2023 Sooner Baseball - Official Season Thread

[Barrister]

Toby just said injured on Clark and Pettis

[Slytherin]

7-6 final. Got a little tight there in the 8th. Some seeing eye and lucky ass ground balls, but a great relay/throw to home to keep them from tying it up.

[SoonerPV]

Alright…weathered the late inning storm and wrapped up the sweep.

Boomer Sooner!

[Stormspencer]

Looks like things are trending in the right direction. We get TCU right off the bat in conference play next weekend. Should be a good barometer of where this team is at this point.

[OhioBornSoonerBred]

Stacking wins is the best thing for this young team's confidence, so it's all we can hope for at this point. Hopefully they continue this trend as conference play opens up!

[Slytherin]

Stacking wins is the best thing for this young team's confidence, so it's all we can hope for at this point. Hopefully they continue this trend as conference play opens up!

I've been able to watch several games this year. The hitters are becoming more and more confident/aggressive at the plate, we're running a lot and I can slowly see, oh I don't know...some chemistry happening here? Pitching is a bit behind, but some guys are starting to separate themselves a bit. That shaky 8th inning against UH wasn't really the pitchers' fault. They threw ground balls that found little holes, a catcher interference and a twister that hit the bag and kind of stopped. Hell of a play at the plate to stop the tying run from scoring as well.

Harris made an E on a throw to first, but the defense overall has been tits. I think this team is gonna make some noise this year.

[Metes]

Wally = Fractured Scapula - Hoping he will be back for the weekend but will be back soon as he is ready.

KP = Spider/Insect bite on his ankle. Taking precautions because they have no idea what bit him but he is trending toward a return soon.

[Stormspencer]

Wally = Fractured Scapula - Hoping he will be back for the weekend but will be back soon as he is ready.

KP = Spider/Insect bite on his ankle. Taking precautions because they have no idea what bit him but he is trending toward a return soon.

I must've missed something, but how in the world do you fracture your scapula playing baseball? Did he get hit by a pitch?....or dive awkwardly?

[Metes]

I must've missed something, but how in the world do you fracture your scapula playing baseball? Did he get hit by a pitch?....or dive awkwardly?

They have not gone into detail on how it happened.

[notlaxtothemax12]

Can’t lose a midweek game to Wichita State.

[boomersooner52]

Can’t lose a midweek game to Wichita State.

Troll game must need practice

[yaz67mvp]

I must've missed something, but how in the world do you fracture your scapula playing baseball? Did he get hit by a pitch?....or dive awkwardly?

Clark was hit by a pitch in the Ohio State game in Frisco on 3/5. Tried to play the first game against UNLV a couple of days later but left after one AB, I believe. Just has to let it heal.

[Slytherin]

Can’t lose a midweek game to Wichita State.

So you don't say a single word while we're winning 5 in a row, but the minute we lose to Wichita St. you feel the need to pipe up. You're a POS.

[SoonerPV]

The bats have progressed since the opener...as the O goes, so goes the W' and L's for the time being...pitching is still a work in progress...I'd like to see them attack the strike zone more and let the chips fall...the mental toughness to work through jams will have to come with more innings I suppose.

Hope the Sooners buck the weather forecast and get this game in today...TCU is for sure a yardstick for where the team is and needs to get them where they want to end up.

[Slytherin]

The bats have progressed since the opener...as the O goes, so goes the W' and L's for the time being...pitching is still a work in progress...I'd like to see them attack the strike zone more and let the chips fall...the mental toughness to work through jams will have to come with more innings I suppose.

Hope the Sooners buck the weather forecast and get this game in today...TCU is for sure a yardstick for where the team is and needs to get them where they want to end up.

Are they switching it to today?

[SoonerPV]

Are they switching it to today?

Nope...I just need to remember my calendar is my friend...duh.

[FlatLander]

The bats have progressed since the opener...as the O goes, so goes the W' and L's for the time being...pitching is still a work in progress...I'd like to see them attack the strike zone more and let the chips fall...the mental toughness to work through jams will have to come with more innings I suppose.

Hope the Sooners buck the weather forecast and get this game in today...TCU is for sure a yardstick for where the team is and needs to get them where they want to end up.

Looking forward to getting the conference play going. I feel like Tuesday night was really cold up there and Skip was wanting to see where some the pitchers are at. If I remember I think we used seven or eight arms. It's time to get it going. Win the home series and steal a few on the road and we will be in good shape.

[SoonerPV]

Well...game one against the Toadies was never in doubt...lots of TCU runs scored with two runs...the top of the sixth was the dagger...today's another day...go get this one Sooners.

[Slytherin]

Well...game one against the Toadies was never in doubt...lots of TCU runs scored with two runs...the top of the sixth was the dagger...today's another day...go get this one Sooners.

I watched for a while last night. Davis wasn't horrible...he just didn't have it, and TCU's hitters look like mid-season form against our pen. Every reliever gave up at least a run. I was expecting every pitch to be rocked.

Today is a new day. Hope we find some solid pitching...

[Slytherin]

Douthit works 6+ innings of 1 hit ball, a couple clutch hits - especially the 2-run triple by Spike, and HElls YES, some bullpen for the win! 3-1 in a great ballgame. Toby even gave a shout out to our very own Metes on the berm. Holy shit R, the last time I saw your kids they were literally newborns. Now, they could whip your ass. Even though the sun was shining, I bet it was colder than a witch's titty out there.

Gotta go take the series tomorrow. I feel a lot better after today for sure.

[SoonerPV]

Good to see some Spikerman success...the Sooners need him to heat up...1 hit and 1 walk from the pen to preserve a hell of an outing from BD...I really liked the answer in the 8th...lotso grit...no quit bunch...Boomer!

[SoonerPV]

Hey Metes...I am liking the uptick in ballpark promotions...we're going to bring my 5 year old Grand Girl out for a promo game before seasons end...missed mug night...eyeing one of those WS pennants though.

The future is bright...when my soon to arrive Grand Man hits the field for the Sooners he will be playing in a state of the art ballpark with several CWS championship flags flying above him...thinking big.

[Stormspencer]

Got 4 runs in the bottom of the 7th to take a 7-5 lead.....all hits with 2 out. OU now batting in the 8th. 3 outs away from a really solid start in conference.

[Garbage Poster]

Excellent series win

[Slytherin]

Watched us go down 3-0. Then watched us come back and tie it up, then watched us go down 5-3, then watched us score 4 in the bottom of the 7th all with 2 outs, and then watched our pen, especially Weber come in for the second time in two days - this time against the top of the order, and hammer the door shut. Again.

This bunch has moxie. Pettis was tits. Carmichael went 3-5, and Orduno went 2-3. They never gave up.

Metes had a much better/cushier set up on the berm today than yesterday too. All in all a great way to start conference play. After Friday night I had concerns...not so much now.

[SoonerPV]

That was a big boy game...late inning game winning runs against the wall versus a fine opponent...what 12 D chess was Skip playing by scratching Spike from the starting line up only to bring him in to deliver in the crunch...kudos to the boys on the bump too...entertaining game and conference opening series winner...treated to a TCU coach tossing at the end and little jib and jab talk after the game...this group runs on piss and vinegar...well done Sooners!

[Slytherin]

That was a big boy game...late inning game winning runs against the wall versus a fine opponent...what 12 D chess was Skip playing by scratching Spike from the starting line up only to bring him in to deliver in the crunch...kudos to the boys on the bump too...entertaining game and conference opening series winner...treated to a TCU coach tossing at the end and little jib and jab talk after the game...this group runs on piss and vinegar...well done Sooners!

The Spike deal was...weird? Said he had to go somewhere? Pay a ticket? Birth a baby? Take a poop? All are legit.

[notlaxtothemax12]

Go 3-1 or better this week and probably ranked come Monday. The B12 doesn't get the respect the SEC does for sure in baseball.

[SoonerPV]

The Spike deal was...weird? Said he had to go somewhere? Pay a ticket? Birth a baby? Take a poop? All are legit.

It was strange…maybe Metes has some scoop…I was thinking maybe a stomach ailment or some such with a very short get better time window…what ever the case…he delivered.

[Slytherin]

Dakota Harris named Big-12 Newcomer of the Week after TCU series.

https://soonersports.com/news/2023/3/20/baseball-harris-earns-big-12-newcomer-of-the-week-honor

[Slytherin]

Our yearly nemesis Dallas Baptist is on tap for tonight at 6:30. Gonna be on ESPN+. Galdamn I'd like to beat those guys.

[LakelandSooner]

Our yearly nemesis Dallas Baptist is on tap for tonight at 6:30. Gonna be on ESPN+. Galdamn I'd like to beat those guys.

It feels like we have never beat them. Yeah definitely want that win.

[Slytherin]

Go 3-1 or better this week and probably ranked come Monday. The B12 doesn't get the respect the SEC does for sure in baseball.

Well the odds are much higher that you'll whine....er I mean post in this thread if we go 1-3, right?

[FlatLander]

It feels like we have never beat them. Yeah definitely want that win.

Agreed, I can vaguely remember once and that seems like it may have been in the Galloway era. Hmm... I have also wondered why no one has gotten Heefner from them? He has built a solid program there. He was my front runner of choice, but we ended up with Hughes.

[Metes]

It was strange…maybe Metes has some scoop…I was thinking maybe a stomach ailment or some such with a very short get better time window…what ever the case…he delivered.

He has a sore back and it won't go away. He has been battling with the since before last season.

[Metes]

Watched us go down 3-0. Then watched us come back and tie it up, then watched us go down 5-3, then watched us score 4 in the bottom of the 7th all with 2 outs, and then watched our pen, especially Weber come in for the second time in two days - this time against the top of the order, and hammer the door shut. Again.

This bunch has moxie. Pettis was tits. Carmichael went 3-5, and Orduno went 2-3. They never gave up.

Metes had a much better/cushier set up on the berm today than yesterday too. All in all a great way to start conference play. After Friday night I had concerns...not so much now.

Fucking wind on Saturday took the Carmichael's canopy toward the LNC! lol No way we were gonna set ours up. Sunday really wasn't bad at all. I am ready for short sleeves and shorts tho!

[Slytherin]

He has a sore back and it won't go away. He has been battling with the since before last season.

Probably hurt it running so far out of the first base line in the CWS last year...

[Slytherin]

Fucking wind on Saturday took the Carmichael's canopy toward the LNC! lol No way we were gonna set ours up. Sunday really wasn't bad at all. I am ready for short sleeves and shorts tho!

Wear them every day of the year down here.

[ouboomer1]

midweek games

[FlatLander]

midweek games

I am curious why Skip stuck with our guy in the top of the ninth as he proceeded to walk the bases full, then after the damage is done make a change.

[SoonerPV]

I am curious why Skip stuck with our guy in the top of the ninth as he proceeded to walk the bases full, then after the damage is done make a change.

^^^Fair question...I was thinking before the inning began that any walk would justify a new look from the mound...Skip knows the staff for sure...but I can think of only a couple of guys I wouldn't have a short hook on in a high leverage situation...the staff as a whole still seems to need work on working out of jams.

DBU has the Sooners number...I look forward to that changing.

[Slytherin]

^^^Fair question...I was thinking before the inning began that any walk would justify a new look from the mound...Skip knows the staff for sure...but I can think of only a couple of guys I wouldn't have a short hook on in a high leverage situation...the staff as a whole still seems to need work on working out of jams.

DBU has the Sooners number...I look forward to that changing.

Perplexed the hell out of me too. Watched every pitch of the game. We battled back multiple times and going into the top of the 9th I'm thinking "we got this now." Then Weber starts walking people. Walk, walk, blah blah blah and it was another L to those fuckers. I'm getting to dislike them as much as Texas. Atwood pitched 4 good innings so there was that, but dang it, I'm so tired of those guys having our number.

[FlatLander]

Perplexed the hell out of me too. Watched every pitch of the game. We battled back multiple times and going into the top of the 9th I'm thinking "we got this now." Then Weber starts walking people. Walk, walk, blah blah blah and it was another L to those fuckers. I'm getting to dislike them as much as Texas. Atwood pitched 4 good innings so there was that, but dang it, I'm so tired of those guys having our number.

Right, I thought for sure now that we have the lead going into the ninth, that winning the game was top priority. But it seems like as soonerPV mentions it seems like he was working on something. Go figure.

[Barrister]

The only guy that came in was Webber, and he’s the only one who blew up. Oh well

[Metes]

The only guy that came in was Webber, and he’s the only one who blew up. Oh well

Tell me you didn’t watch the game without telling me you didn’t watched the game. 3 run homer to run our starter out in the 1st inning. CC gave up a Jack on his 2nd pitch. Walks all around. Just a rough night all around. Bats kept us in it but pitching collapsed. Skip has to play a game with his pitch counts during mid week games but I think we could have stuck with Atwood a tad longer and still had him available for this weekend.

[Barrister]

Tell me you didn’t watch the game without telling me you didn’t watched the game. 3 run homer to run our starter out in the 1st inning. CC gave up a Jack on his 2nd pitch. Walks all around. Just a rough night all around. Bats kept us in it but pitching collapsed. Skip has to play a game with his pitch counts during mid week games but I think we could have stuck with Atwood a tad longer and still had him available for this weekend.

listened to it. Should have clarified. The pen, I had less confidence in everyone he brought in than I did Webber. I was waiting for the relievers to collapse, Atwood struggled and gave up the run, but not too bad for him. Once they got to Webber with a lead I exhaled. Unfortunately my over confidence was not rewarded.

[NormanX]

We’re not very good at baseball in a cold rain.

[Slytherin]

We’re not very good at baseball in a cold rain.

I started watching and when the ice pellets and icicles started bouncing off, then sticking to the batting helmets it made me hurt. Had to go grill some steaks and came back and K-state had scored a bunch of runs so I let my FIL switch over to the Iowa girls basketball game.

Is it just me, or has this been a stupid cold spring? I mean it's 70-78 every day here in Navarre, but the girls softball and the boys baseball teams have played most of their games in some pretty raw conditions. I know, it's cold and raw for the other team too...

[SoonerPV]

I started watching and when the ice pellets and icicles started bouncing off, then sticking to the batting helmets it made me hurt. Had to go grill some steaks and came back and K-state had scored a bunch of runs so I let my FIL switch over to the Iowa girls basketball game.

Is it just me, or has this been a stupid cold spring? I mean it's 70-78 every day here in Navarre, but the girls softball and the boys baseball teams have played most of their games in some pretty raw conditions. I know, it's cold and raw for the other team too...

Not too cold on average, but there have been blustery days...back at the old home base in the DFW area it's hit nearly 90 with a few cooler days mixed in and a bit more rain than usual...my SIL has broke out the tractor and cut grass twice...that weather last night was nasty for baseball...no excuses for the loss...but nasty all the same.

Lost game 1 last week...looking for an even up today and a solid pitching effort...zero crooked number innings would be nice.

[SoonerPV]

Bottom of the 4th blew up my no crooked inning dream in a big way...kudos to the boys for making it interesting...one thing about them, they do not quit...so close to having a ball club that can make some postseason noise...the pitching holes have to get plugged...there are nine to play tomorrow to get a win...next.