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Good won. First one is always tough for a new coach.
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After all was said and done, Kravitz’ pitching performance was by far the best news of the day....
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Especially if Moss is going to miss extended time.
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(02-16-2019 10:23 PM)OldOwl Wrote:  Good won. First one is always tough for a new coach.

Yea, no question. I would argue it's the toughest for a team, too. Sunday will hopefully be easier now that we have a win.
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(02-16-2019 10:23 PM)Ricefootballnet Wrote:  After all was said and done, Kravitz’ pitching performance was by far the best news of the day....

Yes. His regaining his composure after loading the bases... huge step forward in maturity.
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Thank you, Rhode Island for returning the favor we gave you last night and gifting us this one in the 13th. We REALLY needed that. Hopefully, this win will allow some of our better batters to relax a bit.

Game Ball #1: Evan Kravetz with a career performance (5.0 IP, 3 hits, 0 runs, 1 BB, 10 Ks), and perhaps even more impressive than his overall dominance was the poise he showed in getting out of a bases loaded, no outs situation in his final inning by striking out the next 3 batters; one after he had fouled off 5 consecutive pitches with a 3-2 count. As many of you know, I have long been a Kravetz fan, and wondered why The OG always gave him a super-quick hook.

Game Ball #2: Kel Bordwine (3.0 IP, 1 infield hit, 0 runs, 1 BB, 2 Ks) and pitching around two errors in back to back innings. Showed good command and an excellent breaking ball.

Game Ball #3: It could have gone to Brad Gneitting (3 hits, double, 2 runs, RBI), but I'm giving it to Antonio Cruz (2 hits, HBP, double, 1 run and 1 RBI) for his enthusiasm and what should have been a game-saving, diving catch in the 9th (as the runner who tagged up a 3B left the bag early, but the umps clearly were not watching.)

We really need to clean up our infield defense. I'll excuse Dom for the next few weeks as he's learning a new position, but not others.

Let's win tomorrow and take the weekend series...and people will forget how ugly it was at times. So far, Canterino, Jefferies, Kravetz, Greenwood and Bordwine have all excelled. Gayle, Wood and Esquivel not so much.
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(02-16-2019 10:26 PM)RiceFootball2K5 Wrote:  Especially if Moss is going to miss extended time.

Thankfully, that's not what we're hearing.
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(02-16-2019 11:21 PM)waltgreenberg Wrote:  Game Ball #1: Evan Kravetz with a career performance (5.0 IP, 3 hits, 0 runs, 1 BB, 10 Ks), and perhaps even more impressive than his overall dominance was the poise he showed in getting out of a bases loaded, no outs situation in his final inning by striking out the next 3 batters; one after he had fouled off 5 consecutive pitches with a 3-2 count. As many of you know, I have long been a Kravetz fan, and wondered why The OG always gave him a super-quick hook.

Evan's development from last year is just short of amazing. He's physically impressive - excellent shape, obviously been lifting, lost weight. Reminds me a bit of Jeff Neimann's transformation from an out of shape, tentative freshman to a top flight starter. Throws 93. Looks in command on the mound. Two years ago he struggled to throw 85 and rarely threw anything but his 70 mph junk.

I agree with Wayne's handling of Evan. He was basically a one trick pony whose novelty wore off the second time through the order. And he had control issues.

Evan was a project that appears to be very successful. I'm sure the coaching staff gets credit for developing technique and pitches, but the lion's share goes to Evan for his physical development. As a 6'8" lefty who can throw 93, he'll get drafted.
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(02-17-2019 07:27 AM)Old Sammy Wrote:  
(02-16-2019 11:21 PM)waltgreenberg Wrote:  Game Ball #1: Evan Kravetz with a career performance (5.0 IP, 3 hits, 0 runs, 1 BB, 10 Ks), and perhaps even more impressive than his overall dominance was the poise he showed in getting out of a bases loaded, no outs situation in his final inning by striking out the next 3 batters; one after he had fouled off 5 consecutive pitches with a 3-2 count. As many of you know, I have long been a Kravetz fan, and wondered why The OG always gave him a super-quick hook.

Evan's development from last year is just short of amazing. He's physically impressive - excellent shape, obviously been lifting, lost weight. Reminds me a bit of Jeff Neimann's transformation from an out of shape, tentative freshman to a top flight starter. Throws 93. Looks in command on the mound. Two years ago he struggled to throw 85 and rarely threw anything but his 70 mph junk.

I agree with Wayne's handling of Evan. He was basically a one trick pony whose novelty wore off the second time through the order. And he had control issues.

Evan was a project that appears to be very successful. I'm sure the coaching staff gets credit for developing technique and pitches, but the lion's share goes to Evan for his physical development. As a 6'8" lefty who can throw 93, he'll get drafted.

Yes, his physical development has been impressive, but I think his mental transformation has been even a greater factor in his new-found success (assuming it lasts). Yes, he had serious control issues in the past, but the biggest issue, IMO, was that whenever he faced adversity-- after walking or hitting a batter, or making a fielding error-- he'd totally lose it. From what I've heard, he has developed a very special relationship with Corey Barton. Whatever the factors are, it's always great to see a guy who's struggled in the past or had career injury issues (e.g., Andrew Benak) put it together his Senior year....especially a kid who loves Rice as much as Evan, and one who will be graduating on time with his class.
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What was Gayle throwing in terms of velocity?
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(02-17-2019 08:37 AM)Fort Bend Owl Wrote:  What was Gayle throwing in terms of velocity?

95-96 per the scoreboard gun
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(02-17-2019 08:59 AM)Tomball Owl Wrote:  
(02-17-2019 08:37 AM)Fort Bend Owl Wrote:  What was Gayle throwing in terms of velocity?

95-96 per the scoreboard gun

That was his high, but he was mostly pumping it in the 93 - 94 range. The problem with Garrett's fastball is that it's flat, with absolutely no movement. He also appears to be tipping his curveball as the Rhode Island batters didn't even look to swing when he offered it.

Interestingly, though Canterino's FB was mostly clocked in the 93 - 95 range, he did throw one at 97 on Friday.
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(02-16-2019 11:21 PM)waltgreenberg Wrote:  Game Ball #3: It could have gone to Brad Gneitting (3 hits, double, 2 runs, RBI), but I'm giving it to Antonio Cruz (2 hits, HBP, double, 1 run and 1 RBI) for his enthusiasm and what should have been a game-saving, diving catch in the 9th (as the runner who tagged up a 3B left the bag early, but the umps clearly were not watching.)

It would have be a travesty had we not pulled it out in the 13th. I was standing the concourse behind home plate when the play went down. The field umpires clearly were concentrating on whether or not the catch was made in the outfield. Third base was right in our line of sight, so we could see both the action at third and the in the outfield. It wasn't even close. The URI guy on third appeared to take off well before Antonio made the play as it look to him like a live ball (as it did to us, for a milisecond). A couple of us starting screaming "throw to third, THROW TO THIRD" as our guys seemed not readily to pick up on the possibility of a challenge. After a delay of maybe 10 or 15 seconds, the throw was made. If we'd made the throw to third emphatically, immediately, and everyone on the field and in our dugout animatedly had made the case that the guy was out (instead of just a couple of old geezers on the concourse) would it have affected the umps' call sublimiinally? Probably not, but where was the home plate umpire on this call? So I suppose it's the third base/left field ump who's normally responsible for making the tag-up call, but the entire play should've been within the home plate umps' line of sight, and he should have made the call: that the guy on third was out, and the game was over.
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(02-17-2019 09:03 AM)waltgreenberg Wrote:  
(02-17-2019 08:59 AM)Tomball Owl Wrote:  
(02-17-2019 08:37 AM)Fort Bend Owl Wrote:  What was Gayle throwing in terms of velocity?

95-96 per the scoreboard gun

That was his high, but he was mostly pumping it in the 93 - 94 range. The problem with Garrett's fastball is that it's flat, with absolutely no movement. He also appears to be tipping his curveball as the Rhode Island batters didn't even look to swing when he offered it.

Interestingly, though Canterino's FB was mostly clocked in the 93 - 95 range, he did throw one at 97 on Friday.

You’ve gotta be kidding me. Don’t you claim Gayle’s fastball is flat when you haven’t stood in to hit against him. I don’t care how thick your glasses are you can’t make that claim from the stands. If you could, you would notice that he gets a ridiculous amount of rotation on his fastball which causes it to jump on hitters. Try not to recycle terms to describe pitchers when you don’t know what you are talking about. I don’t even want to get started on your tipping pitches thesis..
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(02-16-2019 06:03 PM)Fort Bend Owl Wrote:  So I'm trying to figure out if Rice has ever had brothers in the same starting lineup in baseball before. We may have years and years ago. Some of the more prominent brothers in recent years didn't play at the same time - Jose Cruz Jr. and Enrique Cruz, Chris and Chad Feris. And then the Teykl brothers would have played together some (one hitter, one pitcher). Same with the Skaggs - except they were both pitchers. The Baker brothers (Jacob and Josh) also were a couple of years apart (and also were both pitchers).

Just read this thread. Minor correction, but Drew Skaggs was not a pitcher at Rice. Also, while Jon Skaggs was known as a pitcher, he dabbled at 3rd base as well and played some 3rd base in summer ball. He typically worked out with the hitters in the weight room, took batting practice (cages and on-field), etc.
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