It's not their call. It's not their arm. I felt fine when I came out of the game. I can't explain...

It's not their call. It's not their arm. I felt fine when I came out of the game. I can't explain it. It's just one of those nights that I was on. People are going to judge no matter what happens, good or bad. That's fine.

But if they're not in the situation, then they don't know what's going on. That one day, one outing, is not going to make or break a career. So I threw 169 pitches. It certainly didn't feel like that many. Yeah, my arm hurts now (one day later). But it's hurt a lot worse before in my career. People can say it's wrong, but there is no way I would change any of it. It was a great moment."

-- Texas pitcher Austin Wood, addressing criticism about throwing 169 pitches Saturday night/Sunday morning.

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Hey media, go f*** yourselves. Hats off to Austin, who is the only one that really deserves to have an opinion on the matter.

by The Mack Attack on Jun 2, 2009 3:06 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

A video report was also posted on Texas Sports detailing the amount of work Austin put in over the summer and the fact that he did not throw much at all between the final loss last year and the beginning of the school year. I think we saw how much the extra work during the summer has helped during that Herculean effort he put forth the other night.

The video can be found here

by NeTexHorn on Jun 2, 2009 3:29 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

I have to agree with him

Its his arm, if it feels good keep throwing.

I once threw 153 pitches, that is as close to that as I have ever been. Some times you just have those days that you can throw forever

"I don't ever miss free throws. I'm like 100-percent from the free throw line. I just don't think about missing and if you think about missing you're going to miss. I just take my time and know I'm going to make it and I do," McClellan said.

by blazzinken on Jun 3, 2009 12:31 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs