Episode 50
Mike Rooney Joins The Pod To Breakdown Baseball's Postseason Outlook, Softball Punches Their Ticket To OKC, A New Bebes HOF, And Shoutouts Galore
In this episode of the Belligerent Beavs Podcast, we're joined by ESPN and D1Baseball's Mike Rooney to discuss the Pac-12 Tournament and Baseball's postseason outlook, including teams to watch and which Beaver players surprised him the most, we also celebrate Softball's incredible run as they punch their ticket as one of the eight teams in the Women's College World Series in Oklahoma City, nominate a new Belligerent Beavs Hall of Fame, and hand out shoutouts like we're Oprah handing out free gifts.
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Speaker A: Last year we recorded a Memorial Day, and we opened it with the podcast that's having a very confusing Memorial Day part two.
Speaker A: It's a year later.
Speaker A: It's our 50th episode.
Speaker A: We're at a half century and we're still having conversations stations like this where we're waiting on one of our co hosts for almost 15 minutes.
Speaker A: We call to answer the phone.
Speaker A: What's up?
Speaker A: What's going on?
Speaker A: Nothing.
Speaker A: What are you up to?
Speaker A: Just in this room trying to record the 50th episode of the Belligerent TV podcast.
Speaker A: I didn't want to shame her fellow co host, but it is Betty.
Speaker A: Betty is the one who thought we were meeting at 730 time and should be in the Zoom in just a couple of minutes.
Speaker A: But anyway, JP and Terry are here.
Speaker A: We've just been waiting quietly in the Zoom for 15 minutes.
Speaker A: We have not been discussing any diabolical plans or any diabolical plans or diabolical plans.
Speaker A: Nothing diabolical of the organizing or gardening variety.
Speaker A: Neither things.
Speaker D: What about the drift system variety?
Speaker D: Diabolical drip system.
Speaker A: We always have diabolical.
Speaker A: I'm rocking for the first time on the show.
Speaker A: I think the shooting shirt from this year because I saw it bees merch.
Speaker A: But it was sort of just the Nike go to shirt that like every team had at the end of the season.
Speaker D: All right.
Speaker A: Yeah.
Speaker A: It's a good look, though, for our men's team that went 328 and our women's team that had a nice turn in the NIT.
Speaker A: But every single year I don't buy the shirt and then I regret it.
Speaker A: I really wish I got the hallway this year.
Speaker A: It's a nice shirt.
Speaker A: It's the one that says ball in the B is Orange.
Speaker A: So it's like a play on all in, but also the ball.
Speaker A: It's a clever word play from Nike, but it's also Balin.
Speaker B: Yes.
Speaker D: Isn't it in Orange?
Speaker D: So really it just says all been.
Speaker A: All.
Speaker B: Yes, I like that one.
Speaker A: I really wish I got into Justice Beaves one from the Elite Eight one.
Speaker A: I really like that one.
Speaker A: And also at the year 2016, when we made the term with GP two, I believe that was the year.
Speaker A: It just said always repent and then just had the logo.
Speaker A: And even though every other Nike school had the same thing, it was just a dope shirt.
Speaker D: I still have my Sweet 16 Elite Eight back, twelve Championships in the drawer.
Speaker D: And I just saw them the other day.
Speaker A: I was so excited when I got.
Speaker D: Them and I was wearing them throughout.
Speaker D: And then I was like, next season, I can't wait to wear these all year.
Speaker D: And I don't think it worked once.
Speaker A: That's what those shirts do.
Speaker A: And I know you had a ritual for a long time of always buying every playoff shirt when it came out.
Speaker A: And for your teams, like the Giants and the warriors, worked out really well.
Speaker A: I left my wallet.
Speaker A: I have a lot of shirts of the Twins making the one game playoff.
Speaker A: I have like four one game playoff twin shirts.
Speaker A: It's because it wasn't technical playoffs.
Speaker A: They just say post season.
Speaker A: It's not nearly as exciting.
Speaker A: There's Benny with the good.
Speaker B: I'm here.
Speaker B: Sorry.
Speaker D: Right on time.
Speaker B: I was playing MLB the show.
Speaker B: I got inspired by watching Oregon State this weekend.
Speaker B: There you go.
Speaker A: Yeah.
Speaker A: That's a good reason.
Speaker D: Is your creative player Jacob Melton?
Speaker A: Do you say, I have Jacob Melton, creative player, and say, F*** you, Terry Horseman, every time you hit a home run with them?
Speaker B: No, I did Diamond Dynasty and I had Nick Madrigal has been smoking home runs off my pitchers today so far.
Speaker D: It's not good for you, but also it's made up.
Speaker D: It's made up Nick magical.
Speaker B: Yeah.
Speaker B: I don't feel bad about that.
Speaker A: I want real Nick magical and made up Nick magical.
Speaker A: To have all of the real and made up success in existence.
Speaker D: We should get made up Nick magical on the Pod.
Speaker B: Yeah.
Speaker A: Betty, let's work that out.
Speaker A: Somehow.
Speaker B: He doesn't talk a lot.
Speaker A: We need to go into your show.
Speaker A: Well, I've already welcomed the listeners to the show, Benny, and I guess now we're welcoming you to the show.
Speaker A: Happy Memorial Day, y'all yeah.
Speaker B: Happy Memorial Day.
Speaker A: Happy Memorial Day to all of our listeners.
Speaker A: Thank you to the men and women who have paid the ultimate sacrifice for in service to our country.
Speaker A: Thank you specifically to Ranger Joe.
Speaker A: Joe Hedberg veteran in the Belligerent bees, discord and Patreon, and one of our favorite listeners and followers of the Pod.
Speaker A: Shout Out Joe.
Speaker A: No, you're listening to this sometime on the week of May 31.
Speaker A: We've got a lot of exciting things going on, both Diamond Sports related.
Speaker A: That's probably all we're going to get into.
Speaker A: On this evening's episode.
Speaker A: We will hear from our friend Mike Rooney, who you probably saw killing it on the ESPN two side.
Speaker B: He was just crushing it.
Speaker A: It was so good.
Speaker A: They put a fur coat on at the end.
Speaker A: I wasn't really sure what that bit.
Speaker D: Was for, but it's a recurring thing.
Speaker A: It's for their bit player.
Speaker A: That's like their guy, right, Tennessee?
Speaker A: No, I thought it was Tennessee related.
Speaker B: Because he put it on in relation to, like, oh, it's Tennessee or the field.
Speaker A: The coat once belonged to Franklin, Tennessee, and you can only get it by killing the guy who wears it.
Speaker A: So it's Mike Rooney saying he met Franklin, Tennessee out one night and being in possession of the coat.
Speaker A: You can figure out the details there.
Speaker A: I'm just kidding.
Speaker A: As far as I know, Mike Rooney has not killed anyone named Franklin, Tennessee or anyone else.
Speaker A: He seems like a very top quality individual.
Speaker A: So sorry about that confusion, Mike, thank you for joining the show.
Speaker A: We're excited to play our interview with Mike Rooney later.
Speaker A: How are you guys doing?
Speaker A: Did you have a nice long weekend?
Speaker A: We recorded this on Monday, May 30 at 07:20 p.m..
Speaker A: Pacific time.
Speaker A: So just Memorial Day weekends come and do a close.
Speaker A: Did you guys do anything fun?
Speaker B: I watched a lot of Oregon State baseball.
Speaker B: No kidding.
Speaker A: There was a lot of Oregon State baseball.
Speaker A: Yeah, just a lot of facts while baseball.
Speaker B: You know how on some days, Comedy Central, we just have like 20 straight hours of The Office plane?
Speaker B: I felt like it was that way on Pack Twelve network, but for organization that's every day.
Speaker A: I did watch an episode of The Office today because I was just waiting and I had like 20 minutes to kill.
Speaker A: And the Casino night episode of The Office was on from CZU.
Speaker D: Oh, my God.
Speaker B: I thought you were saying you had.
Speaker D: 20 minutes to kill at the casino.
Speaker A: I try not to gamble anymore.
Speaker A: I'd rather watch The Office at a casino than do anything else.
Speaker D: You got to pull Penny slots, free drinks, Penny slots.
Speaker D: The super secret producer of Skinner.
Speaker D: When we were in South Shore Lake Tahoe.
Speaker D: Terry, you were there, you were snowboarding.
Speaker D: But Skins and I spent our time at the Penny slots, just pulling back, man, and getting free course lights.
Speaker D: I think he got down to climbed back to like $4.
Speaker D: It was an amazing accomplishment for our dedication to reward our dedication, because that.
Speaker A: Gets you like another 2 hours of drinking if you get back up to $4 from $0.10.
Speaker D: Yeah, absolutely.
Speaker D: I mean, if you do it slow enough, you could probably make a whole.
Speaker A: Day out of that.
Speaker B: That would mess me up.
Speaker B: Because if you were playing Penny slots and it went from ten cents to four dollars in my head, I'd be like, if I put a dollar in there instead of a Penny, it would be like $4,000.
Speaker B: I wouldn't be able to withstand that.
Speaker A: The urge to fire.
Speaker B: Yeah.
Speaker D: Your next poll would have been for a dollar and then it would be gone.
Speaker A: Exactly.
Speaker B: No cores bites for me.
Speaker B: Yeah.
Speaker A: So this is why we don't gamble more heavily.
Speaker A: We'll get into more baseball stuff.
Speaker A: But I've just been looking for accommodations for Omaha.
Speaker A: Not to jinx anything, but it's just one of those things.
Speaker A: If you want to book everything, the second your team clinches a spot, you're good f****** luck.
Speaker A: So there is right across the river in Council Bluffs, Iowa, which is only like eight minutes from Charles Schwab Field, there's like a new Caesars casino.
Speaker A: And I was like, maybe that's not super expensive, but I couldn't figure out their website, like finding rooms.
Speaker A: It's booked for the next year.
Speaker A: And then I tried calling and got the press 10,000 numbers if you'd like to try and find a human.
Speaker A: So I don't know, but I would love to.
Speaker A: There's like a Caesar sports book very near the venue.
Speaker A: And I was like, oh, maybe they have rooms available and maybe it's not $800 a night.
Speaker A: Like every Airbnb in Omaha for the last two weekends in June seemed to.
Speaker B: Be the same Caesars as like Caesars Palace in Las Vegas.
Speaker A: Yeah, well, I mean, they have like a shitload of casinos around the world.
Speaker D: Okay, 5 seconds around the world by Daft Punk.
Speaker A: Believe that's the first Daft Punk message.
Speaker A: Welcome to the show, guys.
Speaker B: Well, not the first Daft Punk.
Speaker A: Terry.
Speaker B: You sounded like a DAFF Punk.
Speaker A: That is true.
Speaker A: Definitely not the first robot presence on the site, but yeah, so that's cool story, Terry.
Speaker A: I looked for rooms in a casino, but I feel like the idea of us at the College World Series staying in like a giant sports book across the border in Iowa is a recipe for some good old fashioned fun.
Speaker B: That is true.
Speaker A: Yeah.
Speaker B: Iowa is an underrated state.
Speaker B: Shut out Joe Wihage, my dad who lives there in a 60 plus community.
Speaker A: Yeah.
Speaker A: We are fans of the state of Iowa on this show Super Secret Skinder.
Speaker A: And I had a great time in Ames.
Speaker A: Even though that was the basketball game that started season of just profound losing.
Speaker A: We still had a great time at the game with the Iowa State fans and Ames in general.
Speaker B: What was the record?
Speaker B: No, we won one conference game.
Speaker B: I was going to say, did we win any games?
Speaker B: We won one game after you guys.
Speaker A: Yeah, we also beat f***.
Speaker A: Now I'm forgetting we were one and, oh, going into the Iowa State game.
Speaker A: So we went to a 28.
Speaker D: We beat Portland State.
Speaker A: No, we beat Portland State first.
Speaker A: Then we lost ten straight.
Speaker A: Then we beat Nickels or Nickel State.
Speaker A: You don't confuse on that one.
Speaker A: And then we beat Usha.
Speaker A: So just your run of the mill basketball season where you beat Portland State, Nickel State, and the University of Nickel.
Speaker D: They just removed the space between nickels and state.
Speaker D: So it's just nickelst.
Speaker A: Oh, that's right.
Speaker A: Yeah.
Speaker A: It's playing the nickel slots.
Speaker A: That's a little rich for our blood.
Speaker A: Jp, what did you do this weekend?
Speaker D: Oh, man, I'm in Benny.
Speaker D: I watched so much baseball and softball, I was just sitting here thinking, what did I do this weekend?
Speaker D: And other than that, literally nothing.
Speaker D: I mowed the lawn today.
Speaker UNK: Nice.
Speaker A: That's exciting.
Speaker D: Yes, it looks nice.
Speaker A: Dope.
Speaker D: If anyone has any tips on overseeing in the late spring, I might need to do that.
Speaker D: Send this DM.
Speaker A: Are you supposed like, is overseeding a good thing?
Speaker D: Yeah.
Speaker A: I don't even know how to ask questions about this.
Speaker A: This is literally my job to ask questions that keeps the conversation going.
Speaker A: I was like, wait, so overseeding like a yard seed like that grass that grows in a yard.
Speaker A: I'm just worthless.
Speaker A: I'm sorry, guys.
Speaker D: We don't have to go in too deep on this.
Speaker A: That's okay.
Speaker A: Good.
Speaker A: Okay.
Speaker A: Yeah.
Speaker A: But yeah, I also watched a lot of baseball.
Speaker A: I watched the Champions League final on Saturday as well.
Speaker A: That was fun.
Speaker A: I don't think anything Oregon State related really happened in MLS this weekend, but yeah, just a lot of baseball watching.
Speaker A: I'm excited for our listeners to hear from Mike as I think people have some capital thoughts on the Patch Twelve Tournament, especially the first time hot take.
Speaker A: I liked it overall or I like that it exists.
Speaker UNK: Agreed.
Speaker B: Yeah, I'm right there with you.
Speaker B: I think that you can make the argument that it shouldn't be played in Arizona and that it needs to be like a little bit more spread out.
Speaker B: And there were some things that I think they could tweak a little bit about it, but it was exciting.
Speaker B: Like, even though I can say didn't win it, it was really fun to watch.
Speaker D: It was a s*** on a run scored, man.
Speaker B: Oh, my God.
Speaker A: I know.
Speaker D: Rob Manfred's Wet Dream.
Speaker A: Rob Manfred.
Speaker A: Here's the question, and I want you guys to answer honestly.
Speaker A: It's a two part question.
Speaker A: Do you think Rob Manfred watched the Pac Twelve Tournament?
Speaker A: And if you do, do you think he got a b**** while watching the Pac Twelve tournament?
Speaker D: No, but he still got a b****.
Speaker A: By any sense told him there was a game in Scottsdale approaching 50 runs total.
Speaker D: I'd be curious to hear how he would think or feel about these games, because they also every single game was so long.
Speaker A: I know.
Speaker D: Insanely long.
Speaker D: Way longer than any other regular games.
Speaker A: A high scoring game is going to do that.
Speaker D: Of course.
Speaker B: All of them were high scoring.
Speaker A: Yeah.
Speaker D: Not all of them high scoring.
Speaker D: They were still very long.
Speaker B: Yeah, right.
Speaker D: So I wonder what he would trade for.
Speaker D: Would it be a shorter game or 50 runs?
Speaker A: He wants 50 runs in an hour.
Speaker D: It's a one pitch walk.
Speaker D: You have one pitch to throw in, the strikes on the base.
Speaker A: It's the year 2060.
Speaker A: The entire MLB takes place in Sluggers Bar and Grill, the bar across the street from Wrigley Field with a batting cage in it.
Speaker A: Every MLB player is s*** faced and just hacking at the batting cage.
Speaker A: And that's how the World Series is determined.
Speaker A: Every game takes ten minutes and they play 10 million games a season, and.
Speaker D: It'S only streamed exclusively on TikTok.
Speaker B: Pluggers, though.
Speaker B: Pluggers is a dope a** bar.
Speaker B: If you're in Chicago or find yourself in Chicago, check out Sluggers.
Speaker B: You can take us later.
Speaker A: That is what I miss the most.
Speaker D: I vaguely remember Sluggers from my one.
Speaker D: I've been in Chicago a few times.
Speaker A: But you vaguely remember a visit to a bar after a Cubs Giants game.
Speaker D: Was the first pitch at like 11:00 A.m.
Speaker D: Too.
Speaker D: It was like super early game, something like that.
Speaker A: And it was really cold that day.
Speaker D: It was snowed.
Speaker D: We were in Murphy's Beachers and it snowed.
Speaker D: We were outside and I had to.
Speaker A: Give you one gloves to hold a beer because it was pretty cold.
Speaker A: I did the whole local Midwestern thing where I'm like, It's not cold.
Speaker A: And then your sister was like, Terry, your hands are purple.
Speaker A: There is no blood flow happening.
Speaker A: And I'm like, I really underestimated.
Speaker A: It was like May 1, so it could have been 90 deg, but it.
Speaker B: Was really like 40 deg.
Speaker A: And then it was bad.
Speaker B: Using that as a segue, a completely different experience would be going to Scottsdale to watch the Pack Twelve tournament.
Speaker A: It's a dry heat.
Speaker B: It was so hot.
Speaker B: But I think we should make plans that we may or may not follow through on going to Scottsdale next year for the past twelve tournament.
Speaker B: Scottsdale is amazing.
Speaker D: Yeah, I'm into that.
Speaker D: So my wife brought that up too.
Speaker D: She was like, we should do this next year.
Speaker D: And then she's like, but we also do spring training and it's really close.
Speaker A: So double up.
Speaker A: We also said we'll go to the Pac Twelve basketball tournament in Vegas, which is three weeks after spring training in March.
Speaker D: I do have a question, and I saw this proposed on Twitter by someone on the Beaver fame, I can't recall.
Speaker D: But they said when talking about the tournament they liked it as well, but they wanted to know is there a better time to play in Scottsdale?
Speaker D: Could we do it at the beginning of the season?
Speaker D: And I thought that was interesting.
Speaker A: Don't we do that already?
Speaker A: Well, we play in Scottsdale, but we.
Speaker D: Don'T play a past twelve tournament in preseason.
Speaker D: And I was thinking about like, that'd be cool, but what would it mean?
Speaker D: What would that mean?
Speaker D: If we did a patch of turn it to be in the season, does that team automatically get.
Speaker A: No, that shouldn't be it.
Speaker D: Well, what is it then?
Speaker D: What's the point for the preseason?
Speaker B: They would warm up for the season.
Speaker A: Yeah.
Speaker B: Because think about it.
Speaker B: If you got a bid into the NCAA tournament.
Speaker D: No, into like a patch of Championship game or series at the end of the season.
Speaker B: Okay.
Speaker D: But then your whole regular season means nothing because he won the preseason tournament, right?
Speaker D: Yeah, it does matter for the national you're seating.
Speaker A: I appreciate the creative thinking.
Speaker A: That's the kind of s*** that we're here for on this show.
Speaker A: I don't like that idea.
Speaker D: Do you have to do it in May then?
Speaker D: Obviously.
Speaker D: And then you have to do it in Scottsdale.
Speaker A: You don't have to do it in Scottsdale.
Speaker UNK: Yeah.
Speaker A: Even like the weather was terrible.
Speaker A: But I think you solve a lot of issues if you just add another ballpark so that you're not waiting two.
Speaker D: Games a day at a ballpark.
Speaker A: Which seems like Scottsdale isn't the point of Scottsdale is it has a million ballpark, right?
Speaker A: Does it half major League Baseball have their own spring training facility.
Speaker D: Two thirds are there now.
Speaker D: But hey, Scottsdale Stadium, that location, you can't beat it.
Speaker D: That's what the Pat Twelve was leaning into.
Speaker D: Was right there in Old Town.
Speaker D: And that's an entertainment district right outside the door of the Stadium.
Speaker D: So no driving required.
Speaker D: There's plenty of places to stay nearby.
Speaker A: Right.
Speaker D: And you get people living it up, all up and down.
Speaker A: The no driving thing is my favorite part of that.
Speaker A: And Pack Twelve is clearly going for the party angle with a lot of these, especially putting the Hoops tournaments in Vegas.
Speaker D: Vegas, yeah.
Speaker A: They'll figure it out.
Speaker A: We'll get more into this.
Speaker A: I like it with that.
Speaker A: Doing a preseason conference tournament, I don't know what it would mean, but also, what the f*** do Tuesday night games against the Ducks in Eugene meant if it's more non conference?
Speaker A: I think it probably helped our seating a little bit.
Speaker A: But anyway, go Big Blue.
Speaker B: Yeah, right.
Speaker A: We will get more into both Diamond Sports a little bit, but I think we got to talk about some beverages and what we're sipping on on this celebratory Memorial Day evening.
Speaker A: I know Beaver baseball didn't win the conference tournament, but we're still the number three national seed.
Speaker A: I know we have high expectations in the Beaver FAM, but I made the mention today that it's like Beaver baseball Twitter seems to be freaking out.
Speaker A: And then general College baseball Twitter is like.
Speaker A: And the number three team in the country, Oregon State.
Speaker A: And I'm like, we can calm down, everybody.
Speaker A: It's going to be fine.
Speaker A: An entire country.
Speaker A: You had ostensibly better seasons than us, JP.
Speaker A: I know you have a starburst in front of you.
Speaker A: Yeah, but you might have another beer in front of you.
Speaker A: Put me on blast.
Speaker A: I always say it's not a blast.
Speaker A: That's a negative connotation.
Speaker A: I admire all of this.
Speaker D: Thanks.
Speaker D: Yeah, dude, I'm drinking.
Speaker D: I like this.
Speaker D: The can.
Speaker D: It is called this is Your Brain on Science.
Speaker D: It's a double IPA from Equilibrium Brewery.
Speaker D: I've had them before, but not this beer.
Speaker D: It's delicious.
Speaker D: I gave it a 4.1.
Speaker D: It's a really good balanced double IPA.
Speaker D: It's a little hazy, as you guys can see the color, but it's got a nice bite to it and some sweetness, which is exactly what I'm looking for.
Speaker D: And one of my thousand double IPA I've drank in my life.
Speaker B: Is that the highest score that you've given a beer on this podcast?
Speaker A: Good question.
Speaker D: A 4.1 might be.
Speaker D: No, I've given a 4.2.
Speaker A: Yeah, I know.
Speaker A: You've said 4.2 before.
Speaker A: Do you know your highest score?
Speaker A: That's like on top.
Speaker D: I think I gave something a four point 75.
Speaker D: It was like, Jesus, a Mexican hot chocolate.
Speaker A: Was it made of crack and you just got addicted to it.
Speaker A: It's just so good.
Speaker D: I've never felt this in my life.
Speaker D: So it was actually a modern times Monsters Park, aged in bourbon barrels.
Speaker D: Mexican hot chocolate stout.
Speaker B: D***, that would take so long to.
Speaker D: Order at a bar.
Speaker B: I had it in a bottle.
Speaker D: I came in a bottle.
Speaker D: It was really, really good.
Speaker D: I got a picture of it.
Speaker D: This is what I love untapped for.
Speaker D: Look at that.
Speaker B: Nice.
Speaker D: That's me in the background.
Speaker D: That's actually my brother in law Matt's picture.
Speaker A: Yeah.
Speaker B: Did he like it as much as you?
Speaker B: Good question.
Speaker D: I should find out what he rated.
Speaker D: It probably.
Speaker B: Oh, yeah.
Speaker D: He gave it the same rating.
Speaker B: Copycat.
Speaker A: Literally copy Wildcat because he went to Arizona.
Speaker D: That's true.
Speaker A: See what I did there?
Speaker D: Cat down.
Speaker A: Bear down.
Speaker A: Cats.
Speaker B: I toured the University of Arizona because that was like one of the three schools that I applied to and they explained the bear down and I forgot it was some guy on his deathbed, wasn't it?
Speaker B: Jp, I haven't told you the story.
Speaker B: I know it was a player.
Speaker B: It was like a football player.
Speaker A: How I feel bad if death is involved.
Speaker A: I'm sorry.
Speaker B: He wasn't on his deathbed.
Speaker B: I don't think he was.
Speaker B: Maybe he was.
Speaker B: He was hurt.
Speaker A: Whatever makes it funny.
Speaker A: He had no memory of who the mascot was anymore and just said bear down.
Speaker D: Yeah, it's just like delusional on his deathbed.
Speaker D: And so he shouted only words that came to mind.
Speaker A: Bear it down.
Speaker D: They became the University's massive slogan.
Speaker D: Marketing slogan.
Speaker B: Oh, man, love it.
Speaker A: Benny, you would have done great at University of Arizona.
Speaker A: That would have been an awesome combination.
Speaker A: I'm happy you were a beef and that we met in Core Valleys and became besties.
Speaker A: But you would have had a time in Tucson, my friend.
Speaker B: Man, I would have gone broke from spending so much money on Aloe Vera if I went to Tucson.
Speaker B: Miserable.
Speaker D: Almost came out of my nose.
Speaker A: Well, funny you should mention that, Betty.
Speaker A: This segment of the Bluetooth podcast is brought to you by Aloe Vera watching all three of our very Irish sunburned a****.
Speaker A: Now that it's the summertime.
Speaker B: Our skin.
Speaker A: Matches our Orange shirts most of the time.
Speaker B: That's right.
Speaker A: Yeah.
Speaker D: Spots of the pot.
Speaker A: Aloe Vera, the three of us to use your products probably a lot during these months.
Speaker A: And baseball season specifically, Betty got really sunburned at a baseball game, which was probably discussed on last year's Memorial Day episode.
Speaker A: Actually, I think it was early summer.
Speaker D: But yeah, his thighs were purple.
Speaker B: The rest of me didn't get sunburned, though.
Speaker B: It was really weird.
Speaker A: Yeah, that's how it works when you miss a spot, Benny.
Speaker B: Yeah.
Speaker A: You put it on while you're standing up and then you sat down and the legs of your shorts shifted and left about six inches of your thigh exposed.
Speaker A: Yes.
Speaker A: And there wasn't sunscreen on those thighs.
Speaker B: It hurt really bad, too.
Speaker B: I was pretty high pain tolerance for sunburns as I get sunburned frequently, but that one hurt exceptionally bad.
Speaker D: Well, I'm laughing anyway.
Speaker D: You should be.
Speaker A: He's fine now.
Speaker B: Look at him.
Speaker A: He looks great.
Speaker B: Well, thanks.
Speaker A: What do you have in the substances Department tonight, Benny?
Speaker B: So nothing for tonight, but I'm going to the store tonight after we sign up.
Speaker B: I'm doing two things for the post season baseball and softball.
Speaker B: Number one, I'm growing up my mustache.
Speaker D: Oh, boy.
Speaker A: Here we go.
Speaker B: Be like a big old Caterpillar crawling across my upper lip.
Speaker B: And number two, I'm Loading up on bzana beer, aka fossil faucet.
Speaker B: It's so nice.
Speaker A: You could have just lied and said you had a foster.
Speaker A: We wouldn't have called you out on it.
Speaker B: But anyway, no foster.
Speaker A: Not yet.
Speaker A: I forget.
Speaker B: What's us.
Speaker A: Where did Shunda come from?
Speaker A: The Australian guys.
Speaker A: You mentioned Corvallis.
Speaker B: Yeah.
Speaker B: When we were at the Peacock, they sang the land down under, but they didn't say down under.
Speaker D: They shot it with their arms flexed and crouched positions.
Speaker A: Those things were crazy.
Speaker A: Was it that on your birthday Wehage.
Speaker B: No, those were the kids from Norway.
Speaker A: Yeah, but you accidentally dressed up like.
Speaker B: Aladdin in College where you track.
Speaker B: You don't have any money, but you try to dress nice.
Speaker A: Yes and no.
Speaker A: I know where you're going with this.
Speaker B: I thought a vest would be a good idea.
Speaker A: How did it get on Thunder from down under?
Speaker A: Jp, please play 5 seconds of Thunderstruck by AC DC.
Speaker A: Play the lesser known Chunda struck.
Speaker D: The Australian version.
Speaker B: Wait, isn't ACDC from Australia?
Speaker D: Yeah, they are.
Speaker A: They are.
Speaker B: Holy s***.
Speaker B: Yeah.
Speaker B: The more you know, we can't bring.
Speaker A: Up Australia on this pod without offending the entire nation.
Speaker A: Travis, Patana, and family.
Speaker A: I am sorry, AC DC.
Speaker A: I'm sorry.
Speaker A: From Cindy to first.
Speaker A: I'm sorry.
Speaker A: Jp, please play another 5 Seconds of Thunderstruck by AC DC to a tone for arson.
Speaker A: Thunderstorm.
Speaker A: I really want to go to Perth because there's a grilled cheese restaurant there that is named in tribute to one of my favorite Wutang clan members.
Speaker A: It's called toast face gorilla.
Speaker UNK: What?
Speaker A: And then I'll do other stuff in purse and the nation of Australia as well.
Speaker A: I'm not just going to go there, get a grilled cheese sandwich and come back.
Speaker A: That'd be kind of crazy.
Speaker A: It takes 22 hours to get there.
Speaker A: But I really want to go to Perth and go to Toastface griller and listen to Ghostface killer while I do it and then tweet at him or something.
Speaker A: I'm sure no one's ever done that before.
Speaker D: It's like an original attempt.
Speaker A: Exactly.
Speaker A: And I won't ask for a ghost face long, JP, because we've given you enough to do already in this early in the pod.
Speaker A: So I'll go listen to ghost face killer listeners.
Speaker A: This brings me to my beer.
Speaker A: I picked up a few crowlers from my favorite local brewery, Head flyer this afternoon on a Memorial Day because I was hanging out there doing some show notes, rereading some stuff, getting hyped for women's College World Series and baseball NCAA tournament.
Speaker A: And I bought a crowler of Crunch time citrus sweet ale because it is crunch time for both.
Speaker A: It's already been crunch time for the softball team, but it is still crunch time.
Speaker A: And it's also crunch time for the baseball team.
Speaker A: And so with this delicious citrus sweet ill that I would probably give a four if I was on Untapped about.
Speaker A: I don't know.
Speaker A: I'm just getting over a cold.
Speaker A: So the tasting is not popping right now.
Speaker A: But that's my fault.
Speaker A: Not the beers, but big fan of headfire and love a good naming convention.
Speaker A: So Crunch Time in honor of it being crunch Time and our teams already know what to do.
Speaker A: They don't need me to tell them, but I figured it was appropriate.
Speaker A: So yeah, crunch time.
Speaker A: Citrus wheel.
Speaker A: It's a good time and I'm really glad to open it on the pod.
Speaker A: Actually, I wish I had because crowlers.
Speaker A: I always had trouble with crowlers.
Speaker A: This literally exploded when I opened it.
Speaker A: I thought, you're going to see your.
Speaker D: Fingers are too small to open the tab.
Speaker A: It's the same size tab as other.
Speaker D: Yeah, it's harder to reach from the edge.
Speaker A: It is harder.
Speaker A: Yeah, you're right.
Speaker A: But still, it's a wider birth, if that matters.
Speaker A: And I don't know, but it literally exploded in my face.
Speaker A: And I had beer on my face at 08:55 P.m.
Speaker A: Central time when I opened it to pour it.
Speaker A: But anyway, that's the story of my beer.
Speaker A: Probably going to make a book about it anyway for my beer, JP's Beer and Ben's, a hypothetical foster that you.
Speaker B: Will have in 2 hours Bazana beer.
Speaker A: Cheers.
Speaker A: Cheers to the Beaves.
Speaker B: Go Beaves, chop them, go Beaves and chop them.
Speaker D: Chop them for sure.
Speaker A: Well, we've got some victorious, awesome teams to talk about here.
Speaker A: And before we do that, we need to give a shout out to our friends at Steamheaded.
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Speaker A: Let's start with softball tonight, you guys.
Speaker B: Okay.
Speaker A: Guess where we're going?
Speaker A: Where?
Speaker B: Oklahoma.
Speaker A: Oklahoma.
Speaker A: F****** Homa.
Speaker A: You guessed it.
Speaker A: Benny.
Speaker A: We are going to the Women's College World Series for the first time in almost 20 years.
Speaker A: We swept Stanford in two games, took care of business in Palo Alto.
Speaker A: Mariah Mason in the circle.
Speaker A: Heroic s*** as always.
Speaker A: Sarah Hendigest closed the door on Saturday to seal the deal.
Speaker A: We win two straight games against the Stanford University Cardinal.
Speaker A: We beat the tree, at least on the softball side of things.
Speaker B: And we're hold on.
Speaker B: I think we chopped the tree.
Speaker A: Would you say we chopped dumb?
Speaker A: Chop them.
Speaker A: Chopped them as our Japanese listeners would say, we chopped them all.
Speaker A: Chopped them all down.
Speaker D: What are the end of pieces as part of that translation?
Speaker A: Chop them all into little tiny pieces.
Speaker A: It was very aggressive.
Speaker A: Yes.
Speaker A: It's a cooking show.
Speaker A: It's like chopped, but Oregon State, that's what it is.
Speaker A: Yeah.
Speaker A: We chopped the tree dog.
Speaker A: And now we're going to Oklahoma.
Speaker A: I was looking at flights.
Speaker A: They're not cheap and it's a little bit more of a drive from Minneapolis than Omaha.
Speaker A: But I haven't said no to the dream yet.
Speaker A: But.
Speaker A: Yeah.
Speaker A: Exciting s***.
Speaker A: I'm guessing you guys watch the games.
Speaker A: What are your thoughts?
Speaker A: Euphoria.
Speaker A: And all this is exciting s***.
Speaker B: Yeah, I think that.
Speaker B: Well, number one, it was sort of weird and ironic that we were playing Sanford in the Pack Twelve tournament and in the super regional in two different sports, both diamond sports.
Speaker B: But we won the one that really mattered.
Speaker B: And this team is fun to watch.
Speaker B: Man, the fact that they went on such a crazy losing streak earlier in the season and now are going to be playing with the remaining eight teams left in College.
Speaker B: Softball is mind boggling and it's a testament.
Speaker B: I mean, we were talking about it when it was happening of how much that sucks in terms of, like, on your psyche, right.
Speaker B: And it's tough to get out of that losing mentality.
Speaker B: And d***, did this team pull it together at the right time and throw that negative energy out the window?
Speaker B: And man, we were saying it like anything can happen now.
Speaker D: Throw it out the window.
Speaker B: All the momentum.
Speaker D: Yeah, throw out the window.
Speaker D: That's like an understatement.
Speaker D: I mean, they spun it on its head.
Speaker D: They took that energy and maximize the fun.
Speaker D: And it was so great that ESPN was spotlighting the dugout all series and just like so hyped exactly what we're talking about.
Speaker D: They're having fun playing.
Speaker D: They know it's a game.
Speaker D: It's an important game.
Speaker D: They understand that, but they're just happy that they can play softball and do it at this level and do it at a successful level as they have been thus far.
Speaker D: And I think that kind of vibe is contagious when you're loose, when you're having fun.
Speaker D: It really does make everyone else feel like, let's just go out there and play our game and see what happens.
Speaker D: And they have come out on top now more times than not when they play that way.
Speaker D: We definitely have to shout out again where I was on for just a dominant weekend baller.
Speaker D: Elite 17 wins on the game.
Speaker D: Did I say her 17th win in game one?
Speaker D: And that is the school record for wins in a season.
Speaker D: And she's not done yet.
Speaker D: I thought that she struck out eleven batters through the seven innings.
Speaker D: Her drop ball was like just deceptively nasty.
Speaker D: And every single time I thought the battery were going to put the ball, it just disappeared from their line of their swing.
Speaker D: It was insane.
Speaker D: Also, one thing that shocked me, I didn't realize it until after that game.
Speaker D: So Mariah's got 17 wins.
Speaker D: That's a school season record.
Speaker D: She also has 17 complete games, meaning all of her wins went the distance.
Speaker D: And that's insanity.
Speaker D: I mean, what a beast.
Speaker D: And then they come in game two and relieve Sarah and log that save over two or two thirds.
Speaker D: She had to have been tired.
Speaker D: She's playing both sides of the game.
Speaker D: She just pitched the entire stretch the day before.
Speaker A: It's so admirable.
Speaker D: It's cool as h***.
Speaker D: I think to me, especially in the loan senior, whether or not she feels it, whether or not the team is actually putting that pressure on her, that pressure is on her to set the tone, to be the example and to be the leader.
Speaker D: And she is doing it with how she, how she holds herself in the dugout on the field as both a.
Speaker A: Leader and a player.
Speaker D: It's amazing.
Speaker B: It's interesting and sort of an interesting thought came into my head.
Speaker B: But people like that, specifically her, no matter what she does after she graduates from Oregon State, like, she's going to be so successful in whatever it is that she does because, I mean, she's been trying to get to Oklahoma City for this is the fourth year and things were not looking good.
Speaker B: And to put the entire team on your back and just power your way through to Oklahoma City, that is amazing on so many levels.
Speaker B: But like the leadership level specifically and her ability to go out and execute is truly amazing.
Speaker D: I want to clarify, this is her fifth year though, because she is a senior, but she got the Kova deer right?
Speaker D: This is her fifth season and I mean, that is resilience.
Speaker D: That is so admirable.
Speaker D: I can't put enough words how impressed I am about her as a player to person.
Speaker A: Right?
Speaker A: Just all kinds of records.
Speaker A: School records.
Speaker A: This year also inspired possibly your probably greatest calling card in contribution to the show, Jpitchers Who Rake, which applies to softball and baseball on a lot of levels.
Speaker A: And you can now get pitchers Who Rake shirts.
Speaker A: You still have money left.
Speaker A: After visiting Seamheaded.
Speaker A: Commerch, we got an official Nil deal with Mariah for a shirt that celebrates hers.
Speaker A: Celebrates the Super Beaves.
Speaker A: It's got the number 34 on the back.
Speaker A: Thank you, Mariah, for your collaboration and approval in this process.
Speaker A: We're very happy to celebrate you.
Speaker A: And yeah, I'm so excited for you.
Speaker A: I think I'm going to buy the actual baseball shirt version of I really like that one.
Speaker A: I know that one turned out silky for sure.
Speaker A: And then also on top of it too.
Speaker A: I love the shout outs we're getting, even though it goes in with the type of stuff that we talk about in the show a lot.
Speaker A: Just like we love the swag and the off field stuff and the fun.
Speaker A: But getting the shout out from Sports Center with the latest dugout with all of them dancing in the dugout before the game was even over, it was like the fifth inning and we're up to zero and the announcers are like Oregon State excited to move on to Oklahoma and there is still work to do.
Speaker A: And then just seeing the alumni section there in Palo Alto as well.
Speaker A: And I don't know, JP, I'm going to ask you for a song here, but I feel like the Oregon State softball has been using the song to celebrate a lot this year and I don't know if other teams are just copying us or whatever.
Speaker A: I heard some of it during the Virginia Tech Florida game that I was watching and then I saw UCLA did the same thing.
Speaker A: But please play 5 seconds of You've Got to Pump It Up by Danville, which just seems to be the rallying cry and it's been in my head this entire f****** run.
Speaker A: You've got to pump it up.
Speaker A: Don't you know pump it up.
Speaker A: Something just like about the team is even more endearing that they are just latching on to a song that came out in 2004 and predates any of our time in College as well.
Speaker A: It makes me feel less old.
Speaker A: It really does.
Speaker A: And I feel like Danzel had to have been Minnesota, too for him to have in the chorus.
Speaker A: Don't you know pump it up?
Speaker A: It's like if my mom was coaching my fifth grade basketball team, like, come on, guys, pump it up.
Speaker A: Don't you know pump it up?
Speaker B: Hey, Betty, one thing that I want to touch on is we've been saying this the whole season is put our baseball and softball team on national TV and you will be rewarded.
Speaker B: They waited until the end of the season, but at least they're finally seeing it now, right?
Speaker B: Yeah.
Speaker A: We're more fun to watch than any other team in the country.
Speaker A: And I say that without watching every team in the country, but it's true and I just know it.
Speaker B: Yeah, I've watched them all were the most fun.
Speaker A: Shout out to Grace.
Speaker A: Mesmer too.
Speaker A: It was her birthday weekend last weekend in Palo Alto.
Speaker A: Came through in the clutch, picking up RBIs in both wins.
Speaker A: That was awesome.
Speaker A: Good s***, Grace.
Speaker A: I'm getting so excited just knowing how young this team is.
Speaker A: The ESPN broadcast put the graphic on like ten times over the course of the week.
Speaker A: And then we have 14 freshmen and they always do this when the team is dancing and it's like and we know this is a young team, they like to have fun, but they're delivering.
Speaker A: And this is a team that's going to be good for a long time.
Speaker A: And I'm appreciating the run right now and I'm enjoying it.
Speaker A: Regardless of what happens in Oklahoma, I'm confident that they're going to pull through and put a great product on the field.
Speaker A: But just knowing that this is going to be a fun act thing to watch for the long haul is just awesome.
Speaker D: I want to circle back to the last run for Mariamazon, and I want to nominate her for Belgian Beach Hall of Fame.
Speaker A: Of course she's in seconded and approved.
Speaker A: Jp, give us the lasers and the firecrackers.
Speaker A: I want Tyrannosaurusrex scream.
Speaker A: Whatever.
Speaker A: I mean, you can add the special effects of these sounds.
Speaker D: I know it's way more fun if I'm doing them.
Speaker A: Terry, make the beef in your voice.
Speaker A: Read the chapter of the Beavers being heroes in the line.
Speaker A: The witch of the wardrobe by CS Lewis.
Speaker A: That'll be in the Bluetooth bonus.
Speaker A: Yeah, we'll have a more adequate ceremony at some point down the line, but Mariah is on you're in the belligerent bees hall of Fame.
Speaker D: D*** right.
Speaker A: Try that s*** on.
Speaker B: Select company right there.
Speaker A: Very select company.
Speaker A: We only induct the best.
Speaker A: Jesus, go, you are one of the best goat in the circle.
Speaker B: Do we know when our first game is?
Speaker A: Great question, Benny.
Speaker A: And yes, Thursday at 04:00 p.m.
Speaker A: Pacific time against the Florida Gators.
Speaker B: Yeah, I did a little research and not that we need any more reason to cheer.
Speaker A: Not that we need to do any research on this.
Speaker B: It's the first time I've done it.
Speaker B: Actually, we've been doing it for over a year.
Speaker B: It is.
Speaker A: That's why I was 20 minutes late, because I was doing so much research.
Speaker B: Yeah.
Speaker B: So Florida has two alumni in particular that will make it easier for me to cheer for Oregon State.
Speaker B: That is Marco Rubio and Tim Tebow.
Speaker B: Awesome.
Speaker D: What kind of research did you just do?
Speaker B: I went on to Wikipedia.
Speaker B: I thought that Florida would have more notable alumni than Tim Tebow and Marco Rubio.
Speaker B: They don't.
Speaker A: This is a deep cut that no one's going to care about.
Speaker A: But another reason to hate Florida.
Speaker A: Do you guys know who else went to Florida?
Speaker A: Mark, Timmy's, do you remember that?
Speaker B: Familiar?
Speaker D: Is he the President of our national fraternity chapter or whatever the h*** that was?
Speaker A: Pi Kappa Fi CEO.
Speaker B: He's the one who got mad at us for.
Speaker A: I don't even think he knew why he was.
Speaker D: We just were too dumb to realize why anyone would be mad at us.
Speaker A: Yeah.
Speaker A: Anyway, we were in the right he wasn't.
Speaker A: But anyway, typical.
Speaker B: Yeah.
Speaker A: One of my three went there and.
Speaker D: She still owes the Bieber Famine an apology after she tried to pin the missing lead.
Speaker B: Yeah.
Speaker B: Oh, yeah, she did do that.
Speaker B: What ended up happening with that?
Speaker A: I remember that fans got pulled over.
Speaker D: Driving south on I Five in their car.
Speaker D: Guys, I'm still waiting for Aaron Andrew's apology.
Speaker A: After she called us out, I'd be.
Speaker D: Like, this isn't cool.
Speaker D: You're lucky we came to Corvallis.
Speaker A: Oh, yeah, she did say that.
Speaker B: That's what she said.
Speaker A: Yeah.
Speaker B: I didn't know that.
Speaker D: She doesn't get a good job anymore anyway.
Speaker B: Yeah.
Speaker A: My boss went to Florida, so I'm.
Speaker B: Going to tell him bosses.
Speaker A: F*** workplace hierarchy.
Speaker A: Yeah.
Speaker A: I don't know who else went to Florida.
Speaker D: Emmett Smith.
Speaker A: Emmett Smith did go to Florida and.
Speaker D: He was a cowboy, so f*** him.
Speaker A: Corey Brewer.
Speaker A: Joe Mike Miller.
Speaker A: Well, we know someone who actually at least does not currently coach Florida is Laurenberg because she's coaching Oregon State and she's going to have the Beaves ready to play.
Speaker A: We can't wait to see her in game interview and how many Oregon State players stand behind her with the coach pose during the interview?
Speaker A: That's been my favorite part of this run.
Speaker A: I love a bit.
Speaker A: I love a recurring bit.
Speaker A: There are 17,000 of them on this podcast, and none of them are half as good as the coachberg interview post bit that the softball team is doing.
Speaker A: So I hope we keep seeing it, and I hope we keep seeing it through the g****** Championship game.
Speaker A: Take it home, ladies.
Speaker D: Let's do it yet.
Speaker D: Pop it up.
Speaker B: It's the same format as College baseball, like in Omaha, right?
Speaker B: I'm pretty sure it is.
Speaker A: Yeah.
Speaker A: So we have double elimination.
Speaker A: Joining us on our side of the bracket with Florida is also Oklahoma State and Arizona packed.
Speaker D: We're now battling for who is Vlsu, right yeah.
Speaker A: The last time we met the other Orange and Black LSU in tournament play, the eventual number one pick in that sports draft was involved.
Speaker B: That's right.
Speaker A: We did not have him on our side, but that didn't f****** matter.
Speaker A: And it worked out victorious for us.
Speaker A: We don't need to talk about the football game that happened before the pandemic involving the two teams.
Speaker A: That doesn't count.
Speaker B: I don't remember.
Speaker A: This is post 2020 s*** in this new world that we're living in.
Speaker A: Good luck, ladies.
Speaker A: Keep it going, bring it home and.
Speaker B: Stop the f*** out of them.
Speaker A: Whether we make it to Oklahoma or not, we don't matter.
Speaker A: It's all you and keep posting the Dope content.
Speaker A: And with that, we do have to give a very good shout out.
Speaker A: And Congratulations to friend of the pod, Amy senatorA, who's been the Sid of many sports.
Speaker A: But softball has been one of her sports this season and has done such a tremendous job with all sports, gymnastics and rowing just across the board.
Speaker A: And it was announced on Amy's social media today that she has been promoted to the director of Creative media for Oregon State athletics.
Speaker A: Nice, Sam.
Speaker A: That is f****** awesome.
Speaker A: Amy, you've done such an incredible job with everything so far this season.
Speaker A: It's been so great getting to know you and following all the incredible content that you've been putting together.
Speaker A: So excited to see you in this role.
Speaker A: And we know that there's even bigger things to come for Oregon State athletics and creative content, and we know you're going to keep crushing it, as always.
Speaker A: So Congratulations on behalf of all three of us.
Speaker A: And yeah, we'll have you on the pot again, and we'll get beers again, and we're just really proud of you.
Speaker A: Congrats, Amy.
Speaker D: Congrats.
Speaker D: Well deserved.
Speaker B: That's awesome.
Speaker A: But Scotty Barnes did contact us and let us know that the offer will be revoked if you don't bring home the College softball National Championship.
Speaker A: So you have a little bit more work to do there.
Speaker A: But we're confident.
Speaker D: He also reached out and asked questions about the time we had you on the podcast last time.
Speaker D: We didn't know.
Speaker A: Never.
Speaker A: We don't betray our guests no matter what.
Speaker D: No, this is a safe circle.
Speaker A: This is a belligerent bond between everyone who comes on this show.
Speaker A: So come on the pod, Scotty Barnes.
Speaker A: And then you're in the family, and then you're in the circle of trust in the trust tree with the nest.
Speaker A: Jp, please play 5 seconds of the movie Old School.
Speaker A: I'm just kidding.
Speaker A: But yes, Congratulations, ladies.
Speaker A: Again.
Speaker A: Dude, we're so stoked for this weekend's softball.
Speaker A: So again, that is Thursday, 04:00 p.m..
Speaker A: Pacific time on ESPN, period.
Speaker A: Not ESPN two.
Speaker A: Not ESPN.
Speaker A: You not ESPN.
Speaker A: Plus.
Speaker D: Not ESPN.
Speaker D: Plus.
Speaker A: Plus.
Speaker A: Not ESPN.
Speaker D: Eight.
Speaker A: The Ocho.
Speaker A: Not ESPN.
Speaker A: Espn the worldwide leader.
Speaker A: Not the worldwide leader in Oregon State content.
Speaker A: That's us.
Speaker A: That's why you're here.
Speaker A: But channel ESPN.
Speaker A: Not this pack.
Speaker A: Twelve network bullshit that you have to try and subscribe to something called Fubo Ticket.
Speaker A: It's just everywhere.
Speaker A: You can go to any sports bar in your neighborhood and be like, turn on ESPN and be like, It's already on.
Speaker A: And you'll be like, that's d*** right it is.
Speaker A: I'm trying to watch Oregon State softball at the bars and be like, yeah, I am, too.
Speaker A: And then it's like, well, the game hasn't started yet.
Speaker A: Play Pump It Up by Danzville on repeat.
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Speaker A: Let's kick it over to Oregon State baseball, which had a heartbreaking finish.
Speaker A: I don't even call it it's not heartbreaking, but whatever.
Speaker A: We didn't win the Pac Twelve Conference tournament Championship.
Speaker A: F****** f****** Mickey Mouse tournament, to quote Titus and Tate, but a Mickey Mouse tournament that we support.
Speaker A: We go to Disneyland and we f*** with it.
Speaker A: But first, we're going to bring on Mike Rooney, the do it all journalists and analysts who touches every aspect of College baseball, knows everything about every team.
Speaker A: You probably saw him on the selection show, and that's why we had to talk to him before the selection show.
Speaker A: So a little bit is of our conversation is outdated.
Speaker A: But he did a beast of a job on ESPN Two.
Speaker A: He's been amazing covering College baseball all season.
Speaker A: And he joined the Pod back in February.
Speaker A: It was the day of the Super Bowl, but we were talking College baseball and in depth and most of his predictions, I believe all of them actually turned out to be correct.
Speaker A: The Beaves are the number three team nationally.
Speaker A: They will host the Super Regional if they get through this more valid regional.
Speaker A: So take a listen and enjoy this conversation between your belligerent bees and the one and only Mike Rooney.
Speaker D: What's up, Mike?
Speaker B: How are you doing?
Speaker A: Thanks for joining us again.
Speaker A: We last talked to you way back in February, and it feels like an impossible amount of baseball has been played just this weekend, but also this month since then.
Speaker A: We're very happy to have you back on the show.
Speaker A: We know we have a limited amount of time with you, so we figured we'll just get jumped right into the questions for this time we have with you there's a lot going on in the entire College baseball landscape.
Speaker A: We're gearing up for tournament time.
Speaker C: I love it.
Speaker A: Jump right into the questions.
Speaker A: And JP, I know you got a burning thought to give our friend Mike Rooney to get us started here tonight.
Speaker D: Hey Mike, how are you doing, man?
Speaker C: Good.
Speaker C: Very good.
Speaker A: Yeah.
Speaker D: Thanks for jumping on.
Speaker D: I just wanted to get your thoughts on the Pack Twelve tournament as it's nearly run its course at this point.
Speaker D: We've got Oregon State playing tonight against Stanford.
Speaker D: We're recording this on Sunday, May 29.
Speaker D: But specifically love to hear your thoughts on obviously the tournament itself, but the marathon games, the location being in Arizona at the end of May, specifically how you were feeling watching that game one against UCLA.
Speaker UNK: Yeah.
Speaker C: So I would say I've been in favor of a Pack to a tournament for a long time.
Speaker C: I think it's really important for the League.
Speaker C: I think just from an exposure standpoint, I think this year it didn't turn out to be a benefit in that regard, in that the favorites all want.
Speaker C: But I will tell you that like Cal almost made run at this thing, Washington almost made a run at this thing.
Speaker C: And with no tournament, Cal in Washington season were over a month ago.
Speaker C: So I do like that it gives other teams new chances.
Speaker C: I like that for the favorites like the Beavers and Stanford, those hey, it's a chance to get some other guys in there.
Speaker C: I actually don't think having it in Arizona, I'm open to other places.
Speaker C: But hey, the Whack has had their tournament in Arizona for over a decade and it's fine.
Speaker C: So obviously the conditions got crazy and I'd be curious to know what the reasons are.
Speaker C: But it's not like playing baseball in the state of Arizona in May is not doable like Arizona State and Arizona hosted regional and super regional.
Speaker C: So I'd be curious what in Scottsdale is obviously a destination.
Speaker C: But if somebody told me, hey, we want to do it in the Pacific Northwest or Vegas or something else, the only thing I care about is that the Pac Twelve does a tournament, but certainly the Beavers and UCLA.
Speaker C: That game is just nuts.
Speaker C: I don't even know what to make of that.
Speaker D: Do you think we'll ever see a game like that again?
Speaker C: I will tell you guys that it's an interesting year.
Speaker C: Like offense is way up in College baseball.
Speaker C: So it's not like we haven't seen games where teams have scored 20 runs.
Speaker C: Now I just haven't seen a game where both teams scored 20 runs and obviously both.
Speaker C: The other thing is unique about this game is both teams already know they're in the NCAA tournament.
Speaker C: So they weren't burning like your marquee arms at the end.
Speaker C: It didn't seem like so I mean, gosh, the one kid for UCLA wasn't even their starting catcher that went off the bearish kid.
Speaker C: So yeah, I don't know, it's interesting.
Speaker C: The one quote I saw from John Savage said there was just a lot of ground ball hits and that does make sense.
Speaker C: Those fields play really fast that time of year in Arizona.
Speaker C: But I'm still like I drank the Kool Aid on a conference tournament for the past twelve a long time ago.
Speaker C: I'm all in on it.
Speaker C: I think it's really good for the League and I think it's a mistake like the Big West.
Speaker C: Still, they're the last hold out and they're going to be a one bid League for the third time in the last four years.
Speaker C: So I don't know.
Speaker C: I just don't think it pays to not have a League tournament.
Speaker D: So all in all a net positive for the past twelve?
Speaker C: I think so.
Speaker C: Even tonight everybody that's a College baseball fan will be watching Oregon State and Stanford tonight.
Speaker C: I think that's cool.
Speaker C: I think it's a good I think that's good for the League.
Speaker C: And then now that they've got one, they can work out details as far as where to do it and all those types of things.
Speaker C: But yeah, I'm in.
Speaker C: All in.
Speaker D: That's awesome.
Speaker B: Yeah.
Speaker B: I feel like we complain almost on a weekly basis.
Speaker B: Oregon State's baseball team doesn't get the exposure nationally that they deserve and they got it tonight, I guess.
Speaker B: So that's good.
Speaker C: Yeah, of course I would imagine you guys fan base.
Speaker C: I haven't gotten the details on the injuries, but it sounds like injury wise it didn't go great for the Beavers.
Speaker C: But I also say people complain about the pitching and all that stuff like hey, coaches are not mandated to use.
Speaker C: No one's saying Cooper jerky has to throw twice this weekend or anything like that.
Speaker C: Those are all choices.
Speaker C: But that is unfortunate.
Speaker C: If the Beavers head into regionals a little banged up, I guess you could make the argument if they played a regular season weekend, they could have just as easily got banged up.
Speaker C: But that would not be ideal, obviously to limp into regionals.
Speaker UNK: True.
Speaker B: Yeah.
Speaker B: And I guess expanding on Oregon State specifically throughout the whole season, we've talked a lot about bizarre and jerpey and Melton, obviously.
Speaker B: But who has surprised you from Oregon State baseball team the most this year?
Speaker C: I would say that's a good question.
Speaker C: Justin Boyd is the name that jumps out.
Speaker C: I remember Mitch Cannon and the coaches being really excited about Justin Boyd and I just so excited that it felt odd.
Speaker C: You're just like, yeah, he seems like a nice player, but you guys seem like really excited and they were right.
Speaker C: He's had an incredible year, really is a catalyst for them.
Speaker C: So I think Justin Boyd season, I think Wade Meckler I thought was just a nice catalyst, but he's really more than that.
Speaker C: He's a much better player than even that.
Speaker C: So I guess Gavin Logan, you almost have to throw in there.
Speaker C: I thought catcher was a real issue for the Beavers and it's turned out to be just fine.
Speaker C: And I think on the pitching side, this didn't play out the other day.
Speaker C: But one thing I was encouraged about was it seems like Jake fendings has gone deeper into games, at least at the end, than he had earlier in his career.
Speaker C: Earlier, his query barely ever got the five innings.
Speaker C: So the tournament didn't go great.
Speaker C: But there's obviously some other conditions there.
Speaker C: So I don't know, I guess outside of that on the pitching staff, I always mess up his name.
Speaker C: Ben Ferreir.
Speaker C: Is that how you guys say it?
Speaker C: Ferrer?
Speaker A: We say Ferreir or fairer?
Speaker A: Fairer.
Speaker A: We get made fun of her getting pronunciations wrong on the show all the time.
Speaker A: And Oregon State is still yet to provide us with a pronunciation guide across all athletics.
Speaker A: So the ball is in their court for making sure we don't get these things wrong.
Speaker C: Let's go.
Speaker A: We've been asking for it.
Speaker C: Ben Ferrer.
Speaker C: I'm pretty sure it's Ferrer.
Speaker C: Obviously, he's had a great season and he doesn't have like he's not thrown in the mid 90s or anything, but boy, he's really had a great season, too.
Speaker A: Absolutely.
Speaker A: Yeah.
Speaker A: And it is tough to sort of ask these questions.
Speaker A: We're talking right now as JP mentioned on Sunday night before the Pac Twelve Tournament Championship game takes place, this episode will be airing after the selection show happened.
Speaker A: So we don't know who the Beavers are playing in the regionals, but we do need to sort of talk about expectations for regionals.
Speaker A: Mike, I know you will be part of the selection show madness all Monday, breaking down the brackets and match ups across the whole College baseball landscape.
Speaker A: Do you have any inkling who Oregon State can expect to maybe be hosting in Corvallis?
Speaker A: Or who would you maybe like to see as just as intriguing matchup that the Bees could be facing for that group of four in Corvallis in the regional starting next week?
Speaker C: Yeah, I would say the West Coast teams tend to keep West Coast teams, so Gonzaga is an obvious choice.
Speaker C: It does not look like they're going to host necessarily.
Speaker C: So it feels fairly likely that Kenzaga is going to head up there.
Speaker C: Maybe San Diego gets sent there.
Speaker C: San Diego gets sent to Stanford, Santa Barbara, although Kenzaga and Santa Barbara probably similarly seated.
Speaker C: So probably one gets sent to the Beavers and one gets sent to Stanford.
Speaker C: So those are the ones that jump out.
Speaker C: Obviously, Oregon can't be sent there.
Speaker C: I can't think of it any.
Speaker C: Then I think it just becomes a random once they can't bust the teams to certain locations, then it just kind of becomes random designation.
Speaker C: So, yeah, those are the ones that jump out.
Speaker C: I mean, I think Santa Barbara and Zagar are the two most prominent names that could potentially end up in Corvallis.
Speaker A: Right.
Speaker A: And that seeing Gonzaga.
Speaker B: That would not.
Speaker A: Be fun to doesn't set the stomach at ease, really.
Speaker A: I know we've played them a lot.
Speaker A: We've seen them a lot, but that's a really good ball club up there in Spokane.
Speaker A: I wouldn't be surprised if we had trouble with them.
Speaker C: I would agree.
Speaker C: I think in Zaga will be a bad draw for whoever receives them in a year where very few teams have great pitching.
Speaker C: Gonzaga has great pitching, especially on the starter side.
Speaker C: It's typical WCC.
Speaker C: They don't have eight of these guys, but they got five of them.
Speaker C: And so yeah, I agree, guys.
Speaker C: I think Van Zag is going to be a tough out for somebody sort.
Speaker B: Of going in line with sort of expectations of what we're going to be seeing this post season.
Speaker B: Obviously, when we're looking at potential road to Omaha, we're sort of eyeing Tennessee as the team that we have to beat, whether that's early on or in that Championship series in Omaha.
Speaker B: Just generally, what are your thoughts on what a potential path for Oregon State may look like going from regional, super regional, but specifically, like in Omaha, they were to get there?
Speaker C: Yeah.
Speaker C: I think my guess is that the Beavers, it's hard to say whether they're going to be rated and maybe what tonight has something to do with that, but I don't think the Beaves would see Tennessee until Omaha.
Speaker C: And then I think the good news for Oregon State is depending on who's on the mound.
Speaker C: But Cooper Jerky matches up with anybody.
Speaker C: I think the top of the lineup matches up with anybody.
Speaker C: It's the best defensive team in the country by fielding a percentage.
Speaker C: So I think Tennessee is kind of their own animal.
Speaker C: I mean, we kind of know what they are.
Speaker C: They lead the country in Era and they leave the country in home runs.
Speaker C: So it's possible that when we get to Omaha, the park doesn't play very well for home runs.
Speaker C: Like that's a real thing.
Speaker C: That could be a challenge that could be presented for Tennessee.
Speaker C: But I think the super regionals you're probably going to end up matched with is maybe not a Georgia Southern, but I don't know, maybe like a Notre Dame or an Auburn or Southern Miss or something like that.
Speaker C: So I don't think there's a draw out there that Oregon State should fear.
Speaker C: Oregon State is going to play the entire postseason outside of Omaha in Corvallis.
Speaker C: They're very hard to beat there.
Speaker C: And I think if they play well, I think they'll be fine.
Speaker C: But of course, that's the if you got to play well because whoever gets sent there, they'll be good.
Speaker D: Mike, I'm going to interject here.
Speaker D: You talk about Gas Stadium.
Speaker D: Is there anything you want to say about that Gas Stadium energy that does put fear in the opponents especially?
Speaker D: I was there the past twelve season finale against UCLA and it was pretty loud.
Speaker D: It was pretty rambunctious and full.
Speaker D: So as we head into the postseason play, what are your thoughts on that home field advantage.
Speaker UNK: Yeah.
Speaker C: I would tell you guys that I don't know that it's an intimidating place to play because it's kind of like only famous in College baseball circles.
Speaker C: But I think it's a very uncomfortable place to play once you get there.
Speaker C: As you guys know, it's not easy to get to.
Speaker C: The weather is not always great.
Speaker C: The fans are literally on top of the field.
Speaker C: So I think it's an atmosphere that sneaks up on opponents that have never been there before.
Speaker C: You don't anticipate it to be as loud and as packed as it is.
Speaker C: And obviously it's a great fan base that loves College baseball.
Speaker C: So, yeah, I think it's a hard place to play, but if I was an opposing coach, it would be hard to get my players to understand.
Speaker C: Like Tennessee and LSU, like those bikes are so famous.
Speaker C: It's probably very easy to get your team brain wrapped around that.
Speaker C: I think Corvallis is trickier.
Speaker C: Unless you're coming from the West Coast, it's not an easy trip.
Speaker C: I mean, somebody is going to be coming across the country for that.
Speaker D: Yeah, good point for sure.
Speaker A: And I do want to remind all of our listeners and just sort of build you up even more.
Speaker A: Mike, when we had you on the show in February, we asked you if there'd be a super regional chance at being hosted in Corvallis, and you did say yes.
Speaker A: And if the Beavers do win this upcoming Corvallis regional, it looks like that will happen.
Speaker A: So we are very excited.
Speaker A: Exactly.
Speaker A: We made it into the top eight and just sort of on that note, too, I think just sort of in the National College baseball landscape, Tennessee has been in the one spot in most of the rankings all year.
Speaker A: I know there's a few weeks where they kind of flip flopped with Oregon State, who got the number one overall ranking for a little bit.
Speaker A: Other than that, Virginia Tech and Stanford have been up there quite a bit.
Speaker A: But other than that, it seems like five to 25.
Speaker A: There's been just so much turnover and just so many teams making appearances in these rankings.
Speaker A: I'm trying to wrap my head around what teams are capable of making noise in the upcoming tournament.
Speaker A: Outside of the top four, are there any teams, maybe one or two, that you're particularly bullish on that have been playing well lately, or just that you've seen really come on down the stretch here that fans watching this NCAA tournament should keep their eye on?
Speaker C: Yeah, I would say a couple of teams that are of interest is Oklahoma has been the hottest team in the Big Twelve, and they've got a chance to win that tournament tonight.
Speaker C: They're very interesting that's a team that has improved tremendously over the course of the year.
Speaker C: North Carolina is another team.
Speaker C: We're trying to count it up right now, but I believe that North Carolina has won 16 of their last 18 games, they won the ACC tournament.
Speaker C: So they're very interesting.
Speaker C: So those are a couple of ones.
Speaker C: But I think the other element at play in the sense of tournament is we have a lot of teams that just have some flaws.
Speaker C: They're not as complete as maybe you're used to seeing.
Speaker C: And we also are going to have a lot of teams in the tournament.
Speaker C: I'm thinking about teams like Campbell and army.
Speaker C: They've been to four straight regionals, right.
Speaker C: Straight three straight regional, Southeast Missouri State, two straight regional.
Speaker C: So you're getting a lot of those kind of smaller programs, but they've been to a lot of regionals, and I think that makes those teams very dangerous as well.
Speaker UNK: Yeah.
Speaker B: I guess it wouldn't feel like Omaha experience for us if there wasn't a North Carolina Oregon State match up.
Speaker A: That's right.
Speaker C: I don't want to give you guys any trauma there, but yes, that's the point.
Speaker A: It wasn't too traumatic for us.
Speaker A: But I feel like if we saw that.
Speaker C: Was in the trauma.
Speaker A: North Carolina is weirdly.
Speaker A: The state on the West Coast, other than the West Coast where we have the most listeners.
Speaker A: So if there are any Targaryen baseball fans that are also Belligerent Bees listeners, we're not sorry, but we don't want to declare war just yet.
Speaker C: That's right.
Speaker A: Any other questions we got going into the most exciting tournament in College sports?
Speaker A: Some would say love it.
Speaker D: No, I'm good.
Speaker A: Thanks, Mike.
Speaker D: Thanks a lot for jumping on.
Speaker B: I really appreciate it.
Speaker C: Yeah, you guys have fun over the next couple of weeks.
Speaker C: It should be a blast.
Speaker A: We'll be paying attention.
Speaker A: Thank you for all of the great coverage, Mike.
Speaker A: And yeah, best of luck.
Speaker A: I don't know if you plan on sleeping over the next few weeks or anything like that or in your schedule, but get some rest and yeah, we'll be following every step of the way.
Speaker C: All right.
Speaker C: I appreciate you guys.
Speaker C: Take care.
Speaker D: All right.
Speaker A: Thanks so much.
Speaker B: You, too.
Speaker C: All right.
Speaker C: See you guys.
Speaker A: See you later.
Speaker B: He's always so fun to have on.
Speaker D: Yeah, he's great, right?
Speaker D: You just shoot the s*** like he's just going to do that with right.
Speaker A: What we should do at some point, I feel like we could just take the whole range, not the top 25 rankings, but every ranking.
Speaker A: It's like the top 200 teams in the country, whatever.
Speaker A: And then just pick a random number and like how he brought up.
Speaker A: Like, Campbell just be like, what do you think of the number two starter for Campbell?
Speaker A: And he'll be like, oh, yeah.
Speaker A: Well, like Logan Smith, he's got a great two seamer.
Speaker A: Okay, so you heard it from Mike.
Speaker A: You heard it from Mike.
Speaker A: We're in the tournament.
Speaker A: We're into regional play now.
Speaker A: We've got New Mexico State at home on Friday at Gas Stadium at Coleman Field, 07:00 P.m..
Speaker A: Pacific Time.
Speaker A: That game will be on ESPNU, Vanderbilt and San Diego round out the regional.
Speaker A: This is coming up.
Speaker A: We talk to Mike just minutes before, a nine to five loss against Stanford in the Pac Twelve Conference tournament.
Speaker A: Then we got to see him do his thing, killing it on the selection show all day.
Speaker A: So where are you guys at right now?
Speaker A: Talk to me.
Speaker A: Let me know how you feel that there's a range of emotions on Oregon State baseball Twitter right now.
Speaker A: So just how are we feeling, boys?
Speaker A: New Mexico State on Friday, potential super regional hosts, if we can get through.
Speaker B: I'm feeling good.
Speaker B: I think that Oregon State really is going to have to have a number of bad things happen for them to not get through, in my opinion.
Speaker B: In other words, they're going to have to beat themselves in some way.
Speaker B: I know a lot of people are sort of nervous about the Vanderbilt draw.
Speaker B: Vanderbilt was a f****** amazing team for the last five years, but they are having a down season this year.
Speaker B: They had a losing record in the SEC.
Speaker B: They finished with the 8th best record.
Speaker B: They got knocked out in the first round of the tournament.
Speaker B: The SEC tournament.
Speaker B: Not saying that they're a pushover or that we shouldn't take them seriously, but it is not the same Vanderbilt team that won the College Baseball World Series.
Speaker B: I really do think that we have one of the easier paths through San Diego won the West Coast Conference tournament where they had actually, I don't know if they beat Kenzago.
Speaker B: I would imagine that they did because Kenzago would have been the favorite in that tournament.
Speaker B: But it sounds like Gnzaga maybe is having a little bit of a slump going into the post season, so I really don't know what to make of that.
Speaker B: And New Mexico has a losing record, which is New Mexico State, which is New Mexico State.
Speaker A: I'm sorry, not trying to nitpick, but just know New Mexico because he played New Mexico, which is a different team than Mexico State.
Speaker D: Yes, that's right.
Speaker B: And I did a little bit of research there too.
Speaker B: You know who went to New Mexico State University?
Speaker B: Kevin Johnson, but not that.
Speaker B: Kevin Johnson, the CEO of Starbucks.
Speaker B: Kevin Johnson.
Speaker B: Starbucks.
Speaker A: Was he involved with the Sonics leaving Seattle?
Speaker B: Because probably not.
Speaker A: We're just putting our foot down as anti Starbucks.
Speaker B: They didn't have a whole lot of notable alumni.
Speaker D: So I'm going with what I f*** you, Starbucks.
Speaker A: I wonder how you're going to even be able to function with us talking s*** about you.
Speaker A: Rip Starbucks.
Speaker A: You went too far this time.
Speaker A: No coming back from this one.
Speaker B: Right?
Speaker B: Oregon's day's, plane lights out and I think they are.
Speaker B: I want that to be they look good against Stanford.
Speaker B: Their pitching wasn't great, but I don't know.
Speaker A: Our pitching should be recovered and in a good spot by then.
Speaker D: And they're not throwing in 100 degree heat for five straight days.
Speaker D: Right.
Speaker D: Look, here's what I want to say.
Speaker D: I don't think that our team is firing all cylinders right now.
Speaker D: Defensively, we are out of whack.
Speaker D: We've got injuries that are putting people in positions that they're not accustomed to playing to.
Speaker D: We got backups in the pitching staff looked tired, and I don't know how many times I need to say it.
Speaker D: Of course they're tired.
Speaker D: It's literally the end of a long season.
Speaker D: They've done a lot of innings.
Speaker D: It happens in every year of baseball playing.
Speaker D: Whether it's professional, minor League, collegiate, high school, doesn't matter.
Speaker D: Pitchers tend to be fatigued by the end of the season.
Speaker D: That is why you see professional teams monitoring workload.
Speaker A: But all of that on a shirt, JP.
Speaker D: But think about it.
Speaker D: There are teams that are counting every single throw and pitch in major League baseball in the minor leagues for some of their star arms.
Speaker D: And you kind of do that on the collegiate level.
Speaker D: But there's a little bit of like, let's get what we can out of this guy while they're here.
Speaker D: Like, you have to milk it.
Speaker D: So these guys just are tired.
Speaker D: And I think the rest for the next few days will pay off handsomely.
Speaker D: I think it was on full display against UCLA in the game, one from both sides.
Speaker D: Whether it was the heat and just the wear and tear of having random game time throughout the last few days.
Speaker A: You mean pitching until one in the morning is not typical for a pitching staff to deal with.
Speaker D: And then I think Cal.
Speaker D: You say the Cal team went to like, Whataburger, after the game and they were there like 245 in the morning.
Speaker D: That's crazy.
Speaker D: That's just crazy.
Speaker A: So imagine being the two employees highest s*** at that.
Speaker A: Whataburger a hungry, complete collegiate baseball team shows up.
Speaker D: I want to move on from the patch of tournament like we're hosting.
Speaker D: That's wonderful.
Speaker D: We're number three in the nation.
Speaker D: I think our draw is fairly good.
Speaker D: I would say Benny, not like you.
Speaker D: I am a little concerned about Vanderbilt.
Speaker D: They had a tough season.
Speaker D: Rpi is seven.
Speaker D: They beat Florida.
Speaker D: They beat Arkansas.
Speaker D: Of course, they're lost to Kentucky.
Speaker D: South Carolina not great.
Speaker D: They don't really have a dominant player that could take over the game.
Speaker D: So I think they took a team effort that if they are firing away, they will be trouble.
Speaker D: Still, even in a slightly down year for a Vandy squad, the team I am worried about is actually San Diego.
Speaker A: I'm worried about San Diego, too.
Speaker D: They have nothing to lose.
Speaker D: They beat Oregon.
Speaker D: They beat in Zaga.
Speaker D: Yeah, they got beat up and conference you by Pepperdine and San Francisco.
Speaker A: Those are good teams.
Speaker D: Yeah, but I mean, like, I've gotten this from CWS 24/7, right?
Speaker D: And they've got a dude, Caleb Ricketts.
Speaker D: He's batted.
Speaker D: 375 with 16 bombs, 53 ribbies and slowing down that kind of offense when our arms are this fatigue.
Speaker D: If they don't recover over this slight break they're getting right now, I'll be worried about facing him.
Speaker D: I actually want to project that a little bit further, though.
Speaker D: I'm not worried about New Mexico State.
Speaker D: I'm not going to litter now because it's New Mexico.
Speaker D: But I actually am more worried about hosting the super regional because do you know who we're aligned to play potentially if they upset in their regional?
Speaker A: Ucla.
Speaker D: Ucla.
Speaker D: And I don't want to do that again.
Speaker A: Right.
Speaker A: When I saw their name come up, I went.
Speaker D: Really?
Speaker A: I don't want to see these f****** again.
Speaker A: I don't like those guys.
Speaker A: They give us trouble.
Speaker A: I'm worried about San Diego, too, entirely because I made fun of Oregon on Twitter when they started the season three against San Diego.
Speaker D: That's right, Terry.
Speaker A: Or she's not.
Speaker A: And she's great.
Speaker A: Could be Lady Karma, man.
Speaker A: Karma, whatever.
Speaker B: We need our pitchers to pitch well, to pitch, because in.
Speaker A: Kickers f****** kick.
Speaker B: They need to f****** throw lights out.
Speaker B: Because in the West Coast Conference tournament, San Diego's run totals, they had four total games, was ten in the first round, 22 in the second round, and then in the Championship series, it looks like best of three.
Speaker B: So they scored five in the first game against Gunsaga and then 15.
Speaker B: So their bats are hot right now.
Speaker B: So to your point, they could be trouble.
Speaker A: Yeah, it's going to be tough no matter what.
Speaker A: That's what these all of these teams know how to play.
Speaker A: No one gets in by accident.
Speaker A: Grand Canyon was one of the last four teams, and we saw them in action this year.
Speaker A: We know how good of a baseball team that is.
Speaker A: None of us wanted anything to do with them.
Speaker A: So it's going to be a fun regional.
Speaker A: They can't take anyone lately.
Speaker A: It all starts with New Mexico State, New Mexico, New Mexico, New Mexico on Friday night at Gas Stadium at Coleman Field.
Speaker A: And it should be a fun a** run.
Speaker B: One final thought about the regional, and I'm just wondering, sort of thinking out loud here, but San Diego, Oregon State, and New Mexico State all made it to at least the finals, right?
Speaker B: So there was a lot of baseball that they played over the weekend, and Vanderbilt got knocked out in the first round.
Speaker B: So their pitching staff specifically is going to be well rested, whereas the other ones are not.
Speaker A: So we need that Vanderbilt San Diego game to go into like 18 innings, right?
Speaker A: All right.
Speaker A: Well, yes, you heard it here.
Speaker B: And be on the lookout for the Vanderbilt Whistler.
Speaker A: That is a nice stop the Whistler.
Speaker A: That's a nice.
Speaker A: Benny, I know you're being self deprecated about research.
Speaker A: That was a very nice note.
Speaker A: They don't call you Benny Scoops for nothing.
Speaker B: Yes, I have some Nuggets in there every once in a while.
Speaker A: Yeah.
Speaker A: Especially chicken Nuggets or weed Nuggets or weed Nuggets.
Speaker B: Weed Nuggets and then chicken Nuggets.
Speaker A: All right.
Speaker A: It's not any fun yet, but that made me hungry, happy and sleepy all at once.
Speaker D: Also shout out Garrett Forrester.
Speaker A: Oh, yeah, we got shoutout Garrett Forrester.
Speaker A: We didn't win the Pac Twelve Conference tournament, but we did have Garrett Forrester, a friend of the pod and an ex girlfriend of someone on the pod.
Speaker A: We won't say who refers to as Garrett Subaru Forester.
Speaker A: Hilarious stuff.
Speaker A: It was named the MVP of the inaugural Pac Twelve Conference tournament.
Speaker A: So Congratulations to Garrett.
Speaker A: That's cool.
Speaker B: That is cool.
Speaker A: That's a trophy for the trophy case.
Speaker D: No one will ever be the first.
Speaker A: Except no one else.
Speaker D: No.
Speaker A: They're like your first.
Speaker D: Is that the same?
Speaker D: I don't really know how it goes.
Speaker A: I think so.
Speaker B: That sounds right.
Speaker B: Yeah.
Speaker D: Remember that one pack twelve.
Speaker D: But before we move on from baseball and I was just talking about coverage, I do want to give CWS Twenty four Seven a shout out.
Speaker D: Shout out.
Speaker D: Mark Garland.
Speaker A: Dude, Mark is the s***.
Speaker D: Mark so good.
Speaker D: He's a good dude.
Speaker D: He does a great job covering both Diamond Sports.
Speaker D: If you're looking for coverage in between episodes, which we don't even really provide great coverage on our episode.
Speaker A: Hey, now I would say Mark is your guy.
Speaker D: Give him a follow on Twitter and follow CWS 24/7.
Speaker D: They've got every single match up lockdown.
Speaker D: They are going to be the go to source this season.
Speaker B: That's awesome.
Speaker A: Before we go, we have to give another couple of shout outs to members of the Oregon State athletics community.
Speaker A: Carson Berry, Dynamite Oregon State golfer.
Speaker A: His trip to the NCAA Championships at the Greyhawk Golf Course came to an end Sunday.
Speaker A: He finished with a round of five over 75.
Speaker A: It was his second trip to the NCAA and it is being reported by Ocb.com that Barry will return for the 2025 season.
Speaker UNK: Nice.
Speaker A: He has been lights out for Oregon State.
Speaker A: So Congratulations on a great season, Carson.
Speaker A: It's been a while.
Speaker A: Carson to follow you.
Speaker A: Please go play with us at Tristan sometime when we're in Corvallis.
Speaker A: I need some tips and some help.
Speaker A: I haven't even made it to the range since the range is out here opened.
Speaker A: I keep saying I'm going to, but I have my clubs that's like in my closet right by the door.
Speaker A: I can grab them anytime.
Speaker A: I drive by a driving range on my way to and from work every day, so I really don't have an excuse.
Speaker A: But yeah.
Speaker A: Great season, Carson.
Speaker A: We're proud of you and can't wait to see what you've got cooking for 2022 and 2023 as well.
Speaker A: Congrats, buddy.
Speaker A: And Oregon State women's rowing.
Speaker A: They conclude their historic season with a 14th place finish in both the varsity eight and second varsity eight finishing at the NCAA Championships.
Speaker A: That is awesome.
Speaker A: Alexander Hutchinson, Rebecca Logan.
Speaker A: Not Rebecca Lobo.
Speaker A: That'd be fun.
Speaker A: Maggie, Rebecca Camplin and Anna Mishi.
Speaker A: I hope I'm getting all of the names right for the varsity four C finals and then the second varsity eight.
Speaker A: Charlotte Gregory Beggy, Flash, Anna Shulhaf, Shelby Larkin, Tory Hawkins may have Donnelly, Zoe Bishop, Hannah EHA and Emma Bernu.
Speaker A: Congratulations, ladies, on a historic season for the Oregon State women's rowing program.
Speaker A: 14th plate finish at NCAA Championships.
Speaker A: Absolutely nothing to sneeze at.
Speaker A: Just continuing the trend of Oregon State athletics finishing in the top 16 of s*** across the board in all kinds of athletics.
Speaker A: Jp, what do you have, buddy?
Speaker D: I want to give another shot that we missed.
Speaker A: Okay.
Speaker A: You can phrase it like that and call me out.
Speaker A: Or you can just give the shout out.
Speaker D: Yeah.
Speaker B: Oh, h*** yeah.
Speaker A: Has Cooper Jerpy been named picture of the year yet?
Speaker A: Or is that just Mike Rooney saying that he thinks Cooper jerky will be picture of the year?
Speaker B: I don't know if they have a picture of the year.
Speaker D: I think he just sent me the picture of the year.
Speaker A: Yeah, like when Britney Spears called Michael Jackson the artist of the Millennium and Michael Jackson thought he was the official Artist of the Millennium Award and it was very confusing and uncomfortable.
Speaker D: Or Mike, it's all right.
Speaker D: He did so much bad things in his face.
Speaker A: And otherwise.
Speaker A: But anyway, that's not what that was about.
Speaker A: Congratulations, Jacob Melton from your biggest wet blanket hater.
Speaker A: I'm genuinely happy for you.
Speaker A: I hate this.
Speaker A: Just trying to be an unbiased pragmatic, real journalistic source of coverage on entertainment and this is what happens.
Speaker A: Jacob Melton, all Star player and human being.
Speaker A: And no matter how many positive things I say about them for the rest of my life, the Beaver FAM will just be like, you're the f***** who said he went and breaked the home record.
Speaker B: F*** you, dude.
Speaker A: It's a record for a reason.
Speaker A: It was standing for a while.
Speaker A: I hope he breaks it.
Speaker A: I hope he breaks it.
Speaker D: He's climbing the RBI rings.
Speaker B: Yeah, he's close and play count.
Speaker A: Yes.
Speaker A: It just got a little bit more interesting.
Speaker B: I think he's going to be next in line of Oregon State.
Speaker B: Great hitters, great batters, great hitters in major League baseball with Jacoby are acceptable.
Speaker B: Jacoby.
Speaker B: And then Conforto Adley is going to be a fantastic batter as well.
Speaker B: I think Melton's going to.
Speaker D: What about your fake Nick?
Speaker A: Magical fake Nick Maggie and real Nick Magal.
Speaker A: Trevor Larnick is having a sneaky nice season right now, dude.
Speaker A: He's walking a lot.
Speaker D: Andrew Suzach had a good year for the Giants and won a ring.
Speaker A: Oh, m***********.
Speaker A: That came out way more like Venomous than I wanted it to anyway.
Speaker A: Shout out to the diamond sport.
Speaker A: Shout out Carson Berry.
Speaker A: Shout out Jacob Mellon.
Speaker A: Shout out Oregon State women's row.
Speaker A: I mean, shout out Amy Senakola.
Speaker A: Shout out Joe Hedberg.
Speaker A: Shout out veterans and American servicemen everywhere.
Speaker A: Shout out Beaver FAM.
Speaker A: Shout out Steamheaded.
Speaker A: Shout out us for making 50 of these.
Speaker B: I think that's low.
Speaker B: Shout out us.
Speaker A: You made 50 Cent.
Speaker A: We're like 50 Cent.
Speaker A: We're going to hang upside down for the next 50 just like he did.
Speaker B: How long do you think he was hanging upside down for?
Speaker A: It was a long time.
Speaker B: I bet a really long time.
Speaker A: I honestly think someone very swollen.
Speaker A: Someone panicked and put them down there and then was like, oh, wait, his queue is not for another eight minutes.
Speaker A: And then he was like, whatever, I'm a pro.
Speaker A: I've been hanging upside down longer than this before.
Speaker A: And then they're like, wait, what?
Speaker A: And then he just started saying, go Shutty.
Speaker A: It's your birthday and we going to party like it's your birthday and I'm upside down because I'm 50.
Speaker A: Hey, JP, please play 5 seconds of in the club by fifty cents to drown out what the f*** I just did.
Speaker A: That all happened and we all let it happen.
Speaker A: Sorry.
Speaker A: From all of us at the Belligerent Beaves podcast who are very excited about what our softball and baseball teams are doing.
Speaker A: It's a special sign.
Speaker A: Beaver FAM.
Speaker A: No matter what, make time to enjoy it.
Speaker A: Watch the game with your friends.
Speaker A: Watch them with your family.
Speaker A: Get to gossip if you can, get to Oklahoma, if you can.
Speaker A: Hope we get another trip to Omaha.
Speaker A: Just take the time.
Speaker A: Watch some of the games, forget about everything else that's going on in your lives and the world and just make room to appreciate what these young athletes are doing and have fun with it.
Speaker A: And Benny, you look like you've got a burning thought.
Speaker A: Yeah, that brilliant head of yours.
Speaker B: I just want to shout out the people that made the trip down to Scottsdale.
Speaker B: The fact that the Stanford player who hit the home run and like the bottom of the 8th shushed the crowd when his school was 1000 miles closer to where the game was being played is a testament to how well Beaver.
Speaker A: Nation travels and technically, the host team in the Championship game.
Speaker D: Also, shout out Sign Guy.
Speaker A: Sign guy was sign guy.
Speaker A: Sign guy is the new Marlins guy, but yeah, thank you.
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Speaker A: Co host JP Bertram at thetreelj on Twitter.
Speaker A: He's too trial to be real.
Speaker A: And at JP Bertram on Instagram.
Speaker A: And of course, as always, Benjamin Lawrence Sebastian Scoops, aka Benny with the good coffee.
Speaker A: He's Benny L, 1986 on all of your social channels.
Speaker A: Get to the final seconds of the episode.
Speaker A: Terry, we can do this.
Speaker A: My name is Terry Horseman on Twitter, formerly at Terrence Horseman on Instagram.
Speaker A: We've done 50 of these.
Speaker A: We're going to do 50,000 more whether you like it or not.
Speaker A: We really hope we try hard.
Speaker A: And if you don't like it, just stop listening and we won't take it personally.
Speaker A: You should listen to things you enjoy and if that's not us, I hope you find another podcast that scratches that niche for you let us know.
Speaker A: We'll have suggestions we listen to other s*** too.
Speaker A: Tune in softball Thursday, baseball Friday.
Speaker A: All kinds of dope s***.
Speaker A: Remember to turn into everything and get excited remember you've got to pump it up don't you know pump it up remember you cannot spell chop them without hope babies?
Speaker D: Chop them, chop them, chop them and.
Speaker A: Bring came back Bernice baby.