Augie Garrido
Augie Garrido
August Edmun Garrido, Jr.is a former head coach in NCAA Division I college baseball and is current special assistant to the athletic director at the University of Texas. At the end of the 2016 season, Garrido compiled a collegiate record of 1975-919-9. He has taken his programs to 15 College World Series...
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We need to stabilize the infield. We're trying to establish a system that will give us consistency.
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The first game (Saturday) we didn't play very well and we still won the game, 5-3. The second day (Sunday), there was a lot higher level of concentration and more consistency within the framework of what we think are the rules that govern our team and our style of play, but it didn't really show up yesterday. Today, it did show up. The two teams really separated themselves. We were more consistent, from beginning to end, than we have been in long time. It's extremely encouraging...It almost looked easy. That's the way it's supposed to look when it's well done.
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I thought their defense was great. Wasn't that cool?
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J. Brent Cox was brilliant with his opportunity,
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Kyle has all the right tools, mentally and physically. He's just thrilled by being a baseball player. He's a leader, and he's very adaptable. He's his own guy, and he's a remarkable guy.
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(Krebs) got better as he went on. His last three innings were his best three.
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We have a lot of new players that have a chance to make important contributions. We're just getting ready to take the journey.
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Our added power combined with our speed is interesting, but I'm never going to settle for just power. Good pitching can always take that away.
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It appeared by the way we were playing that we were the best team and would win this tournament, which makes it even harder for the players to understand or accept. We did our best. They did better.
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With so many juniors leaving school and 21-year-olds eligible to leave at any time, baseball is in a unique position. The schools are staggering through this first year in trying to figure out what the APR really means.
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We thought throughout the season we had a championship-caliber team, but I know you can't be national champion without the right things happening, and they did in this case,
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Well, that works for anybody who can do it. There's not a Longhorn stamped on it. That's called winning baseball, and it was our best game of the year.
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Timing and rhythm are things we have to work on. These kids aren't machines. They have feelings; they have emotions. This isn't a game played by robots.
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Timely hitting was the only thing that separated these two teams. I guess beside that, I'm a happy little Easter bunny.