***Texas vs. Rice Baseball - Game 1***

[Johnstark23]

In the immortal words of the great Mark Holtz "Hello Win Column"

 

[utisdabomb12]

Thanks for the play by play Joey. 

 

[McQ]

Thanks joeywa! Nice work. Hook 'em.

 

[utisdabomb12]

I know people will look at the box score and see all those K's and fear the worst. 2 things to keep in mind:

1. It takes a few games to get timing down at the plate. BP and intersquads will only get you so far. This is compounded by quality Rice pitching.

2. Almost every K was swinging. That's a real positive from a plate approach/mentality standpoint. It also goes back to point #1...that aggressive approach will pay dividends when timing is improved.

I'm actually impressed with what we did with the bats. We created a lot of scoring opportunities against a very good pitching staff. 

I thought we were a little overly aggressive at the start, but that's expected in the first game. Once we started working the counts a little bit the bats came alive. 

 

[Worster1]

First game of the season win... on the road to you know where.....

Joey - forget what the others say... I say grab 2 beers! 

Good work tonight amigo and hook 'em!

 

[streettopeschel]

baseball is funny. long season, but doesn't 1-0 feel so much better than 0-1?

 

[joeywa]

baseball is funny. long season, but doesn't 1-0 feel so much better than 0-1?

I love winning.  It's like, better than losin'.

 

[streettopeschel]

how was the crowd at Reckling tonight? usually a solid rep of Orange in the house.

 

[joeywa]

how was the crowd at Reckling tonight? usually a solid rep of Orange in the house.

Per Aaron, Rice had 60% of the stadium.

 

[Sportzcaster]

Don't fool yourselves, Jeff has had a few. Great work bud!

 

[Matt Cotcher]

Kacy Clemens in Game 1

Josh Sawyer in Game 2

Tomorrow is gonna be interesting, indeed.

 

[joeywa]

Don't fool yourselves, Jeff has had a few. Great work bud!

No.  I sat down in front of the TV & laptop and had my own early season hiccup by not grabbing a cold beer to have at my side.  I should probably have to run poles or something for that.  I could see it out of a rook, but I'm supposed to be a seasoned veteran. 

I'll do better with my Press Box prep tomorrow.  Plus, it's Saturday, so my lovely waitress, (mrs joeywa) will be here.  Maybe she'll grab me a beer when it's needed?  Probably not, but a guy can dream, right? 

 

[Johnstark23]

Great job Jeff. 10 poles for the lack of preparation but valiant effort on opening night

 

[Bear19]

Joey

Late to the party but reading the thread I feel like I was there. Great job. Will try to be here tomorrow.

 

[streettopeschel]

No.  I sat down in front of the TV & laptop and had my own early season hiccup by not grabbing a cold beer to have at my side.  I should probably have to run poles or something for that.  I could see it out of a rook, but I'm supposed to be a seasoned veteran. 

I'll do better with my Press Box prep tomorrow.  Plus, it's Saturday, so my lovely waitress, (mrs joeywa) will be here.  Maybe she'll grab me a beer when it's needed?  Probably not, but a guy can dream, right? 

dude....you up to 18 innings tomorrow? hefty load for mid-february. and you're not a young man anymore.

 

[joeywa]

Joey

Late to the party but reading the thread I feel like I was there. Great job. Will try to be here tomorrow.

If that's the reaction I get, then I did my job.  Thanks Bear!

 

[joeywa]

dude....you up to 18 innings tomorrow? hefty load for mid-february. and you're not a young man anymore.

Ain't no hill for a stepper. 

 

[MikeV73]

Ain't no hill for a stepper.

That's a song title for Austin musician John Gaar. Dude has got some talent IMO.

 

[streettopeschel]

Ain't no hill for a stepper. 

sumbitch...you really might be from texas after all.

 

[Matt Cotcher]

Looking at the box score...

- Rice outhit UT 10-6, but Texas turned 3 DP's and stranded 10.

- 4 scoreless for the pen (Duke 2 - Mayes 1 - Culbreth 1).

- McCanna was excellent tonight - retired 10 straight from 1st-4th.

- The three Texas runs came from baserunners that reached via error (2) or BB (1).

- Rice's run was scored by a hit batter.