Charles Fischer

Whew! I don't know if dropping a team or two and replacing with USC and UCLA is a win? Seems like a draw or worse to me... The B1G is going to become quite the haves/haves-not conference, as 5-6 teams will fight for the top while Northwestern, Illinois, Purdue, Rutgers, Maryland, Minnesota, etc., will be dramatically lower and fighting for crumbs. No easy deal for USC/UCLA or any of the top B1G schools... So if Our Beloved Ducks could dominate the Pac-12 the way Clemson used to with the ACC...and we make BIG BUCKS being in the Playoff with the result being almost as good as revenue as being a member of the B1G...wouldn't you agree that it would be....??? The Trojans and Bruins could be envious in five years?

This is one of the few times, that I am lost for the right words to write as I am so grateful you are home and making progress with your healing. I cannot convey enough my feelings, and I offer prayers upward of gratitude on this Sunday morning. While we all so love the work that you, NJDuck and others do to provide us articles...please only do what you can without over-exerting yourself, as I'm sure the energy level has to be low. We are grateful for anything you do, and when you cannot--we will get by, and again--are so thankful for what you have done and for your healing path.

This was discussed on another board that I scanned and did not have time to post here, but the consensus there was this ruling referring to personal deductions by individuals. If a business is paying an athlete via NIL to represent them in a commercial for example--that is still a business expense.

I am sure their third starter is more experienced/skilled than what we have right now is the problem.

Well, that sucks. But we played great, had our chances and are playing a very good team. I am concerned about having enough quality pitchers for tomorrow...

For those who want to discuss the game before, during and after! No announcement yet for any change to the line-up or starting pitcher, but I'm betting on Turner Spoljaric. Great to see Tualatin/Sherwood HS native freshman Ian Umlandt pitch scoreless innings in the last two games.

The fans really got to see it all; home runs, smart base running, great pitching for eight innings and a bunch of double plays. Fun, Fun Fun! Now, if I was Oral Roberts....I am coming out with steam streaming from my ears, my back is up against the wall, and tonight for the Ducks...

Let's accept the truth? Fan attendance for Oregon Baseball has been bad....because Horton killed it in his last five years. But start winning again, and "they will come." Games like this, and the obvious trendline under Coach Waz over three years should change the size of crowds at PK Park next year!

Full interview of Coach Waz and players...

What a freshman in Drew Smith!

Omigosh...a THREE RUN HOMER by our Oregon player from Medford?

The pride of Medford, Bennett Thompson, hit the first of two homers!

Simply unbelievable. In the pregame interview on the GoDucks.com app for Oregon Baseball, Coach Waz was asked what he wanted the large crowd (second largest ever at PK) to learn about Oregon? What is Oregon's identity? Waz answered that he wanted Oregon fans to see "a team that was tough, gritty, and determined to fight to the last out." Could he have been any more prescient? The track record for teams down eight runs in the entire history of Super-Regionals? 0-96...until now. Oregon made the record books with the biggest comeback ever in the Supers!

Those blankly-blanking people jerking us around. We all have our DVRs set, and now so many have it recording on the WRONG Station! Still listed on ESPNU for Saturday night thus far, but it is ESPN tonight. ESPN Manager...

If Klemm wanted him and recruited him--I trust that pretty well.

From another site... As the injuries piled up, Wasikowski and Angier were left to rely on a core of young, unproven pitchers during the stretch run of the season. The results were disastrous. On May 1, Oregon was the No. 17 team in the nation and firmly in the mix to host a regional. Over the next 17 days, the Ducks went 1-7 and dropped to 32-20 on the year. The low point came during a 12-5 trouncing at the hands of last-place Utah on May 18. But, since the postseason began, Oregon’s nucleus of young hurlers have righted the ship and helped lead the charge to this weekend’s Eugene Super Regional at PK Park. The Ducks swept their way through the Pac-12 Tournament with four wins in five days to secure a trip to the NCAA Tournament. They entered the Nashville Regional as the No. 2 seed and notched close-fought wins over No. 3 Xavier and host Vanderbilt to clinch a spot in last Sunday’s regional final, where they topped the Musketeers, 11-2, and advanced to their first super regional since 2012. Throughout the improbable seven-game winning streak, a quartet of Oregon true freshmen have excelled in significant roles while playing in their first respective collegiate postseasons. LHP Grayson Grinsell: 12.2 IP, 4 ER, 18 K’s, 7 BB’s RHP Turner Spoljaric: 13.0 IP, 12 ER, 6 K’s, 2 BB’s RHP Dylan McShane: 3 2/3 IP, 2 ER, 3 K’s, 2 BB’s LHP Ian Umlandt: 2.0 IP, 0 ER, 1 K, 0 BB’s The lone blemish in that time came during Oregon’s Pac-12 Tournament showdown with Stanford when Spoljaric was tagged for six runs in 1.0 inning of work. But he bounced back two days later and gave the Ducks 6.0 strong frames in their conference title game win over Arizona. The contributions of those four in high-leverage scenarios, along with bullpen mainstays Matt Dallas, Austin Anderson, and Josh Mollerus have provided Oregon with much-needed stability throughout the postseason. -------------------------------------------- I admit that after that 12-5 loss to Utah....I knew the season was over. It was too bad, as this is a great hitting team, but the pitching injuries are too much to overcome...so I thought. What has happened is beyond amazing, and we gotta hope that they can do it enough to win TWO MORE GAMES!