Charles Fischer

Not a great batting day, but clutch hits in the third inning propelled Our Beloved Ducks to victory over the Bruins. Well, that and superb pitching by Kevin Seitter, who only gave up three runs in five innings, while Turner Spoljaric...a big surprise to see...came in and gave Oregon two scoreless innings. Logan Mercado closed out the final two innings with studly pitching to stop any UCLA comeback. Freshman Maddox Molony continues to shine with his recent entrance into the lineup with a home run today. In the process--Jacob Walsh hit another homer in this series, and became the all-time home run career leader at Oregon. Think of all the years of Baseball going back to the 1877, and all the great players to bat at Oregon. Wowsa. Jacob Walsh readies for a big pitch...

I was on another site to see if anything was covered there that we don't have posted....and I ran into a post where the quotes below from Oregon fans were pretty sad concerning Beaver fans. I think we have to accept that Oregon State fans will NEVER admit that their plight is actually their doing, or incompetence of those they had in charge of athletics for decades. "I have a family member, an avid Beaver Believer, who holds UO responsible for the demise of the Pac-12. If you ask me it's pretty irrational and the conference was dead in the water once USC and UCLA left (HUGE part of the TV market share). He says we should have stuck around to help out OSU but I have a hard time believing if the roles were reversed here that OSU wouldn't have bolted and left us for dead." "My boss is a big Beav and I made the mistake of getting his thoughts over a beer one time. He claims that UofO and UW never tried to hold it together. I said what about SC, didn’t they ruin it for everyone way before UofO was considering a move? He got really upset and just said it was all Oregon’s doing and said he “hates all Ducks”. I just let it go and have never mentioned it again. It was pretty eye opening." "Well, I have family members who are Beavs fans, and they are not only blaming Oregon for the death of the PAC-12, but they are also wishing, hoping and praying that we get stomped in the Big 10. They would love nothing more." If you run into this nonsense from those who wear orange...save this article link below to refer to. Haters are gonna hate! (Not that I'd know anything about that) Beavers are Over-Valued, Over-Paid, Ungrateful and Unaccountable |... FISHDUCK.COM I am sick of the pretentious articles by John Canzano and other writers who portray the Beavers as the aggrieved party in the Pac-12 dissolution…

The impact of valuable portal transfers is not taken into account with most these articles. I have determined that between starting at Oregon or other schools....Oregon will have 19 of 22 starters next year. This is why we are in the 'Natty discussion, IMHO.

I am not going to go into it, except to say that we had plenty of chances to win...and did not get it done. We had bases loaded-twice. Series is decided Sunday at noon.

I am surprised that Lanning would try to poach one of Dilly's coaches...

Added note: That was the first win at UCLA in TEN attempts, and the last time Oregon won on the Bruins home field was TEN years ago in 2014!

The insurance runs to take the pressure off by Jeffery Heard!

Another jaw-dropping diving catch by Bryce Boettcher that saved runs!

Unbelievable fielding play by Drew Smith...whew!

This bomb by Walsh was BIG in the game!

Oregon had a better hitting day than the eight runs represented, as we left an astounding 15 stranded on bases. We were not getting clutch hits...until we did. We finished the game with six of the eight runs scored when the Ducks had two outs! Jeffrey Heard went 3-5 with two RBIs. Drew Smith went 3-4 with two RBIs. Jacob Walsh went 1-4, but hit a two-run homer and tied the career Home Run record at Oregon. Bradley Mullan is about to throw the final strike to win the game! Our pitching is improving, as RJ Gordon gave up four runs in 5.1 innings. Logan Mercado pitched 2.2 innings in relief and gave up none, and Bradley Mullan pitched the ninth, and closed the Bruins down. Our Pac-12 lead is still only half-a-game, as the Bastard Beavers also won today versus Arizona State. Watch Our Beloved Ducks at 6:00 PM Saturday night. Go to GoDucks.com, then Baseball, then Schedule, scroll down to the second game and click on "Pac-12 Los Angeles."

Nevada...no sweat. I've seen so many "analyses" of Oregon that were flat-out ignorant. The time difference is real, and goes to show how ignored we would have continued to be in the Pac-12.

I have a Twitter account and never post...but it allows me to open and read all these interesting tweets we see every day. Do it...

If you look at this article, and this article...it is very evident that Oregon will have more talent in the defensive backfield than EVER in my Oregon memory. And that is considering we are playing five defensive backs with a 4-2-5 defense. The fifth defensive back is the STAR position, where a linebacker to turned into a rugged corner/nickel to play tough run support, but yet cover a WR as needed. Then I see Hampton say,...This year's secondary is deep enough and talented enough that Hampton and defensive coordinator Tosh Lupoi have both suggested they may play more dime coverage, which incorporates extra defensive backs. "That's kind of the hope," Hampton said of playing dime. So on the field it would look like a 4-1-6? "That way we can utilize these guys' skillsets. We have a bunch of them. We have some really good players. I'm fired up about our corners. The more guys we can get on the field the better, and I think it will help us in pass coverage for sure." In particular you see the stunning amount of talent in the first article linked above. But I gotta ask...."is a dime defense that right call for the B1G?" Aren't they a ground-and-pound conference, and proud of it? This will be interesting to follow... Tysheem Johnson

Smartest thing to me? Put that money into something yielding income to fund their Baseball team to the fullest. Thus they can continue to compete at a high level at ONE sport...

Speaking of the B1G...what the heck? You gotta admit...that was funny! (Well played by our new B1G friends)

Big brother Utah is already ashamed of him... Glad to be moving on to the B1G!

Beaver fans are now getting it, but still cling to the hope of everyone returning, and yet place no responsibility on their own administrators. (You know, like Oregon fans are doing with Mullens right now?) Reading below from their message board started to make me feel sorry for them until I thought of the 30 million being stolen from Oregon Athletics. Naw! By divesting their interest? They speed up the rate of the decline.... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Call me a bad fan. Call me a quitter. Call me whatever. I've deleted Twitter the last couple weeks, Facebook, etc. Twitter is where I get 95% of my sports news. I just cannot do it anymore. I can't continue to follow OSU athletics to the same extent I have the last 10 or so years. It hurts too much. It kills me seeing literally all of our athletes programs slowly die." "I could never fully disconnect. But I've cut my sports consumption down by a good 80%. It's the only way to stop the constant hurt. To any of you who are still as invested as ever, I applaud you. I really do. I just can't do it anymore." "I know it is extreme but I can understand where he is coming from. From someone who grew up in Corvallis, both parents worked for the university, having graduated from OSU, went to practically every OSU related sporting event since I could walk, it feels like the death of something you truly love". "No this has nothing to do with men's basketball. I figured most likely everyone would transfer out, Tinkle is a horrible coach. This has everything to do with WBB and now the reality setting in of what's to come for OSU in general these next 2 years. We all had this idea that the wbb team really had a genuine love for OSU, the coaching staff, and Corvallis. That they would stay together and try to pursue a national title, the pieces were there. Then TVO announces yesterday she is leaving and then the rumors of TG, and Beers leaving and we are back to square one. It feels like if they are leaving and giving up on that then it is really hopeless." "Don’t tell other folks how to be a fan. It’s a personal choice. After 25 plus years following every move of the football program, I feel myself disconnecting slowly with all of this… I’m very interested in how this all shakes out because I think it’s the beginning of the end for college athletics. But am I going to go absolutely bonkers over our two deep, or am I going to cancel other activities to watch every second of our games (which i would do as recently as 2023)…I don’t think so." "I’ll never quit the Beavs, but I can certainly see how they’ll be less important to me as we move through this next phase of relegation. Each additional piece of bad news and a lack of progress back into relevance is just another paper cut…eventually I’ll bleed it all out. Go Beavs." "Exactly. I'm planning on paying not much attention to fall camp. (Vs reading every single practice report in prior years). I'll still likely watch every game. But I just have to disconnect myself. It just sucks too much." "Wait until the transfer portal hits our baseball team this off season as well. Wouldn't surprise me if several key players left for "Greener" pastures or the MLB draft at their earliest. I'm done with any paid sports at this point. Much better use of time and money spent elsewhere. Enjoy life and not this crap! It goes by all too quickly." After 60 years of living and dying with Beaver basketball, I am finished. I cannot continue to invest that much mental energy or money into something that no longer resembles college basketball in its heyday. It is no longer a community. It is all about the individual, money and attention. I will not attend, I will not watch on tv, and I will not care. If the remainder of the womens basketball players move on and destroy a beautiful thing that they have built, then I will do that same with that team. I am now a baseball and football fan only.... and we shall see about football." "I used to try to comfort myself by thinking that all of this portal/NIL business was going to kill the golden goose and that fans would quickly be turned off by the whole thing. I have come to realize that, at least for the near future, the only two programs that will be gutted by the system is ours and Wazzu. Look at the numbers, college sports have never been so popular, we are just not going to be part of the discussion going forward. This is about the affiliation, it has little or nothing to do with 'business as usual' transfers out. The only thing that will save us in the coming years is the recognition that the realignment idea was a bust, and regionalism returns in some form. Short of that, we are slipping away towards mediocrity. My enthusiasm level is slipping away along with it."

Locklyn was quoting Martin Luther King Jr. to a white coach? Huh, do you really want to go there Lock? (See full quote by clicking on the Twitter/X post above) Maybe it was not meant that way...

Now keep in mind...that Coach Lanning always says we will improve the position when a coach leaves. I think there is a TON behind the scenes that we do not know about, and it is Lanning's call to make. Too bad Mullens gave away 30 million...so now we cannot match tOSU's offer, or buyout Kelly Graves? (You might want to click on the Twitter/X post to see all that was written by Coach Lock)

As you may know, we play at one LA school, and the other comes to PK Park. This year Oregon (20-7) travels to UCLA, and due to injuries--the Bruins started out badly and sit at 11-15 on the year. But they are really coming on in the last three weeks, as beat Washington State and USC in their series (remember that USC just beat Oregon State in two games) and the Bruins swept Arizona. Crap. So they are a team of great momentum, and at home. Like the other series, this Pac-12 series promises to be very tough and close. History to be aware of... --UCLA won two of three games in Eugene last year...when they were struggling and Oregon had their Super-Regional year. --UCLA swept the Ducks each of their last three visits to California. --In Oregon's last visit to UCLA, the Ducks lost all three games by one run. (Please pass the razor blades) The series starts tonight at 7:05 PM, and you can watch on Live Stream; go to GoDucks.com, then Sports, then Baseball, then Schedule, and scroll down to the first UCLA game and click on "Pac-12 Networks" and watch some great college Baseball!

Google and GoDucks.com are places to search of those who wish to pursue this,