Pitching, imo

by Vasherized on Feb 17, 2010 10:53 AM CST in Texas Longhorns and Other Baseball

HenryJames was able to dictate this post on my voice mail just before getting dragged off to cell block C for his nightly prison bitch session. If you only knew the sacrifices he makes to keep you informed. He's hoping for early parole in time for Omaha.
-V.
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Augie Garrido announced yesterday that Taylor Jungmann will get the opening day start on Friday. That was to be expected. He also announced that Brandon Workman and Austin Dicharry will be the other two weekend starters. The Dicharry news was unexpected. Chance Ruffin is the closer, and it looks like Cole Green is a middle reliever and midweek starter. Two out of last season’s three starters are now relievers.

And I’m fine with that.

We headed into the CWS last year with six pitchers on which we could depend only to find out when we got there that we could only depend on four of them. And that’s why we lost. But Augie is no idiot no matter what Huckleberry says. (How many national titles have you won, Huckleberry? Stomp!)

Augie says that no starter will be asked to pitch more than five or six innings during the early part of the season. The focus will be on building depth by having the bullpen pitch 2-3 innings per game before giving way to Ruffin in the ninth.

Good plan, imo. We’ll have to see if Dicharry can become a reliable starter, whether or not Green can become an effective reliever and see who steps up in the bullpen. But I hesitate to call those things problems because we’re freaking loaded.

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Huckleberry won’t start watching Texas baseball until Manchester City is officially eliminated from EPL title contention (which was like a week ago but don’t tell him.)

by Vasherized on Feb 17, 2010 11:43 AM CST reply actions

To steal from sizzlechest, when can we expect the HJ write-up, ‘Catching, imo’?

I’m guessing that’s why he’s locked up. He’s researching for that article.

All Man. City has to do is spend more.

by magnusbleuveigner on Feb 17, 2010 11:47 AM CST reply actions

He’s hoping for early parole in time for Omaha.

I can get him work-release cooking chesseburgers at the Zesto near Rosenblatt.

When he finds out they’ve moved the games, he can always go to the zoo.

by parlin on Feb 17, 2010 12:01 PM CST reply actions

Soccer is for poor people and ethnic minorities.

by HenryJames on Feb 17, 2010 12:05 PM CST reply actions

+1 for Mr. HenryJames

by fromwesttexasbrah on Feb 17, 2010 12:37 PM CST reply actions

Soccer is for poor people and ethnic minorities.

I’m going to disagree with you.

by Beckham's Bank Account on Feb 17, 2010 12:39 PM CST reply actions

What happened to the young pitcher that got popped in the eye and had to have surgery in November? I think it’s Freshman Holby Milner. Saw him after the Texas State game. Nice kid.

by texoz on Feb 17, 2010 12:46 PM CST reply actions

I like this move by Augie. You can tell he doesn’t play the senior card and he wants to win now. Austin Dicharry is a badass and Cole Green just seemed to pedestrian to me in the CWS. Way to go Augie!

by Mysterious Package on Feb 17, 2010 12:52 PM CST reply actions

parlin, in keeping w/the standard HJ/prison bitch theme, I don’t think they’d take him for work at Zesto…it’s pretty much all teenage girls in tight shorts/shirts

by burnt orange outrage on Feb 17, 2010 1:18 PM CST reply actions

I read somewhere that the midweek opponent next week is throwing their ace and that Green is being saved for that. He may yet be a weekend starter.

by BornaHorn on Feb 17, 2010 1:52 PM CST reply actions

I don’t think anything is written in stone at this point, but I doubt we’re saving anyone for Dallas Baptist.

by HenryJames on Feb 17, 2010 2:12 PM CST reply actions

DBU was a bigger threat as an NAIA school, beat us 4 in a row I think.

Augie needs to let Skip do his job…his freaking out completely does away with all pitching rotations and game plans. Maybe having a true closer this year will make him relax.

by MerHorn on Feb 17, 2010 7:55 PM CST reply actions