AB right again!
“KJ Harrison has pop. I project him middle of the lineup.” I also had Luke as the best freshman pitcher. He looks (sounds) great so far. I think this guy could win 10+
Carey is another guy I like. I’m higher on all them more than Gillette, who I think was the highest draft pick of all them. Gillette will take a year to develop I expect .260ish range for him this year.
Still not a fan of this Casey lineup, though, it’s better than the past 2.
New Mexico is supposed to challenge for a regional berth this year. They’ve been a consistent regional team for a while prior to last year. They’re decent. NW isn’t and Michigan State is probably the best of the 3. MSU has a pretty solid offense. I’d consider wins over MSU and NM to be quality wins
UNM won the mountain west conference last year but did not win the conference tournament and were left out of the regionals. They’re solid and have been for the last few years. Northwestern went 19-33 last year and lost all 3 games in Surprise this weekend. They blow. Meechicken St went 31-26 last year, beat the Beavs early in the season and lost to eventual champion Indiana in the semis of the B1G tournament. They’re probably an upper tier B1G program but in all honesty the B1G conference in baseball is average and they usually only get 1 team into the regionals
I see that Casey isn’t going to stand for pitchers who can’t come in and throw strikes. Fox comes in with two on and one out and throws a 4 pitch walk and he’s done for the day.
The bullpen is pretty shaky so far this year. Injuries to the guys who have been a part of the ‘pen in past years has left Casey with pretty much all young guys who are struggling early in the year. Gonna be relying on starters a ton this year
Went to the hoops game yesterday.. Aside from our lack of depth killing us the biggest takeaway was I had several Trojan fans strike up convos regarding Riley…
They were shocked after hearing me say that his departure was welcomed by most of our fan base. These were older SC boosters and their take was Riley was a “good coach”. When I said he lost it the last few years they seemed to get it. I told them his barometer for being a good coach pretty much aligned with our ability to beat USC.. And We haven’t been close the last few tries
Off topic: Delon Wright was just taken to the locker room after rolling his ankle. Utes may not be at full strength Thursday night. Depends on the severity of the injury
Wright injured an ankle late in the victory and had to be helped off the court by two teammates. He immediately went to the locker room, but returned minutes later. Moments after, Wright checked back into the game. He is scheduled to be evaluated Monday, but Krystkowiak does not expect him to miss any time.
“That was troubling for sure. The life in the building was sucked out of there for a minute,” Krystkowiak said.
More than willing to bet he’s gonna be sore. I’m sure he’ll play on Thursday night but won’t be at 100%. Utah currently ranked 11th. Hopefully they can move up one more spot Monday so the beavs can have wins over two Top 10 teams this season. yes, I am optimistic the beavs can and will beat them. I’ll be there with my heathens on Thursday night
Also noteworthy, two teams sliding in opposite directions. A few weeks ago, the Cal game next week looked like the easier of the two as they were in a free fall and Stanford was rolling along. Now, the opposite is true. Stanford is sliding and Cal despite losing to Utah Sunday, is surging. Cal got the road split, while Stanford dropped both games on the road this weekend
update on the ladies pac-12 hoops. USC upsets Cal on the road 65-54. 2 game lead with 4 games to play. If they take care of business on the road at Colorado and Utah next weekend, they would clinch at least a share of the Pac-12 title. Way to go gals!
since they swept ASU, Cal and Stanford play each other twice next weekend, theoretically they could clinch if they sweep on the road next weekend. If Cal and Stanford split, they’re both eliminated. ASU plays UCLA and USC on the road. Not that it matters since the ladies swept them
Beavs currently 82nd in RPI. A win over Utah would be a significant jump. 3 of the last 5 are against teams with a higher RPI. Make or break time. Still in good shape for the NIT. 2-3 wins put the Beavs squarely in the NIT
Utah 9th
Oregon 60th
Stanford 50th
Cal 91st
Colorado 112th
Tinkle makes a morning show in the Twin Cities. Woke up to them reading about the Scorpion on the plane and the host saying, “oh my god, the coaches name is Wayne Tinkle. Like a diminishing piss stream.” They also referenced a Hollywood producer named Dick Suckle LOL.
Richard Suckle – IMDb http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0837112/
Richard Suckle, Producer: American Hustle. Richard Suckle is a producer, known for American Hustle (2013), Scooby-Doo (2002) and The International (2009).
I was wondering about a couple things so far…. 1- what is the situation with Jake Thompson? Also, Michael Gretler seems to have great high school stats, better than Donahue. What position does he play? Can he play third and put Hamilton at second? Wasn’t Hamilton a natural second sacker anyway? Being a college pitcher myself (many years ago) I can’t believe the quick hook for a walk but that is Casey and Yeskie so the fellas have to know that when they get the chance, THROW STRIKES. It’s not that hard.
This team reminds me of the 2010 Beavers team. A ton of young hitters and a ton of unknowns on the mound. This team has more talent but same type of feel to the team.
That was him but that was in the fall. He was supposed to pitch on Saturday but I think he was dealing with a nagging injury that pushed the start back two days
Thompson has to be the long, mop-up man moving forward. Any other role and this team is in for a lot of trouble. He has never been good, so there’s no reason to think he’ll suddenly be a viable starter.
Probably not scoring 6, but if the pen can hold, maybe they get 5-5 and win in extras. Something like that. Maybe NM melts down and makers errors. 3 runs isn’t a huge deal this early. There is time to chip away. But it’s a probably loss for sure.
Riddle me this, with runners on the corners with nobody out and down 2 runs, ground ball to 3rd, isn’t the play to home instead of trying to turn the double play?
Infielders are taught to imagine the play before hand and know where they are going. Also to factor in baserunner speed. Like you said, without seeing it who knows, but if the ball is hit hard and the runner on 3rd average speed, go home. Otherwise try for 2. It’s a hard decision to make split second, and maybe that’s the lack of experience there, but hell, I was taught that at the HS level it should be engrained in these guys by now.
I agree, just wondering if Hamilton made the correct play (guess we will never know since there is no video). I’m leaning towards a mental error, he just moved over to 3rd from SS the batter before.
I’m beginning to think this team is going to be rough. One of those years when they get pitching they get no hitting, when they get hitting they get no pitching, when they get both they get no defense, etc. It’s way early, but I’m just getting that sense…that things are not going to come together. I want to wait to watch them, though. Looks like the first video is Feb 27th.
It’s frustrating not being able to see the at bats. With the lack of description on the radio it is hard to tell if guys are actually going to be automatic outs or they are having decent at bats but not getting the results.
True.
We know Morrison can’t hit. He’s okay as a 9 guy due to high OBP and decent fielding. But they really need better hitters overall. I think moving Ice to 1 helps a lot. Dude had a .400 OBP last year. You suddenly shift everyone else down a slot. Not sure why he insists on Hendrix 1. Hendrix should be 2 or 3 (probably 2 on this team) to drive in runs or get on for 3 and 4. By making that simple adjustment you move the entire lineup one slot down and suddenly it’s not as terrible. I’d also take a shot starting Gillette more because he could, in theory, be a 5 or 6 hitter. Gabe Clark can’t hit pac-12 pitching, so best to find out sooner rather than later how good Gillette can be.
Taking that extra base down 3 runs is nice, especially when you’re thrown out. This team just isn’t good right now. They’ll get better but right now it’s not pretty.
I expect them to make the tournament. There will be a stretch in the season where they get hot and win a bunch of games. The conference is deep enough to send 7 teams to the postseason.
I’m not on that wagon yet. Would it surprise me if you are correct and they do? Not at all. Pat Casey is a helluva coach, this team has a lot of young talent. I also don’t remember the last time the Beavs were left out of the regional field. But it wouldn’t surprise me to see them not make the tournament. Long ways to go until June. 4 games in and I honestly don’t have a feel for this team yet. They’ve struggled offensively but are still .500. KJ Harrison has some power. Need to put guys ahead of him that can get on base. It’s customary for Casey to toy with his lineups early in the season before the Pac-12 schedule starts to find the most consistent one
and you are correct about the Pac-12. It looks to be pretty deep this year. Another reason I’m uncertain at this point. UCLA, ASU and yes Oregon are pretty good to very good. Stanford will be up there as well. I see USC and Arizona being better this year too. Washington will slide back and WSU, Cal and Utah should be the bottom feeders.
The unbelievable starting pitching last year masked a pretty bad bullpen. Scott S was the only reliable guy last year. Reser pitched well the first part of the year and then came back to earth.
Whiffing on Eden was huge. He seemed to be the type of recruit that could come in and be very good from the jump. So now we have one very good starter and question marks coupled with another shaky bullpen. If we finish in the upper half of the PAC I will be amazed. The three frosh who started last year have to pick it up at the plate or this year will be brutal.
yup. With a starting rotation of Wetzler, Moore and Fry, it really hurt to not get out of our own regional. I honestly thought last years team had a high probability of returning to Omaha and win it all. Sigh. Fucking anteaters
“I was in contact with multiple coaches multiple times a week and they were really interested in me. The interest was mutual,” he explained. “They were definitely in the lead. It wasn’t a landslide, but if someone said I had to commit that day, that’s who I would’ve committed to. I wish I could tell you what happened. They just kind of fell off, stopped recruiting me, I guess.”
In the hopes of patching up the relationship, Moore insists he reached out to multiple Beavers coaches, but has yet to receive a response.
“I’ve tried to reach out to them to see what’s up – Coach (Kevin) McGiven and Coach (Dave) Baldwin. I haven’t even gotten Coach Baldwin’s new number yet. I asked him if I could have his new number to see what was going on. No response,” he said. “They’ve offered these other quarterbacks and haven’t said anything to me in a couple of weeks.”
Sounds like he liked the attention he was getting. Ahh to be in high school again where each day’s emotions are a roller coaster. Does she like me? She does? Cool! She doesn’t? My life is over.
Hey now, I’ve been saying that about Mannion for years. He’s always had a long delivery. A big reason why some DBs could jump routes because the wind up took so long. Always a surprise that he never fixed it because his dad was a hs coach.
Since there are few QBs in this class, I expect him to get drafted and then spend a few years as a backup in the NFL.
said it before; I’ll say it again: the Mannion era was a competitive dead-end. The Beavs would have been better in 2011 with Katz; Vaz was better in 2012 (which Riley, who loved Mannion, all but admitted by starting Cody in the Alamo Bowl), and Vanderveen and/or Del Rio would have done as well and certainly no worse than Mannion the last two years, but would have experience going into 2015
NFL scouts don’t go off of stats or win records. They’ll look at his film and his workouts. Mannion probably looks closer to an NFL QB than Canfield. Canfield just didn’t have the arm needed.
Nothing wrong with being a bench warmer! It still means you’re one of the best 64 (if second string) or 96 (if third string) QBs on the planet. Plus, you could pay me $480,000 a year to be the third string QB for two years and I wouldn’t complain…
Mannion was trained in high school by professional guru coaches. Riley and staff saw his advanced skills and projected future growth. Two problems. He had already been trained and was close to his upper limit before setting foot on campus. Second, Riley and staff never took the time to train him in the area he was and is weakest. Speed reading, speed throwing and speed execution. The NFL game has evolved. But even if you think it hasn’t changed since the Riley/San Diego era, Riley was never nimble enough to catch on to the speed of the game and decision making required in 2000. Much like Mooch in Green Bay with Farve, Riley has always been a QB whisperer. His job was to pump up the self esteem of the starting qb, and give the qb the confidence to succeed. Very important indeed. But without skill and technique development at the same time, and without time management training ( in addition to clock management training), self esteem development will only get you so far.
I know I’m a couple days early on this one, but despite the fact the Beavs are undefeated at home this season I am expecting the Beavs to not be getting any respect from the officials Thursday night. Marching orders have come down from upon high to protect the two conference heavyweights so they may battle it out for the conference championship the following weekend in Salt Lake City. Hope I’m wrong but from the officiating I have seen lately, Beavs don’t seem to get much respect.
for the record I still think they can win, but it’s gonna be a helluva lot tougher. Remember the Beavs had VR when they beat Arizona. They won’t Thursday night. That may turn out to be the difference. Olaf is gonna have to come out of his slump too.
I agree. But it’s gonna be tougher being short a man. At the same time, they are playing well right now. However, the road hasn’t been too kind for most of the Pac-12. I’ll be there with my sons Thursday night screaming our lungs out and hopefully the Beavs can make it 15-0 at Gill
Wouldn’t be surprised. Seemed to be that way last year too when Arizona came to play at Gill. I’m not expecting a win, I’m hoping for a win, and I am looking forward to the game.
When you think of our team running out of gas, Olaf being in a slump even at home, Langston is feast or ehh, and the anti home cooking, I really don’t think we’ll get this one. But I think we definitely get Colorado. I’d be shocked if they beat us at home.
Krystkowiak basically is the model for our team in 3 years to be honest. Both he and Tinkle are from the Mike Montgomery/Montana coaching tree, and both have top ten efficiency defenses, so I’m excited to see a time machine glance at our own team. We might play a bit faster in our more talented years, but overall it will look somewhat similar.
Like the author or not……………..I find this to be 100% accurate on making innocent folks into criminals. You’d be surprised how many dumb laws you break in a day. And ignorance is no excuse in the eyes of a court. $$$$$$$$$$$$$
The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren’t enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws.
I’ll tell you what’s creepy. Zero Hedge quoting Orwell and Dick is creepy… and wildly hypocritical.
And at least have the courtesy to name Ubik or Three Stigmata… in your completely VALIS-like post which is just a rehash of everything well known by the same people who said all this would happen when the PATRIOT Act was drafted. Minority Report and Blade Runner? They’re good. But they’re nowhere near his best works.
The collective stupidity of Zero Hedge never ceases to amaze me. It’s like watching the infomercial known as the 700 Club and wondering who in the world sends those lunatics money.
There is a reason we are being watched and controlled. That reason has everything to do with money and economic power… and who has both.
I think it only makes sense to seek out and identify structures of authority, hierarchy, and domination in every aspect of life, and to challenge them; unless a justification for them can be given, they are illegitimate, and should be dismantled, to increase the scope of human freedom.
Are you saying “Big Brother”/corporations aren’t watching citizens?
I don’t understand your stance based on discussing movies. BTW, we have lost more rights since the “patriot” act was written.
Corporatism is a money-grab, a fundamental power shift from democracy to statism. In order to institute it, one must first break down the protections and barriers instituted by their better educated, wiser forebears. The best way to do that is to dumb down the people and propagandize them to death with (ironic that Ayn Rand was quoted above given Greenspan did just this) cries that no taxation and zero government oversight of business and trade are egalitarian. In fact, capitalism and a truly free market are borne of government itself. It is given protections and rules that make the market egalitarian. Zero protections or rules leads to oligopoly and then eventually to monopoly. So when all these regulations and favorable tax laws came to pass, that was the cue for the wolves to short shrift the grift.
But then they had to make sure they could keep it all to themselves. So why not do what the US has always done to support the realpolitick faction? Why not create yet another bogeyman? But war, while great for profit, is finite. Even the war on drugs is almost over (so they’ll need to find another reason to subjugate those populations soon). Let’s call the next one a war on terror. And let’s create a new bureaucracy (with nepotisms galore) to oversee that war. The Oligopoly can sit in their air-conditioned DC offices and direct their foot soldiers to go here and there and anywhere in the world in the name of secrecy.
Voila! We have solved how to keep the flow of wealth moving upward.
What is just a giggle is those who think they’re carrying the Founding Fathers’ water in present day are just the sheeple.
If we were to have a “Tea Party” equivalent to that which happened in Boston Harbor those many years ago, we would all mass at every Wal-Mart and Target facility and destroy all inventories.
Some people use Tor. Since it’s Navy technology, I’m not sure we can trust it, but it does provide protection to an extent greater than all popular browsers.
Be leaders, not followers. Educate yourself on which gadgets respect privacy and which do not (hint: the more “free” the platform the more they need to mine info to pay their bills, so Facebook, Google, twitter, etc are some of the worst offenders). Your privacy is paying their bills. Think about that. I also suggest reading the FB terms of service. They actually own anything you post. So if you’re a photographer, writer, etc posting your work, FB owns it.
Since this is the newest thread I’ll ask it here. Also, it may have been addressed and I’ve failed to see it. However, what is going on with our staff on the whole David Moore situation?? He seems to LOVE OSU, yet zero contact from our staff? Why?
FWIW. There was talk about GA when he was at Wisky about odd communication issues with players and recruits. Perhaps this is an example. Keep in mind this was before he ditched them.
Something to watch for, but it is not good publicity in any case.
Taking a different view, how would a guy like this handle tough competition? He loves the attention now but once he’s on the team, he’s not going to get more love than other QBs. They aren’t going to hand him anything once he gets here.
For the older B-ball crowd. HOF for the man who stuck the dagger into the best into Ralph Miller and the Orange Express.
Rolando Blackman, Buckner, John Havlicek make College Hoops Hall
CBSSports.com? – 21 hours ago
And the first shall be first.
OK!
And so it was written on this fine Sunday by beavergopher
And it was good.
Go Beavs!
Looks like Harrison is the real deal. Another HR.
K.J. Harrison can mash. Hit his second HR of the season to put the Beavers up 2-0 over NM in the 3rd
AB right again!
“KJ Harrison has pop. I project him middle of the lineup.” I also had Luke as the best freshman pitcher. He looks (sounds) great so far. I think this guy could win 10+
Carey is another guy I like. I’m higher on all them more than Gillette, who I think was the highest draft pick of all them. Gillette will take a year to develop I expect .260ish range for him this year.
Still not a fan of this Casey lineup, though, it’s better than the past 2.
Jay Reece just said “Michael Conforto wasn’t that impressive as a freshman”. He says at least 2-3 absurd things every broadcast
A WTF moment.
Beav’s pitching has been phenomenal through 2.5 games.
Are Northwestern, Michigan State, or New Mexico any good this year?
New Mexico is supposed to challenge for a regional berth this year. They’ve been a consistent regional team for a while prior to last year. They’re decent. NW isn’t and Michigan State is probably the best of the 3. MSU has a pretty solid offense. I’d consider wins over MSU and NM to be quality wins
You had to mention the pitching dude!
UNM won the mountain west conference last year but did not win the conference tournament and were left out of the regionals. They’re solid and have been for the last few years. Northwestern went 19-33 last year and lost all 3 games in Surprise this weekend. They blow. Meechicken St went 31-26 last year, beat the Beavs early in the season and lost to eventual champion Indiana in the semis of the B1G tournament. They’re probably an upper tier B1G program but in all honesty the B1G conference in baseball is average and they usually only get 1 team into the regionals
Gabe Clark was suspended for 5 games and not injured. Wonder what it was for. He should slide into the DH role next weekend
I see that Casey isn’t going to stand for pitchers who can’t come in and throw strikes. Fox comes in with two on and one out and throws a 4 pitch walk and he’s done for the day.
yep. Do your job. If ya can’t he’ll find someone who will
That’s big time by Flemer. What a bail out by him. Preserves 2-1 lead
Flemmer comes in and gets a K and lineout to LF to strand 3 lobos. on to the b5 and Beavs up 2-1.
3-2 NM on a two run HR. Ouch.
Not ready for prime time players. Flemmer gives up a leadoff double then a dinger on the 3-1 pitch.
Lack of offense probably makes this a loss. Hitters are so young, gonna be a work in progress for a while.
Yep, these guys aren’t going to score 6 runs. Casey and crew have a big hump to get over. All the offense gets in their half is a two out walk.
Shelton comes in to start the inning, 4 pitch walk and he’s Yeskie’d.
Church comes in and gives up 2 more and the lobos may not be done. 5-2
The bullpen is pretty shaky so far this year. Injuries to the guys who have been a part of the ‘pen in past years has left Casey with pretty much all young guys who are struggling early in the year. Gonna be relying on starters a ton this year
Tweedt comes in and gets behind 3-0 and gives up a run scoring double off the wall. 6-2 lobos
Yeskie on to the 7th Beaver pitcher of the game after Tweedt hits a batter. Two on with one out t7.
Freshman Mets comes in and gets two quick strikes then plunks the batter to load the bases.
Mets gets out of the inning on a looking K but not before a run scores on the FC. 7-2
Not only aren’t the freshman performing, Hendrix starts the season batting .167, 0-5 yesterday and 0-3 with a BB today.
So much for great pitching so far. I went out for an hour and come back to this mess.
Why the hell did they take Luke out so early? Low pitch count…pitching well…
Allowed 3 of first 4 batters to reach in 5th. Felt like a big inning for NM was coming. But the big inning eventually came anyways
Hendrix two-run shot makes it 7-4 Lobos.
Need an epic pitching meltdown,
Harrison strikes out to end the game.
Went to the hoops game yesterday.. Aside from our lack of depth killing us the biggest takeaway was I had several Trojan fans strike up convos regarding Riley…
They were shocked after hearing me say that his departure was welcomed by most of our fan base. These were older SC boosters and their take was Riley was a “good coach”. When I said he lost it the last few years they seemed to get it. I told them his barometer for being a good coach pretty much aligned with our ability to beat USC.. And We haven’t been close the last few tries
Off topic: Delon Wright was just taken to the locker room after rolling his ankle. Utes may not be at full strength Thursday night. Depends on the severity of the injury
Nm. Must not have been serious. He’s already back in the game
Must have hit it with that soccer spray
Wright injured an ankle late in the victory and had to be helped off the court by two teammates. He immediately went to the locker room, but returned minutes later. Moments after, Wright checked back into the game. He is scheduled to be evaluated Monday, but Krystkowiak does not expect him to miss any time.
“That was troubling for sure. The life in the building was sucked out of there for a minute,” Krystkowiak said.
http://scores.espn.go.com/ncb/recap?gameId=400593316
More than willing to bet he’s gonna be sore. I’m sure he’ll play on Thursday night but won’t be at 100%. Utah currently ranked 11th. Hopefully they can move up one more spot Monday so the beavs can have wins over two Top 10 teams this season. yes, I am optimistic the beavs can and will beat them. I’ll be there with my heathens on Thursday night
The stage is set. Utah ranked #9 this week
Also noteworthy, two teams sliding in opposite directions. A few weeks ago, the Cal game next week looked like the easier of the two as they were in a free fall and Stanford was rolling along. Now, the opposite is true. Stanford is sliding and Cal despite losing to Utah Sunday, is surging. Cal got the road split, while Stanford dropped both games on the road this weekend
So much for an undefeated season in baseball.
Thats what i get for my blasphemy :(
update on the ladies pac-12 hoops. USC upsets Cal on the road 65-54. 2 game lead with 4 games to play. If they take care of business on the road at Colorado and Utah next weekend, they would clinch at least a share of the Pac-12 title. Way to go gals!
since they swept ASU, Cal and Stanford play each other twice next weekend, theoretically they could clinch if they sweep on the road next weekend. If Cal and Stanford split, they’re both eliminated. ASU plays UCLA and USC on the road. Not that it matters since the ladies swept them
Beavs currently 82nd in RPI. A win over Utah would be a significant jump. 3 of the last 5 are against teams with a higher RPI. Make or break time. Still in good shape for the NIT. 2-3 wins put the Beavs squarely in the NIT
Utah 9th
Oregon 60th
Stanford 50th
Cal 91st
Colorado 112th
OT. The secondary coach that MR retained at Neb has left to take another job.
http://espn.go.com/blog/bigten/post/_/id/115767/coaching-changes-recap-b1g-west-division
Rod Perry still available?
Did anybody ever hear what happened to Perry or Garrett?
Tinkle makes a morning show in the Twin Cities. Woke up to them reading about the Scorpion on the plane and the host saying, “oh my god, the coaches name is Wayne Tinkle. Like a diminishing piss stream.” They also referenced a Hollywood producer named Dick Suckle LOL.
Richard Suckle – IMDb
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0837112/
Richard Suckle, Producer: American Hustle. Richard Suckle is a producer, known for American Hustle (2013), Scooby-Doo (2002) and The International (2009).
I was wondering about a couple things so far…. 1- what is the situation with Jake Thompson? Also, Michael Gretler seems to have great high school stats, better than Donahue. What position does he play? Can he play third and put Hamilton at second? Wasn’t Hamilton a natural second sacker anyway? Being a college pitcher myself (many years ago) I can’t believe the quick hook for a walk but that is Casey and Yeskie so the fellas have to know that when they get the chance, THROW STRIKES. It’s not that hard.
Thompson is getting the start today
Man Jay Reece is brutal on the radio call.
The gap between Andrew Moore and the rest of the starters is pretty significant right now.
This team reminds me of the 2010 Beavers team. A ton of young hitters and a ton of unknowns on the mound. This team has more talent but same type of feel to the team.
Jake Thompson stinks.
I thought you all said he was injured?
Injured for a few days, was supposed to be back today or next weekend
I thought he was recovering from a broken bone in his foot. Or maybe that was someone else?
That was him but that was in the fall. He was supposed to pitch on Saturday but I think he was dealing with a nagging injury that pushed the start back two days
Must not have used the same doc as Isaac. Still find it hard to believe the slow recovery for him.
Bunting down 3 runs in the third inning with 1 man on? What in the hell
This KJ Harrison kid is pretty fucking good!
Hendrix should be hitting directly in front of him with how often Hendrix is on base
Jake Thompson is not getting any swings and misses. he’s not fooling or overpowering any of these hitters.
I wonder wonder what his velocity is at. Hitters are hitting the ball pretty hard indeed
I thought I read he was hitting 94 mph at the end of last year. Must have been false info.
Velocity means nothing. Think of “KRhod” and many many others. Meanwhile, Jamie Moyer could probably win 15 for the Beavs. Lol.
With movement and control it does.
New Mexico is about to blow the game open in the 5th. Jake Thompson is lucky to only have given up 3 runs by now
So Casey takes Luke H out after 4.1 pitching well, but is leaving Thompson in as he gets shelled the entire game. Hm.
Thompson has to be the long, mop-up man moving forward. Any other role and this team is in for a lot of trouble. He has never been good, so there’s no reason to think he’ll suddenly be a viable starter.
This game feels pretty much over. Classic case of staying with a guy for too long
3 run game in the 5th isn’t over, but with this offense it’s going to be tough.
.1 innings was too long for Thompson.
It relies on a shaky bullpen to hold them scoreless the rest of the way. They aren’t scoring more than 6 runs today.
Probably not scoring 6, but if the pen can hold, maybe they get 5-5 and win in extras. Something like that. Maybe NM melts down and makers errors. 3 runs isn’t a huge deal this early. There is time to chip away. But it’s a probably loss for sure.
Riddle me this, with runners on the corners with nobody out and down 2 runs, ground ball to 3rd, isn’t the play to home instead of trying to turn the double play?
If it’s a solidly hit ground ball you go home, especially down 2 runs
That is my thinking as well. Not being able to see the play makes it difficult but I wonder if that was a mental error.
Infielders are taught to imagine the play before hand and know where they are going. Also to factor in baserunner speed. Like you said, without seeing it who knows, but if the ball is hit hard and the runner on 3rd average speed, go home. Otherwise try for 2. It’s a hard decision to make split second, and maybe that’s the lack of experience there, but hell, I was taught that at the HS level it should be engrained in these guys by now.
I agree, just wondering if Hamilton made the correct play (guess we will never know since there is no video). I’m leaning towards a mental error, he just moved over to 3rd from SS the batter before.
I’m beginning to think this team is going to be rough. One of those years when they get pitching they get no hitting, when they get hitting they get no pitching, when they get both they get no defense, etc. It’s way early, but I’m just getting that sense…that things are not going to come together. I want to wait to watch them, though. Looks like the first video is Feb 27th.
It is way early.
No doubt.
Judgment call. With the Beaver offense that can’t score, I think the play was at home.
Beavs has a lot of automatic outs in the lineup. Casey needs to shake the lineup up. He’s done a poor job so far.
Not starting Morrison was a step, small one, in an effort to shake the lineup up.
It’s frustrating not being able to see the at bats. With the lack of description on the radio it is hard to tell if guys are actually going to be automatic outs or they are having decent at bats but not getting the results.
True.
We know Morrison can’t hit. He’s okay as a 9 guy due to high OBP and decent fielding. But they really need better hitters overall. I think moving Ice to 1 helps a lot. Dude had a .400 OBP last year. You suddenly shift everyone else down a slot. Not sure why he insists on Hendrix 1. Hendrix should be 2 or 3 (probably 2 on this team) to drive in runs or get on for 3 and 4. By making that simple adjustment you move the entire lineup one slot down and suddenly it’s not as terrible. I’d also take a shot starting Gillette more because he could, in theory, be a 5 or 6 hitter. Gabe Clark can’t hit pac-12 pitching, so best to find out sooner rather than later how good Gillette can be.
What ever happened to the pitcher that had a scholly to Nikegon but walked on for da Beavs?
I believe he was a local kid.
I think the guy you are referring to had Tommy John surgery last fall.
Not Martinek sp?
C. Hamilton cannot be a starter. Period. Something has to change there.
Ugh, Casey is going to bunt with Morrison.
Wow, looks like he is swinging away.
And a backward K. Lol.
OMG Jansen. WTF!
Ugh. Gonna be a long season if the offense doesn’t show up.
Taking that extra base down 3 runs is nice, especially when you’re thrown out. This team just isn’t good right now. They’ll get better but right now it’s not pretty.
A home run from Harrison would be very timely right about now.
Not so much.
Instead, a line out double play.
Luck O’ Beavs.
That’s bad luck and bad baserunning yet again
Unless it’s at a fielder who is a step from the bag, getting doubled up on a line drive should never happen when down 3 runs. That’s bad baserunning.
That’s all she wrote, as Nobach grounds out.
And the really bad part is that it could’ve been a lot worse. NM had 12 hits and 11 LOB.
We’re a basketball school! :-D
A women’s basketball school.
OK man…. Working hard to get back on that court!!! Gonna be back soon I hope…… #Blessed
I think your weed dealer sold you some bad shit
So….. basically we write this year off for baseball, as a rebuilding year? Man, there is a heap o that goin around…..
I’m not ready to write them off after playing just 4 games
I expect them to make the tournament. There will be a stretch in the season where they get hot and win a bunch of games. The conference is deep enough to send 7 teams to the postseason.
I’m not on that wagon yet. Would it surprise me if you are correct and they do? Not at all. Pat Casey is a helluva coach, this team has a lot of young talent. I also don’t remember the last time the Beavs were left out of the regional field. But it wouldn’t surprise me to see them not make the tournament. Long ways to go until June. 4 games in and I honestly don’t have a feel for this team yet. They’ve struggled offensively but are still .500. KJ Harrison has some power. Need to put guys ahead of him that can get on base. It’s customary for Casey to toy with his lineups early in the season before the Pac-12 schedule starts to find the most consistent one
and you are correct about the Pac-12. It looks to be pretty deep this year. Another reason I’m uncertain at this point. UCLA, ASU and yes Oregon are pretty good to very good. Stanford will be up there as well. I see USC and Arizona being better this year too. Washington will slide back and WSU, Cal and Utah should be the bottom feeders.
The unbelievable starting pitching last year masked a pretty bad bullpen. Scott S was the only reliable guy last year. Reser pitched well the first part of the year and then came back to earth.
Whiffing on Eden was huge. He seemed to be the type of recruit that could come in and be very good from the jump. So now we have one very good starter and question marks coupled with another shaky bullpen. If we finish in the upper half of the PAC I will be amazed. The three frosh who started last year have to pick it up at the plate or this year will be brutal.
yup. With a starting rotation of Wetzler, Moore and Fry, it really hurt to not get out of our own regional. I honestly thought last years team had a high probability of returning to Omaha and win it all. Sigh. Fucking anteaters
Me too. Was all set to drive down again. Those bastages are going to be in Minneapolis this year.
Me to. Damn ipad.
good story about Jarmal Reid from the shit rag in Portland
http://www.oregonlive.com/beavers/index.ssf/2015/02/jarmal_reid_oregon_state_beave.html#incart_river
OT: GA’s RB coach at Wiskey levels for UGA.
Wisconsin loses RBs coach Thomas Brown to Georgia
ESPN? – 19 hours ago
leaves not levels. Damn autocorrect.
Sounds like David Moore is no longer a target.
http://www.oregonlive.com/recruiting/index.ssf/2015/02/david_moore_us_army_all-americ_1.html
Seems weird.. He was being overly sensitive about 2015 QB offers before. Maybe that scared us away?
Sounds like he liked the attention he was getting. Ahh to be in high school again where each day’s emotions are a roller coaster. Does she like me? She does? Cool! She doesn’t? My life is over.
She doesn’t like you. She has a crush on WSN.
Wireless Sensor Network?
^ this guy. bow chicka bow bow
Obviously she has mental issues
Especially if he/she’s got the hots for me. Who the fuck are we talking about? :)
Not my sister. Sorry Craigbeav, beat you to it……………
well Angry, go ahead and pat yoursefl on the back
http://www.oregonlive.com/beavers/index.ssf/2015/02/sean_mannion_needs_to_hurry_th.html
Slow footwork, slow reads, slow delivery. You called it. So says this alleged expert
Hey now, I’ve been saying that about Mannion for years. He’s always had a long delivery. A big reason why some DBs could jump routes because the wind up took so long. Always a surprise that he never fixed it because his dad was a hs coach.
Since there are few QBs in this class, I expect him to get drafted and then spend a few years as a backup in the NFL.
said it before; I’ll say it again: the Mannion era was a competitive dead-end. The Beavs would have been better in 2011 with Katz; Vaz was better in 2012 (which Riley, who loved Mannion, all but admitted by starting Cody in the Alamo Bowl), and Vanderveen and/or Del Rio would have done as well and certainly no worse than Mannion the last two years, but would have experience going into 2015
pretty much what Dave in Tumwater said on the Joe Beaver Show… guess it wasn’t a unique sentiment, though I like Mannion overall
If Canfield could last two years in the NFL, I think Mannion can as well.
Canfield had an awesome senior yr, unlike Mannion…
Also he was strictly a benchwarmer. Correct me if I’m wrong but I don’t think he saw a single snap in the regular season.
NFL scouts don’t go off of stats or win records. They’ll look at his film and his workouts. Mannion probably looks closer to an NFL QB than Canfield. Canfield just didn’t have the arm needed.
Nothing wrong with being a bench warmer! It still means you’re one of the best 64 (if second string) or 96 (if third string) QBs on the planet. Plus, you could pay me $480,000 a year to be the third string QB for two years and I wouldn’t complain…
Thanks!
It was so obvious it’s almost embarrassing to take credit, though.
NFL scouts ain’t got nuffin on Angry!
Mannion was trained in high school by professional guru coaches. Riley and staff saw his advanced skills and projected future growth. Two problems. He had already been trained and was close to his upper limit before setting foot on campus. Second, Riley and staff never took the time to train him in the area he was and is weakest. Speed reading, speed throwing and speed execution. The NFL game has evolved. But even if you think it hasn’t changed since the Riley/San Diego era, Riley was never nimble enough to catch on to the speed of the game and decision making required in 2000. Much like Mooch in Green Bay with Farve, Riley has always been a QB whisperer. His job was to pump up the self esteem of the starting qb, and give the qb the confidence to succeed. Very important indeed. But without skill and technique development at the same time, and without time management training ( in addition to clock management training), self esteem development will only get you so far.
Sounds about right, Mb.
I’m STILL eagerly waiting to hear how my life would be better if the quacks won the NC, though
I know I’m a couple days early on this one, but despite the fact the Beavs are undefeated at home this season I am expecting the Beavs to not be getting any respect from the officials Thursday night. Marching orders have come down from upon high to protect the two conference heavyweights so they may battle it out for the conference championship the following weekend in Salt Lake City. Hope I’m wrong but from the officiating I have seen lately, Beavs don’t seem to get much respect.
for the record I still think they can win, but it’s gonna be a helluva lot tougher. Remember the Beavs had VR when they beat Arizona. They won’t Thursday night. That may turn out to be the difference. Olaf is gonna have to come out of his slump too.
Utes have some bad road losses. They got smashed at Arizona about as badly as we did, and they lost by 10 at UCLA. Not unbeatable.
I agree. But it’s gonna be tougher being short a man. At the same time, they are playing well right now. However, the road hasn’t been too kind for most of the Pac-12. I’ll be there with my sons Thursday night screaming our lungs out and hopefully the Beavs can make it 15-0 at Gill
Wouldn’t be surprised. Seemed to be that way last year too when Arizona came to play at Gill. I’m not expecting a win, I’m hoping for a win, and I am looking forward to the game.
When you think of our team running out of gas, Olaf being in a slump even at home, Langston is feast or ehh, and the anti home cooking, I really don’t think we’ll get this one. But I think we definitely get Colorado. I’d be shocked if they beat us at home.
Krystkowiak basically is the model for our team in 3 years to be honest. Both he and Tinkle are from the Mike Montgomery/Montana coaching tree, and both have top ten efficiency defenses, so I’m excited to see a time machine glance at our own team. We might play a bit faster in our more talented years, but overall it will look somewhat similar.
OT: What do you guys think of this? http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-02-17/creepy-calculating-controlling-all-ways-big-brother-watching-you
Hopefully you all use some of the counter-measures we discussed here.
I think George Orwell was prophetic.
Like the author or not……………..I find this to be 100% accurate on making innocent folks into criminals. You’d be surprised how many dumb laws you break in a day. And ignorance is no excuse in the eyes of a court. $$$$$$$$$$$$$
The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren’t enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws.
Ayn Rand
I’ll tell you what’s creepy. Zero Hedge quoting Orwell and Dick is creepy… and wildly hypocritical.
And at least have the courtesy to name Ubik or Three Stigmata… in your completely VALIS-like post which is just a rehash of everything well known by the same people who said all this would happen when the PATRIOT Act was drafted. Minority Report and Blade Runner? They’re good. But they’re nowhere near his best works.
The collective stupidity of Zero Hedge never ceases to amaze me. It’s like watching the infomercial known as the 700 Club and wondering who in the world sends those lunatics money.
Truly smdh stuff.
I will add this to the conversation–a sort of continuation on why we now have a new governor.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/02/27/get-elected-get-your-kids-rich-washington-is-spoiled-rotten.html
There is a reason we are being watched and controlled. That reason has everything to do with money and economic power… and who has both.
I think it only makes sense to seek out and identify structures of authority, hierarchy, and domination in every aspect of life, and to challenge them; unless a justification for them can be given, they are illegitimate, and should be dismantled, to increase the scope of human freedom.
Are you saying “Big Brother”/corporations aren’t watching citizens?
I don’t understand your stance based on discussing movies. BTW, we have lost more rights since the “patriot” act was written.
Movies?
Corporatism is a money-grab, a fundamental power shift from democracy to statism. In order to institute it, one must first break down the protections and barriers instituted by their better educated, wiser forebears. The best way to do that is to dumb down the people and propagandize them to death with (ironic that Ayn Rand was quoted above given Greenspan did just this) cries that no taxation and zero government oversight of business and trade are egalitarian. In fact, capitalism and a truly free market are borne of government itself. It is given protections and rules that make the market egalitarian. Zero protections or rules leads to oligopoly and then eventually to monopoly. So when all these regulations and favorable tax laws came to pass, that was the cue for the wolves to short shrift the grift.
But then they had to make sure they could keep it all to themselves. So why not do what the US has always done to support the realpolitick faction? Why not create yet another bogeyman? But war, while great for profit, is finite. Even the war on drugs is almost over (so they’ll need to find another reason to subjugate those populations soon). Let’s call the next one a war on terror. And let’s create a new bureaucracy (with nepotisms galore) to oversee that war. The Oligopoly can sit in their air-conditioned DC offices and direct their foot soldiers to go here and there and anywhere in the world in the name of secrecy.
Voila! We have solved how to keep the flow of wealth moving upward.
What is just a giggle is those who think they’re carrying the Founding Fathers’ water in present day are just the sheeple.
If we were to have a “Tea Party” equivalent to that which happened in Boston Harbor those many years ago, we would all mass at every Wal-Mart and Target facility and destroy all inventories.
Anyway, the take home message here is to protect yourself from the technology. Tech can be used for good or bad, as we know.
For searching, I am now using: https://search.disconnect.me/
Some people use Tor. Since it’s Navy technology, I’m not sure we can trust it, but it does provide protection to an extent greater than all popular browsers.
Be leaders, not followers. Educate yourself on which gadgets respect privacy and which do not (hint: the more “free” the platform the more they need to mine info to pay their bills, so Facebook, Google, twitter, etc are some of the worst offenders). Your privacy is paying their bills. Think about that. I also suggest reading the FB terms of service. They actually own anything you post. So if you’re a photographer, writer, etc posting your work, FB owns it.
Since this is the newest thread I’ll ask it here. Also, it may have been addressed and I’ve failed to see it. However, what is going on with our staff on the whole David Moore situation?? He seems to LOVE OSU, yet zero contact from our staff? Why?
I don’t understand it. He’s a guy who can actually throw, too, not just run. He’ll probably win up going to Oregon lol
The coaches probably got additional info on the guy and said no thanks.
FWIW. There was talk about GA when he was at Wisky about odd communication issues with players and recruits. Perhaps this is an example. Keep in mind this was before he ditched them.
Something to watch for, but it is not good publicity in any case.
I’ll go duck fan here
“We didn’t want him anyways”
Taking a different view, how would a guy like this handle tough competition? He loves the attention now but once he’s on the team, he’s not going to get more love than other QBs. They aren’t going to hand him anything once he gets here.
For the older B-ball crowd. HOF for the man who stuck the dagger into the best into Ralph Miller and the Orange Express.
Rolando Blackman, Buckner, John Havlicek make College Hoops Hall
CBSSports.com? – 21 hours ago
Yup…
http://www.ncaa.com/video/basketball-men/2013-03-19/all-time-moments-1981-the-birth-of-march-madness