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Horns Take On Arizona State -- CWS Open Thread

Texas has now won six postseason games in six different ways. To get their seventh win the Horns will have to do something they haven't all postseason: beat a real ace. Mike Leake (16-1, 1.36 ERA) was the #8 pick in the MLB draft. If that doesn't scare you enough, here are some more Mike Leake numbers:

150 Ks in 132.2 innings

2 complete game shutouts

21 walks in 132.2 innings

2 HRs given up

.175 opponent batting average

His only loss of the year was in a duel with KSU ace AJ Morris. Fortunately the Horns have their own ace going in Chance Ruffin and probably have a full bullpen ready to go (Wood only threw 32 pitches and is operating on a day of rest). The Sun Devils may not have their most experienced reliever in Mitchell Lambson (42 pitches on Sunday) available, but they haven't needed much relief this season during Leake starts.

Game starts at 6 PM on ESPN.

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TTTTTTEEEEEEEXXXXXXXXXAAAAAAAAASSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
FFFFFFFFFFFFIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHTTTTTTT!!!!!!!!!!!

i don’t case how many bun sac we take as long as we beat them tonight.

Hook’em!

Sicke ERA

1.36 ERA.. Wow.. We need to play well tonight..

Internet not working at the house,

So I won’t be on the thread, but I’ll be watching and yelling loudly at my tv. Hook em!

depending on how the game goes

ill either be shouting or sweating

And hopefully not swearing ...

… unless there’s an occasional “hell yeah!”

UNC up 11-4

So long USM…loser of tonight’s game will face UNC in an elimination game

Nervous.....

Talked to a scout from the Mariners today and asked him about Leake. He said he throws 6 pitches for strikes and if he were 2-3 inches taller he would have been taken no. 2 in the draft.

Chance, the season is in your hands. Godspeed kid.

Take a Chance

Thank god we won the first game because this is a real toss up, Keyes and the other big bats will need to be disciplined at the plate and make Leake throw them pitches to hit or this one will be over quick.

Wow. Impressive numbers.

Good luck to our hitters today.

Internet Link?

my cable is going crazy. I dont know why. Is there any internet video of the game? hopefully that brbjones guy from the regional will have it

if you get it

should be on espn360.com

I'm guessing...

We’re going to need to go with our usual approach of small-ball to win this game? Leake has only given up 2 home runs this year… That’s just ridiculous.

My Tv guide

says the game is on ESPN not ESPN2

So it is

Coulda sworn last night it said ESPN2…thanks for the heads up

ASU will be the home team
Lineups

Texas:
1. Michael Torres, 3B
2. Travis Tucker, 2B
3. Brandon Belt, 1B
4. Russell Modenhauer, DH
5. Kevin Keyes, RF
6. Brandon Loy, SS
7. Cameron Rupp, C
8. Preston Clark, LF
9. Cameron Rowe, CF

SP – Chance Ruffin

ASU:
1. Drew Maggi, SS
2. Jason Kipnis, CF
3. Carlos Ramirez, C
4. Kole Calhoun, LF
5. Johnny Ruettiger, DH
6. Matt Newman, RF
7. Raoul Torrez, 3B
8. Jared McDonald, 1B
9. Zach MacPhee, 2B

SP – Mike Leake

I dont have espn360
try channelsurfing.net?
Goodness!!

Vegas has Texas as a big underdog tonight.

$100 bet on AZ st.to win gets only $43
$100 bet on Texas to win gets you $290

you know……..for those into gambling and all. :-)

what is our winning percentage...

when we play at night time?

Posse East?

Anyone up for game watchings at Posse?

Wow...

That commentators voice is extremely raspy…. They need to get the back up in there.

yep,

hope he’s not the one who do the play calling….. anyway, I’ve Craig Way on just in case..

Karl Ravech was solid the other night. I thought.......................
if you needed a lesson in twitter.
hello there Erin
i was about to say the same thing.,,,
My day got a little better when I saw her
very surprised she was not on the NBA final...
I was under the impression she only did college sports?
you may be right...
I agree

Bill Simmons said a couple years ago she should travel around to like all the major sports events in the Erin Andrews Bus

great start!
nice start by torres
why are we the visitor?
It alternates

Seeds do not factor in. ASU was visitor in their first game, Texas was home in our first game, so they switched.

Double

Torres. Nice.

Hook'em!!!!!

just take a bunt sacrifice get some scores on the board…

coulda been triple but he stumbled at second
we need all this run
Not sure I would bunt here but I am not Augie
playing smallball is smart against the great pitchers
walk 2 on no outs
they freaking changes my computer settings at work

so now I cant even see gametracker from texassports.com, i need a play-by-play

changed*
http://www.justin.tv/sticktv_1/popout
try going to your

internet options under tools, connections tab, LAN settings and deselect the “Use a proxy server for your LAN” option—-this is for IE, if you’re using Firefox, let me know…hopefully this will work for you.

justin.tv

is listed a streaming media and cannot be accessed

belt strikes out one down
also

is this game being broadcasts on radio anywhere in dallas, I get off at 7 and have a 30 min drive until i get to espn

Moldy in the four hole again tonight
Moldy grounds into inning ending DP
what a waste.

does moldy usually bat in the clean up spot?

no a change for the CWS
Shouldn't Keyes be batting in the clean up spot?
Not sure what brought on the change, but it worked well the first game
He did have a HR on Sunday tho
Huge missed opportunity
Hindsight says Belt shoulda bunted :)
Should have bunted Belt

I just dont have confidence in Belt’s bat. Have to score when you have an chance

Arizona States socks

are really, really ugly… It looks like they are wearing stirrups.

Unis look like throwback Padres
I thought you were trying to say

Arizona State SUCKS… which as a former Tucson resident, I can assure you, they DO!

dammit

im already nervous

Did you try

changing your proxy settings to GT?

yeah

and ill called help desk, its a Flash error, it says I dont have the flash player that and I have and my admistrater settings do not let me download anything

i cant type

the error reads that I need the flash player that I current have installed, and there is no way to fix it

it already is deselected
that sucks

freaking LAN nazi’s! HAHA! (Its what I do for a living!)

well I work for commies

so im used to it now

will this help?

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/baseball/boxscore?gameId=2916700091

It auto refreshes.

yes

thank you, thatll hold me over until I get home

Awesome, glad I could help. Hook 'em!
3 innings max for me

Layover in Charlotte Airport, damn I wish my connecting flight was delayed.

Hook ’em!

K to start for Ruffin. 1 down
K chance.....one down!
Single to center. 1 on 1 out
his fastball looks real 'lively'
Stuck in DMV hell

Thread be good to me.

Just keep throwing strikes!!
anybody hear Cowherd talking about UT today?
what was said?
what did he say?
he said he loves everything about UT and would be the no. 1 chance if his son was a potential college athlete
Colt McCoy must have won him over the other day

He certainly didn’t have kind things to say about Texas after the Fiesta Bowl.

I heard him say one day that if he lived in Dallas, he would love the Cowboys and the Longhorns
My thing about Cowherd is he isnt always the brightest whent it comes to analyzing

but he is fun to listen to and he has good theories about life

I just get tired of him complaining about the fans

He sits there and complains about some guy that complained to him for dissing his team, like some people arent supposed to support their team to the bitter end

hes like the anti-Bill Simmons in that respect
I struggle listening to him

but I know he sorta likes UT

Ramirez is battling with Ruffin in the 3 spot
Stike'em out throw 'em out ends the inning
Strike em out thrwo em out! hook 'em too!!
Double play for UT, too, beyotches! :)
0-0 into the top of the 2nd
inning over!

That was sweet!

WOW

he was WAAAY out!

more than normal?

lol, sorry

yea...crazy for a guy that leads his team in Stolen Bases....must have had a bAD start.
Yea and he was the steal threat. Good thing the fastball was thrown and no the change
oh, my bad, i didnt realize it a hard out
he was like 27 out of 31 in steals
Kevin Keyes up!
Nice inning nt
You guys were right

both of the announcers sound like they caught H1N1…

Ruffin - 2K

very good sign!!! Now, let’s go offense!!!!!

Anybody else

already annoyed hearing them talk about Sosa testing positive? It’s not like anyone didn’t know he was a cheater.

Seriously. Next they'll tell us water is wet.
oh my god? Are you serious

you mean the guy that challenged the roider for the home run title was on roids too?

Sosa was obvious look at his numbers.
It was funny when rick reilly tried to take him up on the offer to test him for roids when Sosa said he was willing to be tested anytime, anywhere....
Keyes strikes out 1 down
espn360 is way behind then
Yea it drove me nuts on Sunday. Try Justin.tv it will be live feed of ESPN
Loy grounds to 1st flip dropped by P 1 on 1 out
Loy out runs the pitcher
boo....was hoping he'd get a hit, but called an E on pitcher
Rupp walks!

Runners on first and second

Rupp walks 2 on 1 down
2 on, 1 out again.
Leake doesn't appear to be comfortable from the stretch
Leake...

thanks for the error…. please continue to make them…we need all of your errors we can get…

Those uniforms

look uncomfortable, especially the stirrups…

They are all about the old school unis

Fine for certain games, but when all your uniforms are that way, it’s just kinda pretentious.

I know when I played

the SP got to pick the uni, wonder if its the same at ASU…

we have to take advantage of our opportunites!!!
Clark up down 0-2
Come on Clarke
Clark strikes out 2 on 2 out
Erin Andrews made a mistake... I thought she was perfect
That slider is killer
Need a base hit
lets go Rowe
Rowe smoked that first pitch foul
On internet anywhere?

don’t have cable

justin.tv or channelsurfing
Or ESPN360 if you get it
channelsurfing will link you to justin.tv
Strike out ends the inning
We sure are reaching to the outside for those pitches
very suprise no bunt

on the first two innings…. are we statistically score more easily from the first two innings?

*by small plays?
i mean by smallball plays?
missed opportunities are a bad omen
Or there is a positive that we are getting people on..
I think its a positive

I mean, all the talk was how this guy is almost unhittable and our “small ball” team is getting on okay. Got to be a positive going forward. Plus it means he is throwing a lot of pitches.

great pitchers get better as the game goes on
my justin.tv isnt working

looks like its just 360 for me

link for justin.tv?
http://www.justin.tv/sticktv_1/popout
Ncaa.com will link you to audio if you need it.
Home run 1-0 ASU
This is why you can't leave runners in scoring position
just in time to see that homer
sick pitch chance
Ruffin almost got knocked out single to center
any Ranger fans on here?
I am. I'm busy so not able to post a lot, though.
I was just fascinated by the whole Ranger fans coming out of the woodwork after the Astros

sweep dyanimic. I consider Ranger fans rare life forms

haha

Yeah, I noticed that too. I’m usually a quiet Rangers fan. I visit lonestarball a lot.

stupid bobble
Who Is This Team?
WTF, what are we doing?
explanation?
Pitch out

Rupp missed the ball and it skipped to the backstop of his face

Passed ball

And they appear to have figured out Ruffin.

sloppy = loss....
Are we thinking about playing North Carolina?
my two favorite college unifroms are ours and UNC
The way they are talking about Leake...

Leake > Tebow

This crap has to stop. Now.

I will be floored if we get 3 runs off this guy.

We have been getting to him tho

We make a clutch hit and we will be fine.

Leake can’t keep getting out of jams like he has

i hope you are right, but his slider so far says otherwise
We haven't really gotten to him.

We got a leadoff double in the first and haven’t done crap since then. 4 of 6 outs have been Ks.

We are working counts and getting walks
wait Chance Ruffian goes around campus on an electric scooter?
I thought the same thing
dad was Left handed=electric scooter?
We need to get out of this inning before we do anything
is McClellan that Sheldon from Bellaire?
You bet!
maybe he could come teach the current team how to shoot the freebies
except for that home run they are dinking and dunking more than a Mike Leach offense
true..

Chance is pitching ok….they just keep finding holes

Well

Apparently going to the gym isn’t gonna win this one for us…3-0 isn’t the worst thing in the world

It is going to take more than small ball to keep up with ASU.
I'd like to borrow LSU's bat right about now
Leake just seems unhittable when he throws that first pitch strike
Erin Andrews is slightly attractive
you think?
shes looking especially radiant today
Does not hold a candle

to Holly Rowe.

that is blasphemy
She looks so much like my HS English teacher that I can't even begin to think of her that way.
that guy spent the whole interview staring at Erin Andrews or the mic
was there drooling involved?
I would call it intense looking
which dugout is she in?
neither. THat does bring up the point how distracting it would be if she was in your dugout
i was thinking someout should invite her to either the ASU dugout, or behind home plate when they pitch
If our guys are distracted by a chick in the dugout

they should just go home now.

Going to need some luck

Got it with that blooper

I think we're gonna need some help from the long ball to win this one
I would bet anything Belt does not make the big leauge
alright guys, im going home, see yall soon
Anyone know leaks pitch count?

Seems like it might be kind high

Close to 50

Moreland said 45 during Moldenhauer’s at-bat.

that was a sick pitch
I hate that pitcher
Why do I get the feeling that those last 2 frames are going to tell the story of this game?

I really have never felt less confident in this team.

yah, that pitches has some nasty stuff
i wonder if the sun is still having some sort of interference on horns batters
Can't give up any more runs... period

We should be so lucky as to score more than 4 runs against Leake.

Need to jam this guy

Has a long swing, and I think would have a hard time with anything inside

4-0
This may get out of hand
i noticed, ASU has like 7 players that got drafted
That is gonna just about seal the deal I'm afraid.
still toooo early, if we dont get a few runs by the 5th, its over
Does this look like a team that's gonna score a few runs in 2 innings?

I am generally a very optimistic fan, but these guys just have the look of a team that is already beaten, and that pisses me off. That is not how Texas plays baseball.

yea

This is a good ASU team…baseball gods seem angry at us

I think we might need to get one of the Austins in the game
How many errors is that?
Can't make errors!!
"routine" play...damn it
Wow

really poor defense. Come on Tucker!

So...Donte Stallworth kills a guy and gets 30 days in jail eh?
it's the cool thing to do now
Apparently the guys lunged into the street without looking.

To catch a bus. So, even though Stallworth was drunk, it’s not really his fault.

Something like 2 years house arrest on top of that.
if that shit happened to one of us, we'd be in prison for at least 6 months, before we got a shot at a trial
knock on wood *knock knock*
Yeh

drunk driving is okay as long as it’s someone else’s fault.

defense let chance down, BIG TIME
Yes but Chance has given up 2 homers

Let’s not sugar-coat it.

Hey...sorry if this is a dumb question....

For clarification: is the format of the CWS double elimination?

yes
Thanks.
np, this game is too crucial...players get to rest mentally if they were to go 2-0
Only the first part.

Final is best of 3. We’re still alive if we lose this one, but we would need a monumental effort from our pitching staff over the next 4 days if that happens.

Technically

The finals is still a two-team double elimination tournament :-)

Hopefully something good can come of this

Get Dicharry some good experience, play well against a potentially more beatable UNC with Jungmann pitching…maybe beat a more mortal ASU…?

Defense and pitching......

sorely lacking in these first 2 games. Augie will be the first to say this team can’t win when they don’t execute those two phases of the game.

random question, have any of ya'll played or been to the bluebonnet hll golf course?

hopefully i’ll be moving really close to it, pretty excited about that

1 out

let’s go Austin D.

oh man, 5-0? WTMF?!?!?!?!?!?
Well

at least it’s early. Time to get our bats going!

big question...

how is az st’s bullpen?

if we get to it
After Leake

Everything is less scary

Pitching isn't even giving us a chance to win this game
Soooooo. . . Who will UNC pitch in their next game??
YOU GOTTA BE SHITTING ME....
Embarrassing

This is not the same Texas team I have seen all season

Man...Anyone seen a third out?
6 more innings of this?
Long way to go...We have seen these guys don't give up
They've already given up.
Right on NeTexHorn

I’m not super hopeful, but it ain’t over yet!

i can't watch it, painful
yeah, this team is open to big criticism now...

they survived their defensive mistakes in game 1, but for this to now happen to games in a row in the CWS is completely unacceptable for this team.

they deserve everything thats going wrong right now with their shotty play so far.

Who would criticize a team that makes Omaha?

Why even cheer for a team if you’re going to criticize when they fall short of perfection every time?

If Dicharry doesn't get an out here

I say bring in Workman and let him throw fastballs until his arm falls off. Nothing else is working.

wow that commentator's anaylsis

is right on…

Only the third inning...lot of baseball left
That coudl be a good or bad thing
Yes

At this rate, ASU can still win 18-0.

Bassale have you met Silky? You guys would get along great
There is a time to be optimistic.

Now is a time to be realistic.

exactly

how else do you describe how they are playing?

Like I said, you guys would be great buds
Yea but these kids have played their asses off for us all season

and at the first sign of trouble you guys wanna abandon ship….

Yeh

we should all just stop watching the game now. You know, since it’s over. Maybe there’s some good reality TV on tonight.

Not abandon ship

There is still at least 1 game to be played.

But i’m not going to sit here and pretend that the team that played the first 3 innings of this game is capable of coming back to win. They aren’t. That isn’t pessimism. It’s honesty. These guys are going to need a monumental offensive outburst, combined with a massive meltdown from Leake to win this game.

They probably aren't going to come back

But stranger things have happened in baseball…Of course the team that played the first three innings isn’t going to win, that’s kind of obvious. Pessimism I can take (I’m as pessimistic about the chances of winning as anybody).

6-3!

abandon ship?

I missed where I said that. just stating the obvious that their defense has been unusually bad so far and its cost them runs.

I sure hope the half time speech is something special.....
We got out of it!!!

I thought that would never end

Inning over..need some runs now
If we could just avoid leaving guys on base we could still be in this
Just get the third out

and regroup. Hook ’em!!!

6-0 through 3

Horns have 6 ABs. This is a team that has shown all season it won’t ever give up, but it does certainly look bleak

Small ball won't work here

we need to get a bunch of runners on and hit for some power. Too bad it’s highly unlikely vs Leake

At least Ruffin will be a little more fresh for his next start

assuming we ever see him again.

It's really sort of crippling that he couldn't get it done tonight.

Of all the pitchers on our staff, he was the one I thought would be least likely to buckle.

Well maybe that looooonnnnggg break will have thrown of their pitcher.
Why is Ruffin Still In?

SIX runs already in the 3rd – why is he in there when he has absolutely nothing today? By all accounts Augie was supposed to be quick to pull ‘em this CWS. Is Augie just going to leave Chance in for the entire game, lose 18-0 so that he doesn’t have to work any other arms in a guaranteed loss like this one is? Why not pull him and hope he rests up and gets his stuff back in a couple games?

Talk about choke, if this team doesn’t pull it together for their run through the loser’s bracket then this will be one of the lowest achieving Longhorn CWS appearances EVER. I’m sick of this embarrassing display, time to kick out 40 miles on the bike, this game is over, no magic happening today against the ASU pitching staff. Disgusting!!!

Ruffin was replaced last inning
Chance went out when it was 4-0
LOL dude he was pulled out in the 3rd inning after 3 batters

fail

LOL

Obviously tuned in late and not paying as close attention as I should have. Still a terrible outing for the entire team, that 3-run HR being the only exception. Maybe I stay close to the tv for a little bit longer as a result of it, though. That blown throw from the catcher just really pissed me off, what a friggin’ numskull bit of team communication that crap was!

Just do whatever you were doing AFTER the top half of the third

please sir

Tuck tail

Walk away

thank goodness.....

this one is still within reach for these cardiac kids. Will Workman come in to chew up innings?

Nice start Keyes single to center
remeber, 5th inning
Loy HBP two on 0 outs
One swing of the bat can cut the lead in half!
did Augie just hired Erin to say these things?
"Baseball is about having fun" Are we having fun yet?
Leake has not been that impressive

Sure he worked himself out of some jams but he still gets in them

totally agree.

Its obvious he’s a talented pitcher, but I don’t see any dominating command right now..

Oh yea here we go
YYYYYYYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH
TTTTTTTTTTEEEEXXXXXXAAAAAAAAAAASSSSSSSSSSS!!!!
Three run homer!!!!!!!
Okay. I was wrong.

And I’ve never been happier about being wrong.

Keep the faith buddy, keep the faith
LIKE SO!

HOOK EM!!!

TTTTTTTTTTTTTEEEEEEEEXXXXXXXXXXXXAAAAAAAAAASSSSSSSSS!!!!
3-6 BABYYYYY!
Cut it in HAlf!!!!!!

Huge!!!!!!

I am feeling a little better instead of a little bitter.
FIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIGHHHHHHHHHHTTTTTT
Rupp three run shot to right
FFFFFFFFIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHTTTTTTTTTTT!!!!!!!
Bassale you and silky better now?
Maybe I should continue to talk shit

It seemed to work.

Worth noting than Leake has thrown 60+ but I’m not so sure I want him out at this point.

Just imagine if we'd gotten to him in the first two innings

We’d be tied

Hell YEA~!!!!!!!!
Our time now
I TOLD YA'LL A FEW RUNS BEFORE THE 5TH INNING, I CALLED IT!!!! YESSSSSS!!!!!!!
keep calling man!
Thnaks for bring us back to life!!!!!!!!!
0 outs still.

Let’s make this a big inning.

that was all with

ZERO outs too fellas and gals!

Keep it coming
Base hit 1 on 0 outs
Antoher base knock!!!

8th Overall Pick???

Augie is laughing afther the homer and single
Augie really done a great speech to the troops!!!
let's go and have some fun!!!
ooooh big swing!
Rowe single to right
Just his 3rd HR given up all year

Tying run at the plate…

IM ON FIRE, WE TIE IT IN THIS ONE!!
Don't leave any one this inning and we are back in business!
last time someone said that i saw a 3-run homer....
He is shaken now but we can't get satisfied
haha keep it up..its working
That was not meant to be pesimistic

We’re still down 2, and they’re still beating the hell out of our pitchers. All I’m saying is they can’t let up. And so far they aren’t.

Where's the pessimism?

It was working!!

2-0 to Torres

C’mon Michael!

we're doing leake!!!!!!just like we did carpenter in the holiday bowl!!!
Ruuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuudy!
3-1...big pitch coming up
its time to bunt?
That worked sort of like a bunt...
FC to second runner on first and third 1 down
90 ft away from scoring
And Nats up 3-2 on the Yankees!

Need at least one more this inning

1st and 3rd one out

We are in a good spot, we need to go opposite field here

Redemption time for Tucker!
fuuuuuuuuuckkk yah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
bring him home
Holy fucking god, I'm ecstatic.
tttttttttttttttttttteeeeeeeeeeaaxxxxxxxxxxxxxxaaaaaaaaaasssssssssssss!!!!!!!!
FFFFFFFFFFIIIIIIIIIIIIGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHTTTTTTTTTTT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11111
fffffffffffffffffffffffffffffiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiigggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhtttttttttttt!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Bunt to first base side ball thrown away runners on second and third 1 run in 1 down
is this what will happen every time we bunted?

why we didnt do it on the first two innings?

We are amazing!
LIL BASE KNOCK NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
C'mon Brandon!

Redemption time!

lets go giraffe
Base Hit Belt!
game tied game tied
c;mon brandon!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THATS MY EXCLASSMATE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
now that is an exciting inning!

Hook EM!

We are the best bunters ever
I'm Having FUN!
IM SO PLAYING THE TEXAS LOTTERY TONIGHT
I love you bassale and silky
Wow, is this happening?
This is shocking

Ruffin will get a no-decision, Leake can only get the loss, and we’re in the 4th inning

Augie with the knowing smirk
afhook98...................please keep calling, man...

the baseball gods are answering your call right now!

Wow!! Mea Culpa!

Forget the bike ride

This is insane
WHERE'S ALL THE NON BELEIVERS NOW!
wait, ya'll are still here
AO and I texting

Gotta admit, we were non-believers

C'mon now 40....you gotta stay with us..
I believe I said:
Horns have 6 ABs. This is a team that has shown all season it won’t ever give up, but it does certainly look bleak
I love all of y'all

life is good…

I love you too man!!!
Leake out
Baseball rope-a-dope

our long inning giving up 6…

Woooow

Forgive me, Horns. I was ready to give up at 6-0 against a pitcher like Leake. Goodness.

Forgive me too....
Put me on the list

I think a lot of people thought it was over

that's baseball, baby

six runs against one of the best pitchers in the country!

I was going to go for a rally beer

but I thought better of it. I am not moving now.

i have a big miller 24oz that im about to pop
I'm not the biggest baseball fan alive

But man, after that 3 run homer, I shot to my feet and I’ve been standing and yelling since.

I tried standing earlier and we went down by 6. Im sitting the rest of the way
i tried drinking earlier but we are +6 when i dont have a beer in my hand.

painful.

Leake looks really disturbed in the dugout.
leake looks like rudy carpenter, when we sacked the shit out of him right before dumb ass mack browns son touched the live ball ( i dont he touched it though)
He definitely didn't

It still makes me mad that the stupid people upstairs made that call.

4.55 is a definate change from 1 something
He just dropped an F-bomb
glad im home now to watch this
It's been pretty ho-hum so far
C'mon Moldy
to reset: Runner on 1st 1 down top of 4
Straighten it out
Moldy flies out to third 2 down
Calling that a fly out is just wrong :)
haha sorry...what about soft liner
The Keith Moreland Humpback Liner (C)
Batted around

C’mon KK!

man, that dude has an one nice hat!
c'mon keyes!!!! right over the left field wall, just like at disch!!
swinging for it.

though he never isnt.

They're terrified of the Hyperspeed Giraffe's speed
Come on Keyes. Clear the bases!
Keyes behind in the count

That’s no good

damn, EXCELLENT INNING!!!!!!!
Great inning.
Keyes strikes out..Inning over, but tied
Great inning!!!

Lets keep it going!

the only thing i'm worrying Keyes is

he likes to chase it…..and this is what happened..

Keyes didn't hit because my beer is empty..My fault :)
dammit

we need your support

Keyes couldn't hit a bull in the ass with a banjo. He's finished.

How was that?

Of course

now, next time up he’ll homer…

Beer full now..We are in good shape
Well

We are Texas.

TEEEXAS TEEEXAAASS YYYYEEEEHAAAAWWWW!
brand new ball game
Our's is better than their's
Have to keep the bats hot
Our bullpen vs. theirs

Almost like a new ballgame now.

Looked to be outside to me
Why aren't Sean and Orel

kissing Leak’s ass now?!?!? Now that Leak is out, I wonder if Orel and Sean can find their way back out of Leak’s ass????

I really like stece Phillps

Him and Oral Hershiser are really good!

they're both pac 10 sack riders, one of their kids goes to USC
meant for go bevo
C'mon D....FOCUS!

no more error!!!

What an incredibly crazy, awesome game
May be the best game evere
Double to right 1 on 1 out
Oral

needs to stop getting so in-depth. I played baseball but at times find myself saying “huh??” He gets a little too technical at times.

I miss Reynolds.

HR was really good
Most def... I always like to listen to him
Here comes the strikeout
The funny thing about the Rudy chant is this kid is related to the Rudy from ND
dang.... this sunset is no good to our outfielders...
need to throw asu out there
and

I miss Mike Patrick. Him and Reynolds were awesome.

Not to mention

Sean McD sounds horrible

Jungmann in the pen now

Thinking they’re going to throw Ruffin on Thurs./Fri.?

THROW STRIKES
Dicharry better be on a short leash

There are some good arms ready in the pen.

Throw Jungmann?

Green can probably go again on Thursday if need be

And Jungmann is in.
I might have gone to Workman first.

He scares the crap out of me, but if his fastball is working, they can’t hit him. Could be too much of a risk with the game tied though.

Good thing is if he is on, then he will be able to eat up some innings.

You can definetly tell how important this game is

Workman hasn't thrown in the postseason I believe

Or since the Big XII tourney…with all the rest we’ve got and Ruffin’s low pitch count, Green, Workman and Ruffin will be available for future contests

CHEERS MATES!
Anyone else sick of looking at those hideous yellow stirrups?
so distracting
Maybe its just me but they look better in the outfield
I totally agree
like Steve just said

North Carolina will be very difficult. They were the team I was afraid of coming into the series – they just plain hit the ball every single time. But LSU is looking awfully tough as well – but I welcome the challenge.

I'm not sure Alex White could come back though

He threw a ton of pitches on Sunday.

Come on

young man!!!

Jungman....Bigger the game...BETTER THE PLAYER...I believe thats what Augie said about him

I’m ok with that…HOOK ’EM HORNS!!!

LSU man, beastly.
I live in BR

LSU can be beaten

They struggled early against Arky

Then Arky realized they were in Omaha and choked.

I think they’re beatable, too, but it’s likely their pitching rotation will be all set up for the final. Ours might not be.

I think it's too early for Jungmann
our defense

needs to stop making mistakes. Rupp

Rupp

yea, you. Not completely your fault, but come on…..that’s happening too much.

twitter only limit 140 characters

i say BON this site is more fun….

1 pitch 2 down
one more to go...

let’s go Jungman…..show your TCU magic!

Pitch gets away..runners move up 90'
what's up with our catcher?
Probably the sun/shadows are hell on him
has had like 3-4 pitches get away on him
yea and the ball thrown to second with no one there.

The one that got away when the run scored he took his eyes off of it and looked at the base runner at third

2-2 to Torres from ASU
K! Inning Over
K for Jungmann
Huge K!

Brand new ball game…0-0

+1 for momentum
there you go!
Anyone seen a team comeback recently?
Offense give us the lead!
Jungmann has big league stuff

Guy will be a first rounder in a few seasons

I think it that BA called him playing for Texas:

A tragedy of the MLB draft

Brilliant pep talk.... Augie...

especially, reported by Erin!

She is really good at what she does

For many reasons ;)

Being annorexic

and getting plastic surgery?

Bad News Bears to Cinderella
small ball time.
Leadoff single

Small ball time!

Base hit to start for loy. One on 0 outs
Rupp swinging away?
Looks like it

Guy homered the last time up

not going to say the HR was a fluke,

but why are we not playing our game?

fucking LONG BOMB NOW!
lol jk play it safe
don't want to get drunk yet!

things is better to come….. A come from behind 0-6 and kick the asu ass!

If you bunt with guy who hit a homer last at bat is definition of team
who's got the ASU cheerleader victory pics?
Walk 2 on 0 outs
2 runners on....
Big walk!

Now you bunt

Do you or do you continue to work the pitcher and try to get a pitch to hit or the free pass?
Nice walk and GREAT patience
auggie bunt time

lets move the runners 90

Sorry that I turned it off!

I’m a loser!

You turned it off down 6-0? Keep it off! :)
I'm afraid he's right
No Shit... But, I can't now!

lol
you oughta be ashamed
jk, i do that when the f'n cowboys play, they hurt me too often
1st two base loaded...

make a bunt to get some score on the board please!

No all-conference players because of the bunt?

That’s kind of absurd…no all-conference players because the Big XII was a league of talented individuals with one talented team

haha....absurd is kind of understatement...
These announcers are killing me with their extrapolations about Augie's philosophy

I’m going back to radio.

I've really liked Steve Philliips tonight

He’s the anti-Orel

everytime we bunt...good things happen to us!
Connor Rowe has hit well with RISP lately
Lansing in for ASU. (closer)
closer in the 5th?
They want it that bad
Wonder if he has 12 1/3 of no-hit in him
Lets hope it dosen't go that far
They know how important this game is too...

Nats down 4-3

Top 8 :-(

Strasburg outta the pen?
haha, is he playing already?
Not...quite...yet
Sorry Lambson not Lansing
Lambson threw 42 pitches on Sunday

Probably not going to go the last 5 innings

Not bunting?

Not sure I love that, but Preston’s a senior leader…

He's LAMB CHOPS now baby!!!!

Bunt foul 1-2
Damn

Why call for the bunt at 1-1?

why dont u try your friend "bunt"?
LILLLL BASE RIIIIIIPPPPPPP!
i'd bunt 2-2 here
no you wouldn't
i would, yes.

doesnt make it the right call.

Just a heads up folks

We’re gonna go to a new thread for the Bottom of the 5th

I see a walk coming...
Fantastic AB from PC
Good AB

Let’s milk this guy.

damnit clark strikes out
think for the team, man

no need for the run…

1 out (82mph fastball)
Damn

That was ball 4

82 mph fastball and you can't catchup????
9 pitches

I’ll take it on a used pitcher

Patience, Connor
damn it, get off the pac 10s sack!
Rowe flys out to center 2 away
Are those pitches dropping as much as it seems?
why these batters want to keep swing?
ESPN just hates the big 12, but OU
not good at bats
do not leave these guys on
Ok, new thread
Shit first ball fly to center ends the top of 5
Yeh

Too eager. Not necessary.

terrible swinging at the first pitch
TOO Many runners left on base.

But I am still having fun, Augie

Dammit boys

Calm down and wait on your pitch for fucks sake

what the hell..... lost another precious opportunity to score

with 2 men on the base

Please explain

Why Auggie didn’t call the bunt on first pitch there? All year we bunt with Keyes, Belt – then when the situation calls for it we swing away and get in a 0-1 hole? I know he has the skins on the wall – but it is still perplexing.

Augie's short term memory loss?
So...

what weird way do we win this one?

not to be

alliterative or anything.

how long can announcer go with out talking about the game

who really cares about what a ex pitcher thinks about the movies in the middle of the CWS

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