Fielding

As of the morning of THE IDES OF MARCH, 2023, we're the 3rd best fielding team in the Big 12.

Big 12 team fielding %:

Kansas..........0.988
Okla St..........0.986
Texas............0.972
WV.................0.968
Baylor............0.967
TCU................0.964
Kansas St......0.964
OU.................0.962
Tech..............0.951


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Better than Caeser's fielding % on the Ides of March.

 

Cassius, Octavious, and Germanicus worked him over with a lead off single, another single, and a walk. Then Brutus drove a dagger into Caesar's heart with a grand slam.

 

Well, to be accurate, it was Grubbs' arm that betrayed him.

 

Right--he way overthrew 3rd base and shot himself hard in the foot by doing so.

 

3/22/2023

We're the 3rd best fielding team in the Big 12.

And Tech is the worst.

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Great great leaping catch by Powell of a hard hit line drive by Tech in Game 1.

 

The sun has really been impacting the outfielders on both teams in the Tech series.

The sun shines brighter in Austin.

 

The sun was a huge factor today (Sunday).

We need top end sunglasses as part of our uniforms.

 

Sun is only an issue in early season. By May or June, it’s not as important.

 

But what if there's solar flares?

 

Hard-nosed blocking tag at the plate by Guillemette in game 2 vs. Tech. Yeah! A football-looking move by Guillemette to prevent the run. I think it may have even injured the Tech player.

Dudes with French surnames tend to be pretty tough.

 

Depends if they are the rugby or Legionaries type.

 

Or the guys you might encounter on a bar crawl through Ville Platte or most places in La Fourche Parish.

 

Powell is my player of the year so far, offensively and defensively he is a lights out cold blooded killer on the baseball Diamond. Just imagine if we had been able to keep Kash at 1st?!? This team would have been unbelievable on defense and offense.

I like JT but I’m getting a little frustrated at the inability to find the bag

 

Fix the jock straps first, then fielding will follow.

 

Out OF has really been showing some great range and good gloves lately. We’ve robbed plenty of hitters of doubles in recent games.

 

Powell just bumped up his stock by many points with his glove work against Baylor. He was making highlight reel plays yesterday.

 

The outfielders continue to impress in the field (and at the plate). Their ranges are exceptional--especially Dylan Campbell.

 

Powell, the entire outfield, Guillemette.

 

We're now tied for 1st in fielding in the Big 12 (with Okla St.) at 0.979.




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Bo Jackson was impressed enough with Dylan Campbell's cannon arm to post this:

 

Well, Bo knows defense ...
Bo Jackson amazing throw

 

I still don't know why Campbell isn't rated higher as a prospect.

Arm? Only better hose from our program was Quin Lloyd. Used to put on a show in pregame practices

 

I once did that too in pregame for softball. Put on a show.

But I’m never heard of Lloyd. Musta been from the days when they used corn cobs as a baseball.

 

Who knows. Maybe some old-school scouts still go on the "eyeball" test and think he's too short? (he's not particularly short, he's 5'11")

 

Willie mays was 5-10

 

Whatever it is, I just hope it is not because of the misplayed fly in the last Stanford game.

 

Never saw Quinn (early 80s?) but Scott Bryant (late 80s) had a rocket arm. Not sure it was always accurate, though.