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Post by irimi on May 27, 2023 13:35:29 GMT -8
Speaking of guys we played against...Whatever happened to that guy that dropped the foul pop up in Game 2? Is he selling used cars in Arkansas now? Retired in 2019 the next summer....Carson Shaddy. He had elbow injury during the whole CWS and never recovered from it and retired That’s it! Announcers loved him until that moment |
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Post by wilkyisdashiznit on May 27, 2023 13:57:28 GMT -8
Retired in 2019 the next summer....Carson Shaddy. He had elbow injury during the whole CWS and never recovered from it and retired That’s it! Announcers loved him until that moment That dude's story. His dad, Chris, played shortstop for the Razorbacks back in the early 80s and the second baseman was Coach Dave Van Horn. Carson grew up in Fayetteville, graduated from Fayetteville High, and was the Gatorade Arkansas POY his senior year as a catcher. He grew up in Fayetteville, so he watched Arkansas all of the time. His dad was great friends with Coach Dave Van Horn. Hometown kid. No scholarship for him, but he walked on anyway and redshirted in 2014. He became the heart and soul of the team for the next four years. He played on the 2015 Worlds Series team. Fan favorite. Wanted it more than anybody. He actually had the base hit in the fifth to put Arkansas up 3-2. He led off the eighth and struck out, as Abel mowed down the side. Still Arkansas 3-2 in the ninth, because Shaddy gave the Razorbacks the lead. And Shaddy cost his team--his dad's team, Coach Van Horn's team, most of the fans in the stadium, and all of those fans that went to Baum to watch--the whole thing. Like 35+ years building up to one Corporal Lafontaine-style blunder only with everyone watching across the country. Just awesome. If that tale was a meal, I would eat it every day. The tragic brilliance of it all almost brings a tear to my eye. |
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Post by Judge Smails on May 27, 2023 15:03:36 GMT -8
That’s it! Announcers loved him until that moment That dude's story. His dad, Chris, played shortstop for the Razorbacks back in the early 80s and the second baseman was Coach Dave Van Horn. Carson grew up in Fayetteville, graduated from Fayetteville High, and was the Gatorade Arkansas POY his senior year as a catcher. He grew up in Fayetteville, so he watched Arkansas all of the time. His dad was great friends with Coach Dave Van Horn. Hometown kid. No scholarship for him, but he walked on anyway and redshirted in 2014. He became the heart and soul of the team for the next four years. He played on the 2015 Worlds Series team. Fan favorite. Wanted it more than anybody. He actually had the base hit in the fifth to put Arkansas up 3-2. He led off the eighth and struck out, as Abel mowed down the side. Still Arkansas 3-2 in the ninth, because Shaddy gave the Razorbacks the lead. And Shaddy cost his team--his dad's team, Coach Van Horn's team, most of the fans in the stadium, and all of those fans that went to Baum to watch--the whole thing. Like 35+ years building up to one Corporal Lafontaine-style blunder only with everyone watching across the country. Just awesome. If that tale was a meal, I would eat it every day. The tragic brilliance of it all almost brings a tear to my eye. That was a little over dramatic. That was not as easy of a catch as you think. Especially with the wind and 2 other players bearing down on you. It wasn’t near as bad as the ucks 2B drop against Portland this year that lost them the game. |
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Post by ag87 on May 27, 2023 15:46:47 GMT -8
That’s it! Announcers loved him until that moment That dude's story. His dad, Chris, played shortstop for the Razorbacks back in the early 80s and the second baseman was Coach Dave Van Horn. Carson grew up in Fayetteville, graduated from Fayetteville High, and was the Gatorade Arkansas POY his senior year as a catcher. He grew up in Fayetteville, so he watched Arkansas all of the time. His dad was great friends with Coach Dave Van Horn. Hometown kid. No scholarship for him, but he walked on anyway and redshirted in 2014. He became the heart and soul of the team for the next four years. He played on the 2015 Worlds Series team. Fan favorite. Wanted it more than anybody. He actually had the base hit in the fifth to put Arkansas up 3-2. He led off the eighth and struck out, as Abel mowed down the side. Still Arkansas 3-2 in the ninth, because Shaddy gave the Razorbacks the lead. And Shaddy cost his team--his dad's team, Coach Van Horn's team, most of the fans in the stadium, and all of those fans that went to Baum to watch--the whole thing. Like 35+ years building up to one Corporal Lafontaine-style blunder only with everyone watching across the country. Just awesome. If that tale was a meal, I would eat it every day. The tragic brilliance of it all almost brings a tear to my eye. a little much. The right fielder has more blame for not calling off the infielders who were running with their head and backs turned |
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Post by wilkyisdashiznit on May 27, 2023 16:11:48 GMT -8
That dude's story. His dad, Chris, played shortstop for the Razorbacks back in the early 80s and the second baseman was Coach Dave Van Horn. Carson grew up in Fayetteville, graduated from Fayetteville High, and was the Gatorade Arkansas POY his senior year as a catcher. He grew up in Fayetteville, so he watched Arkansas all of the time. His dad was great friends with Coach Dave Van Horn. Hometown kid. No scholarship for him, but he walked on anyway and redshirted in 2014. He became the heart and soul of the team for the next four years. He played on the 2015 Worlds Series team. Fan favorite. Wanted it more than anybody. He actually had the base hit in the fifth to put Arkansas up 3-2. He led off the eighth and struck out, as Abel mowed down the side. Still Arkansas 3-2 in the ninth, because Shaddy gave the Razorbacks the lead. And Shaddy cost his team--his dad's team, Coach Van Horn's team, most of the fans in the stadium, and all of those fans that went to Baum to watch--the whole thing. Like 35+ years building up to one Corporal Lafontaine-style blunder only with everyone watching across the country. Just awesome. If that tale was a meal, I would eat it every day. The tragic brilliance of it all almost brings a tear to my eye. That was a little over dramatic. That was not as easy of a catch as you think. Especially with the wind and 2 other players bearing down on you. It wasn’t near as bad as the ucks 2B drop against Portland this year that lost them the game. First, yeah, it was a very difficult catch, because of the grass/dirt change that happened right at the end. If the grass had continued, he probably would have made the catch, but it turned to dirt and he skidded past where he intended to run to and failed to make that catch. It was a function of him not knowing the field well enough to know that that was coming and anticipate it. If it was all grass or the dirt started earlier, Shaddy is much more likely to make that catch. Instead, he missed it. Second, only one was bearing down on him and that was Eric Cole, but Cole let up. Gates also had a play and a great story, overcoming injuries in both 2017 and 2018 and a general lack of talent, but Shaddy crashed into Gates and took Gates out of the play. If Gates had not taken such a great route to the ball, maybe Shaddy makes the catch. But instead, he took them both out of it. Cole was bearing down but, like the Oregon center- and right-fielders in the Portland game, the outfielders, who are both in a better position to make the play and generally much more adept at catching fly balls, all sat back and let the second basemen hang themselves. |
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Post by wilkyisdashiznit on May 27, 2023 16:24:52 GMT -8
The Rockies promoted Nolan Jones, the Vandy star from last year's regionals. Guy hit some monster shots at Goss, but went 0-3 with two Ks last night in his first MLB game. Coincidentally, they sent down Michael Toglia, UCLA's first baseman who also hit a few against us at Goss or JRS IIRC. The Dbacks sent down Dominic Fletcher of Arkansas, who played against us in the 2018 CWS finals. Speaking of guys we played against...Whatever happened to that guy that dropped the foul pop up in Game 2? Is he selling used cars in Arkansas now? Shaddy works for a commodity supplier, which sells sugar, beans, rice, and coffee. |
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Post by Judge Smails on May 27, 2023 16:34:57 GMT -8
That was a little over dramatic. That was not as easy of a catch as you think. Especially with the wind and 2 other players bearing down on you. It wasn’t near as bad as the ucks 2B drop against Portland this year that lost them the game. First, yeah, it was a very difficult catch, because of the grass/dirt change that happened right at the end. If the grass had continued, he probably would have made the catch, but it turned to dirt and he skidded past where he intended to run to and failed to make that catch. It was a function of him not knowing the field well enough to know that that was coming and anticipate it. If it was all grass or the dirt started earlier, Shaddy is much more likely to make that catch. Instead, he missed it. Second, only one was bearing down on him and that was Eric Cole, but Cole let up. Gates also had a play and a great story, overcoming injuries in both 2017 and 2018 and a general lack of talent, but Shaddy crashed into Gates and took Gates out of the play. If Gates had not taken such a great route to the ball, maybe Shaddy makes the catch. But instead, he took them both out of it. Cole was bearing down but, like the Oregon center- and right-fielders in the Portland game, the outfielders, who are both in a better position to make the play and generally much more adept at catching fly balls, all sat back and let the second basemen hang themselves. The CF had no shot in the uo game. The RF…,maybe. But that was a much easier catch. |
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Post by Judge Smails on May 27, 2023 16:36:49 GMT -8
First, yeah, it was a very difficult catch, because of the grass/dirt change that happened right at the end. If the grass had continued, he probably would have made the catch, but it turned to dirt and he skidded past where he intended to run to and failed to make that catch. It was a function of him not knowing the field well enough to know that that was coming and anticipate it. If it was all grass or the dirt started earlier, Shaddy is much more likely to make that catch. Instead, he missed it. Second, only one was bearing down on him and that was Eric Cole, but Cole let up. Gates also had a play and a great story, overcoming injuries in both 2017 and 2018 and a general lack of talent, but Shaddy crashed into Gates and took Gates out of the play. If Gates had not taken such a great route to the ball, maybe Shaddy makes the catch. But instead, he took them both out of it. Cole was bearing down but, like the Oregon center- and right-fielders in the Portland game, the outfielders, who are both in a better position to make the play and generally much more adept at catching fly balls, all sat back and let the second basemen hang themselves. The CF had no shot in the uo game. The RF…,maybe. But that was a much easier catch. And, I don’t know how much baseball you have played, but having to run that far with the spin on the ball and the wind, that is not a gimme catch. |
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Post by Judge Smails on May 27, 2023 17:13:26 GMT -8
Speaking of guys we played against...Whatever happened to that guy that dropped the foul pop up in Game 2? Is he selling used cars in Arkansas now? Shaddy works for a commodity supplier, which sells sugar, beans, rice, and coffee. Is he an importer ….exporter? Costanza! |
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Post by wilkyisdashiznit on May 27, 2023 17:32:09 GMT -8
Shaddy works for a commodity supplier, which sells sugar, beans, rice, and coffee. Is he an importer ….exporter? Costanza!  That's what I imagine, yes. |
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Post by joecool on May 27, 2023 18:28:20 GMT -8
The Rockies promoted Nolan Jones, the Vandy star from last year's regionals. Guy hit some monster shots at Goss, but went 0-3 with two Ks last night in his first MLB game. Coincidentally, they sent down Michael Toglia, UCLA's first baseman who also hit a few against us at Goss or JRS IIRC. The Dbacks sent down Dominic Fletcher of Arkansas, who played against us in the 2018 CWS finals. Different Nolan Jones. |
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Post by Henry Skrimshander on May 28, 2023 11:57:12 GMT -8
The Rockies promoted Nolan Jones, the Vandy star from last year's regionals. Guy hit some monster shots at Goss, but went 0-3 with two Ks last night in his first MLB game. Coincidentally, they sent down Michael Toglia, UCLA's first baseman who also hit a few against us at Goss or JRS IIRC. The Dbacks sent down Dominic Fletcher of Arkansas, who played against us in the 2018 CWS finals. Different Nolan Jones. That Vandy dude was named Spencer Jones. My bad. He's at High A Hudson Valley for the Yankees. Nolan, Spencer, I knew it was a guy named Jones with two last names. |
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Post by wilkyisdashiznit on May 28, 2023 20:36:01 GMT -8
The Rockies promoted Nolan Jones, the Vandy star from last year's regionals. Guy hit some monster shots at Goss, but went 0-3 with two Ks last night in his first MLB game. Coincidentally, they sent down Michael Toglia, UCLA's first baseman who also hit a few against us at Goss or JRS IIRC. The Dbacks sent down Dominic Fletcher of Arkansas, who played against us in the 2018 CWS finals. Toglia hit a two-out triple in the ninth against Mully. The next hitter homered, blowing Mully's save and robbing Heimlich of a W. Oregon State won the game in the 10th after Gretler drove in Kwan and Anderson drove in Atwood. Toglia scored run number four in the second game in a 7-1 win. The next year, Toglia chased Heimlich on an eighth-inning double. In 2019, Toglia singled, stole second, and scored to put UCLA up 1-0 in the second. He then drove in run number six in an 8-0 win. In game three, he drove in run number three and scored run number five. Toglia then won the game on a homer to put UCLA up 8-5. |
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Post by Henry Skrimshander on May 31, 2023 13:54:59 GMT -8
The O's are home with the Guardians today and Adley and Kwan each have three hits so far.
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Post by Judge Smails on May 31, 2023 14:01:30 GMT -8
The O's are home with the Guardians today and Adley and Kwan each have three hits so far. The surprising thing is that all of Adley's 3 hits were infield singles. You don't see that from a catcher. By the way, Adley just got his 4th hit (out of the infield this time) |
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