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If you listen to some LSU fans, it's a matchup of talent versus magic, a matchup usually won by talent. Of course that ignores recent CWS history of 4-seed Fresno State winning last year, unseeded Oregon State beating more talented North Carolina teams in 2006 and 2007, and a supremely talented Texas team losing to unseeded CSF in 2004 only to win the title the next year with an unseeded squad (over #7 seed Florida). 

No, what we've got here is a matchup of college baseball's two best teams. It's the team of the 90s (5 titles including the title in 2000 belonging to Skip Bertman) versus the team of the 2000s (6 CWS appearances, 4 title game apperances, 2 titles and counting). Texas will have to beat LSU's aces Louis Coleman and Anthony Ranaudo. LSU will have to beat Texas aces Chance Ruffin and Cole Green. It's as simple as that.

LSU fans can talk about blasting their way through Omaha and playing great ball (because it's true), but how are the Tigers going to respond if Texas takes an early lead and they have to play from behind? LSU is just 11-10 on the season when the opposition scores first. Will the Tigers wilt under pressure down a run in the 8th or 9th with Austin Wood on the mound? We've seen how Texas has responded in the CWS to these situations, hopefully we'll get to see LSU in these tough spots.

LSU has shown all season it can mash the ball, Texas has shown in Omaha that it can mash the ball when it needs to. LSU is 21-4 since April 28th, Texas is 19-3 during that span. In other words, both teams are very hot and playing great baseball.

Game one starts at 6 PM on ESPN. If you're in the DC area, come to our BON watch party.


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Superstition

Thread starter:
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Dont jinx it bitches!

It's my Birthday

Birthday 2002 (my 40th BTW) we beat South Carolina for the Championship! Best present ever…

Birthday 2005, walk-off homer to beat Baylor (my father was at that game) and advance to beat Florida for the Championship!

Birthday 2009, I got a good feeling about this one. Hook ‘em, y’all!

happy birthday!!!

Here’s hoping you get another present!

can anyone get a link to watch the game online?
And the Valley Shook (the LSU blog)

The guys over there are pretty much sure they’re gonna blow us out like everyone else…I think not BTHO LSU!

LSU is just 11-10 on the season when the opposition scores first.

Generally, when a team scores first, it also scores more often, and is also often the better team. Consequently, statistics like these are meaningless because they are selected from an extremely biased sample. Its the same reason that things that NBA commentators say like “teams that win game X go on to win the series X percent of time”. A team that wins game X is also more likely to be the better team anyways – it doesn’t add any new information.

That said, LSU is going to lose because 84% of the time that a team has a magic number over .526 (Texas 2009: .788), they beat teams whose jerseys have more than 16 square inches of purple on them.

Hook em.

If you're near downtown Houston and looking for BONerhood

come by Lucky’s. A few of us will be there and I think the Texas-exes are having an official event as well.

Hook ’em!

Metro Train Crash

I hope none of the DC BON’ers headed to the watch party were on this train.

Link Fail..

http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/06/22/washington.subway.crash/index.html

Bar's on the Orange line

Crash was on the red line…off to bar, let’s bring home a W

My office is on the red and orange lines

It’s likely to be a disaster down there with all of the people wondering around confused.

Maybe I shouldn't watch this game

On Friday, I was unable to watch the game due to a wedding rehearsal/dinner. I came back to the groom’s apartment and quickly told him to change to the game. At that exact moment, I kid you not, Rowe hit his walk-off homerun, and I spent my time high-fiving everyone and flashing the hook’em horns sign. Talk about good timing.

Texas vs LSU

lets hope it lives up to the billing………..this should be good!

32 minutes till game time

Hook’em Horns

WOOOO!!

I’m excited.

I hope Ruffin has a better outing than his last one. Hopefully he has a chip on his shoulder and wants to make up for a sub-par performance last time out.

Sweet!!!

GT actually works on my computer today

I hope someone else is already drinking

I hate to drink alone at 5:40 on a Monday

If only I could at work
I feel your pain.

I have to work the next two nights, but at least I can still watch the game on 360 or jtv.

Maybe I can pull a Tommy Boy tomorrow and get a mini-fridge in here
haha

Wasn’t it Tommy Boy where he had that fan on his desk and he was talking like Darth Vader?

lol, yeah

I just watched it a few weeks ago

I'm drinking

what else is new…

Hey batter, no batter!

10 minutes till kickoff baseball

is this a 6 or 6:05 first pitch?
Probably

6:05 coverage starts at 6:00

Not much of a pre-game
5 mins of how awesome lsu is.
I think that is probably more than enough for anyone.

Anyone know if we are home or away?

I read we would be home today...

away tomorrow, and home again Wednesday if needed.

Sounds right

being the #1 seed should account for something

But I thought only Babe Ruth's

team of baseball ghosts could beat LSU?

thats true, keep it as short as possible
From Spain

The game will start at 1 pm here. I’ll be awake the next days until late, but it doesn’t matter because this team is magic. I know I’m not texan but I feel as a Longhorn. From Spain I’ll be supporting you… Hook’em!!!!

at 1am sorry...
We appreciate your support

and dedication

Welcome...

We will nudge you if you start to fall asleep on us.

If they would kick Orel outta the house,

the announcers would be ok.

im kind of glad im missing that
I am just hoping we don't hear anymore about Leake tonight.

I know he is just awesome, wonderful and all but

you know

these tourneys dont determine who the best team is

They could be dangerous..

what the hell

As predicted. LSU is preordained by the 4 letter. Let it go.
fiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiine.
Mike Leake is yesterday's filler talk.

Tonight is all about the greatness of the Mighty Fighting Bengal Tiger and how well they hit ball and pitch and stuff.

I am hoping for error free baseball. We do that and I think we win
yes. no free passes to that offense.
They really could not make it any more obvious that they want LSU to win. Amazing.
If they were hoping we would win I would worry. Their track record isn't great
Has the game started yet?
Chance is about to throw the first pitch.....Ball
Game on!!!!!!
2 pitches 1 down...

Ground out to Torres

grounder to third base
1-0 LSU Schimf home run
That was right down the middle...

Cant throw that shit in there

that was a blast.....wow
no more belt high fastballs chance.
Knew that was coming

Chance hung it up there one too many times.

That's not good
That was the guy we were most worried about
Schimf is their hottest hitter

he was over .500 for the CWS

Backwards K 2 down
I dont care...

LSU fans, cheer all you want…. You guys don’t have strong defense…..In the end, defense wins game!

Gotta keep the ball in the park first :)
good pitching beats good hitting
Ahh damn that last ball was close
Full count to Gibbs
Backwards K ends the inning
struck out watching
where are our fans?

as i type from my couch.

No shit..

all they have shown is LSU fans. I couldn’t convince my wife to make the drive

Searchin for Erin....lol...

she looks more toner from her sunburn?

That pitch was exactly where the last one was

Looks like we’re in for a long night

Where is your buddy Silky?
Hey, I'll take that start.
OH Crap.

We will never be able to come back from behind….. :)

hopefully ruffin can get his fastball down..

..left quite a few up, his breaking pitches looked good.

The home plate ump

seems to be giving the outside corner

one bad pitch...

other than that chance looked solid, good movement on his pitches, hitting corners.

Coleman's pants could not be tighter if he tried
Torres flies out to center 1 down
Nice rip. Coleman swallowed his tongue on that one.
"They used to stay in their mobile homes right by left field. There was no shortage of food"

I didn’t know we were playing OU

Who was it that talked about the LSU catcher wearing a tie?

Every time I look at him now, that is what I think of.

Torres grounds out to third 2 down

Belt up

Full count to belt
Belt flies out to right to end the inning
that was ugly
At least with exception of Torres the batters looked patient at the plate
I don't know. They all made contact with the ball. I am expecting great things
Yes, one swing ties it at this point nt
Belt has to start hitting better

Against a pitcher like this, who is usually murder on righties, our left-handers have to be on, and Belt hasn’t been in a while.

how many lefty batters do we have?
In this lineup, 3 I believe

Torres, Belt, Moldy

Gentlemen... To evil..
3 pitches - third k
Single up the middle for Mitchell. 1 on 1 out
base hit through the feet of Ruffin.
Need a DP here
GT's a good play behind
game tracker and 360 drive me nuts with the lag
Is JustinTV less laggy than 360?
Yea JTV will be a live feed of ESPN
Pop out to shallow left. 2 down 1 on
i like the strategy...

stop the flow…taking time & throwing the ball to the 1st base…

ESPN has a nice non-biased spread about the CWS on the main page
K ends the inning 1-0 LSU middle 2
3rd out end of side

4th strike out

Time for the offense to step up
Just a hit and working the count would be a nice start
Rupp/Keyes is coming up?
Then Keyes
thks
This only applies if gametracker is correct
OH God its Orel....
Feels good, man.
I wonder if the SEC pays him a little extra than the general funds they send into ESPN
Moldy Rupp Keyes
Need a base hit. Let's go
Moldy singles to center 1 on 0 outs
Taking bets on a bunt?
Hey Ohio Horn

I need a new truck, ask for that too! :)

How about a new truck
Rupp is ahead of Keyes?

where is “born” texas?

Idiots. At least McDonough got that one right
Rupp lines to left 1 down 1 on first
Did Rupp do that on the first pitch
think it was the second pitch
Come on Keyes

swing away and hit the dang thing out of the park.

Keyes flies out to shallow right 2 down
Gotta take more pitches from this guy
Very nearly a HR for Loy, but alas, a foul ball.
Loy got a good piece of that one
yea it just pulled it a tad to far
Loy strikes out to end the inning
ouch... looked outside.
That was a strike?
Called 3rd strike further outside than the ball called earlier.
seems like the strike zone in omaha is more of a parallelogram
an awful umpire....remains to be seen...
31 pitches for Ruffin, 25 for Coleman
Ump giving the corner from what I've seen
Yea this ump has a variable wide strike zone
..more like variable wide preparation h zone
pls dont take steroid

Rupp, u r already balky enuf, pls no steroid when u in MLB

umm erin

Its called the Austin American-Statesman, thank you

good lord

why do they even try

She's not a real journalist. She doesn't know newspapers have names.
she also doesnt know that newspapers come on paper too

and not just that portal that sits on her desk

when we played against ASU

last thurs, i’ve said it News 8 Austin sports’ Lesley McCaslin is just as cute as Erin :)

thats not her in your icon over there, is it?
Nola lines to right 1 on 0 outs
basehit over the head of the second baseman
wheres that giraffe when you need him?
Bunt moves the runner to 2nd. 1 down
LSU sacrifice bunt
No high fastballs, Chance
damn that was a high fastball down the middle and he took it
wow....i can't believe LSU

would using our sac bunt strategy given they’ve so many batters can hit…

haha there is your Leake reference
Wasnt there a team that beat Leake twice???

I cant remember

Let's keep a leake count
or Leake could be the drinking word
struck him out!
Backwards K on Schimf 2 down
why we didnt bun on previous inning when

Rupp on the 1st base with zero man out?

who knows the mind of Augie?
It was moldy on first

but we should have tryed it

thats funny, I used to hate the bunt

now, im like, why the hell not?

I would probably guess

it is because Rupp has been so hot lately. If he had been in a slump then I don’t think there is a doubt he would bunt

I don't know why we didn't bunt only down 1 run

But I guess Augie figured that with Cameron being as hot as he’s been at plate, he’d take his chances.

So much for "I'd bunt Babe Ruth"
with this high scoring team

we need to find any opportunity that we can get to put some score on the board…

Great minds :)
Dean flies out to Tucker in shallow right ends the inning
GREAT pitching!
Pretty solid inning
Clark, Rowe, Torres up
Let's try again. Base hit!
It looks like he is falling behind to everyone...

We need to be patient at the plate

Clark strikes out 1 down

but he did make him pitch to him

OK so no base hit but a good AB
the whole point of an AB is to get on base
Rowe pops up first pitch to short 2 down
I don't get this first pitch crap

unless it’s for a homer of course…

save that for later

when you know what they are going to pitch you

if Jungmann

will pitching later on tonight… i predict he will get at least 10Ks…

But how many tight games have the Tigers been in?
Baylor took them to 10 in the regional

final was 3-2

None in the CWS
Rice also played them close but lost twice

12-9 and 5-3

Lined and snagged by the second baseman
Liner to 2nd ends the inning..

1-0 end of 3

Not a bad swing

we will get runs eventually. Just gotta keep the pitching tight.

Whats colemans PC at now?
36

43 for Ruffin

We have to get runners on base, and I don't care how

Not pitching at junk would be a good start.

swinging?
That too
lol

he only has 2 SO, so thats good, need to make good contact on the 3-6th pitch

Chance has to pitch at junk. It's his job.
At work

Will appreciate any game updates.

1-0 lsu, batting in top 4 one out
One bad pitch

in first inning. 0-1.

another K for Ruffin. Six so Far
Chance is a MAN!
Another K for Ruffin. 2 down
Chance is feeling it

Offense needs to start feeling it

caught in CF. Good hit. Better catch
Deep fly to center helluva catch by Rowe ends the inning
YESSSSSS SIRRRRREEEEEE!
nice grab

a “little” range and speed?

what a play!

with our corner outfielders, it sure is nice having a CF who can run

Tucker, Belt, Moldy up

2 lefties. This is the time.

thank goodness...

this inning went pretty fast…

Great catch Connor!!!!!!!
I think

that shows just how hard Rupps HR was the other night, that ball was ripped and didnt leave the ballpark…

Must've been a hellava catch

haha.

Running toward the fence caught over his left shoulder
im with you

im picturing it in my head

Somebody please score so they'll stop showing Shimpf's homer

What is that like the 7th replay they’ve done?

will that work?
Ump is raising his strike zone now
Ask and you shall receive
Hell yeah TUcker!
Tied 'er up with that homer!
YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

Home Run for Tucker!!!!!1

Wowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww
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Nice hit Tucker
Belt grounds out to 1st 1 down
i was about to say time to put on

my 2002 National Champions t-shirt to juice up the mental pow’r for our team & lo & behold, tucker got a beautiful hr………

I am saving my 2005 version for tomorrow
I believe he said

that was his third, he said third homerun of the year

MOLLLLLDDDDYYYYYYYY HR
Another HR!!!!
Memories of Friday night!
well, well

how’s that for scratching out some runs?

Small ball these homeruns
POWER

MOLDY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

what a bunt!!!

wait….

GO BOERNE!!!!

Represent!!!!

Serious??

wow.. ESPN is still on 4th inning.. CBS is on 2nd inning.. _

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He bunted that ball out over the center field walk
Fly out to center 2 down
fly to CF two outs
Horns are really getting the bat on those fastballs. Coleman better find a different pitch.
three home runs!!!
KEYYYES is a man
HOLY MOLYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY
KEYES

3rd HR!!!

Solo shot for Keyes 3-1
Keyes hits another
hahahah he skipped on the way from 3rd to home
Keyes knocked the shit outta that ball
WTF

KEYES !!!!!!!

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wow.. I need to go home and watch.

It’s not as exciting this way.. Gotta see it.

13 mins and i get to drive home
I finally found some Texas fans thanks to that homer
you dont even have to believe in them

they are just that good

GORRILA BALL?!?! TRY LOOOOOOOONG HORN BALL!!!!
Coleman is rattled
We should hear less about the amazing pitching of Coleman now
they will prolly say, if Leake was out there, this wouldnt happen
This is the national championship.

I always knew it but i just realized how huge this is. HOOK EM HORNS!!!!

Coleman should pass Ruff on pitch count this inning.
Fly to right ends the inning 3-1 Texas
it's the irony that makes it so sweet
Diggin your username
Yes, please tell me you wear a red beanie?!
Everybody

swinging away. Awesome!!!!

Just like the first ASU game, our hitters picked it up in the 4th as the sun shifted...
Except we didn't spot LSU a billion runs.
wow, i guess LSU didnt see this one comin', they will have their tales tucked between their legs like ASU by the middle of the 6th...
Actually Coleman only threw 10 pitches that inning

Nobody took more than 4 pitches to handle their business.

Coleman has 46, Ruffin 54
should we remember the words of winston wolf?

or just go with it?

Magic At Work!

who would have thought that we are the stronger offense in the game now?

BLAM BLAM BLAM

So much for another best-pitcher-ever.

Hopefully Chance keeps dealing
all the talking heads can now shut the fuck up

small ball my ass.
they have been wrong every time the Horns and played and consistently underestimated them

Wait, who is this team from Texas

I thought they only score 2 runs a game and havent hit a homer all year

that first pitch looked damn good to me......
Poor LSU fans

I bet they are nervous as hell..

yea, we're an underdog in the stadium....
3-1 to Ochinko
Chad Johnson's illegitimate child?
ahhh...beat me to it...nice
haha possibly.
Did you sayy Ocho-Cinco....sorry...couldn't resist...
11 - 0 when we hit a homerun?! wow, nice stat!
The sad part: We've only hit a HR in 11 games...
Oh okay, the "more than one HR" clears things up a bit. haha
He should have said "2 or more homeruns" to help us dumb asses out. hehe.
Count now full
Walk 1 on 0 outs
that looked

like a swing to me

Ruffin had to sit too long
"can't throw balls at the bottom of the order...."
Really don't want to go Jungmann

Chance needs to settle down and get some outs

Yea....he's our ACE in the hole...i'd rather save him for game 2 or 3...
u mean not tonite at all?
is he up in the bull pen?
no he's not up yet....
how many Ks did Chance has so far?
7
thks... i thought he has 8
Ruffin missing the strike zone a bit too often right now...
As long as he keeps it down, that's okay

They’re too swing happy to lay off.

2-0 to batter gets a visit by pitching coach
Fly to left 1 down runner still on 1st
eventually

that beer had to end. damn it was a good one.

I'm sticking to the same 12-pack
Grab another

that has some more runs in it.

Fly to giraffe 2 down
lol

im on the phone with my fiance, she just called him giraffe

haha smart girl

foul fly out. 2 down

Craig Way: "New Whorleans"
Get this guy out so Shimpf has to lead off next inning.
Dicharry warming up... FYI
De-sherry? I thought it was Dick-ur-ee?
Dicharry is up in the pen
1-2

take him out

Little early don't ya think?
I misspoke

count 1-2, take the batter out (ie, strike him out)

ahh ok..that makes more sense
end of side. 8th strike out
c'mon Chance... just strike that mother out
K ends the inning still 3-1
Make that 8 K's. Go Chance!
haha... i thought he got 8K earlier....

he made my calls comes true!

This is killing me... help please

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WTF?
don't get into their tricks... dont pay a dime to them....
or you can try Channel Surfing.org (i believe)

it is a feed of JTV

Nice comeback for Chance there
69 thru 5?

thats not bad at all

do we really want another right hander up for relief/close?
Not bad

Coleman is doing much better, pitch count wise, but if he’s going to keep throwing grapefruits, that’s okay by me.

Heck yes!!!

KKKKKKKK

nice recovery

after the lead-off walk

Anyone monitoring the LSU sites??
there pretty quiet
espn provides enough bias for me
Yeah. I thought ESPN was the LSU site
all I know is I stopped receiving smack talk txt's a little while ago from my Louisiana friends... lol
I have a bunch of friends that are Arkansas fans..

SEC sticks together that is for sure

Do you really want to go there?

Make yourself dumber by watching them type.

Great rebound for RUFFIN....I only hope that if and when Dicharry comes in....he Rebounds the same way!!!
LSU second basemen

is the tallest I have seen…6’4"

Loy,Clark, Rowe
loy was up last inning
LSU coach

seems like a class act, not so much the fans.

Everyone

swinging away

Purple announcers?!?!?!

WTH?!?! How are all three announcers wearing purple??? Seriously? Forgive me if it’s been discussed earlier, but geez?!?

I guess ESPN has given up even trying to look impartial.

haha haven't even noticed what the announcers were wearing
I wouldn't have noticed ...

… except they look like they’re at an LSU pep rally.

Who knows if it's gonna be a strike or not

what a great pitching stategy.

they see

our fans are underdogs in the stadium & they go with the majority… smart choice!

Clark grounds out to third 1 down
alright, im going home to watch

HOOK EM HORNS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Enjoy the game
Rowe strikes out 2 down
Only the 3rd strike out for the pitcher from ESPN(i mean LSU)
Torres singles to right 1 on 2 outs
Base hit for Torres.

1 on 2 outs

tucker up with a runner on first
Good

Make this guy work

3 swings and misses is impressive
Wow

6 inches off the plate

Coleman's fastball

How fast does he throw? His pitches look pretty lively..

Low 90's on earlier speed read.
damn backwards K to tucker ends the inning
That's a bunch of BS

Both those pitches were well off the plate

tucker strikes out watching.
bad call, then good pitch
ESPN is absolutely creaming over how Coleman pitches.

But I have it on mute, so it isn’t as painful.

I can't really blame the ump

been pretty inconsistent both ways with wide corners.

anyone warming up in the bullpen?
Dicharry was up last inning
careful....these batters will chase anything...
66 pitches for Coleman
If I hear

turn the whole world one more time…There is a reason he is no longer the pitching coach for the Rangers, just look what Mike Maddux has done with pretty much the same staff.

schrichrimp with 2-2 count
struck him out!
KKKKKKKKK
9 & counting!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
+ Shrimps 2nd consecutive backward K
Nice backwards K for Ruffin on Schimf
Schimpf strikes out looking.
Hell yes

struck out Shrimp

base hit to center
Dean singles to center 1 on 1 out
Augie really messed up

their minds and now, they ended up to play small ball……lollll

Austin Wood stretching
if he's on the mound, he needs to wear the hat from that BC game!
what is that about good pitching

Ruffin shuts down the “big bats” of LSU

Game ain't over yet
They could tie it with one swing
lsu is taking alot of pitches
throw strikes!
Need a DP. I called it! Let's see it
ask and you shall receive! nt
Hit and run single to right
Damn runners on 1 and 3
Another base hit.

Runners on the corners. Just 1 out.

Runners on first and third
ouch perfect placement
Nice pitch and better hit
where was tucker going?

lefty up, he should be staying. communicate.

I may have been one batter early on my call for the DP.
Good call by LSU

That hit could’ve been a DP if the runner didn’t go.

What is he talking about

The batter saw tucker move and “decided” to hit it to the hole?

Strike his ass out.
swing and a miss
struck him out. KKKKKKKKK
9 strikeouts

not too shabby

Chance is a bad MF'er.
Chance is done

Great job!

too early....
awesome performance though
I agree, on both counts.
Austin Wood coming

Don’t know how I feel about this

I thought he was up to 10 KKKKKKKKKK
i'm sure he has some juice left to do that....
GREAT REBOUND PERFORMANCE.....GREAT JOB RUF
9Ks.....very well done, Chance!!!!!
10 Ks*
oh...thks for the correction :)
God Bless you, Chance Ruffin

Great pitching today!

Good move by Augie

I hope it pays off bringing in Wood this early.

MVP Performance if we hang on tonight.
keep austin wood!

is someone making these shirts yet or what?

Wood in for Ruffin...

Great job Chance. 1 bad pitch

i like he's wearing the BC game hat.....
BC game hat is in HOF right?
I take back my criticism of pulling Ruffin.

Didn’t know he was cramping up.

Lefties or switch hitters?

What is it?

Ump has a wet ball sack?!
That happens to me every day. Wet balls in the sack.
Mitchell triples 3-3
Mitchell is FAST
No kidding

It was a stand up triple..

Why is it always the 6th?
Grounder to third ends the inning 3-3
err half inning
let's get those back right here!
been here before

0-0 thru 5 1/2

Woods

Why is he always in trouble lately? Is it because he comes in in tough situations or is he just up and down?

Both

He came in when runners are in scoring position last few games from what I remember. Gives up 1 or 2 hits when he first come in.

gotta hand it to LSU..

we’ve made only two bad pitches all night, but they’ve made the most of them.

Hey now all is right with the world...

Silky is here :)

i've been here :-)

my lsu buddies are blowin up my phone with hate texts……serenity now!

Sorry, but I think they hung Wood out to dry on that one.
new game just 2 1/2 innings this time
thinking positive
Gotta get to Coleman again before they bring in their closer

Good damn thing we have the last at bat.

If we were ahead it just wouldn't be right. We have to come back :))))
Belt flies out to deep center 1 down
Belt is pissing me off

Dude does not know the meaning of patience at the plate

Mahtook cramping up.
Hes walking like he needs to shit
What a weird exercise to take a shit.
given mitchell is a good batter

shouldnt we take a risk & walk him out & loaded up the bases…let our D do their job instead of gave up 2 runs?

The thought was lefty on lefty that he hadn't seen pitch yet. But I shouldn't speak for Augie
never want to put the tying run in scoring position

had we predicted a triple from him though, yes.

Don't they have to take Mahtook out of the game in this situation?

No stoppage for medical treatment!

HOmerunn MOLDDDYYYY
we are up again! 4-3
MOldy!!!!!!!!!
MOLDY HOMERS AGAIN
LOOOOOONNNNGGGG horns
Nice hit Modenhauer
Come ON

MOLDY YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1111

Moldenhauer is the man
Homerun I meant
that's how you answer
HHHHHHHHHHHOOOOOOOOOOOKKKKKKKKKKK'''''''EEEEEEEMMMMMMMMMM

Geaux (home) Tigers!

This team is so freaking good at answering back.
Horns are playing BIG BALLS right now.
Umpires are playing wet balls
The Little Engine that Could just tied mighty LSU for homers in the CWS (10)
as mr burns would say.........

exxxxcccceelllllllllllllllleeeeeeeeeeeeennnnnnntttttt!

If they are handing out HR

Rupp wnats his.

do these announcers know UT was the #1 seed in this tourney
Full count to Rupp
full count for Rupp
And I feel it pertinent to mention

that Texas is 40-0-1 when leading after 6 innings this year.

swing and a miss. 2 outs
announcers...

why the ef do they sound so shocked that we can match LSU?

Rupp K two down
Keyes singles to center
keyes is on with a single
what? aggie is favor to win the conference?

espn, u r something else!

That last pitch to Rupp

Do you think it was a strike if he didn’t swing? That was a good pitch.

Keyes again....

swing away

we are doing much better tonite working the count
Nice pitch for 3-1
if you like hit it there
Base Hit Keyes to third. Loy to second
Loy lines to right center runners on 2nd and third
I'm sick as a dog and watching from my couch...

I’m starting to feel better!!

Hook ’em!

sun is setting lights are on
Finally

Finally a green ligh on 3-0, 3-1 counts.

shame keyes is slow
right........dang it!

he would have been toast at the plate.

If it was the kid from LSU he woulda been back in Austin by then
Good throw to the cutoff. And he's slow.
Come on Clark. We need you here.
LOY!!!!!!!!!!!
Please.. single would be huge right here.
god I really hope we don't strand...
although, Keyes is a pow'r batter...

but he’s not fast runner…if he’s lean enuf, he may able to steal base.

need a key hit for 2 runs here
TTTTTTTTTTTEEEEEEEXXXXXXXXXAAAAAAAAASSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!
FFIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHTTTTTTTTTTTTTT!
That would blow if we did

A single would score 2.

FFFIIIIIIGGGGGGGHHHHHHTTTTTT!!!!!!!!!
Clarke ALMOST!
Clark misses a HR by 5 ft to left
Craig Way is gonna give me an effing heart attack
But damn it all, I love him.
Damn!

That was close to a HR..

LLLLOOOOONNNNGGGGGball!!!!!
TTTEEEXXXAAASSS
FFFFFFFFFFFIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHTTTTTTTTTTTT!!!!!!!!!!!
Wild pitch Keyes scores from third
Wild pitch!

5-3 Horns

wtf

that definitely hit him?

Wow! We caught a break there.
Keyes scored on a wild pitch!
Yes!!

Wild pitch!

YESSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
just a tad inside
is this streaming?
what streaming? or dreaming???

no, you are not dreaming…… we are 5-3 leading and winning all the way to the end of the game!

ball hits the glove
I thought it hit him.
Craig and Keith saying the call was correct
I gotta tell you

I was expecting outside slider (therefore strike out)

Right. Changed trajectory when it hit the catchers glove. DUMASS MIKE PATRICK.
Seriosuly, Patrick needs to stfu
full count for preston
Damn K ends the inning 5-3 Texas
Hook 'em, baby!
bsweet psyche out by clark

i’d credit him an rbi for being smart.

ESPN gets it wrong again. Clarke (NOT Rowe) strikes out
Hurts to leave a runner at 3rd

But we answered the runs the Tigers put up. That works for me.

Need a good inning from Austin.

Keep Austin Wood
LSU is really riding Coleman no matter what happens apparently...
Let it ride, Baby!
8, 9, 1 hitters up

This could be dangerous.

Tim Maitland in for Clark in left field
Coleman is sitting right at 90 pitches
Well, I hope we win by more than one run...

…otherwise, we’ll never hear the end of it.

Did it hit him, or did it not hit him?!?

C'mon D....

focus!!!! play like u r the best d. in the country!!!

Grounder to Loy. 1 down
one down with one pitch!
Austin Nola up (no more fitting name)
Need Strikes Austin!
Wood doesn't seem to be on..

Missing a strike zone.

full count on the number nine hitter
Just got home from work..

Sometimes I hate living on the West Coast… Judging by the comments, we’re not a “small ball” club tonight.

Not tonight and not in the CWS
Nola strikes out 2 down
Nice, got him swinging.
outfielders...

if its fly ball……pls communicate….communicate…..

Has anyone else noticed the insanely hot girls in both dugouts?

Every team has had some for every game.

2 down. 2-2 on the number one batter
skip

I feel like they could’ve gotten him some better seats

obstructed view 1/2 off.
Damn HR makes the score 5-4
Please get this guy out Austin
Hey it gives us a reason to RESPOND!
2 outs 2 strikes, damn.
Wow..

The wind carried that one out.

c'mon Wood

just strike that m’ther out!!!

Struck him out ends the inning
3rd strike out?
Of that dude?
Prediction - we get 2 more in the bottom half.
hat trick for schimpf
Yep. 3rd straight K.
The HR pitch was a good pitch. He just hit it where it was thrown
YESSS

sweet K

ok maybe they realize UT is ahead in our ar bat
5-3 is good, but 5-4 is the next best thing.

We’ve got 3 more innings. Just don’t give them a lead.

What do you think use Jungman in the 9th
No

We need Jungmann tomorrow.

I say bring in Shin, Workman, or Dicharry if Austin can't finish it
just thinking about how they're going to use him

i have no clue

Rowe Tucker Torres up
This is the inning that we all yell, "It's about time! Belt is back!"
coleman stll in?

and hopefully still piping fastballs.

By the way...

What a great matchup. This is like UT v. USC in the Rose Bowl all over again. There have truly been some fantastic Longhorn sporting moments in the past several years.

agreed.

this game’s ups and downs have been amazing.

Coleman still in
that last pitch was inside
How come we havent used workman in awhile?
yep still piping fastballs.
oops, not supposed to be a reply.
Coleman should top 100 pitches this inning

but bet your ass they’ll keep him in till the 9th. Regardless of whether or not he’s losing it, he’s a better option than anyone in their pen other than their closer.

good bye
He absolutely destroyed that pitch
halfway...

…to your prediction

ANOTHER SOLO HOME RUN FOR TEXAS
ok, let's go offense...

get some scores on the board!!!! bun or not….

this is frickin crazy!!!
my god...these HRs are incredible
HHHHHHHHHOOOOOOOOOOOOKKKKKKKKKKKKK'''''''''''EEEEEEMMMMMMMMM

aaaahahahaha, wtf hitting? auggie garrido you sand bagging small ball son of a bitch…

Unbelievable

The number of times that I’ve choked on this cup of water….

Texas batting

Texas would be batting .400 in SEC with like a million home runs.

terrible pitch

way to take advantage.

Is that Snoop Dogg coming in?
lol black ppl all look the same
We Want COLEMAN
Beautiful

came back from Austin’s Pizza, saw the K and the HR, first thing.

Thats my boy Rowe
boy has played out of his mind.
Nah....its one of the long lost Griffin Bros!!!
hahahahahaha
Chad Jones?

Wasn’t he drafted by the Astros but decided to go to school because they didn’t offer a big enough signing bonus?

This pitcher they're bringing in is hit or miss

He has never played baseball in his life until recently. When he’s on, he’s hard to hit, but so many times, he is WAAAY off. This is an experiment for sure.

how long do we stay with aw, he does not seem to have tonite
Austin is doing fine

Not time to panic yet. If we don’t get another run in this inning, put him on a short leash.

I actually think its lil jon...

YEAH!!!!

Keeps the ball in his crunk juice cup
Hail yeah thats snoop you didnt know hes a balla
rick williams?
ballshnizzle
um, meant for kcmorse dog post.
5 HRs....in one game...

We only had 6 in the whole Tourney before this game.

We absolutely destroyed Coleman.

What is it with

conference pitchers of the year? The Longhorns have done well against two of the greatest pitchers of all time…

Texas now leads in HRs at the CWS
Grounder to 1st was close at the bag, but 1 down
Damn!

Good thing that pitcher has football speed to first base.

make them throw pitches
Seriously.

Let this guy make some mistakes. He is not an elite pitcher.

Tucker flies to center 2 down
First pitch garbage

again…

This is the inning that we all yell, "It's about time! Belt is back!"
hyperspeed giraffe up
come! Belt is due...
belt is due for a hit
It's about time for Brandon to get going...

For one of our best hitters all year, he has really been scuffling recently…

Belt strikes out. Inning over to the 8th
Belt is in a huge slump right now...
For sure

Thank God the guys around him are stepping up.

So

should probably hit the game winner, you know, given how this team has won.

I think Belt has only had one good game since he was hit in the ear.
3, 4, 5 hitters up

The important thing is not to panic.

Belt has been thinking about Jon and Kate and wondering if they are divorcing

Not about hitting

Jon and Kate are divorcing???
haha I dont know. My wife is watching that mess in the other room.

They did say they have a big announcement to make tonight

Mine's watching I'm A Celebrity, blah blah blha
big inning here for aw
Dicharry still up in the pen
Throw Stikes

6 outs to go

That was a close call at the knees.
Lead off walks are a killer
Walk puts 1 on 0 outs
I keep calling for the DP. Now would be a good time
Get an out right here Wood
Fly to right 1 down runner stays on first
Fly ball to Keyes. One out. runner on first
Important out

Do not put this guy on base for Mitchell.

1st dp here would be nice
that was a nice pitch outside
same exact pitch as previous ball call.

it would be nice to have mitchell up in the 9th w/o any on base

That is the DP I have been asking for
amen, and what a time for it.
OHIO OHIO OHIO
I just call as I want to see 'em
that was beautiful!
Fing Finally!!!

YYYYESSSSS!!!!!!

4-6-3 dp ends the inning
yep mitchell will bat w/o any on basein the 9th
Keith Moreland is killing me

Dude is calling every single pitch.

the man knows the college game better than the espn crew
@JYarbs - USC vs. LSU

In the end, defense wins game! VY provided strong offense but if not Aaron Ross/Michael Huff gang tackled Lendale White… no d. no title….

and our baseball team r the best d. in the country… d. wins game!!!!

Agreed

Also, as much as I like watching the occasional Cinderella chase a title, sometimes it’s nice to watch two powerhouses battle for epic bragging rights.

what a treat for us this year!

the so-called experts picked the aggies to win the conference… and now, we’re 1 gm away to win the national title…. i really look forward Colt will win the Rose Bowl this year…. that, my friend. the 2005 baseball/football titles’ karma will feel upon us all over again….

Moldy Rupp Keyes

Sweet part of the lineup

Need a couple of insurance runs and get Wood back out for the 9th
Shepherd will pinch hit for Moldy
Shephard PH for Moldy
Longhornball

put this one away.

sorry I don't get taking Moldy out tonight
Forgive me Augie for questioning you
It was about matchups more than anything. Playing the odds

makes lsu take out their pitcher and UT does not lose a fielder

I agree with you, BUT

it’s Augie’s way. I categorize this move right next to Augie’s view of bunting. If it’s your philosophy at the beginning of the year, you’ve got to stick to your guns come postseason.

LSU gonna bring in a righty

Moreland says Augie will counter with Kevin Lusson

Rupp is the most bulky guy in the team..
bertuccini in for lil Jon and the southside boyz
Lil Jon

over sipping from his chalice right now…

Trying to "Get Low"
makes lsu take out their pitcher and UT does not lose a fielder
That damn ball looked nice for us
And it does look like Kevin Lusson will pinch hit
The Ryan Duren effect.

From back in the day in the pros, threw 100+ mph and had coke bottle glasses – would throw a few all over the place, rub his glasses and squint a lot. No one ever dug in on him.

haha yup. They didn't want to get to comfortable
Did you see that wild practice pitch??
I think we should bring in workman to end the game
I think wood will end the game unless he gets into trouble
Not with a 2-run lead.

Workman is not consistent enough to trust with the tying run in the on-deck circle.

so far this has to be one of the quckest games in this cws
knock on wood.

it aint over yet

Don't knock wood
Lussen walks 1 on 0 outs
Is that the first lead off batter on base for us tonight?
no, we chose not to bunt with rupp in the 2nd as well
Ahh shit they are calling our homers the Pontiac game changing performances
Taylor Jungmann is in the pen
I don't like that decision at all...
That was the pitch right there
2 strikes. Long ball time
Nice I love Taylor hes fucken awesome
works all the same
Nice job getting the ball in play there.
Slow roller to third advances the runner on the fielders choice
As good as a bunt. Runner advances to second and rupp out at first
Keyes flies to left 2 down
Keyes swings at the first pitch every time...
Just need a regular old hit
Loy's going to be one hell of a player
Come up big here, Loy.
Need a base hit by Loy to score a run
Ruffin....is laughing in the faces of "Gorrila Ball" while eating that bannana.
Loy flies out to right ends the inning. To the ninth
stick with wood, 3 more outs
OK Top of 9th. Texas up by two. 3 outs to victory!!!
6, 7, 8 hitters up for LSU.
this is a good game! 3 outs to go!
I would assume if we see Jungmann today Cole would pitch tommorrow
Oh Em Gee

let’s just end this one in 9. What a great game tonight. I love all of y’all.

even though we use Taylor now,

we still can use him on tomorrow if he strikes 3 men out within 5 to 10 minutes span.

Absolutely

and it is the CWS afterall.

Wood is on themound
should we walk mitchell out now?
as long as we get 3 outs w/out a run is what i want
keepaustinwood
For those of you interested, Jon & Kate are getting a divorce

My wifes input into tonights game

They are impolding over at the LSU blog

either b/c they can’t believe our HR “power” or b/c they have to live with a degree from LSU

They offer degrees at LSU?
let's shut down mitchell here
Gotta get Mitchell first
I like it so much more when Mitchell is batting with no runners on.
One out. 2 outs to go!
Payback. 1 down.
Great play by Loy!
made that look easy

loy is smooth

Chance Ruffin is MVP in my book.
In the real world, yes.

But this is ESPN. Pitchers and good defensive players are not important.

So who gets it?

Moldy?

Throw strikes
throw STRIKES
Loy is making himself some money
Grounder to left 1 on 1 out
Single for Ochinko.
Runner on first
Need to get the next two out.

We can’t let it get to the top of the order.

Going for Taylor??
Jungmann coming in for Wood
A double play will end the game but I am going to be just as happy giving taylor a couple of Ks
This is nerve wracking

Get 2 quick outs Taylor, for the love of all that is holy.

c'mon D!!!!

let’s do a DP…….Do it for Taylor…..let’s get this inning done & steal gm 1

Nothing stolen about it

Texas took it to the Cajuns.

lol....
especially... we have not take 1 single bun at all tonite
i think my tv is broken

it keeps showing texas home runs…

I don't know if I'd try to fix that.
well

their pitcher is so amazing and he throws so hard that when we square to bunt, the ball flies over the fence.

I ♥ Jungmann

Let’s go, young man…

We would have played small ball but no one has really been on base.
Was the consensus that Jungmann shouldn't be playing til next game?
1-15? Pitch to this guy
Announcers doing reverse jinx. Screw 'em. nt
Wow - where was that pitch? Looked good to me.
Jungmann walks him. 2 on 1 out
We have never needed a double play more

why is taylor out there? wood couldn’t strike out 2 more? hmmmm

Why did we take out Wood?
Considering that we needed Jungmann tomorrow

I have no idea.

now i am nervous
OK. Here goes. DOUBLE PLAY Time. I called it.
TTTEEEXXXAAAAASSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
FFIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHTTTTTTT!
FFFFFIIIIIIIIIIIIGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHTTTTTTTTTTTTTT
This is where Augie earns his pay...or not. nt
FFFFIIIIGGGHHHHTTTT
UGH!

Turn two.

We just need a strike first
TTTEEEXXXXAAASSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Throw just one strike?
FFFFIIIIGGGGHHHHTTTT
I have seen enough

We cannot load the bases with 1 out. Get Dicharry in here.

FFFFIIIIIGGGGGHHHHHTTTT!!!!
Dicharry coming in.
nerve wracking

my heart is beating in the exact same way it was towards the end of the rose bowl

We burned Wood
throw to the 1st bast to stop the momentum, man
Six pitches

That’s it. We pulled Wood for that sequence?

Glad he was agile.

No need for chin music now.

Good move.

They need him for tomorrow.

What an awful call to bring Jungmann in there
If he would have gotten two outs it woulda been wonderful
He had been money in relief.
I agree..

My biggest problem with it is that they didn’t bring him in to start the inning. He has a starter’s mentality, so it makes no sense to ask him to come in with a man already on base and immediately start pitching from the stretch.

Ideal

One pitch, DP, Game.

doing something to stop the momentum..

throw to the 1st base or something….take some time off from the mound…

tough for the freshman to come in at this time
Let's go guys TTEXXXXAAASSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
FIIIIGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHTTTTTTTTT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
c'mon D...

be prepare for the fly ball

TTTTTTTEXXXXXXAASSSSSSSSSSS
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHTTTTTTTTT!!!!!!!!!!!
foul ball 2-1
Hanover thinking HR.

Swung hard at the high heat.

thanks for that swing
communicate....communicate...

no error allows

GREEAAATT Pitch.
strike 2, swinging nt
Great gutsy pitch. wow. nt
FIIIIIIIGGGGGGGGGGGGGGTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT
Strike this mother fucker out!
TTTTTTTTTTEEEEEEEEEXXXXXXXXXAAAAAAAAAASSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!
not a fast ball..

terrible announcer.

Threw junk trying to get him to chase it
Throw a low strike
Bring it down, Dicharry

They’re gonna deposit those high pitches over the fence.

one out to go
swung at ball 4
Thank god he swung at that...
BOOM MOTHER *****
Yea baby!@!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This guy went yard last time.

Payback now.

Short to Tall
LAST OUT TIME
c'mon Wood

1 more to go……let’s strike him out!!!!!!!!

Dang it

ARG!

Wouldn't be Texas baseball without the comeback.
We always have to wait until the bottom of the ninth! DRAMA TIME
I hate that cow college
Good call

with the pitch out

Shinnaberry coming in
LSU's closer is excellent though

Can’t count our chickens.

This is smart. Get the out. nt
damn well nevermind
Our pitchers are nervous. Can't find the zone
He doesn't seem to be following through on his throws, going high and away. nt
3 outs. DRAMA TIME!!!!
Fly to center ends the half inning 6-6
Alright boys...winning time.
here we go horns!!!
Maitland, Rowe, Torres up
small ball time......
Who is due up?
let's go, boys

just one more solo hr one more one more

Home run to win it?!!
walk off grand slam
Let's go Horns!!!

One swing…. again.

small ball to win it

Do we win with a bomb or with small ball?
I think we better forget small for now.
whatever it takes, man....whatever it takes!!!!!!!!!!!
We better not screw around and lose this game.
do whatever it takes
So...

which way haven’t we won a game this CWS? Probably how we win this one…

GO LONGHORNS

Suicide
Well then

let’s do that!

I take another sole homer
Solo HR would define this game.
Dosen't matter how, just win baby
get the 1st man on
Good things happen when you get runners on
Maitland solo walk-off homer?
make him throw stikes
Let's get 'em

highlander lol
swing the bat!
First was a take. Second was the pitch. nt
TTTTTTTTTTTTTEEEEEEEEEXXXXXXXXXXXXAAAAAAAAASSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!
FFFFFFFFFFIIIIIIIIIIGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
FIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIGT
Hit him 1 on 0 outs
we'll take it
Take it for the team!!
LOL

Did he stick his knee out?

Maitland on after getting hit
you are the man maitland
small ball time...
smallllll ballllllll
oh am i supposed toget out of the way
I get hard thinking about small ball
Well that takes away the DP

Torres, your turn.

Rowe sacrifice Maitland to second. 1 down runner on 2nd
Gotta love Maitland

got on base any way he can.

Time for a Prodigious Clout!!
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FFFFFIIIIIIIIGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHTTTTTTTTTTT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
FFFFFFFFFFFFIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHTTTTTTTTT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Top of the order. 1 out. Man on second.
Torres and Tucker!

cmon fellas

you've been doing this

to win games all season long….u cant afford not to do it right now…..

He should walk Torres
should yes

but that gives Belt an AB. even though he is in a slump, you play the %’s

damn

Torres is swinging for the fences

Base Hit Torres. Now is the time
Torres up there hacking. 1-2
He looks like he is seeing the ball well though...
TTTEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEXXXXXXXXXXXAAAAAAAAAAASSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
FFFFFFFFFFFFFIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHTTTTTTTTT!!!!!!!!!!!
He is fighting
Torres needs to relax
wheew

he almost chased that. thank god he didn’t

Time to become another Longhorn legend Torres!
Torres flies out to left. runner remains on second
Next one is in the dugout. nt
tried to be the hero and let the entire team down
Time to become another Longhorn legend Tucker!
may walk to get to belt
can anyone let me know

why the hell Torres chase it & not bun it….

Damn tucker flies out. going to extras
well damn.
DANG IT

Wasted an opportunity to win this game.

dammit

guys not being smart and doing their job

torres and tucker need a talk from AG
why they suddenly

stop the bunting when Torres on the plate?

Couldn't be any closer. I like where we sit in this one.
wtf is all this purple?
4-5-6 batters up for LSU
Our pitchers are lost
was that really that shame

to take the bun from these batters? do whatever it take to win, man….

First batter walks on four pitches
Bullpen letting Texas down.
we're falling apart

get out to the mound now

We gotta throw strikes. I would hate to lose with a walk off walk. Oh wait.
We are choking
i'm really pissed we didnt

take advantage of the that nervous LSU pitcher from previous inning..

yep and a guy in socring position with 1 out and nada.
Workman up. How long has it been since he has pitched?
Last game of the regional.
Pitchers are not following through.

Don’t know the reason why.

throw the damn ball to 1st base

stop the flow & take ur time on the mound, man

Haha this is hilarious
They are booing and his belt really was broken
cajuns wouldnt know the difference
Double Play time.
Yup that would be nice
fucking throw strikes
Dicharry has to throw strikes or they aren't going to swing
dont be hasty to

throw to the plate…. do something different….throw it to the 1st base…. make the batter keeps guessing..

Yup

A very vanilla outing

he missed that with the hit and run on
base hit 2 on 0 outs
gotta be kidding me
What have we not seen? triple play
Mitchell already has a triple.
Horrible move to pull Wood.
I love hindsight.
Ground ball to third please.
They just jinxed him with the 0 DP talk
throw strikes.......
They've gotta get this "magic" crap out of their heads and just play ball.
That's exactly right. Nothing saves you but good plays. nt
Fly to deep right moves the runner on second to third. 1st and 3rd 1 out
wow, a double play would be huge here
infield in please.
Infield at DP depth....
for their pinch runner? i disagree
Good thing LSU doesn't know how to bunt.
c'mon D...

let’s focus!!!!!!!! make the DP to end this inning….

What a fantastic throw from RF.

Think we’ll see the squeeze here?

Not with the catcher on third. nt
nooooo..... infield in, this guy pinch ran.... he has to be fast
Double play now
terrible....
Throw in the dirt moves the runner from first to second.
Throw in the dirt moves the runner from first to second.
Runner advances. No more easy DP.
Making it tough. nt
Now the infield is in
Loading the bases?!
walk to setup the dp?
Good call.

You gotta set up the DP here.

Haha thanks for clearing that up for me.

I have a very low baseball IQ.

damn....load the bases. need a dp grounder badly
workman?
Workman indeed

Hopefully he’s not wild.

damn....load the bases. need a dp grounder badly
Yeah, it sets up the DP.

It also means any of about a million things would score a run.

Workman coming in for Dicharry
finally, they took that damn TO....
It's a chess game now. nt
more like checkers. Baseball ain't that difficult
It is the way we play it.
If we make it outa this half inning unscathed, will you start a new thread for us?
Let's get through this inning. don't know who's on tonight but I can. nt
RING... RING...
SOuthern Miss just called

They want their bullpen back.

LOL. great comment. nt
I pray Workman has his stuff tonight...
I haven't been this nervous in a long time
Nice pitch to start by Workman
let's go D....

focus…no more error!!!

Texas has grown tense

They are playing not to lose.

Good ole fashioned country baseball
Yeah, time for a curve. nt
Nailed that sucka. nt
K for workman 2 down
K's him. 1 more out.
nasty
nice play by rupp too
No doubt

Great pitch selection

0-2 here we go.
Hey, we got a leader. The man's doin it. nt
let's go

let’s strike him out!!!!!!!!

I'm back :-)
YES end the half inning
hell yeah.
TTTEEXXXXXXXAAAAAASSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHTTTTTTTTTT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
FFFFFIIIIIIIIIIIGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHTTTTTTTTTT!!!!!!!!!!
BOOM

Too late to change game changing performer???

WOW!

Bases loaded and no runs allowed.

Hook ’Em

That's an unusual out. Now our time. nt
Do we want a new thread for luck?
You gotta start it the same wayyyyy
Damn Hyperspeed Giraffe is due
just wow.... awesome game
Workman. CLUTCH.
now, pls. pls. pls...take advantage now....

just do whatever takes to win this game… i dont care how many bun u take!!!!!!!!!

Clutch pitching from Workman

Definitely no quit in this team

that could be another way to win
magic!
Augie took a chance on Taylor

i say if he has more time to warm up…. he could have his TCU magic for that inning..

40AS, you still on board?

Need another threat – one that can go with however this ends.

He must be going for a record...
Ah, just saw your comment up above. Nevermind. nt
I have accounting

homework to work on, lets end this now!

excellent job

now let’s win this damned thing…i can’t take much more. it’s only monday.

Please end this MFer right here
I love the Drama. But I really really want the win.
Augie asking them if they want McDonalds or Burger King after the game
I'd rather they go to Denny's

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