After last season's regional exit, Augie Garrido said,
"It needs to be fixed. I know how to fix it."
And he did. Texas is going back to the College World Series for the first time since winning the title in 2005. Seems so long ago, which is how it's supposed to feel at a school like Texas. We have certain, uh, expectations.
Freshman Taylor Jungmann said in today's Austin American Statesman, "I don't get nervous."
Pitching, defense and the three runs off homers. That strategy worked perfectly for TCU yesterday, and they've now forced a winner take all game three tonight.
Whenever you make a mistake to one of TCU's 2-3-4 hitters, they hit a home run. It's really that simple. They've combined for 10 of TCU's fourteen hits in the series, and they've hit all five of their home runs and driven in all seven of their runs. The rest
So CloseToJumping texts me during the 4th inning of the game. He’s in New York about to watch Rent for the umpteenth time, and he’s listening to the radio broadcast. While Craig Way has lost himself in mascot minutiae, Bill Little is calling out Augie Garrido’s small ball ‘critics.’ He went uncharacteristically silent after TCU tied it up on their third home run, but is there any question what his next column will be about?