2016 Season thread

azgreg · Post by **azgreg** » Tue Jan 26, 2016 6:28 pm

New unis?

Sage&Silver · Post by **Sage&Silver** » Fri Feb 19, 2016 8:19 pm

Irish27 · Post by **Irish27** » Fri Feb 19, 2016 8:22 pm

Nice first game for Johnson. Looking forward to the season.

azcat49 · Post by **azcat49** » Sat Feb 20, 2016 9:14 am

The Johnson Era starts with an impressive road win over #24 Rice 8-1. Our starting pitcher doesn't walk a batter while we receive 10 walks and play error less ball.

National writer says he was very impressed with the way we played and he said he was surprised how vocal out dugout was. Mentioned we had quite the fan support in Houston for the game. Excited to see how high this coach takes our program

scumdevils86 · Post by **scumdevils86** » Sat Feb 20, 2016 9:29 am

http://www.beardownwildcats.com/viewtop ... =34&t=3352" target="_blank

azgreg · Post by **azgreg** » Sat Feb 20, 2016 1:17 pm

Merged.

Sage&Silver · Post by **Sage&Silver** » Sat Feb 20, 2016 2:37 pm

azcat49 wrote:The Johnson Era starts with an impressive road win over #24 Rice 8-1. Our starting pitcher doesn't walk a batter while we receive 10 walks and play error less ball.

National writer says he was very impressed with the way we played and he said he was surprised how vocal out dugout was. Mentioned we had quite the fan support in Houston for the game. Excited to see how high this coach takes our program

I listened to the last few on Rice's radio stream, you wouldn't have known Rice was the home team by the crowd reactions. Of course, Arizona fans were the only ones with anything to cheer about by that point.

If the Cats can take this series, it would be an impressive start for a team picked to finish 10th in the PAC-11

azcat49 · Post by **azcat49** » Sat Feb 20, 2016 3:11 pm

Cats stay hot, lead 1-0 in the top half of the first.

Irish27 · Post by **Irish27** » Sat Feb 20, 2016 3:29 pm

Listen to game 2 against Rice.
http://portal.stretchinternet.com/rice/ ... Type=audio" target="_blank

Irish27 · Post by **Irish27** » Sat Feb 20, 2016 5:47 pm

Cats take game two, 6-2.

azcat49 · Post by **azcat49** » Sat Feb 20, 2016 5:48 pm

Cats win 6-2. Rice tied it up in the 7th with 2 runs and then we hung a crooked 4 spot on then in the 8th. We showed some real resiliency in this game

azcat49 · Post by **azcat49** » Sun Feb 21, 2016 12:46 pm

Cats up 2-1 in the 3rd inning of game 3. What an impressive way to start the season should we sweep

ASUHATER! · Post by **ASUHATER!** » Sun Feb 21, 2016 2:36 pm

Rice isn't great this year but it is a good statement to go into Houston the first week of the season and sweep a program like that.

azcat49 · Post by **azcat49** » Sun Feb 21, 2016 3:02 pm

We blow a 3-1 lead and lose Game 3 4-3. Still I think a pretty good showing and the sky is the limit with this hard working coach

Irish27 · Post by **Irish27** » Wed Mar 02, 2016 8:17 pm

Cats beat #16 Cal State Fullerton 2-0 in their season home opener tonight.

Sid · Post by **Sid** » Thu Mar 03, 2016 1:16 pm

Irish27 wrote:Cats beat #16 Cal State Fullerton 2-0 in their season home opener tonight.

Love it! I have a feeling this will be a great season...

Sage&Silver · Post by **Sage&Silver** » Thu Mar 03, 2016 9:27 pm

Less optimistic for this season than Sid (PAC isn't a 3 or 4 team league anymore) but 4-3 and 3-1 against ranked opponents is a great start!

And Johnson is just beginning. The #MLBtrainingGround and reinforcing ties with MLBers reminds me of what Miller started when he came to Arizona.

Also, teams with this climate don't need to schedules road games in February and March. The only explanation I can think of is the coach is trying to build a tough as nails, earn every inch attitude.

Jefe · Post by **Jefe** » Mon Mar 07, 2016 4:44 pm

Went to the game Friday night. Tickets are now $10/12. Pretty sure it was $6 or $7 last year. Beers are still $8.50 so we're good there. We didnt look all that good, lots of hits and a couple errors. Good time though

the real dill · Post by **the real dill** » Mon Mar 07, 2016 4:49 pm

Cal made Texas it's bitch this weekend. That is a really good baseball team. Their starting pitching is really good.

ProfessorFate · Post by **ProfessorFate** » Wed Mar 09, 2016 12:59 pm

Jefe wrote:Went to the game Friday night. Tickets are now $10/12. Pretty sure it was $6 or $7 last year. Beers are still $8.50 so we're good there. We didnt look all that good, lots of hits and a couple errors. Good time though

$8.50 for a beer? I hope that was a typo...

ChooChooCat · Post by **ChooChooCat** » Fri Mar 11, 2016 6:22 am

ProfessorFate wrote:
Jefe wrote:Went to the game Friday night. Tickets are now $10/12. Pretty sure it was $6 or $7 last year. Beers are still $8.50 so we're good there. We didnt look all that good, lots of hits and a couple errors. Good time though

$8.50 for a beer? I hope that was a typo...

They're real big beers.

I was there on Friday as well Jefe, looks like we were sitting in the same section.

Jefe · Post by **Jefe** » Fri Mar 11, 2016 2:50 pm

32oz Pacifico

azcat49 · Post by **azcat49** » Sat Mar 12, 2016 7:25 pm

Cats win today 23-1 to move to 10-4. Nathan Bannister has now pitched 19 2/3 scoreless innings. Has to be closing in on an AZ record

azgreg · Post by **azgreg** » Sat Mar 12, 2016 7:35 pm

azcat49 wrote:Cats win today 23-1 to move to 10-4. Nathan Bannister has now pitched 19 2/3 scoreless innings. Has to be closing in on an AZ record

I didn't see that particular record in the media guide. Here's a couple of related records.

EARNED-RUN AVERAGE
Season: 1.07, Rich Hinton, 1969
Season (Pac-12): 2.05, Preston Guilmet, 2007
Freshman: 50+ innings, 3.21, Konner Wade, 2011
Freshman (Pac-12): 2.06, Ed Vosberg, 1980
Career: 1.30, Dan Schneider, 1962
Career (Pac-12): 2.62, Doug Scherer, 1982-83

FEWEST HITS ALLOWED PER NINE INNINGS
Season: 5.21, Carl Thomas, 1956
Season (Pac-12): 7.01, Rob Ippolito, 1992
Freshman: 10.23, Ed Vosberg, 1980
Freshman (Pac-12): 8.24, Lance Dickson, 1988
Career: 5.49, Carl Thomas, 1954-56
Career (Pac-12): 8.57, Lance Dickson, 1988-90

http://www.arizonawildcats.com/pdf9/450 ... M_ID=30700" target="_blank

Irish27 · Post by **Irish27** » Sun Mar 13, 2016 8:50 am

Cloney and Bannister are a great 1-2 for the Cats so far.

azcat49 · Post by **azcat49** » Sun Mar 13, 2016 6:38 pm

Cats win today and get the 3 game sweep winning 8-4 to go to 11-4. Pitching has been very good even against Rice and Fullerton. Things are trending very well

Puerco · Post by **Puerco** » Mon Mar 14, 2016 1:39 am

Damn, that's a hell of a sunset Jefe.

azcat49 · Post by **azcat49** » Fri Mar 18, 2016 6:53 pm

3-3 in the 6th up in Washington as cats start conference play. Hopefully we can get this series and start off well in conference

azcat49 · Post by **azcat49** » Fri Mar 18, 2016 7:47 pm

Joe Morgan of UDUB hits a 3 run Homer in the bottom of the 7th to make it 6-3 huskies.

azcat49 · Post by **azcat49** » Sat Mar 19, 2016 2:44 pm

Bannister going today with his 19 2/3 inning scoreless streak. He has 3 more in the books. Cats lead 2-0 as they try and even it up

azcat49 · Post by **azcat49** » Sun Mar 20, 2016 5:17 pm

Cats win today 17-7 as Dalbec goes 6 in relief. Hopefully we go strong and get a sweep at home this week

azcat49 · Post by **azcat49** » Tue Mar 22, 2016 7:20 pm

Cats go up 3-0 in a tune up game before a 3 game set with UCLA starting Thursday night

azcat49 · Post by **azcat49** » Thu Mar 24, 2016 6:20 pm

Big 3 game series starting tonight at home with UVLA. No score through 2 innings

azcat49 · Post by **azcat49** » Thu Mar 24, 2016 9:28 pm

Cats win game 1 6-1 on a complete game.

UAEebs86 · Post by **UAEebs86** » Sat Mar 26, 2016 5:01 pm

Five runs in the bottom of the ninth to take series from FUCLA.

azcat49 · Post by **azcat49** » Sat Mar 26, 2016 5:05 pm

UAEebs86 wrote:Five runs in the bottom of the ninth to take series from FUCLA.

What? I was watching it online and turned it off after the 8th. Must have been some 9th inning

Incredible finish. The cats had dedicated the game today to someone who I think passed away. His family was there so I would assume it was very emotional

Chicat · Post by **Chicat** » Sat Mar 26, 2016 5:50 pm

There might have been some divine intervention today...

azcat49 · Post by **azcat49** » Sat Mar 26, 2016 6:11 pm

Guess the kid was Josh Weaver, a 17 year old wildcat fan who passed away from cancer right before the season. His Dad flew out to throw out the first pitch today.

Special day for all involved and I am sure Josh had a hand in it

azcat49 · Post by **azcat49** » Tue Apr 12, 2016 7:19 pm

Az vs ASSU on Pac12 network right now. Not a great start for the cats who make a pitching change after 3 batters

azcat49 · Post by **azcat49** » Tue Apr 12, 2016 7:29 pm

Bullshit artist Larry Scott is at the game and is being interviewed. Said he has been to 10 of the 12 schools this year. Bet I know which school he hasn't been too.

ASSU leads 2-0

azcat49 · Post by **azcat49** » Fri Apr 15, 2016 5:34 pm

Big, big series with Furd opening yonight at Hi Corbett. Cats are 5-7 in conference and if they could get 15 conference wins done in conference they would get a bid I think

azcat49 · Post by **azcat49** » Fri Apr 15, 2016 9:00 pm

Cats win game 1 4-1 after another gem by Bannister. His ERA at home is under 1.00. Dude is nails at home. Move to 6-7. Need Dalbec to get it done tomorrow

ChooChooCat · Post by **ChooChooCat** » Sat Apr 16, 2016 8:25 am

azcat49 wrote:Cats win game 1 4-1 after another gem by Bannister. His ERA at home is under 1.00. Dude is nails at home. Move to 6-7. Need Dalbec to get it done tomorrow

Isn't Cloney the Saturday pitcher?

azgreg · Post by **azgreg** » Sat Apr 16, 2016 8:28 am

ChooChooCat wrote:
azcat49 wrote:Cats win game 1 4-1 after another gem by Bannister. His ERA at home is under 1.00. Dude is nails at home. Move to 6-7. Need Dalbec to get it done tomorrow
Isn't Cloney the Saturday pitcher?

http://www.arizonawildcats.com/ViewArti ... =210893109" target="_blank

The Wildcats will go for the series win Saturday at 7 p.m. Dalbec (7-3, 3.07 ERA) will start for the Wildcats versus left-hander Chris Castellanos. The game will be televised on Pac-12 Networks.

ChooChooCat · Post by **ChooChooCat** » Sat Apr 16, 2016 9:42 am

Interesting. Wth happened to Cloney, he was great to start the year?

azcat49 · Post by **azcat49** » Sat Apr 16, 2016 10:09 pm

Cats beat Furd 4-1 to move to 7-7 in conference. Saved Dalbec until tomorrow. Sweep would be huge

ChooChooCat · Post by **ChooChooCat** » Mon Apr 18, 2016 11:12 am

azcat49 wrote:Cats beat Furd 4-1 to move to 7-7 in conference. Saved Dalbec until tomorrow. Sweep would be huge

5-1 lead heading into the 8th inning and lose 6-5. Lack of bullpen pitching has killed this team this year.

azcat49 · Post by **azcat49** » Sat Apr 23, 2016 5:21 pm

Cats beat Cal last night on another lights out outing from Bannister 3-0. Great win on the road against arguably the best pitching staff in the conference.

Cats go for the series win tonight which would be huge. They are 8-8 in conference and 25-14 overall. The conference is really bunched up in the middle and the next 8 conference games will probably decide if they get in the tourney.

Tonight's game is at 7pm on ESPNU

UAEebs86 · Post by **UAEebs86** » Sat Apr 23, 2016 11:27 pm

'Cats 5 Bears 5 bottom of the 12th

UAEebs86 · Post by **UAEebs86** » Sat Apr 23, 2016 11:44 pm

Wow, going to the 13th. Looked like Cal won on a squeeze play but the batter was called out for being out of the box.

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