BeaverBeliever

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You mind giving us a quick summary of strengths and weaknesses of y'all team?

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We've got a pretty solid starting pitching rotation that kept us in just about every game. The trouble on the mound has come from our bullpen - which going into the season looked to be pretty damn strong but for whatever reason hasn't been. Our closer came in as a preseason All-American, but has struggled mightily.

Our hitting hasn't been bad, but we've had a serious problem of leaving runners on base (particularly during the middle of the season). We are patient at the plate and draw a lot of free passes. The heart of our lineup, now healthy, looks pretty good with Tyler Smith, Michael Conforto (conference freshman of the year for sure), and Danny Hayes. John Tommasinni is an excellent glove at 2nd base, but is almost an automatic out at the plate.

The biggest weakness (other than the bullpen) is a lack of team speed. We've typically had a lot of it under Pat Casey, but this year's squad has very little. You won't see many attempted steals from OSU.

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The Beaver fans were great in BR back in 2004 when we played them in football.

Hopefully the weather will be better this time.

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Could it possibly be worse? Looked like the apocolypse - that was some homefield advantage right there.

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but LSU should be able to win this regional easily though

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The #2 and #5 seeds couldn't win series against OSU, so might want to not get too ahead of yourself.

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Oh man, I didn't know this was serious. It was just another fark. Aren't UO and OSU rivals?

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As bitter as they come, at least west of the Mississippi. Mike Riley is just a very nice guy - the rest of Beaver Nation will revel in their downfall.

You guys didn't look so hot - don't interpret that as UW being anywhere near good. PAC-10 offenses will eat them alive just like last year. UW a bowl team?! LOL! :lol: