Good Bull Hunting - Texas A&M Baseball 2016 NCAA TournamentBeating the hell outta the blogospherehttps://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/50575/gbh-fav.png2016-06-12T17:45:03-05:00http://www.goodbullhunting.com/rss/stream/116161192016-06-12T17:45:03-05:002016-06-12T17:45:03-05:00Ags vs. Frogs Game 3: TV info
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<p>Winner goes to Omaha. No big deal.</p> <p id="pivlzD">That’s more like it. The Ags cruised to a <a href="http://www.12thman.com/news/2016/6/12/baseball-aggies-one-win-from-omaha-after-topping-tcu-7-1.aspx?path=baseball">7-1 win last night thanks to a quick start</a> to force the rubber game in the best-of-three Super Regional. The winner of tonight’s game is headed to Omaha.</p>
<h1 id="abS4YK">Texas A&M vs. TCU</h1>
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<li>ESPN2/<a href="http://espn.go.com/watchespn/index/_/id/2801386/tcu-vs-texas-am-site-4--game-3-if-necessary">Watch ESPN</a> (Tom Hart, Kyle Peterson, Laura Rutledge)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.cstv.com/gametracker/launch/gt_mbasebl.html?event=1499482&school=cs&sport=mbasebl">Follow live stats</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.12thman.com/watch/?Live=528">Live audio</a></li>
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<h1>Pitching</h1>
<p>Nothing official yet, but the TCU site <a href="http://www.frogsowar.com/2016/6/11/11911114/frogs-lose-7-1-as-aggies-even-super-regional-series-baseball-texas-a-m-tcu-ncaa" target="_blank">Frogs O' War says they'll roll with Brian Howard</a> (8-2), while Rob Childress is leaning towards Turner Larkins (3-0).</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Rob Childress said he'll lean toward starting Turner Larkins in decisive Game 3, but "will sleep on it" as well.</p>
— Brent Zwerneman (@BrentZwerneman) <a href="https://twitter.com/BrentZwerneman/status/741855549071888385">June 12, 2016</a>
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https://www.goodbullhunting.com/2016/6/12/11911656/texas-a-m-baseball-vs-tcu-game-3-matchups-tv-infoRush Roberts2016-06-11T18:30:03-05:002016-06-11T18:30:03-05:00Ags-Frogs TV time and information
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<p>Tune in and get your bubbles ready</p> <p id="cQVqJb">Howdy and ugggghhh. Rough night for Coach Childress and crew as they dropped the Super Regional opener to the Horned Frogs 8-2. Enough of the past. This team has bounced back before and they’ve only got to win two more games to stamp their ticket. It’s called Olsen Magic for a reason.</p>
<p id="DtbMqI">Here’s how to follow:</p>
<h1 id="RDGmby">Texas A&M vs. TCU Super Regional Game 2</h1>
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<li>Channel: ESPN/<a href="http://espn.go.com/watchespn/">Watch ESPN</a> </li>
<li><a href="http://www.12thman.com/watch/?Live=527">Listen live here</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.cstv.com/gametracker/launch/gt_mbasebl.html?event=1499479&school=cs&sport=mbasebl">Live stats link</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.sbnation.com/mlb/2016/6/10/11885858/2016-ncaa-baseball-tournament-schedule-bracket-format-results">Full College Baseball Schedule</a></li>
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<p id="bYxx1X">Tune in and get your bubbles ready. Gig ‘Em.</p>
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https://www.goodbullhunting.com/2016/6/11/11909976/texas-a-m-baseball-vs-tcu-game-2-tv-radio-infoRush Roberts2016-06-10T08:22:43-05:002016-06-10T08:22:43-05:00BOOMER BOWL 2016: Super Regional Preview
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<p>Hey, have you heard? The Aggies are playing TCU this weekend in the Super Regional</p> <h1 id="2xNmQm">Texas A&M (48-14, 20-10 SEC) vs. TCU (45-15, 15-9 Big 12)</h1>
<h3 id="UlDHTp">All games at 8:00 pm</h3>
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<p id="lXRSyx">This weekend is quite possibly the biggest three game series of this century, as the Ags welcome the TCU Horned Frogs to town for the first College Station Super Regional since 1999. We all remember how last year’s series between these two teams went, and you can bet that neither team has forgotten either.</p>
<p id="WfGesn">WEWANTBOOMER.JPEG has been the biggest story of the week so far, but in reality the biggest key to winning this series and advancing to the Holy Grail of college baseball isn't how many hits Boomer racks up (although, Boomer if you want to bat 1.000 this weekend with like 12 RBIs, we won't complain). The most crucial part to an Aggie victory this weekend is to get good, consistent starting pitching.</p>
<p id="g6Qucf">Whether or not he takes the ball in game one, Brigham Hill's start might be the most important start for any pitcher on the A&M staff so far this season. Brigham was the guy who stepped in and grabbed hold of the Friday night duties and never let them go when A&M’s starting pitching concerns were at their highest. This weekend, it’s important that he maintains that level of competitiveness.</p>
<p id="KkybyP">The offense will of course have to face yet another very good TCU pitching staff, but the truly elite offenses find ways to beat good pitching. The A&M offense has done that many, many times already this year.</p>
<p id="mAVOKC">The full starting rotations haven’t been officially announced yet, but we do know that <a href="http://www.frogsowar.com/2016/6/9/11896138/tcu-baseball-rolling-with-jared-janczak-in-game-1">TCU is going with redshirt-freshman Jared Janczak in game one.</a> On the year, Janczak has an ERA of 2.41 and a 6-3 record. He’s also struck out 65 batters in his 67.1 innings. He most recently pitched in TCU’s 4-3 win over Gonzaga last Saturday. In that game, Janczak lasted 5.2 innings, giving up three runs (all earned) on five hits and a walk, while striking out seven. He’s a talented pitcher, and even though this is only his sixth start of the year, the Aggie hitters should have their work cut out for them.</p>
<h1 id="QS0bd0">How to Watch/Listen</h1>
<p id="QcRGeV"><strong>TV:</strong> Tom Hart, Kyle Peterson and Laura Rutledge will have the call on the SEC Network for all three games this weekend.</p>
<p id="5E2uHK"><strong>Radio:</strong> As always, Dave South will have the call on 1150 AM/102.7 FM</p>
<p id="cO7FFE"><strong>Other Audio:</strong> <a href="http://radioaggieland.com/">radioaggieland.com</a></p>
https://www.goodbullhunting.com/mattnesloney/2016/6/10/11899864/2016-college-station-super-regional-preview-texas-a-m-vs-tcu-ncaa-baseballMatt Nesloney2016-06-09T14:27:57-05:002016-06-09T14:27:57-05:00Q&A: A Super Weekend with Frogs O' War
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<p>In which we find out the true culprit behind the WOOs</p> <p id="THouzq">It's been just over a year since the Ags fell to TCU in game three of the 2015 Fort Worth Super Regional, and nightmares of that weekend are beginning to creep out of the deep, dark holes everyone repressed them into. This weekend A&M finally gets that rematch they've wanted for the last 12 months, and the stakes are just as high. This time, however, we get to enjoy it at Olsen.</p>
<p id="Q3RXkI">The Ags have been on fire for the better part of two weeks. The offense has scored an astonishing 80 runs in their most recent eight games, which have all come in the postseason (five in the SEC Tournament, three in the Regional). I'd have to check the arithmetic to confirm, but that seems pretty good. The pitching staff allowed six total runs during their sweep of the Regional last weekend, with one of those games coming against the top offensive team in the B1G and a Wake Forest team that featured one of the favorites for the Golden Spikes Award.</p>
<p id="vQHtz8">I had the distinct pleasure of sitting down this week with my expert counterpart over at the excellent SBNation TCU blog, <em>Frogs O' War,</em> <a href="https://twitter.com/marshmau5">Marshall Weber</a>. As a fellow <em>Game of Thrones</em> enthusiast, I must ask ye of #AggieTwitter not to hold any of what you see from this point forward against Mr. Weber. He's got Bran-level warging abilities, and he's not afraid to use them.</p>
<p id="KerQiB"><strong>Outside of the whole WEWANTBOOMER.JPEG, what is the general excitement level around Fort Worth for this weekend? For a program like TCU that has had its fair share of CWS appearances in recent years, has it become sort of old hat at this point to make it to the Supers?</strong></p>
<p id="uFEg4o">I think to go to a third straight CWS, with this young of a team, would pretty much set the ceiling at National Championship within three years. Getting through College Station is undoubtedly a tough place to go through, but if you can get through there, that gives you a lot of momentum going into Nebraska.</p>
<p id="89wuXk">And yeah, I think it's Supers or bust for TCU now.</p>
<p id="NP9uGP"><strong>Wunderkind Luken Baker has had himself quite the year. Many Aggies might be a bit surprised to learn that he's the son of an Aggie (smh Childress can't even recruit Aggie legacies rabble rabble #FireChildress). What has he meant to this team so far this season?</strong></p>
<p id="f2CG86">It's basically like if Kobe Bryant had to play at Villanova for three years. He'll probably end up being an offensive player in the pros, but to get a kid with that kind of talent until he's (at least) 21, is pretty special. It says a lot about Jim Schlossnagle, and the program as a whole--including the fans, culture, etc.</p>
<p id="AlE27L"><strong>Aggie Traditions™ are a pretty big deal around Aggieland, but we have our own special sect of craziness at Olsen. Outside of the WOOs (we'll get to that in a second), what is your favorite TCU Baseball tradition? </strong></p>
<p id="uD8QZl">I really liked the Tuesday games when I was in college. Especially in March when it's in the 60s at night. The Chicken-E sweet tea and TCU baseball is a nice combo.</p>
<p id="ltVFbz"><strong>Okay so about the WOOing.. </strong></p>
<p id="RCvzim"><strong>a) How did it start?</strong></p>
<p id="8SsupO">That's kind of a funny question. Because I feel like Bran Stark in that I did something with good intentions and it had catastrophic results.</p>
<p id="rMbAMr">But yeah, it was more or less me and my buddy Jonathan [Last Name Redacted]</p>
<p id="XwZksm">We'd both seen the movie <em>Neighbors </em>the week before, and there's that scene where they "hootie hoo" when they see cops like in the Outkast song "Slump."</p>
<p id="o5yRCc">So during that marathon 22-inning game against Sam Houston in 2014, a day when we'd been out in the sun all day--and we were both extremely delirious-- so in maybe about the 18th inning, not really sure anymore, we saw a cop and both started yelling "hootie hoo". A hero, who I still have no idea who they are, echoed it back. And we did it the rest of the game.</p>
<p id="cmPmd6">More and more people joined in throughout the game, and somehow it went on to the next day. That's the key with something like that, Day 2 is more important than Day 1. I still can't believe people are still doing it honestly.</p>
<p id="pdxHPB">If you know me or my friend Jonathan, TCU sporting events make us a little boisterous, so any chance we get to try and stir something non-violent up is a good time. So to have people still doing this means a lot, but it also hurts my soul a bit too because I go back-and-forth between finding it really annoying and really funny.</p>
<p id="LBzbVj"><strong>TLDR; </strong>It was me, my friend Jonathan, and a third, mysterious hero.</p>
<p id="rfGKir"><strong>b) Does it travel well?</strong></p>
<p id="XSvtaa">For this weekend, I'm leaning towards the former.</p>
<p id="VFRqHt"><strong>We've all heard the public story of Boomer's transfer, and obviously he's become beloved in Aggieland. What was the general feeling around Fort Worth once the news broke?</strong></p>
<p id="N70pYv">I think everyone's more or less happy for him. He's a grownup, he made a grownup decision. As humans, I think we understand. But as fans, we should, can, and do get to have fun with it. As long as you're not really attacking the guy on a personal level, I think it's fine.</p>
<p id="LgLS3v">He's obviously a tremendous player, and I think 95% of Frog fans have a lot of respect for him. Including myself. But yeah, we definitely get to have fun with it this week.</p>
<p id="n94qhn"><strong>Have you ever been down to College Station for a game? If so, what did you think about Olsen? If not, do you know anyone that has? What were their thoughts?</strong></p>
<p id="Cq3gEP">I really liked it, honestly. I went down for the 2012 Regionals. Beating Ole Miss in College Station to go to a Super Regional in LA was both really fun and really weird.</p>
<p id="CyEnoW">I like CStat. Individually I find Aggies to be really nice, down to earth people. I respect the pride down there for sure.</p>
<p id="iSmj8f"><strong>What is the main key for the Frogs this weekend if they want to move on to the CWS?</strong></p>
<p id="pKoQHk">I think they need a big weekend from the bullpen. In a three games series, you get a little more flexibility with your starters than you would in a Regional; but if the bullpen doesn't step up, we have very little chance honestly.</p>
<p id="quzMcV">But if it does, as Samuel L. Jackson would say, <em>hold on to your butts </em></p>
<p id="Abb1n8"><strong>Any predictions?</strong></p>
<p id="SZxfjw">I only do baseball and football Q&As, and only since 2014--so my record is alright enough to say I'm going to pick the Frogs in a <em>very very </em>close three game series--Which really messes up my <em>Game of Thrones </em>viewing.</p>
<p id="3hFJTA"><em>Thanks again to Marshall and the gang over at </em><a href="https://twitter.com/FrogsOWar">Frogs O' War</a><em>. Head on over to the twotters and give my boy Marshall </em>(<a href="https://twitter.com/marshmau5">@marshmau5</a>) <em>a follow if you don't already. We can all nerd out about Thrones together.</em></p>
https://www.goodbullhunting.com/mattnesloney/2016/6/9/11895214/q-a-a-super-weekend-with-frogs-o-war-texas-a-m-baseball-t-c-u-ncaaMatt NesloneyMarshall Weber2016-06-05T11:13:53-05:002016-06-05T11:13:53-05:00Some Numbers from A&M Baseball's 22-2 win
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<p>That's a lot of runs</p> <p>GOOD MORNING. If you didn't stay up late to watch the entire thing last night, <a href="http://www.secsports.com/boxscore/baseball/361561097">the Aggies bombarded Wake Forest following a rain delay.</a> They'll face Minnesota tonight in the Regional final. Here are some of the high points from last night:</p>
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<li>24 Aggie hits</li>
<li>8 Wake Forest pitchers used</li>
<li>3 innings with 5 or more Aggie runs scored</li>
<li>10 different Aggies crossed home plate</li>
<li>6 RBIs by Jonathan Moroney, 4 by Boomer White</li>
<li>10 strikeouts in 6 innings by starting A&M pitcher Brigham Hill</li>
<li>time: 4 hours, 16 minutes</li>
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<p>Watch some ESPN highlights below and get ready to BTHO the Golden Gophers.</p>
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https://www.goodbullhunting.com/2016/6/5/11861426/numbers-texas-a-m-baseball-defeats-wake-forest-22-2Rush Roberts2016-06-03T10:07:24-05:002016-06-03T10:07:24-05:002016 NCAA Baseball Tournament: College Station Regional
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<p>A look into the four participants of this lovely regional</p> <p>Well, despite feeling a bit disrespected by the NCAA Selection Committee with their No. 4 overall seed in the NCAA Tournament despite finishing the season ranked No. 1 in most polls and winning the SEC Baseball Tournament, the fact still remains that the Ags have the opportunity to host all the way to the CWS.</p>
<p>Of the four teams in the College Station regional, A&M is a very clear favorite. The guys over at D1Baseball.com recently held a Roundtable and analyzed the field of 64 and the overall toughness of the 16 regionals. In that, most of the writers felt that the College Station regional was the softest for the No. 1 seed due to the fact that many of them feel that the No. 2 seed, Minnesota, didn’t deserve a seed that high.</p>
<p>Here’s a bit about whom you need to watch out for this weekend:</p>
<h1>No. 1 Texas A&M Aggies, SEC (45-14)</h1>
<p>-OF Nick Banks – For most of the year, Banks underperformed his sky-high expectations and was routinely moved down to the bottom half of the batting order. But once the team traveled to Hoover for the SEC Tournament, it finally clicked for the junior right fielder, and he ended up taking home the Tournament’s MVP honors. He’s hot at just the right time</p>
<h1>No. 2 Minnesota, B1G (34-20)</h1>
<p>-P/OF Matt Fiedler – The Gophers’ two-way star was recently named the Big Ten Player of the Year for 2016. His .375 average, seven home runs and 36 RBIs lead the way for a very potent offense.</p>
<h1>No. 3 Wake Forest, ACC (34-25)</h1>
<p>-P/INF Will Craig – Another two-way star, Craig was recently named a semifinalist for the Golden Spikes Award, which is given to college baseball’s most outstanding player. His .392 average, 16 home runs and 65 RBIs easily lead the team, and he will arguably be one of the best, if not <em>the</em> best hitter in this entire regional.</p>
<h1>No. 4 Binghamton, America East (30-23)</h1>
<p>-2B Reed Gamache – Gamache is the best hitter in a very consistent offense. On the year, he has tallied 46 RBIs and seven home runs, while hitting for a very impressive .367 batting average.</p>
<h1>How to Watch</h1>
<p>Game 1: Wake Forest vs. Minnesota, 3:00 pm, ESPN3</p>
<p>Game 2: Binghamton vs. Texas A&M, 8:00 pm, SEC Network</p>
https://www.goodbullhunting.com/2016/6/3/11850750/2016-ncaa-baseball-tournament-college-station-regionalMatt Nesloney2016-05-30T11:39:28-05:002016-05-30T11:39:28-05:00Texas A&M Baseball #4 seed in NCAA Tournament
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<p>The <a href="http://www.ncaa.com/news/baseball/article/2016-05-30/ncaa-division-i-baseball-committee-announces-field-64-teams">complete field of 64 teams</a> was announced this morning, with College Station hosting a regional as Texas A&M snagged the #4 national seed (the highest in school history). Four of the top eight seeds are SEC teams.</p>
<p>#1. Florida Gators</p>
<p>#2. Louisville Cardinals</p>
<p>#3. Miami Hurricanes</p>
<p>#4. Texas A&M Aggies</p>
<p>#5. Texas Tech Red Raiders</p>
<p>#6. Mississippi State Bulldogs</p>
<p>#7. Clemson Tigers</p>
<p>#8. LSU Tigers</p>
<p>The Aggies start tourney play Friday night against Binghampton. Stay tuned for a preview later this week.</p>
https://www.goodbullhunting.com/2016/5/30/11812244/texas-a-m-baseball-4-seed-in-ncaa-tournamentRush Roberts