I posted this in the game updates thread but after 200 posts nobody I doubt anybody was reading it anymore. So as everybody decides to vent from the game tonight, just remember that it's a long season and we've still got a lot of games left to play. No reason to get yourself banned, after all.

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So I'm pretty bored and I decided to look for blowout losses from last year.

We lost to Rice 15-10. (We were down 14-2 before we started scoring some runs. It was at Olsen too.)

We lost the Sunday game to tech last year 14-5.

I'm sure I'm just talking to myself at this point, but this game is only 1 out of 56 and hopefully everybody keeps that in perspective.

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Please do. Remember guys, this is baseball and not football. The regular season is just for positioning into the postseason!

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The regular season is just for positioning into the postseason!

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Ha! You obviously haven't been around here very often. Aggie Baseball is anything but a perennial postseason team in baseball. 30%-40% of the time we are sitting at home the second week in May.

Let's avoid any flaming if at all possible (not directed at either of the previous comments - Just a request). I'll be the first to admit that we played poorly tonight. I really can't find a fitting word for how we played. I was just making a statement that this stuff happens, and we need to learn to play past it.

Are we embarrassed yet? It time to stop being imtimidated at Lubbock. Our coach need to lead the way. If he has had enough we will win the next two and shove it up their baseball.

That Is All!

Full Speed Ahead - Fire At Will - Gig'em

Yes o'Yes we were ready. Not Flaming is a two way street.

Year 2000 cumulative batting average - .283

Year 2005 cumulative batting average - .284

I am frustrated because this is the second year-in-a-row that the Ags have laid an egg in their conference opener after a great non-conference start to the season.

Last year vs. Baylor was sickening and now this year vs. Tech was just pathetic.

The coaches need to get this team ready to play in the 1ST INNING!!! Tonight was the 3rd time in the past week, that the starting pitching has stunk in the 1st and then the offensive strategy was equally as bad.

I am tired of seeing Cliff or Parker get on base in the first inning and just stand there on first base and wait for the double play ball which happened (1) tonight, (2) Saturday vs. UCLA, and (3) Friday vs. UCLA. C'mon coaches let's try to steal a base, bunt, hit-n-run, or something! Not just station-to-station baseball.

The 2004 team never recovered in conference play after the demoralizing loss to Baylor on Friday, got beat again on Saturday, and squeaked out a win on Sunday to a 14-12 conference finish.

We'll find out what this team is made of over the next 2 days.

We don't have the sticks to handle quality pitching.

This is not news.

Tech does not have quality pitchers. We have faced 5-7 of the best pitchers in the country over the last six weeks. For some reason we just don't perform well in Lubbock.

This is a dangerous time for Mark Johnson. He must win at least once this weekend, or else face the prospect of a 1-5 start in conference play if we lose to Oklahoma next weekend. That would not bode well for him for the rest of the season. If I was Mark, I would try a different strategy than passive-aggressive motivation. Why not lace into this team and really get angry at the hotel and challenge their manhood. It's worth a try.

This is just getting old. Year after year we find a way to embarass ourselves on the road against good competition. We are simply too good on paper to be this poorly prepared for conference play. Hopefully we can turn it around tomorrow, but history says we won't.

[This message has been edited by HiddenAg2 (edited 3/18/2005 9:55p).]

Tech's starting pitcher began the game with a 6.26 ERA in 23 innings pitched.

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Tech's starting pitcher began the game with a 6.26 ERA in 23 innings pitched.

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This is why I was expecting a score very unlike what ended up happening.

Season isn't over, and I would never bail on the team if they played with heart and still lost, but 13-1??? Was this exhibition against the Yankees or something, or did we secretly swap rosters with Texas State? (I'm really pissed and a tad drunk so please forgive the bluntness).

No the season is not over yet, we will still play more games. But this team is not capable of making any type of run at the Conference championship or the CWS like many were expecting. Reality is that this is a middle of the pack conference team at best.

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But this team is not capable of making any type of run at the Conference championship or the CWS like many were expecting

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You can tell this after 1 conference game?

Hmm, I bet you predicted the Ags to win the rice regional last year as well

We've played one conference game so the Big XII isn't out of reach....texas is the favorite and they lost their first game also, so what does that mean? I suppose both teams should just hang'em up for the rest of the season. I suppose everyone here forgot what happened to the Astros last year.

Losing to tech sucks....getting slaughtered sucks even more but I'm simply amazed at the end of the world atomosphere that arrives after every single loss. Frankly, I'm starting to think I might need to stop wasting my time checking here.

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Through 2 conference games:

A&M has scored 1 unearned run in 18 innings.

Still doesn't mean the season is over yet. If this lack of hitting keeps up it will be a very long season fo us fans but like it or not the Ags still have 25 Big XII games left to play. If you want to give up on the team go ahead.

doesn't look promising either...Something has got to change...I've been as optimistic as I could be, but 1 freaking run (unearned) in two games and a batting avg hovering around .275 for the team is freaking pathetic...We are nearing the halfway point in the season, so I think team batting Avg. is a legit argument here. This season looks like it could end up like 2000, I certainly hope not though..

dont blame it only on hitting Meyer had nothing yesterday.... Hopefully we get a W tomorrow, and at least do as well as expected for being on the road against a good tech team in the top 25.

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No that is based on our first 22 games. It doesnt take long to realize that this club cannot hit the ball consistently...have you not figured that out yet?

Cmon Ryan, I know you are knowledgeable about baseball...This team simply can't put runners home, and judging by the rest of the season (not just this weekend) we haven't been able to all year.

I have full faith in Bill Byrne.

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No that is based on our first 22 games. It doesnt take long to realize that this club cannot hit the ball consistently...have you not figured that out yet?

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The Ags have scored 9 or more runs in 9 games...

There was a stretch of 10 games that the Ags won 9/10 games...

Not only that, but saying that the Ags can't make it to the post-season because they lost their B12 opening series is ridicules...

The Ags are hitting .277 as a team and their opponents are hitting .247 and they are averaging 5.7 runs per game...

Their opponents are averaging 3 runs per game...

.277 isn't great, but it isn't bad and averaging almost 6 runs per game is pretty good...The sky isn't falling...

The season isn't over...If it continues like this in ou, yea, then get concerned...

I truely think the only happy Aggie is a b*tching Aggie

This team will win its share of games at Olsen, but it doesn't appear to have the offensive punch to do much else. The pitching (on the whole) has been very good, the defense is excellent, we just can't hit our way out of a paper bag.

It's not from a lack of aggression--we're being aggressive, swinging at pitchers early in the count (which isn't a bad thing when the guy is throwing strikes) we just can't do anything with it even when we put the ball in play (I think we were 1-7 when we put the ball in play on the first pitch). If this is the kind of offense we can expect to see, we could do as bad as finish 7th and out of the NCAA tournament. If we do a little better (and I think we will do better than what we've shown, at least at Olsen), then we could finish as high as 3rd, and perhaps even host a regional. But, right now, that looks to be the ceiling on reasonable expectations for this year.

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And yet we recruit from the same pool of players as do two recent national championship teams. I doubt the expectations now set for the staffs is what they are comfortable with.

1876er....I absolutely have my concerns about the offense but people are acting as if the season is over. Its not that we can't score runs at all, it's that we aren't consistant scoring runs....we either win huge or score 1 run. We're going to have to keep working on manufacturing runs, which we certainly tried over the last two days (hitting and running and stealing bases).

What I'm tired of is the constant complaining. We knew coming into the season that we didn't have as strong of an offense as we have over the last couple of years. I said so in my season preview. Everyone needs to stop acting as if this is a total suprise and needs to stop getting mad that our team slugging %age isn't .700. I think that it's been covered enough.

Our strength is our pitching and our defense and thankfully those two things will get you farther than simply hitting the tar out of the ball. If our pitching and defense have a lapse (like our pitching did on Friday) then we can complain and moan about it and that's fine.

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[This message has been edited by AgRyan04 (edited 3/19/2005 10:51p).]

Like I've said before it's the frustration of 2 years-in-a-row...watching the Ags play great non-conference baseball (getting the fans hopes up) and then just falling flat on their face once conference play begins.

Bottomline...the Ags just need to step up and win the game on Sunday. Last year's team was able to salvage the series finale in Waco to keep some momentum going. This 2005 team needs to do it too.

It is still early There is still time. We must win Sunday.

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but saying that the Ags can't make it to the post-season because they lost their B12 opening series is ridicules...

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When did I or any one say this? Read the post lestatBQ. Basically your entire post proves to me that you know very little about college baseball. A .277 batting average against non-conference opponents (Sam, UTSA, Texas State, a terrible UCLA etc..) will get you no where, and thinking otherwise is "ridicules". This team is very inconsistent hitting the ball. Period!

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When did I or any one say this?

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But this team is not capable of making any type of run at the Conference championship or the CWS like many were expecting.

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You said it right there...

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A .277 batting average against non-conference opponents (Sam, UTSA, Texas State, a terrible UCLA etc..)

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well, we are #26 in RPI

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26 0.606 15 5 15 5 Texas A&M

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and #10 in ISR

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10 119.2 15 5 15 5 40 Texas A&M

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http://www.boydsworld.com/baseball/

So I would say we have played at least "decent" opponents...Your picking and choosing of which opponents to list that we have played is indicative that you are choosing to only see the negative...

Tell me, is getting 7 runs today enough for you, or should the Ags be aiming for 20+ games?

We should be aiming for more than 8 runs total for the weekend. That will not get it done in conference.

again lestat you are proving to me that you either can't read or know very little about college baseball. You see a team can still advance to the postseason WITHOUT being conference champions and there is postseason play BEFORE the CWS.

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Not many posters on Texags baseball really know the nature of the game of baseball. Typically, the term "upset" is not appropriate in baseball. the term "we should never lose to" does not apply to baseball.It is truly the sport where the expression " on any given day" applies. Baylor swept the sips. A big surprise? Probably, but not an upset in the usual sense. It is just baseball. WE will do some sweeping ourselves this year and may get swepped but we will go to regionals and could host. Damn it, it is baseball.