Baseball thread 2016

[San Juan Sun]

You were right. Starts high and drops straight down. Same arm velocity as a fast ball but held and delivered differently. Best curve to throw is 12-6. It's brutal to hit.

My son's team (12u) has a bunch of kids that throw a knuckle curve, getting 12-6 action with fastball arm speed/arm slot. It's not real consistent yet, but some of them are filthy.

[SCcoug]

Kyle Dean just hit his 3rd HR of the day to put BYU up 11-5 over Kansas.

[Topper]

BYU holds on to win 11-10.

http://sidearmstats.com/kansas/baseball/

Kansas won one and lost one to Utah, and lost two to 5th ranked Oregon State. BYU was winning easily but gave up 5 in the ninth.

[Topper]

BYU defeated Kansas 8-2 in Lawrence without hitting any homeruns.

http://byucougars.com/node/111949/#ui-tabs-1

[Joe Public]

They've won 9 of their first 10. What a start.

[Surfah]

BYU still rolling. Rucker goes for 8 innings with 10 Ks yesterday. He moves to 3-0 with a 2.59 ERA. Doubleheader today with Buffo on the bump first against and then Hayden in the nightcap. It would be a great day to be at the park. Wish I was still in Provo.

Niagra isn't any good and BYU should roll through them. Utah up next week. BYU has owned them and I expect that to continue. Then league play opens against Pacific.

This team is so much fun to watch. They are sloppy at times in the field but I expect that to be cleaned up as they get more experience. Their pitching is picking up the same kind of confidence that their bats have. The best part is this team should be good for a few years. Only 2 seniors on this team and they're adding some legit recruits.

[Surfah]

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I think this is rad.

[San Juan Sun]

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I think this is rad.

[Topper]

They won the first game 14-10, after falling behind 8-0 but scored 9 in the fourth and never looked back. Niagara is not any good but it is still fun to watch them do well.

[myboynoah]

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[falafel]

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Damn Houston and that awesome 8-6 record.

[Topper]

Who is going to the BYU - Utah game? BYU has a glossy record at 15-1 and Utah has struggled early but played a more difficult schedule, or so it would seem.

[RC Vikings]

So what was Law doing during his twelve years down there? Littlewood comes in and seems to have turned it around rather quickly. I know we had two kids from Rexburg that made it to the major leagues and they never got an offer from BYU to play. I think baseball and golf have been the two biggest under preforming programs in Provo these last 15 years.

[BlueK]

So what was Law doing during his twelve years down there? Littlewood comes in and seems to have turned it around rather quickly. I know we had two kids from Rexburg that made it to the major leagues and they never got an offer from BYU to play. I think baseball and golf have been the two biggest under preforming programs in Provo these last 15 years.

BYU should have been better all those Law years. It always seemed odd to me that in other sports the BYU admin has always been much quicker to fire a coach than they were with baseball. I don't want to see coaches get fired, but the results were ridiculously bad all those years. I can only speculate the perhaps the administration was allowing Law to have a lower standard because they knew they had no interest in putting more resources and support into the program. Fortunately the current administration seems more interested in having a good baseball team, and that's why they made the switch. Good job Coach Littlewood. Let's finally get back to the NCAA tournament.

[Topper]

BYU should have been better all those Law years. It always seemed odd to me that in other sports the BYU admin has always been much quicker to fire a coach than they were with baseball. I don't want to see coaches get fired, but the results were ridiculously bad all those years. I can only speculate the perhaps the administration was allowing Law to have a lower standard because they knew they had no interest in putting more resources and support into the program. Fortunately the current administration seems more interested in having a good baseball team, and that's why they made the switch. Good job Coach Littlewood. Let's finally get back to the NCAA tournament.

Wally can cheer again. Cougars down the Utes 6-0.