The Book 2007 Ragin' Cajun Baseball

[CajunProud]

UTSA may not be a powerhouse, but for our young club to go on the road and dominate the way we did this early in the season says a lot.

I really get the feeling that this team is very special. I think Coach Robe does as well. He has compared this team to the Omaha team on more than one occassion this year and that is very unusual for him to do.

It appears as though the let down we had after the 1999 and 2000 seasons is not going to happen this time. I am not saying that we are going to the CWS this year (although I hope we do), but the future of this program looks very bright for the next several years. As long as we keep recruiting the young highschool kids to come in so that we can keep reloading, we shold be in good shape.

I think, and correct me if I am wrong, but the person in charge of recruiting is Coach Sczef. He has done one hell of a job in this area. I have to admit that I was very skeptical about his ability to coach hitting early on, but it seems as though his system is starting to work. Great job.

[DaddyCajun]

UTSA may not be a powerhouse, but for our young club to go on the road and dominate the way we did this early in the season says a lot.

I really get the feeling that this team is very special. I think Coach Robe does as well. He has compared this team to the Omaha team on more than one occassion this year and that is very unusual for him to do.

It appears as though the let down we had after the 1999 and 2000 seasons is not going to happen this time. I am not saying that we are going to the CWS this year (although I hope we do), but the future of this program looks very bright for the next several years. As long as we keep recruiting the young highschool kids to come in so that we can keep reloading, we shold be in good shape.

I think, and correct me if I am wrong, but the person in charge of recruiting is Coach Sczef. He has done one hell of a job in this area. I have to admit that I was very skeptical about his ability to coach hitting early on, but it seems as though his system is starting to work. Great job.

If T-Robe was to leave in the next 5 or so years maybe coach Sczef would be the man to take his place!

DaddyCajun

[Turner]

Sweeping made the weekend fun but I was getting used to going to the home baseball tournament around Mardi Gras.

[NewsCopy]

UL's baseball team will likely run Buddy Glass to the mound tonight when the Ragin' Cajuns travel to face Southeastern La., and that's something the squad wouldn't even have considered last year. With Hunter Moody still recovering from a sore elbow, Glass is the established ace of the staff, and the Cajuns could not afford to put that level of quality into a mid-week game last season. Pitching depth can change a lot of things, and UL (4-0) hopes to continue reaping the fruits of that depth in tonight's 6:30 p.m. contest against the Lions at SLU's Alumni Field in Hammond. The Cajuns used two new faces and one that was little-used last year as its starting pitchers last weekend, and that threesome paced UL to a road sweep of Texas-San Antonio. UL gave up only two runs in each of the three wins. That freed up Glass (1-0) for duties today, after his Opening Day 15-7 win over Nicholls State. "With the depth of arms that we have, we don't have a one, two or three now," said Cajun coach Tony Robichaux. "We're going to look at the teams we're playing, and if we need to we'll move our pitchers around to give us the best chance to be successful. The rest of the story Dan McDonald dmcdonald@theadvertiser.com

[CajunProud]

If T-Robe was to leave in the next 5 or so years maybe coach Sczef would be the man to take his place!

DaddyCajun

Maybe so, but bite your tongue, I hope Coach Robe never leaves

[RaginFan2]

Maybe so, but bite your tongue, I hope Coach Robe never leaves

Yeah, what you said!

[CajunKahouna]

Sweeping made the weekend fun but I was getting used to going to the home baseball tournament around Mardi Gras.

I second that. What happened to our "traditional" Mardi Gras weekend baseball tourney?

[NewsCopy]

One of UL coach Tony Robichaux's favorite pearls of baseball wisdom came true again Wednesday night, and because of that the Cajuns are still perfect on the season. The Cajuns put together a four-run fifth inning in what was otherwise a pitchers' battle at Southeastern Louisiana's Alumni Field, riding that frame to a 5-1 victory over the host Lions for their fourth straight road win. UL (5-0) worked three hits around two walks and two passed balls provided by the improved Lions (6-2) to plate the four runs, and that was plenty enough for Cajun pitchers Buddy Glass and Danny Farquhar. "If you look at baseball, 90 percent of the time one team scores more runs in one inning than the other team scores the whole game," Robichaux said. "We had the big inning, and that's why we won." The rest of the story Dan McDonald dmcdonald@theadvertiser.com

[HTownCajunII]

I vaguely remember last year on his Sat morning radio show coach saying something to the effect that he was looking to move away from hosting tournaments because of economics. By the time he brings three teams to Lafayette, with the associated quarantees of hotel rooms/meals/etc, it was more cost effective to do a deal for a home and home three game series with a single team. Not only that, but with a tourney there is a certain amount of field prep time and management to oversee the additional games the Cajuns are not involved with, which can serve to take time away for your own preparations. Just my thoughts, but I also infer that it is cheaper to bring in a Northern team (note Illinois) this time of year because they have limited options to play right now rather than finding 3 teams for a tourney. We are fortunate that our strong attendance enables us to have the flexiblity for coach to construct a schedule as he sees fit.

Additonally, I believe the UT-SA series was originally set for Lafayette this year, as pay back for our appearance in UT-SA's tourney last year. Robe moved this year's series to SA to avoid the distractions of Mardi Gras.

[CajunDreDog]

Louisiana @ Florida International
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