Comments on: Extra innings: UH baseball https://www.hawaiiwarriorworld.com/quick-reads/extra-innings-uh-baseball/ Sat, 05 Jul 2014 00:48:46 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: islandman https://www.hawaiiwarriorworld.com/quick-reads/extra-innings-uh-baseball/#comment-393 Wed, 28 May 2014 08:02:09 +0000 http://quickreads.staradvertiserblogs.com/?p=313#comment-393 No. 15,

From UH website : ” Between degrees, he served as general manager for the Redwood Pioneers, a minor league baseball team affiliated with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, and then was director of operations for the Cleveland Indians. After receiving his master’s degree, Jay became the assistant athletics director at Fairfield before moving on to the Pac-10. ”

Also, Scott Robbs commented that the Big West schools can get more recruits from California easier than UH through lower in-state tuition and less stringent entrance requirements.

]]> By: Manoa Mist https://www.hawaiiwarriorworld.com/quick-reads/extra-innings-uh-baseball/#comment-392 Tue, 27 May 2014 22:36:22 +0000 http://quickreads.staradvertiserblogs.com/?p=313#comment-392 I ain’t pro or anti-Trap but Benji the AD been making some odd comments regarding baseball. He says UH needs better facilities and video recording equipment. UH has better facilities than most Big West schools – my point being that maybe Benji the AD doesn’t know sports at all. Maybe he just a bean counter.
As for Trap, he did get UH into the NCAAs a couple years in a row not too long back. But I also think you shouldn’t get a three-year contract as a reward after two consecutive last place conference finishes.

]]> By: Lowtone123 https://www.hawaiiwarriorworld.com/quick-reads/extra-innings-uh-baseball/#comment-391 Tue, 27 May 2014 20:33:36 +0000 http://quickreads.staradvertiserblogs.com/?p=313#comment-391 Can’t blame injuries on not winning. Every program has to deal with them. Maybe they had more than their share of them but at the end of the day it’s just excuses. Fact is, injuries only show your depth (or lack of it , in this case) and that goes back to recruiting and that is on the coach. The bullpen was horrible and the offense lacked timely hitting. Maybe Trap doesn’t deserve to go but he needs to turn it around…soon.

]]> By: islandman https://www.hawaiiwarriorworld.com/quick-reads/extra-innings-uh-baseball/#comment-390 Mon, 26 May 2014 21:03:44 +0000 http://quickreads.staradvertiserblogs.com/?p=313#comment-390 Hope Gleese can keep up the good pitching he showed in the last two games.

]]> By: jeezy33 https://www.hawaiiwarriorworld.com/quick-reads/extra-innings-uh-baseball/#comment-389 Mon, 26 May 2014 20:51:15 +0000 http://quickreads.staradvertiserblogs.com/?p=313#comment-389 For a blog that is praising the UH starting pitching, how can you leave out the fact that Hawaii will basically be starting over considering Cooper, Squier, Kuzminsky are gone. So not only will Hawaii struggle hitting next year losing Flores and Hurley, the pitching will lose their top 3 pitchers from this past season and expect some newcomers to come in and duplicate it…. The future actually looks worse when you look at the big picture.

]]> By: jeezy33 https://www.hawaiiwarriorworld.com/quick-reads/extra-innings-uh-baseball/#comment-388 Mon, 26 May 2014 20:15:45 +0000 http://quickreads.staradvertiserblogs.com/?p=313#comment-388 5. Ok Dave, you get my point… Albany, Wagner, same crap…. 1 class doesn’t define your team… 3 classes together does. So what about the prior year and the year before?
And through the draft, how many of those guys were going to help the bullpen? 0. Blake Taylor was a projected top 2 rounder from day 1 so you can line up all these reasons you want but signing him or a Kodi Medeiros is a 1000-1 chance to get them in school anyway.

2012: starters- aliviado, ventimilia, squier.
Podratz is an okay back up catcher. No defense, no speed. Chew is a solid situational reliever. Everyone else didn’t pan out.

2013- Starters – Marc Flores, Matt Cooper, Scott Kuzminsky, Adam Hurley, Austin Wobrock
QTC has been plagued by injuries but still hasn’t proven much at D1 yet. Wobrock a solid defensive guy but can’t hit.

When you’re cutting 3 FR after 1 season, there is an obvious flaw in your recruiting..

]]> By: Derek https://www.hawaiiwarriorworld.com/quick-reads/extra-innings-uh-baseball/#comment-387 Mon, 26 May 2014 19:07:42 +0000 http://quickreads.staradvertiserblogs.com/?p=313#comment-387 Personally, it’s time for a change. Forget his overall record. Last year, 0-16 to start the season. This year, last place in the conference. On top of that I hear the stories about my friends and UH season ticket holders also complaining about the coaching and the coach. One example, a former UH baseball player’s son who is local wanted to play for UH out of junior college. By all accounts, the player is a good player and wanted to come home to play for the home team. The coach said no. The player was recruited by other major teams and eventually signed with Arkansas who is a fixture at NCAA regionals. Wouldn’t you want to invite Hawaii players to play for the home team, if they can help the team? Wouldn’t that help fan attendance? I for one, stop going to UH baseball games. It’s too frustrating, can’t execute, can’t hit, etc. etc. etc. I still watch on the tube, however. And another thing, the record this season is very deceiving, it should have been worse. New York Tech and Albany count for 8 of the wins. Those 2 teams must be one of worst teams in college. Hawaii baseball fans deserve a better product. Most importantly, what does Les Murakami think?

]]> By: Guy Ogawa https://www.hawaiiwarriorworld.com/quick-reads/extra-innings-uh-baseball/#comment-386 Mon, 26 May 2014 18:40:32 +0000 http://quickreads.staradvertiserblogs.com/?p=313#comment-386 Aloha Dave,

I don’t disagree or agree with it. I’ve, for the most part, stopped following a program I fell in love with at the age of 14. The past era teams, found ways to win despite injuries, mediocrity, strong opposition, etc. I’ve seen that in the teams of the last 13 seasons but not as consistently. However, ask anyone who had played the sport and they’ll tell you that luck comes into play! Baseball players are very superstitious. Sometimes no matter how good a player/team is, maybe it/they just aren’t lucky enough! I can give you many examples but the easiest is myself! If anyone knows me, knew what kind of player I was in high school, how else did I survive my 4 years at UH.

Many people are calling for Trap’s removal! If the AD wants to give him an extension that’s their right but mediocrity will only work so much! UH fans support the players, come out to see really the “only game in town”, but losing is like a sickness and too many years of that makes a hard sell for recruiting, attendance and community support! Maybe really change the nickname fully back! “LET’S GO BOWS!

Just wanted to voice a different side.

]]> By: Annoddah Dave https://www.hawaiiwarriorworld.com/quick-reads/extra-innings-uh-baseball/#comment-385 Mon, 26 May 2014 18:37:14 +0000 http://quickreads.staradvertiserblogs.com/?p=313#comment-385 DR: Baseball is the only team sport where defense (including pitching) cannot score points. UH had some decent pitching, except for bull pen which was spotty at best. Offensively, it was a struggle…maybe a better hitting coach is part of the answer.

]]> By: islandman https://www.hawaiiwarriorworld.com/quick-reads/extra-innings-uh-baseball/#comment-384 Mon, 26 May 2014 17:49:36 +0000 http://quickreads.staradvertiserblogs.com/?p=313#comment-384 No. 4 meant Albany, when i glanced at the schedule. UH started off okay vs. UCSB, but then got killed at home, six straight.

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