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Oregon Baseball and NCAA Tournament: Open Thread

Putting this thread up a little early so you can discuss the Oregon Baseball game going on at noon that should be on CSN.

Who: Oregon Ducks vs Wichita State Shockers
Where: PK Park
When: Noon
Oregon Starter: LHP Christian Jones (2-1, 4.15)
Wichita State Starter: LHP Brian Flynn (2-0, 3.65)
TV: Comcast SportsNet Northwest

The first games of the Elite Eight start later:

Florida-Butler tips at 1:30 pm PST.  Arizona-UConn at 4:00. CBS

Stick around and discuss the games here.

Go Ducks.

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I did it

I gave the Timbers an honest effort. Sat and forced myself to watch a half of soccer. It was boring. Lets start this baseball game.

--Dave

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by David Piper on Mar 26, 2011 11:57 AM PDT reply actions  

watched some of the 2nd half

it finished 2-0 Toronto. Exhilirating.

In all seriousness, I’ve been to a couple of USL Timbers games, and they were a lot of fun. Seems to be like hockey for me, a fun thing to experience live, but not something that translates to TV as well.

I’ll probably pack up the family and go to a game or two a year in person. But its doubtful that I’ll be able to be a die hard follower like I am with baseball/football/basketball.

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by David Piper on Mar 26, 2011 2:39 PM PDT up reply actions  

I plan on making a timbers game this year

mostly because I’ve never been to a pro soccer game and I’m curious as to how it is live.

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by axemen23 on Mar 26, 2011 9:32 PM PDT up reply actions  

its actually pretty fun

the enviornment is really good up there. Try and sit in or near the Timbers Army if possible.

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by David Piper on Mar 26, 2011 9:45 PM PDT up reply actions  

All I ask for today's game

If Oregon has a lead late, please don’t let the bullpen blow it for once. Please.

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by Matt Daddy on Mar 26, 2011 12:07 PM PDT reply actions  

And if they do, don't pop out with the bases loaded in the bottom of the 8th

or fly out with runners on in the bottom of the 9th. Two for 23 with runners in scoring position yesterday.

by Ducks73 on Mar 26, 2011 12:52 PM PDT up reply actions  

C Jones

puts 3 guys on with only one hit, but the Ducks are able to escape without giving up a run.

0-0 bottom of the 1st

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by Matt Daddy on Mar 26, 2011 12:17 PM PDT reply actions  

OMG ROMMEDAHL SICK GOAL GO DANMARK

THAT'S RIGHT, Kenny Wheaton you did. You cut back into GREATNESS.

by HoodRiverDuck on Mar 26, 2011 12:32 PM PDT up reply actions  

Well that goal should seal the win for Toronto.

Timbers had about a million chances for an equalizer but couldn’t quite get it done.

by omb on Mar 26, 2011 12:43 PM PDT up reply actions  

They don't seem to have a finisher

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by HoodRiverDuck on Mar 26, 2011 1:01 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions  

Jones dealing in the second

3 up and 3 down with 2 strikeouts.

0-0 bottom 2nd

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by Matt Daddy on Mar 26, 2011 12:27 PM PDT reply actions  

Questionable call leads to a runner

a base hit and an error later the Shockers are on the board first

1-0 2 outs top of the 3rd

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by Matt Daddy on Mar 26, 2011 12:47 PM PDT reply actions  

Marder just tattoos a ball over the left field fence.

3-1 Duckies

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by Matt Daddy on Mar 26, 2011 1:02 PM PDT reply actions  

Terrelle Pryor just offered his jersey in exchange.

by JonathanPDX on Mar 26, 2011 2:50 PM PDT up reply actions  

another terrible call by the plate ump

this time the ball bounces up and hits the on a bunt while he’s still in the box. They called him out, which instead it should have a been a foul ball.

Pac 10 Umps following in the footsteps of football and basketball refs.

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by Matt Daddy on Mar 26, 2011 1:06 PM PDT reply actions  

another error on the right fielder A Jones

This time he dove a ball when he shouldn’t have and it went by him all the way to the fence scoring the man at first.

3-2 Duckies Top of 4

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by Matt Daddy on Mar 26, 2011 1:13 PM PDT reply actions  

I want to see us play smart baseball today and tomorrow

with a little urgency thrown in. I hate reading that the guys backed off when they got a big lead and went away from the game plan. Even Horton admits that we make the 8th and 9th innings way too interesting at times. I know he plays a lot of young guys, but we’ve given away at least 3-4 games this year so far and the Pac-10 won’t be easy for us if we don’t start playing better.

Maybe Jones will make up for his error with a couple hits.

by Ducks73 on Mar 26, 2011 1:22 PM PDT up reply actions  

Wow

with 1 out and guys on 1st and 3rd. C Jones gets WSU’s #1 hitter to hit into a double play.

3-2 Duckies Bottom 4

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by Matt Daddy on Mar 26, 2011 1:17 PM PDT reply actions  

Irrespective of bracket loyalties,

Which high seeds should I be rooting for? I don’t really watch enough NCAABB to know who the good guys are.

by omb on Mar 26, 2011 1:34 PM PDT reply actions  

Double error?

Shit

"What the hell was that?"
"Spaceball One, they've gone to plaid!"

by QuackinAK on Mar 26, 2011 1:44 PM PDT reply actions  

Foot was off the bag, right?

Not that Joe G would ever be wrong about something…

by omb on Mar 26, 2011 1:51 PM PDT reply actions  

33-32 FLA at the half
Butler on a 17-8 run to end the half.

by Jayon on Mar 26, 2011 2:20 PM PDT reply actions  

Baseball update please.

by Jayon on Mar 26, 2011 2:49 PM PDT reply actions  

I’m away. I’d love an up parte as well.

Ducks73?

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by Matt Daddy on Mar 26, 2011 2:52 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions  

Ugh

Update

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by Matt Daddy on Mar 26, 2011 2:52 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions  

Up parte? Is that the French Shocker?

by JonathanPDX on Mar 26, 2011 2:53 PM PDT up reply actions  

ahahahh, funny.

Matt definitely likes to part-e.

Take a doo doo pie. I love you.

by Bill Musgrave on Mar 26, 2011 3:12 PM PDT up reply actions  

We had a rain delay in the 6th inning

The meltdown came in the 5th today and we could only manage 1 run after loading the bases with no outs in the 5th.

5-4 WSU

by Ducks73 on Mar 26, 2011 2:55 PM PDT up reply actions  

Oh and Horton got tossed for arguing a call

Wish the guys could pull together and win one for him. Errors are killing us today

by Ducks73 on Mar 26, 2011 2:56 PM PDT up reply actions  

The ump was garbage today

Glad Horton let him have it

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by Matt Daddy on Mar 26, 2011 3:16 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions  

We were 38-22 last year in baseball before the regionals

Hard to see how we’re going to be better than we were last year . . . too many areas that should be improved by now, but still struggling big time.

by Ducks73 on Mar 26, 2011 3:12 PM PDT reply actions  

LAW. OF. GUS.

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by axemen23 on Mar 26, 2011 3:27 PM PDT via mobile reply actions  

Is the butler gonna do it?

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by axemen23 on Mar 26, 2011 3:53 PM PDT via mobile reply actions  

How about that, Butler.

Servin’ it up to the master since 2010.

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by Bill Musgrave on Mar 26, 2011 4:00 PM PDT reply actions  

30-foot shots with way too much time left in three key situations.

That’s just bad coaching. Seriously. They were dominating Butler inside and they settle for that?

THAT'S RIGHT, Kenny Wheaton you did. You cut back into GREATNESS.

by HoodRiverDuck on Mar 26, 2011 4:11 PM PDT up reply actions  

Not only 30 foot shots

The one by Irving at the end of regulation was almost a fadeaway 30 footer. Seriously Billy D?

Prince: This bores me. Is anyone up for a game of basketball?

by baseb3383 on Mar 26, 2011 4:30 PM PDT up reply actions  

WOOOOOOOOOOOOO USA-ARGENTINA INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLY OPEN THREAD WHO'S WITH ME

I’M LOOKIN AT YOU MATT DADDY

THAT'S RIGHT, Kenny Wheaton you did. You cut back into GREATNESS.

by HoodRiverDuck on Mar 26, 2011 4:33 PM PDT reply actions  

Argentina must have 80% possession at halftime

I’m actually really surprised how well the defense has played, I was expecting us to get absolutely torched,

THAT'S RIGHT, Kenny Wheaton you did. You cut back into GREATNESS.

by HoodRiverDuck on Mar 26, 2011 5:13 PM PDT up reply actions  

I've got it at a sports bar in Tuscon

it’s the one TV not tuned to the game

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by axemen23 on Mar 26, 2011 5:20 PM PDT up reply actions  

Hmm, they might be, um, better than us?

Watching with a good friend from Argentina. She is gloating. Unfortunately, she’s right.

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by Bill Musgrave on Mar 26, 2011 5:23 PM PDT up reply actions  

TAKE THAT

THAT'S RIGHT, Kenny Wheaton you did. You cut back into GREATNESS.

by HoodRiverDuck on Mar 26, 2011 5:30 PM PDT up reply actions  

However, they really are better than us by a lot.

THAT'S RIGHT, Kenny Wheaton you did. You cut back into GREATNESS.

by HoodRiverDuck on Mar 26, 2011 5:32 PM PDT up reply actions  

And Messi is sick. Super sick.

THAT'S RIGHT, Kenny Wheaton you did. You cut back into GREATNESS.

by HoodRiverDuck on Mar 26, 2011 5:33 PM PDT up reply actions  

I think we got a bit lucky on the goal, and then our conditioning is truly better than most teams of the world.

So if we can mask our skill for about 1/2 to 3/4 of any game, we’re in it at the end.

But yes, Ar-hontina, TAKE THAT.

Take a doo doo pie. I love you.

by Bill Musgrave on Mar 26, 2011 10:08 PM PDT up reply actions  

Butler to the Final Four, incredible.

I am so impressed by Butler’s mental toughness. They’ve got some offensive talent in Howard and Mack and great team D, but they aren’t imposing on paper. They just don’t waste possessions and they challenge other teams to make the right play on every series. They play smart, team-oriented basketball.

I’d rank Brad Stevens right up there with any of the best college coaches ever. I don’t think it’s foolish to put him among the game’s greatest coaches considering his run of success at a small private school (not unlike another run by a now Hall of Fame coach at a small private school). He’s already a better game coach than Roy Williams and Billy Donovan, coaches that have won multiple championships.

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by baseb3383 on Mar 26, 2011 4:38 PM PDT reply actions  

that was an axeman-esque moment

does it need an axeman-esque ban?

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by David Piper on Mar 26, 2011 4:56 PM PDT up reply actions  

Allow me to say that interrupting a Wheaton Wave with a phrase that I absolutely refuse to type is much more egregious than doing what I did.

Is it September yet?

by TennesseeQuackAttack8 on Mar 26, 2011 5:13 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions  

Nasty, but didn’t approach ban-level egregiousness. A stare will probably correct this for the future.

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by benzduck on Mar 26, 2011 5:24 PM PDT up reply actions  

two outs, one on for Wichita Sate

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by axemen23 on Mar 26, 2011 4:49 PM PDT reply actions  

Into the 14th we go in baseball.

by Jayon on Mar 26, 2011 4:59 PM PDT reply actions  

I believe Dante wrote that 14 innings of baseball is the 6th circle of Hell.

by JonathanPDX on Mar 26, 2011 5:18 PM PDT up reply actions  

1st and 2nd, one out for Aaron Jones

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by axemen23 on Mar 26, 2011 5:23 PM PDT reply actions  

Serna picked off of 2nd, Marder then stole it. so runner on 2nd two outs for Jones.

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by axemen23 on Mar 26, 2011 5:25 PM PDT reply actions  

Are you kidding me?

2 on with 1 out and Serna . . . what are you thinking?

by Ducks73 on Mar 26, 2011 5:32 PM PDT up reply actions  

Jones intentionally walked (with good reason I suppose)

two on, two out for Kyle Garlick.

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by axemen23 on Mar 26, 2011 5:26 PM PDT reply actions  

I have no idea what any of this means. Is it Greek? Are you talking about European Soccer or Australian Football? I don’t get it.

by JonathanPDX on Mar 26, 2011 5:29 PM PDT up reply actions  

Aaaaand struck out.

Lets go 16 everybody!

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by axemen23 on Mar 26, 2011 5:29 PM PDT reply actions  

And the batter's calling for more time...

And now there’s a beach ball on the field…

And the ball boys are arguing about who’s going to go get it…

by omb on Mar 26, 2011 5:37 PM PDT reply actions  

Both coaches have been tossed

All we needed to do was play smart in the 15th and get Serna in, but he got picked instead.

by Ducks73 on Mar 26, 2011 5:38 PM PDT up reply actions  

1-2-3 inning for Mcgough

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by axemen23 on Mar 26, 2011 5:41 PM PDT reply actions  

2-out rally?

Please.

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by JConant on Mar 26, 2011 5:45 PM PDT reply actions  

Altobelli leads off the 16th with a single

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by axemen23 on Mar 26, 2011 5:46 PM PDT reply actions  

Steal and past ball, Altobelli to third and we’re in business.

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by JConant on Mar 26, 2011 5:47 PM PDT up reply actions  

Wild pitch. My bad.

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by JConant on Mar 26, 2011 5:47 PM PDT up reply actions  

Derrick Williams SMASH.

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by axemen23 on Mar 26, 2011 5:49 PM PDT reply actions  

Fly ball to center. Easy out.

Still 6-6 going to the 17th.

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by JConant on Mar 26, 2011 5:50 PM PDT reply actions  

Sounds like we’re going to lose the game on CSN at 6 p.m.

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by JConant on Mar 26, 2011 5:51 PM PDT up reply actions  

I guess ochokid

is getting his double header anyway.

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by Matt Daddy on Mar 26, 2011 5:59 PM PDT up reply actions  

Holy crap

I leave 4 hours ago when the game is in the 4th and get home and the game is still on?!?!?!

17 innings?

Amazing

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by Matt Daddy on Mar 26, 2011 5:52 PM PDT reply actions  

Amazing? Frustrating is more like it

Other than getting the tie in the 9th, we can’t get a guy across the plate and McGough is hanging in there (knock on wood).

by Ducks73 on Mar 26, 2011 5:53 PM PDT up reply actions  

Wow. SMASH is right. Derrick Williams…with the flush!

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by JConant on Mar 26, 2011 5:53 PM PDT reply actions  

It’s like he’s still figuring out what he’s capable of.

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by JConant on Mar 26, 2011 5:56 PM PDT up reply actions  

Top 3 draft pick if he goes in after this season?

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by JConant on Mar 26, 2011 5:58 PM PDT up reply actions  

there is

every home game will have video available on goducksTV

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by Matt Daddy on Mar 26, 2011 5:56 PM PDT up reply actions  

Goducks TV

watching it right now

"What the hell was that?"
"Spaceball One, they've gone to plaid!"

by QuackinAK on Mar 26, 2011 6:03 PM PDT up reply actions  

Shockers with a 2-out single.

now lead 7-6.

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by JConant on Mar 26, 2011 6:03 PM PDT reply actions  

So, which ends first, ducks game or zona game

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by axemen23 on Mar 26, 2011 6:03 PM PDT via mobile reply actions  

’Zona having a little melt down.

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by JConant on Mar 26, 2011 6:04 PM PDT up reply actions  

Ducks with one out. Down a run – bottom of the 17th.

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by JConant on Mar 26, 2011 6:06 PM PDT reply actions  

Now two down.

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by JConant on Mar 26, 2011 6:07 PM PDT up reply actions  

I don't care how meaningless of a stat it is

McGough has a 7.15 ERA in 11 innings (before tonight) and has 2 saves in 10 appearances.

He’s killing us.

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by Matt Daddy on Mar 26, 2011 6:10 PM PDT reply actions  

Who replaces him?

Moen?

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by axemen23 on Mar 26, 2011 6:12 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions  

What's funny is that Coach Horton thinks our bullpen is going to be our strength

by the end of the season and he said that we’re close to being a top 15-20 team again. I wish he’d quit saying that stuff. We have a lot of work to do to get where we want to be and all that preseason ranking and talk about hosting regionals/super regionals . . . well we’re just a long way from that.

I love that so many of our freshmen are contributing; they’re going to be amazing to watch the next two years. But I don’t see us bettering our record of last year. Too many issues hitting and pitching.

by Ducks73 on Mar 26, 2011 6:28 PM PDT up reply actions  

Too many issues hitting and pitching.

Agreed. Except our starting pitching. Our starters have been pretty much lights out this year. Our bullpen has killed us and our disappearance of hitting at the most inopportune times have buried us.

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by Matt Daddy on Mar 26, 2011 6:31 PM PDT up reply actions  

TOTALLY agree

Anderson, Boer and maybe Jones should each have 2 more wins a piece if we had a reliable bullpen and clutch hitter or two.

by Ducks73 on Mar 26, 2011 6:34 PM PDT up reply actions  

You know what I just thought about?

We miss E-Rod way more than we thought we would. He was clutch for us last year.

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by Matt Daddy on Mar 26, 2011 6:36 PM PDT up reply actions  

We may have one on our roster, like Sabol

but we might not find him until next year and then we’ll likely be starting over with our weekend pitching rotation (unless they all come back).

You’re right about Eddie. He seemed to rally the troops.

by Ducks73 on Mar 26, 2011 6:39 PM PDT up reply actions  

Actually Jones is a Soph

but with the way McGough is pitching, he may be available for another year!

by Ducks73 on Mar 26, 2011 6:41 PM PDT up reply actions  

may be?

right now it looks like a certainty.

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by Matt Daddy on Mar 26, 2011 6:44 PM PDT up reply actions  

I really hope that Horton getting tossed today was some pent up frustration with the way these guys have played so far. They’re not going to go very far in the Pac with play like this, and I hope he makes the guys see that.

Right now we’re a middle of the Pac team (at best). We need to step it up in conference play if we have any hope of post season success.

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by Matt Daddy on Mar 26, 2011 6:53 PM PDT up reply actions  

I'm not even convinced we're post season material at this point

We don’t seem to have much toughness . . . no fire, sense of urgency, or swagger. To get where we were last year before post season, we’d have to win 25 more games (we have 37 left). I’m not sure where 25 wins are going to come from. We have 2 games with Seattle and 2 with Gonzaga, but it’s daunting looking at the Pac-10 the way we’re playing right now.

by Ducks73 on Mar 26, 2011 7:00 PM PDT up reply actions  

I think the thing that's frustrating

is that it’s not a fundamental thing, or lack of talent, or these guys just don’t want it. It’s simple execution at the right time that’s killing us. Closing pitching. Timely hitting. Moving guys along, sacrifices when they need to. (Amazingly our errors are down from last year).

It’s the little things that we’re not doing that would win us more games. And that’s tough to accept.

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by Matt Daddy on Mar 26, 2011 7:04 PM PDT up reply actions  

I'm not ready to jump off the bandwagon yet

baseball is a long season and we’ve seen these guys can go on 7 game runs. It won’t be easy in the Pac, but if they turn on the hitting, or get something solid on the back end of their rotation, we can easily make a good run in the Pac with the starting pitching we have.

We’ll just have to wait and see, and hell, that’s why Horton gets paid the big bucks.

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by Matt Daddy on Mar 26, 2011 7:10 PM PDT up reply actions  

Oh I'm not giving up yet either

and we plan to spend a couple weekend in Eugene to watch them play. But we were ranked in all five preseason polls and predicted to host a regional. Horton keeps talking about how good we are, but we continue to blow games that we were in a good position to win. Good teams, ranked and expected to go to regionals, don’t lose so many of those games. At this point, they find ways to win and that’s what makes them a good team. We’re a long, long way from being that kind of good team.

by Ducks73 on Mar 26, 2011 7:15 PM PDT up reply actions  

Okay

In 3 games we are 3 for 38 with runners in scoring position and left another 19 on base today.

by Ducks73 on Mar 26, 2011 7:22 PM PDT up reply actions  

What can I say? It happens.

Especially when the team isn’t particularly great at hitting (like the Ducks).

Sometimes, you just can’t buy a timely hit.

I agree though, that’s putrid.

Is it September yet?

by TennesseeQuackAttack8 on Mar 26, 2011 7:25 PM PDT up reply actions  

More putrid

40 left on base in 3 games (to go with the 3 for 38 with RISP)

by Ducks73 on Mar 26, 2011 7:42 PM PDT up reply actions  

Perfect example today

Two on and one out in the 15th and Serna gets picked instead of sacrificed or hit home. The little things are definitely frustrating (since this is the 3rd or 4th time I’ve mentioned it).

by Ducks73 on Mar 26, 2011 7:10 PM PDT up reply actions  

Agreed

but in baseball, like TQA said, those little things can turn your way real quickly. Man it’s fun to be talking about Ducks baseball.

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by Matt Daddy on Mar 26, 2011 7:14 PM PDT up reply actions  

We've played one third of our games though

and it’s time for us to do the little things to start making things turn our way and Horton needs to light a fire under these guys.

by Ducks73 on Mar 26, 2011 7:17 PM PDT up reply actions  

As much as it pains me to say it out loud

I wish we approached games with the chip that OS does. They were supposed to struggle this year, but they have been on fire after a couple early losses. I thought maybe we’d work out some of the kinks by now and be playing better.

Maybe the youth and injuries are too much to expect that we’d exceed expectations like last year. We have tickets for the UW series so hopefully we’ll get a couple against them. ASU will be tough though.

by Ducks73 on Mar 26, 2011 7:05 PM PDT up reply actions  

I like Marder

and A Jones and Pulfer. Those guys can be clutch too, but they’re young. Some of the other up and comers last year are struggling (Alto, Piazzisi and Serna). Overall our hitting is just weak (.237 avg) and just no one stepping up when we need hits the most.

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by Matt Daddy on Mar 26, 2011 6:43 PM PDT up reply actions  

Horton loves Marder

Aaron Jones had a rough day in the field with a couple errors and misplayed balls, but he can hit. Serna getting picked and then a full count fly-out with the bases loaded hurt today. Piazzisi breaking his hand sliding in practice isn’t helping either. Pulfer had chances today and yesterday to be a hero if only he could have gotten a hit with the bases loaded, but couldn’t pull it off.

by Ducks73 on Mar 26, 2011 6:52 PM PDT up reply actions  

I've heard Horton say a couple times that Marder

is so good he can play him in multiple positions. He loves his attitude too and said last year, they were grooming him to replace Eddie. So glad he didn’t break his finger when he slid.

by Ducks73 on Mar 26, 2011 6:56 PM PDT up reply actions  

No idea

But his confidence is gone. From what I saw today, he still have decent speed and movement on his pitches, I just think his locations are off. I’m no baseball expert, but Horton really needs to do something with him.

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by Matt Daddy on Mar 26, 2011 6:14 PM PDT up reply actions  

If he says one more time in postgame interviews that sometimes you just have to flush it

and move onto the next game . . . he’s had plenty of chances, but has cost us 3 or 4 games.

by Ducks73 on Mar 26, 2011 6:17 PM PDT up reply actions  

at least 4

He’s had at least 8 save chances and has only 2 saves.

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by Matt Daddy on Mar 26, 2011 6:19 PM PDT up reply actions  

Serna didn't help either when he got picked off

in the 15th. We had two runners on and one out at the time.

by Ducks73 on Mar 26, 2011 6:14 PM PDT reply actions  

UNC v Kentucky

could be one of the best games of the tourney. Tons of athletes and both teams will get up and down. Plus they already played once this year and the game ended within 2.

I’m really looking forward to watching that game.

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by Matt Daddy on Mar 26, 2011 6:21 PM PDT up reply actions  

This

and if VCU can keep it close, will make for a great day. And a Ducks win of course.

by Jayon on Mar 26, 2011 6:23 PM PDT up reply actions  

Can’t win many when you shoot 4-20 from three

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by axemen23 on Mar 26, 2011 6:18 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions  

Butler and UConn are in the final four

Go VCU and Kentucky (I feel dirty saying that). I just want a totally screwed up final four.

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by Matt Daddy on Mar 26, 2011 6:18 PM PDT reply actions  

Does anybody think VCU has a chance against Kansas? I sure want to say so, but I just have a feeling they’re going to get murdered. But everyone has been wrong about them (and Butler) so much this year, who knows?

By the way, how many people had UConn in the final 4? I did!

by JonathanPDX on Mar 26, 2011 6:22 PM PDT up reply actions  

The 3 point shot is the great equalizer

and right now no one shoot the 3 as well as VCU. If Kansas doesn’t pay attention to getting out on their shooter in transition VCU will jack them up and put Kansas on their heels.

For all intents and purposes, Kansas should walk away with this one. But NOTHING has gone by intents or purposes in this tourney so far.

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by Matt Daddy on Mar 26, 2011 6:26 PM PDT up reply actions  

Coach Horton's post game interview doesn't offer much hope for the rest of the season

unless we rectify (his word) our fundamentals. If we don’t, he said we’re going to come up short in a lot more games and thinks if will be interesting to see if we’ll bounce back tomorrow. What a difference in his tone and demeanor after three games! He looked dejected.

by Ducks73 on Mar 26, 2011 8:45 PM PDT reply actions  

I’m going to stick with Delusional Optimism, and attribute that to having to watch twelve and a half innings from the clubhouse.

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by AllSaintsDay on Mar 26, 2011 8:54 PM PDT up reply actions  

You think around inning 15 or so, he said "Fuck it" and went home?

I would have. Or at least started a crossword.

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by axemen23 on Mar 26, 2011 8:56 PM PDT up reply actions  

He was there after the game for interviews

He did say that Serna was given the go-ahead for the steal in the 15th with one out because we weren’t hitting.

by Ducks73 on Mar 26, 2011 9:00 PM PDT up reply actions  

And that's why you didn't coach one of the two teams that dominated baseball after the Trojans collapsed.

Also, you were too young.

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by AllSaintsDay on Mar 26, 2011 9:19 PM PDT up reply actions  

If he watched those 12 1/2 innings, that would explain his comments about

our relievers being solid. He was clearly frustrated that while we got a lot of Ducks on base in extra innings, we couldn’t get any of them across to end the game.

Delusional Optimism – you or Horton?

by Ducks73 on Mar 26, 2011 8:59 PM PDT up reply actions  

Me. It's a thing from another blog, but I figured it was sufficiently self-explanatory for use here.

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by AllSaintsDay on Mar 26, 2011 9:16 PM PDT up reply actions  

That's funny

I’ve been a Duck fan my whole life and the Ducks are my only team as it’s often too exhausting rooting for them. So delusional optimism . . . I am always optimistic that they will win, delusional enough to think they win, and then bummed when they don’t.

by Ducks73 on Mar 26, 2011 9:20 PM PDT up reply actions  

he can think what he wants

but the Bullpen needed a shakeup 2 weeks ago.

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by axemen23 on Mar 26, 2011 9:28 PM PDT up reply actions  

Pac-10 Baseball started this weekend

UA beat ASU
Cal beat WSU
UCLA beat SC

Overall Standings
UA 17-5
OS 17-5
ASU 16-6
Cal 14-5
UO 13-8
UCLA 10-7
WSU 9-8
Stan 8-6
SC 8-14
UW 4-15

Glad I have tickets for the three game UW series!

by Ducks73 on Mar 26, 2011 9:42 PM PDT reply actions  

oops . . . that was as of yesterday

Today ASU beat UA, Cal beat WSU and UCLA beat SC

OS 18-5
ASU and UA 17-6
Cal 15-5
UO 13-9
UCLA 11-7
Stan 9-6
WSU 9-9
SC 8-15
UW 5-15

by Ducks73 on Mar 26, 2011 10:09 PM PDT up reply actions  

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