As always, a pleasure to read this site. Thanks for putting it into words.

It has been one helluva season and I have enjoyed every minute of it. Being a small part of BON has made it that much better. Thanks for giving me more information that I would have ever known otherwise and allowing me to share this incredible journey.

Good fortune is the reason Texas beat ASU and USM, good fortune is why a 2-loss LSU team won a national title in football, and it is good fortune when a Heisman Winner decides to try the hook ’n ladder without notifying the ladder.

Absolute gold

I just want to say hats off to the 2009 baseball team. I’m not a huge fan of baseball, but they drew me in, and did a great job. Great post.

only 2 months till football season…………..thank goodness!!

as we could have expected today. That being said, when we were trying to pull the “Eyes of Texas” together at our gamewatch venue after we lost tonight people were talking and not all that into it. It was the 2nd best season of any team in college baseball this year, sadly, we are the best instead of THE BEST.

I hate that this is the outcome, but Texas fans should be prepared to go with the “Eyes” regardless of outcomes. For it is true.

As disappointed as I am about LSU winning it all I’m even more disappointed in our fans not standing or shutting up for a tradition that precedes and will last long after this Texas squad has exited.

It kills me to have watched the most capable team of winning it all just give it all away, but know that I will always pull for the Orange and White even after a loss!!!

Perspective in sports as it relates to life is a funny thing. Few of us know how to keep it. I’m 42 and I’m still figuring it out. For my inaugural post to BON, I’d like to share a few thoughts on perspective.

Coaches will often say that it’s how you handle adversity that defines your character, and what the members of this team do down the road in their lives may very well be influenced by their never-quit attitude and their willingness to play Augie’s brand of team ball this year. Beyond the wins and losses, they will be able to look back on this season with great fondness — they certainly have the memories of sharing it all with one another.

But for the fans, it can often be more difficult. Coaches may talk about the players, but who talks about the fans? We have our own adversity to handle, and often don’t do a very good job of it. Some of us (including me) go into the season perhaps with a sense of entitlement and rail against the “baseball gods” for denying us what is ours. Others of us (including me) feel some sense of personal responsibility for the fortunes of the team, thinking that, if we only will it hard enough, they will win, and when they don’t, feel ashamed and embarrassed about it. Still others of us (including me) simply deny the truth of the outcome, rationalizing all of the things that “woulda, coulda, shoulda” been as proof that our team was the superior one, after all.

The thing that has changed my perspective in recent years — what I have finally come to understand that has allowed me to accept both the wins and losses with more grace — is that I cannot actually influence the outcome of the game in any way. Only the players can do that. Before, not recognizing that helplessness was the root of my pain. Being mindful of and accepting that helplessness as a part of being a sports fan — and understanding that the team’s fortunes would never define my own character, but that my reaction to those fortunes will — has, I hope, made me a better fan — and perhaps a better spouse and parent, too.

T

Maybe my expectations for the 2009 season were too low, but I thought Texas put together a fine season. We got our chance (unlike football) to make our case that we were the best team in the nation. You cannot ask for more than that; an opportunity.

This team provided more memories for me, and more memorable moments for all of us than any prior Texas baseball team.

Remember, there’s always next year.

Hook ’Em Horns

these Horns singlehandedly got my girlfriend to appreciate the game of baseball…for that, i am eternally grateful.

How can you not love this team? At the CWS this was a church league softball team that stumbled, bumbled and bludgeoned their way to the final game. LSU has at least five athletes on their team that we can’t match in athleticism. Texas’ hitters hit with such ferocity at times that it looked like they were hitting slow pitch softball. Unfortunately at times our fielding looked like we were also church leaguers. Yet each time, until last night, they looked dead they found a way to win and go to the next game. The team that went 0-5-1 to Dorothy’s state made it to the final game of the CWS.

on the freshman coming in? Texas did well with what they had to work with. Augie, keep the momentum going and take the title in commanding fashion next year!

Thank you UT for some great baseball. You were an outstanding representative for the Big 12 and all of us should be proud of the great effort ,talent and integrity displayed by your team. Obviously,Garrido is one of the finest in the business and your time will come again soon.

an uplifting feel to it.

The two teams were very even . . . I’ve long held believed that in baseball (most of the time) when the opponents are evenly matched, there will be one game that GOES DECISIVELY to each team; that was Games 2 and 3 of the CWS final. The decider will be which team pulls out the game that could go either way. LSU, ninth and 11th innings of Game 1.

Tough finish. Great season. And lots of entertainment, which is what sports is all about for us fans.

Workman may have suffered both losses, but I thought he made a very nice audition for 2010 closer. Imagine a more controlled 95-97 mph fastball in the 9th inning. Desherry and Stayton Thomas would make nice setup guys if Desherry doesn’t make the weekend rotation. Ruffin and Jungmann both look like 14-16 game winners next season as the ’Horns win the last championship ever at Rosenblatt.

I like the way you think … kindred soul!