“Click on the text denoted in red font on the side bar to visit other sites in this grid” The science of the fastball is in the link below. https://www.facebook.com/thebsbking/videos/299378973999823/?t=106 in the book “Loving Sports” the authors say that baseball is an allegory for life. You only have to bat .300 to be considered successful….
THE MAGICAL 2009 TEAM – RUNNER UP IN THE CWS BUT A CHAMPION IN THE HEARTS OF FANS WITH A 50-16-1 RECORD Started the season with 11 wins. The Horns won their 4th consecutive Big 12 Championship. Texas was the top seed in the NCAA tournament losing to LSU in the finals. AUSTIN WOOD…
NO HITTERS March 28, 1946 Bobby Layne 7-0Southwestern-Clark Field Austin, May 4, 1946 Bobby Layne 2-1Texas A&M College Station, June 19, 1950 Jim Ehrler 7-0 Tufts Rosenblatt StadiumOmaha, First no-hitter in CWS History April 29, 1955 Tommy Jungman 8-0 RiceClark Field March 28, 1969 James Street 5-0 SMU Dallas, TX April 3, 1970 James Street…
Brooks Kieschnick Brooks Kieschnick has received more National Collegiate awards in the college ranks then any other UT baseball player. His awards include: National College Baseball Hall of Fame 2006; Dick Howser Trophy 1992 and 1993; Collegiate Baseball Newspaper Player of the Year 1993; Baseball America Player of the year- 1993; ABCA Player of the…
Langerhans reflects on a lifetime of coaching Dragon mentor led RRHS to state title in 1997 Brad Stutzman Austin American Statesman View Comments 0:38 2:29 More than half-a-century after the fact, it’s still the look in his father’s eyes that John Langerhans remembers. It was a look that led Langerhans to a lifetime of…
Coach Disch 1940 Disch 30th anniversary Coach Disch Disch as a Longhorn trainer Coach Falk as a baseball player 1960 Bibb Falk Transitioning from Falk to Gustafson Coach Gus Coach Gus Augie Augie autograph baseball Garrido bust of Augie Augie happy with win Augie not so happy after loss Hookem.com SUNDAY, JANUARY 8, 2022…
Kip Harkrider, Atlanta 1996 1 Bronze Calvin Murray, Barcelona 1992 Taylor Teagarden, Beijing 2008 Bronze
On June 8th, 1989 Coach Falk at the age of 90 passed away, but not before leaving a legacy as a Longhorn player, professional athlete, and coach. Falk’s enduring self-confidence drove him to success in baseball, football, and coaching. AS A LONGHORN BASEBALL PLAYER: The Aggies Called Him Big Noise And Other Teams Called Him…
There have been three athletic facilities on the campus named for the university’s influential early leader James Benjamin Clark. James Clark Clark Field #1 The first Clark Field, operated from 1887 through 1927 at the southeast corner of 24th Street and Speedway configured for a baseball game. The stands were built in sections and movable so…
One night in Austin in 1992, Pops (Nolan Ryan) took the mound for the Rangers against his son, Reid Ryan’s Longhorns in an exhibition game of the sport that bound them. Reid Ryan as a Longhorn and the exhibition game between him and his father 2:38- 4:20 mark. https://youtu.be/ADqlRQUEOEY 1904- 18-10-1 COACH R.F. HUTCHINSON…