Charles Fischer

I like Jon's conferences, as we could still have some great TV matchups.

Great stuff Axel, and I believe we are seeing the dividends right now of that strategy put into place two years ago. The end result is players improving their hitting, and that is what we are seeing! If this was based on a couple of incredible recruits, or some real bloomers like Zavala or Matthews last year--I would not have the same level of optimism about the long term upside of the program. But he is turning nearly everybody into good hitters. If he can recruit some starter-stud pitchers....this could be a perennial Omaha-type program. (Gosh, it is fun to dream!)

Interesting. Thanks for the information on the Beavers, so it appears that they have great starting pitching, great defense, great hitting, but marginal relief pitching. Hmmm.

Just reading that gave me a little "lift" in my seat! If that is the culture they are creating....look out Pac-12!

What is interesting, is how no other Pac 12 teams are in the top 25, except for Oregon State who is No. 2. This means we are going to have some epic Civil War matchups!

Wowsa! Thanks for letting us know, but it is a required subscription for that article, and we only post what is free. If you could tell us more… And thanks for trying to help!

It is only on the Pac 12 channel, but I might be able to find a way to get a copy of the game to you.

Fun to see this analysis, and frankly the hand-fighting between receivers and DBs always surprises me as to what both sides get away with.

If she works hard in the off-season on her three-point shot, and becoming a leader--it could help the team a ton!

More reliever action... BTW...in the live-stream yesterday--they pointed out how Oregon entered the game as the No. 1 team in the nation for hitting. I don't think that is the case now, but the point is--this team is hitting like none other you have seen!

In both the pre-game remarks and afterward....Oregon Baseball Coach Mark Wasikowski hinted that maybe Oregon is changing their attitude toward starting pitchers. While it would be ideal to have three pitchers who can go deep into a game--the Ducks don't have that. But what they do have is a STRONG Bull-Pen, and all he will ask out of a starter is two or three innings as he does most of the relievers. Oregon relievers kept the Ducks in the game yesterday when the hitting just wasn't there, and having six pitchers used in a game might become the norm for this Baseball team, since it seems to be working extremely well. You will see some pitchers only come in for an inning or an inning and a half, and turn it over to another. I guess if they don't pitch very much in a game--they can go again the next night easily enough. Great to see Caleb Sloan shake off his tough start the other day, and great to see Andrew Mosiello come in for a scoreless inning, his first pitching in 3.5 weeks as he is overcoming a back injury. So, since the strength of this Oregon team is hitting, defense and relievers--Coach Waz is going to go with that!

Mike, I think you state well the excitement that many of us are feeling, although seeing so many great quotes does get the juices going further. Thanks for the guest article!

Cool. Even if you had meant it the other way--all opinions are fine. I just have to wave my Pom-Poms once in a while....

Who were they impressing? The other conferences? The SEC/B1G laughed all the way to the bank...

Ducks Walk it Off in 11 Innings EUGENE, Ore. — Gavin Grant beat out an infield single with two outs in the bottom of the 11th inning Wednesday to drive in Josh Kasevich and give the Oregon baseball team a 4-3 victory over San Francisco at PK Park. The Ducks (18-7) never led in Wednesday’s game until Kasevich scored the winning run as Grant was called safe on a bang-bang play at first base. The UO bullpen pitched nine innings of one-run baseball and Oregon’s offense forced extra innings with a run in the bottom of the ninth before Grant’s walk-off hit in the 11th. Oregon next plays Friday at UCLA and will enter that series in first place in the Pac-12, having won eight of the last nine games. The Ducks took two of three at home from USC this past weekend before sweeping two midweek games with USF. “You go from a stressful Pac-12 weekend to, boom, now all of a sudden first week of classes (of spring term at the university), and now you’re playing two games during the midweek,” UO coach Mark Wasikowski. “All the excuses built in, and the guys still find a way to win. Sometimes it’s not pretty, and at the end of the day I don’t think anybody’s gonna care at the end of the year. It’s gonna be a win instead of a loss, and that’s the objective: to win the game. And we did.” How It Happened: Scott Ellis made a spot start for the Ducks and only made one significant mistake, though it was driven over the right-field fence for a two-run home run in the second inning. Oregon tied it up in the third on an RBI single by Brennan Milone and another by Kasevich. Caleb Sloan bounced back from a rocky start Sunday against USC by pitching scoreless fourth and fifth innings Wednesday. The Dons (14-14) took the lead with a run in the sixth, but Dylan Sabia and Matt Dallas combined on five scoreless innings the rest of the way to give Oregon’s hitters a chance. Some long swings resulted in several flyball outs as the game wore on, but the Ducks shortened it up in the ninth. Kasevich and Anthony Hall led off with singles, Sam Novitske walked to load the bases and Kasevich came home on a double-play ball to tie it, 3-3. Dallas allowed leadoff walks in both the 10th and 11th innings, but he ended up facing the minimum over 3.2 innings. In the bottom of the 11th, Kasevich led off with a double and Hall followed with a walk. The next two hitters were retired, but Grant — who entered Wednesday’s game as a defensive replacement in the ninth inning— beat out a Baltimore chop to score Kasevich and the celebration was on. “The coaches do a great job of getting everyone ready to play in practice, and just keeping that mentality,” said Grant, who also provided a walk-off win for the Ducks when he homered against UCSB on March 4. “And I think our bullpen really kept us in the game the whole day.” Matt Dallas On The Mound: Dallas (2-1) lowered his ERA to 2.60 for the season, completing two or more innings in an appearance for the first time this spring. He got the ball from Sabia, who set down four in a row before allowing a walk in the eighth, a baserunner erased when Dallas got the next hitter to ground into a double play. Among the most encouraging points of the day was the top of the third, when Andrew Mosiello made his first appearance for the Ducks since March 5. Sidelined since by a back issue, Mosiello struck out the first two hitters he faced, walked the next two during a brief rain squall, then got out of the inning. “He’s a guy who was the glue last year to the back end of that bullpen, and handed the ball off to (Kolby) Somers and really had the toughest innings of the year for us in the bullpen,” Wasikowski said. “I imagine he’ll be back in the bullpen, in a role probably he was familiar with from last year, that’s what he was really successful with.” At The Plate: Kasevich got his average up to .350 with his fifth three-hit game of the season. For much of the game he was the only consistent bright spot in the lineup, until the Ducks were able to string together productive at-bats in the late innings. “With our offense, you kind of go back to the dugout thinking we’re going to put up some runs, coming in and out after every inning,” Dallas said. “So, a lot of trust and confidence in those guys.” Up Next: The Ducks open a three-game series at UCLA on Friday at 6 p.m.

At 1:43 in the video below is the replay, but I cannot run it in slow motion--even then the angle is bad. It looks like it was a tie?

You can stay away, but I am not! Who among our players right NOW are getting big NIL money? Nobody. So why would we stay away from the Ducks? This is the time to stand behind the team that is NOT getting paid, as perhaps they and other teams will be in future years. Some people will look for reasons to not to support the team, whereas I am looking FOR reasons to support Our Beloved Ducks!

Whew! Crossed fingers..,

Let's enjoy Oregon Sports for the next three years, as NIL/Portal will not impact things for the Ducks in that time, and see how it shakes out. I am staying glued to this team as there will no impact in the near term, IMHO.

Wowsa. A 4-3 win from Gavin Grant tying the first base bag.

Those observations are ones we have seen often in this forum already, and my feeling is, "it is not over until it is over." Let's enjoy Oregon Sports for the next three years, as NIL/Portal will not impact things for the Ducks in that time, and see how it shakes out.

A tweet like that is the definition of "Butt-Hurt." Although the same could be said about Yours Truly and Mari Cristobal... I call him "Mari" because he didn't use the "O." (Thanks to Steven A. for that superb slogan!)

Let's give it three years and see how it actually shakes out. Oregon will get theirs...

Good. The more eyes on the Trojans, the better it will be when we beat them. They have out-recruited us in almost forever, and while Riley is good, he is not Urban Meyer. Lanning will be formidable in this conference--soon.

I think with Dan Lanning and his staff, the Oregon Brand, our NIL....we will get ours and BEAT USC now and later. Defense wins.