I agree. I don't see anyone taking 2 from CSF or Rice before the championship games. If UT can get by Miami tomorrow, I think we can take 1 from Rice but eventually we'd be eliminated. Stranger things have happened...we took 2 from A&M the same day, but Rice is no A&M. Rice fans enjoy it but remember while defeating UT is great there's more to be won in Omaha. We have 5. You have 0.
Our pitching is horrible. It will be interesting. Rice's awesome pitching versus Cal State's awesome offense. I don't know much about Cal State's pitching but I'll bet it's better than ours. We just gave the worst hitting team in the tournament double digit runs, half of them from errors, walks, and hit batsmen. If youre scouting Rice, the one thing you have to do is make them hit the ball.
No doubt about it. Rice is a stout team and had it's way with UT tonight. Congratulations. Solid team all the way around. Can't find a weakness.
Agreed. Rice has too much pitching. Solid team and they will be tough to beat. Wayne Graham is a great coach and deserves to win one. Very impressed.
Are you kidding? They can't hit their way out of a paper bag. Our pitching was horrible which made their hitters much better than they appeared. We fell behind every batter. If they actually face a real ace, they won't score more than 2 runs. Luckilly for them, their pitching is just dominant.
RIET you just have no idea what you are talking about. Rice can hit. In fact, they just threw up 12 runs on your Big XII champs. Team batting average is .314. 7 of 9 starting are hitting over .300. Why don't you watch a few Rice games before you run your mouth with something you learned from Harold Reynolds' "expert" commentary.
They don't have a ****load of power hitters, but those guys can get on. Granted, our pitching this year hasn't been on; no Halsey, Bomar. Simmons is very average. We were less than impressive in the regular season. Rice's pitching compensates for any hitting deficiencies they may have.
Oh please give me a break. Why don't you actually watch games before throwing in your stats. They were hitting what? .260 in post season play? .314 against whom? The WAC? In our only meeting this year, Rice beat us 2-1 on a great pitching performance. Today's game was an aberration and you know it. UT gave Rice at least 5 of those runs because of our piss poor pitching. Justin Simmons sucked. And by that time, we brought in people I didn't even know we had. People who hadn't pitched the entire season. Think about this: our second best pitcher has a 4.82 ERA and was 5-5 for the year. In other words, other than Howell and Street, not one of our pitchers would make that Rice staff. Admit your hitters are below average rather than hiding behind some meaningless stats.
I attended 15-20 Rice games in person this season. I listened to 10+ of the road games on the radio. I am not throwing in stats that I am not familiar with. This team can hit. I'm not sure what defines a good hitting team in your book, but with 7/9 of the starters hitting over .300, that's just plain good offense. .314 against who? Well we're now 7-0 versus the Big XII this season. The hitters are absolutely not below average. You just simply don't know what you're talking about.
Oh really? Care to make a wager. I will wager that if UT plays Rice again that Rice will not score more than 4 earned runs in the next game.
Ah yes, I knew you would say that. I think we've gone over this about 3903249084 times. I wasn't necessarily rooting against UT. More like I was rooting for Rice, as they have 4 players who went to my alma mater (Memorial HS in Houston). I am sorry that you portray that as being anti-UT. I am also sorry that you are incapable of having a civil discussion with me regarding UT, just because we may disagree. I guess if we had a disagreement regarding the Rockets, you would say that I don't like the Rockets because I am not good enough to play for them? It's just funny how you take it so personally. Chill, relax, do whatever it takes to refrain from using a tired "insult".
3/4th of hitting is being able to work the count in the hitter's favor. There are a lot of undisciplined hitters in the NCAA who swing freely, rather than draw walks or working their count to get a favorable pitch. Yes, UT did not pitch their greatest game. But credit the Rice hitters for identifying that, and then taking advantage of it.
Agreed. In the NCAA, you don't need to have power hitting. You just need clutch hitting as well as guys who can draw walks and put the ball in play, with the error-prone defenses. Pitching, fielding, and then hitting is the order of value in college baseball. Rice will never be mistaken for a bashing team. They play for the long inning.
Great agrument there buddy. When you lose by 10 runs, the last thing you do is tell the other team they can't hit.
We set a record, walking 9 batters and hitting 4 people. It doesn't take skill to get plunked in the back or take pitches 10 inches off the plate. Especially when they throw 82 mph. Out of the first 3 runs scored, how many were hit out of the infield? Afterwards we were putting in people that hadn't pitched the entire season saving our good arms for the game today and possibly a rematch 2 days later. Like I said, I'll make a friendly wager that if you faced a real pitcher like Howell (who would likely start the rematch) Rice would not score more than 4 earned runs.
What do you mean? Rice is very lucky to have 2 dominant aces. Their 2 best pitchers supposedly weren't drafted out of high school which means they were late bloomers. Raw talent that panned out. Baseball is the toughest of all sports to scout because most of the initial scouting is done at the high school level. It takes a certain degree of luck to take undrafted players and have them turn out to be potential first round draft choices. It's rare when you find 1 but to find 2 or 3 on your staff is very lucky.
