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...
baseball kyle mentally remarkable thrilled
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.
added combined good pitching power settle speed
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.
defense
I thought their defense was great. Wasn't that cool?
brilliant cox
J. Brent Cox was brilliant with his opportunity,
best innings last three
(Krebs) got better as he went on. His last three innings were his best three.
appeared best harder players playing team understand win
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.
plays team
If we play our best, and the other team plays its best, and they win, then congratulations to them.
attention pay
He'll know not to pay attention to those things.
along anyone catching confident extremely good offense offensive player quite throwing
He's catching extremely well now, he's throwing really well, has been for quite a while. And the offense which always comes along a little slower, now he's a lot more confident and making big contributions to the offense. He's as good an offensive player as anyone in our lineup.
enjoying mean says watching
He says he's enjoying watching it on TV. That doesn't mean they won't.
defend easier enjoying external fall feeling importance instead national people players playing practice pressures process talking team trying
We look at fall practice as an introduction to the personalities on our team and a way to get to know the people involved. We are also not trying to defend the National Championship, but instead going out and playing the game, which is a lot easier said than done. We are talking to the players about the importance of enjoying the process without feeling the external pressures of trying to live up to something.
expectation journey levels ready
Obviously, the expectation levels are always high, and they are again. So, we'll just get ready to take the journey.
apart fell national pitching season staff until won year
Rice's pitching staff fell apart the year after they won the national championship. You just don't know until the season starts.
pitchers ran shut year
We ran into two pitchers that year who shut us down.