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Speaker 1 (00:13):
Our new edition Blue Rubinstein all right, huh yeah, Okay
claims to be a fan of Hall of Oes, but
wasn't familiar with this time too, So we's got to
get familiar with it, because I think it's the greatest
Hall of Notes song ever. She's gone. Just one man's opinion,
it's awesome. Let's get the opinion on Texas softball from
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the man who knows. Play by play voice Andrew Haynes
joins us from Red and Charlie mccomb's field. Andrew, I
appreciate the time. It's good to call a home game,
isn't it.
Speaker 2 (00:49):
It's nice to be here. Last weekend was of course
typical on the road starting, but nice to be back
and I can be in front of the home fans.
Although last weekend it was a lot of home fans
down San Antonio.
Speaker 1 (00:59):
Yeah, eighty mile trip down there. I noticed on a
lot of video there were a lot of Texas fans
there the long worn start. And maybe it's not unheard
of you you fill me in on this because this
is what your eighth or ninth here on the call.
I'm trying to remember tenth Tennow, was it really ten
years ago that I called you in and said, hey,
you want to do this twenty seventeen. Indeed, it was yeah, yeah,
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that's really cool. I don't remember and you refreshed me
on this too many times when the long Runs have
opened on the road. But I'm sure it's not the
first obviously even in the in the now ten seasons
for you. But it's not the most common thing in
the world, is it.
Speaker 2 (01:39):
Yeah, you know, it's kind of been hit and miss.
Last year they did, they had that meandering started Louisiana
to play two games, played two games at Lamar, and
then pluted two games at sam Houston the opening weekend,
so I had to drive two hours between you know,
every day of that opening weekend. But you know, it's yes,
been hitting miss. You know. The year There's no Apocalypse,
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they were supposed to open it home, I think, and
that all got wiped and changed around and they had,
you know, two games down in the Houston area to
start the season. That was hastily arranged and so you know,
it's it's you know, I think back in the Mike
White early years, they did open at home and then
they had some issues with the weather, so he kind
of said, let's try not to and it. Yeah again,
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it's it's every other year.
Speaker 1 (02:24):
Basically, give me your overview on the four and one
start down at the UTSA Invitation. Of course, the only
loss was to Nebraska. No, no disgrace there after having
already beaten the Huskers. By the way, I did see
this correctly when I was flipping around ESPN this morning.
Nebraska played a game in clear Water, and I know
you've broadcast from that tournament before. At nine o'clock this morning.
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That was that was accurate in all time, wasn't it.
Speaker 2 (02:51):
Oh yeah, oh yeah. They try to fit those in,
you know, as many games as possible out of Clearwater. Yeah,
we've been there a couple of times, and it's regular.
It's it's typical for those because you know, tournament games
and softball tournaments go long. Typical for those to go
late into the night and so, you know, starting early
not a bad idea, just to bright and early and
knock it out and get the day started.
Speaker 1 (03:12):
Okay, So how about your overview of the four and
one started in San Antonio at the UTSA Invitational last weekend.
Speaker 2 (03:17):
Yeah, pretty good. Ball was flying. They feel there's a
little smaller than most. It's two twenty here at mccomb's
down there. It was Mike I was saying, it's the
right around two hundred to straight away center, and so
the ball was flying off of every team's bat basically,
and it was hard for any pitcher to keep it
in the ballpark. You know. The Longhorns, of course, outlasted
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Nebraska in that first game, kept their streak of winning
the season opener every single year in program history. So
the year they've won that, you know, thirty straight years now,
and it was it was just tough. I think the
pitchers were a little rusty, and so a lot of
pitches were missing early in the counts and they were
pitching from behind. And then this is you know, Texas
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and then other teams and so hitters we're having a
lot of success. I think for the most part, the
Longhorn show that they can swing the bats. No problem.
The pitching, as kat Osterman said, you know, right now
is not the time of the season for the pitching
to be peaking, so it's not a big deal. Hannah
Well's had the rough start against Nebraska and the one loss,
and she came back and shut out Utsa the next day.
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So I think it's a bit of a learning experience,
and for some players, they showed their depth. They got
a lot of freshmen in, got a lot of non freshmen,
you know, backup type of players in for a lot
of experience, and I think it was just a very
good opening weekend all around, pretty much showing everyone what
they have. They still have a lot and are a threat.
Speaker 1 (04:42):
Since you mentioned Hannah Wells, I mean she came with
a lot, came in with a lot of athlades. I mean,
there's there's a lot of excitement about here, isn't there.
Speaker 2 (04:50):
National Gatorayed Player of the Year last year in softball. Indeed, Yeah,
she can pitch, she can hit. You know, her her debut, actually, so,
she made her debut with the bases loaded with a
five run lead, two outs in the top of the
seventh inning or I guess bottom of the seventh against
Nebraska in the opener, and the leadoff hitter at the
plate who had already smoked a home run, and she
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struck her out to end the game. The potential tying
run was on deck. So she showed something really good there.
And then she against Washington the next day, she hit
a bomb of a home run you know, just had
that rough outing in the start, but second start was
very good. She should be a very good pitcher, a
lot of power, a very good arm, a lot of
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movement she showed already, and should she get to some
pretty good velocity.
Speaker 1 (05:37):
You mentioned some freshmen, and correct me if I'm wrong.
I seem to think that Mike White, now in his
eighth season, has really, I think always had a good
feel for the mixture of Say, we all love senior
veteran leaders clearly, and even junior veteranly, but the mixture
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mix mixing in some talented freshman and saw more who
can really complement or even in some cases lead the
way in this team being able to get where it
wants to go mixing in with those veterans.
Speaker 2 (06:09):
Yeah. You know, the one year that comes to mind
that there was really a big exodus of a lot
of leaders and a lot of production that the freshman
had to step up in a hurry was twenty twenty three,
after you know, that surprise run of the Women's College
World Series the year before, in that freshman class was
lauded by many around the country for the way they played.
They got to the supers and they were the basis
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Rezat was one of them for winning the Natty last year,
and so I think it does a really good job
of mixing those in and just you know, filling the
gaps and saying like, hey, we have this person graduating
this year, let's get her replacement in the year before
and be pretty set because he doesn't get a lot
of transfers in for the most part, it's all based
on him developing the players, and he gets the players
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he needs, and he puts them where they need to
be and they have success.
Speaker 1 (06:57):
So we can market. Now we've gone to a little
of six minutes into our conversation without mentioning resap web,
but I'm gonna do it now here. She is one
home run away, and I remember when Taylor Hogland was
playing at Texas, and she's one home run away from
being number one all time. But she also strikes me
as somebody who's just really laid back and and and
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doesn't really seem to be that keyed up about things.
Has she been pretty nonchalant about all this about the
home run record?
Speaker 2 (07:27):
Yeah, really very much so. Throughout her career, really, she's
been very much laid back, always with a smile on
her face and you know, off the field, very very friendly.
On the field, she gets focused. Anytime she's in a
interview session, she's you know, readily answering questions and she
has been able to remove that focus that she has
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on the field and be able to have a good interview.
She's a great person to be around and she's a
lot of fun to watch.
Speaker 1 (07:59):
How cool is it to have Viviana Martinez back in
the lineup and being able to play after having a
to miss last year with the with the injury. What's
it been like having her not only back and on
the roster, but actually being able to play and contribute.
Speaker 2 (08:16):
Yeah, it's been pretty cool. She was one of my
favorites to watch her first two years, great left handed swing,
a very good defender. So having her back, having her
manning that shortstop spot and she's been hitting thirty order,
it's been huge. It's I mean, honestly, it's amazing to
think about they won the national championship last year without
their starting shortstop, Like, how many teams can do that?
Speaker 1 (08:35):
Yeah, that's true. It's a good point. Talking here with
Andrew Hayes here on thirteen under the Zone, we also
hadn't talked about teaking Cavan yet and you know, progressing
now to the next level, the next stage of her
career now as a junior, time flies, I know, but
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she she really started to establish herself even as a freshman.
What do you expecting from Teagan the season?
Speaker 2 (09:02):
Yeah, expecting big things from her. She was the second
team All American last year. Mike has made the comment
a couple of times that last year she performed against
like the better teams, and then you know, sometimes she
was a little off. You know, Oklahoma was one exception,
Like she was a little off and allowed some runs
against teams that weren't some of the better teams. And
because of that, she was a second team All American
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instead of a first team All American. And she's her
goal right now, Mike has said, is the twenty twenty
eight Olympics making that team, and so she continues to improve.
One thing Mike said at the ring ceremony, One thing
he told me back in December when they gave out
the championship rings was that they had had a scrimmage
recently and there was one ball put in play against
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Teagan by the offense. She was looking out standing and
so hopefully she can shake off that rough outing against
Nebraska last weekend and move forward and really have success
the way that she can the way everyone knows that
she can be a first team All American the rest
of the year.
Speaker 1 (09:59):
And this was certainly the some of the parts last year,
and we got used to seeing players like LeeAnne Good
and Ashton Maloney come through obviously in Oklahoma City and
have big moments as well. If there is a player
who might be a little bit under the radar right
now that you have watched through this early portion of
the season and who might emerge and really make an impact,
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who might that be?
Speaker 2 (10:22):
I got to start off with jac Nichols, freshman who's
been playing third base. Mike has said that she's defensively,
she is the replacement for me as Scott excellent defender.
She's filled in at shortstop seamlessly when they're kind of,
you know, doing some load management with Vivi Martinez to
try to work her back into full playing and so
jac Nichols has been able to swing the bat pretty
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well and play some very good defense. And as she
grows and gets more experience, I think having her back
than the bottom of the lineup as well as her
defense at the hot corner is going to be huge.
Speaker 1 (10:56):
I'm curious to get your thoughts on this field for
the BEVO classing. Now tonight it's against Habling Christian, who's
zoe to five. But then you got an Ohio State
team is two and two, you got the Syracuse team
is three and two, and then he had a Northern
Illinois group they hadn't played a game yet. So what's
your take on looking at these teams in this event?
Speaker 2 (11:14):
Yeah, I mean, you know, you might look at these
teams and think it's gonna be an easy run. But
with softball in general, in the college game right now,
there's a lot more parody. You know, Syracuse was a
team above five hundred last year. Ohio State has been
a rising power the last couple of years. They had
their All American catcher was bought by Texas Tech in
that whole you know mess. But for the most part,
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Ohio State's a very good program. Should give the Longhorns
some trouble. It was only a four to two win
when Texas went up there to Columbus last year for
a non conference weekend, turning the weekend, and so I
think there's a lot of good talent. This should be
some good competition this weekend. Longhorns should win every game,
but you can never say that's absolutely gonna happen.
Speaker 1 (11:58):
All right, hey, Andrew, I appreciate sho take the time,
have a good time, and listen. I'm gonna be remiss
if I didn't bring this up. You're calling tonight's game,
and then obviously Cameron Parker and Jake Carminal fill in
for you the rest of the weekend. Tell everybody what
you're doing this week. I think it's really cool.
Speaker 2 (12:14):
Yeah, heading back to my hometown president California. My grandpa's
ninetieth birthday is Sunday, so we're having a big shending.
Speaker 1 (12:20):
All right, hey, listen, enjoy the game to night, enjoy
the trip out of California. To look forward to seeing
you again next week. I appreciate you taking the time.
Speaker 2 (12:27):
Sounds good. Thanks great?
Speaker 1 (12:29):
You bet. That is Andrew Haynes, the voice of Long
Worn Softball, And you can hear those games on the
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all right. Coming up next some more from Vick Schaeffer.
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The conversation with Roger Wallas just a little while ago
they had coming off the shoot around and getting ready
for tonight's matchup with Vanderbilt, will continue right here on
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