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Signee Tyler Naquin's Summer team profiled

Here is a story that the ran in the Houston Chronicle about Tyler Naquin's summer league team (click for link). Last week they played in a national tournament in Arizona and lost three one run games but saw a good performance from Naquin at the plate and on the mound.

2010 Recruit Krey Bratsen Earns Spot in All-Star Game

Texas A&M commitment and Bryan High School senior to be OF Krey Bratsen was one of five Texas High School juniors named to the team. Bratsen is a two time All-Brazos Valley Selection by the B/CS Eagle and will travel to San Diego for the week's events and the nationally televised game on August 16.

Joining him from Texas are LHP/1B Jared Lakino from Cypress Woods, SS Matt Lipka from McKinney, OF Brian Ragira from Arlington Martin and Rice commit RHP Jameson Taillon from The Woodlands High.

Bratsen hit .471 with 25 RBI as a junior. He had seven doubles, three triples and stole 28 bases. He also scored 43 runs, hit .520 with RISP and had a .800 slugging percentage.

The first three days of the workouts will be at the University of San Diego's Cunningham Stadium with the game at the Padres' PETCO Park.

Barret Loux

I ran into Barret yesterday dropping my son off for baseball camp and the junior to be is looking good. Just a touch of soreness remaining from the arm surgery and is nearly back to 100% extension. Running in the middle of the day (105 degrees here yesterday) certainly will get those legs in tip top shape as well.

His healthy return will be a huge boost to the pitching staff and even though he might be under the radar compared to last season, when Baseball America tabbed him as the nation's #4 sophomore, I think the big right-hander will win more games next year than the nine he won in his first two years.

Michael Wacha at USA Tournament of Stars

Incoming freshman RHP Michael Wacha (Texarkana Pleasant Grove), representing the American Legion League, had a great tournament of stars. He went 1-0 in two appearances. In his first action, he struck out five in two innings of relief work against the AABC team while allowing just a double.

He punched the American Legion ticket to the championship game with a victory in a start against the USA Stars. He went 4.2 innings, allowing one run on three hits while striking out six. He did not issue a walk in either game.

The only problem for Wacha is that very few seniors are invited to the 18U National tryouts as they promote junior and sophomores for the event and he was not invited despite out-pitching two of the invities and an alternate from his own team. The same thing happened to Brooks Raley in 2007 when he was a top performer that was overlooked for a younger prospect that was still a future draft pick.

Aggie Baseball Spring Signees

Here is a look at the Aggie baseball signees that have come on board since the fall period.

Tyler Naquin, P/OF 6-1, 160, L/R Fr-HS Spring, TX (Klein Collins)

Best hitter in Klein Collins School history, including Rice's Rick Hague and Houston's Ty Stucky, he was drafted in the 33rd round by the Baltimore last week. He hit .443 with 13 homeruns this year, earning the Sun newspapers Area Player of the Year and District 13-5A MVP over first round draft pick Matt Purke. He hit .440 as both a sophomore and a junior and had signed with San Jacinto last fall. He is a fine pitcher as well and has served as the closer the past two seasons (last year behind 'Horns Austin Dicharry and Sam Stafford) and could see time on the mound at Texas A&M. He was all-state as a freshman on the Klein Collins team that advanced to the state semi-finals in Round Rock.

Matt Juengel, INF 6-1, 160, R/R So-Tr Houston, TX (Clear Brook/Panola JC)

Played third base at Panola with fellow Aggie signee Cody Rodgers. He hit .404-16-57 and was named all-conference as a freshman. He is playing the summer with the East Texas Pumpjacks of the TCL and just like at Panola, he is batting third in the lineup. A three-year starter, he had a .370 batting average his senior year. Juengel's career saw him hit .367, drive in 49 runs and hit seven homers and was the district newcomer in 2006, he was a first team all-district player as a junior and was named to the HoustonClass 5A baseball third team.

Andrew Collazo, INF 5-10,180, R/R Jr-Tr Patterson, NJ (Catholic/Howard JC)

Part of the JUCO National Champions 63-1 Howard College team in 2009 and a two year starter at second base. Collazo was named preseason JUCO All-American by Baseball America magazine after hitting .396-7-51 with 42 steals as a freshman. He topped those number this year, hitting .390-11-71 with 30 steals in 33 attempts. Capped his JUCO career being named the JUCO World Series Most Valuble Player and was the defensive player of the tournament. He was 2-for-4 with a game tying homerun in the ninth of the championship game as well as the game winning hit in extra innings.

Cody Morrison, OF 6-1, 190, R/R Jr-Tr Spring, TX (Spring/Lamar U./Blinn JC)

Leadoff hitter for Blinn this season after starting as a freshman at Lamar University. Morrison was named All-Conference designated hitter while playing left field for the Bucs. He finished up the year hitting .406-15-43 and was 7-for-14 with two homeruns and four RBI in the state tournament. He started 11 games for Lamar while playing in 25. He hit .205-0-4 in that limited action.

Kenny Jackson, INF 6-5, 200, L/R Jr-Tr Corpus Christi, TX (King/Alvin CC)

Jackson was named Junior College Region XIV All-Conference also was named Alvin’s most valuable player and outstanding offensive player of the year. He hit .379-6-35 while playing shortstop. He is playing this summer for the Victoria Generals of the TCL. Jackson, who graduated from Corpus Christi King in 2007,was all-district in 27-5A

Joaquin Hinojosa, P/OF 5-10,190, R/R Jr-Tr McAllen, TX (High/Texarkana JC)

He was named first team All-Conference in the East region after hitting .403-11-59 and despite only 3 saves, he was the closer for Will Bolt on the Region XIV runner up. He also had five wins as the Bulldogs would offense would push the score out of a save range at the end of many of his games. In the conference tournament, he went 7-for-18 with five runs scored, seven RBI and two homers and on the mound he worked four innings, allowing three hits and one run while striking out eight. He is playing this summer for the Brazos Valley Bombers of the TCL. Hinojosa started his college career at Texas Tech but after the fall of his freshman year he transferred to JUCO in California. He earned a spot on the Nor-Cal JUCO All-American team at Lassen CC as a utility player. He was named the Golden Valley JC POY after hitting .516-3-34 with seven stolen bases. That average was 124 points higher than the next best average in the league. He went 4-2 with a 4.96 ERA with 45K in 52.2 IP. In high school, Hinojosa went 10-0 with a 0.68 ERA as a senior while earning second team Class 5A All-State honors and played in the THSBCA All-Star Game at Dell Diamond after his senior year.

Gregg Alcazar, C 6-0, 195, R/R Jr-Tr Galveston, TX (O’Connell/San Jacinto JC)

Two year starter at catcher for San Jacinto, he was named Junior College Region XIV All-Conference, one of three unanimous selections, and was named defensive player of the year. He hit .316-5-24 with 13 doubles and a triple. He threw out 19 of the 31 runners who tried to steal off him and fielded at a .994 clip.

April Players of the Month

Here is a look at the players of the month for the Aggies. The team hit .301-24-104 and went 11-6 with a 4.00 ERA in moving the team from outside the top 30 in the RPI all the way back up to #16 after beating Dallas Baptist in the last game of the month.

Pitcher of the Month: Again it was a no brainer as Brooks Raley maintained his dominance on the mound and has the Aggies back in the chase for a super regional host.

In five starts he went 2-1 with a 2.13 ERA and struck out 38 batters in 38 innings pitched. He allowed just 11 runs and opponents batted .171 against him. He worked at least six innings in every start and except for the three runs allowed in first inning of the month against Texas Tech (his only loss), he did not allow more than two runs in any other inning pitched.

Hitter of the Month: This was a much closer battle than Raley being the month's best pitcher. Brodie Greene picked up the award not just because he drove in the winning run last night against Dallas Baptist but because that was the prime example of what he did the whole month long. Greene hit .412-3-11, leading the team in average, hits, extra base hits, and OPS%. Moving to the lead off role was a great coaching decision. It is even more amazing that he was hit in the face by a pitched ball on March 17 and was back in the lineup less than a week later.

Honorable mention needs to go to Luke Anders. After a March that saw the star slugger hit just .216-2-12 and also hit .216 with RISP, he bounced back in a big way with numbers much more typical of his time in the lineup for the Aggies. He finished the month hitting 385-5-18, good enough for second highest average, homerun total, RBI and OPS%. Big Luke driving in Greene was the key to the Aggie resurgence.

2009 Mid-Season All-Big 12 Team

Here is my look at the All-Big team entering the last week of April. Oklahoma and Texas A&M lead in the standing but the team of the year has certainly been Kansas State at this point. They have exceeded all expectations and are being led by the Big 12 Coach of the Year as well as the Pitcher of the Year. Texas leads the nation in ERA and their two pitchers on the squad certainly have given them a chance to win every game on the weekend. Brooks Raley is the player of the year, winning games on the mound, at the plate and in the outfield. Brodie Greene has played every position on the infield and it was no coincidence that the Aggies struggled to a 1-3 record during their worse week of the season after he had several teeth knocked out after being hit in the face against New Mexico. First base might be the most dominate position on the diamond this year as this is honorable mention is full of tremendous first baseman and returning All-Big 12 1B Luke Anders is finally emerging from a mid-season slump for the Aggies.

C J. T. Wise, OU .368-14-40
1B Dustin Dickerson, Baylor .363-9-28
2B Carter Jurica, KSU .389-4-35
SS Shave Hansen, Baylor .354-15-45
3B Tony Thompson, Kansas .359-12-54
UT Brodie Greene, Texas A&M .340-6-20
OF Aaron Miller, Baylor .350-10-38
OF Jamie Johnson, OU .342-11-35
OF Greg Folgia, Missouri .344-8-51
DH Bryan Hernandez, OU .376-8-48
SP A. J. Morris, KSU 10-0, 1.27 ERA
SP Brooks Raley, Texas A&M 7-1, 1.92 ERA
SP Kyle Gibson, Missouri 7-3, 3.57 ERA
SP Chance Ruffin, Texas 6-2, 2.64 ERA, 1 SV
RP Ryan Duke, OU 2-0, 2.38 ERA, 10 SV
RP Austin Wood, Texas 4-1, 1.90 ERA, 10 SV

Coach of the Year: Brad Hill, Kansas State
Player of Year: P/OF Brooks Raley .331-1-19, 21-of-25 SB at the plate
Pitcher of Year: A. J. Morris , Kansas State
Newcomer of Year: OF Adam Bailey, NU .321-9-41
Freshman of Year: P Randy McCurry, OSU 2-1, 2.27, 9 SV

Honorable Mention:
Baylor
P Logan Verrett 7-1, 4.05, 2 SV

KU
C Buck Afner .354-5-42
SS Brian Heere .386-3-26

KSU
1B Justin Bloxom .368-7-39
SS Drew Biery .353-8-40

OSU
OF Michael Dabbs .336-9-31
OF Neil Medchill .329-11-45

Texas
1B Brandon Belt, .341-4-18
P Austin Dicharry 5-1, 1.54

A&M
P Nick Fleece, 3-1, 2.14, 5 SV
3B Caleb Shofner .379-4-31

Tech
1B Chris Richburg .339-11-42
C Jeremy Mayo .322-11-32
P Chad Bettis 4-0, 3.98, 6 SV

It was my birthday and a day I would never forget...

April 16, 1989

So we start at what many consider the most exciting day in Aggie baseball history and give you the top five days in Coach Mark Johnson's tenure in Aggieland. The 40-2 Texas A&M Aggies were ranked #1 and facing #3 Texas in the series that many thought would determine the SWC Championship. Rain delayed the series to Saturday and Texas won the first game 6-2 with Aggie All-American John Byington homering late in that ballgame as Texas broke the Aggies' 14 game-winning streak and were the first visitor to win at Olsen Field in 39 games. The stage was set for a day/night doubleheader with the Aggies and 'Horns that would redefine the series. Mark Johnson had lost 14 of the 15 match ups between the two clubs since taking over the head job. The two games defined "Olsen Magic" and even though many comebacks and game winning hits followed, these two games are the benchmark.

Texas A&M entered the bottom of the ninth inning trailing in a game that had already seen the Aggies score seven times in the bottom of the first, only to lose the lead when Texas scored eight times in the top of the fourth. Texas added to their lead in the next two innings as well, but the Aggie offense scratched across two runs in the bottom of the sixth to make it 13-9. Texas scored again in the eighth and their 14-9 lead seemed insurmountable.

The ninth inning rally started with the normally air tight 'Horn defense booting the ball around and it began to affect freshman pitcher Chris Gaskill. John Byington reached to on an error to start the inning and a sure double play ball by Eric Albright was dropped at second by David Lowry for another 'Horn error. Those two plays opened the door and the Aggies stormed on through.

Andy Duke singled to load the bases before Mike Easley singled in two to make it 14-11 for the 'Horns. Gaskill struck out Travis Williams for the first out of the inning but Jim Neumann drew a walk to load the bases. Brian Dare replaced Gaskill but the speedy Kirk Thompson beat out an infield single to make it 14-12 and he was followed with a hard hit single to center by Terry Taylor that scored Easley and Neumann to tie the game. Texas had no choice but to walk Jason Marshall, who replaced an ejected Chuck Knoblauch earlier in the game, to setup a force play at home. It put the game in the hands of Byington, and Texas coach Cliff Gustafson brought Saturday night starting pitcher Kirk Dressendorfer out of the bullpen to face him. It wasn't much of a showdown as Byington hit the first pitch up and over the left field wall to empty the bases and mark the most important at bat of Byington's career.

"I don't know how you can explain it," coach Gustafson told the Eagle after the game. "We just fell apart. It was just a total collapse all around."

"He had to come into me," Byington said. "He couldn't afford to walk me, so he threw a fastball on the inside corner. I didn’t really hit it that good, but I knew it was deep enough to score a run. The homerun was extra."

Extra was right, the first game lasted over four hours, but the day was not over, not by a long shot. Game two of the doubleheader started with the Aggies again breaking out on top scoring single runs in the first, second, fifth and sixth to go on top 4-1. Texas cut the gap to 4-2 with a run in the seventh but A&M pushed the lead to 5-2 with a run of their own in the bottom of the eighth. Keith Langston's pitching gem was derailed when he popped a blister warming up for the ninth inning and Pat Sweet replaced Langston after he walked the leadoff hitter. Sweet was shaky at best, giving up a hit and having Mike Easley make a diving stop of a hard ground ball to keep Texas from scoring. With the nation's leading RBI hitter Scott Bryant coming up, Coach Johnson went to All-SWC closer Scott Centala. Bryant was ready for a pitch out over the plate and he blasted a game tying three-run homer into the left field power ally. Even though it was deflating for the Aggie players, coaches and fans, that homerun setup the bottom of the ninth for the perfect ending to a storybook day.

Neumann walked to start the inning and pinch runner Deron Dacus was bunted to second by Thompson. Texas went again to Gaskill and he intentionally walked Taylor to setup the double play but they could only coax a fielder's choice off the bat of the speedy Knoblauch. Instead of walking Byington to load the bases, Texas' strategy to pitch around him would be their downfall as Gaskill's first pitch to "Big John" was in the strike zone. This three-run shot was gone the moment it left the bat, and the Aggies had exorcised the past demons of blown leads, miscues and just bad luck with the 8-5 victory.

"I have had game winning hits before but to do something like that against your arch-rivals is unbelievable," Byington said after game two. "This is what you think about at practice, coming to the plate against Texas in the bottom of the ninth. That is as good as I can hit a ball right there."

"I think we made a statement," Johnson said. "I told our guys during pre-game that we had to make a stand for ourselves - a statement for ourselves."

The message rang true that year and for years to come as Mark Johnson's Aggies won 32 of 56 games with Texas from that day forward and it created a true rivalry on the baseball diamond.

March Players of the Month..

Sorry it has been a long six weeks since the season started and I had the time to post here on the site. It was a crazy month for the Aggies, the team went 13-2 around a five game losing streak that had everyone freaking out like always. It was pretty simple on what happened in those five games, the Aggies could not get a clutch hit to save their lives. The team hit .125 (7-for-56) with RISP and the team hit .270 (30-for-111) in all other at bats and struck out 50 times in those five games. That put plenty of pressure on the pitching staff and their ERA ballooned up to 6.49. Baylor, New Mexico and Missouri combined to .315 in those games and scored an average of 7.2 runs a game.

Lets talk about the good news in the other 15 games. The team hit .311-21-95, averaged 7.1 runs a game and hit .281 with RISP while driving home 31 runs with two outs. On the mound, they had a 4.36 ERA and only allowed a hit an inning, had 169 Ks and just 46 BB while opponents hit .251. While that ERA was a little higher than you would like, averaging 11.3 K and just 3 BB per game will make Rob Childress a happy pitching coach.

Pitcher of the Month: Pretty much a no-brainer as LHP Brooks Raleywent 3-0 with a 1.63 ERA in four starts. He matched two time Big 12 Pitcher of the Week winner Kyle Gibson for seven innings in that no-decision. Raley threw 27.2 innings allowing just 19 hits, five runs, seven walks and five extra base hits while striking out 37 and allowing a .198 AVG against him. Honorable mention needs to go to RHP Nick Fleece (2-0, 0.00 ERA, 3 sv) who filled in for an injured RHP Travis Starling (0-0, 2.08 ERA, 2 sv) who missed the last two weeks of the month.

Hitter of the Month:

While it would be easy to give the hitter of the month to Raley (.368-0-9) as well but that would be a diservice to his battery mate in C Kevin Gonzalez (.317-2-12). While Gonzo did not have the high marks in batting average, homers or RBI, he did lead the team in AVG with RISP. He was 7-for-17 (.412) and had seven two-out RBI to provide the clutch hitting the offense needed in March. He also started 17 games behind the plate without committing a single error, but did not show any ill affects from playing the most demanding position on the team when it was his turn in the batters box. Honorable mention goes out to CF Kyle Colligan, starting the year 3-for-33 (.091) is no way to start your year but he certainly turned it around with a very solid March. He hit .324-3-8 with a .467 OBP, had eight extra base hits, a .535 SLG% and scored a team high 25 runs in his 20 starts.

Play of the Month: The Aggies had several chances to deliver this month but one play stood out for importance as well as excitement. During the five game losing streak, Texas A&M had rallied to tie Baylor 7-7 before failing to complete the victory in the tenth with a one-out bases loaded situation and the rallied to tie Missouri 2-2 in the Friday night match-up between Raley and Gibson, but the play of the month came in the ninth inning of game 3 against the Tigers. Raley was attempting to steal second when the throw to the bag bounced off his body into left field. He was up and running to third when coach Matt Deggs signaled for him to go all the way home and he broke the losing streak and showed why he is a great player for the Aggies all on the same play.

Friday Baseball Recap

Another beautiful day out at Olsen Field yesterday and saw the Black Squad beat the Maroon by a 6-4 score. Barret Loux (6 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 6 K) was in complete command and certainly looks ready for next week. He worked all three pitches in the strikezone and baffled the Maroon team.

Alex Wilson pitched as well I have seen him throw in Aggieland, he retired 14 of 16 batters at one poing, including nine in a row between a fielding error and a walk in the last inning he was on the mound. The only problem was that in the first inning, he allowed five runs on five hits. Colligan started the inning with a double over the head of the right fielder. Raley scorched a ball on the infield, but Arthur knocked it down in short left to keep Colligan at third. After Greene grounded out to third, Luke Anders doubled home both runners with a shot down the first base line. Fleece powered a homerun to the left field alley. Parsons walked and eventually scored on a sacrifice fly. From that point forward, Wilson (5 IP, 5 H, 5R, 2 BB, 6 K) pitched a great ballgame, staying mentally tough and not allowing the rough start to carry forward in the ballgame.

Estevan Uriegas relieved Loux and gave up three runs, three straight hits from Arthur (1B), Shofner (RBI 2B) and Petrich (opposite field HR) closed the gap for the Maroon. The scored a single run of Martin in the ninth, Thorpe singled and scored on a groundout by Luther. The other run scored by the Black team came against Migl (2 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 4 K) when he gave up a single to Parsons and an out later, Gonzalez drove him home. Roberstons threw a perfect inning as well.

Colligan 1-for-4, 2B
Raley 1-for-4
Greene 0-for-4
L. Anders 1-for-3, 2B, 2 RBI
Fleece 1-for-4, HR, 2 RBI
Parsons 1-for-3
N. Anders 1-for-4
Gonzalez 1-for-2, 2 RBI
Smith 0-for-3
Arthur 1-for-5
Shofner 2-for-5, 2B, RBI
Petrich 2-for-4, HR, 2 RBI
Patterson 0-for-3
Nettune 0-for-4
Thorpe 1-for-4
Luther 0-for-4, RBI

Thursday Scrimmage Report

The Maroon team came out on top by a 6-4 score. Kyle Thebeau ran into trouble for the White team his second time through the lineup and gave up four runs on five hits while walking two and striking out three. Brooks Raley(5 IP, 1 H, 2 R, 2 BB, 5 K) was the starter for the White team and he was matched in a pitching duel against Ross Hales (5 IP, 4 H, 2 R, O BB, 7 K). Clement (3 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 1 BB, 4 K) relieved Hales and give up the lead before seeing his team rally. Minks and Starling each worked a scoreless inning. Starling saw his mound mate, Clayton Ehlert throw out Scott Arthur who was trying to tag on a ball down the right field line, Arthur should have known better since he played in the playoffs against Ehlert when he was a two-way standout.

Colligan 1-for-4, 1 R
Greene 2-for-5, HR (left-handed off Thebeau)
L. Anders 0-for-2, 2 BB, 2 R
Fleece 1-for-5, 1 RBI
Patterson 1-for-4, 2B, 1 RBI
Petrich 0-for-3, BB
N. Anders 1-for-3, 2B, RBI
Smith 0-for-4
Gonzalez 1-for-4
Thorpe 0-for-4, BB
Raley 2-for-5, 3B
Arthur 2-for-4, 2B
Shofner 1-for-5, RBI
Parsons 1-for-4, 2B, RBI
Alleman 0-for-3, HBP
Luther 0-of-3

Friday Baseball Recap

The pitching did bounce back against the hitters on Friday but the Black team still used a late rally to pull out a 9-3 victory. The Black team strung together five straight hits, including a towering homerun to right by Joe Patterson off Scott Migl to break the game open.

Barret Loux threw three innings, allowing two runs on one hit while striking out four and issuing a walk. Alex Wilson matched him striking out five while allowing just one run on one hit in his three innings. He struggled a bit with his command in the second, walking one and hitting two batters.

Estevan Uriegas (3 IP, 3 H 1 R, 1K) and Steve Martin (1 IP, 1 H) relieved Loux. Scott Migl (2 IP, 6 H, 5 ER) and Hank Robertson (1 IP, 3 H, 3 ER, ) struggled in the later innings after relieving Wilson.

Colligan 0-for-4; Green 1-for-4, 1 RBI; Luke Anders 1-for-3, 1 RBI; Fleece 2-for-3, 1 RBI; Patterson 2-for-3, 2 run HR, 3 RBI; Petrich 1-for-3; Nick Anders 0-for-2; Smith 2-for-3, solo HR; Gonzalez 1-for-2; Thorpe 0-for-4; Raley 1-for-4, 2B, RBI; Arthur 2-for-4, 3B, 1 RBI; Parsons 0-for-4; Alleman 0-for-1; Nettune 2-for-4, 2B; Luther 0-for-3

Spring Scrimmage Report #1

It was a great day for the Aggie offense attack, even at the expense of the talented Aggie pitching staff. Combine an under-appreciated and very talented lineup, a south wind with a tight strike zone and it produced a hitters paradise. None of the homeruns were a cheap by any means and the hitters continued with a linedrive stroke the complete five innings. Every player had a least a hit or an RBI as the two squads combined for twenty runs on 17 hits against Ross Hales, Brooks Raley, Denny Clement, Kyle Thebeau, Travis Starling and Shane Minks. Minks was the only pitcher that did not to allow a run to score.

Kyle Colligan was 2-for-2 with a homerun, three RBI, two BB and a steal
Brodie Greene was 1-for-4 with a stolen base
Luke Anders was 1-for2 with a double, two walks and two RBI
Nick Fleece was 3-for-4 with a three run homerun, an RBI double
Joe Patterson was 1-for-3 with a sacrifice fly, an RBI double
Dylan Petrich was 1-for-3 with a homerun and was hit by a pitch
Nick Anders was 1-for3 with a walk and a steal
Adam Smith was 0-for-3 with a sacrifice fly and a stolen base
Kevin Gonzalez was 2-for-3 with a double and two-run homerun
Randall Thorpe was 1-for-3 with a solo homerun
Brooks Raley was 1-for-2 with a walk
Scott Arthur was 1-for-2 with an RBI triple and a stolen base
Brett Parsons was 0-for-3 with an RBI
David Alleman was 1-for-3
Andrew Nettune was 1-for-3 with an RBI
Zach Luther was 1-for-3 a stolen base

Even though it was rough day for the pitching staff, it was still excitting to see the hitters have a great day. Tomorrow might see the pitchers dominate, even though it will again be a hitter friendly park.

Rob Childress Interview

Here is the link to the audio of the Rob Childress interview I did yesterday for the "Front Page" on KZNE this morning.

Rob Childress Interview (please right click and download)

Coach Childress Interview and more...

I interviewed Coach Childress for the "Front Page" radio show that I am hosting for Robert Cessna tomorrow. You will want to tune in to KZNE 1150 or www.kzne.com to listen about 11:30 tomorrow for the 16 minute interview.

I also had a chance to look at the artist renderings of the new Olsen Field. It looks wonderful and the coaches have a worked with the architects to produce a great looking as well as functional refit of our great stadium. Here are some key points.

1. New Coaches offices
2. New locker rooms and players lounge
3. Doubling the size of the concourse behind the first level of seats for better access and concessions.
4. Adding rows of seats down to the playing surface.
5. New dugouts, new weight room, new press area
6. New seating areas at the end of both sides of the current grandstands.

The "new" Olsen Field will be another part of the legacy that Coach Childress has at Texas A&M. The changes will be done the right way to even the playing field in recruiting with Texas, Rice, Baylor and all the schools that have redone their stadiums in the past 10 years. I have seen these plans grow since Childress arrived and it has been hard not to talk about them on the other Aggie forums. It was very frustrating to me that Olsen was not in the mix with all the new construction that was going on in the Athletic Department but that has been rectified and what happens in these renovations will all benefit the players, coaches and fans of our great program.

Special thanks to Steve Morris and family for making a large donation to the project and the countless Aggie baseball fans that will contribute in the fund raising efforts.

Thursday, July 02, 2009

Signee Tyler Naquin's Summer team profiled

Tuesday, June 30, 2009

2010 Recruit Krey Bratsen Earns Spot in All-Star Game

Barret Loux

Monday, June 29, 2009

Michael Wacha at USA Tournament of Stars

Monday, June 15, 2009

Aggie Baseball Spring Signees

Friday, May 01, 2009

April Players of the Month

Tuesday, April 28, 2009

2009 Mid-Season All-Big 12 Team

Friday, April 17, 2009

It was my birthday and a day I would never forget...

Wednesday, April 01, 2009

March Players of the Month..

Saturday, February 14, 2009

Friday Baseball Recap

Friday, February 13, 2009

Thursday Scrimmage Report

Saturday, February 07, 2009

Friday Baseball Recap

Thursday, February 05, 2009

Spring Scrimmage Report #1

Saturday, January 31, 2009

Rob Childress Interview

Friday, January 30, 2009

Coach Childress Interview and more...