Huge series this weekend. The season will likely go one of two ways from here.
Some random notes:
UCLA leads the conference by 2.5. Aka a sweep and the Beavs are in first.
Beavs 6 game winning streak (that some are raving about) has come versus three opponents who average 142 RPI. Nevada being the best of the bunch at 64.
Conforto is second in the nation in RBIs with 51.
Pat Casey is 20-21 all-time versus UCLA.
Saturday's game will be televised on ROOT.
Beavs dropped out of the top 25 on Baseball America. Oregon now ranked #8. Changing of the guard after just a couple years? Too early to conclude, but the gap has closed, and the Ducks are at least as good. Beavs are #35, which is exactly where I slotted them in the pre-season.
Friday's matchup is: Ben Wetzler (4-1, 2.98) vs Plutko (4-2, 3.40). Child and Fry will pitch Saturday/Sunday, but I'm not sure who will throw for UCLA, as I haven't followed the rest of the league too closely this year.
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Beavs haven't exactly played well lately. I'm nervous about this series…I think UCLA has a good chance to sweep. This is a strange team. The season is more than half over and Pat Casey is still unsure who his CF or C are. Team chemistry is okay, but they seem unable to bring all three facets of the game to the park each day. Starting pitching has been the most consistent group of late. Defense (especially up the middle) continues to be poor. There is more to defense than fielding percentage–"range" is more important, but there is no official stat for that (assists/9 innings is probably the best simple measure).
Go Beavs??
Go Beavs!
Well said, “The season will likely go one of two ways from here”, other than the erratic offense, bullpen, and fielding the only thing which would make me more nervous would be if the series were in Westwood.
A bonus……….Jim Wilson is to be part of the Root broadcast team.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAJ2hvulKG0
But…but but…he’s so critical!
I don’t really follow Duck baseball that closely, were they expected to be this good so far? I thought when they got smacked around by Texas St. they were pretenders, but they’ve bounced back extremely strong. They were not very good last year.
As a lifelong Dodger fan…
… I guess the first thing i have to do is complain about the friggin stupid management going away from a history of great pitching combined with awesome defense and catchers with no comparable defensive skills.
Since I’ve put up with shit that doesn’t remotely resemble my bums for 20 years, why would I expect small ball to come to Corvallis?
Because it worked for a year or two?
Come on!
People want home runs! They want bang for the buck. Just look at the Yanks and all the championships they’ve won in the last decade.
Dodgers are looking solid this year!
And there’s nothing special about Nikegon’s baseball team. George Horton is a great coach. That’s all there is to it. He’s not as good as Casey. But he’s damn good.
Sorry…
… did I have to hit the platitudes button to post?
I get it… AMEN! HALLELUJAH!
SKY DEITY GONNA SAVE ME!
… or something equally sincere.
I think I just tied my Dodger identity to a religious fanaticism.
While I’m still stuck on the pot issue…
… it sucks that my wife won’t let me use it until the kids are gone.
I now have to drink every Friday and Saturday… and kill my liver… instead of probably making tea out of … ahem … stuff.
It looks like you started drinking at 11:58 which, technically, was still Thursday. Easy big fella… at that pace you won’t make it to Sunday.
If you pass out sometime this afternoon you might miss a beautiful spring weekend. Cheers… JB
Burnout… highly caffeinated last night.
Up at 4am then driving to and from Seattle with stops in Portland both ways will do that.
Maybe if I borrowed a friend’s Altima it would have been a shorter trip?
At the 1:40 mark Casey tears into pitcher Wilkerson. To me this is a rare glimpse into this kind of player-coach interaction during a game, of any sport. I always want to know what coaches are saying to players in the heat of the moment but most of the time we’re shielded from that.
At first I didn’t like to see Casey gather the team around only to chew the pitcher out, demeaning him in front of his peers. In the business world that is the quickest way to drive away your workers. But this isn’t business, it’s battle. Maybe Casey’s approach helps the players bond more, like they have a common goal of proving to the coach that they can succeed both individually and as a team.
Personally, I am motivated when a leader calls me out like Casey did to Wilkerson, but I am in the minority. Most people shrivel in the face of that kind of confrontation. Again, maybe that’s exactly what Casey is trying to find out… are you going to nut-up and perform, or shrivel and fail?
Regardless of my opinion I love seeing inside the game like this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=RAJ2hvulKG0
Maybe he called team in to help control himself from what he really wanted to say. That wilkerson outing was rough.
Maybe you’re right that he wanted the team in to add the pressure on him to speed up whether Riley will “nut up” and fold up.
Either way, just a Neat video.
He gave him a participation medal later in the locker room so as to not ruin his self esteem.
“Nut up” and shrivel should should not be used in the same sentence.
I don’t see Casey being much different than any other successful coach. Most players do not mind being challenged by their coach, though there is a difference between challenging and really demeaning. If he went personal, then that would be different but he kept it about baseball.
Perfectly stated.
And a game isn’t battle.
It’s a game.
Ok Jack.
I’m happy for you that you don’t know the difference.
So glad you’ve accepted the role of the group’s condescending prick.
So glad you can be on the downside of that.
Actually, Casey knows who his C is. That is Jake Rodriguez. CF looks like it will be Joey Matthews, he’s been getting better at the plate. Casey has been giving Kavin Keyes every opportunity to try and figure things but it hasn’t worked out. Hopefully Ryan Barnes is the permanent first baseman. With Ryan Gorton now being the full time DH it looks like Keyes won’t be getting much time. Really disappointing that he hasn’t been able to figure things out. Had such a great year last year, I thought he would have a monster season, just hasn’t worked out that way. Hopefully he comes back ready to go next year.
For the offense to be consistent they need guys like Dylan Davis to really step up. He’s been struggling virtually all conference play, he’s a big hitter in the middle of the lineup, if he gets hot the Beavers offense will look a lot better. He’s got Conforto, Dunn, Gorton right in front of him. So, he’ll get a lot of chances to drive in runs, just needs to do it. I think the offense is gonna have a big series. Some guys are gonna break out and have a big series.
The only concern about the series for me is the bullpen. You have guys like Gorton, Boyd and Bryant who I’m not worried about, but then there’s guys like Schultz, Brocker, Reser that have not been good. Need the starters to go deep to hand it to their setup guys and closer.
As soon as I mention Keyes he’s in the starting lineup tonight!
Anybody have a stream for the game? Or a radio link?
Nice job by Ben to get out of trouble with some nice pitching
Stream:
http://apps.ohlulz.com/ncaa/?lulz=rtmp://cp98724.live.edgefcs.net:1935/live&id=orst_m-basebl@31490
Thanks.
Plutko is really cruising in this one. Perfect through 3 innings. Gonna be tough scoring many runs off Plutko when he’s pitching this well.
Ryan Gorton might be the Beavers’ most patient hitter. Rarely ever chases a bad pitch. Big at-bat for Dunn now. Runners on first and third and 2 outs
Beavers down 3-0 going to the bottom of the 5th. Offense needs to get things going now.
Beavers get a walk to start the fifth and Keyes hits into a DP.
Beavers are being no hit through 6 innings.
This game is over. UCLA leads 4-0 and the Beavers are not scoring 4 runs on Plutko and the Bruins bullpen
Beavers are just getting no production from their 5-9 hitters.
Looked promising for a second.
The online broadcast has been a lot better lately. Mike Parker is now audible and volume is constant. And they’ve cut the inbetween innings stuff a lot better.
Too bad the team can’t get better along with it.
Scott Shultz looked on his stuff today.
Kavin Keyes is horrible.
Beavers’ offense was beyond atrocious tonight and they lose 4-0. What an awful game.
Offense has been lacking much of the conference schedule, doesn’t really feel like this was the very first shutout.
Not worth a lot now but the pen performed pretty well tonight.
Pen did pitch well. Was giving the offense an opportunity to try and come back. Offense just has a bad approach right now. Also, hitters keep missing their pitch. They’re getting their hanging breaking balls and their fastballs over the plate and pounding it into the ground.
Stanford beat ASU 17-5. Yikes
This is the only game all year I didn’t watch a single pitch. I just had a feeling it wouldn’t be pretty. Glad I spared myself.
Sucks to be a Beaver. Again.
This game had a lot of suck to it. Ben gets hosed by a few bad bounces (literally), we can’t overcome a pitcher like Plutko, let alone go head to head with pitchers like him. We … just … can’t … make … that … extra … bit …
It’s almost as if they don’t understand the need to nut up and take the series. Fridays at home are where you announce your presence with authority, and we just don’t do that like we used to. Guys, it’s time to stand and deliver, otherwise the only regional action you’ll see is on ESPN.
Thanks to the Beavs…. Fall sucks, winter is depressing, CBI notwithstanding, and now even the spring, which we used to own, is becoming a big disappointment.
In June of 2007, after the second CWS Championship, my Duck friend Mark said to me ‘The only reason the Beavers have a good baseball program is because we don’t have one.” At the time it sounded ridiculous but I’m starting to think he may have been right. From a standing start in four short years they have surpassed us. JB
PS; I’ll bet BDC’s hair is on fire over this!!! OH…wait.. he has no hair… never mind.
Gonna be a beautiful day, supposedly pushing 80 and sunny.
Well, it’s already been a great day with one Chinook added to my freezer (well, part of it went in my belly for brunch). And this has been an awesome spring run. Trout are good for the high country. I’m not big on the turkey shoot, but I will eat them.
This has been an awesome spring, and the summer looks really promising as well.
Sucks to be you.
Nice. I miss springer fishing. Have to settle for monster rainbows over here. Two over 12 lbs so far…lots in the 3 to 6 lb range.
Dude… I was out early and alone. I caught a 22-pounder on my third cast. I had to sit and drink about half my coffee before I thumped the kid. And the meat is SOOOO red. It’s heaven on earth. I have never had such a short fishing day. It sucks and it doesn’t… if you know what I mean.
And agree about the turkeys…not my gig. Spring bear is tempting though…might take a trip out next weekend.
I’ve never eaten bear. I wouldn’t know how to respond to that. And my bro-in-law feels some kind of kinship to them. So… since he’s the big hunter I know (and he’s damn good), I don’t think I’ll ever be tasting bear.
Then there’s that internal voice which says that bear isn’t really on the menu.
It almost sounds like a reverse Wal-Mart. Americans should be able to pay for products with bear carcasses. That’s what commie subjects love…. Right?
Oh… just for a follow-up….
It was a beautiful day.
Boysdsworld.com now has UCLA ranked #1 in their irrative strength rankings. It updates daily.
Beavs work bases loaded in bottom of 1st and leave em all stranded.
And now Beavs strand Tommasini at 2nd in bottom of 2nd.
Kindly keep the updates coming as you guys are able. I’m completely out of tv or radio.
Beavs finally break weekend goose egg. Score 2 in bottom of 3rd. Now lead 2-0 Bottom of 5.
Top of 6 now. Beavs up 2-0.
I’ll try to post, while waiting for my wife to bring home lunch, then I’ve got some dirty yardwork to do.
UCLA with a one out Single in 6th. Sac bunt moves runner to 2nd. UCLA then with a grounder up the middle in which Tommasini makes heads up play to throw out the runner at home to end the inning.
Ryan Dunn now with leadoff homerun over left field. Beavs now 3-0 no outs bottom of 6th.
Jake Rod. with single to right field. Still no outs bottom of 6th
UCLA’s Starting pitcher Vander Tuig being replaced by Watson. Vander Tuig gave up 3 runs, 8 hits no errors. And has Jake Rod on 1st with no outs bottom of 6. (Fry has given up 4 hits thus far).
Mathews goes for Sac Bunt but UCLA throw is slightly too high and he beats the throw. Runners on 1&2 no outs bot6.
Tommasini out on Sac Bunt, close play/good bunt. Runners on 2nd&3rd, 1 out bottom of 6.
I missed an out somewhere its runners on 2nd&3rd. and 2 outs.
UCLA pitcher Watson replaced by Zack Ortiz
Nice to see Beavs with Lead and threatening over high quality opponnent
And the Beavs leave the runners on 2nd and 3rd to end the 6th inning. Top of 7 next.
Lunch is here :)
Priorities numbers, those weeds will be there tomorrow. Thanks for the updates.
Weeds? Why are you talking Duck football?
Jace Fry Walks leadoff guy then picks him off. Gives up a single. A fielders choice for 2nd out and then a ground out. 7th inning stretch. Beavs up 3-0. Beavs have 9 hits to UCLA’s 5.
Tyler Smith leadoff single and now Chase Brewer into pitch. No out bottom of 7
White Sox pitcher has a perfect game through 8.1
Thanks for the Heads up, that was fun.
Conforto strikes out. Gorton pops out to right, Smith stays on 1st. Smith thrown out at 2nd (missed hit&run?). Top of 8 next (just heard Fry has 77 pitches through 7innings).
I guess I’m GoBeavs today. But I gotta give back a little as I’ve always loved the updates when I’m busy.
The updates are much appreciated.
UCLA with lead off single to right. WooHoo! 6-3 double play.
Philip Humber with 21st PERFECT GAME in MLB history. Whitesox win 4-0 at Seattle
Amaral walked and Fry gets the ground out to end the Top of 8. Beavs Lead 3-0
Personally I’d like to see Fry stay to finish game.
(dont trust bullpen here, If I see Cole Brocker I’ll just go finish yardwork.)
Ryan Dunn Leadoff hit (including homer is 3for3 and a walk). Dylan Davis with swinging “sac bunt”. Jake Rod walks. Matthews hits into double play. 3-0 Beavs Top of 9 next.
Beavers needed a big pitching performance from Fry today have gotten it. He’s been dominant. Great to see.
Jace Fry strikes out leadoff guy. Tommasini with Jumping Vertical Catch for 2nd out.
Jace Fry with final strikeout. Complete game shut out. Beavs win 3-0.
Beavs with win over today’s Boydsworld.com’s #1 team in nation.
Rubber game tomorrow.
Jace Fry with the complete game shutout. He was awesome all day. Beavers got just enough offense and Fry got it done. Big time pitching. Pitched like a Friday night guy. Beavers got a chance to win the series tomorrow. Would be a monster series win.
I picked a good game to give updates on. Fun game to watch. Back to yard work.
Time to make Fry the Friday night starter. Wetlzer to Sunday to break up the lefties.
The stats suggest Wetzler is the 3rd best starter and it makes sense to break up the lefties. Go Fry-Child-Wetzler. Probably makes the most sense.
I was really high on Fry coming into the season and thought he was a special talent, he’s showing why now. In that Washington game he developed some consistency and has been lights out ever since. Not many hitters are even getting good swings off him.
going to the game tommorow. im excited for the aesthetics, sounds like its gonna be a beautiful day. the game itself im quite nervous about. wish fry was pitching.
Dan Child is really good. I think he’ll pitch well. Hasn’t had one bad outing at Goss all season.
yea, not saying child isn’t good, but i’ve seen him pitch before in person and a couple times on tv, i’ve only listened to and seen highlights of fry.
Some scores from the conference: Stanford beats ASU 8-7, Arizona beats Washington 4-1, Washington State is beating Oregon 8-3 in the top of the 9th. If that score holds then Arizona will be all alone in first place with Oregon and UCLA tied for second. Cal beats Utah 9-0. Beavers with the win are tied for 5th with Stanford in the conference. If they both win tomorrow then they’ll be just 1 game back of ASU for 4th in the conference. If the Beavers and Cardinal can win tomorrow as well as their series’ next weekend, the matchup at Goss in two weeks will be an enormous series for both teams. Hopefully both teams can take care of business until then. Would love to see a fun, intense and meaningful series.
DAmn…..way to GO, BEAVS!!!
They aint giving up on the season … man, dig out that third game and think how good you will feel!
A Pat Casey team will never give up on the season. Also, today I saw some fire out of the guys that I haven’t seen a whole lot this year. Different intensity level. Looked like the intensity of last year’s team. They were fired up. The offense is starting to get their act together a little bit. Only 3 runs today but a lot of guys hit the ball really hard, just had some bad luck. Those are gonna start falling in and the Beavers will put up some more runs going forward.
If there’s anyone out there who can affect change, the story of Daniel Deane has been somewhat unsettling. The kid needs psychotropic drugs (and counseling) to survive. But a system which we all know too well leaves him alone.
Somebody somewhere has power enough to affect change.
Please do.
i always rooted hard for deane for some reason. so sad to see that he isn’t doing well. what exactly happened to him?
Did something new happen to him?
Winning the next two games could do a lot for Beavs swagger.
Boydsworld.com still has ucla #1 in iterative daily ranking.
Dan Child breezes through the first inning. Perfect way to get started today. Time for the offense to come out and do some damage now.
Max Gordon with a lead-off walk. Good start.
Tyler Smith lays down a bunt and a throwing error by the pitcher puts runners on second and third with nobody out
Conforto RBI ground out and it’s 1-0, Tyler Smith moves to third
Ryan Gorton RBI groundout and it’s 2-0 Beavers
Have we started a game with a score by our leadoff hitter this season? I love it, 2-0 lead after 1 puts the pressure on UCLA early. It’s a long game but I like playing with the lead.
Yes, but it hasn’t happened since series opener against Arizona a few weeks back. Need to see more of it. Getting an early lead is always big.
Did I just jinx it?
And it’s tied just like that. Really needed a shutdown inning from Child. Child was too focused on the baserunner and lost focus with the batter.
OSU 2 runs and no hits
UCLA 2 runs and 2 hits.
Is this televised?
Never mind, I found the stream.
Dylan Davis has still failed to make an adjustment at the plate in conference play. Gets beat on the same pitch over and over again.
Davis and Rodriguez’s at-bats to end the 2nd were brutal.
Does anyone know who is supposed to pitch on Tuesday against Oregon?
I believe it will be Taylor Starr
Nice bounce back inning by Child. Score tied at 2 going to the bottom of the 3rd
John Tommasini with the check swing bloop single. I’ll take it.
So far the OSU batters haven’t figured out Weiss.
Beavers get runners on first and second but don’t score. Inning changed when Gordon didn’t get the bunt down.
MONSTER double play ball there to keep the game tied at 2 going to the bottom of the 4th
Ryan Dunn works a lead-off walk. Time to execute some small ball and get the go ahead run in now
Barnes lays down the bunt and another error by Weiss. Runners on second and third with no outs for Dylan Davis
Dylan Davis with an atrocious at-bat. He’s in a bad slump.
Jake Rodriguez RBI single, 3-2 Beavers. Runners on first and third for John Tommasini and 1 out.
Weiss with another error on a bunt. Bases loaded and 1 out for Max Gordon
Weiss is one heck of a pitcher but, thank goodness, his fielding and throwing stinks.
link?
stream: http://apps.ohlulz.com/ncaa/?lulz=rtmp://cp98724.live.edgefcs.net:1935/live&id=orst_m-basebl@31490
Thanks
Gordon HBP and it’s 4-2 Beavers. Tyler Smith now up with the bases loaded and 1 out
Tyler Smith had a chance to blow the game open but did not get the job done. 4-2 Beavers after 4
4-2 Beavers after 4 1/2 innings
Another Ryan Dunn walk. He’s on first with 2 outs for Ryan Barnes
Linky no worky
What happens when you try it?
Nothing.
Does it open a window that has NCAA on it?
Hopefully Child can get through 7. Then the Beavers can turn it over to Boyd in the 8th and Bryant in the 9th
Ryan Dunn error, Barnes could have gotten the tag down though.
Score?
4 – 2 Beavs
Bruins have a man on 3rd.
See my question above re your being able to see the stream.
4-2 Beavers, 2 outs in the top of the 6th
Still 4 – 2 Beavs have no earned runs
Child with some good pitching there. Would be ideal to get just 1 more inning from Child. Would set things up perfectly for Boyd and Bryant
That’s it for Child. He went 6 1/3, gave up 4 hits and 2 runs. Boyd coming in with a runner on second and 1 out
That is a pretty good day. I will take that every time and hope that our pen and offense can get us the win.
Link works on imac. Would not work on I pad? Thanks again.
Huh? An I what? That’s beyond my meager skill level. Izzz a WinTel (windows and intel) person.
No idea why you’d be having that problem.
However I am thinking about buying an Andriod tablet so it not working for you is something that I need to be aware of, even though the Android is a completely different beast.
4-3 Beavers now on a Cody Regis RBI single.
And Boyd is getting smacked around. Double and runners are on second and third with 1 out
I hope the pen doesn’t blow another game. Boyd has been good but this would majorly suck.
Just in time to watch them blow the game!
BLAME THE GOPHER!!!
Uh oh, Parker sounds depressed.
Lock up the napkins!
Boyd gets a soft lineout. Runners on second and third with 2 outs
This is interesting. Bryant coming in with the bases loaded and 2 outs and a 4-3 lead
Not Neat!
Jake Rodriguez with a really weak attempt at blocking a pitch. Ties the game at 4. Going to the bottom of the 7th.
How in the world does Rodriguez still not know how to block a pitch in the dirt? Obviously it was a bad pitch but he didn’t even try to block it. Unreal.
Can Bryant go 2.1 innings? I think we are in a seriously bad spot now.
He definitely can.
He wanted a win and not a save I guess?
Lead-off walk by Smith. Conforto up. Would be a great time for his 9th home run.
Bunting? WTF?
I don’t like the decision to bunt Conforto here. Don’t like taking the bat out of hand
Dumb. I agree.
Agree. I don’t think you take the bat out of your biggest hitters hands in this situation. Lineup gets very shaky after Conforto.
BOOM!
Need Gorton to come through here!
That was a good bunt!
And Conforto doubles. That’s why you never take the bat out of hands.
2 bagger? I dated one of those once.
If Gorton doesn’t get a hit I’d like to see a sac fly into the right center or somewhat deep right field
Gorton!
Two run single by Ryan Gorton and it’s 6-4 Beavers!
Dunn walks again. Runners on first and second and no outs. Beavers got a chance to have a really big inning. Got to add some insurance runs.
Keyes is pinch hitting for Dylan Davis now with runners on second and third and 1 out. This is interesting.
Passed ball and it’s 7-4 Beavers. Dunn on at third with 1 out
For the football fans out there. Went to the U of Minnesota spring game yesterday. It was like a fall day in Corvallis. Overcast with a drizzle. Great to see CF again. Yes, we had enough O-linemen to have a real fake game. Sixteen, with two excellent recruits coming in. One was recruited by the Beavs. On the flip side, we have no WR’s. It was brutal watching them drop passes. To make it worse, they were really slow. Playing time available. Enjoy watching Wheaton and company this fall.
If my two alma maters could combine their rosters, they would have the makings of a pretty good team.
I was in Columbus yesterday and they had over 80,000 pay $10 to go to their spring game with rain showers and 52 degrees. The interesting point on sports radio was they really liked the fact that every position was open competition. No playing just because you’ve been here or the coach recruited you and expects you to be a starter.
Need Rodriguez to make up for that defense of his right here.
Go Beavs!
Ducks lose.
Why was the home plate umpire checking with the 1B umpire with a lefty at the plate? He can’t see that. Should have checked with the 3B umpire. I’ll take the call though.
PAC -12 officiating. Nuff said.
I hope 2011 Pac 10 Coach of the Year Pat Casey learned some lessons on coaching in this series!
Be real for a second. His decisions were much better this weekend. He didn’t try to force the issue. That’s what people had an issue with before. He’s a great coach but earlier in the season he made questionable decisions. If you’re being logical there was good reason to have issue with some decisions. I call it like I see it. I’m not going to just be completely fine with whatever decision he makes if I don’t think it’s the right decision. If I think it is a good decision I will say so. If I don’t like it I will say so then too. You act like people were calling him a bad coach.
He is a big dude.
Yeah it’s pretty funny to see Rodriguez go out and talk to him. About a foot difference between them.
Bryant doesn’t want to make things easy on himself.
Damn.
Group hug!
Holy crap what a huge break.
Instead of bases loaded with no outs now we’re a double play away from winning the series.
UCLA with a baserunning gaffe. Runners on first and third and 1 out for Amaral
oops
7-5 Beavers now. 2 outs and a runner on first. Time for Bryant to finish this one off.
Wow even with that base running blunder we’re still not out of this.
1 run game now. Runners on first and second and 2 outs. Bryant better not blow this one.
Bryant barely holds on and the Beavers win 7-6. Big series win for the Beavers.
Does Parker ever fart between innings with the mike hot?
Why don’t you ask him?
Scores from the conference: Stanford beats ASU 9-5. Beavers and Cardinal tied for 5th in the conference and just 2 games back in the loss column from first place Arizona at this moment. OSU and Stanford also just 1 back of 4th place ASU. Cal beat Utah 5-2, Washington State takes the series from Oregon with a 10-6 win today. Arizona and Washington tied at 5 in the 12th. Washington win and the Beavers 1 back in the loss column.
Where do you pull the standings from?
http://www.d1baseball.com/conferences/standings_pac12.htm
Thanks, I wasn’t sure if Pac-12 updated their standings. I am blown away that we are 7-7. I know we had some bad stretches but I can’t believe we have done that poorly through conference play.
Edit: 8-7
Washington beats Arizona 6-5. Beavers now just 1 back in the loss column of first place.
MR used “neat” in an interview about the new DB coach. How neat is that?
Went to the game, always a good time at goss. Not tobenegative but Weiss had to be beavers MVP today
True to a degree but small ball does that every once in a while. Some pitchers don’t like fielding the ball and that’s what happens when they do. Always nice to put pressure on the defense and seeing them crumble.
Where is Duke???? He hasn’t been on the bench. Anyone?
Rumored that he was booted in another post earlier this week. Confirmation?
What kind of injury has been keeping him from playing?
Offseason rotator cuff surgery.
A piece worth reading on Horton’s comments after his ejection on Sunday. http://www.portlandtribune.com/sports/story.php?story_id=133515464842958200
He sounds a lot like Mike Parker did recently when he felt the umps just wanted to end the game and get comfortable inside.
I think Horton did what he did to elicit the response he wanted from his team. He’s projecting his team’s attitude before his rant on the umps in order to make it all sound good. Unless you think people who love baseball hate standing on a field in mid-70’s/sunny/slight, cool breeze weather.
It’s us against them boys! And if you’re not with me, you’re not with us!
Great series this weekend capped an awesome weekend. Too bad the bats weren’t there for Friday.
OT items…
Daniel Deane was arrested again on Thursday (?) for pretty much the same he was arrested for a couple months ago. “My mama always said, “Life is like….””
Thomas Tyner has had a rough go since last summer. He couldn’t go to the junior Worlds because of hammy issues. He suffered his second or third (2nd and 3rd?) concussion in football, keeping him out for half the season. And he collapsed this weekend in the 100m here in Eugene with another bad hammy. He’s been hurting al spring. I truly feel for the kid. Hope he gets better. But I still think he should concentrate on the one sport in which he has a true gift… if he ever gets a chance to do one or the other.
And there have been uni rumors with Nebraska supposedly doing something a little radical next season? Is Adidas going batty too? Because now UCLA is talking some stupid uni rumors too.
http://gojoebruin.com/2012/04/21/ucla-football-new-black-uniforms-leaked-photo/
I think the Beavs should be allowed to wear any color out there of teams who choose to wear our colors. Well… screw that. I don’t want other teams’ colors. That’s just idiocy.
Yes… I’m calling all the schools who wear our colors a bunch of idiots unless they traditionally wear those colors already.
So I would like us to differentiate our colors by going with tuxedo black like the color scheme for the Chicago Bears. Of course, we won’t get anything simple or elegant out of Nike. But one can always wish for something simple and elegant.
I remember one of the original duck argument for wearing their rival’s color. It was “black (grey, silver, metallic, etc) is a trim color like white.” And I always thought, “ok sure, but yif ou’re whole uni is a the trim color cause then it becomes a main color.” …just can’t admit to jealously over better main colors.
You know… I would accept that reasoning if it were true. But it’s not. The only black these schools have on any part of their unis or logos is possibly their shoes… and under their eyes.
Hell… Nikegon stil has no uni with black trim. The only unis they have with black on them are unis with BIG black sections (shoulders, legs, torsos, etc). If they have a uni without a BIG black section on it, they have no black at all… except maybe their shoes… or under their eyes… or highlighting the swooshbag on their helmet.
I’ve heard that their “argument” is that black is not the beavers official color either. I don’t know if that’s true or not, but my duck friend told me that only orange is the official color.
Let me guess, more schools are now going to back away from TT due to his potential hammy or concussion issues and magically OSU begins to work its way back into the equation. It’s the “hottest girl in the class no longer wants me so I guess I can now go to the dance with you” syndrome.
I think the kid is a world class track talent. I also think he can be a very good football player at the next level. But I don’t think he can be both. And I don’t think he can survive a whole college career in football.
There just aren’t that many kids who can play two sports at the NCAA level well. Tyner needs to give one up, and it should be the one that’s going to kill him rather than the one which might make him millions upon millions for many years.
Kill him… as in like what happens in a battle?
I personally know many “pro” track and field athletes that didn’t make millions. All could’ve made millions in football. Just saying. And I’m a huge track fan.
Itching to hear from SS on his analysis of the last few practices.
Thanks man!
And for a final OT for all the troglodites out there… RM beat Barca on Saturday, but RM lost to BM in the UEFA semis and Barca lost to Chelsea. Return matches are being played tomorrow and the day after.
And it will be an awesome spectacle.
I must admit that the only jerseys I had as a kid/teen were Claudio Gentile, Der Kaiser and Ron Harris… oh… and Mike Scioscia. And I also had one jacket given to me by Tommy Davis and another given to my mom by Cale Yarborough.
I don’t understand how people can only be fans of a simple game like football, yet think they look down on soccer or racing. Competition played on a rail is competition at its best.
Loved Jordan Poyer’s attitude comments to the G-T. We need Poyer and a few more cocky leaders to develop a tough identity for the OSU football team regardless of whatever vibe Riley is emitting. Like Poyer says “You need swagger and cockiness. You can be as mean as you want on the field. You have to be violent with your technique!”
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anybody else going to the spring ga-,er, fanfest saturday? it’d be cool to get an angry beavs section going.
As well as many of the people on this forum get along (myself included) it might result in an eventual fistfight slamadam.
On the other hand, putting a face and handshake to many of the people here might have the opposite effect.