Perfect Game - College Baseball Clubhouse - Pac-12 Predictions: Week 12 - Messages

Message from ASU74

Tue, 08 May 2012 12:02:53 GMT

Dodger Matt wrote:

My week for making mistakes

One payer called to ask about a discrepancy in his score, and when I checked the scores I noticed that I had scored the Wazzu-Cal series 2-1 Wazzu instead of 2-1 Cal. So here are the updated scores. Apologies once again.

Week 12 scores

Borg makes it to the top of the list for the first time this season. If the Ducks had lost today’s game, he and I would have swapped scores.

21.0 borgguy
21.0 Duckfan127
19.0 cswanson2k7
19.0 Dodger Matt
19.0 Florida Beaver
18.0 RiverDuck
17.0 ASU74
17.0 BeaverBob
17.0 FullertonBaseballFan
17.0 MostUnknown
17.0 OpihiMan
17.0 Rowdy
15.0 WildCard85
14.0 ConnorOSU

Pac-12 conference game prediction averages so far

Trying something new here. This week's rank and previous week's rank, with a plus for a move up and minus for a move down.

RANK . PREV . WKS. . TTL . . . AVG . . . NAME   
. 1 . . .1 . . 7 . . 131.4 . . 18.77 . . Rowdy   
+ 2 . . .4 . . 6 . . 111.8 . . 18.63 . . cswanson2k7  
- 3 . . .2 . . 8 . . 149.0 . . 18.63 . . FullertonBaseballFan  
+ 4 . . .5 . . 7 . . 128.2 . . 18.31 . . RiverDuck  
- 5 . . .3 . . 8 . . 145.8 . . 18.23 . . WildCard85  
+ 6 . . .8 . . 7 . . 126.0 . . 18.00 . . borgguy  
- 7 . . .6 . . 8 . . 142.2 . . 17.78 . . MostUnknown  
+ 8 . . .9 . . 8 . . 140.6 . . 17.58 . . Dodger Matt  
- 9 . . .7 . . 8 . . 140.4 . . 17.55 . . ASU74  
+ 9 . . 10 . . 8 . . 140.4 . . 17.55 . . Florida Beaver  
+11 . . 12 . . 8 . . 132.2 . . 16.53 . . OpihiMan  
-12 . . 11 . . 7 . . 113.6 . . 16.23 . . ConnorOSU  
.13 . . 13 . . 8 . . 129.6 . . 16.20 . . BeaverBob

If this happens again next week, I will refund everyone's money.

Whoa Nilly...newbie Duckfan127 went to the top of the class already; sharing the weekly high score with borgguy....I guess his probationary status is offically over now. Beavers can intentionally hit him with a 93 mph fast ball. (Don't tell anyone you did it intentionally or DM will suspended you.)

Message from Riverduck

Tue, 08 May 2012 11:40:59 GMT

Ugg- Wazzu is so up and down.. really hard to pick those series. When the beavs went there two years ago, that was the ending of their horrible slump. Remember Casey saying he was happy to win one game.

Message from Florida Beaver

Mon, 07 May 2012 22:06:59 GMT

Depends on if the freshmen were out in the pastures 'shroom picking. If so, they would not remember any video played because of the tracers they followed for two days.

BeaverBob wrote:

DM, so many life lessons in this video. It should be required viewing for all college freshmen, especially down at the U of O.

Dodger Matt wrote:

Bob, since you seem to be interested in Canadian wildlife, I thought you might appreciate this video on spiders that the Canadian Wildlife Service put out.

I think I saw a sign near Lincoln City pointing to Crack Spider Beach a couple years ago.

Message from Dodger Matt

Mon, 07 May 2012 21:50:02 GMT

21.0 borgguy
21.0 Duckfan127
19.0 cswanson2k7
19.0 Dodger Matt
19.0 Florida Beaver
18.0 RiverDuck
17.0 ASU74
17.0 BeaverBob
17.0 FullertonBaseballFan
17.0 MostUnknown
17.0 OpihiMan
17.0 Rowdy
15.0 WildCard85
14.0 ConnorOSU

Pac-12 conference game prediction averages so far

Trying something new here. This week's rank and previous week's rank, with a plus for a move up and minus for a move down.

RANK . PREV . WKS. . TTL . . . AVG . . . NAME 
. 1 . . .1 . . 7 . . 131.4 . . 18.77 . . Rowdy 
+ 2 . . .4 . . 6 . . 111.8 . . 18.63 . . cswanson2k7
- 3 . . .2 . . 8 . . 149.0 . . 18.63 . . FullertonBaseballFan
+ 4 . . .5 . . 7 . . 128.2 . . 18.31 . . RiverDuck
- 5 . . .3 . . 8 . . 145.8 . . 18.23 . . WildCard85
+ 6 . . .8 . . 7 . . 126.0 . . 18.00 . . borgguy
- 7 . . .6 . . 8 . . 142.2 . . 17.78 . . MostUnknown
+ 8 . . .9 . . 8 . . 140.6 . . 17.58 . . Dodger Matt
- 9 . . .7 . . 8 . . 140.4 . . 17.55 . . ASU74
+ 9 . . 10 . . 8 . . 140.4 . . 17.55 . . Florida Beaver
+11 . . 12 . . 8 . . 132.2 . . 16.53 . . OpihiMan
-12 . . 11 . . 7 . . 113.6 . . 16.23 . . ConnorOSU
.13 . . 13 . . 8 . . 129.6 . . 16.20 . . BeaverBob

If this happens again next week, I will refund everyone's money.

Message from BeaverBob

Mon, 07 May 2012 13:15:58 GMT

DM, so many life lessons in this video. It should be required viewing for all college freshmen, especially down at the U of O.

Dodger Matt wrote:

Message from Riverduck

Mon, 07 May 2012 09:59:04 GMT

borgguy wrote:

I won? sweet! first career victory! who would a thought that picking the duckies would pay off? as a beaver fan it stings a little, but still a high point of the weekend. look forward to next week!

Well, jumping up to # 7 was a pretty good surprise, just need to win the rest of our games..

Message from borgguy

Mon, 07 May 2012 08:58:10 GMT

I won? sweet! first career victory! who would a thought that picking the duckies would pay off? as a beaver fan it stings a little, but still a high point of the weekend. look forward to next week!

Message from Riverduck

Mon, 07 May 2012 07:30:24 GMT

Dodger Matt wrote:

Who's warming up for the Beavs, Parker?

I don't know.. listened to him.. he gets so excited. Did the guy actually drop the ball, or was it a well deserved hit to win it?

Message from Riverduck

Mon, 07 May 2012 07:27:37 GMT

Dodger Matt wrote:

Riverduck wrote:

Horton is heading for pac coach of the year.

Remember this? But his team got swept by their archrival on the last weekend of conference play.

May history repeat itself.

yeah that would be a major buzz-kill. Guess it could be a 50/50 proposition.

Message from Dodger Matt

Mon, 07 May 2012 01:47:04 GMT

Message from BeaverBob

Sun, 06 May 2012 23:13:44 GMT

Oh no, not my Beaver's Club Gold Membership card. I'm not sure I could go on with life.

Florida Beaver wrote:

BeaverBob wrote:

FB, just for you. A little Beaver Love.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4FDtv1qeKI

Florida Beaver wrote:

Dodger Matt wrote:

Week 12 scores

Borg makes it to the top of the list for the first time this season. If the Ducks had lost today’s game, he and I would have swapped scores.

23.0 borgguy
21.0 Dodger Matt
20.0 RiverDuck
19.0 OpihiMan
19.0 BeaverBob
19.0 MostUnknown
19.0 FullertonBaseballFan
19.0 Rowdy
19.0 Duckfan127
17.0 WildCard85
17.0 cswanson2k7
16.0 ASU74
14.0 ConnorOSU

Holy moly......I musta did so poorly I dropped completely out of the weekend scores.

DM...can't I get any love for the week?

BB,

You are in serious jeopardy of losing your Beaver's Club Gold Membership card. If the Boardroom hears that you referred to these otter as beavers you may be ejected from the clubhouse and may be disbarred permanantly. I promise they won't hear about it from me though.

Message from Florida Beaver

Sun, 06 May 2012 21:26:22 GMT

BeaverBob wrote:

FB, just for you. A little Beaver Love.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4FDtv1qeKI

Florida Beaver wrote:

Dodger Matt wrote:

Week 12 scores

Borg makes it to the top of the list for the first time this season. If the Ducks had lost today’s game, he and I would have swapped scores.

23.0 borgguy
21.0 Dodger Matt
20.0 RiverDuck
19.0 OpihiMan
19.0 BeaverBob
19.0 MostUnknown
19.0 FullertonBaseballFan
19.0 Rowdy
19.0 Duckfan127
17.0 WildCard85
17.0 cswanson2k7
16.0 ASU74
14.0 ConnorOSU

Holy moly......I musta did so poorly I dropped completely out of the weekend scores.

DM...can't I get any love for the week?

Message from Florida Beaver

Sun, 06 May 2012 21:20:38 GMT

Dodger Matt wrote:

Pac-12 conference game prediction averages so far

Trying something new here. This week's rank and previous week's rank, with a plus for a move up and minus for a move down.

RANK . PREV . WKS. . TTL . . . AVG . . . NAME 
. 1 . . .1 . . 7 . . 133.4 . . 19.06 . . Rowdy 
. 2 . . .2 . . 8 . . 151.0 . . 18.88 . . FullertonBaseballFan 
+ 3 . . .5 . . 7 . . 130.2 . . 18.60 . . RiverDuck 
- 4 . . .3 . . 8 . . 147.8 . . 18.48 . . WildCard85 
- 5 . . .4 . . 6 . . 109.8 . . 18.30 . . cswanson2k7 
+ 6 . . .8 . . 7 . . 128.0 . . 18.29 . . borgguy 
- 7 . . .6 . . 8 . . 144.2 . . 18.03 . . MostUnknown 
+ 8 . . .9 . . 8 . . 142.6 . . 17.83 . . Dodger Matt 
+ 9 . . 10 . . 8 . . 142.4 . . 17.80 . . Florida Beaver 
-10 . . .7 . . 8 . . 139.4 . . 17.43 . . ASU74 
+11 . . 12 . . 8 . . 134.2 . . 16.78 . . OpihiMan 
-12 . . 11 . . 7 . . 115.6 . . 16.51 . . ConnorOSU 
.13 . . 13 . . 8 . . 131.6 . . 16.45 . . BeaverBob

I like this. Lets us know where we were without having to retrace to last week's rankings. Of course, I realize you have to, but hey, you are getting paid extremely well for your efforts, right? I mean I have been sending RD $25.00 a week to give to you. That's what he said each person in these PAC-12 picks pool had to pay to participate. He should have gotten you the $200.00 I've paid so far.

Message from BeaverBob

Sun, 06 May 2012 19:26:18 GMT

FB, just in case you need a little more love and reassurance, I've pasted the Beaver song for you.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hqklWJxUTo&feature=related

BeaverBob wrote:

FB, just for you. A little Beaver Love.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4FDtv1qeKI

Florida Beaver wrote:

Dodger Matt wrote:

Week 12 scores

Borg makes it to the top of the list for the first time this season. If the Ducks had lost today’s game, he and I would have swapped scores.

23.0 borgguy
21.0 Dodger Matt
20.0 RiverDuck
19.0 OpihiMan
19.0 BeaverBob
19.0 MostUnknown
19.0 FullertonBaseballFan
19.0 Rowdy
19.0 Duckfan127
17.0 WildCard85
17.0 cswanson2k7
16.0 ASU74
14.0 ConnorOSU

Holy moly......I musta did so poorly I dropped completely out of the weekend scores.

DM...can't I get any love for the week?

Message from BeaverBob

Sun, 06 May 2012 19:21:05 GMT

FB, just for you. A little Beaver Love.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4FDtv1qeKI

Florida Beaver wrote:

Dodger Matt wrote:

Week 12 scores

Borg makes it to the top of the list for the first time this season. If the Ducks had lost today’s game, he and I would have swapped scores.

23.0 borgguy
21.0 Dodger Matt
20.0 RiverDuck
19.0 OpihiMan
19.0 BeaverBob
19.0 MostUnknown
19.0 FullertonBaseballFan
19.0 Rowdy
19.0 Duckfan127
17.0 WildCard85
17.0 cswanson2k7
16.0 ASU74
14.0 ConnorOSU

Holy moly......I musta did so poorly I dropped completely out of the weekend scores.

DM...can't I get any love for the week?

Message from Dodger Matt

Sun, 06 May 2012 19:01:33 GMT

Pac-12 conference game prediction averages so far

Trying something new here. This week's rank and previous week's rank, with a plus for a move up and minus for a move down.

RANK . PREV . WKS. . TTL . . . AVG . . . NAME 
. 1 . . .1 . . 7 . . 133.4 . . 19.06 . . Rowdy 
. 2 . . .2 . . 8 . . 151.0 . . 18.88 . . FullertonBaseballFan
+ 3 . . .5 . . 7 . . 130.2 . . 18.60 . . RiverDuck
- 4 . . .3 . . 8 . . 147.8 . . 18.48 . . WildCard85
- 5 . . .4 . . 6 . . 109.8 . . 18.30 . . cswanson2k7
+ 6 . . .8 . . 7 . . 128.0 . . 18.29 . . borgguy
- 7 . . .6 . . 8 . . 144.2 . . 18.03 . . MostUnknown
+ 8 . . .9 . . 8 . . 142.6 . . 17.83 . . Dodger Matt
+ 9 . . 10 . . 8 . . 142.4 . . 17.80 . . Florida Beaver
-10 . . .7 . . 8 . . 139.4 . . 17.43 . . ASU74
+11 . . 12 . . 8 . . 134.2 . . 16.78 . . OpihiMan
-12 . . 11 . . 7 . . 115.6 . . 16.51 . . ConnorOSU
.13 . . 13 . . 8 . . 131.6 . . 16.45 . . BeaverBob

Message from Dodger Matt

Sun, 06 May 2012 18:53:05 GMT

Okay, you tied me...exact same picks.

Message from Dodger Matt

Sun, 06 May 2012 18:50:48 GMT

Did I do it again? I don't have scores logged for you. Let me look. Be right back.
(This job is not worth what I get paid to do it sometimes....)

Message from Florida Beaver

Sun, 06 May 2012 18:32:04 GMT

Dodger Matt wrote:

Week 12 scores

Borg makes it to the top of the list for the first time this season. If the Ducks had lost today’s game, he and I would have swapped scores.

23.0 borgguy
21.0 Dodger Matt
20.0 RiverDuck
19.0 OpihiMan
19.0 BeaverBob
19.0 MostUnknown
19.0 FullertonBaseballFan
19.0 Rowdy
19.0 Duckfan127
17.0 WildCard85
17.0 cswanson2k7
16.0 ASU74
14.0 ConnorOSU

Holy moly......I musta did so poorly I dropped completely out of the weekend scores.

DM...can't I get any love for the week?

Message from Dodger Matt

Sun, 06 May 2012 18:17:36 GMT

Week 12 scores

Borg makes it to the top of the list for the first time this season. If the Ducks had lost today’s game, he and I would have swapped scores.

23.0 borgguy
21.0 Dodger Matt
20.0 RiverDuck
19.0 OpihiMan
19.0 BeaverBob
19.0 MostUnknown
19.0 FullertonBaseballFan
19.0 Rowdy
19.0 Duckfan127
17.0 WildCard85
17.0 cswanson2k7
16.0 ASU74
14.0 ConnorOSU

Message from Dodger Matt

Sun, 06 May 2012 17:50:32 GMT

Day three

Oregon 3, Arizona 1.
Oregon wins series 2-1.

Oregon State 5, Stanford 4 (10 innings).
Oregon State wins series 2-1.

Washington 5, USC 0.
Washington sweeps series 3-0.

Cal 8, Wazzu 0.
Cal wins series 2-1.

Arizona State 4, Utah 2.
ASU sweeps series 3-0.

Purdue 15, UCLA 11.
UCLA wins series 2-1.

Message from BeaverBob

Sun, 06 May 2012 17:49:52 GMT

Okay, I must confess, I'm texting and driving right now as I am on my way home from the Beavers game. FB, I can't agree more. Boyd is the best player on the team. He should be playing every inning. He may be the best hitter and is probably the best pitcher after Fry. He could also be the best position player. So, he gets to pitch to 4 batters and play 1 and a 1/3 inning all weekend. He hits one batter and Yeskie yanks him. What a confidence booster.

Okay, back to driving.

Florida Beaver wrote:

Why would/did Yeskie pull Boyd?!?!?! What a FU!

edited by BeaverBob on 5/6/2012

Message from Dodger Matt

Sun, 06 May 2012 17:36:55 GMT

I think he should should switch Boyd and Bryant. Well, we at least won. Thanks to the bats and not the arms. And thanks to the flu and Stanford using their outfielder to pitch. Sheesh.

UCLA implodes in the 9th, giving up 10 freaking runs, 7 with two outs. Purdue up 15-10 and still batting.

Message from Florida Beaver

Sun, 06 May 2012 17:28:16 GMT

Why would/did Yeskie pull Boyd?!?!?! What a FU!

Message from Dodger Matt

Sun, 06 May 2012 17:17:58 GMT

Wild one in LA. Purdue, down 10-5 in the 9th, has scored 4 and has runners at the corners with two out. 10-9 UCLA.

Message from Dodger Matt

Sun, 06 May 2012 17:11:45 GMT

Who's warming up for the Beavs, Parker?

Message from BeaverBeliever20

Sun, 06 May 2012 17:08:56 GMT

OpihiMan wrote:

Fire Yeskie

Cannot agree more. He's so bad.

Message from OpihiMan

Sun, 06 May 2012 16:59:27 GMT

Fire Yeskie

Message from Dodger Matt

Sun, 06 May 2012 16:59:17 GMT

I guess not!

Message from Dodger Matt

Sun, 06 May 2012 16:48:23 GMT

I hope Bryant has his A game today. He doesn't have to face the killer heart of Stanford's lineup, but there is still little room for error.

Message from Dodger Matt

Sun, 06 May 2012 16:44:58 GMT

Riverduck wrote:

Horton is heading for pac coach of the year.

Remember this? But his team got swept by their archrival on the last weekend of conference play.

May history repeat itself.

Message from Riverduck

Sun, 06 May 2012 16:09:10 GMT

Could not have asked for a better week. Kudos for the team to come back after getting thrashed the night before.
Horton is heading for pac coach of the year..

Message from Duckfan127

Sun, 06 May 2012 15:16:54 GMT

Final

UO 3
Arizona 1

Sherfy 3.2 IP 1 Hit 1HBP 2 SO
edited by Duckfan127 on 5/6/2012

Message from Duckfan127

Sun, 06 May 2012 15:08:51 GMT

2 out RBI single for Hambright 3-1 UO

Message from Dodger Matt

Sun, 06 May 2012 15:01:27 GMT

Purdue making a game of it in LA. After a 2-run homer, they now have the bases loaded with one out, and it's tied 3-3 in the top of the 4th.

Message from Duckfan127

Sun, 06 May 2012 15:01:21 GMT

2-1 UO headed the 9th

Message from Duckfan127

Sun, 06 May 2012 14:53:14 GMT

UO up 2-1 now

Message from Dodger Matt

Sun, 06 May 2012 14:43:38 GMT

Rats. That was the blast I was looking for...a little too far right.

Message from Dodger Matt

Sun, 06 May 2012 14:42:46 GMT

Cal running away with the rubber game in the Palouse now, 7-0 over Wazzu in the 7th.

Message from Dodger Matt

Sun, 06 May 2012 14:38:51 GMT

The Bloom is off the ro-- uh, mound. Sahil gone after 1.2 IP, 5 hits, 3 runs. Michael Conforto is due, but he faces a new pitcher, AJ Vanegas, with one on and two down.

Message from Florida Beaver

Sun, 06 May 2012 14:25:38 GMT

Ahhhhhhh. Better

Message from Florida Beaver

Sun, 06 May 2012 14:23:57 GMT

Child cannot afford to throw 7-10 balls per batter. At that rate he'll be well over a hundred pitches by the 4th inning. He needs to bring some control to his throws
edited by Florida Beaver on 5/6/2012

Message from Dodger Matt

Sun, 06 May 2012 14:23:17 GMT

UCLA strikes first in game three against Purdue, 1-0 in the bottom of the 2nd.

Here's the audio link: http://client.stretchinternet.com/client/ucla.portal#

Message from Dodger Matt

Sun, 06 May 2012 14:18:15 GMT

Sherfy comes in in the 6th? Only 1-0 Arizona, much lower-scoring game than I would have guessed, yet Horton not taking a chance to fall further behind. Long relief effort by Sherfy, I would imagine.

Message from Dodger Matt

Sun, 06 May 2012 13:39:48 GMT

Stanford is starting Sahil Bloom from Massachusetts: 2-0 record, 2.72 ERA, 36.1 IP over 15 games (none started), .224 OBA.

Message from Riverduck

Sun, 06 May 2012 11:23:03 GMT

Hopefuly the fans of AZ will not show up to an early game. they were so rowdy, and probably drank to much. 12:00 game will work.
Early game for the beavs as well. Hopefully Yeskie was not drinking last night. He pretty much had a night off anyway with Fry's complete game. Today he will have to make some tough decisions. Can't believe you are not going to face Mooneyham. That is a huge break for the beavs

Message from Riverduck

Sun, 06 May 2012 11:18:43 GMT

borgguy wrote:

what? RD is in the lead? ruh roh, what is this world coming to? Sadly ConnorOSU went for broke with all sweeps and sadly looks like broke is what is going to happen. standings after game 2 for the newby first # is most points possible based on your picks, second is fewest points possible in case of tie, whoever has the highest fewest points gets the edge
Not going to be on top after game 3 though. Sadly enough

1) Riverduck 26-14
2) BeaverBob 25-13
t3) OpihiMan 25-12
t3) WildCard85 25-12
t5) FulertonBaseballFan 24-14
t5) Rowdy 24-14
t5) Borgguy 24-14
t8) ASU74 24-13
t8) MostUnknown 24-13
t8) Florida Beaver 24-13
t8) Cswanson2k7 24-13
t8) DodgerMatt 24-13
13) DuckFan127 22-11
14) ConnorOSU 22-9

Message from Riverduck

Sun, 06 May 2012 11:16:59 GMT

Florida Beaver wrote:

Dam RD,

SPANK!

Yeah- After our start.. we were uncharacteristic. Poor Jake Reed. He has had quality starts all but Washington and now AZ. They were like taking target practice at our infielders. Every pitch over the audio, you new it was a hit. Ouch.
Pretty worried about our next game. Hopefully the AZ bats were all used up yesterday. That team is explosive.!

Message from borgguy

Sun, 06 May 2012 10:03:20 GMT

what? RD is in the lead? ruh roh, what is this world coming to? Sadly ConnorOSU went for broke with all sweeps and sadly looks like broke is what is going to happen. standings after game 2 for the newby first # is most points possible based on your picks, second is fewest points possible in case of tie, whoever has the highest fewest points gets the edge

1) Riverduck 26-14
2) BeaverBob 25-13
t3) OpihiMan 25-12
t3) WildCard85 25-12
t5) FulertonBaseballFan 24-14
t5) Rowdy 24-14
t5) Borgguy 24-14
t8) ASU74 24-13
t8) MostUnknown 24-13
t8) Florida Beaver 24-13
t8) Cswanson2k7 24-13
t8) DodgerMatt 24-13
13) DuckFan127 22-11
14) ConnorOSU 22-9

Message from Florida Beaver

Sun, 06 May 2012 04:43:43 GMT

Dam RD,

SPANK!

Message from Dodger Matt

Sat, 05 May 2012 22:32:55 GMT

Day two

Arizona 12, Oregon 6.
Series tied 1-1.

Oregon State 4, Stanford 2.
Series tied 1-1.

Washington 6, USC 3.
Washington leads series 2-0.

Cal 9, Wazzu 4.
Series tied 1-1.

Arizona State 17, Utah 1.
ASU leads series 2-0.

Game one: UCLA 5, Purdue 1.
Game two: UCLA 3, Purdue 2.
UCLA leads series 2-0.

Message from Dodger Matt

Sat, 05 May 2012 22:03:52 GMT

Dodger Matt wrote:

Game one should be a pitching duel. After that, watch the slugfest.

Ducks pitching not looking very good in game two. The unstoppable force meets the impenetrable wall...and breaks through.

Message from Dodger Matt

Sat, 05 May 2012 21:51:37 GMT

ASU has more runs than hits so far, 14 and 13 respectively. And Utah has one more run than errors, 4 and 3.

Message from Dodger Matt

Sat, 05 May 2012 20:33:27 GMT

UCLA sweeps the doubleheader, beating Purdue 3-2. I forgot to mention earlier (forgot about it myself) that the UCLA games can be heard online by checking their website's "Schedule" page. I'll try to remember to post the link tomorrow.

Boilermakers outhit the Bruins 10-4 in the nightcap.

Message from Dodger Matt

Sat, 05 May 2012 20:23:30 GMT

Riverduck wrote:

Ducks with a nightmare inning....

Here comes another one....

Message from Riverduck

Sat, 05 May 2012 20:09:54 GMT

Ducks with a nightmare inning.. give up 6 runs, but scratch back 2 runs. Most coaches would have pulled their pitcher.. but Horton stuck with reed. Next inning reed settled back in.. going to be a wild one tonight.

Message from Dodger Matt

Sat, 05 May 2012 18:15:48 GMT

Washington beat USC 6-3 and outhit the Trojans 19-6!

In the second inning of game two of their double-header with UCLA, Purdue has already matched their total in hits (2) and runs (1) from the first game. Purdue up 1-0, top of the 2nd.

Message from Dodger Matt

Sat, 05 May 2012 16:52:56 GMT

The Huskies have blasted USC with 15 hits, yet they only lead the Trojans 3-1 in the 7th.

Message from Dodger Matt

Sat, 05 May 2012 16:28:48 GMT

After yesterday's explosion when they took Wetzler out, their plan today--no relief pitching--is a good one. Fry loses the shutout but gets the complete game win, 4-2.

Message from OpihiMan

Sat, 05 May 2012 16:21:35 GMT

Fry has given up 3 hits and a hard hit out, tying run at the plate and they are still leaving him in...WTF

Message from OpihiMan

Sat, 05 May 2012 16:20:26 GMT

Fire Yeskie!
Fire Yeskie!
Fire Yeskie!
Fire Yeskie!
Fire Yeskie!
Fire Yeskie!

Message from Dodger Matt

Sat, 05 May 2012 16:03:55 GMT

The Boilermakers spoil Plutko's shutout, scoring one on what looked like it should have been a game-ending double-play, but the Bruins win 5-1.

Fry gets out of an 8th-inning jam with a runner on third with one out, and preserves the shutout through 8 innings. I believe his pitch count is 100.

Message from Dodger Matt

Sat, 05 May 2012 15:52:18 GMT

Plutko leaves the game in the 9th after hitting a batter and giving up a one-out single, the second hit and third runner he allowed all day. Bruins up 5-0.

Message from Dodger Matt

Sat, 05 May 2012 15:49:31 GMT

Marquess is throwing all of his little-used arms now. Next: Sam Lindquist and Brian Busick, maybe Sahil Bloom.

Message from Dodger Matt

Sat, 05 May 2012 15:34:26 GMT

Stanford is sticking with the 2 innings per reliever strategy, even though Schmidt, although he almost allowed a run in his first inning, had kept the Beavers off the board in his two. Elliott Byers is the Cardinal's fourth pitcher of the day. His pitching appearances are not significant enough to provide meaningful numbers: 2.1 IP, 15.43 ERA.

Message from Dodger Matt

Sat, 05 May 2012 15:30:21 GMT

After 7 IP, I believe Fry is at 82 pitches. If he stays out of trouble the last two innings, he can go the full game and stay under 100 pitches.

Message from Dodger Matt

Sat, 05 May 2012 15:22:39 GMT

Plutko retired the first 16 Boilermakers he faced before giving up a single to David Miller in the 6th to break up the perfect no-hitter.

Message from Dodger Matt

Sat, 05 May 2012 15:11:19 GMT

Well, it is not a bad strategy. It just hasn't worked.

McArdle and Hughes will see their ERAs go up after today.

Message from borgguy

Sat, 05 May 2012 15:07:09 GMT

Dodger Matt wrote:

McArdle gone already after 2.0 IP. I don't think he was doing badly, the leadoff homer notwithstanding. But I guess Marquess's strategy today is to throw a bunch of relievers all day.

Garrett Hughes at 6-8 is a full foot taller than the first batter he faces, John Tommasini, at 5-8.

Hughes is near the top of Stanford's ERA chart, at 2.30, and he has a Stanford-best OBA of .190 over 15.2 IP.

and now hughes is gone after 2 innings and one run.... interesting strategy i guess

Message from Dodger Matt

Sat, 05 May 2012 14:44:07 GMT

UCLA strikes first in game one against Purdue on Trevor Brown's solo homer. UCLA 1-0 after 4 innings. Plutko has kept the Boilermakers hitless, having retired all 13 batters he has faced so far.

Message from Dodger Matt

Sat, 05 May 2012 14:39:36 GMT

Message from Florida Beaver

Sat, 05 May 2012 14:18:37 GMT

Dodger Matt wrote:

BeaverBob wrote:

The rumor abut Casey retiring and Lees taking over next year has popped up several times. When he does retire, I’d rather see someone like Scott Brosius who is currently coaching at Linfield come in. What better recruiting draw than a coach who played for the Yankees, won a World Series Championship, and was also the MVP in the World Series. He has also been very successful in his 5 years at Linfield College.

Brosius hasn't done as well at Sinfield as the former head coach at George Fox did. That guy only managed to win a national championship at GFU. Plus he has been recognized by his coaching peers as an exemplary coach with high standards in "sportsmanship, integrity, character, and ethics."

Nothing against Brosius, but when Pat Casey calls it quits, Oregon State would do better hiring this guy as head coach, IMHO.

Okay. Bailey sounds like a sound choice. Already know the system and players and he can go ahead and FIRE Yeskie as his first order of business

Message from Dodger Matt

Sat, 05 May 2012 14:01:54 GMT

Dodger Matt wrote:

My take: McArdle should do well the first two times through the Beaver lineup. Things might get interesting around inning 6 or 7.

Ryan Barnes leads off with a 2-0 homer to left field. Maybe I spoke too soon about McArdle gioing 6 innings.

Message from Dodger Matt

Sat, 05 May 2012 13:59:55 GMT

BeaverBob wrote:

Message from BeaverBob

Sat, 05 May 2012 13:45:37 GMT

In his interview with Parker, Casey did take some blame when he said Yeskie should have only left Brocker in the game for one out. However, most of the blame was placed on the ptiching staff. I always thought leadership started at the top. I'd love to be able to blame my employees when bad decisions are made and peformance is not met.

Message from Dodger Matt

Sat, 05 May 2012 13:38:08 GMT

Mooneyham is sick. JR RHP Dean McArdle, from Sioux City, Iowa, starts for the Cardinal today. McArdle has numbers similar to Mooneyham's: 3-1 record, 4.06 ERA, .298 OBA. In conference games only, McArdle has done much better than Mooneyham: 1-0 vs. 1-4 record, 2.35 vs. 5.39 ERA, 2.50 vs. 2.87 OBA. But those 6 games were all relief appearances (7.2 IP) compared to Mooneyham's 6 starts (34.0 IP). McArdle has two starts this season, but none in conference.

My take: McArdle should do well the first two times through the Beaver lineup. Things might get interesting around inning 6 or 7.

Message from Riverduck

Sat, 05 May 2012 11:44:04 GMT

BeaverBob wrote:

DM and FB, good points about the fact that these really bad pitching decisions are not being made in a vacuum. However, Casey has threatened to retire at least three times since 2008. Perhaps he has already checked out is just letting Yeskie and Lees make these decisions. According to Parker, Lees is calling all of the offensive plays.

The rumor abut Casey retiring and Lees taking over next year has popped up several times. When he does retire, I’d rather see someone like Scott Brosius who is currently coaching at Linfield come in. What better recruiting draw than a coach who played for the Yankees, won a World Series Championship, and was also the MVP in the World Series. He has also been very successful in his 5 years at Linfield College.

Florida Beaver wrote:

Not sure if it is a "Fire Yeskie" bandwagon yet, But I am going to be in Oregon next weekend and I might just have to find Nate and whack some sense into him. Either that or take away his bottle. Maybe that's it.....he's too dam drunk during the games to make good decisions. But....DM, I think you are right. There is more to this than just Yeskie making bad moves. I can't see Casey just sitting back and letting Yeskie let everything to to hell in a handbasket and not say anything.

Dam frustrating.

Tomorrow. It's gotta get better cuz' it sure as hell can't get much worse. Well, it can, but not by a whole lot.

If the Ducks continue to do what they do, and make it far into post season... the Ducks might be looking for a new Head Coach.. Brosius sounds like a good choice as well.
I just think Horton wants to get back to the warm weather. I think his contract might be up. He wants to prove he can build a team from scratch, and take them all the way. Looks like this year might be his chance.

Message from BeaverBob

Sat, 05 May 2012 11:13:24 GMT

Message from Riverduck

Sat, 05 May 2012 11:05:34 GMT

Florida Beaver wrote:

You know it is a good weekend when the beavs start breaking out the "fire yeskie" statement. And I always love it when it is Brocker time.

Message from Riverduck

Sat, 05 May 2012 11:03:42 GMT

Duckfan127 wrote:

I haven't seen him pitch in a while so I wonder what adjustments he's made in his mechanics or how he goes after hitters at the plate

With our defense being top in the league, he just lets them do their stuff.. Really good head on his shoulders as well. Does not have heat, but the movement on his ball is incredible. Mechanics are sound.. no tipping off of anything. Reed is very similiar. Gold is hit or miss, but is getting better every outing. Really liked how Brando pitched as well.

Message from Riverduck

Sat, 05 May 2012 11:00:48 GMT

Duckfan127 wrote:

I haven't seen him pitch in a while so I wonder what adjustments he's made in his mechanics or how he goes after hitters at the plate

Pinpoint control, nasty off speed, all pitches have dirt on them. If you get behind on him, you will not get anything good to hit. Ground out and DP are his bread and butter.

Message from Duckfan127

Sat, 05 May 2012 10:13:51 GMT

I haven't seen him pitch in a while so I wonder what adjustments he's made in his mechanics or how he goes after hitters at the plate

Message from Riverduck

Sat, 05 May 2012 08:38:32 GMT

Duckfan127 wrote:

You can't ignore the great pitching this year at UO , but the hitting has been suprising I remember the last home game I saw this year beore I left and it was a loss veruses Utah and I thought the hitting was going us back again , despite all of the injuries and losing a ton of pitching this team just knows how to win . As for Alex being a first round pick not sure he's pitching well , but I remember Tyler Anderson pitch many times and I knew he was a first round pick.

Yeah, Anderson was really good, but I think Keudell has found something and coupled with our defense he is really tough to beat. 33 wins is crazy.
[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]his last seven starts, Keudell is 7-0 with a 0.95 ERA. He has tossed three completes games and in 57 innings has allowed just six runs while holding opposing batters to a .205 clip. that is just sick numbers. Not sure if Anderson ever had numbers like that. When he shut the beavs out last year.. I knew he would go off this year. I guess, put it this way he is improving his draft stock nicely.[/font]
edited by Riverduck on 5/5/2012
edited by Riverduck on 5/5/2012

Message from Duckfan127

Sat, 05 May 2012 08:12:48 GMT

Message from Florida Beaver

Sat, 05 May 2012 00:44:53 GMT

Message from WildCard85

Fri, 04 May 2012 22:53:48 GMT

Thanks DM...quite pleased with the pitching effort tonight. Looking for a good outing from Mooneyham Sat., he's due for one ! If OSU doesn't get to him early, the Beavs are in big trouble.

Message from Dodger Matt

Fri, 04 May 2012 22:53:25 GMT

Day one

Oregon 6, Arizona 1.
Oregon leads series 1-0.

Stanford 8, Oregon State 2.
Stanford leads series 1-0.

Washington 7, USC 0.
Washington leads series 1-0.

Wazzu 10, Cal 4.
Wazzu leads series 1-0.

Arizona State 5, Utah 3.
ASU leads series 1-0.

UCLA, Purdue: Double-header tomorrow.

Message from Dodger Matt

Fri, 04 May 2012 22:16:37 GMT

Wetzler outpitched Appel. Both faced 31 batters over 7.0 IP. Wetzler allowed 2 runs (thanks to poor bullpen relief) on 7 hits and struck out 5. Appel allowed 2 runs on 9 hits and struck 4. It's a shame to think that the Wetzler and the Beavers could have won this game if Yeskie had brought in Scott Schultz instead of Gorton and left Matt Boyd in there longer and brought in Bryant for the 9th. I was not sure Benny was going to go as far as he did, after showing the control problems early, but this was a game he should have had in his W column.

Tomorrow is the big game. I want Fry to go as long as possible because I just don't trust the pitching coach's decisions in late close games. We need the win tomorrow because Sunday's game is not going to be easy and today's loss hurts.

Message from Dodger Matt

Fri, 04 May 2012 22:07:53 GMT

Yuck. What a horrible end to an awesome Ben Wetzler performance. I must be missing something in Yeskie's pitching choices and his philosophy. Why Ryan Gorton in such a close game? Of course he gives up a double and a triple. Why let Scott Schultz throw only one pitch (a popup out)? Why pitch Matt Boyd to only one batter (a strikeout)? Why bring in Brocker with a runner on third? Okay, he struck the last guy out. Good. But then to send him out there again in the 9th? Everyone knows he has trouble, especially in close games, especially late in close games. Why Schultz and Boyd, two guys with great results, only pitch to two batters? And Brocker faces seven, four of whom reach safely? Where was Bryant? Where was Starr? Why only one batter for Boyd?

Credit Stanford. They have a record of doing this to a lot of teams: Do nothing, do nothing, do nothing...then BAM! Four or five runs in the 8th or 9th to win it. But this could have been won with better pitching management. I am not going to jump on the fire Yeskie bandwagon, but his decisions have me scratching my head all the time. And I have to wonder if it is only he making the horrible decisions. Would not Casey, watching the game, react the way the rest of us Beaver fans do? "Nate, what? You're bringing Brocker in again in a close game in the late innings? Let's keep Boyd in there a few more batters until Bryant is warm." Would Casey be sitting there saying, "Yeah, okay, whatever you want to do. I'm just watching the game. I don't have any say on the pitching"?

There's more going on than we are getting from GameTracker.

WildCard, nice relief pitching there tonight. Stanford's pen did a hell of a lot better than Oregon State's. Congrats.

Message from BeaverBob

Fri, 04 May 2012 21:29:32 GMT

I wonder if Brocker is Yeski'se designated driver.
After Brocker gave up back to back HRs against Arizona, I'd never let him pitch again.Then, he gave up 4 runs the following night.

Okay, no more venting. Got to get ready for class tomorrow.

Riverduck wrote:

OpihiMan wrote:

Now he cycles through 4 pitchers and settles on Brocker?!?!? Maybe he really does want to get fired...he really is an idiot

Brocker Baby! Yeah!!!

edited by BeaverBob on 5/4/2012

Message from Riverduck

Fri, 04 May 2012 21:25:33 GMT

BeaverBob wrote:

Riverduck, congrats on another Duck win. Your pitching is tremendous. The difference between the Beavs and Ducks right now is the pitching coach. Horton might be the best in the Country. Yeskie, well, I think I have already said enough.

Thanks BB.. Ever since the last weekend of the season.. I knew Keudell was going to go off. I am blown away at what this rag tag team has done thus far.

Message from Riverduck

Fri, 04 May 2012 21:24:00 GMT

OpihiMan wrote:

Now he cycles through 4 pitchers and settles on Brocker?!?!? Maybe he really does want to get fired...he really is an idiot

Brocker Baby! Yeah!!!

Message from Riverduck

Fri, 04 May 2012 21:23:00 GMT

Riverduck wrote:

OpihiMan wrote:

I'm bringing it back...FIRE YESKIE!

Hey- He is not the one on the mound. Fire the pitchers.. lol

Too bad OSU did not grab Keudell. I would say fire Yeskie.

Keudell is now the hottest pitcher in the pac.. wow

He might just be 1st round material.

Message from Riverduck

Fri, 04 May 2012 21:22:24 GMT

Riverduck wrote:

OpihiMan wrote:

I'm bringing it back...FIRE YESKIE!

Hey- He is not the one on the mound. Fire the pitchers.. lol

Too bad OSU did not grab Keudell. I would say fire Yeskie.

Keudell is now the hottest pitcher in the pac.. wow

Message from BeaverBob

Fri, 04 May 2012 21:21:10 GMT

Message from Riverduck

Fri, 04 May 2012 21:20:17 GMT

Riverduck wrote:

OpihiMan wrote:

I'm bringing it back...FIRE YESKIE!

Hey- He is not the one on the mound. Fire the pitchers.. lol

Too bad OSU did not grab Keudell. I would say fire Yeskie.

Message from Riverduck

Fri, 04 May 2012 21:18:54 GMT

OpihiMan wrote:

I'm bringing it back...FIRE YESKIE!

Hey- He is not the one on the mound. Fire the pitchers.. lol

Message from BeaverBob

Fri, 04 May 2012 21:03:15 GMT

It was funny listening to Mike Parker. Just his tone of voice when they brought Gorton into pitch. I think his exact words were "Interesting move. He hasn't pitched in nearly a month."

OpihiMan wrote:

Now he cycles through 4 pitchers and settles on Brocker?!?!? Maybe he really does want to get fired...he really is an idiot

edited by BeaverBob on 5/4/2012

Message from OpihiMan

Fri, 04 May 2012 20:58:36 GMT

Now he cycles through 4 pitchers and settles on Brocker?!?!? Maybe he really does want to get fired...he really is an idiot

Message from BeaverBob

Fri, 04 May 2012 20:58:27 GMT

DM, I gave up watching the game and starting watching Conforto's mom. I can say is WOW!

Dodger Matt wrote:

Every time my wife hears Michael Conforto’s name on the radio broadcasts, she repeats the name and asks about it. I assumed it was Italian. She looked it up and decided it’s Portuguese. (My wife lived much of her childhood in Brazil and speaks Portuguese, along with four other languages.) Anyway, on the pregame show tonight, Mike Parker was interviewing Conforto’s mom. (It’s moms’ weekend on the Corvallis campus, evidently.)

So Parker says Tracie Conforto was an Olympic gold medalist in synchronized swimming. (My wife was on this like lightning, checking her out online while the interview was going on, because of her fascination with the Conforto surname.) I was totally unaware of this athletic pedigree. Why? Because the personal bios on each player often list even remote great-uncles who played badminton for Ballet Woods Junior College in the 1920s, but there is nary a mention of mother Conforto on Michael’s bio. Dad? Played football at Penn State. Sister? Soccer at Azusa Pacific. Mom? Hmmm....

Well, Michael’s mom is a knockout. Here are a couple links to her synchronized swimming routines.

Oxymoronic "solo synchronized" swimming.
An actual duet in synchronized swimming.

Why no mention of Tracie Ruiz-Conforto’s Olympic medals, Hank Hager?

Message from BeaverBob

Fri, 04 May 2012 20:50:46 GMT

Ophiman, I can't even stand looking at the guy on Beaver Online. What an arrogant A...... Glad I didn't go to the game tonight.

OpihiMan wrote:

I'm bringing it back...FIRE YESKIE!

edited by BeaverBob on 5/4/2012

Message from OpihiMan

Fri, 04 May 2012 20:49:57 GMT

Send him South and tar and feather him...I wouldn't even let him coach a tee ball pitcher

Message from BeaverBob

Fri, 04 May 2012 20:47:16 GMT

Just so you know how I really feel. Yeskie has no business being a pitching coach at the D1 Level. He should be fired tonight. Don't even let him finish the game.

Message from OpihiMan

Fri, 04 May 2012 20:46:08 GMT

I'm bringing it back...FIRE YESKIE!

Message from BeaverBob

Fri, 04 May 2012 20:46:07 GMT

Oh, did I say Yeskie should be fired?

Message from BeaverBob

Fri, 04 May 2012 20:45:24 GMT

FIRE YESKIE!!!!!!!

Message from Riverduck

Fri, 04 May 2012 20:21:17 GMT

Dodger Matt wrote:

Ducks looking good against Arizona's Kurt Heyer so far. Six hits and three runs after three innings.

I really don't want to say it. I will hold off. On other news.. beavs starting a rally in the sixth..
edited by Riverduck on 5/4/2012

Message from Dodger Matt

Fri, 04 May 2012 19:28:11 GMT

Ducks looking good against Arizona's Kurt Heyer so far. Six hits and three runs after three innings.

Message from Dodger Matt

Fri, 04 May 2012 18:50:54 GMT

Benny has issued three free passes already in two innings. He hasn't sustained any damage from these mistakes yet, but that kind of performance doesn't give me a warm fuzzy.

Message from Dodger Matt

Fri, 04 May 2012 18:41:57 GMT

Oxymoronic "solo synchronized" swimming.
An actual duet in synchronized swimming.

Why no mention of Tracie Ruiz-Conforto’s Olympic medals, Hank Hager?

Message from Riverduck

Fri, 04 May 2012 18:01:30 GMT

Florida Beaver wrote:

The weekend belongs to home teams.

Ariz 2-1
OSU 2-1
USC 2-1
WSU 2-1
ASU 3-0
UCLA 2-1

RD,
Is that your little brother finally making it back to the boards after flying south for the winter? Musta either got lost like most ducks often do or is a little slow. Either way, not too surprising it took it this long.

Oh....no...I got it!!!!! It's a snowbird living in Arizona and finally realized the Ducks had a team again.

Yep. A little slow must be the answer.

Dam. I was wrong! I found the answer to who Duckfan127 is. Check out the link.

http://www.dulwich.org.uk/ducks/home

BAHWAHAHAHAHAHAHA
edited by Florida Beaver on 5/2/2012

OK guess you can't knock me for taking your reputation down. Thumbs up on all yours posts. Hopefully my reputation is good... lol

Message from Riverduck

Fri, 04 May 2012 17:59:10 GMT

Dodger Matt wrote:

TV broadcast of Saturday's OSU-Stanford game

"Saturday’s game will be broadcast live on KEZI 9.2 (channel 309 digital) in the Corvallis/Eugene region and ROOT Sports in the rest of the Northwest. It can also be seen nationally on FCS channel 415 (Comcast)."Does anyone know whether this will be viewable as a live stream over the internet someplace? My guess is no, but I thought I'd ask....

Oh man.. I am having serious doubts about the OSU pick this week. I think they might just crush stanford. Having flashbacks to the ducks beavers series 10..

Message from Dodger Matt

Fri, 04 May 2012 17:00:55 GMT

TV broadcast of Saturday's OSU-Stanford game

Message from Dodger Matt

Fri, 04 May 2012 11:09:16 GMT

Interesting that Kendall gives the Beavers the nod. Also, he lists Oregon State LHP Ben Wetzler vs. Stanford RHP Mark Appel as one of the pitching matchups to watch. Yes, that one should be good, and I sure hope Benny puts on his warpaint and comes out prepared to battle from inning one. But I'm personally more interested in the Saturday game, when southpaws Jace Fry and Brett Mooneyham square off.

Message from ASU74

Fri, 04 May 2012 06:21:53 GMT

Kendall's picks from his column; College Weekend Preview:

[font=verdana]No. 10 Stanford at No. 23 Oregon State[/font]
[font=verdana]-- This important Pac-12 series has major implications not only in conference, but also on the national stage. The Cardinal has one of the nation’s top one-two punches on the weekend in left-handed pitcher Brett Mooneyham and right-handed pitcher Mark Appel, but both tend to go into lulls at times. Both must be exceptional this weekend against the Beavers, who desperately need a strong showing this weekend to improve their long-shot at most NCAA Regional hosting chances. -- PG Pick: OREGON STATE[/font]
[font=verdana]No. 7 Purdue at No. 14 UCLA[/font]
[font=verdana]-- In terms of actual implications on the national stage, it probably doesn’t get more important than this series. Though it’s being getting downplayed by Purdue coach Doug Schreiber for good reasons, there’s no question this series means everything to the Boilermakers. Should Purdue take care of business against the Bruins, there’s a very good chance it’s a national seed entering the postseason. For those of you scoring at home, the Big Ten has never had a national seed. -- PG Pick: PURDUE[/font]
[font=verdana]No. 13 Oregon at No. 9 Arizona
-- The Wildcats have quietly put together a very solid campaign this spring with ace right-handed pitcher Kurt Heyer leading the charge. Arizona needs some help from an RPI standpoint to get in the national seed mix, but things could change in its favor this weekend. The Wildcats must be great against the Ducks, who possess one of the nation’s best pitching staffs with a solid set of starters, led by Alex Keudell and Jake Reed. UO would solidify its position as a potential national seed with a series win, while the Wildcats would get more in the discussion. -- PG Pick: ARIZONA[/font]

Message from Dodger Matt

Thu, 03 May 2012 23:57:27 GMT

Pick analysis

This week's top two series have been voted closest, which should make for some excitement. Starting from the easiest first....

ASU is overwhelming favorite to pummel the Utes, 13/0 with 12 sweeps.
Second easiest by vote raised at least one of my eyebrows: UCLA 13/0 over Purdue with 5 sweeps. (This looks to me like the upset special. Surprised nobody gives Purdue a chance. Remember Maryland?)
USC 12/1 over UW with 2 sweeps was nearly a third unanimous vote to win.
Wazzu is a clear favorite over Cal, 11/2 with one sweep.
Arizona gets the nod over Oregon 10/3 with 4 sweeps, but the Ducks also got 1 sweep vote.
And this week's closest series should be Stanford 8/5 over Oregon State with 3 sweeps. It should be noted, however, that 4 of those 5 OSU votes are from OSU fans, so take that into consideration.

Message from Dodger Matt

Thu, 03 May 2012 23:46:55 GMT

Almost forgot to post my picks.

Ariz 2-1
OSU 2-1
USC 2-1
WSU 2-1
ASU 3-0
UCLA 2-1

Nothing special. And while I could pick up a few points if I win every series, not enough to make a dent. My picks are too close to the leaders'.

Message from cswanson2k7

Thu, 03 May 2012 16:40:32 GMT

Arizona 2-1
Stanford 2-1
USC 2-1
Cal 2-1
Arizona State 3-0
UCLA 2-1

Message from ASU74

Thu, 03 May 2012 11:38:59 GMT

Riverduck wrote:

ASU74 wrote:

Welcome DuckFan127
Now Riverduck will not feel so lonely. Beavers beware...ya get two ducks together and soon they will produce a flock!

Well at least ducks can fly...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sekLEG8xsOs&feature=fvwp&NR=1

Very Cute.
I am in the Central Flyway for migrating waterfowl and the motto in the duck blind is "If it flys; it dies" I make a mean marinated BBQ Teal. Come on down to Houston & have some....Beavers are also invited.....guns, knives and baseball bats must be checked at the door.
edited by ASU74 on 5/3/2012

Message from Riverduck

Thu, 03 May 2012 11:25:28 GMT

ASU74 wrote:

Welcome DuckFan127
Now Riverduck will not feel so lonely. Beavers beware...ya get two ducks together and soon they will produce a flock!

Well at least ducks can fly...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sekLEG8xsOs&feature=fvwp&NR=1

Message from ASU74

Thu, 03 May 2012 09:13:38 GMT

Welcome DuckFan127
Now Riverduck will not feel so lonely. Beavers beware...ya get two ducks together and soon they will produce a flock!

Message from borgguy

Thu, 03 May 2012 08:48:00 GMT

Welcome DuckFan127!

Ore 2-1 this is going to be a great series
OSU 2-1 a little home cooking for the beavs gives them the slight edge here (mostly wishful thinking here)
USC 2-1
WSU 2-1 one year after making Omaha, Cal is now in danger of not making the post season
ASU 3-0 if Utah wins even one game I will be shocked
UCLA 2-1 probably the best OOC matchup of the season in Pac 12

not as bold as connor, but i feel good about these picks

Message from Rowdy

Thu, 03 May 2012 05:32:20 GMT

Ariz 3-0
Stan 3-0
UW 2-1
WSU 2-1
ASU 3-0
UCLA 2-1

Message from Florida Beaver

Wed, 02 May 2012 22:35:38 GMT

Riverduck wrote:

Duckfan127 wrote:

Or maybe a UO student hint hint

Thanks for the clarification.. I am pretty jumpy when it comes to this crew. It is actually a fun board.. even when we are losing. I had many years of practice.. 2010 was a warm up for what is coming next. Hopefully we will keep piling up the non league wins, and take care of business in league. Would be nice if we can get 42+ wins..

FB gets cranky listening to us when we win. Tough to go to bed so late, watch the ducks win on our crappy online score keeper. At least the beavs have sportstracker. I would say get the ozone app for 3 bucks.. can listen to all the games wherever you are. Ozone live has been good.. lot of comcast game coverage.

RD,

Did you really just call me cranky?!!?!?!?! Why you &#_#@! dam*)#)*!, if I wasn't in Florida i'D whoop your )(*#)#@* and then I'd take your carcass and )#_)(@# until you screamed for mercy you little (*&$9&@#*$ duckass $*&#@). HA. Me cranky. Right.

DF127,

Pay no attention to that over bloated creek bird. He'll ruin your reputation. Just associating with him on PG has drawn down my cool Florida factor by 6.72% in the last week. Why if I keep on, by baseball year's end, I'll be less popular than a duck in Corvallis after last year's CW in May. For real? RD's pretty cool. All the crap we give him for his genetic UO defects and he does pretty well for himself. Life would be much more boring without him on the boards. Welcome aboard DF, welcome aboard.

Message from BeaverBob

Wed, 02 May 2012 21:34:02 GMT

Duckfan127, it really is good to have another Duck on board. Riverduck is a pretty good guy, or maybe gal, we are not really sure. He/she nearly quit the board at the first part of the season after the Ducks lost a few games. Now, we can't get him/her to shut up

Duckfan127 wrote:

Currently not in Eugene, but out of state doing a Baseball internship. And yeah our Gametracker is horrible.

edited by BeaverBob on 5/2/2012

Message from BeaverBob

Wed, 02 May 2012 21:30:26 GMT

I actually know Jim Hart well. While I have never been called Bob Boring, I have been called Boring Bob.

Dodger Matt wrote:

Blue UK-Ducks? From Dulwich? (Sounds like a happenin' town.)

Actually, a town in Oregon has a new sister city in the UK, with a name very much like the one above. And it looks like the descendant of the guy who founded the Oregonian city may be our very own Beaver Bob. (The names look similar anyway.) Check out this exciting story and tell me what you think.

RiverDuck, if you're reluctant to share Beaver abuse, I'm sure the Beavs on board would be willing to double it so you still get your usual amount. (I think we ought to ease Duckfan127 in a bit though. Give him a couple days' free pass at least.)

Message from Duckfan127

Wed, 02 May 2012 21:27:57 GMT

Currently not in Eugene, but out of state doing a Baseball internship. And yeah our Gametracker is horrible.

Message from Riverduck

Wed, 02 May 2012 21:21:56 GMT

Riverduck wrote:

Duckfan127 wrote:

Or maybe a UO student hint hint

Message from Riverduck

Wed, 02 May 2012 21:19:01 GMT

Duckfan127 wrote:

Or maybe a UO student hint hint

Message from Dodger Matt

Wed, 02 May 2012 19:28:08 GMT

Duckfan127 wrote:

Or maybe a UO student hint hint

You'll all have to take my word for it, but I actually saw a guy in the supermarket today wearing a "Duck Baseball" t-shirt. If I had been thinking clearly I would have taken a photo of him with my cellphone, but he got away before I could gather my wits.

Honest!

Message from Dodger Matt

Wed, 02 May 2012 19:25:43 GMT

Message from Duckfan127

Wed, 02 May 2012 19:23:36 GMT

Or maybe a UO student hint hint

Message from BeaverBob

Wed, 02 May 2012 19:05:25 GMT

Good detective work FB.

Florida Beaver wrote:

Message from Florida Beaver

Wed, 02 May 2012 18:56:59 GMT

Message from Riverduck

Wed, 02 May 2012 18:16:01 GMT

OpihiMan wrote:

Whaaaat?!?...a second Duck fan, either someones been lurking in the shadows, or is hopping on the fair weather fan bandwagon...j/k, Welcome, RD could use someone to absorb some of his abuse

Duckfan127 wrote:

UO 3-0
OSU 2-1
USC 3-0phi
Cal 2-1
ASU 3-0
UCLA 2-1

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I don't know if I like that. I have been taking abuse since the start of this board, and rivals, and all of a sudden I have another fan with me. I kind of liked being the lone soldier, I felt like I earned it, now I have to share it.. Well, whoever it is, guess you are not that bad since you are rooting for the ducks. You can definitely say I am not a band wagon hopper. Maybe its a beav crossing over to the dark side.. Ophi- is that you? It is ok to come out and profess your true colors..
Guys sold out this week.. darn- I was thinking of driving an hour to to a little scouting report.
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Message from Riverduck

Wed, 02 May 2012 18:12:07 GMT

Dodger Matt wrote:

Riverduck wrote:

UO- 2-1
Stan 2-1
USC 2-1
ASU 3-0
UCLA 3-0
Starting to come down to the wire. I say Oregon will still have the most wins of all pac teams after the dust settles this week. And I will stick to my guns. I will always take pitching and defense over hot bats any day of the week. And I am sure Casey would say the same..
Yeah, I guess i was trying to be the first to win with only 5 picks. That would be impressive. I will take WSU 2-1
But then again.. we all know this- Right? http://research.sabr.org/journals/pitching-defesnse
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Let's see if I remember how to count to six. 1, 2, 3, 4, um. RiverDuck, help me out here. Do you have five or six picks?

Message from Dodger Matt

Wed, 02 May 2012 17:06:33 GMT

Riverduck wrote:

UO- 2-1
Stan 2-1
USC 2-1
ASU 3-0
UCLA 3-0
Starting to come down to the wire. I say Oregon will still have the most wins of all pac teams after the dust settles this week. And I will stick to my guns. I will always take pitching and defense over hot bats any day of the week. And I am sure Casey would say the same..
But then again.. we all know this- Right? http://research.sabr.org/journals/pitching-defesnse
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Let's see if I remember how to count to six. 1, 2, 3, 4, um. RiverDuck, help me out here. Do you have five or six picks?

Message from MostUnknown

Wed, 02 May 2012 16:35:41 GMT

Ariz 2-1
Stan 2-1
USC 2-1
WSU 2-1
ASU 3-0
UCLA 2-1

Message from OpihiMan

Wed, 02 May 2012 16:32:17 GMT

UO 3-0
OSU 2-1
USC 3-0
Cal 2-1
ASU 3-0
UCLA 2-1

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Message from Duckfan127

Wed, 02 May 2012 14:43:52 GMT

UO 3-0
OSU 2-1
USC 3-0
Cal 2-1
ASU 3-0
UCLA 2-1

Message from WildCard85

Wed, 02 May 2012 14:19:10 GMT

Ariz 2-1
Stan 3-0
USC 2-1
WSU 2-1
ASU 3-0
UCLA 3-0
GO CARDINAL !!!

Message from FullertonBaseballFan

Wed, 02 May 2012 12:12:05 GMT

Arizona 2-1
Stanford 2-1
USC 2-1
WSU 2-1
ASU 3-0
UCLA 2-1

Message from ASU74

Wed, 02 May 2012 08:04:26 GMT

ConnorOSU wrote:

Ariz 3-0
Stan 3-0
USC 3-0
WSU 3-0
ASU 3-0
UCLA 3-0

C
Gutsy predictions! I did the same thing this week last year and was rewarded with 4 of 6 sweeps. Ya think lightning will strike twice? Good luck.

Message from Riverduck

Tue, 01 May 2012 23:35:17 GMT

UO- 2-1
Stan 2-1
USC 2-1
ASU 3-0
UCLA 3-0
Starting to come down to the wire. I say Oregon will still have the most wins of all pac teams after the dust settles this week. And I will stick to my guns. I will always take pitching and defense over hot bats any day of the week. And I am sure Casey would say the same..
But then again.. we all know this- Right? http://research.sabr.org/journals/pitching-defesnse
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Message from BeaverBob

Tue, 01 May 2012 22:50:09 GMT

One more time

Ariz 3-0
OSU 2-1
USC 2-1
WSU 2-1
ASU 3-0
UCLA 3-0

Dodger Matt wrote:

BeaverBob wrote:

It's hard to do worse than last place, so here goes....

Ariz 3-0
OSU 2-1
USC 2-1
?
ASU 3-0
UCLA 3-0

If you're trying to do worse than last place, omitting a pick is a good start.

Connor, I hope you average 3 points on your first two picks.

Message from Dodger Matt

Tue, 01 May 2012 22:38:51 GMT

BeaverBob wrote:

It's hard to do worse than last place, so here goes....

Ariz 3-0
OSU 2-1
USC 2-1
?
ASU 3-0
UCLA 3-0

If you're trying to do worse than last place, omitting a pick is a good start.

Connor, I hope you average 3 points on your first two picks.

Message from OpihiMan

Tue, 01 May 2012 22:13:50 GMT

Ariz 3-0
OSU 2-1...it's at Goss
USC 2-1
WSU 2-1
ASU 3-0
UCLA 3-0

Message from ConnorOSU

Tue, 01 May 2012 20:44:16 GMT

Ariz 3-0
Stan 3-0
USC 3-0
WSU 3-0
ASU 3-0
UCLA 3-0

Message from BeaverBob

Tue, 01 May 2012 20:28:13 GMT

It's hard to do worse than last place, so here goes....

Ariz 3-0
OSU 2-1
USC 2-1
ASU 3-0
UCLA 3-0

Message from ASU74

Tue, 01 May 2012 18:19:17 GMT

Ariz 2-1
Stan 2-1
USC 2-1
WSU 2-1
ASU 3-0 The Utes have only been swept by Cal & UCLA & don't go down easliy.
UCLA 2-1
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Message from Dodger Matt

Tue, 01 May 2012 17:26:18 GMT

Week 12
All but one of the series this week look to be really good, and our nonconference series should be one of the better series in the nation.

Ore at Ariz
Stan at OSU
UW at USC
Cal at WSU
Utah at ASU
Purdue (XP) at UCLA

Week 11 Series

The conference’s top two teams battle it out in Tucson. Both Arizona and Oregon are fighting for one of the eight national seeds. A series win this weekend will solidify the winning team’s resume for that spot, and give the team the inside track on claiming the conference crown. This series pits the conference’s pitching leader (Oregon) against the offensive leader (Arizona). Arizona is number one in BA, SLG, OBP, runs, hits, RBIs, doubles, triples, total bases, total atbats, total appearances, sac flies, and steal attempts. They are second in homers and stolen bases. Oregon is eighth or worse in ten of those categories. On the defensive side, Oregon is tops in ERA, OBA, batters SO looking, wins, saves, runners picked off, fewest runs allowed, fewest errors. In contrast, Arizona is in the lower half in the conference in nine defensive and pitching categories, including fielding, errors, hits allowed, hit batters, balks, doubles and triples allowed, runs allowed, ERA, and OBA. Game one should be a pitching duel. After that, watch the slugfest.

A Stanford team on the upswing after beating UCLA two out of three on the road tries to repeat that feat against a struggling Oregon State squad that suffered a series loss to USC after beating UCLA the week before. It’s no question the Beavers play better at home, but playing on the road doesn’t seem to hurt the Cardinal. Stanford and OSU are pretty close in most offensive and defensive categories, but the Cardinal have the edge in practically every one. Given a slight home field advantage to OSU, this should make for a very even series. This series could break the hosting dreams of whichever team fails to win at least two games. Game two is the one to watch.

Washington is still on the inside of the bubble to make the postseason and needs to play about .500 ball for their remaining 13 games. USC is in the same boat. Add to that the fact that both teams have nearly identical conference and overall records and are in 8th and 9th place, and this looks like an even-matched series. Game one should be a good one.

Cal failed to gain lost ground last week, getting swept by Oregon. Wazzu likewise failed to gain by losing two games to ASU. Both teams have few chances left if they want to make the postseason. The Cougars need to win two-thirds of their remaining 16 games. The Bears probably have a little more wiggle room than that, but they have fewer games left. This is probably live or die weekend for both teams.

The inutile Utes deserve a break from the grueling Pac-12 baseball season, so they are traveling to Tempe to lie around the hotel pool, drink some iced tea, and, once a day, get their butts kicked on the diamond by the Sun Devils.

This week’s nonconference series matches a national seed hopeful from the Big Ten against one of the Pac-12’s national seed contenders. Purdue has all the right numbers, and they’re coming from a region that the NCAA wants to reward with regional hosts. All they are missing is a signature series victory over a warm-weather school from a power conference. [Enter UCLA stage left.] But the Bruins aren’t going to be willing victims. Expect both teams to host regardless of this series’s outcome, but Purdue’s national seed aspirations may evaporate if they don’t take two from UCLA. Purdue’s team ERA is #22 nationally at 2.99 (2/100ths higher than Oregon’s). Oddly, that is only third-best in the Big Ten, as Michigan State and Minnesota have better numbers. UCLA’s is 3.44. UCLA’s .398 OBP is 19th nationally; Purdue’s is a Big Ten second-best .382.

Please use the abbreviations in the bullets above, in the order they appear. (Purdue is XP.)