Comments on: Texas Wins Longest NCAA Game Ever

By: The Blue Duck

The Blue Duck — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 02:35:37 +0000

This was one of the most dominant and foolish performances in sport’s history.

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By: Charles

Charles — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 18:03:08 +0000

Texas did have the look of an exhausted team, and BC looked more so in Game 5. Going into game 6 Texas had played 7 more innings than Army, who had played one more game coming out of the loser’s bracket. There came a point in the UT-BC game where you realized, whoever doesn’t win this is toast. 2-0 gets you in the catbird seat, as long as one of the wins didn’t take you 7 hours get it done. Say what you will about leaving Austin Wood in for 13 innings, but aside from his pitch count he never gave them any reason to take him out. Army is a solid team, but lacks the depth of some of the other schools. I love their style of play – it honors the game.

By: texd

texd — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 16:21:34 +0000

BTW, there are many other records that surely fell in this game… among them the most ABs in a single game. I believe the old record was 70. This weekend, BC broke the record with 80, but will not ever have the record since Texas had 91.

Some other potential records?
Preston Clark – 33 put outs?
Texas – 24 LOB?
Austin Wood – name your stat?

By: NMS

NMS — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 03:15:04 +0000

I didn’t mean Texas was depleted in terms of arms since they managed to get a few guys to cover vast stretches of innings vs BC. I meant Texas being generally worn out, position players and all, after that marathon and it looks like that might have been the case to some extent tonight.
That and Army being a pretty solid ballclub.
Army had ‘em beat the whole game until they imploded in the end.
Too bad

By: George

George — Sun, 31 May 2009 22:24:58 +0000

Well, if this is the best game ever the worst game ever might be going on right now in Tallhassee…that game with Ohio State is getting ugly!!!

By: Gusball

Gusball — Sun, 31 May 2009 19:07:36 +0000

Yeah, Texas should actually still be okay pitching-wise, with Jungmann going tonight and Workman tomorrow if needed and several guys available out of the pen. But there just can’t be enough good things said about Austin Wood’s performance. I watched the entire agonizing 7 hours and was in awe of his performance. He had great command throughout but by the end he was willing the ball over the plate, cramping and looking exhausted. He’s the ultimate gamer. I wasn’t happy with him being left in so long (169 pitches!) but his performance is one for the ages. Reminded me of some of Brooks Kieschnick’s marathon pitching efforts back in the early 90s.
Hook ‘em!

By: joe schlegel, adrian, ga.

joe schlegel, adrian, ga. — Sun, 31 May 2009 17:19:52 +0000

Interesting game length and pitching circumstances – nice to see pitchers actually pitching – can anyone top this, while at Catching @ Jacksonville [ Fla.] Univ. – [ now playing Miami in elimination bracket Sunday, at Gainesville Regional ]

I caught a 19 inning game which JU won, 4-3, [Oglethorpe Univ. - April 15, 1967 ] where I tied game in 9th w/ 2 outs, man on 2nd – [ smiles ], lost 10 lbs. body weight, ugh;
then played in 2 tie games that NoBody won, in 1968 – April 5-[12 innings], April 6, 18 innings, against Fla. Southern
played 14 inning game on April 26, 1966, won 9-6, against Miami regular season, not only did I lose weight in the Fla. sun, butt also lost mega poiints on my bat avg. – OUCH!

By: Jim Fletcher

Jim Fletcher — Sun, 31 May 2009 14:52:56 +0000

NMS:
Texas is far from depleted. They still have their second best pitcher (Jungmann) fresh and ready to start today’s game. Also, their sixth best pitcher (Workman) hasn’t been used yet in the regional either. Strikeout artist Kendal Carrillo and the steady Stayton Thomas are also completely ready to go. I haven’t even mentioned Shinaberry or McIrahan. That’s six quality pitchers who haven’t even thrown a single pitch this weekend. Hook ‘em Horns!

By: Mark

Mark — Sun, 31 May 2009 08:49:06 +0000

169 pitches? Ye gods, Boyd is going to have to come up with a new pitcher abuse points scale for this one. An unbelievably gutty performance, but I hope his arm doesn’t fall off.

By: NMS

NMS — Sun, 31 May 2009 08:27:20 +0000

So, if you are a betting man.. what odds do you give Army to capitalize on the depleted BC and Texas squads considering they gave a full-strength Texas team a scare and beat Texas State

By: Steve

Steve — Sun, 31 May 2009 07:58:43 +0000

Now that its finally over, I am so glad I actually witnessed this spectacle from first to last pitch…all 7 hours of it.