2017 Season Thread

ChooChooCat · Post by **ChooChooCat** » Fri Mar 03, 2017 5:56 pm

Irish27 wrote:Missing Boyd's defense.

I'm not even mad at Martinez for that one, Quintana should've gotten that. We gotta find fielding consistency at the most important position on the field though.

Either way great win against a great opponent!

wyo-cat · Post by **wyo-cat** » Fri Mar 03, 2017 6:09 pm

So who's next? I saw that he OSU Okies and Cornholers are there.

ChooChooCat · Post by **ChooChooCat** » Fri Mar 03, 2017 6:53 pm

wyo-cat wrote:So who's next? I saw that he OSU Okies and Cornholers are there.

Okie State tomorrow and Nebraska on Sunday.

azcat49 · Post by **azcat49** » Fri Mar 03, 2017 7:21 pm

F Nebraska

EVCat · Post by **EVCat** » Fri Mar 03, 2017 8:16 pm

Cameron had a bad game for sure. The 2B to SS adjustment got him with the yips. But he is a talented player who can field and rake...as long as this isnt a mental block. But if he can get a handle on it, he offers a 300 level hitter with some pop up the middle. Louis struggled with errors as well this season before the injury, and is a #9 bat. Would love to be able to bring him in for defensive purposes.

azcat49 · Post by **azcat49** » Sat Mar 04, 2017 9:04 am

CWS rematch today against Okie St. This should tell us how our starting pitching is shaping up. Our #2 so far this year has not been good. Game is at 3pm and is on ESPN WATCH

ChooChooCat · Post by **ChooChooCat** » Sat Mar 04, 2017 10:22 am

azcat49 wrote:CWS rematch today against Okie St. This should tell us how our starting pitching is shaping up. Our #2 so far this year has not been good. Game is at 3pm and is on ESPN WATCH

I don't think we can take a risk with Megill in this game. I'd expect to see Rio Gomez out on the bump today. Sunday and Tuesday's starting pitchers should be interesting though.

azcat49 · Post by **azcat49** » Sat Mar 04, 2017 10:40 am

Nebraska then Texas Tech. I believe they are all ranked. Need to find that #2 and #3 with a spot guy like Ginkel was last year for those Tuesday games

wyo-cat · Post by **wyo-cat** » Sat Mar 04, 2017 4:03 pm

0-0, against Okies bottom of the fourth. Flynn throwing a solid game.

prh · Post by **prh** » Sat Mar 04, 2017 4:14 pm

4 singles so far have pushed 2 across in the bottom of the 4th, still only 1 out. Flynn has needed 52 pitches to get through 4. Looking good again today

azcat49 · Post by **azcat49** » Sat Mar 04, 2017 4:27 pm

4-0 Cats!!!

wyo-cat · Post by **wyo-cat** » Sat Mar 04, 2017 4:29 pm

Lewis ripped one down the 3rd base line with bases loaded. Sweet hit.

azcat49 · Post by **azcat49** » Sat Mar 04, 2017 4:53 pm

6-0 cats. Floyd still pitching and we are in the bottom of the 5th and still batting

ChooChooCat · Post by **ChooChooCat** » Sat Mar 04, 2017 5:25 pm

6-4 Cats now in Top of the 7th. Pitching...sigh.

ChooChooCat · Post by **ChooChooCat** » Sat Mar 04, 2017 5:30 pm

6-6 Top of the 7th now, gave up 2 HRs in this one inning.

ChooChooCat · Post by **ChooChooCat** » Sat Mar 04, 2017 5:31 pm

Make that 3 fucking HRs in one inning. Okie State now up 7-6.

scumdevils86 · Post by **scumdevils86** » Sat Mar 04, 2017 5:39 pm

ChooChooCat · Post by **ChooChooCat** » Sat Mar 04, 2017 6:04 pm

Faulkner gave up another HR (that's 4 in two innings for him), why Johnson kept him in for the 8th inning is beyond me. 9-6 Okies, this one is all but over.

prh · Post by **prh** » Sat Mar 04, 2017 6:29 pm

3 runs in the 8th and we got a tie ballgame heading to the 9th!

azcat49 · Post by **azcat49** » Sat Mar 04, 2017 6:45 pm

Bottom of 9 and its tied. We need to plate one here men

Chicat · Post by **Chicat** » Sat Mar 04, 2017 6:48 pm

Can't believe we were up 6-0. Going to need to find some consistent pitching.

Chicat · Post by **Chicat** » Sat Mar 04, 2017 6:56 pm

HUGE WIN!

azgreg · Post by **azgreg** » Sat Mar 04, 2017 6:57 pm

What a wild one this was.

azcat49 · Post by **azcat49** » Sat Mar 04, 2017 6:59 pm

10-0 Stevenson doubles in a run with a 2 out double!!!

ChooChooCat · Post by **ChooChooCat** » Sat Mar 04, 2017 7:00 pm

ChooChooCat wrote:Faulkner gave up another HR (that's 4 in two innings for him), why Johnson kept him in for the 8th inning is beyond me. 9-6 Okies, this one is all but over.

Hey I've never been one to over exaggerate right?

My god this team.

We need to find some more reliable pitching though. Flynn did an admirable job through 5 innings for sure and I think he may have it in him to be the Saturday/Sunday starter as the season goes on. Our bats though....woooo boy.

EVCat · Post by **EVCat** » Sat Mar 04, 2017 7:10 pm

This team for two years now. Just fuckin balls. Last year, a decent team goes thr hard way everywhere but MSU in the postseason, then this year, more cardiac. We are a top 10 team with a slow pitch softball #1 who is all of a sudden unhittable and a mix of upper classman too stubborn and freshman too green to lose

prh · Post by **prh** » Sat Mar 04, 2017 7:10 pm

ChooChooCat wrote:
ChooChooCat wrote:Faulkner gave up another HR (that's 4 in two innings for him), why Johnson kept him in for the 8th inning is beyond me. 9-6 Okies, this one is all but over.
Hey I've never been one to over exaggerate right?

My god this team.

We need to find some more reliable pitching though. Flynn did an admirable job through 5 innings for sure and I think he may have it in him to be the Saturday/Sunday starter as the season goes on. Our bats though....woooo boy.

I certainly hope Flynn can become that 2nd guy. He looked good today, and if he didn't get hit by that ball, I think that inning would have played out a bit differently. Deason and Faulkner were bad, Schnabel was fine, and Ming was his normal self today. But between the hitting and the mental fortitude this program has developed, I'm very excited for this year already.

ChooChooCat · Post by **ChooChooCat** » Sat Mar 04, 2017 8:00 pm

prh wrote:
ChooChooCat wrote:
ChooChooCat wrote:Faulkner gave up another HR (that's 4 in two innings for him), why Johnson kept him in for the 8th inning is beyond me. 9-6 Okies, this one is all but over.
Hey I've never been one to over exaggerate right?

My god this team.

We need to find some more reliable pitching though. Flynn did an admirable job through 5 innings for sure and I think he may have it in him to be the Saturday/Sunday starter as the season goes on. Our bats though....woooo boy.
I certainly hope Flynn can become that 2nd guy. He looked good today, and if he didn't get hit by that ball, I think that inning would have played out a bit differently. Deason and Faulkner were bad, Schnabel was fine, and Ming was his normal self today. But between the hitting and the mental fortitude this program has developed, I'm very excited for this year already.

Had high hopes for Deason, Faulkner, and Megill coming into this year. Deason had a great summer in Alaska and both Faulkner & Megill came in fairly highly touted. Faulkner has looked good outside of tonight's outing though so I hope he can get it together. 4 HRs in one game though, yikes.

I can see it coming down to Cloney and some mix of Flynn, Gomez, and Megill for Saturday/Sunday.

azcat49 · Post by **azcat49** » Sat Mar 04, 2017 8:49 pm

That isn't Hi Corbett they are playing in LOL

EVCat · Post by **EVCat** » Sat Mar 04, 2017 10:05 pm

the really mean part of me also loves that it was Sluder that dropped that ball.

I thought for sure he ended us last year with that 1st inning catch in the CWS that held to be the play of a 1-0 game. He is something else out there. The part of me that loves the game loves watching him play CF, but the Arizona fan in me definitely liked the payback.

prh · Post by **prh** » Sat Mar 04, 2017 11:19 pm

EVCat wrote:the really mean part of me also loves that it was Sluder that dropped that ball.

I thought for sure he ended us last year with that 1st inning catch in the CWS that held to be the play of a 1-0 game. He is something else out there. The part of me that loves the game loves watching him play CF, but the Arizona fan in me definitely liked the payback.

I was actually feeling the same way. Funny, I knew he was going to get to that ball, it was just a matter of whether the landing was hard enough to lose it. Got lucky tonight at least

Irish27 · Post by **Irish27** » Sun Mar 05, 2017 10:31 am

Some Oklahoma State fans don't like us.

Just got back to our room. I wanted a win over Arizona so bad. Those guys take douchbaggery to a whole new level.

It's still early March. No reason to panic. Would have been nice to beat those clowns though.

I'm reminded that I don't like any teams from Arizona.

https://www.orangepower.com/threads/cow ... 579/page-5" target="_blank

prh · Post by **prh** » Sun Mar 05, 2017 10:50 am

Irish27 wrote:Some Oklahoma State fans don't like us.

Just got back to our room. I wanted a win over Arizona so bad. Those guys take douchbaggery to a whole new level.

It's still early March. No reason to panic. Would have been nice to beat those clowns though.

I'm reminded that I don't like any teams from Arizona.

https://www.orangepower.com/threads/cow ... 579/page-5" target="_blank

That's fine, we don't like them either. I remember how obnoxious their fans were when they came here for football a few years ago.

azcat49 · Post by **azcat49** » Sun Mar 05, 2017 11:03 am

Nebraska today at noon. Gomez going for the cats

ASUHATER! · Post by **ASUHATER!** » Sun Mar 05, 2017 11:11 am

azcat49 wrote:Nebraska today at noon. Gomez going for the cats

Game's already started

azcat49 · Post by **azcat49** » Sun Mar 05, 2017 11:14 am

Haha thx Hater. Cats are the visiting team in this one

azgreg · Post by **azgreg** » Sun Mar 05, 2017 11:18 am

ASUHATER! wrote:
azcat49 wrote:Nebraska today at noon. Gomez going for the cats
Game's already started

And already 1-0 Nebraska.

azcat49 · Post by **azcat49** » Sun Mar 05, 2017 1:38 pm

That 1 run continues to hold out. We had a runner at 2nd and Quintana hit a rope but right at the SS. Going to the bottom of the 8th down 1-0

ASUHATER! · Post by **ASUHATER!** » Sun Mar 05, 2017 1:50 pm

Top of the 9th. Last chance. We've left like 8 on base.

wyo-cat · Post by **wyo-cat** » Sun Mar 05, 2017 1:56 pm

Rivas stranded to end the 9th. Make it 9 left on base.

prh · Post by **prh** » Sun Mar 05, 2017 1:57 pm

0-10 with RISP today. Gave up an unearned run before the first out, didn't allow a runner to 2nd after the second inning. Gomez was good on the mound but we just didn't string anything together. On to Texas Tech on Tuesday.

ChooChooCat · Post by **ChooChooCat** » Sun Mar 05, 2017 2:47 pm

Was much more concerned with how well Rio did instead of us leaving 9 on base for the future.

In regards to this game though did anybody else think Jay got a little too cute with all the damn pinch hitters? I didn't see a good reason to take Lewis and Voss out of the game when they have been performing well all week. When you put yourself in a position where you need a run to tie the game and you trot Hoard and Bowman out there to pinch hit in the 9th you messed up somehow.

Arizona beats the two ranked teams it faced this weekend and loses to the worst team of the bunch's Sunday pitcher. That's baseball for ya.

On to Lubbock.

azcat49 · Post by **azcat49** » Sun Mar 05, 2017 5:34 pm

Nebraska was 2-6 coming in ugh. Texas Tech beat Ole Miss and LSU this weekend so that will be a tough game.

Quintana was hitting .514 coming into today, unreal

Chicat · Post by **Chicat** » Mon Mar 06, 2017 9:02 pm

azcat49 · Post by **azcat49** » Mon Mar 06, 2017 9:07 pm

How fun would it be to hist both a regional and super regional

prh · Post by **prh** » Mon Mar 06, 2017 9:19 pm

azcat49 wrote:How fun would it be to hist both a regional and super regional

Oh oh I know the answer to that one!

RichardCranium · Post by **RichardCranium** » Mon Mar 06, 2017 9:44 pm

Code: Select all

Rank Previous School                       Conf         Record     Road  Neutral   Home Non-D1
1	1	      Arizona	                Pac-12	10-1-0	0-0-0	  2-1-0	8-0-0	  0-0-0
14	14	      Utah	                        Pac-12	  7-3-0 	4-2-0	  3-1-0	0-0-0	  0-0-0
22	22	      Oregon St.	                Pac-12	10-1-0	0-0-0	  7-1-0	3-0-0	  0-0-0
23	23	      Washington        	Pac-12	  7-4-0	4-3-0	  0-0-0	3-1-0	  0-0-0
39	39	      Oregon	                Pac-12	  6-4-0	2-3-0	  2-0-0	2-1-0	  0-0-0
51	51	      Stanford	                Pac-12	  9-3-0	1-2-0	  0-0-0	8-1-0	  0-0-0
69	69	      Southern California	Pac-12	  7-4-0	2-2-0	  1-0-0	4-2-0	  0-0-0
70	70	      Washington St.	        Pac-12	  6-4-0	3-4-0	  0-0-0	3-0-0	  0-0-0
100	100	      Arizona St.          	Pac-12	  6-5-0	1-2-0	  0-0-0	5-3-0	  0-0-0
125	125	      UCLA	                        Pac-12	  5-5-0	0-1-0	  0-1-0	5-3-0	  0-0-0

Wow. Once upon-a-time, every year, year in and year out Arizona and ASU one or the other were going in the CWS (not just the playoffs) and almost always UCLA or USC was there to greet us. My how times have changed. I know its early in the season but RPI numbers in the hundreds ain't gonna cut it if they want to get to the playoffs. USC is not in a terrible RPI position but look at who is ahead of them in the PAC-12. Weird.

Another 'traditional' baseball power school, Texas, is #89 and second last in the Big-12. Florida and Mich. St. are OK, but where the heck is Miami? (#151).

What has happened to these guys? Doesn't anybody play baseball anymore?

scumdevils86 · Post by **scumdevils86** » Mon Mar 06, 2017 9:59 pm

Would be fun...but it'd suck having all those games at home when it's 110 degrees in early June.

azcat49 · Post by **azcat49** » Mon Mar 06, 2017 10:01 pm

The 12 scholarship limit has been the great equalizer. Those that are creative seem to do better.

Huge game tomorrow for our RPI

azcat49 · Post by **azcat49** » Mon Mar 06, 2017 10:04 pm

scumdevils86 wrote:Would be fun...but it'd suck having all those games at home when it's 110 degrees in early June.

If it was a super and just 2 teams all those games would be at night I would assume. Just like a toro game. The regional (4 teams), yea those day games would be brutal

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