2024 Season Thread

[EastCoastCat]

Haha, wanted no part of the ‘Cats.

[UAEebs86]

Haha, wanted no part of the ‘Cats.

He also wanted no part of having to throw 60 feet 6 inches overhand wearing a mansierre.

[wyo-cat]

Cats are finally off of 5 losses.

Lots to the Mutts by a run in Stinktown.

[AZCatGirl]

How does GCU always look like a major league team every time we play them?!

[EastCoastCat]

Candiotti with a complete game shutout. Cats take the first 2 games against Furd.

[wyo-cat]

Cool.

[AZCatGirl]

Gonna come down to the wire to see who can win the final Pac 12 regular season title.

[AZCatGirl]

Another great comeback by the Cats!

[AZCatGirl]

Love this attitude! BTFD!

[TheCatInTheHat]

Despite the pre-game yapping and in-state rivalry stuff, we're in the hunt for the final Pac-12 Baseball title, up 2 games and playing the other top contenders in the final two series of the season.



Our final one-off non-conference game is against somebody we always want to beat, and it would even our season record with them. But, it doesn't affect the conference race. So, while we want to keep our momentum going, I just hope we don't mess up our pitching for the upcoming series at Utah. They can do whatever they want; at this point, I'm not sure if getting a win over a ranked team does anything for them or not. But, it's their only game against us in Phoenix this year, and taking 2 from us at Hi Corbett has been the highlight of their season to date.

Their legion of lefties hits the ball pretty well, and they can certainly score runs. In any event, regardless of the outcome tonight, the bigger deal starts at 10 am (WTF?) Friday in Salt Lake. Here's ASU's roster and stats:

[azcat49]

No doubt you can’t go all in with a bull pen game with the lead in the conference on the line. Give 6 guys the 9 innings and if you are getting rocked after 5, throw the very bottom of the pen like they did against GCU

[AZCatGirl]

So they're interviewing some ASU player and asking him why he chose ASU. He said growing up they were the premiering baseball program in the west.

One second later TJ Adams homers.

Edit: A few minutes later Mason White hits a two run bomb. This might be the best ASU interview ever. We hit a homer as long as he keeps talking.

[Irish27]

[TheCatInTheHat]

That was a perfect outcome. Got the lead, got the game over early, and scattered innings over 9 pitchers. Now, back to conference play.

[TheCatInTheHat]

Not sure what to make of these guys; seems like they came out of nowhere. Players seem to mostly be from Utah and the surrounding region.
Looks like they've got a couple of good LHPs and some decent bats. Unimpressive non-conference schedule. Then, in league play, they went 1-2 with #3 Oregon State and at #4 Oregon, and they went 2-1 at both #6 Cal and #7 ASU. They were very happy to sweep last-place UCLA for the first time in school history. It seems very do-able, but you never know with umps on the road. Weather shouldn't be a factor, just cool and clear. Against UCLA, they averaged a little under 2K in attendance. A Pac-12 Baseball flag would be nice on our way out the door, but regardless of whether that happens, our mentality should be that we're in playoff mode from here on out.

[TheCatInTheHat]

Ugh. Morning baseball with snow on the mountains. In May. Bryson Van Sickle (complete game) outduels Jackson Kent (6.0 IP) 6-1. More 10 am nonsense tomorrow.