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I was thrilled by the end of November.......................2021

Many of us have become enamored with leaving the "o" out of Mario and Cristobal because he didn't have an offense. Want to know how to slash out the "o" in MariØ CristØbal? Symbol Name = Slashed O Symbol Ø Windows Shortcut = Hold down "Alt then 0,2,1,6 in sequence". Only keep the "Alt" key held down, and don't hold down the 0, 2, 1, 6 keys while entering them. When you take your fingers off the keyboard after "6" and release the "Alt" key the Ø will appear. Mac Shortcut = Hold down "Option + Shift + O", all at the same time. IPhone = Hold down the letter "o" until the options appear above the "keyboard", then slide your finger across the screen to select the Ø. This also works for Android(thank you to @Krsmqn for verifying it!).

Beaver baseball fans have got to be on par with the most delusional spectator's in college sports. I went to a game at Goss Stadium a couple years ago and had a seat near third base. There was a fool nearby that was critiquing the plate umpire over called balls and strikes.

Oregon softball All-American pitcher Brooke Yanez enters transfer portal WWW.OREGONLIVE.COM Brooke Yanez, who redshirted due to a season-ending shoulder injury this season, entered the transfer portal on Tuesday, Sounds like she is just testing the water? Earlier this year, "Yanez announced she was 'most definitely' going to return to Oregon in 2023."

"Geographically, the Pac-12 presidents wouldn’t love adding a Texas-based program. But I think they’d at least talk about it." Talking about things is what higher education institutions are good at. IMHO

Congratulations to Jacob Walsh. Another off season under the tutelage of Hitting Coach Jack Marder and Jacob should be hitting those curve balls down the right field line for more doubles and homeruns. GO DUCKS!

I'll take "bust" for $1000 Alex.

It turns out that data isn't as difficult to dig out as I thought, but it might not be too meaningful given the divergent directions taken by hitting and pitching. I think the re-configured ball field did have a positive impact for Oregon Baseball. Bear in mind there were 31 games played at PK Park in 2021 with 35 played there in 2022. The following data only pertains to games played at PK Park; Hits = +93 in 2022 Runs = +120 in 2022 RBI's = +89 in 2022 Doubles = +63 in 2022 Triples = -5 in 2022 Homeruns = +17 in 2022 Batting Average = +.046 Hits Allowed = +45 Runs Allowed = +48 Earned Runs Allowed = +40 Doubles Allowed = +1 Triples Allowed = -2 Homeruns Allowed = +16 Earned Run Average = +0.81 We will need to finish this season to look at the pitching stats for the CWS teams. An ERA of sub 2.50 would be ideal. I don't think the team currently has the pitchers to show significant improvement over 2022. I saw too much "nibbling" at the plate, and not enough challenging of batters. TOO MANY DAMNED WALKS! It will probably take a few years of recruiting better pitchers to be able to have a "quality" staff. But watch out when that happens! Hitting needs to be more consistent. I saw too much of getting a lead and then coasting, and it cost us some wins. Pitching needs a rotation of 3 quality(Oregon State-type) pitchers. I think the bullpen pitchers are serviceable. Wouldn't we love to see consistent, sold out, raucous crowds at PK Park!

Excellent question! In 2021 opponents batted .248 while in 2022 they improved to .261, so not as pronounced as Oregon. For RBI's opponents had 210 in 2021, and 295 in 2022. The increase in number of home runs by both Oregon(+19) and opponents(+20), as well as total extra base hits for Oregon(+29) and opponents(+23) could be partly attributed to changes made to the reconfiguration of PK Park. Pitching in 2021 the ERA for opponents was 5.93 which ballooned to 7.10 in 2022, and would be expected given Oregon's hitting improvement. A better comparison would be stats just for games played at PK Park, but those are much more difficult to quantify.

We all know that 2022 was a disappointment over expectations. But why was it not up to what we wanted it to be? General consensus was that our pitching regressed as compared to the previous season. My analysis of the 2022 Stats compared to 2021 bears this out. Yes, I am well aware of the old saying "There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics" popularized by Mark Twain, and originally attributed to Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour, as quoted in the Manchester Guardian, 29th June 1892. But I digress. The source of the statistics is from GoDucks; https://goducks.com/documents/2021/6/7/Overall.pdf https://goducks.com/documents/2022/6/5/Overall_Stats.pdf We can see clearly that the offense and fielding were improved in 2022 vs. 2021. A "+" in front of the stat indicates a better year in 2022 over 2021, whereas a "-" reflects a regression. Season Won/Loss 2021; Record: 39-16 (Home: 23-9 Away: 16-7 Pac-12: 20-10) - Season Won/Loss 2022; Record: 36-25 (Home: 25-10 Away: 10-12 Neutral: 1-3 Pac-12: 18-12) + Appearance at Bat 2021; 1890 Appearance at Bat 2022; 2160 + Batting 2021; .289 Batting 2022; .310 + Hits 2021; 546 Hits 2022; 670 + Singles 2021; 358 Singles 2022; 461 + Doubles 2021; 118 Doubles 2022; 122 - Triples 2021; 14 Triples 2022; 12 + Homeruns 2021; 56 Homeruns 2022; 75 + Total Bases 2021; 860 Total Bases 2022; 1041 + Runs Batted In 2021; 334 Runs Batted In 2022; 416 - Left on Base 2021; 453 Left on Base 2022; 462 + Times Struck Out 2021; 391 Times Struck Out 2022; 388 - Base on Balls 2021; 255 Base on Balls 2022; 243 + Stolen Base/Attempt 2021; 52/67(78%) Stolen Base/Attempt 2022; 66/84(79%) - Fielding 2021; .981 Fielding 2022; .979 - Errors 2021; 40 Errors 2022; 47 + Double Plays Turned 2021; 51 Double Plays Turned 2022; 54 Only five statistics in 2022 were not an improvement, and I would contend that four of those categories are understandable. Two less Triples are pretty insignificant. Getting 116 more hits will almost assuredly leave nine more runners on base. Being more aggressive at the plate will result in fewer walks, and since there were fewer strikeouts, it's a statistic we can live with. The fielding percentage difference is not significant and one could argue if the numbers were rounded off would be the same. The increase in fielding errors is disappointing. The pitching stats really bear out what most of us who have followed the baseball team intuitively knew. Pitching is what held this team from going further in the season. Only one statistical pitching stat was an improvement in 2022, the fewer number of triples allowed. Possibly due to the reconfiguration of PK Park? Battery(Pitcher/Catcher) - Earned Run Average 2021; 3.71 Earned Run Average 2022; 4.73 - Hits Allowed 2021; 465 Hits Allowed 2022; 534 - Runs Allowed 2021; 231 Runs Allowed 2022; 320 - Earned Runs Allowed 2021; 204 Earned Runs Allowed 2022; 283 - Base on Balls 2021; 182 Base on Balls 2022; 274 - Strike Outs 2021; 513 Strike Outs 2022; 467 - Singles 2021; 326 Singles 2022; 372 - Doubles 2021; 81 Doubles 2022; 90 + Triples 2021; 15 Triples 2022; 9 - Homeruns 2021; 43 Homeruns 2022; 63 E Wild Pitches 2021; 40 Wild Pitches 2022; 40 - Hit Batter 2021; 47 Hit Batter 2022; 69 - Passed Balls 2021; 6 Passed Balls 2022; 8 - Pickoffs 2021; 8 Pickoffs 2022; 7 The combination of Hits Allowed(+69), Base on Balls(+92), and Hit Batters(+22) put an additional 192 runners on base. An earned run average of +1.02 is unacceptable. Part of the pitching problems can be traced to injury early in the year, but for a program like Oregon Baseball it should not be an excuse. The old adage "Good pitching beats good hitting" holds true here. For Our Beloved Ducks baseball program to take it to the next level, the pitching and associated coaching staff will also need to make a big progression in development next year. Please share your thoughts, observations and any questions!

I would have liked to read a deeper dive in their "Season in Review". I intend to post my thoughts on that later today.

Gavin Grant pops out to second base. A swinging strike out by Tanner Smith. Colby Shade strikes out. Oregon 5 - Louisville 8 final score.

Rio Britton now pitching for the Ducks. Out of his first seven pitches six are off the plate, and Britton's time on the mound is done. RJ Gordon on in relief. Gordon complete's the walk to Louisville's second batter. Two on with no outs. A sacrifice bunt moves the runners to third and second. The third walk in the inning loads the bases with one out. An infield single to third base brings the 8th run of the game for the Cardinals. 1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors, 3 LOB Oregon 5 - Cardinals 8 heading to the 9th inning.

Ducks start the eighth inning with singles by Colby Shade and Brennan Milone. After one out Josh Kasevich plates Shade with a single up the middle. Runners at second and first with one out for Anthony Hall. A wild pitch moves Milone to third and Kasevich to second. Hall hits a ground rule double that hops over the fence in the right field corner, scoring Milone and Kasevich. 3 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors, 1 LOB

After two outs Kolby dishes up a solo homerun to right field. 1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors, 0 LOB Oregon 2 - Louisville 7 at the end of seven innings.

Ducks go down in order on a ground out, pop out, fly out in the top of the 7th inning. 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors, 0 LOB

Mosiello has walked the first two batters to put runners at second and first with no outs. Ducks bring in Kolby Somers to try and get out of the inning. Kolby almost got out of the inning but after two outs a balk, double, and single scores three runs for Louisville. 3 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors, 0 LOB Oregon 2 - Cardinals 6 after six innings.

Anthony Hall with a one out single up the middle. A double play out on a ball hit to shortstop ends the Oregon half of the 6th inning. 0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors, 0 LOB

Thank you for the great explanation! Much appreciated.

Andrew Mosiello in to pitch against Louisville in the bottom of the 5th inning. Stoffal goes 4 innings and gives up 5 hits with 3 earned runs. Andrew faces the minimum batters in the 5th inning. 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors, 0 LOB Oregon 2 - Cardinals 3 through 5 innings.

Sam Novitske with a leadoff walk in the top of the 5th inning. In a weird sequence of events, Gavin Grant flied out the the wall in left/center field, but the umpires ruled the pitcher had committed a balk prior to the pitch, putting Grant back at the plate. Gavin draws another walk. Novitske advances to third base on a wild pitch, so the Ducks have runners at the corners with no outs. Tanner Smith drives in Novitske on an infield ground ball "fielders choice" with Grant out at second.. Colby Shade walks to put two on base with one out. Neither Milone or Cowley can move the runners along. 1 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors, 2 LOB