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Texas 3 Pan American 2
So our hitters went 4-29 with 13 strikeouts. Against a fucking airline?! Are you kidding me?! Meh. We still won 3-2. This is who we are. Now there will be much gnashing of teeth all season long from our fans who want us to win, uh, differently. Not going to happen. Repeat after me, ‘pitching and...
Texas Baseball Scrimmage Thoughts
Okay, so it really doesn't matter that the Longhorns came out on top of the Bears 10-8 in a 14-inning scrimmage on a perfect fall Austin day at Disch-Falk Field. So little that the number of scouts in the building almost outnumbered the fans enjoying some Texas baseball in the fall, a preview of...
Wait 'Til Next Year
It's a refrain more worthy of a Chicago Cubs fan than a Longhorn baseball fan. As Augie Garrido says repeatedly, Omaha is the minimum expectation for his baseball team. His statements explain the massive disappointment felt by fans after Wednesday's loss to LSU in the CWS Finals, even though the...
Cry Me A River, Pat Murphy
"The loser is always at fault." -Vasilii Nicolaevich Panov, Russian author. Perhaps someone could inform Arizona State baseball coach Pat Murphy of that little nugget of truth. It all started on Thursday with Murphy's declaration that pitcher Mike Leake has "probably serious tendinitis" and that...
"What A Prodigious Clout!"
Photo courtesy of Texassports.com Prodigious: excessive in size or quantity Clout: strike hard, especially with the fist Prodigious Clout: Cameron Rupp's 9th inning homer off Mitchell Lambson. Add Craig Way to the list of folks that stepped up last night with the game on the line. Then there was...
Do You Believe In Magic?
You can call it magic. The fickle Baseball Gods smiling benevolently down upon the Longhorns. Maybe it's just pure moxie. Perhaps simple, blind luck. Whatever the case, it's becoming increasingly apparent that this Longhorn baseball team has "it." True, there are still games to win before the...
'Horns Decisively Sweep OU
Entering the most critical stretch of the season, the Longhorns responded against formerly-division leading Oklahoma, taking all three games over the weekend and continuing the dominance over the Sooners in baseball, particularly at UFCUDFF. The series sweep dropped the Sooners to tied for fourth...
Oklahoma Comes To Town For Decisive Series
Update: The game has been postponed today and a doubleheader will be played Saturday starting at 2 pm, with the second game beginning 20-30 minutes after completion of the first game. The Sooners venture across the Red River to take on the Longhorns in a critical Big 12 tilt over the weekend....
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