Hold On To Your Hats: Baseball Team Takes On Texas
by KevinHD on Feb 27, 2009 3:04 PM EST
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So in something you might compare to PSU basketball taking on Duke in Durham four times in three days, the Penn State baseball team continues their early season non-conference schedule against #8 ranked Texas [or #4, your choice really].
While Penn State hopes every year to bring in some talent; Texas often hopes that their recruits will actually sign on rather than simply going pro out of high school. They have six national championships and one as recent as 2005.
So hold on to your seats and let's see what we're made of. Keep the optimism low and, if all else fails, there is always the old "we can't practice in the snow" routine.
The important thing today is how Lorentson rebounds from getting blasted in the season opener. He's still our Friday starter and it's important that he find his confidence. His ERA currently sits at 13.50 with a .485 avg against. Scott Kelley and T.J. Macy take the mound Saturday; if they can continue what they started during the Big East BIG EAST-Big Ten Challenge, it could go a long way to filling what most considered one of Penn State's biggest holes: depth on the mound. I'm also interested to see how slugger Mike Deese plays against top of the line pitching, his current AVG/OBP/SLG is .583/.667/.667, so yeah, we need more power.
- BON has their preview up, complete with bullets and pitching matchups.
- TexasSports.com has your notes.
- Check out the Collegian preview.
- Live game tracker for today's
3:00pm4:00pm game here (central time strikes again!). - And your game trackers for Saturday Early, Saturday Late, and Sunday.
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Gotta give credit to whomever
is scheduling the OOC for the baseball team. Scheduling a perennial national power – unheard of.
pinkertonpark.com
Similar to the V-Ball programs,
and we all know how lousy they turn out to be.
Unless you’re into multiple National Championships.
'People are about as happy as they decide they want to be'
by Pete the Streak on Feb 27, 2009 6:48 PM EST up reply actions
Yeah a couple seasons ago
We actually beat UNC in a game, this was the year after they either won or finished 2nd in the CBWS. I think they were top 3 at the time
They've never won the CWS
but they finished second like 3 years in a row…
by Texas Wahoo on Feb 27, 2009 11:22 PM EST up reply actions
They were #1 at the time of the game
UNC was ranked #1 at the time we beat them. But in terms of baseball rankings, they are week by week after 5-6 games. So that 1 loss for them didnt affect their rankings
In addition...
To using gametracker, you can actually watch the games live all weekend online. Just go to Texas Sports and click the little video camera icon next to the game in the “Calendar” at the bottom of the page.
Sickler
Anyone know what is going on with that kid?(Kayle Sickler) i played baseball with him in high school and haven’t kept in touch. last i heard he had surgery on his elbow and was going to be good to go for this year.
by Dmfsomething09 on Feb 28, 2009 11:43 AM EST reply actions
Over his head
He came from a school up in the middle of nowhere playing against nobody.
Schools have to be careful what kind of competition kids play against when recruiting.
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