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I went fishing today and caught some of the biggest fish I've ever caught.     Just wish I knew how to clean and cook'em.   #TOTS

  First back-to-back CWS shutouts since Oregon did it in 2006. 6th time UT has done it at CWS.

Fantasy? Now that's funny.

  At this point, it's all we got. Winning will cure everything.

The only situation Mr. X "champions" is Mr. X. He is a media whore, plain and simple. He shows up where he can obtain the most media coverage. 

Teams win with pitching and defense. Listed below are the Final 5 teams at the CWS.   NCAA Rankings as of June 10th for the Top 50 Teams:   Team ERA   TCU   2.19 (1) Va      2.31 (5) UT      2.32 (6) Miss   2.72 (16) Vandy  2.72 (19)     Team Fielding %   Va        .982  (3) TCU      .978  (11) UT        .975  (26) Vandy   .975  (33) Miss was not in the Top 50   Team BA   Only team in the Top 50 was Miss at .303 (14). They had to out hit their mistakes in the field.     People can complain all they want about the lack of HR's and offense, but the good teams pitch and play defense.

  Probably why they kept Keenum. Yates had some value on the market. Keenum does have NFL game experience and I assume will be the #2 QB until Savage is ready. I would expect that the Texans would release him once Savage is deemed "ready".

Hinojosa proving once again that it's not the arrow, it's the Indian. If you barrel a ball up in any park, with any bat, it WILL travel. The best comment made last night was by the NCAA rep when he said that these are the top pitching teams in the country. If you can pitch and play defense, you can win at any level.      Now the hard part-Just have to beat Vandy twice. 

TCU has played a ton of innings this post-season. It will be tough for them to get out of that losers bracket.   I have Virginia winning it all. This extra "game" may not help, but a day off will.   On a side note, I do not understand all the fuss over the Chron kid. They talked like the new stadium was keeping him from having a home run barrage. Heck, he only had 5 HR's in over 200 AB's all season in other stadiums. Just because he's big and has a brother in the pros does not mean he's HR threat every AB.

[Hidden Content]   I really thought they would have picked up Mallet by now.

  I respectfully disagree.   Although I have not been to Franklin's.    [Hidden Content]

The Salt Lick in Dripping Springs can't be beat,

The two best pure hitters I ever watched growing up: Rod Carew and Tony Gwynn.    Not many of those types of players left in the MLB. 

Texas wins the AAC. 

  Stackin' dem dolla bills!    Johnny gonna make it sprinkle.

He had been battling mouth cancer.    [Hidden Content]  

They have used Gamechanger in previous years, but I'm not sure Matt has continued to do that.   You can follow coach Matt Thompson on Twitter @TXSD. 

UVA wins 2-1.   So far the games have been dominated by pitching. UVA threw a combined 1 hitter last night.

  Not sure how it's "stalking". I follow the MLB Draft. It's a disgrace that the Padres opted for a publicity stunt over adding viable talent to their organization. Last I checked, he quit playing baseball after his junior year in high school and he did not play at aTm. So, unless he's playing summer ball somewhere, he no longer plays the sport. Now, beer league softball may be in his plans for the near future.

Strange move IMO. Pierce is rumored to be the next Rice HC when Graham finally retires.   [Hidden Content]  

Another arrest for the Texas Arrest and Mugshot University Aggies?

Return of Hedi-gate.

Maybe the Padres should have used that wasted pick on Orvis.

Vandy advances.

Wait for the " we were 3-0 vs Rice this year......" Blah, blah, blah. UH beat Rice on Tuesdays and never saw a weekend starter. Then they go to Baton Rouge in one of the weakest regionals. The only decent pitcher they see beats them. When Frank Anderson leaves, TW will be on his own again. Let's see how that works out.