glduck Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 https://www.perfectgame.org/Articles/View.aspx?article=16007 Perfect Game Preseason Top 25: #1 LSU #2 Oregon State #3 Vandy #4 UCLA #5 Texas Tech #6 North Carolina #7 Stanford Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glduck Posted January 22, 2019 Author Share Posted January 22, 2019 Oregon softball since bowing out in the CWS: Graduated 4 everyday starters. Lost HC Mike White to Texas after the AD failed to match Texas’ $500k offer. 4 starters followed White to Texas. 2018 Pac-12 Pitcher of the Year Megan Kleist transferred to Louisiana-Lafayette to reunite with her club coach. One of the players who followed White to Texas was Miranda Elish, a power pitcher who had surpassed Kleist by the end of last year and was our ace throughout the postseason. 3 other players transferred, including P Maggie Balint, a former high school #1 overall recruit who had a fantastic freshman season before sitting out most of last year with a back injury. Balint just announced today — a preseason poll came out last week that had Oregon #12 nationally despite all the defections, the thinking being Balint would dominate 2/3 games each weekend and our offense had enough speed to manufacture enough runs. That’s obviously out, now. White won 5 of the last 6 conference titles and had made the CWS 5 of the last 7 years. Probably... probably should have just paid him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scscsc89 Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 https://www.baseballamerica.com/stories/2019-pac-12-conference-college-baseball-preview/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glduck Posted February 18, 2019 Author Share Posted February 18, 2019 Arizona (4-0): Swept a 4-gamer against UMass-Lowell. #7 Oregon State (3-0): The defending national champs went 3-0 in a tournament in Arizona, beating New Mexico, Gonzaga, and Minnesota. They play New Mexico again today. Arizona State (3-0): Beat up on Notre Dame by a combined score of 46-13. #12 Stanford (3-0): Also playing in a tournament in Arizona, 'Furd beat Ball State, Wichita State, and Pepperdine. One more against Grand Canyon today. #4 UCLA (3-0): Swept St. John's. USC (2-1): Took the series from Omaha. Oregon (1-2): Won the opener at #3 Texas Tech, but lost both over the weekend. Trying to salvage a split today. Both losses were close -- honestly, an encouraging weekend. I figured Tech would beat us silly. Utah (1-2): Lost 2/3 in a tournament in Texas, losing to Texas State and Missouri State before ending the weekend with a win over Nevada. Washington (1-2): Last seen in the CWS, Dawgs lose their opening series to UC-Irvine 2-1. Cal (0-3): Also in a tournament in Arizona, Cal lost three to CSU Bakersfield, Pepperdine, and Northwestern. They play BYU today. Washington State (0-4): Blasted by St. Mary's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBug708 Posted February 18, 2019 Share Posted February 18, 2019 UCLA softball is ranked #1 and just had their freshmen pitcher throw a no hitter. She was the national player of the year in high school. Rachel Garcia is still the Ace, so UCLA should be poised to win it all this year,except our coach is a choke artist in the postseason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glduck Posted February 18, 2019 Author Share Posted February 18, 2019 Texas Tech canceled the final game today because of cold. Temperature @ first pitch is supposed to be................... 39 degrees. Even with wind chill, jesus. I've sat through games in the snow at PK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glduck Posted February 18, 2019 Author Share Posted February 18, 2019 1 hour ago, MrBug708 said: UCLA softball is ranked #1 and just had their freshmen pitcher throw a no hitter. She was the national player of the year in high school. Rachel Garcia is still the Ace, so UCLA should be poised to win it all this year,except our coach is a choke artist in the postseason We knocked off #8 LSU so we aren't the total crapshow I assumed we'd be returning ONE PLAYER from last year's team, but we're still in for a long, grueling conference season. UCLA, Washington, and Arizona are still going to boat race us, and the next tier (Utah, ASU, Cal) probably will, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBug708 Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 The Arizona fans think they are hot garbage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glduck Posted March 1, 2019 Author Share Posted March 1, 2019 Oregon swept a 3-gamer against St. Mary's, the preseason WCC champ, w/o our Friday ace who had a clot in his wrist. He won't pitch this weekend, either, but hopefully he's back soon. Nobody loses their prospective aces like Oregon (I think 5 times in the 10 years we've had baseball?). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
All Hail Posted March 1, 2019 Share Posted March 1, 2019 19 minutes ago, glduck said: Oregon swept a 3-gamer against St. Mary's, the preseason WCC champ, w/o our Friday ace who had a clot in his wrist. He won't pitch this weekend, either, but hopefully he's back soon. Nobody loses their prospective aces like Oregon (I think 5 times in the 10 years we've had baseball?). Oh yeah well (checks Cal’s baseball schedule and notices a 10-3 loss to St Mary’s). I’ve got nothing to say except Andrew Vaughn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glduck Posted March 4, 2019 Author Share Posted March 4, 2019 RPI Top 100 3/4/19 #2 Oregon (7-2) #5 Oregon State (10-1) #9 Stanford (9-2) #12 Arizona State (11-0) #37 UCLA (9-2) #75 Washington (7-2) #77 Utah (5-5) Oregon isn't as good as the Pac's top 4 (OSU, Stanford, ASU, UCLA) but the RPI loves us (so far) because of that series against #1 Texas Tech. UCLA is a top 10 team but hasn't played anyone, so they'll move up in the coming weeks. I figured we'd have a big three of OSU, Stanford, and UCLA but ASU is mashing everybody they're playing. Granted, not the strongest non-con SOS, but they certainly appear to be legit. Stanford took 2/3 from Fullerton over the weekend and host Texas for 4 this weekend. Oregon State has back-to-back Top 50 series wins (Nebraska, West Virginia) and they'll hook up with Coastal Carolina (#14) for a game in a Seattle tournament this weekend. Oregon plays @ #39 Portland tomorrow, then has a 4-gamer on the islands against Hawaii. I don't know what to make of Washington yet -- lost their series against Irvine, then dominated a pair of series against teams in the 200-range. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glduck Posted March 11, 2019 Author Share Posted March 11, 2019 RPI Top 100 3/11 #1 Oregon (10-4) #3 Oregon State (12-1-1) #5 Stanford (12-3) #6 Arizona State (15-0) #27 UCLA (11-3) #57 Cal (7-6) #74 Utah (5-5) Our bullpen is straight trash. We've lost 4 games this year and have held leads of at least 3 runs in all of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
All Hail Posted March 11, 2019 Share Posted March 11, 2019 19 minutes ago, glduck said: RPI Top 100 3/11 #1 Oregon (10-4) #3 Oregon State (12-1-1) #5 Stanford (12-3) #6 Arizona State (15-0) #27 UCLA (11-3) #57 Cal (7-6) #74 Utah (5-5) Our bullpen is straight trash. We've lost 4 games this year and have held leads of at least 3 runs in all of them. Cal went 1-2 against #9 LSU on the road and lost both games by 1 run in walkoff fashion. Doh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBug708 Posted March 15, 2019 Share Posted March 15, 2019 2 v 3 as Oregon State visits UCLA this weekend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orange Posted March 15, 2019 Share Posted March 15, 2019 Beavs are young as hell. This will be a good series for taking their temperature. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBug708 Posted March 17, 2019 Share Posted March 17, 2019 UCLA took game 1, 8-0. OSU mounts a comeback in the 9th and takes the 7-3 win today. Rubber match tomorrow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orange Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 Bruins are the team to beat in the Pac-12. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glduck Posted March 18, 2019 Author Share Posted March 18, 2019 sigh Oregon baseball is so frustrating. On paper we've got our best team in about five years, but our starting rotation -- headlined by two guys expected to be taken in the first two rounds of the draft in June -- can't stay healthy. All three regular weekend guys are hurt, and we're throwing guys who shouldn't ever start anything more important than a mid-week game. Washington -- who, no offense, is a very beatable opponent -- scored 28 runs over the course of the games played Friday and Saturday. Another season awash with disappointment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scscsc89 Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 A very small corner of Twitter is very angry that the top two p12 baseball teams didn't have their games streamed this weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orange Posted April 1, 2019 Share Posted April 1, 2019 Beavs bats are a very pale shadow of 2018, but still good enough to sweep UW. .....and lose to UP. Eesh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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