarily get into all the tangible attributes but good offer sheet overall. Don’t necessarily think he’d be ready from day 1 type of thing but it wasn’t like we were battling Akron or something along those lines.

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      3 star but with a lot of upside. I thought that he had the same ceiling as Dorman but it would take longer to get there.

      Could get to a 4 star with a monster senior year.

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        No way he keeps his commitment to the Beavs. Some school will sway him with NIL money. Or, he gets on campus and redshirts a year then transfers out. Hard to imagine he sticks around if he’s that good.

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          Did you read his talk about his commitment? Seems pretty stoked with the coaches and everything OSU and shutdown his vista to UW, Cal, and Kansas State. My one concern is he really likes Lindgren and I don’t see Lindgren still being on the staff after next season.

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    On to baseball,

    Auburn is on a hot streak right now. It’ll be a strength on strength matchup that wins this series. Beavs pitching vs Auburn hitting.

    Auburn’s offense is carried by four guys. Neutralize two of them and their offense drops off fast. Especially if you can take out the big guy, Sonny. They didn’t see anyone like Hjerpe in their regional so they’ll have to make some big adjustments. Pfennigs and Kmatz will need to have themselves above average outings to win.

    On the other side, Beavs offense vs Auburns pitching. Auburn’s pitching staff doesn’t have any statistical studs but they are getting the job done. In different ways too. Hard to tell the order of starters but it looks like either Bright or Gonzalez for game 1. The other gets game two. Bright has the most innings and has a high k rate but also a high walk rate. Gonzalez seems to be the more dangerous of the two. Doesn’t walk anyone and doesn’t strikeout anyone. Walk per nine under two but k rate under 6 per game. Bullpen depth is only about two guys deep. Big advantage if the Beavs can knock out a starter early. Looks like they got their Sunday guy back from injury. He had a solid outing vs UCLA. If the Beavs can hit their season average, they’ll be able to score a bunch.

    The game plan is the same formula that has worked all year. Get to the opponents bullpen early, play clean defense and the offense will eventually break through by wearing down pitchers.

    Beavs should be favored in this series. Auburn needs more things to go right than the beavs do. But that’s why they play the games.

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      Yeah, I agree with a lot of what you wrote up here. The question is which team shows up for the Beavs? March/April Beavs or the Beavs since May. Getting to competition now where we do have to play solid ball. Might not have to be perfect but we can’t have 3 areas crap the bed and expect to win. Some of the mental lapses have been disappointing and have led to uncharacteristic mistakes of “normal” OSU teams. Getting picked off. Lots of errors the last 5 weeks. Catchers struggling to block pitches…not entirely their fault obviously but not something we’re accustomed to seeing and especially considering the HC is a former catcher. Bullpen issues is concerning as this part of the season rewards pitching depth so I feel our starters, now more than ever, have to go deeper in games if possible. You mention 2 primary bullpen guys for Auburn and arguably that’s where we are with the Beavs. Maybe 3 but beyond that, it’s definitely a crap shoot.

      Offensively we rely on primarily 4 guys as well so it’ll be interesting to see which team’s bottom half and bench show up and provide lift. I’d still prefer to see Trosky out there. Dernedde had the best offensive night of his career but that’s an outlier and not the norm. Unfortunate when your SS is batting around .200 and has struggled defensively over recent weeks. Overall, there’s no drop off in defense and clearly trosky provides a much better bat in the line-up. Even his outs are typically good at bats where he’s battled or made them throw a defeat amount of pitches. Shaping up to be a good series and ideally guys are rested and fired up to play.

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    • @Bill – situational of course but it seems like walking Sonny most of the time would be a decent move. Specially if Rambush continues in lead off.

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      • That appears to be what other teams are doing. He has a lot of walks. He’s their Jacob Melton. Get the guys out in front of him and missing pitches won’t hurt as bad.

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    Regarding Chiles – Watched his video and there’s lots to like, tall, fast, has some wiggle, throws 30+ with ease, throws with zip. The thing that really caught my eye is somebody that really knows the qb position at an elite level has worked with him. Either they or he’s a YouTube savant.

    What I’m talking about is his compact arm and leg motion. Most guys that big tend to hang the ball low and behind them making it easy for elite rushers to get their hands on it. Big qbs also tend to take too large of a step forward in the pocket which is both slow, gives away the game to DBs. I’m not saying has an NFL arm or power but he does have exceptional form for his body type for transferring to higher levels of the game. He’s going to avoid a whole lot of painful turnovers and practice time on bad habits learning his fundamentals so well.

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      I think that the thing forget about Chiles is the he has really only played in 6 HS games in his life. He was starting as WB until he fractured his wrist. While he was on varsity his freshman and sophomore years, he didn’t get any meaningful snaps. So all we have is a small sample size of games and a handful of camps that he has attend to judge him on. Hopefully, Smith and Lindgren saw something in his potential that others haven’t seen yet with the limited sample size. I think I will withhold judgment until he plays more during his senior year.

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      • This is the key narrative here. He has really good tools with extremely limited experience. In that respect, he’s a lot like a Jake Luton with way more upside. Luton made massive improvements because he had so little experience coming into OSU. Chiles has the potential for a similar exponential growth curve.

        The injury history is a bit concerning.

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    • We had some we lost out on if not mistaken but who knows, maybe they’ve gotten to like a qb who’s got a little mobility with Nolan.

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    • He kinda is though. Tall, big arm, accurate, and good mechanics. He just happens to also be fast. He’s definitely qb first looking at the small amount of tape we have.

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    Bill mentioned above but Auburn will be starting Trace Bright on Saturday.
    15 starts (most on the team)
    75 innings (most on the team)
    Gave up 70 hits and 40 earned runs
    84 K’s, 35 walks, 5 hit by pitch
    4-4 record
    4.80 ERA
    1.40 WHIP
    .246 batting average against

    Last appearance was last Friday vs SE Louisiana faced 23 batters in 5.0 innings, struck out 10, walked 2, hit 1, gave up 6 hits and 4 earned runs. 101 pitches.
    He got the win because Auburn scored 11 runs in the first inning and was up 16-4 after 5 innings that game.

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    Some interesting insight into the Beav recruiting message from Chiles:
    “The visit was about us,” Chiles said. “My grandpa was having fun, my mom, my dad, my brother. It’s a staff that’s been together for a minute and it’s a staff that can win together.”

    Adding to his assurance that Oregon State was the right place, he indicated the coaching staff never tried to negatively recruit the schools who had recently offered.

    Instead, the message remained the same: Oregon State’s football program is a close-knit group that is ready to win games.

    “First of all, every time I talked to them it was about family,” Chiles said. “They didn’t compare to other schools, they talked and me and them and how we were going to be a family.”

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    ECU/Texas game is entertaining. Talk about unforced errors and weak pitching. Texas outfielders just collided for a fly ball at the warning track and the ball went over the fence for a solo homerun.

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      Thanks for the link. Maybe Dorman ain’t so bad after all, interesting they included Carpenter here:
      “…what really makes OSU a “complete team” … is their bullpen… Ferrer, combined with Mitchell Verburg, Reid Sebby, DJ Carpenter, “closer” Ryan Brown make up a formidable, talented, and experienced bullpen…”

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    Cleanup hitter ejected for Tenn, fans can’t believe the nerve of blue! Tenn supposed to be allowed to mouth off anytime.

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    Drew Gilbert = first class douche bag.

    This entire UT team oozes douchiness and I’m happy to see them getting curb stomped.

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    One thing UT is showing is how easy it is to get in their heads. If I’m ND I’d be doing everything I could to rattle their cage. A few brushbacks by ND pitching should do the trick against these jokers.

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  36. Tennessee get the Greg Street treatment?

    Tennessee fans have shirts saying “Classless vs Catholics”…..that says it all right there!

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    • They embrace being the villain. It all starts with the head coach. He sets the tone. His team is high energy guys and they play well with that mentality. But now in the round where everyone is good, the balancing act becomes a lot more delicate.

      Beavs show tons of emotion but I haven’t seen them cross the line to where it was perceived as classless.

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        RE: Tenn, if they can’t win with class, they certainly can’t be expected to lose with it. I just wish an announcer had the balls to say that. Here’s hoping ND wins out.

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          It all starts with the head coach. And this isn’t the first time pitching coach Frank Anderson has been ejected this season.

          If the coach acts like an asshat on the field and in the dugout? You can expect the players to act the same.

          https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Cxw-fjmqKFc

          That’s just one of several instances he’s had on the field with umpires. He also got into a heated argument with Arkansas coach Dave Van Horn. And his own school AD after being ejected. Complete and total ass clown.

          Google Tony Vitello ejected.

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    Best comment on the internet.

    Drew Gilbert should’ve been tossed for the stupid “ultimate warrior” eye black on a cloudy day.

    Did someone say he’s suspended and can’t play tomorrow? Ha ha ha ha ha, I mean aww. That’s too bad.

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      This one got me good.

      “I think Peyton is just there to yell Omaha over and over again, but it’s not working.“

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      Yeah I was thinking if he had any more eye black, he would be black-face….. yikes! Ultimate warrior is hilarious haha

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    I like being able to contrast the classy Goss Stadium crowd acknowledgement of that New Mexcio State pitcher with the behavior of TENN fans.

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    “Certainly, pretty well-documented that the kid likes to win and plays with a lot of passion,” Vitello said. “At times, it is hard to control him. I joked at Georgia Southern last year to the umpire that I don’t have control over him”

    Umpire crew chief Billy Van Raaphorst said in a statement that Gilbert had “argued several pitches during the top of the second inning, steaming in from centerfield.” Van Raaphorst indicated that Gilbert was warned between innings to only direct comments “to his team, not our crew or the other team.” Gilbert explained “he just gets excited.”

    “During the fifth inning following strike one, Tennessee batter Gilbert yelled an expletive, followed by another expletive as he walked out of the box and was subsequently ejected,” Van Raaphorst said.

    Couldn’t have happened to a nicer guy. Glad he didn’t wind up at OSU.

    https://www.tennessean.com/story/sports/college/university-of-tennessee/other-sports/2022/06/10/tony-vitello-tennessee-baseball-drew-gilbert-ejection-frank-anderson/7589706001/

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      Tenn coach essentially admits what Gilbert said was ejection worthy.

      Gilbert would be more like Melton if he came to OSU. Still showy with bat flips but a lot less mouth.

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      I think Canham can use this example to the players of playing with emotion but not letting it get out of control. They should take the 2018 team mantra of there’s only one dogpile per year and that’s in Omaha as a good example to use.

      These games today have been filled with a ton of emotions and it’s a big roller coaster for all teams. Tennessee and Texas both fell off the roller coaster. The Oklahoma/Vtech game was a good one too. And the A&M and Louisville game has seen a lot of tense emotions.

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        Talent. Claunch didn’t have the arm to compete with incoming frosh and Logan. Our roster was simple too talented and he would have lost the starting roll. He initially transferred to Arizona then switched to A&M. He has found a great spot and I’m happy to see him having a great time. By pretty much any measure he is still going to be a bench/DH with us.

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    If the hourly forecast stays true, we might just be able to get this game in tomorrow without any interuptions. Just wet enough to make Auburn uncomfortable

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    • Yeah. Weather underground shows a window from 8pm to 2am with little rain. Maybe they should’ve kept the 7:30pm start. Sunday looks to be almost identical.

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    GT did q&a with Auburn writer, he thinks tigers stick with same rotation as regionals…
    “Barring any unforeseen circumstances, Auburn will have the same setup for the Super Regional as it did for the Auburn Regional, with Trace Bright starting Game 1, Joseph Gonzalez starting Game 2 and, if needed, it’s likely Mason Barnett’s on the bump for Game 3.”

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  54. 1

    Saw the GS/BOS highlights. In one play, Curry passes to a wide open GP, who has all the time in the world for a corner 3. But he sees Curry coming to him, waits, a simple bounce pass to Curry, sets a screen, and Curry nails a 3 from where Payton had stood. Team player.

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    More on the Gilbert ejection, from the comments section of a piece on “Vols Wire”…worth a chuckle:
    “Watched the game – 150% justified. First time seeing the Vols this year and by the second inning we were rooting for Notre Dame because the fans, team, coaches at Tennessee put on a real exhibition of obnoxious childish toxic overamped Little Leaguers. If they play Arkansas no one will notice but it was cringe worthy at times. I commend the umps patience, they were bullied on every call by anyone wearing orange. Maybe print basic college baseball rules on the popcorn tubs, beer cozies, and hot dog boats so fans can enjoy the game a bit more?
    Guessing 4 hours in seats meant for normal size people was really hard on a lot of those Tennessee fans. Who throws trash on their own field to protest a call? Yikes.
    …and if you are not a Maori Warrior or working the pole by the airport, the full-face eye black is foolish.”

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    Noticed in the feed above that Alton Julian (my pick for defensive MVP this coming season) is selling merchandise: “Be You – Just a Kid with a Dream” t-shirts. I like that its a positive message and not sport or self-centered.

    And yeah, I know the D Line needs to improve and impact games next year to make a difference, but I think a healthy Julian is going to be a leader and set the tone for the defense.

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    Hope I’m wrong but Auburn brings their “A” game tonight. Dernedde with 2 critical errors and pitching with 8 free bases (walks, HBP, errors) too much for offense to overcome.
    Auburn 10 – Beavs 4
    ;)

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    Go Beavs! Hope for a Hjerpe gem tonight against more SEC competition. Beavs need to get the bats going early and don’t chase junk out of the zone. Looking for disciplined/sound defense that is elite once again from the Beavs.

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    This ump has the tightest strike zone ever. Both Beavs and Tigers pitchers are frustrated. And that last curveball. Catcher literally did not move his glove which was directly over the plate. SMH.

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      Not as good as ours by the numbers. Bodes well that we get to see so many of us. It will pay dividends tomorrow.

      We’ve hit the ball hard off of all three so far. It’s matter of time when we find the gaps.

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      He seems awful in the little bit I’ve seen. Strikes are called balls and balls randomly are strikes. Seems all over the map

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    I wouldn’t throw a fastball in the zone to the big guy for the rest of the game. Until he proves he can hit the curveball.

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    I take it Dorman isn’t a big fan of the pitching to contact philosophy? Pfenning is going to nimble himself out of the game soon.

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  106. Why the hell can’t ESPN use a strike zone box, so I can get a better idea of where the pitch is? It is because the athletes are amateurs?

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  109. 77 pitches and 3 bb’s in the inning, finally Dorman pulls the plug.
    Townsend can give Beavs a lift if he limits it to a one run margin.

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  110. Trying to find a positive tonight. Maybe it’s a good thing Hjerpe didn’t pitch with this minuscule strike zone.

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    Three innings and already a combined 9 walks. I don’t think the pitching has been that bad. Hopefully ump starts to expand zone to something other than dead center at the knees.

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    Pfennings would be our ace next year but I’m not sure he should be. Granted he was injured for 6 weeks but he’s only had 1 or 2 good outings this season. Even those have been plagued by walks. His best outings were vs teams we should’ve performed well against but otherwise he’s been avg at best and pulled early the last 2 outings if I’m not mistaken. Kmatz has been more consistent and hopefully Frisch is back healthy. I think he has the skill set to be an ace just don’t think he can put it together consistently enough to be the top dog.

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    Well worth bringing the verburg in just to get some fire going. I want more emotion. It Tennessee level but something. Not getting it from Mitch.

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    I like to see the fire although I’ve never been a fan of it when a team is losing. In my head I’m always thinking “scoreboard” lol.

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    Auburn pretty much shutting the beavs down after that 1st inning. Relief pitching has dominated. Dernedde used all his hits last game.

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    Auburn is hitting better & pitching better. Our bats better wake up tomorrow or we getting swept even if Hjerpe pitches tomorrow.

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      Real possibility with the eun support we’ve given Hjerpe this year. Guy pitched a perfect game until the 7th and lost. 18 strikeouts and lost (or no decision can’t remember). Regardless, we haven’t given him any run support and the bats have cooled after the 1st inning.

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    How does a umpire that is this inconsistent get a ncaa playoff game? Im not saying that is why we are losing but he is bad. We are losing because our batters have fallen asleep and are not aggressive at all.

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    Our offense has disappeared. Bottom of order has looked over matched. Top of the order after first inning has looked bad as well. Pitching after Pfennings has kept us in it but offense is weak.

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      We have been pretty bad against Friday starters all year. 5 is actually a bit above average for game 1 for us. Our bats just are not great. Meaning they don’t fare well against aces who can locate and limit freebies.

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      • “We have been pretty bad against Friday starters all year.”

        Based on what? How the eff did Hjerpe get 10 wins?

        Show your work because this is an ignorant take imo and I highly disagree.

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        • I think the run support for Hjerpe has been low as the season progressed. If he wasn’t a top 3 starting pitcher I don’t believe he’d have 10 wins. So yes, getting 10 wins shows we’ve faired better than the other teams have vs our ace but that doesn’t mean we haven’t been bad vs other teams’ Fri starter. Stanford 0 runs. Utah 1 run. UW 2 runs and a no decision after his 6 innings pitched. 1 run vs UCLA. 3 vs Cal in tourney (gets the win but that’s below season avg scoring). New Mexico state was 1 run when he was removed from game.

          To me this really mirrors the team this season. Until may, we beat up teams and he had plenty of run support. ASU was 21. Oregon he had plenty, etc. But once we started facing more quality opponents that started to fade as did the overall play of the team. Errors. Bullpen regressed. Bottom half of the order couldn’t hit a beach ball. So I dont agree with the all year part but it’s definitely been an issue the last 6-7 weeks.

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          • I’m not disagreeing that the run production has decreased from our offense for Hjerpe since the Beavs started facing better competition. But That wasn’t what was stated by the OP.

            The statement was “we have been pretty bad against Friday night starters all year”.

            And that is not factual. Is it??? Nor do the stats back that up.

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  144. It’s like they’ve given up offensively, trying to play for tomorrow. So much for the time zone adjustment to our advantage.

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    Just one of those games. Beavs actually played well but tip your hat to Auburn. Hoping Hjerpe goes tomorrow. For whatever reason, I think we’re still in good shape. We’ll see

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      Why not Trosky? Why Dernede? I have done nothing to confirm but I heard his parents are big donors. Just weird you wouldn’t pinch hit for him in 8th with Trosky even if you’re trying to placate donors.

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        I have been down on Dernedde most of the year. I think we have seen what he’s going to do with his bat. Develop the young talent. At this point there’s a net neutral to positive change with Trosky on defense.

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        • Dernedde is streaky. At best. We call for him to be benched. Then he rips a 2 out rbi. Then follows it up with an error. Then disappears for a few games. What class is he? Sophomore? Junior?

          I don’t get it. Maybe he’d benefit from a summer on the cape. Idk. Grasping at straws here.

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          • He’s a third year Soph. Depending on who gets drafted and what recruits show up on campus he may be in the outfield rotation next year. Too many errors at short will kill

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      No one was warmed up in the first and Pfemnigs usually throws best after 20-25 pitches.

      You are becoming a troll on your own blog, it’s so weird.

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        Whose fault is it if no one was warmed up? Pfennings started the game looking like didn’t want to be out there. It is on the coach to read his players and make the necessary changes.

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          Let’s fire him. Mitch is not perfect and neither is Dorman. You won’t find many coaches pulling a tip starter in the 1st or 2nd over 4 ER and a tied game.

          If it was me I would have had Hunter go out for the third. Obviously they wanted to keep as many top arms available for game 2 and 3 and try to get this one done with the bottom of the pen. Almost worked. Now we have a lopsided matchup for the next two games.

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          You aren’t offering criticism. You started with lol, just some analytic joy at watching the beavs lose? Then you asked a good question. Then you threw out an insult.

          Mockery, enough content to pretend you are legit, mockery. That’s a troll sandwich not useful or interesting criticism. You just look for soo ok me point to criticize and then leverage at as hard as you can. Anyone contests you say they are blind followers.

          Your a well crafted post from a Joe Rogan fan aping on 4 Chan. Idk why you are burning credibility to the ground but you are.

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    So we lost but I think Auburn is in a bad place. They did not adjust to Hjerpe not being in at all and used up some of their better arms. Their vaunted offense put up 7 against our least consistent starter and the bottom of our post season bullpen. The best bullet en pitcher we used was Lattery and 11 pitches is nothing for him.

    Auburn is going to have to manufacture more runs than us with Hjerpe, Ferrer, Lattery, Sebby, Kmatz, Hunter, Brown and Boisvert completely available.

    Their road gets much harder as ours gets easier.

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      And they have to drive back to Newport to sleep and come back tomorrow.
      But…..just because Mitch says Hjerpe is pitching, does that mean Hjerpe will be at full strength? Who gets a bug that is bad enough to make them sit out one day and get back to normal 24 hrs later?

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      But they only need one win , I don’t think losing the first game of a 3 game series puts them in a good place. Notice how Texas A&M is in the world series under a first year head coach and Yetskie who should be coaching the Beavs.

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      • I agree. I’d rather be up 1-0 than having to win 2 straight. Don’t agree with that take at all.

        Just worry about tonight.

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        • Sure but burning out the bullpen with iffy offense and a questionable starter is probably a good way to lose 2 straight.

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            You think Auburn’s offense is iffy? I’d say they’re easily above average considering their output in 4 postseason games.

            Watched our bullpen at all these last few weeks? You can tell yourself whatever you wish if it makes you feel better.

            I disagree with your sentiment.

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          • No I meant our offense is Iffy. Auburn can definitely hit and is better with Han us at the plate for sure.

            Bullpen was good last night, offense was average at best.

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            Ok. Then if our offense is iffy why does that put the Beavs in a better position down 1-0?

            I’m not agreeing with your logic.

            Not saying the Beavs can’t or won’t. I’m just less confident in 2 straight must wins.

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          • 1-0 is always going to be better but not if you have nothing left in the Pen.

            Beavers batters are iffy on game ones because they typically face strong pitching. Our hitting improves as a series wears on mostly because the pitching gets worse.

            We’re in a good position because it’s strength on strength and weakness on weakness the rest of the way.

            Auburn should have a harder time hitting and get fewer freebies against our better pitchers. Beavers should be able to hit better and get more freebies against their less talented pitchers. That and they burned most of their quality lefties yesterday which has been a problem.

            It’s not like Stanford university here they win game 1 and we’re looking at bleak chances of going two straight. Our defense will get better as theirs gets worse.

            Had we won with the pitchers we used last night that would have been awesome. We almost did which makes Auburn’s feel offense seem quite a bit more reasonable.

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      Yeah we lost and they’re in a bad place? The delusion! Anything to take criticism off Mitch, huh? He left the starter in too long and blew the game. We’re in a terrible place now. Reality vs hamster wheeling.

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      • Yes. Stanford is playing an unranked team whose RPI was in the 40s before the tourney. I should hope they would be able to “out athlete” that type of team at home being the the number 2 National seed. You think Angry is tough on Mitch, this would be absolutely catastrophic for the Cardinal.

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    I wonder if wsn was in right field tonight. Everyone around me sounded like him.

    Just didn’t execute in critical times tonight. Too many called third strikes.

    If Hjerpe is sick, then that’s bad luck. They’ll start their best guy tomorrow.

    The best players step up when everything is on the line. Hopefully the beavs do that tomorrow.

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      If you’re talking about me I was not in Goss last night.

      I won’t be doing much until around 4th of July as I recover from surgery to repair a fractured bone in my foot.

      As for last nights game, I was struggling to keep my eyes open towards the end of the game so I was out right after it ended. That was disappointing. But not surprising. Hopefully Hjerpe can go tonight and give the Beavs a good outing. Gonna need him to if the Beavs want to push this to Monday.

      That umpire last night was utter trash. Not the reason the Beavs lost as he was equally trash for both teams.

      Curious to what the Auburn player said after he crossed home plate, whom exactly it was directed at and why. I didn’t see anything malicious on the TV broadcast.

      Jim Wilson was missing from the radio broadcast last night. Parker said he’d be there tonight.

      Honestly? Auburn looks about the same to me as Vanderbilt. They’re good but they aren’t great/unbeatable. If our boys can’t bounce back? Was a good run and Mitch’s best with a roster that lacks depth. I’d have no issues.

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    The Beavs played the same they have been the last 2-3 months. I think this is their best, and they reached their potential this year. If they win the next two then a lot of things went their way and they overachieved.

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    Gotta shake things up a little tonight Miiiiitch!

    Bench Dernedde. Start Trosky at least. Maybe shuffle the lineup a little. Meckler seems like he’s struggling lately. Move him down in the order. Put Forrester in the clean up spot? Move Melton up? I’m not saying wholesale changes, but….

    Try something at least.

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    One last item. Since the beginning of the UA series? 16 games, mostly against better competition? 8-8 record.

    Might just be who they are. It is what it is. Go Beavs tonight. At least give yourselves a chance.

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      I think this is spot on. Disappointing if we don’t make Omaha but I don’t believe we’re a top 8 squad. Going to Omaha isn’t easy so making it to the Supers seems right.

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      • Agree. As someone else mentioned, hard to get many good scoring innings when the lineup really falls off after the fifth spot. Puts a lot of pressure on the pitching.

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    Roxy Bernstein mentioned the Beavs kryptonite may be left handed pitching. Batted .185 vs lefties in the regional.

    Yesterday 0 runs in 6.1 innings vs lefties. 5 runs in 2.2 innings vs righties.

    Good thing auburns starter tonight is a righty and the guy who would start game 3 is a righty.

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  159. @WSN – Heres the work. I stand corrected. We struggle against good programs aces and all year is def wrong. That was just what have you done for me lately eye only really thinking about the back half. Hjerpe loses are against Furd, Utah and UCLA with scoring of 0, 1 and 1.

    Note – Outliers is eliminating the top 2 results and bottom 2 results of the year. This is noted as filtered. Regional teams does not count teams we have played in the post season (NM State, Vandy, San Diego and Auburn)

    Friday Averages
    9 rpg
    7.6 rpg filtered
    6.1 rpg conference
    3 rpg conference filtered
    3.8 rpg vs Regional teams

    Saturday Averages
    7.7 rpg
    7.2 rpg filtered
    6.6 rpg conference
    3.3 rpg conference filtered
    5.2 rpg vs Regional teams

    Saturday Averages
    6 rpg
    5.2 rpg filtered
    6.1 rpg conference
    3.8 rpg conference filtered
    5.2 rpg vs Regional teams

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    • Last night, the struggle wasn’t against their ace, wish he would have stayed in there. We struggled against their relievers.

      I see a performance tonight similar to the San Diego game where they play loose. Why can’t there be consistency/aggression game to game?

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        They played a bunch of their better lefties which will help to have them out of the order for a night atleast.

        Their starter was real off

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        Good lord dude get the old undies out of your crack. Games we lost when Hjerpe started. Anything else to nitpick?

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    Mitch was playing 5-D chess last night by holding Hjerpe in game 1. He understands the wy ESPN rigs the SEC games for viewership and desires to extend all SEC series to 3 games by squeezing the strike zone in game 1 and creating more offense.
    SO now we have the 2 best control starters for the next 2 games and the umpiring will be less “pro strike zone” as spoken by the ESPN analyst and Auburn coach. Auburn used all of their best lefties in game 1.

    Meanwhile Mitch has all of his best bullpen guys waiting, and Hjerpe ready to command the edges of a normal zone. I like to think Auburn was gifted a game by a tight strike zone/resulting walks and hittable 3-2 counts pitches over and over. Umpires that squeeze the zone can rattle pitchers/batters and frustrate the normal flow of games, and I think this happened last night.

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        I like the Auburn coach. Dont know anything about him but i’ve liked the way he has handled himself in this series. Auburn players havent been too bad either. I guess if the Beavs are to lose, i could think of worse teams to lose to.

        I’m also not convinced Hjerpe will be good to go tonight. He might still play because he’s a competitor, but I have a feeling he’ll be limited by his illness.

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          Auburn coach is easy to like, from what I’ve seen/heard. Eggers quoted him on twitter:

          Auburn coach Butch Thompson on his 1st experience at Goss Stadium: “Best environment I’ve ever seen. A positive fan base engaged in every single pitch of a ballgame. I couldn’t tip my hat any more to Oregon State. I’m fired up. This is like bucket list for me. It’s been great.”

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    All that fake warrior shit for nothing. Those guys were more focused on themselves than actually playing/enjoying baseball. Too bad none of them will learn anything.

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    “The ball bounced toward the infield as coach Tony Vitello made the slow walk from the Tennessee baseball dugout to the mound.

    Notre Dame’s Jack Brannigan had blistered the same ball into the left-field porches on an ill-fated pitch from Chase Burns. A Tennessee fan launched it back onto the field as the season spiraled away from the Vols.

    Tennessee, which won a program-record 57 games, could not get the win it needed to reach the College World Series and chase a place among the best teams in college baseball history. It crumbled instead at Lindsey Nelson Stadium, falling 7-3 to Notre Dame (40-15) on Sunday in the Knoxville Super Regional final.

    UT was 49-0 when leading after six innings entering Sunday.”

    So a TENN fan threw it back onto the field. Mature.

    https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/college/baseball/2022/06/12/notre-dame-stuns-tennessee-2022-college-world-series/7604966001/

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    Arkansas dogpiles as it sweeps the heels. Shame to see them knock themselves out of the championship like that.

    Kiss of death counter now has Arkansas and Notre Dame. Any others?

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    Four of Five to Omaha unseeded so far. Lots of coaches in line to be fired for not “out athleting” inferior competition.

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    Fun things to watch out for tonight.

    1) Hjerpe is 5 SO from passing Luke Hiemlich as the all time SO leader for OSU.

    2) Garret Foresster has hit 9 home runs on the season. His goal was 10.

    3) A win tonight would be the 48th. That would be 6th best in program history.

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    Not sure if Boyd has green light to can his own steals or not but man that was wrong time.

    Hjerpe looking solid early. Almost like he should have started last night.

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  186. Not sure where D1 baseball got their info….

    In the 9th inning of Stanford/UConn the announcers said if Oregon St won tonight, game 3 of our super regional would be at 7pm and Stanford/UConn would be at 4pm. If Auburn wins tonight, the Stanford game would be at 7pm.

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    • Then Parker says on the radio 4:30 tomorrow if the Beavs win. 3 different sources now have given 3 different starting times.

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    Beavs are hitting off their pitcher. Be nice to work his pitch count this next inning, be patient and see if we can get some walks.

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    Casey’s comments did seem to fit perfectly however with the Auburn pitcher losing confidence after his terrible throwing error….

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  199. 2

    Auburn has burned their 2 best pitchers and are not responding to creative offense well.

    Their new pitcher has a 6.3 ERA with 16H, 16K, 11W and 2HBP. Our next pitcher will be Sebby or Ferrer.

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      Very good+ teams don’t beat themselves or play down to competition.

      I think Casey’s intensity and attention to detail may be lacking.

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  209. Need to get one more inning out of Ferrer then give it to Ryan Brown? Or do you let Ferrer finish this?

    *DiaBeetus due up in the last of the 8th. C’mon offense. Need to put up a couple more.

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    Wow. Pulling the guy during Dernedde at bat? 2 balls and just gave up a walk but this is definitely the guy you pitch to. Lol. Interesting move.

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  221. 1

    Helluva throw by the RF for Auburn. Hopefully that doesn’t bite the Beavs in the ass. C’mon Benny! Need 3 outs here. And for the love of all that is holy, NO FREE PASSES! Make them earn it!

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    Nail biter of a game. But da Beavs live to play one more day at least. Kmatz is gonna need to pitch the game of his life tomorrow and he’s not been good lately. Seems like he’s hit the Freshman wall. Hunter and Sebby should be available in middle relief.

    That’ll do Beavs. That’ll do.

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    Seriously, this game should have been 6-2. Lots of passed balls and Jacob Melton dove past the ball leading to another run, very strange. Just sloppy way to win another ball game. WOW!

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    Super regionals update…..

    I will NEVER say this again, but a HUGE thank you to Notre Dame for sending those classless pricks in Knoxville to a disappointing early exit. I called it. So I’m at 50% since they won the SEC tournament. I’ll take that F.

    Fuck Tennessee

    Beavs Twitter says 4:30 tomorrow. So, D1 was wrong. ESPN announcers in the Stanford/UConn game were wrong. Parker was correct.

    Bracket 1

    Notre Dame vs Texas/ECU winner (Texas leads 10-1 in the 8th after a lengthy weather delay)

    Oklahoma vs Texas A&M

    Bracket 2

    Arkansas vs Stanford/UConn

    Ole Miss vs Beavs/Auburn

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      No easy draw in Omaha. I’d be happy if we could take out 3 SEC teams on the road to the final. Big game tomorrow.

      Kmatz, Hunter, Sebby, Lattery, Brown, Boisvert ready to go.

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      Texas wins 11-1. Bracket 1 is set and will open the CWS on Friday.

      Notre Dame Vs Texas

      Oklahoma vs Texas A&M

      Fun Facts. Of the 6 participants that have already punched their ticket to Omaha? Only one of them has ever won the CWS. Oklahoma in 1951 and 1994. Texas will be making their 12th appearance trailing only USC’s 14 appearances. 6 of those 12 times they’ve played for the title and been the bridesmaid all 6 times. USC won 12 of the 14 times they played for all the marbles.

      Sleep well Beavs and Beavettes. Big game tomorrow.

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    I like our chances with our pitching line up. But Kmantz needs to be on a really short leash. We can’t give them an ounce of momentum (and no free f’ing bases). Would love to see our bats start smokin tomorrow.

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          Their lefties are Hill, Fuller, Mullins, Wade, Sheehan, Skipper and Copeland.

          Hill – 2 IP 18 ERA
          Fuller – 6.1 IP 8.5 ERA
          Mullins- experienced lefty but hasn’t pitched since the end of April. Hurt?
          Wade – 1.2 IP 11 ERA hasn’t pitched since March
          Sheehan – 9.3 IP, pitched 54 on Saturday. That was more than double his longest all season.
          Skipper – 42 pitches Sat. Has a history of being able to heat up on 1 day rest. Most IP of any leftie.
          Copeland – 15 IP ERA 4.2. Most likely to see this lefty.

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    Jim Wilson on the postgame show says he thinks Jaren Hunter will get the start tomorrow over Kmatz due to his effective 3 innings start in the winner take all game back Vanderbilt.

    Either way, expect a bullpen game tomorrow. From both teams.

    Gonna need to score a lot of runs to win

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    Need to score at least 7 runs tomorrow to win…. I don’t know, Sonny D is due after looking silly today. Can the Beavs field a bit better and get to 13 hits?….cuz that’s what they’ll need tomorrow to win.

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        They’ll probably use some of the LHP the Beavs saw in game 1 out of the pen. What I’ve seen tonight is they’ll probably start Mason Barnett.

        Hayden Mullins has been injured for them and I’m not sure if he’s even made the trip, is out for the rest of the year or even pitched since they played Tennessee.

        His mom wrote a very scathing social media post about Tennessee and their fans behavior after he was injured. Google it.

        All the more reason….Fuck Tennessee.

        Beavs bats better show up tomorrow. It’s all hands on deck for both teams.

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    That was a good game and this has been a good series. What makes college baseball a better product than MLB.

    I would probably expect kmatz to get the start tomorrow but be on a very short leash with Hunter in next. After that, it’s all hands on deck except Hjerpe and Ferrer. Sebby, and Brown will go for extended looks if needed.

    Auburn will start a good one tomorrow. He’s come back from injury and had a solid outing vs UCLA. Hard to tell what’s left in their bullpen, they have thrown a lot of guys. I assume it’s all hands on deck as well. They had two lefties throwing in the pen at the end of the game.

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    Error free game tonight. Auburn committed 2 that led to runs for the Beavs. Although the two wild pitches that allowed runs technically could be considered errors even though that doesn’t show up in the stats. I’m concerned about Logan. He’s been letting quite a few get past him nor has he been doing shit at the plate. Does Tanner Smith get a start tomorrow? Or let it ride? Miiiiitch has some tough decisions to make.

    Play error free ball and see what happens?

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      If you need something to watch during your post-op recovery, between now and tomorrow’s game, I noticed there’s a new Bob Saget tribute on Netflix. Bunch of pretty big names all riffing on stage at the Comedy Store. So far pretty funny.

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      • Yeah they did some comedy thing that was like a 10 day event and releasing them one by one.

        I watched the Bill Burr one last week and it wasn’t too bad. Couple of them weren’t funny but Bill Burr always kills it. I like Jimmy Carr too. At the end Burr came out with Jeff Ross and Dave Attell for bumping mics and they all had some really great one liners. I won’t ruin it for anyone that hasn’t see it.

        Glad I got to see Saget last fall before he passed away and that he picked on me that night lol.

        Thanks, I’ll check it out.

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  242. All the unseeded teams beat seeded teams in the supers so far.

    Still a chance for all top 4 seeds to go down. Not sure if that has happened before. Strange year if only 2 seeded teams make it in and both made it because it went chalk in their regionals.

    It’s going to be haymakers all game tomorrow. Pop a lot of popcorn!

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  243. Dear Knoxville and Tennessee fans,

    Take note. We also gave the NMSU pitcher who threw 124 pitches and the game of his life to give his team a chance to win. Instead of being dicks, you can and should acknowledge greatness. Even when it comes from your opponent.

    No matter what happens tomorrow. You can win with class. You can Lose with class. You can do both. Don’t be an Ass.

    https://mobile.twitter.com/cooperhjerpe/status/1536252588005261312?cxt=HHwWgICgldzl7tEqAAAA

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    Great game last night! I’m guessing that Hjerpe wasn’t “ill” the previous night and Mitch just wanted to see if Pfennigs could get the win, which he almost did – great strategy on Mitch’s part; Auburn certainly didn’t look so cocky, especially the fat guy. What is it with this ‘Newport is just an hour away from Corvallis’ crap?? I’ve done that drive many times and it ain’t no hour as it has more curves than Jennifer Lopez! I think Bubba Wallace would have a tough time in getting to Newport in an hour.

    Side story: Had a fraternity brother try to pass a log truck on a motorcycle on that stretch up to Mary’s Peak and ended up sliding under the trailer and out the other side! Lived to tell about, too. Corvallis to Newport in an hour? Pull my finger!

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      They’ve straightened the 20 at Eddyville, you can definitely make it to Newport in under an hour unless there’s a lot of traffic.

      And the road to Newport, hwy 20, doesn’t pass Mary’s, that’s hwy 34 and it ends in Waldport.

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        A new road that bypassed Eddyville was built and shortened the trip by 4 miles. It is a fantastic section of road that has made the passage to Newport much safer and undoubtedly saved lives. That road can safely be driven at 65 now until the west end of Crystal Creek Loop.

        The old section of road that used to be Highway 20 and was bypassed is now Crystal Creek Loop.

        Former Chip hauler who has driven both old and new sections more than enough times to GP in Toledo. The new section of road is also a bazillion times better.

        That stuff you wipe your ass with? You’re welcome.

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      I spoke to an Auburn fan at the game last night, he and his wife are Aub grads and live in Wilsonville. He said the team is staying there, not Newport.
      Didn’t check his credentials, so FWIW

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    • Where did you read they are staying in Newport? I read a couple tweets saying they are staying in Wilsonville. That seems to make more sense than Newport if they’re flying out of PDX.

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  245. 1

    Reposting from above. Auburn Lefties.

    Their lefties are Hill, Fuller, Mullins, Wade, Sheehan, Skipper and Copeland.

    Hill – 2 IP 18 ERA
    Fuller – 6.1 IP 8.5 ERA
    Mullins- experienced lefty but hasn’t pitched since the end of April. Hurt?
    Wade – 1.2 IP 11 ERA hasn’t pitched since March
    Sheehan – 9.3 IP, pitched 54 on Saturday. That was more than double his longest all season.
    Skipper – 42 pitches Sat. Has a history of being able to heat up on 1 day rest. Most IP of any leftie.
    Copeland – 15 IP ERA 4.2. Most likely to see this lefty.

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    Completely off topic-

    I was having a random FB conversation and remembered back to when I was in middle school in Corvallis in the 80s. There was an indoor rifle and pistol range on campus and they had a program for us kids to come down and learn safety and shoot. It was a really cool experience. I was curious so I googled it and it appears the range was open for 97 years until last year.

    Just wondered if any of you ever used that range when you were enrolled at OSU.

    https://clubs.oregonstate.edu/pistol-club/announcement/target-range-closing-update

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    • My oldest son was a member of the Corvallis shooters 4H club. Was a .22 only range. Didn’t hear that it had closed. Last time we were there was probably 2010 or so.

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      • Yeah they had .22 pistols and single shot bolt guns if I recall correctly. 50′ range.

        It may have been 4H that we were involved with back then. Too long ago for me to remember.

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    I’d like to see them throw Kmatz for one time through the lineup, hopefully 3 innings. Then go with Hunter as long as he can go effectively, maybe to the 6th then finish with Sebby/Brown for the final 3 innings.

    Auburn will have a difficult time adjusting to each guy for only one at bat and I’d say these are the most consistent guys outside of Hjerpe/Ferrer all year. It is looking like Miiiiitch may have some idea of what he is doing.

    Go Beavs! I’ll be flying during the first 1 1/2 hrs of the game so I’m hoping my absence is beneficial for all of you planning to watch. Bring home a win you degenerate angrybeavs! ;)

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  253. It’s going to be a tough fight the whole game. Just like it was vs Vandy. Will need guys to outperform their season averages. Who will that be today?

    Kmatz will need to be effective. Auburn will get their hits today. Just need to not let them get consecutive hits or give them free bases. If the big guy gets hits, let them be solos.

    Hunter will be first in along with Sebby and then brown. I can’t see Mitch going with anyone else in this game. They are the most trusted guys. If the team goes down, they do down because their best pitchers got beat. Not end of bullpen guys.

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  254. Jeff Macias SEC umpire squeezing the strike zone to Stanford’s detriment….we’ll see if he balances out with UCONN pitchers. He’s horrible so far!

    https://www.si.com/college/tennessee/.amp/baseball/nichols-tennessee-survived-first-taste-of-adversity-now-can-it-handle-more

    “Then, Jeffrey Macias — the same umpire who missed a reported 57 calls on Friday night and who was behind home plate during the controversial call in Tennessee’s College World Series matchup against Texas last June — jerked his thumb away from Vitello, too.“

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  257. I think this is not going to be an easy game. We used our number 1 starter and top reliever last night and still only won by 1 point.

    I’m also not confident that Kmatz and Hunter will do well against the Auburn hitters. Both need to be on a very short leash that we don’t get into a deep hole.

    Mitch will probably go with the pitchers he’s most confident with first, but if that’s not working out I wouldn’t be surprised to see the lesser used relievers. You never know who might step up and have a good night.

    This will need to be an entire team effort tonight, both pitching and hitting.

    I hope I’m wrong and we cruise through this game, but something just tells me this is going to be a battle.

    Go Beavers… and Good Luck !!

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    • Id expect something like this.
      1) Kmatz, try to get 9 outs. Short Leash
      2) Hunter, once through rotation.
      3) Sebby, as long as he can keep them guessing.
      4) Lattery to the 9th
      5) Brown

      If things go sideways Verburg, Boisvert or Ferrer can probably help out.

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  259. Just streaming thoughts and channelling inner jack and wsn by just talking,

    Beavs have been in two winner take all games this year. Auburn none. Will that matter?

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    • It matters. Its not a surprise that so many seeds have lost out. Resilience matters. Don’t forget that Auburn played something like 60% of its games at home this year.

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      The fact that he took that off the knee and got back in the game is pretty impressive. He’s gonna have a massive bruise tomorrow. Wonder if the swelling sets in before the game is over and limits his swinging motion?

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  279. For shit’s sake, those two have so many uncompetitive at-bats. Gretler swinging at an inside pitch it can’t do possibly drive and Deernedee looking completely lost.

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    Auburn is learning that Gretler and Dernedde won’t swing at the strikes down the middle of the plate, but serve up a dirt ball and they are all over it! My goodness they are bad.

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    Hunter has done well. 2 mistakes walk to 2 hitter and goffer . Offense needs to string some hits together. Holding Auburn to 1 hit and 2 runs is good.

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  291. Good lefty coming in for Aub with 2 on and 1 out, gotta catch him quick before he gets comfortable. Melton and then Bazzana, good guys to try to break through here.

    Darn!…..guess he was born comfortable…

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    What’s going on for game food for those not at the game?!? I’m stuck at home with COVID with limited options, so made a blackened pork chop sandwich with spicy pickles and sweet potato fries. Nachos on deck!

    Fuck COVID and Go Beavs!

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  304. Dude gets a double defending the plate with a hack — yet Beavs can’t buy a hit with bases juiced. My goodness, baseball can be excruciating.
    Faaaaaawwwwwwk!!!!

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    Unfortunately you’re probably out right. This team panics when under pressure and they also don’t have that IT factor to make comebacks . I don’t recall one game all season this team came back when in a late deficit > 1 run

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    • Came back from 5 or 6 runs down in the 9th inning at Cal.

      Unfortunately gave it right back in the last of the 9th and still lost.

      Auburm also isn’t Cal.

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    3 more easy out this inning with Gretled/Derneddee setting the table with 2 outs for Boyd next inning. So basically it’s down to the 8th inning for our offense to do something.

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    Not looking good. Auburn has plenty of pitching to play matchups. Plus the shadows will be in play soon and the bottom of our order is really weak. I’d say we have a <5% chance to win. I think it will come down to if Auburn can throw strikes. Sometime the bullpen can get tight in these sort of circumstances. We’ll see

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  325. Bazanna and then Dukart coming up; I’ve got a good feeling about both of them.

    OK, I’ll keep my feelings to myself…….another lost opportunity.

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    Why take Hunter out?

    Just getting a chance to watch. Sounds like Miiiiiiiiiitch made another error?

    Unfortunately, a great decision by the Auburn skipper.

    Any Auburn fans say that about Miiitch this series?

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    Bazanna blowing the play at 1st and watching strike 3 is brutal.
    2 game altering plays in crunch time.
    At least the top of the order will get another shot

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  333. Did we cover why Smith is in for Logan? Gavin has struggled over the last few weeks but seems odd to swap him now for the freshman. Injured?

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    Fun watching cookie monster trip over his own feet to end the inning. May be the only bright spot of that half inning.

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    Hey! Fuchs made it so close at first………..(sarc)
    And here comes Trosky…….not a fan of him on D vs Dernedde; I’ll buy it for offense, not based on D.

    Any chance the Fuchs/Trosky/ even Smith moves were just good ‘ol Mitch giving guys experience??

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      • They’re close in my opinion, I really don’t like bringing in a new guy at this point in the game.
        The “book” is Dernedde has the stronger arm.
        As said, Trosky likely has the edge at the plate.

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    We should have won today. Auburn was just very opportunistic and we weren’t. Both staffs pitched a lot better than I thought we would see.

    Good season Beavs! We progressed, last season regionals, and his season supers. Not bad for Mitch’s 3rd season. Let’s hope for Omaha next season.

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      It’s true, why did they pitch to that kid at all, he should’ve been getting the Forrester treatment. Lose 2 games because you didn’t walk the best hitter in the SEC

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        Walk him and he clogs the bases up, but you can’t walk the 2 hitter. Bad execution hurt the Beavs and that’s on the coach’s for not having a better plan for how to pitch to their better hitters

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        Sarcasm. Pitching was excellent. Auburn had only three hits. Melton struck out twice with runners on second base. The point is Mitch did not lose the game or the series. Beavs just didn’t make a couple of plays. He put them in a position to win.

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          There is a reason why he led the nation in walks. We only walked him 3 times in 3 games. Allowing him to hit 2 hrs is on Mitch, I’m not saying fire him, but it is a wart.

          Auburn didn’t let Forrester our hottest hitter beat them, we allowed their hottest hitter to beat us that’s on the coaches

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    Competitive series. Much more entertaining to watch the pitching than the batting. Improve on details and they could maybe have advanced. Or maybe this is as good as they are.

    Entertaining, good season.

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        Definitely need to be solid on defense. Lose so much offense this year, gonna be interesting to see where it comes from aside from Forrester and Bazanna.

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        • Depends on the draft mostly.

          Probably gone:
          Melton – Gone for sure
          Boyd – May stay and bet on himself for one more year.
          Meckler – Probably worked his way into the draft, unlikely he stays if he gets a pick.

          Possible guys to step up on the roster:
          Wilson
          Reed
          Trosky
          Smith

          Incoming –
          Turley – Wait and see
          Macias – Probably coming in

          Wildcard Frosh I know can hit.
          Reeder
          Kennel
          Krieg (may be pitching)

          Theres another 5 defensive players coming in, who konws what they can do.

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          • Yeah, don’t see Turley going the college route after the season he’s had. Could be wrong obviously but seems unlikely. Set a state record this year for homers I believe. Reed is curious. With his injuries it’s almost a 2 year time off of playing consistently. I’m a trosky fan, just not sure if they can move on from dernedde. Not sure what he showed to maintain the lineup spot and it’s not like he’s an upper classman on his way out.

            Not seeing much power on the roster either. Another area Turley would help in. Already towards the bottom of the pac in hr and then losing Boyd and Melton, not sure who else helps Forrester in that category. I’m sure somebody will make gains but this feels like a year where there’s just not as much to count on going into next season. Even after 2018 and how many players left there was still Adley, Malone and McGarry, Ober that had shown a lot of promise. Plus the pitching staff was still really strong.

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    Don’t think Auburn was the better team at all….Beavs gave them what, at least two runs with boneheaded plays. They will get stomped in the CWS.

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      • The odds of that being the difference are near zero. You just remember a few plays. But statistically OF defense is never going to be the difference in a series. They basically never touch the ball. Pitching will always be the main difference since a pitcher touches the ball every play and has the ability to determine outcome on every play. Defense just supports a pitcher and makes him better or worse, but it’s not the direct difference.

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    No matter what Angry wants everyone to believe Mitch did not lose this for us. You have to make plays when they are available and we did not. Sloppy plays and no clutch hits and you lose. Plenty of opportunities and we didn’t come through. Logan disappeared, Bazanna had a bad game Meckler was a no show and no one else stepped up. Good season came up just short. Go Beavs!

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      There’s a reason why he led the nation and walks. We only walked him three times and three games that’s on Mitch.

      Auburn didn’t let Forrester beat them walking in four times, didn’t give him anything close to hit all night, he was over aggressive in that last of bat and swung at ball four.

      Difference in coaching philosophy between the two teams, one team won, one team lost. Not the only reason, But a contributing factor

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  355. Someone want to do a write up on who’s leaving and who we got coming in? I know the latter is tough to predict before the draft.

    Hjerpe and Melton are gone. Sebby is out of eligibility I think. Will Boyd and Ferrer be back? What are their draft prospects?

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    • Yeah, I’m not counting on any of the 3 outfielders. This is the real question moving to next season. Where does the offense come from when 80% of it leaves? Who steps up? Can anyone except Forrester hit for power? Boyd and Melton have those #’s too. Nuclear put some names in a comment above. Pitching will be interesting. I think pfennings should stay but who knows, some injuries last 2 seasons so he might just take his chances at some money. Not sure he’s ace material…has the stuff but even good outings he walks a lot of batters. So kmatz and Hunter and Pfennings. Brown. But who else is the reliable arms? Small sample size but all the other young guys not named Kmatz got absolutely shelled even in the weaker schedule or midweek games. What kind of shape do Frisch and Mundt come back from missing an entire year? Specifically the arm injuries too.

      Lot of question marks with the players we do know about but then there’s always the xfer portal and the draft. Quite a lot to chew on.

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    We still have a Beav connection tonight. GP-2 getting some playing in the crunch. Warriors 89-79 with five minutes left

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    @WSN – From above

    Depends on the draft mostly.

    Probably gone:
    Melton – Gone for sure
    Boyd – May stay and bet on himself for one more year.
    Meckler – Probably worked his way into the draft, unlikely he stays if he gets a pick.

    Possible guys to step up on the roster:
    Wilson
    Reed
    Trosky
    Smith

    Incoming –
    Turley – Wait and see
    Macias – Probably coming in

    Wildcard Frosh I know can hit.
    Reeder
    Kennel
    Krieg (may be pitching)

    Theres another 5 defensive players coming in, who konws what they can do.

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    Pitchers Gone:
    Sebby
    Verburg
    Hjerpe
    Ferrer? Hope not
    Pfennigs? Kinda played himself out of the draft this year.
    Frisch? Huge wild card
    Mundt? Love to have him back. He graduated but has eligibility
    Townsend? Has eligibility
    Lawson? May transfer as he is kinda lost on the roster.

    Incoming (If not drafted)
    Tyler Gough RHP
    Nelson Keijo LHP
    Aiden Jimenez RHP
    Logan MIller RHP
    Conor Pote RHP
    Tyler Mejia LHP

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  361. It’s funny – Casey used to kind of drive me nuts when he’d play for one or two runs with small ball – I know others accused him of overmanaging – but we could have used a few manufactured runs this weekend.
    Curious if it would have played out differently if Hjerpe pitched the opener, given the stats showing 70 something percent of G! winners end up in Omaha. Weird stuff seems to come out of nowhere with Beavers No. 1 pitchers this time of year. I remember Ben Wexler wound up in someone else’s house during one late-season weekend after partying too hard – we don’t need to mention Luke Heimlich and now Hjerpe’s illness.

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      Casey got it right like 90% of the time on when to use small ball and when not, but the 10% he didn’t was infuriating. But overall he was an excellent in-game manager. Mitch isn’t. Casey had the father figure and arm-chair-sports-psychologist things going, and they were authentic. Mitch’s schtick isn’t. Mitch’s personality is uninspiring.

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  362. Team beat themselves and it’s the main reason they couldn’t win this super regional. Pitchers just couldn’t ever pitch out of jams that Auburn did routinely.

    Main focus for next season is this team needs more pop in the lineup. They get on base a ton but the lack of pop really showed up and hurt big time. Their starting LF, C, 3B, SS, DH combined for 13 home runs. That ain’t good enough and something Mitch has to address. He also cannot Dernedde or Gretler getting significant at-bats next season. We’ve seen who they are and they can’t hit. Major upgrades at those two spots are desperately needed and especially so cause the offense will have to carry the team next season with Hjerpe leaving and highly likely Frisch not pitching at all with the recovery timeline of TJ.

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    • Not just home runs, these guys need extra-bases in general. Yesterday’s game was one double away from a win. Lots of singles and walks, but needed someone in the 5,6,7 hole to double up….boom two runs right there.

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        Doubles aren’t the differences in games. Pitching is the difference. Pitchers touch the ball every play. They can effect outcome on every play. Pitching, not doubles, wins games or loses games. What happened is Auburn’s pitchers shut down our hitters from getting doubles, hrs, etc, and that’s why they won. Auburn also had more grit and heart, and the mental part can and does overcome adversity to win games. I’ve seen Beav teams that are mentally tough and play with heart, and this wasn’t one of them.

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        • You speak in generalities. This team out hit Auburn 8-3 — the pitching was good enough to win. Boyd hits his triple with somebody on base, this is a different game. The first five innings were chalk full of base runners, anybody hits a double instead of a single, the Beavs have at least another run on the day, maybe two. The key was that two run 6th with the error by Banana, he makes that play and that saves the game winning run. They seemed rattled in that inning, and good pitching got them out of it, that right there does say something about their mentality — Mitch needs to work on that….a wart?
          And yes, the Beavers outplayed them in all aspects except the one inning — sometimes that’s all it takes. Nobody except you expects them to win the CWS every year.

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            Also I saw a lot of sharply hit balls with the Auburn outfielders covering the gaps just enough to make outstanding catches….props to Auburn, but also a bit unlucky for the Beavs as they had about 7-8 line drives over the course of the last two games that didn’t fall, that’s not on Mitch — that’s baseball.

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          Also, you forget the 2018 team had practically no pitching to start the CWS yet mashed their way to wins ‘til the pitching caught up and got the rotation going with Abel — that 2018 lineup probably the best we’ll ever see. Most of the time I would say yes, pitching, pitching, pitching, but last night both hitting and pitching did well enough to win — again the timely fielding error is what was the difference in the game.

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  363. I’m not a Psychiatrist, but I did sleep at a Holiday Inn Express last night. My diagnosis…..
    Angry has “Daddy Issues with Mitch.” -)
    I have been surprised with Canham’s stoic behavior in the dugout. He was supposed to be the “fiery leader” as a player, but always sounds like he overdosed on his antidepressant meds in interviews during games. He comes across boring and dull, which has shocked me. It was a dramatic contrast to the Auburn coach, who was very engaging and seemed pretty cool. I miss seeing PC visibility pissed off in the dugout.
    The Good:
    He has adapted to the college game, ie. playing some small ball.
    Got to and almost won a Super in year three.
    He was handed the keys to a Ferrari and has not run it into the ditch. The first season I saw their first two series in person and I was really sceptical. He was coaching like a MLB skipper. He has adapted.
    There has been some good development of the existing roster.
    He has had found and recruited some good players.
    The Bad:
    The team regressed late in the season, particularly on defense. Errors, walks, and the dreaded HBP all re-emerged.
    Team does not seem to have the same grit as PC’s teams. Perhaps he can’t sit players for screwing up because he realizes the talent drop off is so large?
    Dorman??? So much better this year, but then regression the last month.

    I would give Mitch an A- for the season. After watching the team in person in Surprise, they were vastly improved from the previous years and seemed back to playing what we would all refer to as Beaver baseball. I liked the aggressive base running. They cobbled together a decent pitching staff. That seemed to be the real question coming out of Surprise. Too bad Washburn didn’t stick around!
    Next year will be telling. Lose a lot and can he replenish the roster with some selective portal guys. That seems to be the new reality and can he adjust and use it to his advantage while we are still a elite brand name. Bummed we did not go to Omaha. This roster could not have won the whole thing. Simply not deep enough, but it would have been a blast to pack up the RV and drive down. Sucks the season ended. Go BEAVS!

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